About this episode
This week, Barney, Mark and Jasper listen to excerpts from Bill DeMain's 1997 interview with the wizard, the true star that is Todd Rundgren. Subjects include "online music delivery" and the challenge of originality in songwriting. They then move on to the week's free feature, about Orange Juice and Postcard Records. Danny Goldberg, former manager of Nirvana, is the featured writer for the week, so the boys discuss '70s pieces on Alice Cooper and Led Zeppelin and a memoir of attending high school with the late Gil Scott-Heron. Highlights among the new RBP library additions include pieces on Gerry & the Pacemakers, Yoko Ono on saving John Lennon from chauvinism, Depeche Mode, Foo Fighters, Lenny Waronker and the Stooges. Jasper rounds out the selection with discussion of Mel C, Clipse and Lauryn Hill. Produced by Jasper Murison-Bowie Pieces discussed: Todd Rundgren audio , Edwyn Collins , Hope & Despair , Postcard Records , Alice Cooper , Backstage with Led Zeppelin , schooldays with Gil Scott-Heron , Gerry & the Pacemakers , Alice Cooper live @ Shrine , Yoko Ono , Joy Division , Depeche Mode , Foo Fighters , Lenny Waronker , The Stooges , Stones for Glastonbury , Mel C's Reason + Clipse's Lord Willin' , Cheryl Cole's shoulder and Lauryn Hill live