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Nakedly Examined Music Podcast

Song Analysis with the Songwriter

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NEM#88: Lincoln Barr’s Off-Center Vulnerability Dec 19, 2018

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Lincoln established the Seattle-based singer/songwriter vehicle Red Jacket Mine in 2003, made three albums and an EP with them, and in 2017 released his first solo album, the jazzy, live-in-studio Trembling Frames. We examine "Desperate Tormentors" and hear "How To Escape" and a bit of "Memory Up and Die" from that album, and discuss Red Jacket Mine: "Apricot Moon" from Lovers Lookout (2009) and "Jesus's House" from Hello, Old Cloud (2008). For more, see lincolnbarrmusic.com. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page. Support us on Patreon.

NEM#87: Chris Cacavas Fronts His Depression Dec 08, 2018

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Chris rose to fame on keys for Arizona's country punks Green on Red from '81–'87, and has since then been fronted 12 albums while doing session keyboard work. We discuss "Pale Blonde Hell" by Chris Cacavas and Junkyard Love from Pale Blonde Hell (1994), "Do Me No Favors" from Anonymous (1997), and "Don't Think Twice" from Bumbling Home from the Star (2002). We listen to "I Won't Feel Well" from Love's Been Re-Discontinued (2013). Opening music: the title track from Green on Red's Gravity Talks. For more, see chris-cacavas.com. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page. Support us on Patreon.

NEM#86: Seth Swirsky Provides Instant Pleasure Nov 18, 2018

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Seth Swirsky was a highly successful staff songwriter for over 20 years, and has put out three solo albums and three albums as The Red Button since 2004. He's a huge Beatles fan and has released a Beatles documentary Beatles Stories and has multiple books about psychology and baseball.

We discuss his heavily covered and sound-tracked tune "Love Is a Beautiful Thing"; you'll hear the version by Al Green from Don't Look Back (1993), then "Matchbook Cover" from Seth's album Watercolor Day (2010) and "Picture" by The Red Button from As Far as Yesterday Goes (2011). The end suite is "Shine/Circles and Squares/Go" from his album Circles and Squares (2016). Intro music is from the title track to Instant Pleasure (2004). For more, see seth.com.

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NEM#85: John Etheridge (Soft Machine) Is For Everything! Oct 27, 2018

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John is an amazing guitarist who started in the late-'60s British blues boom, had his first compositions set to tape with Darryl Way's Wolf in the early '70s, then joined the latter line-ups of jazz-prog legends Soft Machine (replacing Alan Holdsworth) in the late '70s. He's collaborated with luminaries like violinist Stéphane Grappelli, guitar great John Williams, and Andy Summers from The Police, and released eight solo albums prior to teaming up with former members of Soft Machine for another six albums. We discuss "One Glove" by Soft Machine from Hidden Details (2018), his rendition of Rodgers and Hart's "My Romance" from I Didn’t Know (2004), and "Venerable Bede" from Ash (1994). We conclude by listening to "Blue Breeze" by John Etheridge and Vimala Rowe from Out of the Sky (2015). Intro/outro from "Huffin'" by Soft Machine from Alive and Well: Recorded in Paris (1978). For more, visit john-etheridge.com and softmachine.org. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page. Support us on Patreon.

NEM#84: Laura Davis Was “The Girl in the Back” (of the Student Teachers) Oct 11, 2018

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Laura Davis-Chanin of the Phi Fic podcast drummed in the late '70s NYC punk band The Student Teachers and has written about it in The Girl in the Back: A Female Drummer's Life with Bowie, Blondie, and the '70s Rock Scene (2018). We discuss the book and listen to songs from Invitation To... The Student Teachers (2013): "Looks," "Christmas Weather," plus as an intro, "Channel 13." Laura also co-wrote lyrics to two Blondie songs: we hear some of "Angels in the Balcony" from Autoamerican (1980) plus "Slow Motion" from Eat to the Beat (1979). Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page. Support us on Patreon.

NEM#83: Rat Scabies’s Damned Drumming Oct 01, 2018

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Christopher Millar played for about two decades with first-generation British punk band The Damned starting in 1976, and has now released his debut solo album, P.H.D. (Prison, Hospital, Debt).

We discuss "Dazy Bones" and "Rat's Opus" from that 2018 album, then look back to The Damned's "History of the World (Part One)" from The Black Album (1980), then end by listening to Rat's cover of the Kraftwerk classic "Autobahn" with The Germans from Do Not Fuck With the Germans (2003). Intro/outro: "Love Song" by The Damned from Machine Gun Etiquette (1979). For more, visit ratscabies.com.

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NEM#82: Byron Isaacs Emerges from Bassland Sep 14, 2018

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Byron is an in-demand session/touring bassist whose main band since 2004 has been NYC's Ollabelle. We talk about "Losing You" and "Gypsy Wind" from his debut solo album, Disappearing Man (2018), plus "Gone Today” by Ollabelle from Riverside Battle Songs (2007), and finish with"Horizontal Man" by Lost Leaders from their 2014 eponymous album. Intro: “Heaven’s Pearls” by Levon Helm from Electric Dirt (2009). For more, visit byronisaacs.com. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page. Support us on Patreon.

NEM#81: Lindsay Murray Is Gretchen’s Wheel Aug 30, 2018

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Lindsay has released four albums and an EP of depressed alternative rock under the band name Gretchen's Wheel since 2015, providing a modern model of accessible yet professional DIY recording. We focus on Black Box Theory, covering "Untethered," "Tatyana," and "Plans," plus "Save the Day" from Sad Scientist (2017). Intro: “Total Loss” from Fragile State (2015). For more, visit gretchenswheel.com. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page. Support us on Patreon.

NEM#80: Rod Picott: Literary Workin’ Man Aug 19, 2018

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Nashville singer/songwriter/fiction-writer Rod laid sheet rock for years before releasing his first album in 2001; he has now released ten albums of vivid Americana. We focus on his new double album Out Past the Wires, discussing "Take Home Pay" and "Date of Grace" (with intro/outro from "Be My Bonnie"), then look back to "Rust Belt Fields" from Welding Burns (2011) and finally listen to “You're Not Missing Anything” from Hang Your Hopes on a Crooked Nail (2014). More at rodpicott.com. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page. Support us on Patreon.

NEM#79: Prateek Kuhad’s Bilingual Love Songs Aug 05, 2018

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Prateek was named artist of the year for 2016 by MTV India, and has been releasing tasteful, lyrics-focused songs about relationships in English and Hindi since 2011. We focus on his 2015 album Tokens and Charms: "Go," "Oh Love," and "Flames," plus the 2017 single "Tum Jab Pas," and the title track from his brand new EP cold/mess. Intro/outro: "Raat Raazi" (2013). For more, visit prateekkuhad.com. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page. Support us on Patreon.

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