DISGRACELAND Icons Trailer
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to DISGRACELAND in 2024. Jake Brennan will continue to bring you the most insane stories abo...
Bonus Episode: Springsteen Switcheroos, Gun Gripes, and the Stuff of Nightmares
25 Jan 2024
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This week on the After Party, Jake talks this week's new episode on Stu Sutcliffe, as well as the RE...
Stu Sutcliffe: Reeperbahn Debauchery, Gangs, and the Birth of the Beatles
23 Jan 2024
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Stu Sutcliffe was rock 'n roll's original Sid Vicious. Just like Sid, Stu was a bass player. But a...
Bonus Episode: Steve Earle's Mandolin, Model Punks, and 90s New York Movies
18 Jan 2024
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This week Jake talks the new DISGRACELAND episode on Serge Gainsbourg and this week's REWIND episode...
Serge Gainsbourg: Brigitte Bardot, Bonnie & Clyde, and Orgasmic Pop Songs
16 Jan 2024
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In the late 1960s, Serge Gainsbourg carried out an illicit affair with Brigitte Bardot, not only the...
Bonus Episode: French Crooners, 70s Mellow Vibes, and Seattle Sleepers
11 Jan 2024
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On this week's second After Party, Jake sets up next week's brand-new episode on Serge Gainsbourg, g...
Bonus Episode: Enforced Edits, Wild Coyotes, and There’s No ‘G’
09 Jan 2024
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Today in the After Party, Jake lays out the year in DISGRACELAND, gives a primer and some insight in...
Bonus Episode: Funky Snakefoot, Following the Truth, and A Full Embrace of the Criminal Lifestyle
04 Jan 2024
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This week on the After Party, Jake gets in to the Rewind episodes on the Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson, ...
Bonus Episode: A Swinging Christmas, Electrocutions, and the Unbelievably Cool
21 Dec 2023
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This week in DISGRACELAND is all about Christmas, thanks to our new episode on Mariah Carey and our ...
Mariah Carey: Armed Guards, Gang Burglaries, and the True Meaning of Christmas
19 Dec 2023
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Mariah Carey once lived under constant surveillance in her own home. Her husband planted cameras and...
Bonus Episode: The Motown Machine, Vince Guaraldi, and Podcasting Advice
14 Dec 2023
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This week in DISGRACELAND, Jake is talking the new episode on Sean "Diddy" Combs, as well as the Rew...
Sean “Diddy” Combs (Pt. 1): A Nightclub Shooting, a Fatal Stampede, and the Cost of Doing Business
12 Dec 2023
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Sean “Diddy” Combs is a music producer and rapper, but he is a businessman first. And as every b...
Bonus Episode: The Vanguard of Alt Rock, New Merch, and RIP Shane MacGowan
07 Dec 2023
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This week on the After Party, Jake talks the new DISGRACELAND episode on Jane's Addiction, the re-re...
Jane’s Addiction: Taking Risks, Enduring Pain, and a Killer on the Loose
05 Dec 2023
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Jane’s Addiction’s Dave Navarro was only 15 years old when his mother was brutally murdered in h...
Bonus Episode: Crossing the Streams, Destroying Albums, and Co-Starring with Beyoncé
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jake is talking about DISGRACELAND's new episode on Michael Hutchence of INXS, as well as ...
INXS’ Michael Hutchence: All-Night Gigs, All-Night Orgies, and a Tragic Climax
28 Nov 2023
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Michael Hutchence’s sudden death in 1997 at the age of 37 left a hole in the hearts of Australians...
Bonus Episode: Thanksgiving Routines, Incredible Stories, and Actually, it's Mark-Almond
23 Nov 2023
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Happy Thanksgiving, Disgos! This week Jake talks Blondie and Debbie Harry's run-in with Ted Bundy. D...
Blondie: Punk vs. Disco, Held Hostage by Phil Spector, and Riding with Ted Bundy
21 Nov 2023
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Blondie got their start as part of New York’s fertile punk scene in the late ‘70s, a time of gre...
Bonus Episode: Marc Almond, US Festival, and a Denny's "Deposit"
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week is all about U2, and this episode of the After Party is no exception. Jake breaks down his...
U2: Death Threats, a Song that Inspired a Killer, and the Murder of Rebecca Schaeffer
14 Nov 2023
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Years before a free album made them the most unpopular popular band on the planet, U2 ran into the a...
Bonus Episode: Jake x RedHanded Crossover Episode
09 Nov 2023
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A special AFTER PARTY featuring a crossover episode with the award-winning UK-based true crime podca...
Disgraceland Season 14 Trailer
07 Nov 2023
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Homicidal maniacs, home surveillance, a killer on the loose, attacks in the street, and an evil song...
Bonus Episode: Crossover Episodes, Candy Hangovers, and Jake's Music Searches
02 Nov 2023
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This week wraps our Halloween countdown, and Jake is closing the loop on all the spooky discussions....
Bonus Episode: Terrifying Tales, Vinyl Vaults, and Funeral Fugues
26 Oct 2023
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The Halloween season continues with our daily re-releases of the scariest DISGRACELAND episodes. Jak...
GZA (Wu-Tang Chapter 10): Quantum Physics, Cop Killers, and a Stock-Trading Scumbag
19 Oct 2023
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GZA may be the only rapper who lectures about quantum physics at Ivy League institutions including H...
Masta Killa (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 9): A Mafia Hit, an Alleged Assault, and the Student Becomes the Master
17 Oct 2023
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Masta Killa grew up in a city shaped and run by organized crime. A city where the most powerful unde...
Bonus Episode: Alter Egos, Sad Sack Songs, and a Tribute to Disgos
12 Oct 2023
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This week in DISGRACELAND saw the premiere of the Ol' Dirty Bastard episode, and it's got Jake think...
Ol’ Dirty Bastard (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 8): An Attempted Murder Rap, Bloodthirsty Rottweilers, and Self-Immolation
10 Oct 2023
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Ol’ Dirty Bastard once saved a four-year old girl who was trapped under a Ford Mustang. He took a ...
Bonus Episode: Finding Great Music, Boston and NY Hardcore, and I Want Your Skulls
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Wu-Tang saga continues in DISGRACELAND, and it's got Jake wondering about the most memorable way...
U-God (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 7): Police Raids, Vengeance, and Mopping Floors at the Statue of Liberty
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
U-God was raised by the streets of Staten Island, where getting beaten up was a rite of passage that...
Cappadonna (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 6): Someone Else’s Crack Rocks, Turning State’s Evidence, and a Rat in the Inner Circle
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cappadonna may have taught a lot of the guys in Wu-Tang Clan how to rhyme, but he wasn’t around wh...
Inspectah Deck (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 5): Running Scams, Doing Time, and NYC’s Ongoing War Against the Drug Trade
26 Sep 2023
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At just 15 years old, Inspectah Deck had to learn how to hold his own against older, more dangerous ...
Bonus Episode: The Delfonics, the Ringo Connection, and Major Criminal Organizations
21 Sep 2023
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The After Party returns this week while DISGRACELAND takes a break from our full season on the Wu-Ta...
Ghostface Killah (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 4): Angel Dust, an Unlicensed .357 Magnum, and Attempted Robbery
14 Sep 2023
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Ghostface Killah allegedly tried to steal three thousand dollars from a parking lot attendant. They ...
Method Man (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 3): Dice Games, Dodged Bullets, and Murder in the Street
12 Sep 2023
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As a teenager, Method Man won $800 on a $5 bet in a dice game. He used those winnings to set himself...
Raekwon (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 2): Dealing Crack, Caught in the Crossfire, and the NYPD Goes TNT
07 Sep 2023
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Corey Woods, aka Raekwon, was addicted to the styles, sounds, and crimes of hip-hop street culture i...
The RZA: (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 1): Kung Fu in Times Square, Weed on Wall Street, and Attempted Murder in Ohio
05 Sep 2023
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Bobby Diggs (aka the RZA) grew up on a steady diet of kung fu movies and hip-hop music. As a kid he ...
Bonus Episode: Tammy Wynette, Powertrip, and Ted Cruz Killed JFK?
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jake dives in to the Wu-Tang Clan as DISGRACELAND embarks on a new season all on the group. Are they...
DISGRACELAND Season 13 Trailer
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wu-Tang Clan made history with some of the most compelling hip-hop music of all time. They also made...
Bonus Episode: Purple Rain, Tupac investigation developments, and New versus Nü Metal
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week's re-release of the second part of the Notorious BIG episode comes along with somenew deve...
Bonus Episode: Tribal Tattoos, The Biggest Beefs, and Disgo Massueses
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this installment of the After Party, we kick off our 50th anniversary of hip-hop by revisiting th...
Bonus Episode: The Definition of Cool, Influence Over Success, and FIDLAR
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's Velvet Underground week in Disgraceland, and Jake is wondering if they are the most influential...
The Velvet Underground: Heroin, S&M, and the Attempted Assassination of Andy Warhol
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Velvet Underground put a spike in the status quo. They sang candidly about heroin, speed, and S&...
Bonus Episode: Talent vs. Craft, Meatloaf, and Another Look at Nookie
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Sonny Rollins week, Jake ponders the powers of talent and craft, and what makes musicians great. ...
Sonny Rollins: Armed Robbery, Rikers Island, and the Return of the Saxophone Colossus
01 Aug 2023
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Sonny Rollins did time at Rikers Island twice: first for armed robbery and again for using dope. He ...
Bonus Episode: Classic Country Gateways, the Best Post-Punk Bands, and Peter Cetera's Bauhaus Tee
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jake connects his a-ha moment with country to the greats, specifically this week's DISGRACELAND subj...
Merle Haggard: 17 Arrests, 17 Breakouts, Hard Time at San Quentin, and the Lonesome Fugitive
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Merle Haggard was what authorities liked to call a “repeat offender.” He was arrested for riding...
Bonus Episode: Grinder Men, The Jon Bon Jovi Effect, and the Greatest English Groups of the Post-Punk Era
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's After Party, Jake is talking the classic film Almost Famous, John Lee Hooker's baseba...
New Order: Blood on the Dance Floor, E in the Bloodstream, and Inventing the 1980s
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
New Order proved that a rock band could make dance music and actually become cooler in the process. ...
Bonus Episode: Aerosmith Encounters, The Jake Brennan Story, and Ariana Grande
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After a week's break from the After Party, Jake catches up on voicemail, wraps up our musical mashup...
Ariana Grande: Terror on Tour, Tragedy in Manchester, and Learning to Sing Again
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On May 22, 2017, a terrorist detonated a bomb outside Ariana Grande’s performance at Manchester Ar...
Bonus Episode: Loving (and Hating) Aerosmith, Meeting Your Heroes, and the Way Back Machine
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's After Party, Jake is digging into why he loves and hates Aerosmith with a dive into a...
Aerosmith: Toxic Twins, M-80s, Cocaine Eyeliner, and Living on the Edge
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At their peak, Aerosmith was sex, drugs, and rock and roll in the flesh, wrapped up in spangly scarv...
Bonus Episode: Hüsker Dü, A Disgo's Unbelievable Red Sox Story, and Lil' Kim's Post-Prison Career
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's After Party, Jake is ready to dive into this week's Disgraceland episode on Lil' Kim,...
Lil' Kim: Shootouts, Lusty Lyrics, and Loyalty in the Land of the M.A.F.I.A.
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lil’ Kim is the queen of hard core. She practically invented hard core sex positivity with her rau...
Bonus Episode: The Santa Barbara Punk Scene, Internet Guitar Tutorials, and Foo Fighters' Chris Shiflett Talks "Shred With Shifty"
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the After Party, Jake is sharing an interview he did with Foo Fighters' guitarist Chris...
Jimi Hendrix: Tear Gas, a Kidnapping, Heroin Hostages, and the Great Escape
13 Jun 2023
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Jimi Hendrix spent much of his life pursuing a great escape. Escape from his abusive childhood home....
Bonus Episode: Jake's Disco Gym Playlist, Your Paul Simon Recs, and Jeff Buckley's Influences
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake is ready to dive into the latest Disgraceland episode on Jeff Buc...
Jeff Buckley: Dreaming of Music, Drowning, and Eternal Life
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Buckley released his only studio album, Grace, at the height of grunge rock. But it didn’t s...
Bonus Episode: Your Top 3 Disgraceland Episodes and Eazy-Motherflippin'-E
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jake has been basking in the New England sunshine and listening to some John Coltrane. But first, we...
Eazy-E: A Hidden Coke Stash, Domestic Terrorists, and Death Threats
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Long before he created a paradigm-shifting hip-hop supergroup, Eazy-E lucked into life as a Compton ...
Bonus Episode: Infamous Pop Star Parents and Justin Bieber
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jake is back from his trip to Rhode Island and he's recommending some more music, including a Taylor...
Justin Bieber: Murder Plots, Drag Racing, and Deportation Threats
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Justin Bieber is the pop star who went from preteen heartthrob to pure hedonist seemingly overnight....
Bonus Episode: The Del Fuegos, Charles Starkweather, and Writer Warren Zanes Talks Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska"
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Best-selling author and former guitarist of the Del Fuegos Warren Zanes talks with Jake about interv...
Bruce Springsteen: Shootouts, Killing Sprees, and the Making of Nebraska
Tue, 16 May 2023 07:01:00 -0000
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Unprovoked killing sprees. Nightclub gunfights. Mafia assassinations. True crime stories and modern ...
Bruce Springsteen: Shootouts, Killing Sprees, and the Making of Nebraska
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Unprovoked killing sprees. Nightclub gunfights. Mafia assassinations. True crime stories and modern ...
Bonus Episode: Trailer Week, Your Disgraceland Episode Suggestions, and Phil Collins and Philip Bailey's "Easy Lover"
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jake is still watching music videos on his TV like it's 1991 and teases Season 12 of Disgraceland, w...
Disgraceland Season 12 Trailer
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mafia assassinations, drag racing, extortion, eternal life, and doing time at Rikers Island and San ...
Bonus Episode: Bruce Sprinsgteen's Nebraska, Best '80s Pop Stars, and Richard Pryor Jamming With Sly and the Family Stone
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jake is slowly recovering from the Bruins' humiliating loss the other night but is ready to talk abo...
Bonus Episode: Body Heat, A Disgo's Encounter with Quentin Tarantino, and Willie Nelson, an American Outlaw
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jake is back in the studio after getting some R&R down in Florida last week and is making his way th...
Willie Nelson (Pt 2): Grifters, Con Men, Thieves, and the Reinvention of the Outlaw
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Willie Nelson left Nashville and reinvented himself in Austin, Texas as the ultimate outsider. It wa...
Willie Nelson (Pt 1): A Shootout, a House Fire, and the Ballad of the Red-Headed Stranger
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Broke and depressed, Willie Nelson almost joined the 27 Club on a snowy Nashville street late one ...
Bonus Episode: Jake's Favorite '80s Horror Movies, A Long-awaited INXS Episode, and Irish Rock 'n Roll
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jake dives deep into the chilling, new Skip James episode and tries to explain what makes an Irish r...
Skip James: A Sawmill Shootout, Pimping, Bootlegging, and the Son of a Preacher Man
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Skip James’s most famous lyric was “I’d rather be the Devil” and he put his money where his ...
Bonus Episode: Slow Train Coming, the Extra Gear of MC5, and the Return of Badlands
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jake has been into everything from disco to Dylan's Christian era this week, but he's making time fo...
MC5: Dope, Guns, and F***ing in the Streets
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
MC5 embodied revolution in a way most bands only pay lip service to. The Detroit cops sent riot squa...
Bonus Episode: Muddy Waters, George Benson, The What-If's of Sly Stone, and Alfred Hitchcock's Best Movie
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jake's been listening to guitar greatness and has some classic recs to share. But first, he's fieldi...
Sly Stone: Guns, PCP, a Psycho Mutt, and a Fugitive from Justice
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At the end of the 1960s, Sly Stone was at the center of a groundbreaking musical movement that inten...
Bonus Episode: Bjork's Stalker, Lou Reed's Lyrics Explored, and a Succession Rewatch
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jake dives under the hood of the unique, new 2-part Lou Reed episode. He teases the over-the-top ins...
Lou Reed (An Origin Story) Pt. 2
28 Mar 2023
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Lou Reed blurred the lines between fact and fiction when it came to his past. To him, it was all a w...
Lou Reed (An Origin Story) Pt. 1
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lou Reed is one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll characters of all time, one known to lie and exagg...
Bonus Episode: Best Springtime Records, Your Top 5s, and Last Temptations
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spring is here and Jake is listening to his all-time springtime records. Peter Tosh and Keith Richar...
Bonus Episode: Disgraceland Origins, Elvis's Dressing Room, and Jake's Top 5 Movies Ever
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rocka Rolla Disgos. It's been a wild week. Jake is riding high off a win for the show at the Ambies ...
Otis Redding: A Chitlin Circuit Shootout, a Fatal Plane Crash, and Crossing Over to the Other Side
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Otis Redding was nearly shot by James Brown while performing at an after hours club. He played sweet...
Bonus Episode: Rocka Rolla Beer, Chris Rock DGAF, and Deciding Which Episodes are Two-Parters
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The After Party celebrates the Lynyrd Skynyrd episode, provoking the question: how does Jake decide ...
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Busted Teeth, Saturday Night Specials, and the Smell of Death
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s lead singer, Ronnie Van Zant, was a violent bully from the mean streets of Jackso...
Bonus Episode: Mac Miller's Tragedy, the Real Cocaine Bear, and the Matrix
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jake covers it all in this week's After Party: his thoughts on the latest pod episode, our Cocaine B...
Mac Miller: Hallucinations, Counterfeit Pills, and a Standoff with the Most Powerful Man in the World
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mac Miller was threatened by the most powerful man in the world. Rejected by some of the most powerf...
Bonus Episode: The Daytona 500, AC/DC, and Filmmaker Tiller Russell Talks the Night Stalker
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Friend of the pod and incredible documentary filmmaker Tiller Russell (Netflix's Night Stalker: Hunt...
AC/DC: Serial Killer Fan
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1980s, AC/DC’s biggest fan was a notorious serial killer. The band was an international bes...
Bonus Episode: 5 Years of Disgraceland, New Episodes, and Pitter Patter
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jake celebrates Disgraceland's 5 year anniversary happening this week! Season 1 just re-released, Se...
50 Cent: Police Raids, Motorcycle Chases, and a Nine-Bullet Wake-up Call
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson was dealing crack by the age of 10, born into the height of the epidemi...
Disgraceland Season 11 Trailer
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shootouts, drug running, crashing cars and planes, and walks on the wild side. It's almost here: f...
Bonus Episode: The Mamas and the Papas (Pt. 2)
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Got a Disgraceland pitch? Know a cover that beats the original? What are you reading watching and li...
Mama Cass Elliot (Pt. 2): Rape, Murder, and Taking Secrets to the Grave
Tue, 13 Dec 2022 08:30:00 -0000
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Mama Cass’ role as Hollywood’s hippie den mother pulled her into the orbit of troubling company ...
Mama Cass Elliot (Pt. 2): Rape, Murder, and Taking Secrets to the Grave
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mama Cass’ role as Hollywood’s hippie den mother pulled her into the orbit of troubling company ...
Bonus Episode: The Mamas and the Papas (Pt. 1)
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The wildest on-stage freak outs (and even deaths), Jake's master movie list, your texts calls and em...
Mama Cass Elliot (Pt. 1): Dangerous Drug Dealer Boyfriends, International Arrests, and the Solo Career That Should’ve Been
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 08:15:00 -0000
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Cass Elliot, AKA "Mama Cass" from The Mamas and The Papas, broke the mold of female pop superstardom...
Mama Cass Elliot (Pt. 1): Dangerous Drug Dealer Boyfriends, International Arrests, and the Solo Career That Should’ve Been
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cass Elliot, AKA "Mama Cass" from The Mamas and The Papas, broke the mold of female pop superstardom...
Bonus Episode: Charles Manson the Music Man
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Manson the Music Man, the tale of Trent Reznor's time in the Cielo Drive murder house, and J...