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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
- Nov 13, 2020
- 1 min
Strum and Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987
What Difference Does It Make celebrates the release of Strum and Thrum by talking with members of the Bangtails, The Ferrets, Great Plains, and The Darrows as well as Captured Tracks label head, Mike Sniper. The Strum & Thrum compilation includes an 80+ page booklet with an extensive oral history of the ‘80s indie scene and tons of archival images and ephemera. If you're wondering what "strum and thrum" means well so are most of the bands on this compilation. All we can say i
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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
- Sep 4, 2020
- 1 min
Jefferson Starship Interview
It's Part 1 in our two part chat with all five members of Jefferson Starship. In on our Zoom call is David Freiberg, Donny Baldwin, Cathy Richardson, Chris Smith and Jude Gold. We talk about the creation of their new EP, Mother Of The Sun. It's been twelve years since we last got new music from the band and we get into what factors were involved that started to inspire the band to create new songs. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases 60smusic #70smusic #8
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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
- Aug 28, 2020
- 1 min
Josie Cotton Returns
Josie Cotton's iconic record is Convertible Music but she is much more than just that one album. We get into her Russian send up song "Ukrainian Cowboy", recording songs in her studio, "Kitten Robot" and why she relates to the B-Movies of Russ Meyers and Nunsploitation films. We also get into the creation of her image and her infamous appearance on the Merv Griffin Show. It's easy to love everything about Josie so dig right in! As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifyi
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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
- Jul 10, 2020
- 1 min
The Pandoras
Melanie Vammen, Karen Basset and Sheri Kaplan Weinsten join us for a talk about their band, The Pandoras. They share their experiences as a young Southern Californian band coming of age in the 80s and keep the memories of Paula Pierce and Kim Shattuck alive. These women are still the best of friends and it certainly shows in this episode. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases #80smusic #garagepunk
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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
- Jun 19, 2020
- 1 min
Alison Ellwood Director of Laurel Canyon
We talk with director Alison Ellwood to discuss her latest documentary centered around the Laurel Canyon music scene of the 60s and 70s. Alison provides some great insight into what it takes to bring a documentary such as this to life. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases #70smusic #80smusic #laurelcanyonmusic #alisonellwood #60smusicscene #lamusicscene #losangelesmusic
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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
- Jun 12, 2020
- 1 min
Kathy Valentine of The Go-Gos Part 2
Our conversation with Kathy Valentine continues as she looks to the future as a Mother, Musician and Go-Go. We start off talking about the music she composed for her book "All I Ever Wanted", which leads to family life and the future of the Go-Gos. If you want to hear the Audible book for free use this link As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases #80smusic #gogos #kathyvalentine #allieverwanted
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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
- May 8, 2020
- 1 min
Valley Girl 2020
We got the opportunity to talk with Producer Steven Wolfe and Director Rachel Lee Goldenberg for the just released re-imagining of the film Valley Girl. This jukebox musical version is set in the present and Alicia Silverstone plays the grown up character of Julie originally played by Deborah Foreman. Her daughter is Jessica Rothe and her Randy, originally played by Nicolas Cage, is now played by Josh Whitehouse. Valley Girl is now available via video on demand. As an Amazon
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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
- May 1, 2020
- 1 min
Andrew Gold "Something New" Part 2 talk with Leslie Kogan Gold
Our talk continues as Leslie Kogan Gold tells us all the exciting ideas she has to keep Andrew Gold's music fresh and exciting. Besides the new album "Something New" out now via Omnivore Recordings, Leslie discusses the possibility collaborations, a Broadway musical and of course the viral sensation that is Spooky, Scary Skeletons. We also try to figure out which Golden Girl would be Andrew's favorite. Thanks to Leslie and Omnivore Recordings for giving us permission to pl
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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
- Apr 17, 2020
- 1 min
Music Journalist Craig Rosen Interview
We talk to Craig Rosen, the man literally wrote the book on Billboard Number One Albums and R.E.M. We dig into Craig's origin story as a Valley Boy Hebrew School rebel cruising around in his Karmann Ghia. Craig not only loved The Clash and The Buzzcocks, but wanted to write about them. Hear how he got to do this and all his exploits on the What Difference Does It Make Podcast As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases #80smusic #80s #rem #buzzcocks #kcsn
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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
- Apr 10, 2020
- 1 min
JC Douglas answers some questions
If you've listened to our show at all you know that Holly and Dave ask each other music trivia questions at the end of each episode. JC Douglas from C100 in Nova Scotia wanted to be a part of the fun, so we drilled him on some questions. Turns out, each question was just another excuse to go into more stories about the artists he has met...just don't ask him about Bryan Adams. We also learned how to tell the difference between an accent from Nova Scotia and one from Maine
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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
- Mar 20, 2020
- 1 min
KROQ Top 106.7 Songs 21 to 11
Well in this time of social distancing we heed the words of David Bowie, "I don't want to go out. I want to say in. And get things done". We do our best by consuming bagels and talking about haircuts, the German language and Weird Al. It's Madness from these two Talking Heads! Yes, both these bands are also on this ten song chunk of songs played in 1983 on KROQ Roq of the 80s. #80sMusicPodcast #80sMusic #80s
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