Episodes
Here you’ll find all the episodes of The Tape Deck!
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#17: Elliott Smith Would Have Turned 50 (feat. Jason Lambeth)
Join tape label head Jason Lambeth and I as we ramble through a retrospective of most of Elliott Smith's solo discography, with some closing words about David Berman (who passed away shortly before recording).
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#16: TDP’s BEST OF 2019!! (So Far)
We’re recapping the most notable releases of 2019 so far (in our opinion)!
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#15: The Evolution of the Portable Music Player (feat. Kurt Roy)
Today we’ve got Kurt Roy, frontman of the excellent Seattle indie-pop band Sea Salt, as we jump into the history of the portable music player, from the Sony Walkman to the popularization of streaming.
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#14: The Scars Remain: The Legacy of Cambodian Rock N’ Roll (feat. Alex Benson)
Today on the podcast we’ve got Alex Benson (from the excellent local zine Loop and Replay) talking about one of the most devastating blows to artistic expression in the 20th century: the rise (and fall) of the Cambodian rock n’ roll movement.
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EXTENDED PLAY: The 27 Club FINALE – Amy Winehouse
Today on the Tape Deck: a fitting finale for a series of tales about death, the heartbreaking story of world-domineering 2000s soul/R&B/jazz singer Amy Winehouse.
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EXTENDED PLAY: The 27 Club #6 – Kurt Cobain
This episode is the one we’ve all been dreading: frontman of Nirvana and unseeming progenitor of mainstream alternative rock in America, Kurt Cobain.
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EXTENDED PLAY: The 27 Club #5 – Jim Morrison
I hope you’ve got the popcorn popping because it’s time to tackle a force of nature: frontman of The Doors and the poster child for rock n’ roll counterculture rebellion, Jim Morrison.
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EXTENDED PLAY: The 27 Club #4 – Janis Joplin
It’s time for another episode of the TDP EP about The 27 Club! Not two weeks after Jimi, another tragedy: the end of the fiery, charismatic blues-rock singer Janis Joplin.
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EXTENDED PLAY: The 27 Club #3 – Jimi Hendrix
It’s Episode #3 of the TDP’s exploration of the members of the 27 Club! Today we delve into the life of one of the most groundbreaking guitar artists of the 20th century, Jimi Hendrix.
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EXTENDED PLAY: The 27 Club #2: Brian Jones
We’re continuing the TDP’s exploration on the 27 Club with the notorious founder (and one-time leader) of the Rolling Stones, Brian Jones.