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Commentary from a Canadian context on a variety of music found in my personal collection of 45 rpm records.

  1. 07/26/2020

    Episode 22 - "Listen To The Band"

    In this episode it's all about the music as we feature instrumental hits from the 50's-80's. No lyrics, no singers, just the band. Please Note: This is the LAST episode of this podcast to be produced. The "What IS This?" podcast was created as a personal project for me during a time of career transition coupled with the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and was never intended to become an ongoing, perpetual project. As I upload this final episode I wanted to make a point of saying "thank you" to those who subscribed and listened faithfully, you've made this a fun, therapeutic way to weather the last number of months. Blessings and thanks, Deane (with an "e").

    16 min

  2. 07/19/2020

    Episode 21 - "Music of Cultural Change"

    In this episode we open a musical time capsule from a changing era in the world that began in earnest in roughly 1965. These records are just a few among the soundtrack of cultural change, political dissent and the desire above all for peace as one decade ended and another dawned.

    16 min

  3. 07/13/2020

    Episode 20 - "Some People Call Me a Teenage Idol..."

    What makes a teen idol? Looks? Talent? Great marketing? On this episode of the "What Is This?" podcast we’re looking at a handful of teen idols from the 50's-70's found in my own record collection.

    16 min

  4. 07/05/2020

    Episode 19 - "Singers Singing Songs About Other Singers and Songs"

    In this episode we'll hear some 45's from artists who recorded these records as tributes or shout-outs to other artists and THEIR records. (It's a very "meta" episode of the "What IS This?" podcast!)

    16 min

  5. 06/29/2020

    Episode 18 - "Happy Canada Day"

    Canada has contributed more than our share of incredible musical talent with the world (see episode #8)and in celebration of Canada's 153rd birthday on July 1st, this episode is dedicated exclusively to "CanCon" (Canadian Content) from my personal record collection.

    15 min

  6. 06/22/2020

    Episode 17 - "Go Home 1970's Music You're Drunk..."

    This is potentially the first podcast episode where EVERY song included could be a stand-alone "What IS This?" installment of its own. The one thing these songs all have in common is their release and success(?) in the 1970's.

    16 min

  7. 06/14/2020

    Episode 16 - "If You Can SING You Must Be Able To ACT Right?"

    In this episode we turn the tables on Episode 2 which examined actors turned singers. Today we're looking into my re cord collection for singers who became actors (with some mixed results!)

    16 min

  8. 06/07/2020

    Episode 15 - "Songs John and Paul Gave Away"

    They say that success is less about what you know than it is about WHO you know. In this episode we explore some artists who musically benefited from songs that John Lennon and Paul McCartney opted not to record with The Beatles but that still became hits for some of their friends and acquaintances.

    16 min
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