"Louie Louie" has an unusual history in the rock canon, and I explore it in the podcast for Hour 58. The episode features covers of the song by everyone ranging from Joan Jett to Black Flag to Blondie, and also there are some selections that show the song's origins. I pontificate on what it is about the tune that makes it such a rock classic, and then I pull out my brand new acoustic guitar in order to give a quick tutorial on the dirty lyrics that prompted an investigation from the FBI!

It's been some time since I posted a new podcast, an even longer time since I updated the blog... and I shout it out at the end of every episode, but then again I have yet to get anyone commenting or demonstrating that they read this, so I guess it's not that big of a deal. I've got a new logo for the podcast-- because of its schizophrenic nature (being both an audio podcast and a video series as well) I made the logo a little more friendly to the naked ol' eye. Unfortunately, for now, we are no longer on Apple Podcast. I intend to correct that issue very soon. I didn't even notice that they weren't carrying this podcast anymore, that's how out of the loop I've been. Since it's been a while, I'll take this opportunity to promote Buzzsprout, a platform I've been using to house the MPS podcast since the beginning of last year, before the pandemic really kicked in. I was still actively doing the podcasts up until a few months ago; I ha

I don't know why I couldn't get it together and remember that this was going to be the 48th and NOT the 49th podcast of MPS... I guess I'm ready for that 50 landmark threshold... but in reality I've done well over 50 podcasts total if you count the  YouTube channel . When I first started this podcast it was a weekly thing and now it happens when it happens. Quarantine gave me enough free time to do some catching up but really I'm just taking it as it comes. This week I rap with my old friend Asaf, who played drums in bands I was a part of in high school and my early twenties. As a matter of fact, you can hear some of Asaf's contributions to the rap group I was in back in the '90s-- just check out  Hour 17  of this podcast to hear examples of his drumming, the best being "Ganja Stick". Asaf is an avid vinyl collector and so the majority of our conversation is about LPs and our passions for records. He gives me some selections to try on for size such

After a considerable slowdown in activity I am proud to announce that I have not one, not two but THREE podcasts that are available to digest... and they are all video podcasts so they fall under the MUSIC PODCAST SERIES umbrella rather than MIXTAPE PRESERVATION SOCIETY. For anyone unclear on the dual banner: MUSIC PODCAST SERIES is mostly the video version of the MPS podcast realm, although I sometimes provide audio-only versions on my Soundcloud account. These originated at Wave One Media in downtown Indianapolis but now that I am savvier at using Zoom it looks like Chuckie (my co-host) and I will be producing these ourselves. In these podcasts I go by the name of DJ LED. MIXTAPE PRESERVATION SOCIETY is the audio-only podcast which is sort of the flagship of this enterprise, hosted under the name BJ Fornicatti and which is soon going to celebrate its 50th podcast. I have some future episodes waiting to be released but I took the downtime afforded by the quarantine to develop

The lockdown continues, and despite the depressing reality of our surroundings I am excited to be getting shit done! That's because I was raised in chaos and feel at home with this state of affairs. And if you needed any more proof of my thriving in chaotic situations, look no further than the latest podcast. Me and my classmates had a bus commute that was approximately AN HOUR AND A HALF, even though we all lived within fifteen minutes of our school. Thats's because LAUSD had bus drivers pick up two other elementary schools and drop them off before they took us to school. Likewise, on the way home the other schools got taken home first, and so we had a lot of time on the bus to do dumb shit... but nothing criminal or delinquent. Rather, we listened to comedy albums of the era, traded tapes, and re-enacted skits from our favorite TV shows, movies, and radio bits. In fact, I created a fake radio station with the call letters KRAP (because I was a pre-teen and I thought i

As you can tell from the exponential jump in episode numbers, it's been a minute since I done did anything up in here. But with the world going buck nutty over COVID-19, it seems like my time is a little more free and I can finally get on with the "business" of making podcasts. I have a backlog of material recorded at Wave One studios but I probably will not be producing podcasts out of that facility anymore. Certainly coronavirus is a factor, but I had actually been thinking about going back to in-house production as far back as January. Frankly, if I had sponsors then I would love to do the podcast from the Wave One studios. Wyatt Felling and his crew were nothing but cordial and accommodating. However, it costs money to rent the studio time and even though I had a positive response to a Go Fund Me profile that allowed me to record for at least one month longer than I could realistically afford, the project still needs regular sponsors.. and I just don't have t