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WTSCF--the Podcast. COMING SOON! DETAILS HEREIN...
Introducing...the Where's That Sound Coming From Podcast! Each episode will take one song and examine five or so of the most interesting cover versions of said song. Details below....Your faithful...
View ArticlePodcast Episode 1--Around and Around
My podcast is now up on iTunes! Please subscribe if you feel so inclined.https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wheres-that-sound-coming-from/id665759667Question: Should I publish the text of what I say...
View ArticlePodcast Episode 2: To Love Somebody
Rolling right along.....one of the Bee Gees' early masterpieces, and some of its many covers.....
View ArticleWTSCF Podcast-Episode 4--Insensatez/How Insensitive
One of the first bona fide classics from the mind of Antonio Carlos (Tom) Jobim--as well as from the genre he helped to create, Bossa Nova. With a melody partially lifted from Chopin, lyrics in both...
View ArticleEpisode # 5 Satisfaction!
A celebration of one of the best pop singles of all time, and the many cover versions it has spawned. Enjoy.and remember, you can subscribe to this podcast on iTunes
View ArticlePodcast Episode #6--These Days
A teenage Jackson Browne wrote this world-weary classic (some know it as a Nico song; some know it as a Gregg Allman song...) while living in sunny southern California. Since then, it has been covered...
View ArticleRePost: Podcast Episode # 3--Dancing in the Street
It is indeed nice to be reminded of summer in the dark depths of winter, but that's not why I'm reposting this episode (originally from July 11). I was doing some housekeeping and realized that some of...
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Podcast Episode # 7: "Searchin'"
Here's the WTSCF Podcast Episode #7!Not the most impressive song in the Leiber and Stoller oeuvre, but a very impressive list of artists have covered it.
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A folk song written by an Englishman for a play about his hometown (Salford), but which has become most popular in the hands of a couple of Irish artists. And yet, all the featured versions from the...
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WTSCF Ep.9--I Saw Her Standing There
A bit late to cash in on the 50th Anniversary of The Beatles arriving in the USA, but better late than never. "I Saw Her Standing There" is unquestionably a timeless classic pop-rocker, and...
View ArticleWTSCF Podcast Episode # 10!!!! (And the First Anniversary!) "It's All Over...
It's the TENTH episode of WTSCF, the first of the summer, and the first one to feature a song by Bob Dylan. And thus, it's by far the longest and most self-indulgent. But what amazing versions you'll...
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WTSCF Podcast Episode 11--Harry Nilsson's "Without Her"
From Harry Nilsson's RCA debut LP, Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967), "Without Her" is a perfectly written, perfectly sung and perfectly arranged and produced (by Rick Jarrard) song that perfectly evokes...
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WTSCF Episode 12--"She Thinks I Still Care"
New podcast episode is up!A cry-in-your-beer classic told with a healthy dose of irony, "She Thinks I Still Care" has been covered in a wide range of styles since its initial release in 1962, has...
View ArticleWTSCF Podcast Episode 13--Moon River
Sorry for the long time between episodes, but in the interim, I became a father. Audrey Ruth was born Dec 15, and so I wanted to celebrate by featuring a song first made famous by another lovely...
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WTSCF Podcast #14-"Morning Dew"
A barely-known Canadian folk singer wrote this cautionary post-apocalyptic song (her first song) in 1962. In 1967 a somewhat obscure folk rocker rearranged it, wrote an additional verse and sneakily...
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WTSCF Podcast Episode 15: "The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game"
Q: When is stalking a person not creepy? A: When the the stalker's stalkee is simultaneously stalking his or her stalker. Does that make sense?It's like in that scene in Duran Duran's video for "Hungry...
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Cleaning House Before the Next Podcast
Dear readers and listeners.I know how annoying it's been to come to this site and have multiple embedded episodes of the WTSCF Podcast start playing at the same time. I tried and tried, but every time...
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WTSCF Podcast Episode 16--Let's Spend the Night Together
A belated tribute to David Bowie as well as my final podcast before an official hiatus. Not many notable cover versions of this song, but Bowie covered it and that's all that matters. I may have...
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WTSCF Podcast Ep. 17: A Conversation with Andrew Sandoval Part 1
Veering away from the regular format, this is part one of a two part interview with producer/engineer/historian/author/singer-songwriter Andrew Sandoval. In 1990, at the age of 17 he wrote the liner...
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WTSCF Podcast Episode 18: Andrew Sandoval Interview Part Two
Prolific is the new unprolific (at least for now). And so, right on the heels of Part One, I give you Part Two, or the conclusion, of my conversation with Andrew Sandoval. More stories, revelations and...
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WTSCF Ep. 19--An Alternate History of The Monkees
Truth is at least as strange as fiction. Fact intertwines with my flights of fancy in this episode. At its core is an analysis of the fifth album The Monkees SHOULD have released. I was asked to...
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WTSCF Podcast Ep. 20 Michael Nesmith's The Grand Ennui: An Exploration of its...
Links below....Nez in 1970. The ennui is palpable. Nez in 2013. Ennui was allowed a brief visit to reminisce with its old pal. After three minutes of staring at...
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Ep. 21 The Long Black Veil
Conceived of (successfully) as an "instant folk song" in the age of instant mashed potatoes and instant coffee, "Long Black Veil" is a tale of murder and infidelity, yes, but is it also a tale of (I...
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WTSCF Podcast Episode 22 Reason to Believe
New episode! Note to self: think twice before doing another one with 25+ cover versions. That was a haul. "Reason to Believe" is a thoughtful and mature Tim Hardin song from 1966 in which the singer is...
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The Best of the Previously Unreleased Michael Nesmith 1970-73 Tracks That...
So, today, June 22 2018, I had been planning to drive to New Haven and then take a train into Manhattan with a couple of friends to attend The Monkees Present Mike Nesmith and Micky Dolenz at the...
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