“You can taste the dishonesty It’s all over your breath…” These are the initiatory lyrics with which Beyonce begins her 2016 album, “Lemonade.” An album that takes the listener on a mixed genre journey of betrayal and self-reflection, exploring the intimacy of relationship through the lenses of racial context and generational trauma. This album too…

“I remember now…” It is this thought that opens and catapults us into the mind and memories of Nikki, a young man contending with drug addiction and his dissatisfaction with the unscrupulous social and political climate of his time. In his anger and frustration, Nikki is lured into becoming an assassin for an underground revolution, and eventually …

Season 2 has been an eclectic mixture of concept albums! In keeping with the form of season 1, episode 8 is again a time for contemplation. And so in this episode, Rob and Joël reflect on the inspiration and insights that have come from their most diverse season yet: Kate Bush, Sinatra, Iron Maiden, Deltron 3030, Miles Davis, King's X and Tyler the…

What does one do with unrequited love? Get angry, get even, or get depressed? How about learn from Tyler, the Creator and create! In this episode, Rob and Joël discuss Tyler, the Creator's 2019 concept album "IGOR." The conversation explores Tyler's rich palette and manipulation of vocals, samples, synths and beats - a combination which expresses T…

The late 80's were a uniquely rich period for hard rock in the United States. There were strong existing scenes on both coasts and many regional hotspots where the bands were incubating and developing in small groups and pockets. But no one could have predicted the emergence of King’s X as they burst out alone in the middle of the country with a si…

Released in 1970, Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew" would become a unique album in the jazz canon, not only for its improvisational explorations, but also for the timbral and textural doors it opened in instrumentation and in the use of studio as instrument. In their conversation, Rob and Joël discuss how the album came into their awareness and the influ…

Episode 46 (Season 5 Episode 2) Hosted by Richard B McLean, & Isaac Hipple We Discuss Nerdy Stuff & Airplane Stuff I Tick interview: Nui Silva See our pictures on Instagram Featured Media This Week: Our Main Theme is By Sam Davis | I-Tick Theme By Mitch Parker | Конь by Lube | The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet Have a question or comment that…

Episode 45 (Season 5 Episode 1) Hosted by Richard B McLean, Robert Norton, & Brian Taylor We Discuss How we got into reading and creating comic books Among other things See our pictures on Instagram Featured Media This Week: Robert's YouTube about Comics (relevant episodes) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles High School Artwork Death of Superman Spawn #1…

"It's the year 3030..." A dystopian future where galactic corporate entities sustain a strangle hold on the universe, and "Deltron-Zero" emerges to save humanity and music from this 31st century New World Order by winning The Galactic Rhyme Federation Championship. This album delivers not only in its fantastic iterations of Afrofuturism, but also i…

"Seven deadly sins, Seven ways to win, Seven holy paths to hell, And your trip begins..." are the first lyrical moments of Iron Maiden's "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son," and how potent these words were in setting the tone for Rob and Joël's conversational trip with this impressive and exuberant album. As always, many avenues were explored, such as t…

"Is Iron Maiden's Powerslave a concept album?" It is this question that Rob and Joël discuss in their first Vignette. Recorded during the same sessions that captured our S2Ep.3 and Aftercast discussions about Iron Maiden's "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son", we chose to explore this question about "Powerslave" as our first published audio Vignette. Vig…

In this episode, Rob and Joël discuss "The Voice," Frank Sinatra, and his 1955 album, "In the Wee Small Hours." Arguably the first concept album, this was the first of its kind with its innovative format and its introspective tone on love and heartache. Through their respective experiences, Rob and Joël look at not only Sinatra's performance and vi…

Sonic Ventures' season two premiere episode is a rich dive into Kate Bush's 1985 album "Hounds of Love." Conceived as two suites, Rob and Joël explore the album's expository and cinematic structure, along with Kate Bush's extensive vocal palette and her lush, mesmerizing song craft. "Hounds of Love" is ripe with symbolism, and takes the listener th…

Rob and Joël go further into their listening experiences of Kate Bush's "Hounds of Love," and come out with what they call an "Aftercast." An Aftercast is a recorded continuation after the conclusion of a regular podcast conversation. In these conversations, Rob and Joël are freed from the structural necessities of building the conversation and int…

Rob and Joël reflect on the completion of the first season of Sonic Ventures, discussing their respective processes, some of the most memorable moments and their future plans for the podcast.By Robert Goble and Joël Tibbits

Rush's "2112" has been heralded by many as one of their most compelling and significant albums. Rob and Joël take a close look at the title track, discussing the implications of its concepts and the band's powerful performance.By Robert Goble and Joël Tibbits

Rob and Joël discuss The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," a profoundly influential album for the pop/rock genre.By Robert Goble and Joël Tibbits

In this fifth episode, Rob and Joël discuss John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme," exploring the music and symbolism of this highly influential album for jazz and beyond.By Robert Goble and Joël Tibbits

Listen to Rob and Joël delve into what many consider to be rock's first concept album, The Mothers of Invention's "Freak Out!"By Robert Goble and Joël Tibbits

In this episode, Robert and Joël discuss the term Rock Opera with its stylistic and historical implications for the concept album format.By Robert Goble and Joël Tibbits

In this episode, Robert and Joël begin their conversational journey as they discuss what is a concept album and their motivations for creating this podcast.By Robert Goble and Joël Tibbits

In this episode, Robert and Joël discuss Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon."By Robert Goble and Joël Tibbits

Episode 44 (Season 4 Episode 5) Hosted by Richard B McLean, Nui Silva We Discuss Artwork and Creative Processes Among other things See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: I-Tick and Talkin' Time Themes are By Mitch Parker | Our Main Theme is By Sam Davis Have a question or comment that you’d like played on the air? Please Leave a Me…

Episode 43 (Season 4 Episode 4) Hosted by Richard B McLean, Robert Norton and John Norton We Discuss their Current, Nearly Complete Project, Masters End Vol. 4 Among other things. What Makes Karl Hale tick? See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: I-Tick and Talkin' Time Themes are By Mitch Parker | Our Main Theme is By Sam Davis Hav…

Episode 42 (Season 4 Episode 3) Hosted by Richard B McLean, and Karl Hale We Discuss War of the Worlds and Theology What Makes Isaac Stewart tick? See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: I-Tick and Talkin' Time Themes are By Mitch Parker | Our Main Theme is By Sam Davis Have a question or comment that you’d like played on the air? P…

Episode 40 (Season 4 Episode 1) Hosted by Richard B McLean, and Isaac Stewart See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: BBQtion by Ctrl-Alt-Zed | Sidekick Secretary by Ctrl-Alt-Zed | I-Tick and Talkin' Time Themes are By Mitch Parker | Our Main Theme is By Sam Davis Have a question or comment that you’d like played on the air? Please …

Episode 40 (Season 4 Episode 1) Hosted by Richard B McLean, and Matt Skaggs What Makes John Norton Tick? Talkin' Time Guest: Richard McLean See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: Thirty-Three and a Third by The Cold Year| Spanish Necks by The Cold Year | Saint Iscariot by The Cold Year | I-Tick and Talkin' Time Themes are By Mitch …

Episode 39 (Season 3 Episode 10) Hosted by Richard B McLean, and John Norton What Makes Nathan Shumate Tick? Talkin' Time Guest: Kella (10 years old) See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: Burn by DVDDY | I Tick and Talkin' Time Themes are By Mitch Parker | Our Main Theme is By Sam Davis Have a question or comment that you’d like p…

Episode 38 (Season 3 Episode 9) Hosted by Richard B McLean, and Nathan Shumate What Makes Ed Goble Tick? New Segment - Talkin' Time See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: Jazireh Vocalist Manoocher | Our Theme is By Sam Davis Have a question or comment that you’d like played on the air? Please Leave a Message at (440)-SKETCH2 [(440…

Episode 37 (Season 3 Episode 8) Hosted by Richard B McLean, and Ed Goble Academia, Apologetics, Politics. Egyptian Alphabets and Zodiacs See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: | Our Theme is By Sam Davis | Have a question or comment that you’d like played on the air? Please Leave a Message at (440)-SKETCH2 [(440) 753-8242] or email…

Episode 36 (Season 3 Episode 7) Hosted by Richard B McLean, and Robert Norton More nostalgia, art and comics. See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: | Who Am I by Big Joe Krash from Break the Chain Issue (Psychosonic Comic!) #1 | Our Theme is By Sam Davis | Have a question or comment that you’d like played on the air? Please Leave …

Episode 35 (Season 3 Episode 6) Hosted by Richard B McLean, and Robert Norton What Makes Robert Goble Tick? We talk about nostalgia, art and comics. See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: | Our Theme is By Sam Davis | Have a question or comment that you’d like played on the air? Please Leave a Message at (440)-SKETCH2 [(440) 753-82…

Episode 34 (Season 3 Episode 5) Hosted by Richard B McLean, and Robert Goble What Makes Christian Degn Petersen Tick? We talk about music, nostalgia, and literature. See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: In Older Worlds Excerpts Read by Robert Goble | Our Theme is By Sam Davis Have a question or comment that you’d like played on t…

Episode 33 (Season 3 Episode 4) Hosted by Richard B McLean, and Christian Degn Petersen What Makes Tim Petersen Tick? Get to know a little more about the history and varieties of Metal Music See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: Vale by Moray | Our Theme is By Sam Davis Have a question or comment that you’d like played on the air?…

Episode 32 (Season 3 Episode 3) Hosted by Richard B McLean, and Christian Degn Petersen See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: Our Theme is By Sam Davis Have a question or comment that you’d like played on the air? Please Leave a Message at (440)-SKETCH2 [(440) 753-8242] or email us at PleasePodcast@gmail.com…

Episode 31 (Season 3 Episode 2) Hosted by Richard B McLean, and [Tim Petersen] 1 What Makes Brandtley Henderson Tick? See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: Baroquia by Enoch the Rad | Our Theme is By Sam Davis Have a question or comment that you’d like played on the air? Please Leave a Message at (440)-SKETCH2 [(440) 753-8242] or …

Episode 30 (Season 3 Episode 1) Hosted by Richard B McLean, and [Brandtley Henderson] 1 What Makes MitchParker Tick? See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: Brandtley Henderson | Our Theme is By Sam Davis Have a question or comment that you’d like played on the air? — Please Leave a Message at (440)-SKETCH2 [(440) 753-8242] or email…

It's been a While, But here's Episode 29 (Season 2 Episode 11) Hosted by Richard B McLean, and [Mitch Parker] 1 What Makes Kelly Wilkins Tick? Mitch Parker and His Amazing Wacky Instrument Collection See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: Mitch Parker and His Amazing Wacky Instrument Collection | Our Theme is By Sam Davis Have a qu…

We're Back With Episode 28 (Season 2 Episode 10) Hosted by Richard B McLean, and Kelly Wilkins We Announce the WINNER of the CONTEST!!! to Win a print copy of We're All Game: The Group Project of Doom What Makes Mike Wisland Tick? We Talk about The Finally Released Self Titled Album from Queenadilla Painting, Garage Band, Entrepreneurship, Quadraph…

Episode 27 is here (Season 2 Episode 9) Hosted by Richard B McLean, Jason Knoell, and Matthew Skaggs CONTEST!!! - Win a print copy of We're All Game: The Group Project of Doom Aaron Anderson What Makes Him Tick? (And a Bonus Song by APOV) We Talk about The Upcoming Album from The Cold Year: Prey For Me Inspiration, Audio Engineering, Recording Tech…

Episode 26 is here (Season 2 Episode 8) Hosted by Richard B McLean and Mike Wisland [The Wiz] Sundance Film Festival 2018 Wiz talks Early Neon Trees Wiz Shares Early Neon Trees Jordan likely knows more about what makes people tick than my six questions? But We Ask Him Anyway See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: Up Against the Gla…

Episode 25 is here (Season 2 Episode 7) Hosted by Richard B McLean and Aaron Anderson Some Food Stories Some Board Game Talk Rap Music by APOV What makes Less Smart Frowney tick? See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: City Love by APOV | Amazing Grace by APOV | Unknown Title by APOV | Our Theme is By Sam Davis Have a question or co…

Episode 24 is here (Season 2 Episode 6) Hosted by Richard B McLean and Brad Ashworth LOST EPISODE Holiday Gaming and Comics See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: Every Single Day is Jennifer's Birthday by Jeff Victor | Jennifer's Song by Jeff Victor | Jennifer's Lullaby by Jeff Victor | Our Theme is By Sam Davis Have a question or…

Episode 23 is here (Season 2 Episode 5) Hosted by Richard B McLean and Jordan Olsen A SURPRISE GUEST VISITOR Richard talks about Role Playing Games a Little - AGAIN What makes Duane Rosenbaum tick? See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: Karl Malona by Robert Lund | Tijuana Christmas by The Border Brass | Our Theme is By Sam Davis H…

Episode 22 is here (Season 2 Episode 4) Hosted by Richard B McLean and Mitch Parker A new perspective on Ruthlessly Sasquatch, Bigfoot, Skunk Ape, Yeti What makes Rob Buchert tick? See our pictures on instagram Featured Media This Week: Limericks from Selections From "The Haunted House And Other Spooky Poems And Tales" a Scholastic Record (1970) | …

Happy Halloween!!! Episode 21 is here (Season 2 Episode 3) Hosted by Richard B McLean, Joshua, BonnieJean, & Lorelei Black There are Strange Things Done. . . My Grandfather shares the story of when He got lost when he was five? Spooky Stories and Favorite Spooky Movies Featured Media This Week: No Anchovies Please - J. Giles Band | Me and My Arrow …

Episode 20 is here (Season 2 Episode 2) Hosted by Richard B McLean and Duane Rosenbaum Duane and I discuss the recent Eclipse. What Makes Eric Hall Tick? Check out Photos of Duane's Walking Stick on our Instagram Featured Media This Week: Music to Freak Your Friends and Break Your Lease by Heins Hoffman-Richter | Bonanza Theme by Squeak Moore | Our…

SEASON TWO IS FINALLY HERE!!! Hosted by Richard B McLean and Rob Buchert Glenn tells us about his fine letterpress and sound art. What Makes Glen Stucki Tick? We're going to be more active on Instagram Featured Media This Week: Star Wars Nonsense | Sounds from the Inside of Objects | Our Theme is By Sam Davis Have a question or comment that you’d l…

Episode 18 is here Hosted by Richard B McLean and Glen Stucki Glenn tells us about his non-profit and hat led him to create it. What Makes Steele Saldutti Tick? We're going to be more active on Instagram Featured Media This Week: Я тебя всегда буау ждать by Reflex | You're My Superhero by Mandy Grace Sittler | Our Theme is By Sam Davis Have a quest…

Episode Seventeen Has Arrived Hosted by Richard B McLean and Eric Allan Hall Eric talks about Cosplay and Pottery What Makes Mike Goble Tick? Richard Geeks out a little about 70's Quadraphonic Technology Featured Media This Week: A Karaoke Performance of The Presidents of the United States of America's Lump | Last day of Jr. High 1983 | Our Theme i…