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A History of Rock n' Roll in Film and Rock n' Roll

Jay R Smith

Music

Tv & Film

Frequency: 1 episode/20d. Total Eps: 88

I review cinematographic products related directly as well as tangentially to rock history and tell the stories of the artists, businesses, and technologies that fueled the development of this glorious cultural mutant known as Rock n' Roll.

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🇺🇸 USA - musicHistory
13/07/2026
#79
🇺🇸 USA - musicHistory
11/07/2026
#89
🇨🇦 Canada - musicHistory
03/05/2026
#86
🇨🇦 Canada - musicHistory
02/05/2026
#64

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From the Patreon collection #4

Season 1 · Episode 83

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 • Duration 02:04:18

From time to time, I will populate the main feed with a Patreon episode that's at least a year old so casual listeners might get a taste of all the extra scholarship that does occur, but lands nowhere near a published episode:

Bowie in ‘74
The rest of the SPIN 1995 readers poll
Wanda Jackson’s book
One glimpse of the Beatles
1982 Penelope Spheeris interview
More Nick Tosches!
Gilbert Gottfried on “Spirit in the Sky”
Tom Waits recording in the early 2000s with Mark Howard

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From the Patreon collection #3

Season 1 · Episode 82

Friday, June 14, 2024 • Duration 02:02:59

Original description for this episode:

Shaboom! Two hours of hotness for you today in the wake of my recent 3-parter on The Crow via the main feed. This was a nice slice of all-over-the-place pie, as the whole Patreon endeavor will surely continue to be.

So Today we gots:

A quick look at a (post)90s rock book
A Spin Reader’s Poll
Go Head in the Rain
Sun Records stories - Roscoe Jordan on Ike Turner,
Then Nick Tosches on Jackie Brentston,
Two onstage deaths in Rock
Gilbert on where the love grows
The history of Altamont continued, featuring Monterey Pop and Bill Graham + the establishment of both Fillmores East and West

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Quick Announcement: A Free Patreon Episode and updates on the next release

Season 1 · Episode 73

Wednesday, February 14, 2024 • Duration 02:20

The next episode(s) featuring Floyd, The Dead and Zabriskie Point are mostly done and in final editing stages. I haven't decided whether or not to split it into two releases or keep all 4-5 hrs together yet. I figure if you love Pink Floyd and/or the Grateful Dead then having a healthy attention span is probably not an issue for you.

In the meantime, please avail yourself of one free episode from the Patreon feed to tide you over and tickle your brain parts that love rock history:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/audio-episode-16-91478246?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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The Airing of Grievances episode!

Season 1 · Episode 72

Sunday, January 7, 2024 • Duration 01:56:15

It's time to get cranky! I read internet exchanges with a psycho on Reverb.com and a former child star on Instagram as well as quotes from Steve Albini and a section of the recent Megadeth book featuring Dave Mustaine's racist-ass wife. Throughout it all, you will also hear some delightful children's poems to offset the awfulness. Please check the links below for a few things I'm proud of taking part in:

A new interview of me on “DiabloCast” by Glenn Cannon from Diablo Guitars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV1kCtoujII

“The Necroboard” comedy horror radio drama by Bronson Swagger ent. Starring me as “Corey Baylor”

https://bronsonswaggerentertainment.bandcamp.com/track/the-necroboard

My new “Running Man” review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7n7PU8Omkk

“First Love” short by James Akita

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQtUHbcfYGY

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"Zabriskie Point" (1970) | Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead

Season 1 · Episode 71

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 • Duration 02:16:58

Phil Lesh is the best music writer. Richard Wright may or may not have been incredibly smart for not legally being a member of Pink Floyd from 1980 onward. I agree with Roger Ebert for once. Bear knows a thing or two about sound reenforcement after going mostly deaf in one ear. EMI helps create the first internet conspiracy theories in rock. The Dead ditch the jug band thing after seeing "Hard Day's Night." Star of the film dies in the middle of bench press. Douglas Adams makes an appearance in the name of "The fundamental interconnectedness of all things" and $5,000 of Floyd's money. Stuff blows up in slow motion. Weir and Garcia have a pointed back-and-forth with their front-of-house feedback. Roger Waters does his best Italian accent and makes sure all the 1970 soundtrack tapes are reused in future song demos.

All this and more, in today's educational whirlwind of sound and flerp. Flerp means words, I guess.

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(currently paused until end of this month)

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"White Zombie" (1932) | Also, WHITE ZOMBIE! | Episode 2

Season 1 · Episode 70

Thursday, November 30, 2023 • Duration 02:08:18

Hey goons! Welcome back to the 2nd part of my Zombie exploration! You'll hear more tales from Jay Yuenger and Sean Yseult about the early years, some guitar geek stuff about Jay's gear, explorations of the characters and themes found in "White Zombie" the film, interviews with White Zombie from the early/mid 90's and a hard-to-find instrumental track that J. recorded and released before the band broke up.

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"White Zombie" (1932) & WHITE ZOMBIE | Bela Lugosi, Sean Yseult, Rob Zombie, Jay Yuenger, Ivan DePrume

Season 1 · Episode 69

Friday, October 20, 2023 • Duration 05:06:35

Damn right, I'm doing my "White Zombie" episode just before Halloween! I never had too much of a plan for when I was going to produce this one, because I knew it would be another massive undertaking as well as another "way more history of the band than the movie" situation.
If this is your first episode of the show, WELCOME! I want you to know this is probably the coolest band that ever existed for me. I've been bonkers over them since my best friend Eli let me borrow his cassette of "La Sexorcisto" back in 1992. I genuinely did not understand why everyone in the universe did not love this band as much as I did from 92-98. Here's what we'll cover today:

Sean’s early years in ballet and art classes, as well as an amazing summary of her WZ career after the fact (more on her musical influence on the band next episode)

The beginning and ending of Sean’s relationship with Rob

Rob’s early entertainment influences and work on “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse”

Jay’s tales of the NYC recording of La Sexorcisto, how he managed to not starve, and Ivan De Prume getting paid fifty bucks to do a drum roll for Savatage

Bela Lugosi’s emigration from Hungary to New Orleans and up northward to Broadway, and westard to Hollywood

The horrific violence after WW1 that forced Bela out of his home country - The Red Terror vs The White Terror, 1917-1919

The many themes and tropes of the “White Zombie” film that resonated with American audiences in 1932

A 1990 interview with Rob from a black & white zine

Sean’s relationship with Al Jourgensen, and his supposed, alleged, confrontation with Rob that maybe totally might have partially happened

A 1994 guitar extravaganza featuring Jay Yuenger and John Christ of Danzig featuring my very professional voice acting

And WAY MORE of course, because you can see the running time of this thing is bloated and engorged like any decent Soul Crushing Psycho-Head Blowout in Pig Heaven should be!

Shoot Episode #4 | Bass Player Book Reviews, Jann Wenner, Lester Bangs, "Wild in the Streets", Guns n' Roses formation

Season 1 · Episode 68

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 • Duration 02:08:32

Sometimes reading autobiographies leads to great (or just mild) disappointment and no great use for a normal episode of the show. In today's case, I refuse to be the only person who is disappointed, nay INCONVENIENCED, by the works of Nikki Sixx, Flea, and Dave Ellefson. None of these sources that I sought out will be usable in conjunction with a film, but that doesn't mean I can't squeeze at least a bit of fun out of 'em. Or at least, review them for you so you can decide for yourself how much more you need from those pages.

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Bonus Patreon Preview: MTV, Monster Magnet, Spider-Man, 45 RPM, Nick Tosches

Season 1 · Episode 68

Wednesday, September 13, 2023 • Duration 40:14

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Van Halen #4 | "The Wild Life" (1984)

Season 1 · Episode 67

Monday, September 4, 2023 • Duration 02:33:00

Just in time for the time that it is in your life right now at this moment, here comes part four of the ongoing Van Halen saga with Eddie, Alex, Dave, Sammy, Michael, Noel, Valerie and many others! This episode takes you through:

Multiple POVs on the US Festival debacle. Or triumph, depending on your level of optimism
Legal wranglings in management
Deals gettin' done
(no)Journey fans and Sheep and Space Invaders
A Botched Endorsement Opportunity with SPARKOMATIC
Dave trying to move from video director to film director as he moves away from Van Halen
Eddie's conclusions about engineering his own brand of guitars and amplifiers
Also other things including more "Wild Life" reactions

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