Paisley Stage, Raspberry & Rhyme

In this episode, we take a look at Rodney on the Roq Vol. 1-3 with Howie Cohen and Joy Milam.

In this episode, we take a look at Radio Tokyo Tapes Vol. 1 with Howie Cohen and Joy Milam.

In this episode, we take a look at WarfRat Tales with Howie Cohen & Joy Milam.

On this episode, we talk with Matt Piucci about David Roback.

Episode #73: A panel discussion of The Last’s LOOK AGAIN

 

On this episode we are joined by previous guests Lina Litonjua and Tom Stevens (of The Long Ryders) to talk about The Last’s unreleased album, LOOK AGAIN.

 

Groove On, Paisley People!

 

 

On this episode, we speak to Michael Quercio about his time in Game Theory and the release of Game Theory’s ACROSS THE BARRIER OF SOUND-POSTSCRIPT on Omnivore. 

Groove On, Paisley People!

On this episode, we speak to Steve Wynn about The Dream Syndicate's new single, THE LONGING, their new album THE UNIVERSE INSIDE that will be released on April 10th, and so much more. 

Groove On Paisley People!

Music has been a saving grace during these days of social distancing and self-quarantine, so Jeff and I decided to start a playlist and we are asking our Paisley Stage, Raspberry & Rhyme community to help us out!

We each picked two songs from The Three O'Clock, The Bangles, Rain Parade and The Dream Syndicate to start and we want your contributions. Let us know the songs from these bands that you want to add to this playlist- you can message us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, or send us an email (paisleystagerandr@gmail.com).

Stay safe & healthy and Groove on, Paisley People!

Soraya & Jeff chat with FRONTIER RECORDS founder & CEO Lisa Fancher. Frontier Records is celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2020. 

Soraya & Jeff welcome back The Muffs' Ronnie Barnett and music journalist, musician and reissue producer Pat Thomas to discuss the live event held at The Echoplex in Los Angeles on February 15, 2020 featuring The Dream Syndicate with support acts Dime Box Band, Tracy Bryant & DJ Ronnie Barnett.

Soraya & Jeff welcome back The Muffs' Ronnie Barnett to walk us through the upcoming event that he will be co-hosting with Muffs' bandmate Roy McDonald: 

Celebrate The Life of Kim Shattuck:

Create A World Without ALS

Soraya & Jeff play cover versions of songs they uncovered that were originally written and recorded by the 4 primary Paisley Underground bands. Some of the artists added to the discussion by talking about why they chose to cover the songs that we feature. Danny Benair, Matt Piucci & Steve Wynn also chime in about how they feel about cover versions and the tracks that we chose to play.

Soraya & Jeff speak to John Thoman about his work with Rain Parade, Viva Saturn, The Empty Set, Jack Waterson, Chris Cacavas & Junkyard Love, The Hellenes, among many others.

Soraya & Jeff have a conversation with all surviving members of the IT'S ABOUT TIME era version of THE PANDORAS. We discuss the debut album track by track.

Soraya & Jeff conclude our conversation with Jack Waterson. In this episode, we talk about Jack's solo material as well as his contributions to other projects including working with Adrian Young and The Midnight Hour.

Soraya & Jeff speak to Jack Waterson about his work with Serfers/Green on Red.

Soraya & Jeff are joined by Jim, Frank & Jerry from the JFJ CONSPIRACY podcast to discuss the hugely influential 1967 album FOREVER CHANGES by Love.

Soraya & Jeff speak to Mark Walton about his work with The Dream Syndicate, Continental Drifters, Giant Sand, Chris Cacavas & Junkyard Love, among many others.

Soraya & Jeff speak to Jason Victor about his work with The Dream Syndicate, Matthew Sweet, Velvet Crush and many others including his band SKULL PRACTITIONERS.

Soraya & Jeff start off 2020 with a BIG MONSTER EPISODE talking with several members of JUPITER AFFECT: Michael Quercio, Chris Bruckner, Jason Shapiro, Dan Epstein & Brad Lindsay.

Soraya & Jeff play and discuss songs from the 4 E.P.'s released by the Paisley Underground bands:

The Bangles - S/T

The Three O'Clock - Baroque Hoedown

The Dream Syndicate - S/T

Rain Parade - Explosions in the Glass Palace

Soraya & Jeff wishing all listeners the happiest of holidays by playing holiday projects by all 4 Paisley Underground bands. At the end of the podcast we play a very special message compiled using brand new holiday greetings recorded late Nov/early Dec 2018 by our favorites. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

Soraya & Jeff play and discuss songs by bands that influenced the Paisley Underground scene. 

Soraya & Jeff speak to the members of MEDICINE (Brad Laner, Annette Zilinskas & Matt Devine) about their new album SCARRED FOR LIFE.

Soraya & Jeff speak to The Muffs' Ronnie Barnett about the history of the band, their new album NO HOLIDAY, and how they recorded the album while Kim Shattuck was dealing with the symptoms of ALS.

Soraya and Jeff are once again joined by the fab Lina Litonjua to discuss the show held on Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 at The Roxy in Hollywood, CA. featuring The Long Ryders with opening act Ford Madox Ford (which includes former Dils and Rank & File member Chip Kinman).

Soraya & Jeff speak to David Nolte about his time as a member of The Last, Wednesday Week, Lucky, Vena Cava, Descendents, his production work with these bands as well as David Gray, The Jigsaw Seen, and his experience playing with Wondermints, Maria McKee, Dave Davies (of The Kinks), and even Micky Dolenz.

Soraya & Jeff continue their conversation with Chris Cacavas about his solo projects, his work with bands such as Serfers, Green on Red, Junkyard Love, The Dream Syndicate, and so much more.

Soraya & Jeff speak to Chris Cacavas about his solo projects, his work with bands such as Serfers, Green on Red, Junkyard Love, The Dream Syndicate, and so much more.

Soraya & Jeff speak to Vitus Mataré about his time as a member of THE LAST and his other bands, DANNY & THE DOORKNOBS and TROTSKY ICEPICK.

Happy Birthday Soraya!

With Birthday Love from:

Jeff & Cris

Matt Piucci

Steven Roback

Michael Quercio

Danny Benair

Louis Gutierrez

Steve Wynn

Annette Zilinskas

Joe Nolte

Joy Milam

Lina Litonjua

Dean Vincent Micheli

"Cake For Soraya" by Trotsky Icepick (a reworking of their encore song LUNCH)

Tom Stevens

Ronnie Barnett

 

Soraya and Jeff have a conversation with Simon (Greg) Alderette about the Three O'Clock, the Jet Fighter video, Louis Gutierrez's role in getting him to take up the guitar, and share new music from his band, Bridey Murphy.

 

 

Soraya and Jeff have a conversation with Rain Parade member Steven Roback about the early days of Rain Parade and the music that he created as part of Viva Saturn.

Soraya and Jeff are joined by Kari Pearson (Redd Kross, Ella & the Blacks) to discuss the latest album by Redd Kross entitled BEYOND THE DOOR.

*Note: The phone connection with Kari was choppy, but the discussion was too much fun to waste.

Soraya and Jeff are joined by Lina Litonjua, Joy Milam, and Howie Cohen to discuss the show held on Sunday, August 18th, 2019 at Alex's Bar in Long Beach, CA. celebrating the 40th anniversary of LA EXPLOSION by The Last. Joining The Last on the bill were The Zeros, The Alley Cats and Danny and the Doorknobs.

Soraya and Jeff talk with Mark Hanley about his work with Rain Parade, Boatclub & The Hellenes as well as his phenomenal albums PLANER & A MARK SUPREME.

Soraya and Jeff talk with Jim Bssnight who has been writing, recording and performing power pop music for over 40 years!

Soraya and Jeff were thrilled to have Joe Nolte of The Last return to talk about their upcoming 40th Anniversary performance of L.A. EXPLOSION and continue our discussion about the band's history from the french label Lolita's release of the band's album PAINTING SMILES ON A DEAD MAN, through their SST releases (CONFESSION, AWAKENING and GIN & INNUENDOES) and most recently End Sounds release DANGER...and circling back to the upcoming performance.

Soraya & Jeff are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett, of The Muffs and White Flag, for the forth in a four-part series called "Side Projects, Solo, Spin-Offs & Starters". We will be talking about other projects from Paisley Underground band members. Part IV looks at side projects from members of Rain Parade.

Soraya & Jeff are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett, of The Muffs and White Flag, for the third in a four-part series called "Side Projects, Solo, Spin-Offs & Starters". We will be talking about other projects from Paisley Underground band members. Part III looks at side projects from members of The Bangles.

Soraya & Jeff are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett, of The Muffs and White Flag, for the second in a four-part series called "Side Projects, Solo, Spin-Offs & Starters". We will be talking about other projects from Paisley Underground band members. Part II looks at side projects from members of The Dream Syndicate.

Soraya & Jeff are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett, of The Muffs and White Flag, for the first in a four-part series called "Side Projects, Solo, Spin-Offs & Starters". We will be talking about other projects that the Paisley Underground band members were a part of. Part I looks at the side projects from members of The Three O'Clock.

Soraya & Jeff conclude the conversation with Louis Gutierrez talking his time with Mary's Danish, Battery Acid, Helena, sitting in with Sky Saxon & Neil Diamond and music production. We also find out what Louis has been up to outside of his musical career.

Soraya & Jeff speak to Louis Gutierrez about how he discovered punk rock music, confronting high school bullies, joining early bands including a band with skater Tony Alva, Salvation Army and his time with The Three O'Clock.

Soraya & Jeff, on their first "on location" episode, visit the studio of music producer James (Jim) T Hill to learn how Jim got involved in music production working with bands like Wall of Voodoo, The Prime Movers, The Blasters, Rain Parade and many more. We also learn about Jim's work in the field of music scoring for TV and Film. During the episode, Jim breaks down a few tracks for songs from The Hellenes' I LOVE YOU ALL THE ANIMALS album as well as Rain Parade's songs from the 3x4 compilation.

Soraya & Jeff continue to speak to Joe Nolte of THE LAST. In this episode Joe briefly talks about the band's years on SST and describes his interactions with members of the Paisley Underground, or rather the "F*ck you Joe Nolte Underground"

Soraya & Jeff speak to Joe Nolte of THE LAST about how he developed his songwriting style and the music scene in Southern California during the late 60's through the mid-70's. Arguably, without Joe Nolte, there would be no Paisley Underground.

Soraya & Jeff discuss their trip to San Francisco to catch Rain Parade live at The Chapel. We also announce the winner of our Signed 3x4 CD contest.

Soraya & Jeff are joined by 3x4 dream team co-hosts Joy & Dean to discuss the 3x4 Paisley Underground Grammy event that took place on Monday, May 6th, 2019. We discuss the panel discussion as well as the performances by members of all 4 Paisley Underground artists.

Soraya and Jeff talk to Steve Wynn about the latest Dream Syndicate album due out on May 3rd, These Times.