169. QUEASY LISTENING: THE FULL STORY BEHIND THE DARK SIDE OF DEBBY BOONE'S “YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE”
The biggest hit single of the 1970s spent ten weeks at number one. If you weren’t alive at the time, then there’s no way to adequately describe how torturous that period truly was. Yet the deeper I ...
23 Aug 202440min
168. THE FULL STORY BEHIND CINDY LEE’S DIAMOND JUBILEE
Discograffiti is NOT a normal podcast, and this episode stands as inarguable proof. If you connect with what you’re about to hear, please re-post this or send it to someone you care about who’s in tro...
16 Aug 202451min
167. CHRIS COHEN REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND HIS ENTIRE CAREER & RATES ALL HIS RECORDS (PART 2: THE SELF-TITLED 2019 ALBUM ABOUT HIS DAD & PAINT A ROOM)
First in Deerhoof and then on his own over four consistently brilliant solo LPs (including the brand-new Hardly Art release Paint A Room), Chris Cohen’s been gifting us with projects over the last 25 ...
9 Aug 202445min
166. CHRIS COHEN REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND HIS ENTIRE CAREER & RATES ALL HIS RECORDS (PART 2: HIS DEERHOOF YEARS, OVERGROWN PATH, & AS IF APART)
First in Deerhoof and then on his own over four consistently brilliant solo LPs (including the brand-new Hardly Art release Paint A Room), Chris Cohen’s been gifting us with projects over the last 25 ...
2 Aug 202443min
165. MICHAEL IMPERIOLI REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND THE SMITHS AND RATES THEIR RECORDS (PART 2: THE QUEEN IS DEAD, LOUDER THAN BOMBS, & STRANGEWAYS HERE WE COME)
One of the greatest actors of all time—The Sopranos’ Michael Imperioli—is also a confirmed, dyed-in-the-wool music nerd and songwriter in his own right. The Smiths came along and changed the game for ...
26 Jul 202434min
164. MICHAEL IMPERIOLI REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND THE SMITHS AND RATES THEIR RECORDS (PART 1: THE SELF-TITLED DEBUT, HATFUL OF HOLLOW, & MEAT IS MURDER)
One of the greatest actors of all time—The Sopranos’ Michael Imperioli—is also a confirmed, dyed-in-the-wool music nerd and songwriter in his own right. The Smiths came along and changed the game for ...
19 Jul 202441min
163. TOM BAILEY OF THE THOMPSON TWINS REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND HIS CAREER AND RATES ALL HIS OWN RECORDS
The Thompson Twins were one of the greatest bands of the early MTV era, pumping out hit after hit while offering an emotional resonance that transcended the typical chart fare. Singer/songwriter Tom B...
12 Jul 202445min
162. SANDY, BRUCE, & ELLEN DEDRICK OF THE FREE DESIGN REVEAL THE FULL STORY BEHIND THEIR ENTIRE CAREER (PART 3: STARS/TIME/BUBBLES/LOVE, VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE, ONE BY ONE, THERE IS A SONG, & PEEKABOO)
There is one sunshine pop band that stands as the greatest example of the genre, and that one band is The Free Design. They had one 1967 hit, “Kites Are Fun”—it hit #114, and that was it. But that’s...
5 Jul 20241h 5min
