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Jokermen Podcast is your spirit guide to the wonderful world of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. Every song, every record: It’s All Good Music :: Subscribe on Patreon for access to all episodes ad-free, plus the full back catalog of Bob Dylan, Velvet Underground, Steely Dan, Lou Reed, and John Cale goods at patreon.com/jokermen :: @jokermenpodcast on Instagram and Twitter
In Conversation: DIIV
Ian raps with Cole, Ben, Andrew, and Colin from DIIV about Hollywood Boulevard, accelerationism, and their huge, heavy new record, Frog In Boiling Water.
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01:01:1520/05/2024
The Beach Boys: THE BEACH BOYS TODAY! with Mark Richardson
The Jokermen examine Brian Wilson's first unqualified top-to-bottom masterpiece with Wall Street Journal critic and former editor-in-chief of Pitchfork Mark Richardson.
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01:16:5513/05/2024
Teaser // The Beach Boys: THE BEACH BOYS CHRISTMAS ALBUM
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09:5610/05/2024
Teaser // The Beach Boys: BEACH BOYS CONCERT
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08:4306/05/2024
The Beach Boys: ALL SUMMER LONG
The Jokermen report on several new root beers and dicuss the swaggest, horniest Beach Boys record yet.
01:15:5130/04/2024
Teaser // The Beach Boys: SHUT DOWN VOLUME 2
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08:4426/04/2024
The Beach Boys: LITTLE DEUCE COUPE
The Jokermen debut a very special new segment of the program. There's a little Beach Boys talk somewhere in here too.
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01:02:0622/04/2024
NES 008: Bob Dylan LIVE, Slane 1984
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July 8th, 1984
Slane Castle
Slane, IE
The Players
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harp
Mick Taylor: guitar
Ian McLagan: keyboards
Greg Sutton: bass
Colin Allen: drums
Carlos Santana: guitar
Van Morrison: vocals
Bono: vocals
02:02:4417/04/2024
Teaser // The Beach Boys: SURFER GIRL
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05:4015/04/2024
Teaser // The Beach Boys: SURFIN' USA
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15:1511/04/2024
The Beach Boys: SURFIN' SAFARI
Welcome back to Jokermen Podcast, a podcast about Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys.
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01:19:4508/04/2024
In Conversation: EZRA KOENIG
The Jokermen rap with Ezra Koenig about Vampire Weekend's superb new album, tunnels, astrology, and listening to "Brownsville Girl" on the streets of Tokyo.
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01:06:0005/04/2024
Warren Zevon: TRANSVERSE CITY with Willy Staley
The Jokermen and Willy Staley head past the condensation silos and all-night trauma stands to a long anticipated destination: Warren Zevon's TRANSVERSE CITY.
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01:35:1102/04/2024
Teaser // Donald Fagen: KAMAKIRIAD with @baddantakes
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09:5026/03/2024
NES 006: Bob Dylan LIVE, Woodstock '94 with Ezra Koenig
August 14th, 1994
Woodstock '94
Saugerties, NY
The Players
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harp
Bucky Baxter: pedal steel, slide guitar
John “JJ” Jackson: electric guitar
Winston Watson: drums
Tony Garnier: bass
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01:39:4920/03/2024
Teaser // The Fall: ARE YOU ARE MISSING WINNER with John Tottenham
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08:0719/03/2024
Lou Reed: THE JOKERMEN 100
The Jokermen close the book on Series 2 with the second half of the new Jokermen 100, counting down Lou Reed's 50 greatest songs.
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02:41:4711/03/2024
John Cale: THE JOKERMEN 100
The Jokermen bid adieu to Mr. John Davies Cale with a countdown of his 50 greatest tracks—the first half of the new Jokermen 100.
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02:12:4704/03/2024
Teaser // Lou Reed: LULU with Stuart Berman
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06:5501/03/2024
Teaser // Lou Reed: LULU with Robert Trujillo of Metallica
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04:1028/02/2024
Lou Reed: LULU
Let's fuckin' go.
02:20:1926/02/2024
In Conversation: MARTIN COURTNEY
Ian chats with Real Estate's Martin Courtney on the occasion of their beautiful, un-Googleable new record, Daniel.
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59:5523/02/2024
Teaser // Lou Reed: METAL MACHINE TRIO with Ulrich Krieger
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08:4520/02/2024
Teaser // John Cale: NEW YORK IN THE 1960s
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06:3316/02/2024
John Cale: THE ALBUM ART
The Jokermen flip the record to the second side and count down all of John Cale's album art, from least to most swag.
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01:08:3412/02/2024
NES 005: Bob Dylan LIVE, 7/22/2000
July 22nd, 2000
Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
Mansfield, MA
The Players
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar
Charlie Sexton: electric guitar
Larry Campbell: mandolin, pedal steel, electric slide guitar
David Kemper: drums
Tony Garnier: bass
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01:37:1407/02/2024
Lou Reed: THE ALBUM ART
The Jokermen engage in one of their favorite pastimes, taking stock of the history of Lou Reed's album art and ranking his covers from worst to best.
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01:14:2705/02/2024
Teaser // John Cale: MFANS (2016)
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07:1602/02/2024
John Cale: SHIFTY ADVENTURES IN NOOKIE WOOD
The Jokermen ostensibly discuss John Cale's 2012 LP but end up spending most of their time talking about Death Grips, Vampire Weekend, ketchup, chocolate, World War I, "Paycheck" (2003), "In Time" (2011), Godzilla, Kaputt, and The Sopranos.
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56:5929/01/2024
Teaser // John Cale: "All My Friends" & EPs — JOHNS & ENDS II
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09:0323/01/2024
Teaser // RIP P4K
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07:5322/01/2024
Teaser // John Cale: LIVE AT ROCKPALAST
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09:3718/01/2024
LAURIE ANDERSON on Lou Reed & "Hudson River Wind Meditations"
The Jokermen are joined by the great Laurie Anderson to discuss Lou Reed, his artistic practice, and the extraordinary reissue of his final solo record, Hudson River Wind Meditations, available now from Light In The Attic.
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32:1015/01/2024
NES 003: Bob Dylan LIVE, 6/6/2004
Hello Jokermen Nation,
Now that we've got a year's worth of material in the Never Ending Stories library, we want to start sharing a little more of it with you all. To that end, we'll be posting one (1) full episode from the previous year to the Jokermen feed every month going forward.
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01:44:5510/01/2024
The Velvet Underground: VALLEYDALE '66 with Mark Neeley
Ian is joined by illustrator and animator Mark Neeley to discuss a legendary document of the earliest days of The Velvet Underground (and Nico) and the story behind its recording.
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48:5108/01/2024
Teaser // Early Times: Bob Nastanovich on Silver Jews & STARLITE WALKER
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08:1404/01/2024
Silver Jews: STARLITE WALKER with Craig Finn
Craig Finn returns to the program to talk the 90s indie scene, cigarette butts in jean cuffs, and his favorite Silver Jews record for DCB Week 2024.
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01:30:1702/01/2024
The Velvet Underground: BEST OF
The Jokermen assemble their essential Velvets picks. I'll warn you ahead of time: "Friends" makes it, but "Sweet Jane" doesn't.
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01:01:3425/12/2023
Lou Reed: BERLIN LIVE 2006 with Matt Krefting & Josh Builder
The Jokermen welcome back Matt & Josh, The Boys of the Crumbling Leaves of Autumn, for a journey back to St. Ann's Warehouse in 2006. Pour yourself a glass of Dubonnet.
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01:12:5921/12/2023
Teaser // John Cale: CIRCUS LIVE
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09:4318/12/2023
Teaser // Lou Reed: ANIMAL SERENADE
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10:4011/12/2023
Teaser // GMH: Best of 2023
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07:4108/12/2023
John Cale: BLACK ACETATE
The Jokermen discuss John Cale's blackAcetate, along with all the artists John Cale has decided to sound like at this point: Franz Ferdinand, Beck, Jimmy Eat World, Green Day, Animal Collective, Keane, and Avril Lavigne.
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01:10:4104/12/2023
Teaser // The Fall: LIVE AT THE WITCH TRIALS with John Tottenham
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13:1727/11/2023
Unlocked🔓 // Bob Dylan: MURDER MOST FOUL
60 years since that dark day in Dallas — our Murder Most Foul opus, free and unlocked for all
02:17:0222/11/2023
Teaser // Lou Reed: THE RAVEN
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09:0413/11/2023
Teaser // John Cale: HOBOSAPIENS
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06:4810/11/2023
Lou Reed: THE KING OF NEW YORK with Will Hermes
Will Hermes joins the show to go deep on his superb new biography of Lewis Allan Reed, "Lou Reed: The King of New York."
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01:09:4206/11/2023
Scott Walker: BISH BOSCH with Hesse
Evan and Hesse (@ZeroSuitCamus) of Seeking Derangements and Chapo Trap House's Movie Mindset podcasts drop into the darkness for a very special monstrosity-sized halloween episode on Scott Walker’s untouchable masterpiece
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03:07:1430/10/2023
Teaser // John Cale: AMERICAN PSYCHO with Jesse Pearson
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08:1326/10/2023