Confessions of a Melomaniac

Tom G. Maier
  • 4.5 (2)
  • Music Commentary

Archived podcast that had analysis of music with emphasis properly on poetry. website: https://tomgmaierpodcast.wixsite.com/confessions-of-a-mel

  1. 08/04/2025

    S5 E2 Caught Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Spaceman) with Anthony Sifert

    Tom Maier and Anthony Sifert continue on season five (Blue Jean Serenade) talking about Spaceman from the album Day and Age. They discuss the song line by line giving their various interpretations on the elegant poetry of Brandon Flowers. They discuss Epistemology, Emotivism, and other things they know nothing about. Unfortunately this is the last episode for a while due to scheduling. Spaceman Lyrics

    S5 E2 Caught Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Spaceman) with Anthony Sifert

  2. 07/29/2025

    S5 E1 Making Sure The Merry Still Goes 'Round (This River is Wild) with Anthony Sifert

    Tom Maier and Anthony Sifert open up season 5 (Blue Jean Serenade) on The Killers with the song This River is Wild off of the album Sam's Town. They discuss the poetry conveyed in the lyrics going line by line through the song. After the 30 minute intro talking about Marty Robbins and other random topics, they stay surprisingly on task and discuss the problem of small-town America sending all its best citizens to the big city. This River is Wild Lyrics

    S5 E1 Making Sure The Merry Still Goes 'Round (This River is Wild) with Anthony Sifert

  3. Season 5 Trailer

    Season 5 Blue Jean Serenade (The Killers Part 2)

    Tom Maier and Anthony Sifert tackle The Killers for a second time delving into the music of The Killers focusing on the rustic truck-bed poetry and its war against the bright lights.

  4. 07/15/2025

    S4 E4 My Empire of Dirt (Hurt) with Anthony Sifert

    Tom Maier and Anthony Sifert wrap up season 4 (It Took Me Back To Somethin' That I'd Lost) on Johnny Cash talking about redemption and the song Hurt (originally by Nine Inch Nails). They discuss the redemptive qualities included and absent in the song with minimal biographical context. Tom has a war of nostalgia vs Anthony's war of poetry. Hurt Music Video Hurt Lyrics

    S4 E4 My Empire of Dirt (Hurt) with Anthony Sifert

  5. 06/07/2025

    S4 E3 No Water, No Home, No Chance (Ballad of Ira Hayes) with Anthony Sifert

    Tom Maier and Anthony Sifert are back at it with a new discussion on several ballad-type songs from the "dark ages" of Johnny's career (according to Thomas). They cover the songs Ghost Riders in the Sky, The Baron, and The Ballad of Ira Hayes. They get sidetracked quickly into Paradise Lost and a multitude of subjects that are not Johnny Cash.

    S4 E3 No Water, No Home, No Chance (Ballad of Ira Hayes) with Anthony Sifert

  6. 01/20/2025

    S4 E2 The Sun Years with Anthony Sifert

    Thomas Maier and Anthony Sifert continue season 4 (It Took Me Back To Somethin' That I'd Lost) on Johnny Cash. They discuss Folsom Prison Blues, I Walk the Line, Hey Porter, Big River, and Give My Love to Rose. This is the last episode for the next several months as well so enjoy!

    S4 E2 The Sun Years with Anthony Sifert

  7. 12/23/2024

    S4 E1 Somethin' That I'd Lost (Sunday Morning Coming Down) with Anthony Sifert

    Tom Maier and Anthony Sifert open up season 4 (It Took Me Back To Somethin' That I'd Lost) on Johnny Cash with the song Sunday Morning Coming Down from the Johnny Cash Show Live Album in 1970. They discuss Johnny's story of redemption and the role that the song played. Kakutani, Michiko. “The High Times, and the Hard Ones, of a Gritty Musical Outlaw.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 1 Dec. 2013, www.nytimes.com/2013/12/02/books/johnny-cash-the-life-by-robert-hilburn.html Hilburn, Robert. Johnny Cash: The Life. Back Bay Books/Little Brown and Company, 2014.  Sunday Morning Coming Down Lyrics

    S4 E1 Somethin' That I'd Lost (Sunday Morning Coming Down) with Anthony Sifert

  8. Season 4 Trailer

    Season 4 is Here! It Took Me Back To Somethin' That I'd Lost (Johnny Cash)

    New Season about country legend Johnny Cash. Hilburn, Robert. Johnny Cash: The Life. Back Bay Books/Little Brown and Company, 2014.

    Season 4 is Here! It Took Me Back To Somethin' That I'd Lost (Johnny Cash)
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