21. Jason La Canfora Discusses Fishbone, Truth and Soul

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Football writer, radio host and podcaster Jason La Canfora has had eclectic taste in music going back to his teen years, so it’s only appropriate that he chose a band with a range of eclectic sounds to discuss on this episode of You, Me and An Album. Jason introduced me to Fishbone’s Truth and Soul, which features ska, soul, funk, metal and punk across its dozen tracks. In addition to this 1988 album, we talked about Jason’s work with CBSSports.com, the musical influences he encountered at Baltimore’s skate parks, the D.C. punk scene and too many other topics to mention.

You can find Jason on Twitter at @JasonLaCanfora (though, as we discussed on the show, I will pass along any messages that you send me regarding this episode).

Jason’s archive of columns for CBSSports.com are here: https://www.cbssports.com/writers/jason-la-canfora/.

Check out Jason’s podcast about bad baseball teams! He, along with Heather Linington-Noble and Matt Mikolas, hosts Positive Spin Rate. Episodes are here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/positive-spin-rate/id1561013028.

You can reach me on Twitter at @almelchiorBB and @youmealbum. Be sure to follow me on the latter account if you want to know which albums are going to be discussed ahead of time!

1:10 Jason joins the show

1:42 Other albums Jason considered discussing on the show

7:26 What Jason is up to on TV, the internet and radio in his work for CBS and Odyssey

8:27 Jason talks about his Orioles-inspired baseball podcast

11:05 How Jason learned about music growing up in Baltimore (without the benefit of MTV)

17:28 Jason was into the not-too-distant D.C. punk scene

19:45 How Jason was introduced to Truth and Soul

23:23 Radio didn’t know what to do with Fishbone, even during their heyday

26:42 Truth and Soul sounds like it could be from different eras

27:53 Jason has a hard time picking his favorite tracks

Track-by-track breakdown

29:43 Freddie’s Dead

36:24 Ma and Pa

39:30 Question of Life

42:54 Pouring Rain

45:29 Deep Inside

47:24 Mighty Long Way

49:18 Bonin’ In The Boneyard

53:56 One Day

55:23 Subliminal Fascism

58:35 Slow Bus Movin’

1:01:02 Ghetto Soundwave

1:05:49 Change

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