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Two Hundred A DayDeadlock in ParmaWell friends, here we are. Nathan and Eppy take a day trip with Jim to Parma, CA in the series finale episode. The sixth season of The Rockford Files was cut short by James Garner's medical needs, so this last episode was not intended to be a goodbye to the series. Thankfully, we found that it did feel like an appropriate way to bid adieu to Jim, the Firebird, and all of the Rockfordishness we love so much. This is the last regular episode of this podcast! We will have a couple new episodes a year covering other shows...2024-11-241h 59
Two Hundred A DayPlus Expenses #81In this Plus Expenses we talk about: **It’s the official “crossover” Plus Expenses, James Garner handing off a baton to a wizard, feelings about ending Two Hundred a Day (but Two Hundred a Day will remain!), actually ending a thing, starting a new podcast: Unwritten Earths Symposium, how Plus Expenses will fit into the new show, the early days of Dread, building our new Discord so it’s a place where people play each others games, the experience of playing THAT game, learning new podcast skills, learning from The Rockford Files, goals for Unwritten Earths, future Two Hundred a Day ep...2024-11-1943 min
Two Hundred A DayParadise CoveNathan and Eppy take a little tour through Malibu in S6E1 Paradise Cove. Mariette Hartley joins James Garner in this final season premier episode as Althea, a court-appointed adjuster sent to audit Jim in the wake of a lawsuit he lost to fellow Cove resident C.C. Calloway. Calloway wants to get Jim, or at least his trailer, out of the way because of a 50-year search for literal buried treasure, and once Jim figures that out he's able to get Althea on his side of the treasure-hunt. A Stephen Cannell written, produced and directed episode, it's a...2024-08-181h 19
P3 DokumentärNy: OJ Simpson och mordfallet som splittrade USANär OJ Simpsons exfru hittas mördad utanför sitt hem i Los Angeles blir fotbollsstjärnan snabbt misstänkt. Frågan om hans skuld splittrar amerikanerna och eldar på debatten om systematisk rasism. Nya avsnitt från P3 Dokumentär hittar du först i Sveriges Radio Play. På gången som leder upp till huset i det annars lugna området Brentwood i Los Angeles ligger en död kvinna i en stor blodpöl. I närheten ligger också en man, knivhuggen till döds. Kvinnan är exfrun till en av USAs största sports...2024-03-281h 19
Two Hundred A DayHeartaches of a FoolNathan and Eppy continue to tour the William Wiard-verse with S5E1 Heartaches of a Fool. After a truck accident lands Rocky in the hospital, Jim is determined to find out who caused it and hold them accountable. His quest leads to a country music star, a sausage-smuggling operation and a brewing war between corrupt union officials and a Chinese gangster. This might be the perfect episode for our show, even without considering the two Willie Nelson songs on the soundtrack. Highly recommended!
Show Notes: Nathan mentions this interview with Gigi Garner, and this remembrance that mentions...2023-07-161h 28
Brother from AnotherDenver Nuggets Dynamic Duo; Brittney Griner’s WNBA Return | Brother From AnotherNatalie and Zena Keita host Ladies First Fridays on Brother From Another. They react to Jamal Murray’s fourth quarter surge in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals to help the Nuggets beat the Lakers and take a 2-0 series lead. Dave DuFour joins the show to discuss LeBron James and Anthony Davis’ performances and whether the Lakers will be able to bounce back from a 2-game deficit playing at home. Nat and Zena celebrate the return of the WNBA season and Brittney Griner’s return to the court. They also discuss the newly formed superteams in the W, Aces h...2023-05-1952 min
Two Hundred A DayStar Trek DS9: Our Man BashirWelcome to Twenty Dollars a Day, the podcast where we explore our favorite holodeck adventures in the Star Trek universe! Nathan and Eppy join the crew of Deep Space 9 for some thrilling spy action in S4E9 Our Man Bashir. Doctor Bashir is enjoying his new holo-adventure as a Bond-esque superspy when Garak crashes the party. Unfortunately, a transporter accident puts the patterns of the bridge crew into the story, and suddenly Bashir and Garak have to contend with the possibility of their actions having real-life consequences. An homage to James Bond, of course, this episode features a refreshing...2023-04-011h 24
Rough Draft MississippiE18.1 Bonus Track - Throwing Stones by King Konga with Rough Draft Commentary"A Mississippi band that formed in the mid-90s. The current members are Steve Cook (bass guitar), Dan Hannon (guitar and lead vocals), Tony Lymon (percussion), and Skeeto Valdez (drums).Their sound is a fairly typical college rock, and similar to other Southern rock bands like Dave Matthews Band. One twist in their bag of originality is Tony Lymon's percussion, on all manner of instruments (steel drum, congas, various bells, etc). The music is smooth and not overproduced (yet)." -Tony Lemon2023-02-0307 min
Composing MyselfJosephine StephensonThe fifth episode of Composing Myself sees Wise Music CEO Dave Holley and Creative Director Gill Graham convene with French-British composer Josephine Stephenson for an illuminating and insightful meander through the fertile meadowlands of conversation. Topics covered include;- a formative introduction to the works of Mahler (“powerful music for a tiny child”)- how you really know when something is finished- collaborations with Damon Albarn, Arctic Monkeys and Radiohead- redressing the balance in COVIDAs ever, this is a chat full of intere...2022-11-0236 min
Composing MyselfRod ArgentThe big red beachball of conversation is kept resolutely in the air in this fourth episode of Composing Myself, with Wise Music CEO Dave Holley and Creative Director Gill Graham speaking to the effervescent Rod Argent, mastermind of The Zombies and Wise Music composer in his own right. Subjects of import covered in this terrific ramble through the wilds of Bantershire include:- the 'secret jazz’ element of She’s Not There, and the Dick James offer that led to the timeless classic’s creation- ruminations on what it felt like hearing Bach (“I just melt...2022-10-191h 00
Composing MyselfNico MuhlyIn this second episode of Wise Music, hosts Dave Holley and Gill Graham speak to Wise Music composer Nico Muhly, beaming in from Paris. Freshly cooked and piping hot gourmet dishes on the conversational menu today include a run-through Nico's "fantastic" studio in New York and his trusty mobile rig (includes globally-scattered MIDI keyboard collection!), diligent daily writing discipline ("I'm scared that if I didn't write every day I'd forget how to do it!"), the all-important routine at home in NYC, coping with lockdown and the works that it scuppered, composing for Pachinko, what it's like to live across...2022-09-2137 min
Two Hundred A DayEpisode 100 SpectacularIt's our 100th episode of Two Hundred a Day! To celebrate this milestone, we draft our picks for recommended episodes of our own show. If you've joined us recently, these are some of our most fun, interesting and memorable episodes. Thanks so much for listening!
Our Recommended Episode List:
Ep 6: Just Another Polish Wedding
Ep 21: Hotel of Fear
Ep 30: The Big Goodbye (20 a Day)
Ep 32: So Help Me God (w/guest Jess Banks)
Ep 45: The Trees, The Bees and T.T. Flowers (2-parter)
Ep 54: Interview with Gigi Garner
Ep 60: Godfather Knows Best (Live, 90s Movie, w...2022-03-271h 04
Two Hundred A DaySouth by SoutheastNathan and Eppy join Jim in an unexpected trip across the border in S4E18 South by Southeast. Due to a mistaken postal address, Jim is taken for a CIA operative and whisked away for a high-stakes meeting with a rich socialite, who he quickly discovers is in trouble herself. Despite a serious class divide, we watch romance blossom while Jim does his best to keep her from danger. This fun character study of an episode uses the North by Northwest homage framing to get things going, so if seeing Jim get out of his element is something you...2021-10-171h 22
Two Hundred A DayListener Q&A SpecialNathan and Eppy answer some listener questions! We talk about the origination of Angel, the relationship between James Garner and his writers, the place of the show in the continuity of detective TV, music from the show, and more. Thanks again for all the great questions, listeners!
There's a clip in the show from this TelevisonAcademy.com interview with James Garner: Interview part 4 (of 6). Here's the full interview.
We have another podcast: Plus Expenses. Covering our non-Rockford media, games and life chatter, Plus Expenses is available via our Patreon at ALL levels of support.
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The Sound Of The Hound#20 Simon BlumleinIn a bonus episode to round off Series 2, Dave and James talk to Simon Blumlein about his father Alan Dower Blumlein, the extraordinary man who among others things invented stereo sound.Alan Dower Blumlein was an electronic engineer and one of the most significant inventors in the first half of the twentieth century, being responsible for 128 patents in his short life. He was invloved in the early days of telephony before joining the Columbia Graphophone Company which in 1931 merged with The Gramophone Company to create EMI.Whilst at EMI, Alan invented a whole...2021-07-2653 min
Gigomi with Dave Holley#3 Paul McDonaldDo you want to know more about what a manager does and how they can help you achieve great things in your music career? In this episode Dave talks with Paul McDonald of Closer Artists who explains how they work with their successful roster of artists and writers, which includes George Ezra, James Bay and James Morrison.What does a manager do?“We look after 2 sides of an artist’s life, we look after their creative life and we look after their business life. As far as the creative side is concerned..you are trying to p...2021-07-2548 min
Gigomi with Dave Holley#1: Dave Holley interviewed by James HallIn the opening episode the music writer James Hall interviews gigomi founder Dave Holley about his plans and hopes for gigomi.gigomi is for up and coming musicians who are serious about turning their talent into a career.Dave is a 30+ year veteran of the music industry (he has organised a festival in Spain featuring Bob Dylan, run Abbey Road Studios and is currently CEO of one of the world's biggest independent music publishers).Each week he will interview an artist or executive about their experience of how the music industry really works...2021-07-2523 min
The Sound Of The Hound#19 Giles MartinThis series of The Sound of the Hound ends with an interview with Giles Martin, the Grammy-winning record producer and son of Beatles producer Sir George. With this episode it feels as though we’ve come full circle: Giles was there at the plaque unveiling that we featured in the first episode of the series. And his family has a direct connection to that Maiden Lane studio where it all began. Dave and James talk to Giles about his career to date, from the early days working with Britpop bands to his big breakthrough creating th...2021-07-201h 14
The Sound Of The Hound#18 Adelina PattiBonkers, basically. The story of opera singer Adelina Patti is one of the most eye-popping of all the tales we explore in this series. The saga starts in Madrid, where Patti was born in 1843, before it takes us to Clapham in South London, moves around the world and ends in a haunted castle in Wales. As well as being in possession of a stunning voice, Patti made an absolute fortune, was friends with Tchaikovsky, was a billiard champion, owned one of the world’s first ice-making machines, and built a theatre in her back garden decorated with images of he...2021-07-061h 02
The Sound Of The Hound#17 Nellie MelbaMelba toast. Peach Melba. Melba sauce. Why are we listing foodstuffs (and sounding a bit like Alan Partridge in the process)? Because they are all named after the subject of this episode of The Sound of the Hound, Nellie Melba. The soprano was one of the most famous singers of the era – and it was Fred who captured her voice for us to enjoy over 100 years later. Melba was born in Victoria, Australia, in 1861 and moved to Europe in the mid-1880s in search of a singing career. Nothing really happened in London so she we...2021-06-2953 min
The Sound Of The Hound#16 William Barry OwenWith these episodes focusing on the life and work of the mighty Fred Gaisberg, we may have given the impression that he was his own boss. That would be wrong. Working for The Gramophone Company in London, Fred was answerable to a man called William Barry Owen. In this episode we tell Owen’s story. It was his business acumen and vision that saw The Gramophone Company go from a pipe dream to a reality. We look at the Company through the prism of this fascinating man’s stewardship.Despite his Welsh-sounding name, William Barry was actu...2021-06-2237 min
The Sound Of The Hound#15 Sinkler DarbyEvery hero has a sidekick. And in this episode we tell the story of Fred’s wingman, the wonderfully named William Sinkler Darby. Five years Fred’s junior, fellow American Sinkler was by his boss’s side as he established The Gramophone Company in London and travelled the world to capture sound. Their tale is like a buddy movie: it’s Batman & Robin meets The Hangover meets Lethal Weapon (if the weapon in question is an unwieldy mobile recording rig). Darby first worked with Fred in Emile Berliner’s laboratory in Washington DC in the summer...2021-06-1534 min
Two Hundred A DayJoey Blue EyesNathan and Eppy cover the penultimate episode (for us) of Season 2, Ep17 Joey Blue Eyes. Beth has an ex-con friend who's running into trouble with their straight restaurant business, and despite initial friction, Jim finally agrees to help out. Between loan sharks, Beth, Angel, quick cons and sparkling dialogue, this episode just exudes Rockfordishness. It's also the first appearance of James Luisi on the show, as villain Burt Stryker, and he's just as entertaining as his later recurring role as Lt. Chapman. This is a good one, folks!
Nathan mentions this obituary of the writer of this...2021-06-131h 26
The Sound Of The HoundFeodor ChaliapinIn this episode we look at the epic – and we mean epic – story of Russian bass singer Feodor Chaliapin. The singer’s relationship with Fred spanned decades, continents, wars and revolutions. It is a tale about music but it is also a tale about the extraordinary power of friendship. And spats. It’s a story about spats. And potatoes. And backstage punch-ups. This episode really does have it all. Chaliapin was a big beast of a man with one of the deepest and most expressive voices you can imagine. He was born in the same year as...2021-06-0859 min
The Sound Of The HoundEmma CalveDiva alert! In episode four, Holley and Hall tell the story of the recording of one of opera’s greatest characters, Emma Calvé. Basking in the glory of having captured the voice of the mighty Enrico Caruso in Milan (as outlined in Series One of The Sound of the Hound), Fred goes on something of a recording spree back in London. But he gets more than he bargained for with Calvé, who proves to be something of a handful.Calvé, who is today seen as one of the greatest opera singers of the Belle Epoque era, had m...2021-06-0138 min
The Sound Of The HoundTo JapanAfter India, Fred goes to the Far East. But when he arrives in Tokyo in January 1903, he is rocked by some terrible family news. Stuck on the other side of the world, Fred does what he’s done countless times before: he throws himself into his job. Once the crates and crates of equipment are finally released by Japanese customs, he embarks on a recording frenzy.In one day alone he makes some 54 records. However he isn’t a fan of the music, initially at least. It is, he said, “too horrible for words”. But as the week...2021-05-2541 min
The Sound Of The HoundTo IndiaIt’s late summer 1902. Fred heads to Tilbury Docks to board the steamer SS Coromandel and set sail for India. His objective? “To open up new markets, establish agencies, and acquire a catalogue of native records,” as he puts it in his diary. And what a trip it is. Accompanied by an assistant called George Dilnutt and a few others, Gaisberg engages in some of his most daring ever recordings and kick-starts the recorded music industry on the subcontinent.The voyage itself takes weeks. On the last night, as the Coromandel lists on the mudflats of the gr...2021-05-1846 min
The Sound Of The HoundFred's plaqueFred’s back! And he’s got a plaque! The first episode of Series Two of The Sound of the Hound covers the unveiling of a commemorative plaque on the wall of Europe’s first recording studio, opened by Fred Gaisberg in Covent Garden in 1898. The unveiling of the plaque, which is part of the Westminster Council Green Plaque scheme, followed a campaign by Sound of the Hound co-presenter James Hall.This opening episode was recorded live at the unveiling ceremony in the building at 31 Maiden Lane on 4 December 2019. We hear an introduction by Caryn Tomlinson, the ch...2021-05-1824 min
The Sound Of The HoundInterview with Joe BoydThe first series of Sound of the Hound wraps up with something a bit different: an interview with legendary Pink Floyd and Nick Drake producer Joe Boyd. Just like Fred, Joe is an American who moved to London in his twenties to establish an overseas office for a record company. And just like Fred, he became a recording pioneer. Immersing himself in London life, Joe founded the famous UFO club in the 1960s. He talks about the music that shaped him, tells us about the recording industry in the 1960s, gives an overview of a career that has seen him...2020-05-2000 minThe Sound Of The HoundJames Hall on The Industry of Human HappinessDave interviews James about his novel on the early days of recorded sound, The Industry of Human Happiness. James tells how he chanced upon the adventures of Fred Gaisberg and Sinkler Darby in the sleeve notes of a CD that he bought outside a concert, and how they inspired him to write a fictional account of those heady days of format wars, skulduggery and breath-taking invention. James also talks about his campaign to have a commemorative plaque erected on the Maiden Lane building where the industry started (a plaque that was unveiled by Queen drummer Roger Taylor in December 2019).2020-05-1300 minThe Sound Of The HoundThe Caruso breakthroughIt’s the spring of 1902. Italian tenor Enrico Caruso is due to sing in Covent Garden later in the year, and Fred and Will are still in Milan desperate to record him. Their plan – in what predates the now-ubiquitous music industry ‘360’ marketing deal by over 100 years – is to print the master discs onto shellac and release the records in London in time for Caruso’s Opera House appearance, thereby capitalising on his huge popularity. Fred wants to pay him £100 for ten records, but his bosses in London balk at the cost. But Fred does it anyway. It’s a huge gamble. But Fre...2020-05-0600 minThe Sound Of The HoundThe last castratoFred and his brother William travel to Milan in 1902 with the aim of convincing opera superstar Enrico Caruso to record for them. However Caruso is busy and non-committal, so the men seek out other forms of sound to record while they wait for an answer. Aiming high, they approach the Pope to ask if he’d be up for recording something (as you would). The pontiff declines but invites them to record the Sistine Chapel Choir in the Vatican instead. And so, by lucky happenstance and perhaps unwittingly, the brothers find themselves capturing the extraordinary voice of Alessandro Moreschi, one of...2020-04-2900 minThe Sound Of The HoundRussian revolutions (part two)After the mixed success of the recording trip to Russia in 1900, it is a curious decision of Fred’s to return to the country the following year. But back he goes – twice – with a point to prove. Still waiting for that elusive breakthrough, The Gramophone Company has diversified into typewriters and Fred’s not happy. He needs good music, fast. He records opera stars and fine musicians before making one of the more curious decisions of his career. Finding himself dumped by letter by his London-based girlfriend, Fred heads inland to record music from the Russian steppes. He becomes obsessed with Tata...2020-04-2200 minThe Sound Of The HoundRussian revolutions (part one)The first of two episodes following Fred on recording expeditions to Russia. In early 1900, with their bosses dissatisfied with what they’ve recorded to date, Fred and his colleague Sinker Darby are under pressure to find fascinating sounds. Their agents in St Petersburg, charged with finding singers and musicians, are useless and corrupt so Fred and Sinkler go it alone. They scour the city’s streets and theatres by sleigh, recording what they can. But their new-fangled gramophone invention piques the interest of the court of Tsar Nicholas II, and the men are summoned to his palace. Will they succeed in c...2020-04-1500 minThe Sound Of The HoundThe first propaganda recordIn the early days of recorded sound, no one can quite figure out the purpose of gramophones. Are they serious bits of kit for replicating music or are they toys? Should gramophone discs play music or comedy or something else entirely? One man trying to work out this conundrum is an American actor called Russell Hunting. An eccentric hustler, Hunting invents an Irish comedy character called Michael Casey. He also puts out a series of lewd and obscene records populated by characters telling titillating stories, which become big in coin-slot booths in amusement arcades. But Hunting’s most meaningful contribution to...2020-04-0800 minThe Sound Of The HoundSyria Lamonte, the world’s first female recording starJust weeks after arriving in London, Fred makes the world’s first disc recording of a female singer outside of America. The lady’s name is Syria Lamonte and, according to Fred, she’s a barmaid in Rule’s restaurant, next to his studio on Maiden Lane. Lamonte – real name Sarah Cohen – is an Australian who arrived in London from Sydney in 1896. Her recordings, which include songs such as Comin’ Through The Rye, accompanied by a tinkling piano, are groundbreaking. But was Lamonte really the struggling waitress that Fred claims? Hall and Holley discover that Lamonte’s history is not quite as Fred de...2020-03-1800 minThe Sound Of The HoundFred Gaisberg arrives in LondonSummer 1898. Fred Gaisberg arrives in London to set up The Gramophone Company at the behest of his American boss Emile Berliner, who invented the flat-disc gramophone. Before Berliner, music only lasted for as long as the notes hung in the air. Now, Fred is under orders to commit as many artists as possible to disc. The recording technology is rudimentary to say the least, but 25-year-old Fred has big dreams. Having sailed from New York to Liverpool with £10 in his pocket, a bicycle and an instruction manual, Fred travels to a sweltering and vice-ridden Covent Garden to open Europe’s fir...2020-03-0900 min