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Episode 6. Dirty Water Dog featuring the founding editor of ⁠UltimateClassicRock.com⁠, Matthew Wilkening. Join Scotzo, Wolfie and Chaz as they take in all of Matthew's stories of Van Helen interviews and insider status during the time the album was being made.

Having spoken directly with the band on several occasions, he has a lot to share. Matthew is also a fan and his appreciation of Van Halen shows he's a fan of all iterations of the band, and someone who can appreciate an artists more challenging works. We talk at length about the article and interview he wrote and published at the time, which you can read here. We also get some insider stories of being at the record label for the "preview parties", and how you tell a label exec that something "isn't quite" what you'd expected to hear from Van Halen?

So we listen to the studio version of Dirty Water Dog, then Scotzo has us endure the live version to make a Monrovian point...you can see that video here.

Ultimately, Matthew's wide-ranging musical background with UltimateClassicRock.com lead us on some pretty cool digressions. And we also get a taste of some of Greg "Wolfie" Wolfe's live shows in addition to his "never-heard-this-before" impression of the track, and the Van Halen III Redux version.

Remember, Van Halen III Redux is the work of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Seaside Pod Review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tom Petty Project⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ultimate Catalog Clash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast host Kevin Brown and producer Scott D. Monroe, our own Scotzo. Listen to their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Redux version of VHIII⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠that's lighter, leaner, and in some circles a means to salvaging the disc a producer in a different circumstance might have produced. Ahem.

Season 3 of the Regarding...Series - Welcome to the ultimate rediscovery of Van Halen’s most controversial album. 

At the outset, we represent a good spectrum of views: Wolfie is 100% no opinion on the album; Scott leans more positive but is in the middle and has some dislikes; and Chaz is … appreciative as a student of Edward Van Halen, and empathetic to his artistic cause, but not a big fan of the final output overall. To put it mildly. How Many Say Why is all they could be heard muttering to themselves, in a sea-shanty sort of sway. How Many Say Why? How Many Say Why?

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Episode 5. From Afar featuring Gary Cherone Superfan Alyssa, creator and curator of the Extreme Fan Page ExtremeTakeUsAlive on Twitter. Join Scotzo, Wolfie and Chaz as they take Alyssa along on their journey through this next track off Van Halen III.

Alyssa's passion for Gary's artistry, and her Extreme knowledge and appreciation of Van Halen take the guys to a place no one expected Chaz to end up. Is that a good thing or bad? We get a lot of inside scoop on Gary's side projects, like his Who cover band, and his work with his brother, and what it's like to be in the same room with him and his energy. Alyssa's adoration of Gary is endearing, and it soften's some of the sharper edges in what's always a "trash Gary" party! (Apologies to no one.) And this is the stage in the show's evolution where we think people may be listening, so we invoke our right to make statements and issue our new call "C'mon Wolfie!" and we're not talkin' our Wolfie.

As always, the most important constituent - what did Wolfie think of the track and the Van Halen III Redux version?

Remember, Van Halen III Redux is the work of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Seaside Pod Review⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Tom Petty Project⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ultimate Catalog Clash⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast host Kevin Brown and producer Scott D. Monroe, our own Scotzo. Listen to their ⁠⁠⁠⁠Redux version of VHIII⁠⁠⁠ ⁠that's lighter, leaner, and in some circles a means to salvaging the disc a producer in a different circumstance might have produced. Ahem.

Season 3 of the Regarding...Series - Welcome to the ultimate rediscovery of Van Halen’s most controversial album. 

At the outset, we represent a good spectrum of views: Wolfie is 100% no opinion on the album; Scott leans more positive but is in the middle and has some dislikes; and Chaz is … appreciative as a student of Edward Van Halen, and empathetic to his artistic cause, but not a big fan of the final output overall. To put it mildly. How Many Say Why is all they could be heard muttering to themselves, in a sea-shanty sort of sway. How Many Say Why? How Many Say Why?

Proudly sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠podcastle.ai⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠fourstringmedia⁠⁠⁠⁠, not by Romney's Everest Kendal Mints or Buffalo Chicken Wings in general.

Another heroic and historic episode of the podcast that listens so you don't have to...with a magical and golden crossing of the podcast streams complete with Alan "Schatz" Schatzberg from RushRash, and our hosts crashing Schatz' gig before teleporting his azz back into this show. The streaming circle is complete with this wiz-bang mash up unlike any episode of the Regarding...Series before it.

In an incredibly brilliant cunning stunt on the Deep Dive Podcast Network, even if we do say so ourselves, Regarding...Roger and RushRash have crossed streams to create a fluid and flowing smashing of formats and general bustin' shit up episode - look away! SNAP!

Join Wolfie, Chaz, and Schatz in a listen through the epic and jazzy Us and Them from the original, on the bone, peri-peri sauce dipped wing, and wax nostalgic over a plate of boneless wings just what the song meant to them. Then listen as they listen to the train wreck that is the redux version. Mercifully, a little shorter than the original...but that's because there was not much to add to such a brilliant composition and collaboration with Richard Wright. St. Richard, perhaps. F*$k David, thank you very much!

🎸As always, Chaz & Wolfie are on the case digging into the what of this why...wtf?? Always offering their unique, boneless insights, as only they can. And you know, the Regarding...Series of mini-podcasts is not political, not correct, and you're lucky we use spell-check. When facts don't matter and feuds matter less, we go into what we know and what we can google about each song from Dark Side of the Moon, then and redux, one track at a time, in a compare and contrast format. Each show we'll listen to the original, and how he butchered it with his new version. Er...we mean, the new additive interpretation work by Mr. Waters...no bias here. 

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Roger! Get back, I’m alright Jack, keep your hands off my Dark Side of the Moon! Fakk, Chaz and Wolfie get beat over the head with some heavyweight add-on to the song Money…where the saxophone solo and the guitar solos go…and more than ever we ask…why Roger, why?

Join our cohosts as they dig on listening to the entirely unchanged original epic track, on headphones, with plenty of mints on hand…cool baby, and waxing nostalgic for Gordon Gecco and a message the guys don’t think they missed the first time, and a new message that leaves us wondering, even more, let us say that again, not to be rundant, but to be perfectly clear, we'd still really like to know, “why Roger, why?”

We digress and go on...we discover the origins of the lyrics Roger stole from the London Underground, and listen to him blather on about how he has a demo of the music he wrote for Money, in addition to those lyrics that, you know, he wrote. He makes that clear again, and leaves us a little torn when it comes to the music. If you were at a cocktail party, and you heard the music come on, without the vocal, you might pause, recognize it as Money, and go on with you conversation, enjoying the reminessing sounds in the background, but fakk, he does his best Tom Waites, and...well...it's "why Roger, why?" But...it’s the COVID for episode, and there are plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing, what the hell is in those mints…

Grab your caviar and kick back for another fat-cat tongue-lashing and stern warning to choose more noble motives to guide your choice of vocation…cause they still ain’t givin’ none away.

🎸As always, Chaz & Wolfie are on the case digging into the what of this why...wtf?? Always offering their unique, boneless insights, as only they can. And you know, the Regarding...Series of mini-podcasts is not political, not correct, and you're lucky we use spell-check. When facts don't matter and feuds matter less, we go into what we know and what we can google about each song from Dark Side of the Moon, then and redux, one track at a time, in a compare and contrast format. Each show we'll listen to the original, and how he butchered it with his new version. Er...we mean, the new additive interpretation work by Mr. Waters...no bias here. 

🌟 Subscribe now and dive headfirst into the enigmatic world of "Dark Side of the Moon Redux" with Chaz & Wolfie! #RegardingRoger 🌟

Enquiring minds want to know...what do you get when you take the "Happiest Accident on the Album" (The Great Gig in the Sky) and mash it up with stories about Roger Waters' dead "friends"?? You get The Great Gig in the Sky Redux, the fifth mortally questionable track from Roger Waters' Dark Side of the Moon Redux...

We're in middle-row purgatory, wedged between 4 songs that left us scratching our heads, and 5 more we're scared to ask to move so we can get up and use the lav. Why are the new versions always longer??

Chaz & Wolfie take a different listening approach on this one, given the absolute perfection and magnificence of the original track. Is it a better listening experience - who the fuk knows?? We're just glad we made it through another one without major gastrointestinal incident. It was close...butt we made it.

Grab your banana and kick back for another ear-lashing, as we're joined by the late, great, Eddie "Phat Fingers" Perez, for a very Ouiga edition of Regarding Roger. Even from the Upside Down, they ask, why Roger, why? Mas Cervesa!!

🎸As always, Chaz & Wolfie are on the case digging into the what of this why...wtf?? Always offering their unique, boneless insights, as only they can. And you know, the Regarding...Series of mini-podcasts is not political, not correct, and you're lucky we use spell-check. When facts don't matter and feuds matter less, we go into what we know and what we can google about each song from Dark Side of the Moon, then and redux, one track at a time, in a compare and contrast format. Each show we'll listen to the original, and how he butchered it with his new version. Er...we mean, the new additive interpretation work by Mr. Waters...no bias here. 

🌟 Subscribe now and dive headfirst into the enigmatic world of "Dark Side of the Moon Redux" with Chaz & Wolfie! #RegardingRoger 🌟

Ticking away the moments that make up the dull new track...whoops...spoiler...Chaz & Wolfie get woke as a joke to the sounds of the new Time, versus the sublime subtleties and boneless silky guitar mastery of the original track. (Even that bass player turns in an iconic performance...) Seriously...four tracks in on Roger's Redux Moon and the guys finally find some music. They manage to keep it zipped for most of it and just listen, okay, that's not true, and there are disturbing tales of rest-stop ketchup & coke, a moving tribute to the man who told someone to take what became an iconic picture of Earth from the dark side of the moon, and a new resentment over allegations of broken Rogacratic Oath that leaves Wolfie wanting more. Of course, there are enough colorful expressions of fuckary and in such obscene context as to render the rating "explicit" on this episode for good cause, Mrs. Gore. Chaz needs a bar of lifeboy and a seat on the thunder-bucket to think through his attachment to the original work and be more open to geriatric artistic expression. Old men fart dust, not rock...pffftttt

🎸As always, Chaz & Wolfie are on the case digging into the what of this why...wtf?? Always offering their unique, boneless insights, as only they can. And you know, the Regarding...Series of mini-podcasts is not political, not correct, and you're lucky we use spell-check. When facts don't matter and feuds matter less, we go into what we know and what we can google about each song from Dark Side of the Moon, then and redux, one track at a time, in a compare and contrast format. Each show we'll listen to the original, and how he butchered it with his new version. Er...we mean, the new additive interpretation work by Mr. Waters...no bias here. 

🌟 Subscribe now and dive headfirst into the enigmatic world of "Dark Side of the Moon Redux" with Chaz & Wolfie! #RegardingRoger 🌟

Chaz & Wolfie are back to listening to sound effects with the third track off 1973's Dark Side of the Moon - the *light your rockship joints* auditory journey through the TSA feel up, pat down, cavity search and run through the concourse of your mind that is the frantic On the Run.

Roger really does something different with the redux version, and our co-hosts end up further down the rabbit hole of philosophical contemplation and confusion. While several moments of clarity are achieved...wait...were they? Maybe it was all a dream? Why Roger, why? One, two, free, four...still not better than before.

🎸As always, Chaz & Wolfie are on the case digging into the what of this why...wtf?? Always offering their unique, boneless insights, as only they can. And you know, the Regarding...Series of mini-podcasts is not political, not correct, and you're lucky we use spell-check. When facts don't matter and feuds matter less, we go into what we know and what we can google about each song from Dark Side of the Moon, then and redux, one track at a time, in a compare and contrast format. Each show we'll listen to the original, and how he butchered it with his new version. Er...we mean, the new additive interpretation work by Mr. Waters...no bias here.

🌟 Subscribe now and dive headfirst into the enigmatic world of "Dark Side of the Moon Redux" with Chaz & Wolfie! #RegardingRoger 🌟

🌓 Chaz & Wolfie are back, and they're taking on a musical chore like no other in season 2 of the acclaimed "Regarding... series"! 🎶 Join them as they dissect and delve into "Dark Side of the Moon Redux", the daring 2023 reimagining by none other than Roger Waters. Celebrating half a century of the monumental Pink Floyd classic, Waters pulls back the layers and offers a fresh, yet nostalgic perspective on an album that has touched generations. 🎸 What new twists has Waters introduced? How does it hold up to the iconic original? Chaz & Wolfie are on the case, offering their unique, boneless insights, as only they can. As always, the Regarding...Series of mini-podcasts is not political, not correct, and you're lucky we use spell-check. When facts don't matter and feuds matter less, we go into what we know and what we can google about each song from Dark Side of the Moon, then and redux, one track at a time, in a compare and contrast format. Each show we'll listen to the original, and how he butchered it with his new version. Er...we mean, the new additive interpretation work by Mr. Waters...no bias here. 🌟 Subscribe now and dive headfirst into the enigmatic world of "Dark Side of the Moon Redux" with Chaz & Wolfie! #RegardingRoger 🌟

Chaz and Wolfie come back to the mic clean and showered and a few weeks removed from the last brush with the 2011 album Lulu by Lou Reed and Metallica, after having spent 4 months listening to all ten tracks. Join the boys and a panel of very special guests, who themselves have completed the listening journey - yes folks - living proof of the two listeners we spoke of so fondly...including fifth-Beatle of the Regarding...Series, Sullyman himself, zooming in from blue-meth capital of the US, New Mexico, along with Jonatan Hedlin of Deep Dive Podcast Network Fame - cohost of MAIDEN A-Z, the podcast that is an alphabetical journey through the Iron Maiden catalog; and SO FAR, SO POD...SO WHAT the all-things Megadeth Podcast, who's dialing in from 3 miles outside Stockholm, Sweeden - not too far from the Brandenburg Gate, where we all wax nostalgic as --- SMALL TOWN GIRLS!!! --- and start where we started so many months ago, by "dropping the needle" for our non-stop listen through all 1 hour and 27 minutes of the album Lulu, for what we're pretty sure is a special, one-of a kind, Disney Blue Ray event that will never be repeated again in our lifetimes - an International Lulu Listening Party. Join us for what we said we'd never do - put Lulu on and party!! And while it's probably best spoken of in hushed whispers at late night cocktail after-parties in well lou-bricated and mixed company, we all share on where we were when this journey started, where we ended up, some profound personal insights learned along the way, comparing scars, impressions, the experience and the outcome. What's a masterpiece, how is art consumed versus experienced, and...was that any fucking good or not? Judge for yourself - join us as we go through the highlights and lowlights and get to a new level of insights about ourselves and our ability to appreciate challenging art. The CODA of the Regarding...Series Season 1. We also announce season 2 of the Regarding...Series. Tune in to get the go forward scoop first, and go boneless with your favorite wing men, on a very final episode of RegardingLulu.

Season 1. Regarding…Lulu

12 years ago, Lou Reed released his last recorded work: a collaboration album with Metallica called Lulu. It was widely panned by critics--and everyone else--almost immediately. Was the disdain deserved? Join us as we revisit the entire work, track-by-track, from the perspective of two musicians. One is a fan of Metallica; one is a fan of Lou Reed. One has heard Lulu; one has never heard it. Join us on a bloody journey of discovery. Has Lulu passed the test of time? Is it in fact a masterpiece or a major piece? We'll see...

 

Hosted by Chaz Charles and Greg "Wolfie" Wolfe. Join us bi-weekly.

The last track on Lulu, the 2011 album by Lou Reed and Metallica. Co-hosts Chaz Charles & Greg Wolfie Wolfe have endured 9 bloody tracks to get here. Where do our co-hosts land? Master Piece, or masterpiece? This is where it all comes together. Be here, now. Bring soap, and rope.

Season 1. Regarding…Lulu

12 years ago, Lou Reed released his last recorded work: a collaboration album with Metallica called Lulu. It was widely panned by critics--and everyone else--almost immediately. Was the disdain deserved? Join us as we revisit the entire work, track-by-track, from the perspective of two musicians. One is a fan of Metallica; one is a fan of Lou Reed. One has heard Lulu; one has never heard it. Join us on a bloody journey of discovery. Has Lulu passed the test of time? Is it in fact a masterpiece or a major piece? We'll see...

 

Hosted by Chaz Charles and Greg "Wolfie" Wolfe. Join us bi-weekly.