Rose-Colored Headphones

In 1972, legendary Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso marked his return from exile by recording a baffling commercial failure that confounds listeners to this day. The story surrounding this album's creation is as captivating, and the album itself deserves a reappraisal.    Kaleb E. Goldschmitt is here to guide us through Veloso's fraught relationship with both Brazil's authoritarian government audience and his own audience. You won't want to miss this episode.   The Brazilian hip-hop album Kaleb recommends in this episode is Criolo's 2014 album Convoque seu Buda.    Find us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rchpodcast.bsky.social   Or send us an email: [email protected]   Our visual art was created by Elaine Banks (@elaineprints on IG).   This podcast is recorded astride of a grave and a difficult birth by Ralph and Michael, who will be taking a brief hiatus now to gather the information and supplies necessary to complete the next stage of the mission with which they have been entrusted. 

Longtime listeners know that we're friends with the ghost of an anthropomorphic snare drum, and he's here to help us parse a couple of compilations that just might help us crack the Weezer code. 

Everything about Phish is baffling to Ralph and Michael. Luckily Mike Ayers, author of an excellent oral history of the jam band scene, is here to help us crack the code. Listen in as we discover the quintessential jam band, and Ralph performs his reinterpretation of one of their most beloved songs. See what Mike Ayers is up to here: https://mike-ayers.com   Find us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rchpodcast.bsky.social   Or send us an email: [email protected]   Our visual art was created by Elaine Banks (@elaineprints on IG).   This podcast is recorded at a house somewhere and produced in a state of numb terror by Ralph and Michael, who have accepted the fact that there is no way out of doing this. It's a long story and there are still a few gaps in our leading theory. 

Our journey into the dark heart of Weezerdom continues, but Aaron Carnes is here to offer moral support.    Find us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rchpodcast.bsky.social   Or send us an email: [email protected]   Our visual art was created by Elaine Banks (@elaineprints on IG).

Comedian and Pogues enthusiast Keith Lowell Jensen is here to guide us through the last Pogues record to feature Shane MacGowan. Later, Ralph performs a song from this album. Whether you're a Pogues fan or just Pogues-curious, you won't want to miss this episode!    See what Keith is up to here: https://keithlowelljensen.com   Find us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rchpodcast.bsky.social   Or send us an email: [email protected]   Our visual art was created by Elaine Banks (@elaineprints on IG).   This podcast is recorded at a house somewhere in North America and produced in a state of paranoid confusion by Ralph and Michael, who have absolutely no choice in the matter. It's a long story not worth getting into here, but if you have any information regarding the unhinged lunatic(s) behind this, please let us know. We're just curious. 

Are we still doing this? Yes. Have you seen how many Weezer albums there are? We're in it now. No backing out.    Anyway... Find out which Weezer song is Michael's favorite as we continue to tangle with the enigma of Rivers of Weezer.    Find us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rchpodcast.bsky.social   Or send us an email: [email protected]   Our visual art was created by Elaine Banks (@elaineprints on IG).  

Who or what is Chris Gaines, exactly, and to what extent is Garth Brooks involved? We are just as confused as you are.  Luckily, Stephen Deusner, author of the definitive book on Chris Gaines, has been forced to join us as we try to make sense of whatever this is.  Also on this episode: Ralph performs Chris Gaines' most notorious song like you've never heard it before.    Keep up with Stephen here: https://www.stephendeusner.com   Find us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rchpodcast.bsky.social   Or send us an email: [email protected]   Our visual art was created by Elaine Banks (@elaineprints on IG).   This podcast is recorded at a house somewhere in Michigan and produced in a state of sweaty panic by Ralph and Michael, who have no choice in the matter. It's a long story not worth getting into here, but if you've been with us thus far, you've probably more or less pieced it together. 

It's time for the "Green Album" and Maladroit! Find out what Ralph did on prom night and who Michael's favorite SNL cast member of all time is. One of those things is related to Weezer and the other is not.    Find us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rchpodcast.bsky.social   Or send us an email: [email protected]   Our visual art was created by Elaine Banks (@elaineprints on IG).

David Bowie's soundtrack to a movie you probably haven't seen is an unusually sentimental affair. Sure, it didn't make the same splash as Ziggy Stardust or Low, but it is every bit as adventurous.    Here to help us unpack it is Chris O'Leary, the author of two books that trace Bowie's trajectory song by song. Chris fills us in on the story of this album's inspiration and creation and we find a lot to like in this excellent music that is often overshadowed by Bowie's more famous work.  Later, Michael dusts off his saxophone to perform a song from this album.    Check out Chris' latest project here: https://64quartets.wordpress.com/   Find us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rchpodcast.bsky.social   Or send us an email: [email protected]   Our visual art was created by Elaine Banks (@elaineprints on IG).   This podcast is recorded at a house somewhere in Michigan and produced in a state of simmering panic by Ralph and Michael, who have no choice in the matter. It's a long story not worth getting into here. 

On the first installment of this series of mini-episodes, Ralph and Michael try to get to the bottom of one of rock music's most confounding questions: What is the deal with Weezer?  We're going chronologically through their entire discography, which makes this one kind of an easy one. It's the "Blue Album" and Pinkerton!    Find us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rchpodcast.bsky.social   Or send us an email: [email protected]   Our visual art was created by Elaine Banks (@elaineprints on IG).