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20,000 Days on Earth - Nick Cave - with Adam Scott Glasspool Jun 20, 2023

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Today's episode is about "20,000 Days on Earth" (Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, 2014), which is about Nick Cave. Is this even a documentary at all? It's sort of a semi-fictionalized day in the life in which we follow Nick as he records some music, performs live, visits his therapist, hangs out with friends including Warren Ellis, Kylie Minogue, and Ray Winstone, among others, delivers some monologues, and generally looks and acts super cool, depending on your tolerance for Nick Cave doing those kinds of things. Our Very Special Guest is Brighton's own Adam Scott Glasspool of the "What Is Music?" podcast about Radiohead (among other artists), and a fine musician in his own right. Rock Docs is a Treble Media Podcast hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts Twitter: @RockDocsPod Instagram: @RockDocsPod Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt

Father's Day Special - The Muppets Mayhem with Callum Keatts and Miles Lizerbram Jun 18, 2023

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Today's special Father's Day episode is about "The Muppets Mayhem", a Disney TV series about Dr. Teeth and Electric Mayhem. Our Very Special Guests are our kids, Callum Keatts (age 5) and Miles Lizerbram (age 6).

Please...enjoy?...this Father's Day treat. We'll be back to our regularly scheduled serious grownup stuff in a few days.

Rock Docs is a Treble Media Podcast hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts Twitter: @RockDocsPod Instagram: @RockDocsPod Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt

Classic Albums: Steely Dan: Aja with Alex Pappademas and Joan LeMay Jun 06, 2023

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Today's episode is about "Classic Albums: Steely Dan: Aja" (Alan Lewens, 1999). Part of the "Classic Albums" series, this film explores Steely Dan's best-known and best-selling album. Our Very Special Guests are Alex Pappademas and Joan LeMay, the author and illustrator of "Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan" - buy it! It's great!

Topics discussed include The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, PTSD (Post-Traumatic Steely Dan), Donald Fagen's horrible pencil moustache, Donald and Walt's evident glee at owning all of the publishing for the Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz hip-hop classic "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)", the greatness of Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, and so much more.

Rock Docs is a Treble Media Podcast hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts Twitter: @RockDocsPod Instagram: @RockDocsPod Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt

Tina Turner In Memoriam May 24, 2023

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This is a rerun of our 2021 episode about the Tina Turner documentary. RIP Tina, we love you.

Today's documentary is TINA, released on HBO Max in 2021, directed by Daniel Lindsay & T. J. Martin. An examination of Tina Turner's life story, including her troubled childhood, her more than troubled marriage to Ike Turner, and her 80's pop triumph.

Plus: covers that are better than the originals, soul singers covering the Beatles, and more.

Rock Docs is a Treble Media Podcast hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts Twitter: @RockDocsPod Instagram: @RockDocsPod Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco with Hannah Seidlitz May 23, 2023

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Today's episode is about "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco" (Sam Jones, 2002). Widely considered one of the all-time greatest music documentaries, the film follows the band through the making of their breakthrough album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot", the unstable relationship between lead singer/songwriter Jeff Tweedy and multi-instrumentalist Jay Bennett, and the legendary tale of the album being rejected by their record label only to be issued by another label under the same corporate umbrella.

Check out our interview with the director of this film, Sam Jones, elsewhere in the podcast feed. Great guy, great conversation.

Our Very Special Guest is Hannah Seidlitz of The New Yorker.

Rock Docs is a Treble Media Podcast hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts

Twitter: @RockDocsPod

Instagram: @RockDocsPod

Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt

Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed with Steven Woods May 09, 2023

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Today's episode is about "Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed" (Sam Jones, 2023). The documentary covers the recording and release of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's album "Reunions", including Jason's marital discord with his wife and bandmate Amanda Pearl Shires and how Covid affected their family and the album's release.

Also, it's the return of Rock Docs fave Music Box.

Check out our interview with the director of this film, Sam Jones, eleswhere in the podcast feed. Great guy, great conversation.

Our Very Special Guest is Isbell superfan Steven Woods.

Rock Docs is a Treble Media Podcast hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts

Twitter: @RockDocsPod

Instagram: @RockDocsPod

Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt

Little Richard: I Am Everything Apr 25, 2023

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Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries

A Treble Media Podcast

Today's documentary is Little Richard: I Am Everything, released in 2023, directed by Lisa Cortes.

The movie explores Little Richard's origins and the ups and downs of his career and his life, with a focus on his status as a groundbreaking queer icon and "the architect of rock and roll".

Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts

Twitter: @RockDocsPod

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Sam Jones, Director of Isbell and Wilco Documentaries Apr 20, 2023

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Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries

A Treble Media Podcast

Today's episode is a bonus - an interview with our Very Special Guest, Sam Jones, the director of several films including "Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed", "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart", and "Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off".

Sam was incredibly generous with his time, sharing his insights and stories about the making of classic rock docs (and one of our favorite "rock docs that's not a rock doc").

How did he get Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires, and the members of Wilco to open up about their professional and personal lives? What's it like going into a documentary with no idea what he was going to get? How did he adapt to the unexpected, from Wilco getting dropped by their label to Isbell's record release running into a global pandemic?

Thanks to Sam for spending his time with us. Check out all of his work, he's a real one.

Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts

Twitter: @RockDocsPod

Crossfire Hurricane (Rolling Stones) with Dan Jasper Apr 11, 2023

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Today's episode is about "Crossfire Hurricane" (Brett Morgen, 2012). The documentary covers the career of the Rolling Stones from their beginnings until the late 70s.

Our Very Special Guest is Dan Jasper of the fantastic Mad Men podcast They Coined It.

Rock Docs is a Treble Media Podcast hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts

Twitter: @RockDocsPod

Instagram: @RockDocsPod

Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt

Depeche Mode 101 with David Rosen Mar 28, 2023

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Today's episode is about "Depeche Mode 101" (D.A. Pennebaker, David Dawkins, Chris Hegedus, 1989). It's about the band Depeche Mode as they play the final concert of the Music for the Masses tour in the Rose Bowl - and about a group of teenage fans on a bus across the country headed for the concert.

Our Very Special Guest is David Rosen of the podcast Piecing It Together.

Rock Docs is a Treble Media Podcast hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts

Twitter: @RockDocsPod

Instagram: @RockDocsPod

Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt

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