Catching up with Chris Bloom

Rob Schwartz joins me on the podcast to talk about his time in Asia covering music and writing for Billboard. He also discusses the book he edited, The Wisdom of Morrie: Living and Aging Creatively and Joyfully by his late father Morrie Schwartz (beloved subject of Tuesdays with Morrie). We also spend some time talking about a benefit concert he is producing called One Topia (onetopia.com) the first ever global benefit festival dedicated to Mental Health. To find out more about Rob, please go here https://wisdomofmorrie.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

31 Mai 20241h 15min

Yi Shun Lai was on the podcast back in August of 2021. Yi Shun (say "yeeshun" for her first name) and I catch up, talk a little Springsteen and she discusses her amazing new novel. It is a YA novel called A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic and it is amazing. I've recommended it to multiple friends and all of them have loved it. Find it here - https://a.co/d/3hqMr3p A reminder about the article that she wrote that inspired me to have her on the podcast the first time https://humanparts.medium.com/an-american-immigrant-in-three-bruce-springsteen-tunes-3fa5b3511e2c Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30 Mai 202453min

Sean Barrette joins me to discuss his first book, Heartstrings – First Guitars, a collection of memories from a variety of musicians, famous, semi-famous, up and coming, anonymous, or otherwise, about the guitar they learned on, the first guitar they bought with their own money, the first “good” guitar they owned, or the beloved first-line guitar that accompanied them on first songs, first shows, first tours, or first recordings. There is a special link between a musician and his instrument and in his book, Sean collects stories of those first loves. You can find the book here - https://a.co/d/g5DD81G More about Sean here https://www.firstguitars.ca/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28 Mai 202456min

Jack Firneno @JackFirneno became a Billy Joel fan as a child in Brooklyn, NY. He started out with cassettes of The Stranger and 52nd Street in his Fisher Price tape recorder, and his fandom was cinched by the time Storm Front came out when he was in third grade. He is the co-host of Glass Houses - A Billy Joel Podcast, @GlassHousesPod part of the Pantheon Network family of musical podcasts. Jack and I had a blast talking music, our mutual love of Billy Joel and we give Bruce a little love as well since Jack also loves The Boss! Here Jack and his cohost Michael Grosvenor here - Episodes – Glass Houses – A Billy Joel Podcast (glasshousespod.com) https://www.facebook.com/glasshousespodcast/ https://www.twitter.com/glasshousespod https://www.instagram.com/glasshousespod https://discord.com/invite/6G6cMRFu7Thttps://www.facebook.com/glasshousespodcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

24 Mai 20241h 6min

Conor Cunneen is an Irishman, happily exiled in Chicago where he says “the Guinness is good, the people are friendly and he has been force fed more corned beef and green beer than he ever had in Ireland!” As an Irish immigrant, he is a very proud recipient of the President’s Gold Medal for Volunteer Service for the work he does with job seekers. He is proud dad to John and Amy and a loving irritant to his long suffering wife, Pat, whom his sister-in-law states will be canonized the moment she leaves this planet! We discuss his love of music, speaking, making people laugh and making a difference in people's lives. https://irishmanspeaks.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

23 Mai 202451min

As part of David Barry's Kickstarter Campaign, he and I offered the chance for 4 fans to produce their own episode of Set Lusting Bruce, Nancy Barry chose for her episode to do a round table of some of her favorite fellow fans. Joining Nancy is Nancy, Eileen, Laura, Jennifer and Carrie. They discuss their friendship, their bond with Bruce's music, the experience of seeing him overseas and what's next for this band of Springsteen Sisters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 Mai 20241h 38min

Mike AKA Dad Rap is a proud Dad hailing from upstate New York. In today's discussion, he and I spend some time talking about Mike's roots and how he decided to make music that resonates with parents and their kids. Find out more about Mike here - Instagram - @dadrapmusic Tik Tok - @dad.rap.music YouTube - @dadrapmusic X - @dadrapmusic Facebook - Dad Rap Website -  https://dadrapmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16 Mai 202454min

Today, I'm joined by Abigail Vacca and Keith Berthiaume, Abigail is a huge David Bowie fan. Keith is a musician who plays Beatles and Tom Petty covers, as well as original music. They are co-hosts of the Global Treasures podcast, which covers a different UNESCO world heritage site each episode. They bonded over their love of music spanning from the 1950's to present. Find more about them and their work here - https://globaltreasures.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093258132336 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 Mai 202456min