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Kick The Jukebox

KICK THE JUKEBOX

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Frequency: 1 episode/28d. Total Eps: 47

Kick The Jukebox is a continuing exploration in 20th century music and friendship from the sweetly geeky minds of comedians, writers and music aficionados Kyle Gordon and Louie Pearlman. In each episode, expect to be turned on to music you never knew existed and a deep dive into an important album of the week.

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🇺🇸 USA - musicHistory
04/09/2025
#100
🇺🇸 USA - musicHistory
15/09/2024
#94
🇺🇸 USA - musicHistory
09/09/2024
#99

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Power Pop with Eli Bolin, Jason Boxer and Gretchen Unico

Episode 51

mercredi 18 novembre 2020 • Duration 01:06:48

In this best-of episode, Kyle and Louie are joined by three special guests: songwriter Eli Bolin (John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch), Weezer expert Jason Boxer (Weezerpedia), and The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's Gretchen Unico to discuss some great Power Pop gems: The Cars' self titled 1978 debut, Weezer's 1996 sophmore outing Pinkerton and Harry Nilsson's 1971 masterpiece Nilsson Schmilsson!

Also, be sure to check out our podcast recommendation: The Lyric Boys!

The World of Jamaican Music

Episode 50

mercredi 4 novembre 2020 • Duration 42:05

In this best-of episode Louie and Kyle take a look back at some of their favorite tunes and albums from Jamaica: a place where the music is always cool, engaging and very often wonderfully informative. The boys deep dive into the soundtrack for The Harder They Come, Burning Spear's 1975 release Marcus Garvey and the career of Island Records founder Chris Blackwell.

Please check out our podcast recommendation for this week: Quarter Rest with Joe Diaco!

E 41: Vince Guaraldi Trio - Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus w/ special guest Jason Boxer

mardi 4 août 2020 • Duration 01:06:05

Before Vince Guaraldi made his mark in pop culture with his iconic music for Peanuts, he released Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus, which includes his wonderfully warm hit, "Cast Your Fate to the Wind," his haunting cover of "Moon River" and more. This episode marks Louie and Kyle's first foray into the world of Jazz, and they are joined by their old pal, Jason Boxer! The trio discusses Jason running for his local school board, songs that may or may not secretly be psy ops and why Vince's music makes us feel so good.

E 40: Love - Forever Changes

mardi 28 juillet 2020 • Duration 01:01:03

Louie N Kyle take a trip to the world of the deeply psychedelic sixties band Love. Love lived communally in a Griffith Park castle, they horded guns and drugs and, most importantly, they weren't fucking around. Learn how they made one of the best albums of all time against insurmountable odds.

E 39: Paul McCartney - McCartney II

lundi 20 juillet 2020 • Duration 58:37

The world wasn't quite ready for McCartney II when Paul released it in 1980. It's cold and electronic sound is divisive among the hardcore fans. But for the very reasons that McCartney II was a tough sell when it was first released, it's influenced so many musical genres and artists. In this episode, Kyle and Louie analyze what happens when a Beatle goes New Wave.

E 38: Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura with special guest Liam Carroll

mardi 14 juillet 2020 • Duration 01:03:20

We're joined by Liam Carroll, writer for The Spool, Rebeat Magazine, Newscult and founder of B-Movie review site Analog Scum to discuss his gateway album for his favorite band: 1995's Electr-O-Pura by Yo La Tengo. Liam gets into how Yo La Tengo embodies a bucolic New Jersey that is rarely written about, and why they've endured when so many other cool-kid indie bands haven't.

E 37: Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!

mardi 30 juin 2020 • Duration 56:44

When Sly and the Family Stone sang "Stand!" on their 1969 classic LP, it was a command to get up, fight for your rights and dance. In this episode, we deep-dive into what we can learn from Sly Stone's wholly unique blend of funk, soul, rock and late-sixties socially conscious psychedelia.

E 36: Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet with special guest Mike Joseph

lundi 22 juin 2020 • Duration 01:15:16

We're joined by special guest Mike Joseph (Billboard Magazine's 2020 Pride List of Industry Shaping LGBTQ Executives, Detoxicity Podcast ) to talk about Public Enemy's explosive 1990 LP "Fear of a Black Planet," a battle-cry of a classic hip-hop album that marks a moment in time for the Black Power movement while deftly predicting its future.

E 35: The Cars - S/T with special guest Gretchen Unico

lundi 15 juin 2020 • Duration 01:10:24

The Cars' 1978 self titled debut was a huge hit for the power-pop/new wave outfit, with four charting singles that we still remember fondly today. We're joined by rock historian/WRUW Cleveland DJ Gretchen Unico to discuss what makes The Cars just what we needed.

E 34: Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey

lundi 8 juin 2020 • Duration 49:52

When Burning Spear released Marcus Garvey in 1975, it took the world of Reggae, Roots and Dread by storm. Join hosts Kyle Gordon and Louie Pearlman as they explore what made this album so important historically and musically, and what it can help us understand about the current moment.