The podcast FINALLY returns from hiatus...sort of. This episode doesn't feature anything really new, but does revisit previous conversations with Toronto-based Decoder Ring Theatre's Gregg Taylor. File size: 23 MB. Time: 50 min., 26 sec. Host: Brian Kelley. Links related to Gregg Taylor/Decoder Ring Theatre: Decoder Ring Theatre - official web site Decoder Ring Theatre on … Continue reading Show Notes for TWTR Podcast 034 – Decoder Ring Theatre Revisited (08.10.2015)
Last year, I went about challenging myself physically with a series of athletic events -- a 10-mile run, a half marathon, and a pair of triathlons (a sprint and an international). This year's challenges have been all about becoming a father for the second time back in March and -- with my wife -- adapting … Continue reading Yet another podcast status update (finally)
This is the fifth and final installment of a five-part series this week documenting songs by "no-hit wonders." Although these artists may have had cult followings and minor success on some of the "genre" charts, they didn't even register enough mainstream success to really qualify as "one-hit wonders." The tracks featured in this series reached … Continue reading No-Hit Wonders: Winter Gloves – “Invisible”
This is the fourth installment of a five-part series this week documenting songs by "no-hit wonders." Although these artists may have had cult followings and minor success on some of the "genre" charts, they didn't even register enough mainstream success to really qualify as "one-hit wonders." The tracks featured in this series reached the ears … Continue reading No-Hit Wonders: Oppenheimer – “OK, Let’s Take This Outside”
This is the third installment of a five-part series this week documenting songs by "no-hit wonders." Although these artists may have had cult followings and minor success on some of the "genre" charts, they didn't even register enough mainstream success to really qualify as "one-hit wonders." The tracks featured in this series reached the ears … Continue reading No-Hit Wonders: Fossil – “Moon”
This is the second installment of a five-part series this week documenting songs by "no-hit wonders." Although these artists may have had cult followings and minor success on some of the "genre" charts, they didn't even register enough mainstream success to really qualify as "one-hit wonders." The tracks featured in this series reached the ears … Continue reading No-Hit Wonders: Lost Tricks – “All Around U”
This is the first installment of a five-part series this week documenting songs by "no-hit wonders." Although these artists may have had cult followings and minor success on some of the "genre" charts, they didn't even register enough mainstream success to really qualify as "one-hit wonders." The tracks featured in this series reached the ears … Continue reading No-Hit Wonders: Pitty Sing – “Radio”
The retooled Tandem With The Random podcast will return Monday, January 26, 2015, and will feature a discussion based on a series of blog posts the preceding week (January 19-23) focusing on "No-Hit Wonders"--now-defunct music acts who produced songs that became favorites of TWTR podcast host Brian Kelley without ever garnering mainstream "hit" status. There … Continue reading Podcast to return January 26 after “No-Hit Wonders” blog series
So...we're about to enter 2015 and the last four times the calendar has turned to January, I have brought back the Tandem With The Random podcast for another season. But this year is a little different. The full-time job I started in August 2014 doesn't allow me the flexibility I used to have in conducting … Continue reading Podcast status for 2015
So there's a new, reworked version of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" that's been recorded to help in the fight to stop the spread of Ebola in West Africa--and it just happens to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the first version of the song, which was the work of Bob Geldof and Midge Ure … Continue reading Some quick thoughts on Band Aid 30
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