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Strong SongsTalkin' Tower of Power, with Adam Maness and Peter Martin [You'll Hear It]Back in May, Kirk joined pianists Adam Maness and Peter Martin of the You'll Hear It podcast to talk about what makes Tower of Power great. It was a very fun conversation, so he asked if he could run their episode in the Strong Songs feed. And here we are!Listen to You'll Hear It anywhere you find podcasts, and find both Adam and Peter (and many others) teaching jazz lessons at OpenStudio.com.ORIGINAL SHOW NOTESMay 19, 2025We hand the mic to Kirk Hamilton from the Strong Songs podcast to help u...
2025-08-221h 12
Strong Songs"Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" by The Mars VoltaKirk digs into one of the most dense and challenging records in his collection, with an analysis of "Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" from The Mars Volta's 2003 progressive rock opus De-Loused in the Comatorium.Written by: Omar Rodríguez-López, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, and Jeremy WardProduced by: Omar Rodríguez-López & Rick RubinAlbum: De-Loused in the Comatorium, 2003Listen/Buy via Album.LinkALSO REFERENCED/DISCUSSED:Excerpts from Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird (2023, dir. Nicolas Jack Davies)"One Armed Scissor" by At the Drive-In from Rela...
2025-04-0459 min
Strong Songs"Fast As You Can" by Fiona AppleKirk digs into Fiona Apple's breakneck 1999 single "Fast As You Can," a cornerstone in her late 90s collaborations with Jon Brion, as well as her work with drummer Matt Chamberlain.Written by: Fiona AppleProduced by: Jon BrionAlbum: When The Pawn..., 1999Listen/Buy via Album.LinkALSO REFERENCED/DISCUSSED:Jon Brion in Performing Songwriter Magazine, 2000"Criminal" by Fiona Apple from Tidal, 1996"Tymps (The Sick in the Head Song) by Fiona Apple from Extraordinary Machine, 2005"Monday" by Jon Brion from I Heart Huckabees, 2004"Epistrophy" by Thelonious Monk recorded...
2025-03-2152 min
Strong Songs"Where The Streets Have No Name" and "With Or Without You" by U2Strong Songs Season Seven kicks off with two of the most famous songs ever recorded, from one of the biggest bands in the world. U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name" and "With or Without You" make up two-thirds of the three-song "suite" of hit singles that kicked off their 1987 album The Joshua Tree. As it turns out, the two songs have a lot to say to one another! They also have a lot to say about how U2 wrote music, and about the beautiful, messy human process of collaborative creativity.Written by: U2...
2025-03-0759 min
DCOMmentariesRADIO REBELAl & Val podcast on a podcast in our podcast episode of Radio RebelRadio Rebel (February 17, 2012)IMDB WikipediaDirected by Peter Howitt (Johnny English, Laws of Attraction, The Fixer - also an actor)Written by Danielle Joseph (novelist), Erik Patterson & Jessica Scott (RL Stine’s Haunting Hour, Hallmark movies)Starring: Debby Ryan as Tara Adams (Suite Life, Muppets Most Wanted, Jessie, Sing It, Insatiable, Velma)Merritt Patterson as Stacy DeBane (Percy Jackson, Ravenswood, Hallmark movies)Adam DiMarco as Gav...
2024-11-261h 00
Football: A PodcastEpisode 24: Fantasy Football ExtravaganzaWelcome to Football: A Podcast.
Completing the 18th annual draft in our 14-team, half-PPR league means the moratorium has been lifted on discussing fantasy football.
We discuss each team, but more importantly for the listener, we offer our insights on more than 175 different players.
Here's a breakdown of the teams and players discussed in order.
No time stamps -- sorry!
Reck: Patrick Mahomes, Alvin Kamara, D'Andre Swift, Adam Thielen, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Javante Williams, Logan Thomas, Mike Williams, Henry Ruggs III, Cole Beasley, Latavius Murray, Joe Burrown, Evan Engram
Mat...
2021-08-312h 55
Into the Aether - A Low Key Video Game PodcastWho's That Human? (feat. Pokemon Unite + Death's Door)SPOTTED: Looks like a certain electric-mouse and its fish-hocking avian counterpart have been dunking points in enemy hoops. I've heard of the birds and the bees, but this is scandalous. Who will fall victim to this aero-dynamic duo next? XOXO, Wah-ssip GirlI Can’t Stop Playing Skyward Sword, Even Though Its Controls Want Me Dead by Danielle Riendeau: https://www.fanbyte.com/trending/zelda-skyward-sword-controls/Discussed: Pokemon Unite, Skyward Sword HD, Death's Door---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.onlineFollow Stephen Hi...
2021-07-281h 11
That Stagey BlogVlog 2.3I discuss:
The Phantom of the Opera
Cameron Macintosh
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Evening Standard
Mark Shenton
Britt Lenting
Really Useful Group
The Stage
Les Misersbles
Drive-In
Archer Street
Freedom Bar
Kinky Kabaret
Phoenix Arts Club
Stuart Saint
Kevin Fagan
Drive-In
Aaron Rogers
Paul Taylor Mills
Alexzandra Sarmiento
Lucie Jones
Bronte Barbe
Zizi Strallen
Danielle Steers
Aimie Atkinson
Carter Dixon Productions
Take Two Theatricals
Alex Parker
Sharon D. Clarke
Kerry Ellis
Carrie Hope Fletcher
Cassidy Janson
Ramin Karimloo
Sharon Sexton
Rob Fowler
Bradley Jaden
Alexia Khadime
Katie Lam
Liam Doyle
Laura Tebbutt
The Crazy Coq
Opera Holland Park
Janie Dee
Alastair Knight...
2020-08-0333 min
Opinionated AFOAF EP 12 - Former Redskins LB Rob Jackson joins us in studio!Former Redskins Linebacker, Rob Jackson joins us to discuss the Alex Smith trade, potential landing spots for Kirk Cousins and the NFL combine. Can Alex Smith get the Skins over the hump? Will Kirk be successful elsewhere, and just how exactly does the business of the NFL really impact the player? All this and much more!Music by Free Rap Beats | Hip-Hop Instrumentals
2018-03-0551 min