Welcome to Pod Like a Hole. In season 1, this was the place to hear Marc Alan, Steven Earl, and Eric Monroe discuss all things Nine Inch Nails and give an album (or Halo) analysis on each episode. For Season 2, we discuss all of David Bowie‘s studio work, live albums, and anything else tangentially related to The Thin White Duke, Ziggy Stardust, Goblin King, Button Eyes, and more. For Season 3, we RUN THE GAMUT on artists, albums, and bands that we think are some of the most influential in m ...
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In Un-American, I invite international experts to share their perspectives on U.S.-related issues and to add new angles to inherently American debates.
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The What We Do Podcast brilliantly addresses everyday social, cultural, political, sports and entertainment news sprinkled with tech news and reviews. We add comedy, laughter and compassion along with open dialogue to make your day better! Contact us at marlon@whatwedopodcasts.com , chris@whatwedopodcasts.com and reggie@whatwedopodcasts.com Hit us up on Twitter @WhatWeDoPodcas1
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What does the word 'community' mean to you? An homogenous group of people united by faith, sexuality or another form of identity? Or perhaps it's about the place you grew up, or the people you work with? Recovering Community is a podcast series from the University of Glasgow's School of Social and Political Sciences about community; what it means; how it's formed and how it is rebuilt. Les Back is joined by academics, campaigners, volunteers and artists to talk about how communities respond ...
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Pod Like A Hole - Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life - Part 2
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This is the second of the two part Songs in the Key of Life episodes on the Pod Like a Hole Podcast. Picking up with Isn't she lovely, the hosts go deep into their notes and feelings about the second half of Stevie Wonder's opus Editors note: This is the last time I drew the straw on editing an episode. We only have a handful left before wrapping t…
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A Canadian Take on Police Violence and Police Reform
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Former police chief Devon Clunis, who joined the Canadian Police Service in 1987 and later became the Chief of Police for the City of Winnipeg, shares his perspective on police violence and the need for police reform. Music by sam_o.b Artwork by The AliensBy Kai
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Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life. Sides A and B.
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Pod Like A Hole discusses Stevie Wonders' Songs In The Key of Life. The hosts touch on his other amazing 70s albums, the Wonder of Stevie Wonder, the TV Show the Curse, Weird Al, Wild Wild West, and review Sides A and B of the album - track by track. Join us next time for side B and C. Followed by our final Podcasts that will cover Robert Smith's t…
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Pod Like A Hole: Willie Nelson Part 2 of 2 - Red Headed Stranger Track by Track
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On the 4th of July 2024, Pod Like A Hole is celebrating by uploading our discussion of Willie Nelson's The Red Headed Stranger. This concept album is a Sunday morning favorite in one of the hosts homes, and the boys seem to all agree that it's status as an All American Classic is no fluke. Willie bet on himself (and the talents of his sister Bobbi …
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Pod Like A Hole: Willie Nelson Part 1 of 2 - The man, the myth, the bandana.
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Willie Nelson is many things: a lover, a traveler, a Texan, a guitar player, smoker, outlaw, hero, poet, fashion icon, actor, activist, philanthropist, gunslinger, wiseacre, animal lover, brother, father, husband (four times over), Hellraiser, braids and beard enthusiast, but most of all Willie is a friend to all. In this episode of Pod Like A Hole…
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WE'VE GOT BATS IN OUR BELFRY!!!!! Grey would be the colour if we only had a way to colour-coat episodes. It's Goth Month here on Pod Like a Hole, so get out your choker, get your eyeliner, and pick a safeword , we are covering Siouxsie and the Banshees and it is getting DARK. It is Intern Eric's final pick of the season, and does he go out with a b…
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We See You: Exploring the links between violence, homelessness and the drug economy in Scotland
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Les Back meets with Dr Susan Batchelor, Dr Caitlin Gormley and Jim Thomson to learn more about a new piece of research exploring repeat violence in Scotland. To be homeless is more than not having a roof over your head. It is also about a denial of being, a person out of place to look away from, to ignore and not make eye contact with them as you p…
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The Museum of Discomfort: How Glasgow’s Hunterian is Decolonising through its Collection
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Les Back visits the Hunterian Museum at the University of Glasgow to talk about history, and how it impacts our lives and relationships in the 21st century. He meets with Hunterian Curator of Discomfort Zandra Yeaman and Dr Jay Sarkar to learn more about why history is so important when it comes to meaningful and respectful connection and cohabitat…
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The Soup'erheroes: Fostering Food Solidarity in Castlemilk
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Les Back swaps his desk for the kitchen table as he travels to Castlemilk in the south of Glasgow to meet a group of remarkable women working together to feed their community. Is there a more powerful symbol of community than the soup pot? It is both a distinctive part of Scottish working-class experience and at the same time a universal ritual of …
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Is Wasteland Ever Wasted? Looking beyond the developer’s view; how brownfield sites add value to the cityscape
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In this episode of Recovering Community, Les Back climbs through a hole in a fence to get right to the foundations of urban life. He meets with Dr Ross Beveridge, and artists Mary Redmond and Jim Colquhoun to talk about the landscape of the city, how it’s valued, and who gets to value it. The story of Glasgow’s mixed fortunes is written into its bu…
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Pod Like A Hole: Mastodon Part 3 - Emperor of Sand Track by Track
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Pod Like A Hole: Mastodon Part 3 - Emperor of Sand Track by Track The hosts riff and theorize about the journey of the Wanderer as he goes toe to toe with the Sultan on Mastodon's 2017 release: Emperor of Sand. This is the 3rd and final Mastodon episode in this Pod Like A Hole mini season. The first episode covered their history, the second was a d…
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Pod Like A Hole: Mastodon Part 2 - Discography Round Table
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In what is one of my favorite talks this podcast has had, the hosts walk through the entire Mastodon discography - short of the track by track talk of Emperor of Sand and a Cold Dark Place that will be the bulk of the next episode. Starts with Call of the Mastodon, ends with Hushed and Grim. How many different ways can three 40ish Dads say "wow thi…
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Annoying election calls, suing from 50 years ago and more.
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Pod Like A Hole: Mastodon Part 1 - who are they and who influenced them.
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Washing upon the beach of your shipwrecked life is another episode of Pod Like a Hole. The first of 3 episodes dedicated to the mighty Mastodon of the south. Episode 1 (this episode) we cover the band's formation, the 4 members of this band, and the bulk of the discussion is the influences and peers that helped shape their sound. If you are a fan o…
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Well the dust is still settling from the betrayal that was our System of a Down episode, and it is positively palpable in the air. However, this ravaged warground is the perfect location for the power of Fugazi's "The Argument". Steve, Marc, and Eric spin this 2001 album, discuss DC Hardcore, the Dischord Records scene, the Post-Hardcore genre havi…
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Pod Like A Hole -System Of A Down : Toxcity
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We had to do a Nu Metal episode. One hosts lived and breathed it during his teens, a real Jinco Wallet Chain nerd. Another host dabbled in the scene, sometimes to just check on his friend and make sure he wasn't too far gone. A third host was drafted into the No Limit army at the time and was too busy fighting on battles on the Sun Coasts and misse…
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The 2023 PLAH Holiday Special - Top 5 Animated Disney Movies
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Join the Pod Like A Hole hosts back at the Xmas Cabin for our kind of annual Holiday Special. Marc has a love and knowledge of Disney that only is rivaled by his love of U2 and Steve knew it would be catnip to trick him into doing another holiday special. Eric keeps the fire stoked and earns his pay. Enjoy the hosts of a certain age counting down t…
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The discussion on Faith No More’s album Angel Dust concludes with talking about the second half of the record. Greg Wolgast joins on this episode that we mercifully split into two episodes. Join us next time for a little Yuletide magic before we step into our next topic, System of a Down’s album Toxicity. Video Links: Faith No More - A Small Victor…
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In this episode, we are joined by longtime artwork contributor, Greg Wolgast, to discuss Faith No More and their 1992 album Angel Dust. We discuss the first half of the album in this episode and will continue the conversation in an upcoming episode. Video Links: Some Room to Drum with Greg Wolgast - Everything’s Ruined Faith No More - Making of Ang…
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Faith No More Part 2. Mike Patton’s Other Works (Mike Patton PLAH mini season)
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Faith No More Part 2. Mike Patton Continued. New Pod Like a Hole Episode. Part 2 of a 4 episode Mike Patton/Faith No more mini season. We examine Mike Patton's prolific and varied output. Tomahawk, Fantomas, Lovage, Mr. Bungle, Dillinger Escape Plan, Dead Cross, Mondo Cane, Peeping Tom, and much more but not John Zorn. Also talk about the Lakers an…
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Faith No More Part 1. Faster Disco-graphy (Mike Patton PLAH mini season)
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Faith No More Part 1. New Pod Like a Hole Episode. Part 1 of a 4 episode Mike Patton/Faith No more mini season. The first of which is a discography discussion of Faith No More - with the exception of Angel Dust which will have it's own track by track deep dive and was the catalyst for all this Patton talk. This episode covers the Chuck Mosley years…
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Sick of Swift…People are crazy…Fed Vlad…Tubi on the Come-up…Russell Wilson on the way down?
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We are back at it again after a long hiatus. Title says it all!
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Your three hosts have reached the home stretch. The last handful of our favorite albums to review for our "Run the Gamut" season. Steve, Marc and Eric have all had excellent picks, weird ones, and every now and then, one of us shows up with a card up our sleeve. In this case, Eric is the Card Cheat, so to speak. In this jam packed, bonus sized epis…
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Florence And The Machine - Ceremonials
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the Pod Like a Hole Hosts celebrate Florence and the Machines’ 2011 release: Ceremonials. If you are one of our listeners who says “Pod Like a Hole, we appreciate the wide variety of artists you’ve discussed, but often I find it’s either too much obscurity, too many riffs, or too much testosterone. Can you please give me a mainstream act that isn’t…
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B-Side: Interview 2.0 with Adam Steiner: ”Silhouettes and Shadows”
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In between episodes, Pod Like a Hole presents an extra special B-Side: An interview with author Adam Steiner. Previous guest, and friend of the show, Adam Steiner is back with a new book, "Silhouettes and Shadows: The Secret History of David Bowie's Scary Monters". Eric, Steve and Adam chat about the revelations abound in the pages of Adam's book, …
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This episode finds Eric, Marc, and Steven don our Sunday best to go door to door to spread the good news about Arcade Fire's Neon Bible. But, it isn't all good news when we discuss the bad news that Win Butler got himself into recently. Video Links: "Black Mirror" "Neon Bible" "My Body is a Cage" - Unofficial mashup with Once Upon a Time in the Wes…
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You and your buddies flip your collars, as the rain pours down. You huddle under an awning as you finish your smokes.Life is good. You are young, independent, and ready for trouble. Then you head in to the bar. the joint. The dive. It's your home away from home. Speaking of home, the bartender tells you that the police department called, and your h…
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You find your self in an old boxcar bouncing over the railroad track with an old hobo howling in your ear. Tales of love and loss, old dogs and prostitutes. It's a cornucopia of creamed corn , but somewhere in that whiskey soaked word salad is the story of a man. A man who harnessed the sound of a junkyard, cobbled it into a beautiful sound and aim…
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We massively a-talk the band Massive Attack and their 1998 album, Mezzanine. Episode Links: Risingson Teardrop Angel Pod Like a Hole: Direct Download Facebook Instagram Twitter Patreon Ko-Fi Artwork by Greg WolgastBy The Beast With Three Backs
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Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Pod Like A Hole.
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It is the second and final episode of our Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band mini season: track by track discussion of Darkness on the Edge of Town. In the first installment we had an overview discussion of our history with E Street and their discog. In this episode we take a deeper dive into Bruce's 10 song long 1978 heart of darkness that co…
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Discography Overview - Pod Like A Hole.
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Steve has hi-jacked the show for two episodes of in depth Boss Talk. Thankfully the other hosts are game and a Bruce time is had by all. Bruce is for everyone, and if you don't already believe that - you will. Part 1 is all Bruce all the time with Plugs and News that are all E Street. Followed by the hosts personal history with the boss, Pop Cultur…
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In 1986, an ex-prog rocker introduced himself to the pop landscape and blew the doors right off. Peter Gabriel, the suave art-rocker who was equal parts world music advocate, equal parts horndog-with-a-heart-of-gold, made an album so catchy, so honest, so unique that it captured the imaginations of music snobs and normies alike. That album was "So"…
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In this episode, Marc selects Radiohead’s album from 2000, Kid A to discuss with Eric and to mildly annoy Steve. We take a brief look at the band pre- and post-Kid A to determine when they decided to have Q*Bert, the lovable orange video game thing, join the band. Then, as always, we go track by track to determine just how icy and cold the band sou…
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Overstepping Boundaries, Gun Violence and stop asking for a seat at the table.
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Welcome back! This is a long episode full of good stuff for the new year and new season!
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Holidays In A Half Shell - The Pod Like A Hole Ninja Turtles Xmas Episode
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3 middle aged men are going to talk about 1 of 3 things when they get together. Nine Inch Nails, Beer, or Ninja Turtles. This is the episode where we reflect on being kids of a certain age and the holidays being associated with Turtle Power. Next episode we will talk about Radiohead. Until then cozy up with this episode while you drive to Grandma's…
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Black Heart Procession: ”Amore De Tropico”
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Crashing waves. The warbling of a saw in the distance. A suspicious waiter, and a dead lover. It’s 2002 and your hosts, Eric, Steve and Marc, don their magnifying glasses, Panama hats, and Tommy Bahama shirts. It’s a tropical musical mystery and your Pod Like a Hole hosts are asking the hard questions. Who were “The Black Heart Procession”? What wa…
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It's a cold November morning. A dead leaf does a dance in front of your feet as you walk through the breeze. You walk by a storefront, the newspaper headline is "Invasion of Afghanistan" another bitter reminder that the world is harsh. The only evidence you are still alive is the steam in air as you breath. But that steam is snuffed by the cold air…
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In this episode, we peel back the layers of the 2001 Tool album, Lateralus. We attempt to separate our minds from our bodies as we overthink and overanalyze every track on the record. Does Marc and Steve’s feelings of nostalgia outweigh Eric’s skepticism? Or will there be a developing schism on the pod? Pod Like a Hole Links: Facebook Instagram Twi…
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In this episode, the hosts of Pod Like a Hole drive to the nearest Home Depot to go through every Tool aisle in the store to bring you this episode that needs no Home Improvement, if you ask me. We discuss all things Tool (the band, not saws and hammers) and everything that orbits the band. Next episode we squee-gee our third eye open to analyze th…
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Ride Into The Fun! That's right it's a new episode , and your Hole Boys (Eric, Steve, Marc) are dimming the lights, chomping on cigarette holders, turning on the lava lamps, painting some soup cans, rolling up their sleeves and numbing themselves with the proto-punk drone jams of the house band. None other than Velvet Underground. We cover their ea…
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Black Sabbath Conclusion - Ozzy, Dio and the Extended Family Side B
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In this episode we continue around the table with 80's and 90's Black Sabbath Albums, the solo career of Ozzy (quite a bit of No More Tears love), as well as the solo efforts of Ronnie James Dio.This is Part 3 of our Black Sabbath mini season. In the first episode we reviewed the Dio era album Heaven and Hell track by track. In the second we covere…
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Black Sabbath - Ozzy, Dio, and The Extended Family. Side A
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In this episode we round table all the 70's Ozzy albums of Black Sabbath, Dio's pre-Sabbath years with Elf and Rainbow, as well as the Sabbath Heaven and Hell follow up with Dio: Mob Rules. We take some time to discuss the cast of characters that spun out of Sabbath's orbit in the 70s, but by the time we start talking about White Snake it becomes c…
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Black Sabbath: Heaven and Hell - Pod Like A Hole Podcast
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"You've got to bleed for the dancer!" New Episode of Pod Like A Hole: Black Sabbath's Heaven and Hell - Featuring Ronnie James Dio on vocals. The meat of this episode is over an hour of discussing Heaven and Hell track by track. As well as our personal Sabbath journeys, Hellfest, Ozzy's new song, and of course the contrast of Ozzy's Zombie vocals a…
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The year is 1982 and Frank Tovey (aka Fad Gadget) releases the album "Under the Flag", a thematic record tackling the stress of raising a child in a world of increasing threats of fascism. We discuss the history of Fad Gadget and Frank Tovey and give this record the Track-by-Track treatment. It's an important record to electronic, industrial, and s…
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We conclude our trilogy of talking Depeche Mode by reviewing and analyzing 1997's Ultra. Does it hold up to our feelings of nostalgia? Does it sag under all of its emotional baggage? Or is it somewhere in-between being both? Video Links: Barrel of A Gun It's No Good Home Useless Pod Like A Hole Links: Direct Download Facebook Instagram Twitter Patr…
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The Wellbeing Economy: rethinking traditional economic structures to benefit people and planet
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What does it take to reconfigure our traditional capitalist economic structures so that people, communities and the environment come before profit? That’s the question at the heart of the wellbeing economy movement and the subject of today’s episode. Gerard McCartney practiced as a GP and trained as an economist before his current role as Professor…
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Attack on 2A-Gun talk and range time-fruit talk-dinner break blues-don’t hold your fart-
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What We Do Podcast- the boys are back with a new episode.
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In Part 2 of our trilogy of Depeche Mode episodes, your favorite fancy lads discuss the rest of the discography. So, let’s have a black celebration of Depeche Mode’s music for the masses! There is no need to feel violated because these are all songs of faith and devotion. While you may get excited, please remember that we’re just playing the angels…
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In part 1 of our trilogy of Depeche Mode episodes, we discuss the first phase of Depeche Mode's career. We get our synths out, bounce around the room, and speak and spell out the early days of Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher, Alan Wilder, Vince Clarke, and Dave Gahan. So, don't fret about any broken frames because it's construction time again with more …
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Here you go ! Have a hump-day Bonus B-Side Quickie with Rammstein! It seemed only right to follow up our Rammstein Spring with a quick look at their brand new record "Zeit". Come for a fast frolic with Eric and Steve through this hard, loud and introspective rock record.By The Beast With Three Backs
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