NEIL YOUNG DOES DOO-WOP! We have no guest this week, so we’re reverting to our earliest days with the cross between episode 1 (Frank Zappa's "Cruisin’ With Ruben and The Jets") and episode 3 (Neil Young's "Trans"). How did this record affect R.E.M.? Why didn't this record affect Pearl Jam? Was this record even finished? What was Neil going for? Where does Sha Na Na fit into this? Or The Stray Cats? Or even ZZ Top? Is the harmonica an adequate replacement for the saxophone? Who was this note for, if not for you? Does Neil miss the days of payola? Did Ronald Reagan miss the days of segregation? Does repeating the title six times in a row count as a verse? Who put the bop in the bop-shoo-wop? Find out this week on Detours and Outliers.
THE WHO LETS EVERYBODY WRITE! We’re back to talking about songs with words and this week we’ve brought along Kasy Elkington (Cattle Axe, New...
THE TALKING HEADS WITHOUT DAVID BYRNE! We don’t have a guest this week, but The Heads sure do. How big of a suit did...
BONO GOES CRAZY, BROADWAY-STYLE! What do you get when you cross the subcultures of theatre geek, comic book nerd, and U2 fandom? Author Kate...