72. Henning Ohlenbusch Discusses Ultravox!, Ha!-Ha!-Ha!

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Not only does Massachusetts-based musician, songwriter and producer Henning Ohlenbusch introduce Al to an album he didn’t know on this week’s episode, but with Ha!-Ha!-Ha!, he opens Al up to a whole era of Ultravox! that he didn’t even know existed. Henning talks about why this album is special to him, shares his observations on each of the album’s eight tracks and discusses the making of his new solo album, The Dream is to Dream.

Henning’s label, Rubwrongways Records, publishes a playlist called 25 Songs for This Week every Monday. Check it out here! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7fyuMn8ZZh8N3FoJnaP7jo

You can find Henning’s work on the Rubwrongways website (rubwrongways.com), as well as on his Bandcamp page (https://henningohlenbusch.bandcamp.com/).

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0:00 A special announcement

2:16 Henning joins the show

3:15 Henning talks about what he likes about the Northampton music scene

4:36 Al’s first experience of listening to Ha!-Ha!-Ha! was a bit of a shock

6:23 Henning has a strong preference for one version of Ultravox over the other

10:05 Henning names some other bands he could have chosen for this episode

11:28 Al had to reset his expectations for the album

Discussion of specific tracks:

12:20 Distant Smile

18:35 ROckWrok

19:07 The Frozen Ones

22:58 Fear in the Western World

25:56 Comparing Side 1 vs. Side 2

27:50 The Man Who Dies Every Day

32:24 Artificial Life

36:56 While I’m Still Alive

41:50 Hiroshima Mon Amour

47:56 Henning is impressed by the loudness of this album

49:50 Henning has had a hard time getting others to explore Ha!-Ha!-Ha!

51:14 Henning has an interesting idea about how the album-listening habit gets formed

53:20 Henning talks about his approach to recording his new album

1:01:44 Henning discusses what’s next for him

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