Episode 37: Bringing It Home

Bowlings/ September 18, 2018/ Barenaked ABCs/ 5 comments

Episode 37: Bringing It Home  It sounds almost like a goodbye song title.  We hope that it isn’t.  This week we discuss the boys celebration anthem. In the middle, I post a clip of the song, with Ed’s vocals minimized to accentuate the new instrument.  That is not how the bridge actually sounds.  Video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZTNLC-iHxI 

Episode 36: Brian Wilson

Bowlings/ September 11, 2018/ Barenaked ABCs/ 1 comments

Episode 36: Brian Wilson  Are you reeling from the good vibrations from last week’s interview?  I still am.  Wouldn’t it be nice if there was one song where we all agreed on its merits?  Maybe it’s this song.  God only knows as we review Brian Wilson with returning co-host, Bobby.  We are missing Michelle, but I still guarantee, this long

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Episode 35b: An Interview with Steven Page

Bowlings/ September 4, 2018/ Barenaked ABCs/ 0 comments

Steven Page has been writing songs for over 35 years. Most of his famous songs were done while he was with a previous group, Barenaked Ladies, a band that he wrote and played with for 20 years, a band that to some extent still defines how people see him and talk about him. I mean, look at my second sentence.

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Episode 35a: Transcript of Steven Page Interview

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Interviewer: Steven, it is an absolute pleasure to be talking with you today, and that, to me, is a major understatement. Your music has entertained me during moments of joy and has helped me wallow in my sorrow and helped me with my stress during periods of darkness. Stunt came out during my Graduate program years and “Who Needs Sleep”

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Episode 35: A Very Special Interview – Steven Page!

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Pinch me!  Tonight we don’t review a song. Tonight, I interview STEVEN PAGE himself!!! That’s right! We’ve had our questions and we had the chance to ask them. Thank you’s to Rey Roldan (@reybee), who gave me this opportunity; and to BNL ABCs cast for helping me develop the questions. Please go out next week and buy Steven’s new album,

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