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MASTAS 91: Ranking The 91st Oscars’ Best Song Nominees
February 28, 2018 – 12:09 PM | No Comment
MASTAS 91: Ranking The 91st Oscars’ Best Song Nominees

Joe Reid joins Mark and Sarah for a ranking — and handicapping — of this year’s Best Song candidates.

MASTAS Episode 46: Oscar-Winning Songs We Love (And Loathe)
February 23, 2017 – 12:05 PM | 2 Comments
MASTAS Episode 46: Oscar-Winning Songs We Love (And Loathe)

Mark and Sarah take home Oscar gold!

‘The Blues Always Been’: Dennis McNally’s On Highway 61
February 20, 2017 – 5:50 PM | No Comment
‘The Blues Always Been’: Dennis McNally’s <em>On Highway 61</em>

A carefully researched and well-written overview of “the music of freedom” runs out of gas halfway there.

MASTAS Episode 34: Chicago, “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is”
November 21, 2016 – 3:47 PM | No Comment
MASTAS Episode 34: Chicago, “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is”

MASTAS loves dad-rock!

MASTAS Episode 10: John Parr, “St. Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion”)
May 13, 2016 – 7:39 AM | 7 Comments
MASTAS Episode 10: John Parr, “St. Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion”)

Joe Reid returns to request “St. Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion)”, which gets us ALL up in the business of ’80s movie songs and their inspirational key changes.

MASTAS Episode 9: Joplin Carlile LLC, “Get It While You Can” and “That Year”
May 6, 2016 – 6:30 AM | No Comment
MASTAS Episode 9: Joplin Carlile LLC, “Get It While You Can” and “That Year”

It’s wailin’ ladies this week…

MASTAS Episode 8: Jewel-erdome! “You Were Meant For Me” vs. “Hands”
April 29, 2016 – 7:09 AM | 4 Comments
MASTAS Episode 8: Jewel-erdome! “You Were Meant For Me” vs. “Hands”

Welcome to Jewel-erdome, where two wretched Jewel songs enter and only one leaves.

MASTAS Episode 7: Mazzy Star, “Fade Into You”
April 22, 2016 – 6:51 AM | No Comment
MASTAS Episode 7: Mazzy Star, “Fade Into You”

Special guest Joe Reid joins us as we open the listener mailbag and pluck out Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You,” our most-requested song.

MASTAS Episode 6: Jesus Christ Superstar‘s Noxious Balladry
April 15, 2016 – 7:24 AM | One Comment
MASTAS Episode 6: <em>Jesus Christ Superstar</em>‘s Noxious Balladry

There’s a little Broadway and a little rage as we talk about “I Don’t Know How To Love Him.”

MASTAS Episode 5: Cam, “Mayday”
April 8, 2016 – 7:51 AM | No Comment
MASTAS Episode 5: Cam, “Mayday”

In Episode 5, we’ve got a brand-new coffeehouse verzh of our MASTAS theme song — and lots of thoughts about the dramaturgical rigors of country music (…you heard us).