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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 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).

MASTAS Episode 4: Ellie Goulding, “Codes”
April 1, 2016 – 7:09 AM | 2 Comments
MASTAS Episode 4: Ellie Goulding, “Codes”

In MASTAS Episode 4, we’re riding the sweet wave of Ellie Goulding’s “Codes,” while also pondering Swedish hitmakers, songs that help us get over terrible boyfriends, and that band from the Buffy soundtrack that Sarah …

MASTAS: Episode 3: Madonna, “Get Together”
March 25, 2016 – 9:38 AM | One Comment
MASTAS: Episode 3: Madonna, “Get Together”

In Episode 3, MASTAS FINALLY gets to Madonna. What took us so long?!

MASTAS Episode 2: Luscious Jackson, “Naked Eye”
March 22, 2016 – 2:43 PM | 3 Comments
MASTAS Episode 2: Luscious Jackson, “Naked Eye”

In Episode 2 of MASTAS, Sarah asks us to ponder “Naked Eye” by Luscious Jackson…

Introducing The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs Podcast!
March 17, 2016 – 12:27 PM | 11 Comments
Introducing The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs Podcast!

It’s about crop rotation! (Hee.)

“It Was More About The Effort To Survive”: A Chat About Everybody Loves Our Town
August 20, 2015 – 8:50 AM | 4 Comments
“It Was More About The Effort To Survive”: A Chat About <em>Everybody Loves Our Town</em>

Mark Blankenship joins me to talk about Mark Yarm’s oral history of grunge.

Twomato Concentrate: 15 July 2015
July 15, 2015 – 12:02 PM | 3 Comments
Twomato Concentrate: 15 July 2015

Managers, Watchmen, and more stuff I’m thinking about.