Why are there so many biopics about musicians lately? Follow the money...
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Rock’s Legends Were Messy. You’d Never Know That From Today’s Movies. - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/magazine/rock-music-documentaries-biopics.html)
Upcoming Biopics! Which ones are you excited for? (https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1ht404g/upcoming_biopics_which_ones_are_you_excited_for/)
'Hot Rodent Boyfriends' - A Guide To The Most Famous 'Rat Men' (https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/g61080396/hot-rodent-boyfriends/)
Beatlemania (musical) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatlemania_(musical))
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Fred Hersch: The Surrounding Green (https://amzn.to/47fD7RW)
Hell-Bent: Insurgent Country, Vol. 2 (https://amzn.to/3WsH5QZ)
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Episode #317: Apple's Music App in macOS/iOS/iPadOS 26
Apple's new operating systems are out, all numbered 26, and Doug and Kirk discuss changes to the Music app.
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Apple's overviews of the new 26 operating systems (https://www.apple.com/os/macos/)
Our next tracks:
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol. 1, Paul Badura-Skoda (https://amzn.to/4ndGxKF)
Linda Ronstadt: Simple Dreams (https://amzn.to/3VxJvxy)
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Episode #316: There Was a Time When There Was No Recorded Music...
It's hard for us to remember, but there was a time before there was recorded music. How did people hear music?
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Laurie Anderson on Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5FYO9D7jyIY)
Lyceum movement - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyceum_movement)
Astor Place Riot - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Place_Riot)
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Brad Mehldau: Ride Into the Sun (https://amzn.to/46fnMz6)
Devo: Duty Now for the Future (https://amzn.to/4pvx03g)
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Episode #315: Back Catalog
Some musicians fight to get control of their old music, and others sell off their back catalog. Songs are just another commodity in the capitalist system.
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‘I tried to be nice. Sometimes I would explode’: John Fogerty on Creedence, contracts and control (https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/15/john-fogerty-creedence-clearwater-revival-contracts-controlling-catalogue)
Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years (https://amzn.to/4oSwKe6)
Elvis Presley - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley)
Colonel Tom Parker - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Tom_Parker)
Berne Convention - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention)
Bowie Bonds - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_bond#Bowie_Bonds)
The Technium: 1,000 True Fans (https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/)
DGM Live: 1000 Club (https://www.dgmlive.com/1000-club)
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Jerry Garcia Band: Live at the Warfield (https://amzn.to/4lKhzRu)
Ron Wood: Fearless (https://amzn.to/4n3MOrY)
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Episode #314: Covers
Lots of artists record and perform covers, songs written and recorded by other songwriters. We discuss covers, and Doug explains the origin of the term.
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Bobby "Blue" Bland: Turn On Your Love Light (https://www.youtube.com/watch)
Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series: Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 (https://amzn.to/3UtPdzT)
Lou Reed: Why Don't You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964 -1965 (https://amzn.to/40ZiINK)
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Road Trips Volume 3 Number 3 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Trips_Volume_3_Number_3)
The Rolling Stones: 12 X 5 (https://amzn.to/4mJrYxV)
Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn discuss music and musicians, and how we listen to music, whether it be analog or digital, downloaded or streamed, audio, or video.
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