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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
- May 7
- 1 min
Mother's Day Music
Whether we like it or not, our moms shape who we are, and influence how we feel about so much in our lives. This episode is devoted to the music that is embedded in our DNA, thanks to our mothers, or in Holly's case, for her children. Dave goes to showtunes, movie musicals, and one-hit wonders from the 60s and 70s. Holly's mom is all Classic Rock and 90s Alternative. It's an emotional episode filled with bad singing, dancing, and Seinfeld clips. Happy Mother's Day! #showtunes
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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
- Apr 16
- 1 min
Swedish Chris Modig
People listening to KROQ in the mid 80s got the good fortune to hear "mega-mixes", a medley of songs from artists like Duran Duran and Pet Shop Boys that stretched out into one-ten minute jam. The man responsible for these mixes is Christer Modig, aka Swedish Chris. Chris steps into our What Difference Does It Make virtual studios and discusses exactly how a high school kid from Sweden landed at KROQ in Los Angeles. In between stories, we discuss songs from the 1984 KROQ year
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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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