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Monday Jan 05, 2026
Monday Jan 05, 2026
This past Fall, John Lennon & Yoko Ono's only son, Sean Ono Lennon, released the exhaustive Power To The People 12 disc expanded version of his parent's criminally ignored 1972 radical feminist, agitprop, street wise, cutting edge, urban soul, ghetto funk rock masterpiece Some Time In New York City,
With the exception of ONE SONG
The one song that has become the ELEPHNANT'S MEMORY BAND in the room.
Join us as we explore Sean Ono Lennon's visionary Evolution Documentaries for 9 of the 10 songs from his parents often misunderstood first proper rock n roll album together.
and...
We let the pieces fall where they may in rescuing the often censored controversial track from obscurity by John & Yoko to complete the missing piece of the puzzle of Sean Ono Lennon's audio love letter to Mom & Dad.
Which brings us to the somewhat gratuitous F-bombs dropped by John & Yoko while recording this Masterclass In Agitprop, necessitating the dreaded "E" for EXPLICIT rating.
Listener Discretion Is Advised.
And...
Before you get offended, please remember, it's right there in the name of the podcast.
WE LOVE YOU!
"LOVE LOVE LOVE" - John Lennon
"WAR IS OVER! (if you want it)" - John Lennon
"Imagine" - Yoko One
THE TRACKS:
t.b.a.
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Monday Dec 29, 2025
Monday Dec 29, 2025
Ring in the New Year with John, Paul, George & Ringo
AND US! The GXO
Along with special guests Dhani Harrison, Zak Starkey and the Lennon boys Julian & Sean and, in the words of George Harrison...
RING OUT THE OLD!
RING IN THE NEW!
Ding Dong Ding Dong
and remember kids...
WAR IS OVER! (if you want it)
THE MUSIC:
One Arm Santa https://music.apple.com/ca/album/one-arm-santa/1594790611?i=1594790612 from 2021 by Cambridge, England based R.J. Archer & The Painful Memories
New Year's Day https://music.apple.com/ca/album/new-years-day/1649653469?i=1649653726 by Switchfoot from their 2022 record "this is our Christmas album"
My Way https://imanicoppola.bandcamp.com/album/shepherds-pie by Imani Coppola from her 2025 B-Sides & Rarities Compilation Shepherds Pie available exclusively through Coppola via her Bandcamp page
Cups And Cakes https://music.apple.com/ca/album/cups-and-cakes/1829091963?i=1829091974 by Sir Paul McCartney & Spinal Tap from their 2025 album The End Continues as heard on the latest in the Spinal Tap franchise Spinal Tap II
(Listen To The) Flower People https://music.apple.com/ca/album/listen-to-the-flower-people/1829091963?i=1829091970 by Sir Elton John & Spinal Tap from their 2025 album The End Continues as heard on the latest in the Spinal Tap franchise Spinal Tap II
I Hope https://music.apple.com/ca/album/i-hope/1834684205?i=1834684209 by John Lennon's eldest son, Julian Lennon from this 2025 "because..." EP
Never Too Late https://music.apple.com/ca/album/beautiful-creatures-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1455519312 by George Harrison's son Dhani Harrison and his band thenewno2 Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in the very same room his father worked so very fastidiously in with friends John, Paul & Ringo. From the score to the film Beautiful Creatures which Harrison also wrote, produced and recorded
New York City (Ultimate Mix) https://music.apple.com/ca/album/power-to-the-people-new-york-city-the-ultimate-mixes/1846559124 by John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band. The song originally appeared on Lennon's 10 track Some Time In New York City from 1972. Lennon's youngest son Sean Ono Lennon remixed/remastered his father's original album (with the notable exception of one song which the younger Lennon chose to omit from Dad's original work) - the ELEPHANTS MEMORY BAND IN THE ROOM - The younger Lennon's "ultimate mix" of Dad's 1972 Some Time In New York City album (sans one song) has been rather confusingly retitled as "Power To The People - New York City - The Ultimate Mixes"
Never Let Me Go https://music.apple.com/ca/album/never-let-me-go-feat-billy-strings/1773188611?i=1773188615 from Beatles drummer Ringo Starr from his 2025 album Look Up
X (Wot You Sayin) https://music.apple.com/ca/album/x-wot-you-sayin/1698089394?i=1698089395 by Ringo Starr's eldest son, drummer Zak Starkey of The Who and Oasis, 2023 track from his supergroup side project Mantra Of The Cosmos
Free As A Bird (2025 Mix) https://music.apple.com/ca/album/free-as-a-bird-2025-mix/1834473847?i=1834474212 by The Beatles from their latest album Anthology 4 from 2025
Now And Then https://youtu.be/e_drjk_dG_0?si=cq2nR1q-dtz6hN7y instrumental orchestral version of The Beatles 2024 song by Epic Orchestra
Gimme Some Truth https://music.apple.com/ca/album/instant-karma-the-complete-recordings-the/302516167 by George Harrison's son Dhani Harrison (yes! that's him slide guitar solo, possibly even played on one of his Dad's old guitars!) and Bob Dylan's eldest son Jakob Dylan covering a track from John Lennon's second solo album Imagine from 1971. This cover originally appeared as part of the single disc album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur. The single disc CD has been recently expanded to include an astounding total of 61 covers of John Lennon songs and is, to date, the finest collection of John Lennon covers ever assembled.
Lullaby https://music.apple.com/ca/album/lullaby-feat-amena-bastille-brian-eno-celeste-kieran/1854941328 2025 single by Nai Barghouti, Brian Eno & Friends
Chanukah Prayer https://music.apple.com/ca/album/chanukah-prayer/1453107334?i=1453107517 by world renowned professional pop music composer, one of the top selling singer songwriters of all time with her 1971 RIAA Certified 14 times Platinum selling Tapestry album. From her most recent studio album A Holiday Carole
My Dear Acquaintance (A Happy New Year) https://music.apple.com/ca/album/my-dear-acquaintance-a-happy-new-year-non-album-track/268897104?i=268897124 by Regina Spektor from her single of the same name
It Had To Be You https://music.apple.com/ca/album/trilogy-past-present-future/1457080954 by the Chairman of the Board himself, the one, the only, Mr. Frank Sinatra. Throughout his 1989 film classic When Harry Met Sally, distinguished American film director Rob Reiner weaved Harry Connick Jr's very fine version of the song It Had To Be You in and out of the film. But, at the pivotal moment of the film, building up to its climax, Reiner brings in the big guns to get the job done. Sinatra's version of this song is surprisingly rare and can only be found on one album. Sinatra realized late in his career that he had never actually recorded the song It Had To Be You and rectified that with the "Some Things I've Missed" disc from his 1979 triple studio album appropriately titled Trilogy: Past, Present, Future, his third final studio album before his last, L.A. Is My Lady, from 1984.
Happy Birthday, Johnny https://music.apple.com/ca/album/happy-birthday-johnny/1440947061?i=1440947069 by Polyphonic Spree alumnus and possible savior of guitar based rock n roll itself, the one, the only, St. Vincent from her celebrated album MASSEDUCATION
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This show is dedicated to the memory of David & Robert Ironside, our heavenly Beatles Anthology buddies. Tell John & George we LOVED the fish...
Saturday Dec 20, 2025
Saturday Dec 20, 2025
Headline caught your attention? Not to worry, this is not click bait
Listen as well reveal how John Lennon's crafty song nicking skills got him in trouble, once again! But this time 'round it's not the LSD toting Dr. Timothy Leary he's pissed off. Or Chuck Berry.
But wait!
The FUN doesn't stop there...
Join us in this episode as we shed some light on circumstances surrounding America's racist conspiracy to wipe out Rock N Roll altogether in the 1950s.
Elvis got taken out of the game, drafted into the Army.
Chuck Berry got arrested.
Eddie Cochrane dies in a suspicious car incident in England.
Carl Perkins is put out of commission in another suspicious car incident on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
Allan Freed, the man responsible for not only giving Rock N Roll its name but also spreading its gospel to the youth of America through the very first rock concerts ever and his nationally syndicated radio show, GETS BUSTED and dies penniless shortly thereafter.
17 year old Latino Tex/Mex heartthrob rock n roller Ritchie Valens. Dead. Airplane crash.
22 year old Buddy Holly, without whom, the world would never have had The Beatles. Dead. Airplane crash.
28 year old The Big Bopper, the veteran of the bunch, riding high in the charts, Top 10 in America with Chantilly Lace. Dead. Airplane crash.
22 year old Jerry Lee Lewis, scorned for singing the Devil's praise with Great Balls of Fire, CANCELLED in sex scandal.
Sam Cooke. Singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, music publisher, record label owner and soon to be casino owner. Shot dead under extremely suspicious circumstances involving two individuals with previous links to crime.
Most suspicious of all? Flamboyant and openly gay, African American Little Richard, at the very height of his creative powers and earning potential, quits music altogether, turning his life over to God and the Ministry.
BUT WAIT!!!!!!!
There's still MORE!
...and that's not the half of it.
In this latest installment of The GXO - Generation X Offender music podcast, we CELEBRATE our first ever ANNUAL GXO Christmas Special - The Musical!
Ring in this festive season of Festivus, Chrismukkah, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Solstice, Christmas AND the Happy Nondenominational Holiday Tree right here in the comfort of your own wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts space.
In this episode you're going to hear:
Holla Day! by Little Jackie from the 2024 four song Christmas EP It's Skipmas! https://littlejackie.bandcamp.com/album/its-skipmas Little Jackie is actually Imani Coppola singing a duet with her unconventional little brown duck friend K-Wax
Thank You Mariah by Kaleena Zanders from her 2020 single of the same name https://music.apple.com/ca/album/thank-you-mariah/1543045345?i=1543045346
Santa Claus Is A Black Man by Akim & Teddy Vann from their 1973 45 RPM single of the same name https://music.apple.com/ca/album/santa-claus-is-a-black-man/1319486323?i=1319486349
Santa Claus And His Old Lady by Cheech & Chong from their 1971 45 RPM single of the same name released on Ode Records https://music.apple.com/ca/album/santa-claus-and-his-old-lady/346945698?i=346945730
Brown Christmas by El Vez from his 1994 Merry Mex-Mas album https://music.apple.com/ca/album/brown-christmas/499776780?i=499776934
It's Christmas Without You by The Mavericks from their 2018 album Hey! Merry Christmas! https://music.apple.com/ca/album/its-christmas-without-you/1435546028?i=1435546206
8 Days Of Hanukkah by Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings from their 2015 album It's A Holiday Soul Party https://music.apple.com/ca/album/8-days-of-hanukkah/1485052420?i=1485052421
Mrs. Claus by Little Jackie from the 2024 four song Christmas EP It's Skipmas! https://littlejackie.bandcamp.com/album/its-skipmas Little Jackie is actually Imani Coppola
Don't Believe In Christmas by The Sonics from the 1965 Etiquette Records various artist Christmas compilation album simply titled Merry Christmas. The Galaxies and The Wailers (not to be confused with the Bob Marley band) also appear on the record https://music.apple.com/ca/album/dont-believe-in-christmas/634938633?i=634938755
Hooray For Santa Claus by The Fleshtones from their 2008 Christmas album Stocking Stuffer on Yep Rock Records https://music.apple.com/ca/album/hooray-for-santa-claus/290617987?i=290617989
(It's Gonna Be) A Punk Rock Christmas by Dead Boys from their 2025 single of the same name. This latest incarnation of the band includes Glen Matlock on bass from the Sex Pistols and the late Clem Burke from Blondie https://music.apple.com/ca/album/its-gonna-be-a-punk-rock-christmas-single/1837258221
Another Christmas by The Yobs from their 1980 album Christmas Album on Safari Records https://music.apple.com/ca/album/another-christmas/539479774?i=539479899
Let's Get Lit by The Paperbacks 2002 https://youtu.be/i1cFaguM5dQ?si=5VNyuoo3u5wYFV9a
This Dar Williams original The Christians and the Pagans is covered here by Heather Maloney from her 2020 Christmas Anyway EP https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-christians-the-pagans/1536499323?i=1536499509
Listen, The Snow Is Falling by Mad Crush Written by Yoko Ono from their 2019 single of the same name https://music.apple.com/ca/album/listen-the-snow-is-falling/1489894921?i=1489894922 The song first appeared on the B-side of John & Yoko's Happy Xmas (War Is Over) their 1971 Apple Records single 45 RPM of the same name
Stewball by Peter, Paul & Mary from their 1963 album In The Wind https://music.apple.com/ca/album/stewball/357901511?i=357903175
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by John Lennon & Yoko One from their 1971 Apple Records single 45 RPM of the same name https://music.apple.com/ca/album/happy-xmas-war-is-over-the-ultimate-mix/1527740882?i=1527742022
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Sunday Dec 14, 2025
Sunday Dec 14, 2025
Hallelujah! There's no swearing in this one!
Join us in welcoming J-Dawg and first time contributor The Brodster for our first ever GXO Non-Denominational Christmas Xtravaganza!
This week we introduce you to A True Unicorn: The Boy In A Non-Secular Music Bubble! Brodie "The Brodster" Broadcaster had to up and leave home at the age of 20 just to hear his first Rock N Roll... sorta
How is this possible?
Did he not know about The Beatles until the 1990s?
Elvis?
The Stones?
The Ramones?
Listen as we turn the pages of The Book Of Brodie where he regales us with tales of Chuck Smith in the California sun of Calvary Chapel 1960s Jesus freak style.
Also on today's show:
Proto Hippie Jesus Freak Larry Norman
The funky jazz R&B 70's rock stylings of Riverside, California's Sweet Comfort Band
Bryan Duncan and his transformational 90's Christmas album
Bruce Cockburn
Grateful Dead inspired 90s jam band leader Dave Matthews and his epic ballad of the first century Roman Solstice...sorta
Also making an appearance is none other than Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the post popular and beloved American poet of the 19th century!
Don't forget, we got the J-Dawg in the house!
The GXO! - Generation X Offender
And the baby Jesus too
All this, the American Civil War and MORE!
on the latest episode of The GXO, your trusted, insider source for everything music and beyond
Merry Christmas
Happy Hanukkah
Merry Chrismukkah
Happy Kwanzaa
Happy Festivus
and Happy Nondenominational Seasonal Tree!
WE LOVE YOU. EVERY ONE.
THE MUSIC:
Righteous Rocker #1 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/righteous-rocker-1/280300208?i=280300527 by Larry Norman from his 1972 album Only Visiting This Planet. In 2013 the album was inducted into the Library Of Congress National Recording Registry to be preserved on its cultural, artistic and historic merit for representing the richness and diversity of the American soundscape
Jesus Freak https://music.apple.com/ca/album/jesus-freak-remastered/1440837022?i=1440837026 by rap/rock trio DC Talk from their 1995 album of the same name. The Grammy Award wining album entered the US Top 20 peaking at #16 and spawned 6 singles that reached number one across various radio formats
Christmas Song https://music.apple.com/ca/album/christmas-song/1587227684?i=1587227685
Fan favorite and often recorded Christmas Song was first released as part of the Remember Two Things album by the Dave Mathews Band. This 1993 live album was the first full length record ever released by the band. The studio recording of Christmas Song heard in this week's podcast is from the 2000 CD single of the same name
Cry Of A Tiny Babe https://music.apple.com/ca/album/cry-of-a-tiny-babe/1799194750?i=1799195975 by Bruce Cockburn is from his 17th studio album released in 1991. Produced by legendary American music producer T Bone Walker, the album and Cry Of A Tiny Babe in particular, features the one-of-a-kind keyboard stylings of Booker T. Jones of Booker T & The MGs fame whose classic hit Green Onions from 1962 on Stax Records was written and released while Jones was still a teenager attending High School!
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day https://music.apple.com/ca/album/i-heard-the-bells-on-christmas-day/1165947874?i=1165947876 by Bryan Duncan from his 1995 album Christmas Is Jesus
Angels We Have Heard On High https://music.apple.com/ca/album/angels-we-have-heard-on-high/1165947874?i=1165947877 by Bryan Duncan from his 1995 album Christmas Is Jesus
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Sunday Dec 07, 2025
Sunday Dec 07, 2025
#CarryTheSky
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Carry The Sky by Vancouver's Bruce Wilson of the band Sunday Morning
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Follow it - Vancouver based Sunday Morning and their NEW HIT SONG Carry The Sky
Available on all streaming platforms everywhere.
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Carry The Sky by BC based synthpop sensation Sunday Morning is the FEEL GOOD story for the holidays...
And together we're all gonna make a Christmas miracle happen!
Our own little WONDERFUL LIFE!
Bruce recently lost his baby sister Juliet Wilson and dear friend Christian. For the last 18 months he has been grappling within himself for some sense of comfort and understanding, trying to process all this grief and loss within his heart...
word by word
note by note
sister Juliet came to him
Carrying The Sky
Join us this week in celebrating the spirit and wonder of it all through the lens of Bruce Wilson, his inspiring legacy of triumph and survival and the music which, over the years, has consistently sustained him.
THE MUSIC:
Carry The Sky by Sunday Morning
1969 by The Stooges
So What by Tankhog (featuring Bruce Wilson on lead vocals)
Freight Train Song by Tankhog (featuring Bruce Wilson on lead vocals)
I Want You To Know by Tankhog (featuring Bruce Wilson on lead vocals) live at The Penthouse Nightclub
Star FKD by RxHx (featuring Bruce Wilson on lead vocals and all instruments)
Clown School by Jibbernaut (featuring Bruce Wilson on lead vocals and all instruments)
Junky Don't Care by Sunday Morning
Hawaii by Young Canadians (Art Bergmann and band)
** Listener Discretion Is Advised due to the presence of a few F-bombs in one or two of the songs.
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Saturday Nov 29, 2025
Saturday Nov 29, 2025
Warren Zevon began life the son of "Stumpy" Zevon, a Jewish immigrant born William Zivotofsky in the Ukraine before changing it to Zevon. To feed his family Zevon worked as a bookie handling volume bets and dice games for notorious Los Angeles mobster Mickey Cohen. Zevon ended up working for years in Cohen's gang and was best man at Cohen's wedding.
Stumpy's son Warren, once student to the legendary, world renowned classical composer Igor Stravinsky, turned professional musician, singer, songwriter while still in high school, forming a duo whose first single, produced by Bones Howe, reached number 65 on Billboards Pop Chart in April 1966. No bad for a first timer!
Soon afterwards, Zevon's parents divorced. He quit high school and, driving a sports car his gangster father won in a card game, moved from Los Angeles to New York to become a folk singer.
And so begins the 55 year odyssey from the release of his ironically titled 1970 debut album Wanted Dead Or Alive to his posthumous induction into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame on November 8, 2025.
Join us, along with David Letterman and the man himself, as we retrace the steps of his journey from Stumpy Zevon's kid to Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Inductee.
It will be quite apparent after perusing the song titles for today's show that Listener Discretion Is Advised as there is some objectional language used and subject matter not suitable for all audiences.
THE SONGS:
Live acoustic version of Zevon's My Sh*ts Fuc*ed Up https://music.apple.com/ca/album/my-shits-f-d-up/828491542?i=828491636 from his 10th studio album Life'll Kill Ya released in 2000
Detox Mansion https://music.apple.com/ca/album/detox-mansion/1443603309?i=1443604761 from Zevon's 6th studio album Sentimental Hygiene released in 1987
Carmelita https://music.apple.com/ca/album/carmelita/764026483?i=764026510 from Zevon's 2nd album, self titled, released in 1976. Curiously, it was Canadian folksinger Murray McLauchlan who first recorded the song four years earlier on his 1972 self titled debut album
Mohammed's Radio https://music.apple.com/ca/album/mohammeds-radio/764026483?i=764026508 from Zevon's 2nd album, self titled, released in 1976, produced by Jackson Browne
Accidently Like A Martyr https://music.apple.com/ca/album/accidentally-like-a-martyr/1048475674?i=1048476312 from Zevon's 3rd album Excitable Boy released in 1978
Excitable Boy https://music.apple.com/ca/album/excitable-boy/1048475674?i=1048476310 from the album of the same name released in 1978
Lawyers, Guns And Money https://music.apple.com/ca/album/lawyers-guns-and-money/1048475674?i=1048476316 from Zevon's 3rd album Excitable Boy released in 1978
Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner https://music.apple.com/ca/album/roland-the-headless-thompson-gunner/1048475674?i=1048476309 from Zevon's 3rd album Excitable Boy released in 1978
Interlude No. 1 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/interlude-no-1/296202444?i=296202510 and Play It All Night Long https://music.apple.com/ca/album/play-it-all-night-long/296202444?i=296202512 from Zevon's 4th album Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School from 1980
Werewolves Of London https://music.apple.com/ca/album/werewolves-of-london/1048475674?i=1048476311 from Zevon's 3rd album Excitable Boy released in 1978
Poor Poor Pitiful Me https://music.apple.com/ca/album/poor-poor-pitiful-me/764026483?i=764026506 from Zevon's 2nd album, self titled, released in 1976, produced by Jackson Browne
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Special thanks to David Letterman and the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame
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Sunday Nov 23, 2025
Sunday Nov 23, 2025
BTW...
Todd Snider is not ok.
Todd Snider is dead.
Todd Snider (1966-2025)
At the tender young age of just 59 short, well lived years, master tunesmith, storyteller, folksinger, barefoot hippie Todd Daniel Snider passed away at his home in East Nashville, Tennessee, of an undiagnosed case of walking pneumonia aggravated by injuries sustained during an assault on his person in Utah. Snider's medical conditioned worsened after police refused to take him to hospital following the assault, a condition made even worse by a night in jail after Snider protested his conceived premature discharge from hospital.
In this episode, we hear from Todd himself, on mortality, songwriting, trying to get it right and how he lived his life
Todd is joined by beloved friends and neighbors...
Predeceased by both his heroes Jerry Jeff Walker and John Prine, Todd was at one time signed to Prine's Oh Boy Records after initially working for him as a runner while Prine recorded his 1991 album The Missing Years
Grammy nominated collaborator and one time ward Aaron Lee Tasjan (one of Sir Elton John's favourites). There's alotta water under the bridge between Tasjan and Todd who enjoyed a near 20 year friendship. Snider called upon Aaron to work alongside him as counterpart co-producer on what will historically be regarded as Todd's final album, High, Lonesome and Then Some, released just weeks before Todd's tragic passing
The One, The Only, The Patron Saint Of Rock N Roll herself, rock n roll royalty, literally, the one time Marquise Des Barres, Miss Pamela Des Barres.
Pamela is the renowned best selling author of books:
I'm With The Band: Confessions Of A Groupie
Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart: A Groupie Grows Up
Rock Bottom: Dark Moments In Music Babylon
Let's Spend The Night Together: Backstage Secrets Of Rock Muses And Supergroupies
One Night Bands
Let It Bleed: How To Write A Rockin' Memoir
Miss Pamela is the one time long suffering wife (now ex-wife) and loving friend to the 26th Marquis Des Barres, known to fans as Michael Des Barres (To Sir With Love, Silverhead, MacGyver, Lois & Clark, The Power Station, Live Aid, Little Steven's Underground Garage)
Join us as we do our best to get through this one, a real, shock to the system, this sudden, completely unexpected loss of a giant...
King Of The Devil's Backbone Highway...
Holding Court At The Devil's Backbone Tavern...
All this AND MORE!
On the latest episode of The GXO - Generation X Offender, your trusted, insider source for everything music, art and pop culture.
Due to the usage of some colorful language on Todd's part in some of his songs, as well as certain subject matter LISTNER DISCRETION IS ADVISED
TRACKS FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE:
Jesus, The Missing Years by John Prine https://music.apple.com/ca/album/jesus-the-missing-years/1769024046?i=1769024806 from his 1991 album The Missing Years. Snider helped friend/mentor Prine in his capacity as a runner for Prine during the making of this album.
Working On A Song https://music.apple.com/ca/album/working-on-a-song/1446500759?i=1446500765 from Todd's 13th studio album Cash Cabin Sessions Vol 3 released in 2019
Story Behind Cash Cabin Sessions https://music.apple.com/ca/album/story-behind-cash-cabin-sessions-purple-version/1757701413?i=1757701640 from Todd's 2024 re-recording of the album of the same name Aimless Records Presents: Cash Cabin Sessions Vol 3 Recorded At The Purple Building Purple Version
Age Like Wine https://music.apple.com/ca/album/age-like-wine-purple-version/1737004413?i=1737004590 from Todd's 2024 re-recording of the album of the same name Aimless Records Presents: East Nashville Skyline Recorded At The Purple Building Purple Version
Enjoy Yourself https://music.apple.com/ca/album/enjoy-yourself-purple-version/1737004413?i=1737005903 from Todd's 2024 re-recording of the album of the same name Aimless Records Presents: East Nashville Skyline Recorded At The Purple Building Purple Version. Todd's is a cover of the 1949 original made famous the following year in 1950 by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
Conservative Christian, Right-Wing Republican, Straight, White, American Males https://music.apple.com/ca/album/conservative-christian-right-wing-republican-straight/1104406792?i=1104407340 from Todd's original recording of his sixth studio album, East Nashville Skyline released on John Prine's Oh Boy Records in 2004.
Ballad Of The Kingsmen https://music.apple.com/ca/album/ballad-of-the-kingsmen-purple-version/1737004413?i=1737004833 from Todd's 2024 re-recording of the album of the same name Aimless Records Presents: East Nashville Skyline Recorded At The Purple Building Purple Version
Louie Louie https://music.apple.com/ca/album/louie-louie/121695681?i=121695005 by Portland, Oregon's favorite sons, The Kingsmen, released in 1963, three years before Snider's birth in 1966. The song was originally composed in 1956 by African American singer/songwriter/musician Richard Berry and released in 1957. The song is based on the tune "El Loco Cha Cha" popularized by Cuban bandleader Rene Touzet and is an early example of the Afro-Cuban influence on American popular music.
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Sunday Nov 16, 2025
Sunday Nov 16, 2025
Is Rock N Roll Crooning an Oxymoron?
What is Rock N Roll Crooning?
When did it start?
Who started it?
And who are you calling a moron?
Join us as we unravel the mystery behind all the ties that bind the crooners of Rock N Roll
Elvis
Frank Sinatra
Jim Morrison
Patti Smith
Gord Downie
Nick Cave
Tom Waits
The original Rock N Roll chameleon himself, Scott Walker and his 17 year old pimply faced protégé David Jones, who has not quite yet evolved into the David Bowie character who owes so much to Scott Walker.
Scott who?
You can't have David Bowie without Scott Walker first!
Join us as we tell the story of the perennially uncool David Bowie as David Jones who, all of a sudden, becomes cool under the influence of his hero Scott Walker.
ALSO...
Within this expansive FABTASTIC episode of The GXO you're going to discover the first of two unlikely songs that kept The Beatles from going #1 on the TOP SPOT!
The Double A Sided single that defined an era...
AND!
Sir George Martin's BIGGEST REGRET with his handling of a Beatles' album...
ALL THIS and MORE!
In the latest installment of The GXO, your trusted, insider source for everything music and beyond!
OPENING TRACK: Brando https://music.apple.com/ca/album/brando/896764758?i=896764763 from Scott Walker's final studio album, Soused, from 2014, a collaboration with American drone metal band Sunn O)))
CLOSING TRACK: Jesus Alone https://music.apple.com/ca/album/jesus-alone/1118138299?i=1118138899 from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' sixteenth studio album Skeleton Tree from 2016
As promised: Farmer In The City https://music.apple.com/ca/album/farmer-in-the-city-remastered-2025/1789874959?i=1789874984 the opening track from Scott Walker's 1995 twelfth solo studio album Tilt as covered by guitarist/chanteuse songwriter extraordinaire Martin Tielli of legendary Canadian art rock band The Rheostatics' from his 2001 solo debut album We Didn't Even Suspects That He Was The Poppy Salesman from Canada's preeminent record label Six Shooter Records, who's business motto, "Life Is Too Short To Listen To Shitty Music" is unequaled.
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Saturday Nov 08, 2025
Saturday Nov 08, 2025
Is Todd Snider ok?
BTW...
Who the frig is Todd Snider?
And why should you care?All these questions and MORE answered in the latest episode of The GXO, your trusted, insider source for everything music and beyond!Just one show into a 13 date tour to promote his latest album, legendary East Nashville based Americana storyteller Todd Snider is “allegedly” mugged and beaten up in South Salt Lake, Utah, just outside the venue he was to perform at.When police refused to take him to the hospital, Snider somehow made it on his own, only to be discharged without proper care, according to Snider.After being asked to leave, a visibly upset Snider returned to the hospital to air his grievances. Cops were called and Snider was arrested, spending the night in jail. Since his release from jail, Snider has not been seen or heard from. A hastily written statement from his record company has only added mystery to this already disturbing tale.
Join us as we dive deeper into the events of that fateful Halloween 2025 night, Snider's BAD WEEKEND, his now cancelled tour and the murky waters of the man's psychic pain and inner demons.
WARNING! Sorry kids but Todd does use some foul language while performing his songs live. Listener discretion is advised
TRACKS IN SEQUENCE: Long Year https://music.apple.com/ca/album/long-year-live/1104465317?i=1104467187 from Snider's 2003 live album Near Truths And Hotel Rooms from John Prine's Oh Boy Records
Hello...Sorry https://music.apple.com/ca/album/hello-sorry-live/1104465317?i=1104465908
Beer Run https://music.apple.com/ca/album/beer-run-extended-live/1104465317?i=1104465966
Reading On The Plane Writing On The Phone https://music.apple.com/ca/album/reading-on-the-plane-writing-on-the-phone-live/1104465317?i=1104466259
Statistician's Blues https://music.apple.com/ca/album/statisticians-blues-live/1104465317?i=1104466269
Typing Gibberish https://music.apple.com/ca/album/typing-gibberish-live/1104465317?i=1104467215
Sideshow Blues https://music.apple.com/ca/album/side-show-blues-live/1104465317?i=1104467355
The Story Of The Ballad Of The Devil's Backbone Tavern https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-story-of-the-ballad-of-the-devils-backbone-tavern-live/1104465317?i=1104466667
The Ballad Of The Devil's Backbone Tavern https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-ballad-of-the-devils-backbone-tavern-live/1104465317?i=1104466738
Double Wide Blues https://music.apple.com/ca/album/doublewide-blues-live/1104465317?i=1104467362
Age Like Wine https://music.apple.com/ca/album/age-like-wine/1104406792?i=1104407176 from Snider's 2004 album East Nasville Skyline from John Prine's Oh Boy Records
All but the final track are taken from Todd Snider's 2003 live album Near Truths And Hotel Rooms from John Prine's Oh Boy Records
All songs written by Todd Snider except Statistician's Blues written by Todd Snider & Kent Finlay
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Saturday Nov 01, 2025
Saturday Nov 01, 2025
Join us for a full episode deep dive dish into the Man the Music the Movie...
SPRINGSTEEN: Deliver Me From Nowhere
Based on the 2023 book "Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making Of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska" by noted rock n roll author/historian, Del Fuegos guitarist and Ph.D. holder Warren Zane, the film has proven to be both powerful and divisive amongst casual fans and movie goers alike.
Starring two of the finest actors of their generation, the two Jeremy's; US television Shameless star Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen, and noted American method actor Jeremy Strong as Jon Landau, Springsteen's longtime manager, both actors ground this weighted cinematic portrayal of the birthing process behind one of the most misunderstood and talked about albums of the 1980s.
Yay or Nay?
Should you stay or should you go?
Find out NOW in the latest episode of The GXO, your trusted, insider source for everything music and beyond!
OPENING TRACK: X Offender by Blondie https://music.apple.com/ca/album/x-offender/724506061?i=724506135 from their eponymously titled 1976 debut album
CLOSING TRACK: Streets Of Philadelphia by The Boss himself, Mr. Bruce Springsteen https://music.apple.com/ca/album/streets-of-philadelphia/272899249?i=272899288 his contribution to the jaw droppingly powerful 1994 soundtrack to the Oscar Winning film Philadelphia staring multiple Academy Award winning actors Denzel Washington and Tom Hanks.
BTW...
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