Record Bin Roulette: John Kessler & John Maynard
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Podcast Description
KPLU's All Blues host John Kessler and long-time radio personality John Maynard have joined forces to create a funny and entertaining new feature called Record Bin Roulette that scribbles way off the page. Maynard and Kessler stop at every yard sale and venture to flea markets to find outrageous moments to play for you. The result is a seven-minute musical excavation of forgotten and obscure sounds, showcasing peculiar moments from records, television, and movies. Stay tuned for a new Record Bin Roulette every week!
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Exploring the 'sugar rush' phenomenon in music | -- | 12/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Record Bin Roulette: Tears (and fears) of a clown | COULROPHOBIA. Fear of clowns. More common than you might think. We got a bad case of it after hearing all the nasty stuff people dressed like clowns are doing. Besides selling hamburgers and squeezing into Volkswagens, clowns have been committing robberies and even murders | 10/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jingles: The little melodic encouragement that birthed a nation | -- | 10/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Can you use any money (songs) today? | -- | 9/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Going postal ... with music | -- | 9/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is this the face that launched a few thousand songs? | -- | 9/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Husband and wives making beautiful music together | -- | 9/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hi-Ho, and Other Songs for Labor Day | -- | 8/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sweating to the oldies, but letting the records to the spinning | -- | 8/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chime in as we sing away the recession! | -- | 8/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Show me the Money | -- | 8/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Record Bin Roulette: Weather | Can't do much about the weather but quote others about it | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Record Bin Roulette: Pop music and politics, more cooptation than cooperation | Political figures have frequently used pop music for an image boost. Bill Clinton played Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow," and President Obama used the Allen Toussaint song "Yes We Can Can" to great effect. But the musicians aren't always so keen on the idea ... | 7/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Record Bin Roulette: Taking a musical ride through the annals of obsolete technology | Until about 120 years ago, if there was music, an actual person was playing it. There weren't rock stars and music heroes, because there weren't machines to reproduce music and radios to broadcast it. | 7/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Record Bin Roulette: The dog days of summer are upon us | Believed to be an evil time "when the seas boiled, wine turned sour, dogs grew mad, and all creatures became languid," summer was also considered to cause "fevers, hysterics and frenzies." But, there are some redeeming values, including beer and bikinis. | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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There's a moon in the sky - but have we been there? Really? | One small step for man ... and one giant leap of believability. As many as 25% of us Earthlings think the moon landings were a big fake, staged by Stanley Kubrick on a Hollywood sound stage. | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Record Bin Roulette: Fourth is the right time for - Yankee Doodle Dandies | For the Fourth of July, we cover our Top Ten Patriotic Songs of All Time, ever, at least 'til next year. And it's amazing what you can find when you dare to look beneath the surface | 6/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Record Bin Roulette: School's out | We have nothing against school. Between the two of us we have 27 years of schooling and 3 ½ degrees. But now that school's out, it's time to cut loose with some of our favorite apophthegms Look it up | 6/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The good, the bad on Father's Day | For Father's Day we put together an episode of Good Dads and Bad Dads...you be the judge. Here are some ponderables for Dad's Day... | 6/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Against All Odds | This week it's stories about artists with diseases, disabilities and injuries who have had great success in the music biz. From Beethoven to Def Leppard with stops in between at Django Reinhardt and the Blind Boys of Alabama. | 6/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 20 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
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The only morning I welcome the clock-radio wakeup call is Thursday when Record Bin Roulette airs on KPLU.....
Roy Otis approves
Maynard's local fans are grateful for his return. This is an eclectic and well chosen mix of music trivia and miscellany.
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