On today's episode of Vinyl Fridays Brandon is joined in the studio by film maker, photographer, musician and vinyl enthusiast Stacey Goldschmidt. She has a very fine record collection and plays some selections from her set from Record Store Day. Oh yeah, and Brandon plays some beat up old records as well. You'll hear Jilted John, Nation of Language, The Records, Future Islands, and many more! 

On today's episode Brandon pays tribute to Sire Records co-founder Seymour Stein who passed away on April 2nd. During his time with Sire he was responsible for signing The Ramones, Talking Heads, The Pretenders and Madonna. And for better or for wrose he is also credited with inventing the term New Wave. 

Welcome to Vinyl Fridays on the Blue Island Radio Podcast, where your host, Brandon plays one hour of records from the Blue Island Radio Podcast record library without his usual jibba-jabba getting in the way. On today's episde Brandon works on a rough draft of the set he will be playing at the Rock Island Public House on Saturday, September 22nd for Record Store Day. 

In this set you may hear The Ventures, The Screamers, Big Black, The Coathangers, Yaz, Automatic and more!

It's Friday, which means it's time for another episode of Vinyl Fridays, where Brandon plays one hour of continuous music without all the jibba-jabba, from the Blue Island Radio Podcast record library. Well, there might be a little jibba, but not so much jabba. On today's episode you will hear songs from Lutheran Heat, Jan Bradley, Weird Paul, The Showmen and more!

Vinyl Fridays continues with another hour long set of music without the sound clips or Brandon's inane jibba-jabba, from the Blue Island Radio Podcast record library. A Spontaneous, free-form selection of songs that may or may not include Kraftwerk, Half-Japanese, Automatic, Yipes! and more.

Welcome to the first episode of Blue Island Radio Podcast's Vinyl Fridays. One hour of straight vinyl straight from the BIRP vinyl library. No digital files, sound clips, themes or Brandon's jibba jabba, just one continous set of music. If you have records and would like to bring them in and have them played please drop us a line at blueislandradio@gmail.com

In honor of VD Day, today's episode of the podcast is dedicated to the "Love" song. Songs about finding love, losing love, and wanting love; the love of beans, the love of volcanoes, baseball cards and what-have-you. You'll hear songs by Eartha Kitt, Tiny Tim, The Lurkers, The Turtles, The Exbats and more.  

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Mini-Intro song by Niko Riley
Main Theme song: Apache by Jorgan Ingmann

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On today's episode Brandon sits down with AP Lindsay to discuss her upcoming pop-up at Solemn Oath Brewing in Chicago and her ongoing project Three Sides with her partner in food Becky Carson. Then they welcome their friend and author Zachary Jeffries to discuss his new book Angel of Fate which will be released into the world on February 14th, 2023.

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On the first episode of the year Brandon honors the graduating class of 2022. The musicians who moved on to the great beyond but who's music will be with us forever. We remember, Ronnie Spector, Terry Hall, Keith Levene, Loretta Lynn and more!

Mini-Intro song by Niko Riley
Main Theme song: Apache by Jorgan Ingmann

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It's finally here, the Reading of The Seinfeld! This year Brandon and the Blue Island Radio Podcast Players got together to do a dramatic reading of the classic Seinfeld episode "The Conversion" where George converts to Latvian Orthodox for a woman.

Thanks for listening and Happy Holidays!

It's December, which means it's cold, it's dark by 4pm, and it's time for another installment of Holiday MADNESS! Holiday songs for the rest of us. On today's episode you will hear songs by Buck Owens, Captain Sensible, The Go Gos, Alice Bag and more! Thanks for listening.

On today's episode of the podcast Brandon explores the vast musical landscape that is Canada. Bands featured on today's episode include Ronnie Hawkins, The Ugly Ducklings, The Mynah Birds, Polyester Explosion and more!

Mini-Intro song by Niko Riley
Main Theme song: Apache by Jorgan Ingmann

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It's October, which means it's time for the latest installment of Blue Island Radio Podcast's Halloween extravaganza where Brandon plays songs about ghoosts, goblins, phantoms, creeps, frankensteins, vampires, zombies, devils and what-have-you. With music by The Fortunes, Lord Luther, Kay Bell & The Spacemen, Jan Terri, The Cell Phones and more! Thanks for listening!

On today's episode of the Blue Island Radio Podcast Brandon and AP Lindsay are joined in the studio by author Zack Jeffries who, under the pen names Z and Zachary Jeffries, has written a number of middle grade science fiction and young adult fantasy books including The Hide & Seek Chronicles, Pro Wrestling Saves the Earth, The Unseen Curse, and the soon to be released ANgel of Fate.

Listen as they discuss reading, writing, and wrestling bears.

Mini-Intro song by Niko Riley
Main Theme song: Apache by Jorgan Ingmann

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On today's episode of the podcast Brandon is joined in the studio by Alternative Latin Rock band Tizoc whose single Los Pajaros is now available on all streaming services. And they'll also be appearing at the Blue Island Beer Company on Saturday, October 15th. Thanks for listening!

Mini-Intro song by Niko Riley
Main Theme song: Apache by Jorgan Ingmann

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On today's episode of the podcast Brandon finally dips his toes into the musical waters of his home state of Illinois. Since there is such a wide variety of music and bands both old and new that come out of Illinois, it would be impossible to even scratch the surface with just one episode. So consider this part 1 of an ongoing series of episode dedicated to the music/sounds of Illinois. Thanks for listening.

Mini-Intro song by Niko Riley
Main Theme song: Apache by Jorgan Ingmann

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There are thousands of songs that are either about a bird, use the imagery of birds, have the name of a bird in the title etc. In fact, with the exception of maybe "Love", there are probably more "bird" songs than any other type of song. On today's episode we will be listening to songs about ducks, chickens, turkeys, eagles and even a jailbird.

Mini-Intro song by Niko Riley
Main Theme song: Apache by Jorgan Ingmann

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he Gestures were an early rock band from Mankato, Minnesota and their first single “Run, Run, Run” is today’s song of the week. Several bands from the 1960s had songs titled ‘Run Run Run’ (with and without commas) including The Who, The Velvet Underground and The Third Rail, but The Gestures were first; though none of them had much in common outside of their names. The song made it to 44 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December of 1964, and the band made an appearance on American Bandstand and toured across the Midwest and Canada in 1965. But due to lack of distribution and some confusion over which song was supposed to be the A Side of their next single, it wasn’t long before the band broke up.

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THE SOUNDS of WISCONSIN - PART 1 - THE EARLY DAYS

On today’s episode of the podcast Brandon stays close to home and explores the musical lineage of his neighbor to the north, the land of beer and cheese, Wisconsin! Part one of two episodes, this first collection of songs will focus primarily on the music being made in the areas surrounding the big bad city of Milwaukee from the 1950s - 1970. And part two will focus almost exclusively on Milwaukee from the 1970s and beyond.

Mini-Intro song by Niko Riley
Main Theme song: Apache by Jorgan Ingmann

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On today’s episode of the podcast Brandon and AP Lindsay are joined by special guest Steev Custer who, as a member of such bands as Fractured Adolescents, My Big Beautiful, Boneyard Brawlers, The Bomb, and Death & Memphis, has been an active member of the Chicagoland music scene for more than 30 years. Together they discuss Steev’s hometown Joliet, IL., band life, and the one through line through each of these bands, his friend and bandmate Paul Garcia. We also discuss his Fine Tunes School of Music, the impending Death & Memphis EP and his uncanny ability for landing himself in Facebook “Jail”.

Mini-Intro song by Niko Riley.
Main Theme song: Apache by Jorgan Ingmann

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The only thing that we know about “Peanut Duck” is that it was recorded in Philadelphia in 1965. But it’s unknown, or at the very least unclear, who actually played on and sang the song. Supposedly, it was recorded during a drunken late night session and then shelved with no intention of it ever being released. The recording survived only as an acetate, which was eventually discovered in the ‘80s by a British DJ who took it back to England, and released is as a bootleg on Joker Records. Not wanting his rival DJs to infringe upon his precious find, he christened the unknown singer Marsha Gee (who incidentally had a single out on Uptown Records in 1965). This 2005 re-issue (gifted to AP credits Bobby Scott and Forest Hairston for the composition, but it’s still unknown who provided the vocals.

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On today's episode of the podcast Brandon is joined by friends and fellow Blue Islanders Nick Stankus and Scottie "King Onion" Armstrong to discuss Chicago and some of the things that make it unique. Hint: It's just 90 minutes of people talking about pizza. Oh yeah, and they also take some phone calls.

Mini-Intro song by Niko Riley
Main Theme song: Apache by Jorgan Ingmann

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On today's episode Brandon is joined in the studio by AP Lindsay, and together they talk to Brandon's longtime friend Pasha "Ashe" Gerard, a filmmaker whose first movie Seize the Night has recently entered the world and is now streaming on Amazon Prime, Tubi and other fine streaming services. 

Together they talk about Pasha's coming to America from the Philippines, basketball, movie night, and Seize the Night. 

Mini-Intro song by Niko Riley
Main Theme song: Apache by Jorgan Ingmann

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On today’s episode Brandon is joined by AP Lindsay, and Blue Island locals Jason Vycas, and “Metal” Dave Rodriguez to discuss the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame and this year’s class of nominations.

Mini-Intro song by Niko Riley
Main Theme song: Apache by Jorgan Ingmann

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By some estimations Carol Kaye has logged 10,000 recording sessions during a career spanning more than 60 years. Her playing can be heard on everything from industrial films and commercials, to TV show theme songs and movie soundtracks. As a member of the prolific group of Los Angeles studio musicians “The Wrecking Crew” she played on hit songs for Sonny & Cher, Nancy Sinatra, The Monkees, The Beach Boys and more! So get ready because we on today’s show we are going to hear about 20 of those 10,000 tracks!

Mini-Intro song by Niko Riley
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