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The Jokermen welcome Jason Woodbury back to the program to dive in (get it?) to "Pacific Ocean Blue," Dennis Wilson's legendary first and last album.
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Ian speaks with friend of the pod David Longstreth about his excellent new release "Song of The Earth," the muddy line between himself and Dirty Projectors, the past present and future of the Bay Area, the misery and rewards of writing, Rick Rubin, and much more.
Ian chats with Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast about loving Billy Joel, working with Blake Mills (and his famous nails), coming to terms with Los Angeles, giving Jim Keltner Korean food recs, the joys of playing festivals, the perils of Studio Ghibli AI, writing with the sticker system, "A Complete Unknown," assorted Beach Boys takes, and much more.
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The Jokermen are joined once again by friend of the pod/songwriting maven/filmmaker extraordinaire Matt Farley (phone number 603-644-0048) for look at Brian Wilson's oddball outsider masterpiece.
The Jokermen journey into the wilderness with Brian Wilson, Dr. Eugene Landy, and the downright baffling "It's O.K." television special.
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August 19th, 1998
Mercury Lounge
Melbourne, AUS
Tony's Choice IV — Thanks Louis!
The Players
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar
Larry Campbell: guitar
Bucky Baxter: pedal steel, slide guitar
David Kemper: drums
Tony Garnier: bass
We're getting the Jokermen schedule back in order after some time in New York folks, so this week we're unlocking a recent classic this week. We'll back to business next week!
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The Jokermen recount their experiences witnessing The Beach Boys ("The Beach Boys") live in show and concert.
The Jokermen are joined by their Never Ending Stories co-host Steven Hyden for a very special crossover event discussing the brilliant The Beach Boys In Concert live record.
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The Jokermen set up shop in a converted barn in Bambrugge to record a disastrously expensive but artistically triumphant episode about 1973's HOLLAND.
Ian speaks to Mark Doyle about his new 33 1/3 book about John Cale's 1972 masterpiece, Paris 1919.
The Jokermen pack their bags for a trip down Trinidad way with their old friend Van Dyke Parks.
Ian chats with Benjamin Booker about the delights of downtown Los Angeles, meeting Daniel Lanois, not meeting Neil Young, getting way too high at a Bob Dylan concert, his excellent new record LOWER, and much more.
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January 12th, 1990
Toad's Place
New Haven, CT
The Players
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harp
GE Smith: guitar
Christopher Parker: drums
Tony Garnier: bass
The Jokermen are joined by returning champion Alex Pappademas to discuss a monumental meeting of California rock titans at the Fillmore East on April 27, 1971: the night The Beach Boys jammed with The Grateful Dead.
The Jokermen and Josh Tillman discuss creative process, theories of shmaltz, The Beatles, mental health, fatherhood and breakfast, among other things.
The Jokermen conclude 2024 with a look back at the year's major offerings from John Davies Cale: "Poptical Illusion" and the recent remasters of "Paris 1919" and "The Academy in Peril."
Ian chats with friend of the pod Molly Lambert about Jan & Dean, Hall & Oates, Captain & Tenille, and many more musical duos featured in her new book, Double Acts In Pop: An Incomplete Survey.
The Jokermen are joined by critic and friend of the pod Nick Newman for a look at Dennis Wilson's first and last starring role in a motion picture: Monte Hellman's existentialist road flick, TWO-LANE BLACKTOP.
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With the huge new set dropping tomorrow, we're hitting both The Complete Budokan and a bonkers Charlotte show from the end of the same year. It's 1978 up in this bitch.
The Players
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harp
Billy Cross: guitar
Alan Pasqua: keyboards
Steven Soles: guitar
David Mansfield: violin, mandolin
Steve Douglas: horns
Jerry Scheff: bass
Bobbye Hall: percussion
Ian Wallace: drums
Helena Springs: vocals
Jo Ann Harris: vocals
Carolyn Dennis: vocals
The Jokermen rap with friend of the pod Dylan Rupert about her excellent new history of the Sunset Strip rock scene "Groupies: Women of the Sunset Strip from the Pill to Punk."
The Jokermen discuss the last remaining artifact of Brian Wilson's output in the 1960s: the legendary lost poetry record he produced for Stephen John Kalinich, "A World of Peace Must Come." Plus: Virgil's Root Beer.
Ian speaks with the great Robert Hilburn about his excellent new biography of Randall Stuart Newman, A Few Words In Defense of Our Country, Randy's status amongst the great songwriters, and Hilburn's legendary interviews with Bob Dylan.
The Jokermen speak with Jason Stern & Don Fleming of the Lou Reed archive team about Lou's earliest days as a songwriter, The Primitives, Terry Phillips & Tony Conrad, and the essential new Light In The Attic compilation Why Don't You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records.
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Dodgers won the damn World Series, so we're unlocking our recent "Trouble In Paradise" episode with Molly Lambert, which kicks off with an extensive interrogation of that eternal Angeleno anthem, "I Love LA."
WE LOVE IT!
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January 12th, 1990
Toad's Place
New Haven, CT
The Players
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harp
GE Smith: guitar
Christopher Parker: drums
Tony Garnier: bass
Ian raps with Tim Heidecker and his collaborator in the Very Good Band Eliana Athayde about the beauty of baseball, the romance of record making, and Tim's excellent new record Slipping Away.
In a very special episode, Ian speaks with Christopher Owens about falling in love, aging gracefully as an artist, Psalms as pop songs, and his extraordinary new record, "I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair."
The Jokermen speak with friend of the program Dean Wareham about his legendary rock band Galaxie 500, their expansive new archive release, and much more.
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October 5th, 2001
Spokane Arena
Spokane, WA
The Players
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar
Larry Campbell: guitar, pedal steel, bouzouki
Charlie Sexton: guitar
David Kemper: drums
Tony Garnier: bass
Ian sits down at the proverbial dinner table with Alex Bleeker (Real Estate, Taper's Choice) and Luke Pyenson (Frankie Cosmos) for a hearty chat about the intersection of food and indie rock as documented in their delicious new book, Taste In Music.
The Jokermen are joined by Noah Kulwin of Blowback Podcast for a trip to Baghdad, Damascus, and Jerusalem alongside Philip Habib and Warren Zevon.
Ian speaks with Aaron Maine, AKA Porches, about his excellent new record Shirt, working as a solo artist, the legacy of a name, anxiety, the self-destruction of the United States, and much more.
The Jokermen welcome Eric Slick to the program to discuss the final Beach Boys record of the 1960s, an album haunted by Charles Manson, Van Dyke Parks, and Mike Love's libido.
Ian speaks to Franz Nicolay of The Hold Steady about his new book Band People: Life and Work in Popular Music and the concepts explored therein: building a life as a working musician, the rise and fall of the session player, the rock band as an aristocracy, the nature of touring, parenting as a musician, and money—the root of all evil.
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July 19th, 1987
Autzen Stadium
Eugene, OR
The Players
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar
Jerry Garcia: guitar, vocals
Bob Weir: guitar, vocals
Phil Lesh: bass
Brent Mydland: keyboards
Bill Kreutzmann: drums
Mickey Hart: drums
The Jokermen discuss a shameful pair of root beers and a shameless cash grab of a record.
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The Jokermen enter the exotic and esoteric world of Van Dyke Parks and his extraordinary debut LP, Song Cycle.
The Jokermen trace the history of the miserable little man at the center of the Wilson family and his utterly unremarkable single studio album. Plus: BAWLS Root Beer.
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The Jokermen find themselves at odds over 1967's Wild Honey, which is either a kind of annoying set of unremarkable songs, or a total masterpiece on par with their very best records. Plus: Sparky's Root Beer.
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The Jokermen don their aloha shirts and ingest too much LSD to talk the first unreleased Beach Boys album, a document of a band in crisis. Also: the best root beer yet.
The Jokermen recount the tragedy of SMiLE.
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October 11th, 2002
Greek Theatre
Berkeley, CA
The Players
Bob Dylan: vocals, piano, guitar
Charlie Sexton: guitar
Larry Campbell: guitar, mandolin, pedal steel, electric slide guitar
George Receli: drums
Tony Garnier: bass
The Jokermen commence their journey into the life, times, and art of Randall Stuart Newman.
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The Jokermen are joined by renowned author and certified Beach Boys head Michael Chabon to discuss the greatest record ever made.
Ian speaks with Kyle Field about sinister California history, recording straight to tape, his lifelong commitment to making music, the magic of live performance, and his superb new Little Wings record, High On The Glade.
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In a very special episode, Evan is joined by Vish Khanna of Kreative Kontrol Podcast, on which Steve Albini was a regular guest, to reflect on Albini's artistic life and legacy.
Ian goes big brain mode with Ruban Nielson of Unknown Mortal Orchestra talking the state of music media, the collapse of artistic ecosystems, Legs McNeil and Lester Bangs, Carles and Hipster Runoff, coming to terms with your lack of control, loving Public Image Limited and Steely Dan equally, and the opportunities afforded by the crack up of the established order.
Evan is joined by John Rossiter for a conversation about writing from shame, embracing a calling, buying new pants, and what inspired the songs on the fearless and soulful new record from Young Jesus, "The Fool".
The Jokermen discuss the new Disney+ documentary The Beach Boys (2024), a film that honors neither truth nor beauty.
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April 4th, 2014
Zepp Divercity
Tokyo, JP
The Players
Bob Dylan: vocals, piano, harp
Charlie Sexton: guitar
Donnie Herron: violin, mandolin, pedal steel
Stu Kimball: electric guitar, acoustic guitar
George Receli: drums
Tony Garnier: bass
Ian raps with Cole, Ben, Andrew, and Colin from DIIV about Hollywood Boulevard, accelerationism, and their huge, heavy new record, Frog In Boiling Water.
The Jokermen examine Brian Wilson's first unqualified top-to-bottom masterpiece with Wall Street Journal critic and former editor-in-chief of Pitchfork Mark Richardson.
The Jokermen report on several new root beers and dicuss the swaggest, horniest Beach Boys record yet.
The Jokermen debut a very special new segment of the program. There's a little Beach Boys talk somewhere in here too.
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July 8th, 1984
Slane Castle
Slane, IE
The Players
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harp
Mick Taylor: guitar
Ian McLagan: keyboards
Greg Sutton: bass
Colin Allen: drums
Carlos Santana: guitar
Van Morrison: vocals
Bono: vocals
Welcome back to Jokermen Podcast, a podcast about Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys.
The Jokermen rap with Ezra Koenig about Vampire Weekend's superb new album, tunnels, astrology, and listening to "Brownsville Girl" on the streets of Tokyo.
The Jokermen and Willy Staley head past the condensation silos and all-night trauma stands to a long anticipated destination: Warren Zevon's TRANSVERSE CITY.
August 14th, 1994
Woodstock '94
Saugerties, NY
The Players
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harp
Bucky Baxter: pedal steel, slide guitar
John “JJ” Jackson: electric guitar
Winston Watson: drums
Tony Garnier: bass
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The Jokermen close the book on Series 2 with the second half of the new Jokermen 100, counting down Lou Reed's 50 greatest songs.
The Jokermen bid adieu to Mr. John Davies Cale with a countdown of his 50 greatest tracks—the first half of the new Jokermen 100.
Let's fuckin' go.
Ian chats with Real Estate's Martin Courtney on the occasion of their beautiful, un-Googleable new record, Daniel.
The Jokermen flip the record to the second side and count down all of John Cale's album art, from least to most swag.
July 22nd, 2000
Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
Mansfield, MA
The Players
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar
Charlie Sexton: electric guitar
Larry Campbell: mandolin, pedal steel, electric slide guitar
David Kemper: drums
Tony Garnier: bass
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The Jokermen engage in one of their favorite pastimes, taking stock of the history of Lou Reed's album art and ranking his covers from worst to best.
The Jokermen ostensibly discuss John Cale's 2012 LP but end up spending most of their time talking about Death Grips, Vampire Weekend, ketchup, chocolate, World War I, "Paycheck" (2003), "In Time" (2011), Godzilla, Kaputt, and The Sopranos.
The Jokermen are joined by the great Laurie Anderson to discuss Lou Reed, his artistic practice, and the extraordinary reissue of his final solo record, Hudson River Wind Meditations, available now from Light In The Attic.
Hello Jokermen Nation,
Now that we've got a year's worth of material in the Never Ending Stories library, we want to start sharing a little more of it with you all. To that end, we'll be posting one (1) full episode from the previous year to the Jokermen feed every month going forward.
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Ian is joined by illustrator and animator Mark Neeley to discuss a legendary document of the earliest days of The Velvet Underground (and Nico) and the story behind its recording.
Craig Finn returns to the program to talk the 90s indie scene, cigarette butts in jean cuffs, and his favorite Silver Jews record for DCB Week 2024.
The Jokermen assemble their essential Velvets picks. I'll warn you ahead of time: "Friends" makes it, but "Sweet Jane" doesn't.
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The Jokermen welcome back Matt & Josh, The Boys of the Crumbling Leaves of Autumn, for a journey back to St. Ann's Warehouse in 2006. Pour yourself a glass of Dubonnet.
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The Jokermen discuss John Cale's blackAcetate, along with all the artists John Cale has decided to sound like at this point: Franz Ferdinand, Beck, Jimmy Eat World, Green Day, Animal Collective, Keane, and Avril Lavigne.
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60 years since that dark day in Dallas — our Murder Most Foul opus, free and unlocked for all
Will Hermes joins the show to go deep on his superb new biography of Lewis Allan Reed, "Lou Reed: The King of New York."
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Evan and Hesse (@ZeroSuitCamus) of Seeking Derangements and Chapo Trap House's Movie Mindset podcasts drop into the darkness for a very special monstrosity-sized halloween episode on Scott Walker’s untouchable masterpiece
Ian catches up with Buck Meek about his beautiful new record, the unstoppable Big Thief, and the many cultural and culinary delights of the San Fernando Valley.
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The Jokermen celebrate Girls and their immaculate second record, Broken Dreams Club.
RIP Chet White
Ian chats with A. Savage about New York, Bob Dylan, and Sav's tremendous new record, Several Songs About Fire.
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The Jokermen welcome back friend of the pod and hardest-working songwriter on the planet Matt Farley to crack that motherfucker open.
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Ian chats with Jarvis Taveniere of Woods about their fantastic new record Perennial, John Cale and the Velvets, and cutting Purple Mountains with David Berman.
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The Jokermen are back in action and accepting the newfound man.
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Evan is joined by Nick Newman, Managing Editor of Film Stage to discuss a stellar summer night's performance by John Davies Cale in Brooklyn, New York.
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Evan sits down with beloved poet, visual artist and songwriter Adam Green for a kaleidoscopic cartoon conversation exploring Green’s epic poem MDVL: 1000 YEARS OF DARK AGES and his feature films ADAM GREEN’S ALADDIN and THE WRONG FERRARI. Topics include simulation theory, artificial intelligence, avant-garde theater, William Blake, Scott Walker, Franz Kafka, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Big Bird, Garfield and finding the medieval in New York City.
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The Jokermen discuss John Cale's single solo studio effort of the 1990s: the peerless, perfect Walking on Locusts.
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The Jokermen get verklempt discussing a striking document of a miraculous moment.
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Evan is joined by poet, artist and failed visionary John Tottenham to deliver another rustic, underground podcast about The Fall, this time discussing their 15th album, 1993's The Infotainment Scan, a record that explores the psychic backwaters of disaffected men in their mid-thirties all over the world.
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The Jokermen check in with John in the dawning days of the 1990s as he finds his footing as a performer on one of the all-time great live records.
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We're taking the holiday off the main show this week, but we had such a great time chatting Van the Man with Chris Black on the latest episode of NEVER ENDING STORIES that we're running it here too.
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The Jokermen embark upon Lou Reed in the 90s with the help of Planet Money's TikTok wunderkind Jack Corbett.
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In his first public interview in 6 years, Josh Tillman speaks with Jokermen as he prepares to take the stage at London’s Barbican Theater for a one night-only performance of songs by the late great Scott Walker, accompanied by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
We're still on sabbatical this week, so we're presenting our instant post-show conversation in honor of the one year anniversary of Bob Dylan's triumphant three-night stand at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles.
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Welcome to JokerDan: The Magnificent Seven. Steely Dan's original run of classics, from CAN'T BUY A THRILL to GAUCHO — all summer long, only on Patreon
Evan is just returning from circumnavigating the globe and Ian is heading out on his honeymoon, so we're going back to the Jokermen Vault for a couple episodes. This week: our February 2022 interview with the world's foremost Garbologist, AJ Weberman.
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The Jokermen talk John Cale and Brian Eno's one and only official collaboration, a joyous album made by two men who came to hate one another.
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Ian talks to Alex Pappademas and Joan LeMay about their delightful new Steely Dan book QUANTUM CRIMINALS, Don & Walt's bicoastal lifestyles, and The Eagles. I hate the fuckin' Eagles, man.
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The Jokermen discuss a masterpiece. Strap in.
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The Jokermen are joined by friend of the pod and musician Aaron Olson to close out the 80s with John's bold, beautiful orchestral collaboration with Brian Eno.
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The Jokermen are joined by New York photographer extraordinaire Daniel Arnold to discuss a legendary city, a legendary record, and the Last Great American Whale.
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The Jokermen welcome documentarian Jeff Feuerzeig to the show to discuss Moe's sophomore masterpiece Life In Exile After Abdication, the (d)evolution of the "indie" descriptor, and much more.
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Ian is still recovering from his recent nuptials, so we're reaching into the vault one more time to unlock one of our favorite conversations about Lou with Naomi Fry of The New Yorker. Back on track next week!
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The Jokermen are joined by New York City icon Naomi Fry to discuss an iconic New York City live album and ponder the glam economy of the Big Apple.
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Ian just got married last weekend so we're taking a breather this week, but content never sleeps. Enjoy this complimentary taste of all the fun we're having with Steven over on NEVER ENDING STORIES. Like what you hear? SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON
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December 11th, 1995
The Beacon Theatre
New York, NY
The Players
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harp
Bucky Baxter: pedal steel, electric slide guitar
John "JJ" Jackson: guitar
Winston Watson: drums
Tony Garnier: bass
The Jokermen are joined by Lou Reed's friend and collaborator Scott Richman to discuss the new book The Art of the Straight Line: My Tai Chi, working with Lou, and much more.
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Evan sits down with Ian Svenonius for a conversation exploring the heretical nature of rock and roll, the tourism industrial complex, the eternal importance of the old razzle-dazzle, and why Against The Written Word is the last book you will ever need to read.
Arm yourself at:
and wherever good books are sold
The Jokermen welcome friend of the show Ratso Sloman back to the program for a wide-ranging conversation about his 1985 collaboration with John Cale, Artificial Intelligence, as well as Bill Clinton, Roger McGuinn, Mickey Mantle, Leonard Cohen, Jonathan Lethem, Tuli Kupferberg, Jonathan Demme, the Rosicrucians, the Israeli Mossad, and Shrek.
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The Jokermen are joined by Australia's finest and friend of the pod Alex Cameron to take stock of Lou Reed and his red joystick.
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In honor of five years since the passing of MES, Evan and John spend an evening with The Fall's world-historic 1983 screed against everything. THIS IS THE HOME OF THE VAIN THIS IS THE HOME OF THE VAIN
I Jokermen accolgono il major head Tyler Wilcox al programma per discutere del focoso album dal vivo del 1983 di Lou Reed.
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The Jokermen welcome Dean Wareham back to the program to remember Tom Verlaine's legacy as both man and musician.
The Jokermen are joined by Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo to discuss a wild VU bootleg, a lifetime of Velvet Underground comparisons, and the upcoming Mets season.
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The Jokermen welcome The Hold Steady lead singer (and fellow Talkhouse podcaster) Craig Finn to the program for a conversation about Lou Reed's The Blue Mask, a front-to-back masterpiece about murderous psychopaths, Oedipal mania, and how women are great.
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The Jokermen are joined by Natalie Mering to discuss Nico's avant-garde druidic masterpiece Desertshore, working with John Cale, and The Doors.
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The Jokermen convene to cover John Cale's Music for a New Society, an undisputed masterpiece that stretches the limits of what can be achieved through the medium of the LP.
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In a very special episode, Ian sits down with Christopher Owens to discuss life in San Francisco, the history of Girls, working with JR, trying to win a Grammy, Lysandre, and much more 🥀
Hello Jokermen Nation. We won't make a habit of this, but we did want to publish the debut episode of NEVER ENDING STORIES in the existing Jokermen feed just to make sure everyone out there gets a taste of what this is all about. Enjoy, and please consider subscribing on Patreon for full access to all episodes!
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December 19th, 1997
El Rey Theater
Los Angeles, CA
The Players
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar
Larry Campbell: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, fiddle
Bucky Baxter: pedal steel, lap steel, electric slide guitar
David Kemper: drums
Tony Garnier: bass
Evan is joined by special guest cohost and fellow Scauttist Raphael Helfand to celebrate Scott Walker’s 80th with a deep-sea dive into his fascinating 1970 album, plus daring detours into the farthest reaches of the maestro’s discography and beyond. 1943-2019 forever 🖤
The Jokermen get back on their bullshit. John in the 80s, let's fuckin go.
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The Jokermen kick off the inaugural David Berman Week with Vish Khanna of Kreative Kontrol, who joins for a fond look back at his relationship with David and the last record in the Silver Jews catalog.
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The Jokermen welcome friend of the pod Ivan Berko to the program for an end-of-year JokerVan dedicated to John Donne, L. Ron Hubbard, and above all, vibes.
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The Jokermen are joined by poet/failed visionary John Tottenham to discuss the pride of Manchester Mark E. Smith and The Fall's 1983 LP Perverted By Language.
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The Jokermen are joined by Sabrina Fuentes of Pretty Sick to discuss Nico's austere, autumnal debut, Chelsea Girl.
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The Jokermen are joined by the great Dean Wareham (Luna, Galaxie 500) to cover the only Put It On record the Velvets ever made.
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The Jokermen conclude Bobvember with another look book at Modern Times, the mysterious middle part of Bob Dylan's renowned "Aughties" trilogy.
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In honor of the one-year anniversary of our first show of the Rough & Rowdy Ways Tour, enjoy our instant after-show pod from 11/20/21. Please excuse the audio quality: this episode was recorded on a tin can in the basement of the Abernathy Building.
The Jokermen are joined by journalist and broadcaster extraordinaire Jenny Eliscu for a look back at the John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline, and Johnny Cash sessions that make up the 15th volume of the Bootleg Series.
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The Jokermen are joined by the great Greil Marcus for a conversation about his new book Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs.
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The Jokermen enter the dark, disturbing world of Scott Walker with Nite Flights, The Walker Brothers' 1978 swan song. 𝓓𝓮𝓷 𝓗𝓪𝓪𝓰𝓾𝓮, 𝓓𝓮𝓷 𝓗𝓪𝓪𝓰𝓾𝓮, 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝓮
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The Jokermen conclude this year's coverage of John Cale by compiling Hissing In The Distance, their selection of John's best work of the 1970s.
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The Jokermen celebrate Girls and their immaculate debut album, Album
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The Jokermen are joined by the great Tom Scharpling to talk one of Lou's greatest records. Sha la la la, man.
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The Jokermen settle in for a much-needed conversation about the post-John Velvets and their self-titled third record. Turns out they could still make one of the greatest records of all time!
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The Jokermen dig into their first Lou Reed bootleg with Tyler Wilcox, who joins for a look at an incredible show that finds Lou sharing the stage with trumpet player/jazz man/world music savant Don Cherry. Talk about a walk on the wild side.
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The Jokermen take a very special peek into Lou's life with his archivists Jason Stern and Don Fleming, who spent years sifting through a storage unit and discovered the 1965 tape that became the incredible new archival release.
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The Jokermen are joined by Will Menaker of Chapo Trap House for a very special episode about one of the all-time great live records: Warren Zevon's STAND IN THE FIRE. Get up and dance or I'll kill ya
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After some time away, the Jokermen return to John Cale and delight in his most put-it-on record: a record with songs about Brian Wilson, ski patrols, getting cucked, and growing a vulva in your face.
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The Jokermen are joined by fan-favorite Steve Gunn for a warm conversation about a beautiful night in 1972 when Lou and John and Nico joined each other on stage for the last time.
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The Jokermen sit down with the legendary Larry "Ratso" Sloman for a journey through Ratso's encounters with Bob, Lou, John, Leonard, and Josh & Benny Safdie. This is a fun one
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The Jokermen are joined by Lou Reed's biographer Anthony DeCurtis for a thoughtful conversation about one of Lou's greatest records and everything that went into it
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The Jokermen remember David Berman and his monumental last record as Purple Mountains
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Michael Imperioli and the Jokermen continue their conversation about THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO
The Jokermen take their first steps into the Velvet Underground catalog with Michael Imperioli. Come for conversation about the greatest debut album of all time, stay for Michael's story about meeting Lou Reed at Madison Square Garden.
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Naomi Fry joins the Jokermen for a wide-ranging conversation about New York City, the nature of celebrity, and the Rock'n'Roll Animal himself, Lou Reed
The Jokermen get really really scared discussing John Cale's second consecutive masterpiece, 1974's "Fear" 😱
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Lou Reed: pissing critics off since 1942
The Jokermen wax rhapsodic over John Cale's 1973 masterpiece (or is it more of an opus?) "Paris 1919." La la la la la la la la laaaaa
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The Jokermen are joined by Long Island legends Michael and Brian D'Addario for a New York Podcast Conversation about Lou Reed's "Transformer."
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The Jokermen begin at the beginning: John Cale's 1970 solo debut, "Vintage Violence." Let's go.
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Evan is joined by master practitioners of rock 'n' roll, Ian F. Svenonius and Alexandra Cabral of ESCAPE-ISM to discuss Bob Dylan's stunning performance at Hollywood's Pantages Theater.
The Jokermen formally conclude the Bob Dylan era by revisiting and refreshing the Jokermen 100. "It's All Good."
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The Jokermen unveil their long-awaited rankings of the 32 post-'66 studio albums in Bob Dylan's discography. Nothing will prepare you for the shocking conclusion.
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Idiot Mode
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The Jokermen are joined by brothers Jake and David Longstreth for what is surely the only podcast to ever discuss Blood on the Tracks, Super Mario Sunshine, and Karl Ove Knausgård. Just go with us on this one.
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The Jokermen are joined by Molly Lambert to go deep on Bob Dylan, music video star.
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In anticipation of Bob's upcoming west coast dates, the Jokermen look back at the best of the Never Ending Tour circa 2019.
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16 ans
16 bannières unies sur le terrain
Où le bon berger pleure
Des hommes désespérés, des femmes désespérées divisées
Déployant leurs ailes sous les feuilles qui tombent
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The Jokermen are joined by gallerist and artist Tif Sigfrids for one more look back at Bob in the beautiful year of 1978.
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The Jokermen reactivate Wiggle Mode to reassess "Under The Red Sky." Turns out they shoulda called this one "Under The Blue Sky."
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The Jokermen are joined by Sam Adler-Bell and Matthew Sitman of Know Your Enemy to discuss conservative Christian recording artist Bob Dylan.
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In honor of the first JOKERMEN x @BADDANTAKES merch run, the Jokermen welcome Alex back for a podcast subject of the dopest kind: Walter Becker's 1994 solo debut, "11 Tracks of Whack." Prepare to engage Hat Too Flat Mode.
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The Jokermen try to construct a playlist that will piss listeners off and end up pissing themselves off.
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The Jokermen put together their top picks of the 2010s. Somehow only half of "Tempest" makes an appearance.
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There's A Flaw In My Flue
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The Jokermen welcome Ray Padgett back to the program to discuss the last record remaining in the catalog: 2017's "Triplicate." Lotta sad ones on here!
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Dishing out a fun one from the vault to get us back on schedule: in keeping with this season's theme of remembering the nineties, join us at the Supper Club for a legendary live bootleg.
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The Jokermen conclude their live show series (for now) with a look at the legendary Supper Club performances, a pristine little artifact from 1993. You never knew how badly you needed a seven-and-a-half minute fully acoustic "Tight Connection."
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The Jokermen and Steven Hyden go deep into Warren Zevon's discography to appreciate an overlooked classic, 1995's "Mutineer." Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum, hoist the main sail, here I come—ain't no room on board for the insincere.
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The Jokermen are joined by fan-favorite Steven Hyden to unpack Warren Zevon's complicated legacy and 1987 comeback record, "Sentimental Hygiene." The name of the game is be hit and hit back.
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The Jokermen and Peter Shear continue to appreciate the color brown.
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The Jokermen are joined by painter Peter Shear for a comprehensive assessment of Bob Dylan's album art. Folks, it's good covers.
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In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration, the Jokermen dream up their own 60th Anniversary Three-Star lineup.
Jokermen's Delight... in Japan
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The Jokermen journey to the land of the rising sun to talk grade A 1994 jam-band Bob at the end of history. Eleven minute-long “Tangled?” That’s the good good shit.
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The Jokermen finally get to the bottom of this whole Bob Dylan guy with the help of the world's foremost Dylanologist, AJ Weberman. LISTEN NOW, SUBSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON.
Jooooooooooooooooooey
JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEY
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The Jokermen are back in action and ready to revisit one of the all-time vibe records with Tim Heidecker.
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The Jokermen welcome head of heads James Adams (aka @bob_notes) to the program to wrap season 5 with a look back at Bob Dylan's triumphant return to the stage on the fall '21 leg of the Rough & Rowdy Ways Tour.
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The Jokermen drop a little treat into your stocking on Christmas morning as they chat with friend of the pod Ori Tom Ravid about Bob Dylan: Retrospectrum, the Miami exhibition of Bob's visual and sculptural art.
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The Jokermen are joined by singer-songwriter Pearl Charles to review Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (yes that's really the full title). Some parts of this movie rock. Other parts don’t do that.
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The Jokermen explore good music from the past.
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Like that lucky old sun, give me nothing to do but vibe round heaven all day...
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The Jokermen finally sit down to unpack an overlooked late-era masterpiece by American singer Bob Dylan. Hop on the bandwagon now, there ain't much space.
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And Marcel and St. John—big guys, strong guys! STRONG [hunching, widening arms, squinting eyes] guys, strong men. They don't make men like that anymore do they? [crowd hooting, hollering] Well you do down here in Jacksonville but they don't know that, they won't tell you that on CNN. And then what happened? [pausing, gripping podium, gazing left and right, lips pursed] Marcel, St. John—they were belittled by doubt. Marcel! And St. John, big strong St. John... Can you believe that? [shaking head, crowd booing] Can you believe—oh it's such a shame what they did to St. John, it really is. Sweet St. John. And so we'll be looking into that, we'll be doing something about that very soon.
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The Jokermen are joined by Street-Legal scholars Matt Krefting and Josh Builder to revisit the record and discuss Matt and Josh's "Street-Legal Lists" project. Can you believe there was a time we didn't like "New Pony?"
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Turns out "Ballad of a Thin Man" is about the lying fake news media—who knew?
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The Jokermen are joined by Ray Padgett, author of the best live Dylan Substack going, to break down a brilliant document of Bob's time on the road with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.
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Donald Fagen please go on Jokermen
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The Jokermen welcome Alex back to the program to chat Donald Fagen's 1982 solo debut The Nightfly, a brilliant, beautiful, and occasionally brutally sad record. Put on your spandex jacket and join us on that wheel in space.
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"This is called Watered-Down Love you don't want a love that's pure you want a drowned love you want a Watered-Down Love"
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The Jokermen are joined by musician and visual artist Ian O'Neil as they dig into a criminally underrated era of live Bob. Keltner Tha God.
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The Jokermen debut their new hit segment, "Guess Which Bob Bootleg Titles Are Real?" SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON to hear the rest
Time for the quarterly Patreon unlock to get our cadence back on track. Heads up: this one starts with a brief discussion of some, uh, news regarding Bob from late August (when it initially ran), but most of it consists of wonderfully dumb questions from all you out there in Jokermen Land.
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The Jokermen kick off season 5 by answering all your dumbest questions. Good thing nothing of note has happened in the world of Bob Dylan since we last recorded!
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Danville or Brownsville, who ya got?
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The Jokermen consider the question, "What pie is this Bob Dylan album?" You simply can't afford to miss this stuff
This one goes out to all the Real Live and Hard Rain heads out there.
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The Jokermen are joined once again by author/poster/podcaster/critic extraordinaire Steven Hyden to take a deep (and we do mean deep) dive into "Springtime in New York."
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Yeah the ole days Are gone
forever And the new ones Aint far behind, the
Laughter is fading away, echos of a star,
of Energy Vampires in the Gone World going
Wild! Drinking the blood of innocent people,
Innocent Lambs! The Wretched of the Earth,
My brothers of the flood, Cities of the flesh -
Milwaukee, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Bismarck, South
Dakota, Duluth! Duluth - where Baudelaire Lived
& Goya cashed in his Chips, where Joshua brought
the house down! From there, it was straight up - a Little
jolt of Mexico, and some good LUCK, a
Little power over the Grave, some
more brandy & the teeth of
a Lion & a compass
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The Jokermen heat up some coffee grounds and welcome friends Jake Longstreth and Daniel Ralston to revisit a terminally chill 1974 masterpiece.
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The Jokermen kick off the Revisited series with a look back at "Shot of Love," a record that, contrary to popular belief, is good. World's Greatest Songwriter© Matt Farley makes his triumphant return.
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How many of y'all like 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍?
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The Jokermen are joined by returning champion Steve Gunn to discuss Tempest. Let's fucking go.
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The Jokermen wrap the season with a look back at Bob's work during the first decade of the new millennium.
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The Jokermen chat about a late-era Never Ending Tour set with drummer/podcaster/genuinely great guy Jon Wurster, who's got a wealth of stories to tell. PANTS!
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The Jokermen are joined by Steve Holmes of the great American Football to fall in love with "Love And Theft" all over again—only this time it's live, baby!
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The thrilling conclusion to the Jokermen 100 saga. "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
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The Jokermen continue their 100 song countdown with numbers 66 thru 34. This one starts and ends with songs from the same record—you'll never guess which one! 🚢
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The Jokermen are joined by Tyler Wilcox and James Adams to discuss Columbia recording artist Bob Dylan's triumphant return to live performance.
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The Jokermen are joined by Tim Heidecker to savor a snapshot of Bob at his absolute nadir—Stuttgart 1991, widely regarded as his worst show ever—and wind up bouncing all over the place. 🌀🚨🌀 Wiggle Mode ACTIVATED 🌀🚨🌀
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The Jokermen are readjusting to their bicoastal arrangement this week, so please enjoy this sample of the original album material, available only on the Jokermen Patreon. Subscribe now so that Evan has to go see that Bob Dylan musical.
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The Jokermen remark on English sickos, roommates, and the first "real" Bob Dylan album, a shitpost of a record from 1964.
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The Jokermen celebrate being indoors together in the same physical location for the first time in the show's history by running thru their top 10 records (as of this particular moment in time, at least). No one get mad at Evan, he had just driven seven hours straight.
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Because one and half hours talking Bob with Steven Hyden simply isn't enough, here's another hour and a half.
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The Jokermen welcome the great Steven Hyden to the show to discuss his exhaustive ranking of all 39 of Bob's studio records. Strap in, it's a long one.
The Jokermen are joined by writer and professional podcast guest John Semley to discuss Clinton Heylin's sour new biography The Double Life of Bob Dylan, John's review of said bio, and the phenomenon of Dylanology in general. You don't need a Weberman to know which way the wind blows.
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The Jokermen welcome Will Sloan back to the show to celebrate the achievement of their first Patreon goal: a whole fucking episode about "Renaldo & Clara." Boy is this movie long!
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Wherein the "Change Trilogy" is discussed
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The Jokermen go back to basics with a classic episode on Together Through Life, Bob's second-most famous release from the year 2009. The great thing about this record is that you can just put it on. Just do it. Put it on.
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Right now, I can't read too good, don't send me no more birthday wishes, no
Not unless you mail them from 𝕯𝖊𝖘𝖔𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝕽𝖔𝖜
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The Jokermen celebrate Bob's 80th birthday with a collection of 80 covers from every genre imaginable. Join us as we get a little sentimental and tour the first half of the playlist.
Emotionally Yours,
Jokermen
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The Jokermen conclude their Bob sabbatical with a deep dive into Two Against Nature, Steely Dan's Grammy-winning 2000 comeback record. This time they're accompanied by Alex, the mystery man behind @baddantakes, the premier Dan poster on Twitter dot com. It's a luscious invention for three, one summer by the sea.
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The Jokermen take a brief Bob-break this week with a spirited conversation about one of Evan's favorite artists, Van Morrison, and his extraordinary new record, Latest Record Project Volume 1. Thank god for the blues.
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I'm the oldest son of a crazy man, I'm in a cowboy band...
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The Jokermen are joined by Max Clarke of the great Cut Worms to roll and tumble all across Modern Times, a very modern-sounding record.
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The Jokermen pour themselves a fine scotch, light up a Cuban, and contemplate Bob's first release of the new millennium, the immaculate "Love And Theft." Australia's own Tim Rogers, AKA Jack Ladder, joins for a classy, refined episode about a classy, refined album.
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The Jokermen close out season 3 with a Highlands-sized look back at Bob's Nineties output, complete with sequenced playlist. Crazy how "Born In Time" is his best song of the decade.
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The Jokermen are joined by Tyler Wilcox (Aquarium Drunkard, Pitchfork, Uncut) as they move into the new millennium and take a taste of the Never Ending Tour.
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The Jokermen return to the Wilburyverse one last time and find it a strange and unsettling place.
Dedicated to Lefty Wilbury (1936-1988)
The Jokermen return to the movies alongside Will Sloan of The Important Cinema Club Podcast with a discussion of MASKED & ANONYMOUS (2003), Bob's strangest motion picture yet. Is it a misunderstood masterpiece or another HEARTS OF FIRE?
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Song To Slane. A Slane Rain’s A-Gonna Fall. The Times They Are A-Slaneging. It Ain’t Me Slane. It’s Alright, Slane. Queen Slane Approximately. Slane Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands. I Dreamed I Saw Slane Augustine. Slane Lady Slane. Early Mornin’ Slane. Slane On The Window. Planet Slane. Buckets of Slane. Black Diamond Slane. Is Your Love In Slane? Man Gave Slane To All The Animals. Every Grain Of Slane. Union Slanedown. Never Gonna Be The Slane Again. Driftin’ Too Far From Slane. When Did You Leave Slane? Shooting Slane. Under The Slane Sky. Trying To Get To Slane. Slanee Dee & Slanee Dum. Spirit On The Slane. If You Ever Go To Slane. Slane In Blood. I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To Slane.
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The Jokermen are joined by musician/genuine Irishman Cian Nugent to explore the single most significant performance of Bob Dylan's career. At last, the Slane Train has arrived.
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The Jokermen are joined by Steve Gunn, singer/songwriter/guitarist par excellence, to chat about the extraordinary vibes of Bob's big comeback show at the Isle of Wight in 1969. It doesn't get any better than this, folks.
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It was in the reign of George III that the aforesaid personages lived and quarrelled; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now.
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The Jokermen are joined by Matt Farley, self-proclaimed greatest songwriter of all time, to discuss his 2008 release as The Passionate & Objective Jokerfan, "I Love Bob Dylan!" Come for all the Bob talk, stay for Matt's burning hot takes about Daniel Lanois and Shot of Love.
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The Jokermen are joined by Jonathan Rado, their most famous guest yet, to discuss a late-era masterpiece. Brought to you by Heaven's Door Whiskey™.
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The Jokermen conclude their inquiry into the initial Bootleg Series trilogy with a speed-run through fifteen years of Bob's career. Yes, we talk about "Series of Dreams" again—but you'll want to stick around until the end for a SHOCKING revelation. Evan sings a lot in this one too.
The Jokermen discuss MTV Unplugged and consider Bob Dylan at the end of history. Surely, nothing interesting or important would ever happen again after the year 1995.
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The Jokermen discuss a wide variety of folk artists, from the Mississippi Sheiks to Blind Willie McTell to all the dudes who put together bootlegs of Bob concerts called like, "Shot of Tucson — Live in Tucson 1982."
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The Jokermen discuss Good as I Been to You, Bob Dylan's 28th studio album. Many things can be said about this album—listen now to find out what some of them are.
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Toward a unified theory of Under the Red Sky and its place in Bob Dylan's discography.
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The Jokermen welcome returning champion/honorary third Jokerman Sam France back to the show to kick off season 3 with Under the Red Sky. It's the 90s now — groovy baby yeah!
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The Jokermen revisit the most [INSERT ADJECTIVE] decade of Bob Dylan's career. The sound quality is "classic" on this episode as an "intentional throwback" and not because I need a new mic cable.
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In this Self Portrait-sized double episode, the Jokermen go song by song through their personal playlist picks of the best songs of the 1970s and reassess the Three Star System rankings of each album from 1967 to 1979. Opinions are our own.PLAYLIST LINK https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5fgGdNCP4bqph6sOWeJRc9?si=Y7M5qjk2RRqWWuq17arg
This side has "Most of The Time" on it. What a great song. Love that song
The Jokermen speak on Bob Dylan's 1989 Lanois-produced opus "Oh Mercy". Ian says "vibes" like a million times which is a good sign.
Legends by fate. Wilburys by choice. The Jokermen go to the end of line discussing side B of Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
The Jokermen discuss the most ambitious crossover event of all time.
Continued conversation on Bobby, Jerry, and the fluctuating critical estimation of Dylan & the Dead through the years. Featuring guests Walter Martin and Milan McAlevey.check out Walter Martin's latest album "The World at Night" on http://www.waltermartinmusic.comand keep an eye out for Milan McAlevey's upcoming solo album (produced by Walter Martin) in the near future
The Jokermen are honored to be joined by two (2!) guests: Walter Martin of The Walkmen and musician Milan McAlevey to discuss the 1989 live album "Dylan & the Dead", and the alternately fascinating and frustrating nature of this truly rock-historic crossover event.check out Walter Martin's latest album "The World at Night" on http://www.waltermartinmusic.comand keep an eye out for Milan McAlevey's upcoming solo album (produced by Walter Martin) in the near future
the Jokermen are back At The Movies! Joined by Betsy Wright of Ex Hex to (loosely) discuss the 1987 Bob star vehicle, "Hearts of Fire".
The Jokermen are joined by esteemed Jokerwoman Betsy Wright of the great Ex Hex to scrape the absolute bottom of the Bob Dylan studio LP barrel with 1988's "Down In The Groove".
Brownsville Girl
The Jokermen talk about the (hasty) follow up to 'Empire Burlesque', 1986's 'Knocked Out Loaded'. Is it a knockout or is it loaded with bad music?
The Jokermen, joined by a senior Jokerman (Ian’s Father Dan) conclude their exploration of the Empire Burlesque. RIP Chet JR White
The Jokermen are joined by elder Jokerman, Ian's father, and discuss The Fall, U2, New Wave's influence on popular music, and of course Bob Dylan's extremely 1985 album 'Empire Burlesque'.
Talking side B of "Real Live" because this is what we have signed ourselves up for.
The Jokermen have to talk about the live record of the 1984 European tour Real Live because it is an officially released Bob Dylan album.
The Jokermen discuss side B of the fan favorite "pseudo-masterpiece"* Infidels and its intense political complexity/confusion + Van Morrison's anti-lockdown music.
The moment we've all been waiting for: Jokermen on Jokerman
Side B of Shot of Love is discussed. I hope you sickos are happy.
The Jokermen discuss the 1981 album Shot of Love. Is it an underrated gem??
The Jokermen are joined by rock and roll scholar, aesthete and master practitioner, Ian F. Svenonious to discuss the 1980 album Saved and the complex origins and legacy of Bob Dylan's high holy days.
Jokermen and the gospel according to Bob continued, With special guest Sam France of Foxygen
The Jokermen are joined by the legendary Sam France of Foxygen to grapple with Bob Dylan's first foray into hardcore Christianity and examine the uniquely tense musical landscape of 1979.
Bob Dylan's Japanese Las Vegas Part Two. Featuring new segment "what mustard is this album?" plus a shocking star-ranking reveal. Jokermen.
Bob takes the stage in the land of the rising sun (Japan) to play reggae/disco/??? hybrid arrangements of classic songs. The Jokermen reappraise the much misunderstood live album Bob Dylan at Budokan.
Side B of the Street-Legal album is discussed by the Jokermen.
The Jokermen marvel at the uncanny 1978 LP "Street-Legal". The strange days are upon us.
The Jokermen and Brian D'addario just keep talking about Hard Rain
The Jokermen are joined by Brian D'addario of the mighty Lemon Twigs to discuss a peculiar Bob live album from the waning days of the Rolling Thunder Revue.
Jokermen al fresco continues, risking many bug bites to discuss side B of the Desire album.
The Jokermen commit an audio fidelity crime of passion when they meet in Prospect Park to record a podcast under the stars. Side A of Bob Dylan's 1976 LP Desire is discussed.
The Jokermen rank every song on The Basement Tapes.
More blood more tracks
The Jokermen get emotional and speculate about Bob Dylan's personal life and marriage.This album is a work of fiction. Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this album are either the product of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
Continued discussion of 1974 live album Before The Flood. CW anti-canadian themes
It's BOB DYLAN NIGHT LIVE! The Jokermen discuss mixed rockin' feelings about the first Bob Dylan live album and all its raging glory.
The Jokermen are joined by special guest Michael D'addario of the mighty Lemon Twigs to discuss Planet Waves, an album everybody thinks is pretty good! The gang also discuss notable lyric changes, rock marriage dynamics, concept rock about technology, and new segment "what food would this album be?"
The Jokermen go to riff town on Bob's latest release on Columbia Records one month after its release. Why is it so good? So important? Why are you a little baby for not liking it? Simply listen to find out..
Please get yourself some hot popped corn and an ice cold soda because the Jokermen are At The Movies. It's a tale of two movies as the Jokermen talk about the botched theatrical version and somewhat-less-botched Special Edition version of the 1973 film. Is it Good? Is it bad? Bob Dylan is without a doubt in this movie!
The Jokermen talk turkey on Dylan's unconventional 1973 movie soundtrack Pat Garret & Billy The Kid PLUS a bonus half hour on the much-loathed record company ripoff pirate cashgrab "Dylan" aka "A Fool Such As I" because we care
The Jokermen discuss Side B of New Morning, Wonder Woman, Judaism, and introduce the world to the Three Star Rating System. This episode was recorded with tin cans and string sorry
The Jokermen discuss the 1970 return to form* LP "New Morning".
another self portrait
The Jokermen throw a 50th anniversary jamboree for universally beloved album "Self Portrait". There sure are a lot of songs on this album.
Thoughtful analysis of country star Bob continues.
horny bob
Continued discussion of J.W.H.
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Jokermen Begins. Our brand mission statement is followed by a discussion of side A of Bob Dylan's 8th studio Album John Wesley Harding. Sounds like shit as is traditional for a podcast's first episode.
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