Paisley Stage, Raspberry & Rhyme: Recent Episodes
Soraya & Jeff
A Conversational podcast where Soraya & Jeff talk about their favorite music, namely the Paisley Underground movement that came out of Los Angeles in the early 80's.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk with George Huntley (formerly of The Connells) about his latest solo album, "Higher Spirits".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett to talk to Murray Attaway (Guadalcanal Diary) about his latest solo album, "[Tense Music Plays]".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett to talk to Beth Kaplan and Judy Grunwald of Salem 66 about their upcoming compilation release, "Salt".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett to talk to Richard Barone and Rob Norris of The Bongos about their upcoming release, "The Shroud of Touring: Live in 1985".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett to talk to Jeff McDonald (Redd Kross) about the Redd Kross documentary, "Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story".
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On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett to talk with Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill about their album, "Long After the Fire".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk with Willie Aron about Susanna Hoffs' "The Lost Record."
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett to talk with Bill Hein, co-founder of Label 51, Flatiron Recordings and Enigma Records.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett to talk with Steve Crabtree and Roy McDonald about the reissues of "Coloured Heaven" and "Outside My Window" by The Things.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk with Jennifer Otter Bickerdike about her upcoming book, "Eternal Flame: The Authorized Biography of The Bangles".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs) to talk with Matt Piucci and Steven Roback of Rain Parade and get an update on the band.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs) to talk with Dan Epstein, author of the Redd Kross biography, "Now You're One of Us: The Incredible Story of Redd Kross".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs) to talk to Andrew Reich, the director of the new Redd Kross documentary, "Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story."
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya take a look at the compilation "Twisted Dream Machine: The Paisley Underground. California's Psychedelic Renaissance: 1982-1986".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk with Debbi Peterson about her cover of "Who We Are, Where We Live" for the Continental Drifters tribute album, "We Are All Drifters: A Tribute to the Continental Drifters".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett to talk with Don Dixon about his cover of "The Mississippi" for the Continental Drifters tribute album, "We Are All Drifters: A Tribute to the Continental Drifters".
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya and joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett to talk with Derrick Anderson about his cover of "No One Cares" for the Continental Drifters tribute album, "We Are All Drifters: A Tribute to the Continental Drifters".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk to Robbie Rist about his cover of "Invisible Boyfriend" for the Continental Drifters tribute album, "We Are All Drifters: A Tribute to the Continental Drifters".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest co-host Ronnie Barnett to speak with the author of "White Noise & Lightning: The Continental Drifters Story", Sean Kelly, and the co-producer of the "We Are All Drifters: A Tribute to the Continental Drifters"CD, David Jenkins.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk to Stephan Junca of Rain Parade about playing drums with Rain Parade, his various musical projects, and even Jon Anderson.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk to Sid Griffin, Stephen McCarthy, and Greg Sowders of The Long Ryders about the newly released "Native Sons" box set on Cherry Red Records.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya wrap up their Paisley Underground 2023 New Release Roundup series by speaking with Danny Benair, Michael Quercio, and Louis Gutierrez of The Three O'Clock about the release of the remastered Sixteen Tambourines.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya continue their Paisley Underground 2023 New Release Roundup series by speaking with Matt Piucci and Steven Roback of Rain Parade about their latest release, "Last Rays of a Dying Sun".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya continue their Paisley Underground 2023 New Release Roundup series by speaking with Steve Wynn about his latest live solo album, Journeyman.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya start the Paisley Underground 2023 New Release Roundup series by speaking with Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill of Action Skulls to discuss their latest album, "From a Running Horse".››
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya share a preview of upcoming episodes that are part of a Paisley Underground 2023 New Release Roundup.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya continue their crossover episode with Frank, Jim, and Jerry of the JFJ Conspiracy Podcast to discuss The Easybeats, "Volume 3".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs) to speak with Earle Mankey about his career in music.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs) for a conversation with Paul B. Cutler about art, music, and his solo album, "Les Fleurs", released on In The Red Records.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk with Steve Wynn and get an update on The Dream Syndicate's documentary, the new CD box set, The Baseball Project's new song and album, and upcoming tour dates.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya recap The Three O'Clock's panel discussion at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles on May 4, 2023. We feature video clips of several attendees from the event sharing their introductions to "Baroque Hoedown" and favorite songs from the album.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs) to talk about The Bangles' "Everything" album. Is this their "Sgt. Pepper's" or Private Pyle?
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk about The Dream Syndicate and Rain Parade (acoustic) 2023 UK tour with guest Clive Jones.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya listen to the latest Rain Parade e.p., "Selections From the Upcoming LP 'Last Rays of a Dying Sun'" and share their reactions to the songs.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk to Sid Griffin of The Long Ryders about the band's latest album, "September November".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett to talk to Michael Quercio and Louis Gutierrez about the Yep Roc reissue of the Salvation Army album.
On the episode, Jeff and Soraya talk with Murry Hammond (Old 97s, The Long Ryders) about his music and his work with The Long Ryders.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are guests on the "You Don't Know Mojack" podcast to talk about The Last's album, "Awakening".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya take a look at some acoustic songs by The Dream Syndicate, Rain Parade, The Three O'Clock, and The Bangles.
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya continue their Album Focus series and take a look at Rain Parade's "Demolition".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Frank Dragotto (The JFJ Conspiracy Podcast) to talk with Ronnie Barnett and Roy McDonald of The Muffs about the newly reissued album, "Really Really Happy".
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs), and Hector Peñalosa and Dale Duncan of FLYING COLOR, for a conversation about the band, its music, and even a few stories.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya listen to The Dream Syndicate's new album, "Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True Confessions" for the first time and share their initial responses to the songs.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya revisit their Album Focus series to discuss the "Left of the Dial" box set from Rhino Records.
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya continue the Album Focus series with a look at "Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by Brant Palko and Ryan Rodier, hosts of the "You Don't Know Mojack" podcast, to talk about SST Records and answer a few questions they have for us.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya pay tribute to Howie Pyro and replay our conversation with Howie Pyro and Jeff McDonald about Bill Bartell.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya bring back the Album Focus series to take a look at the "Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era, 1976-1995" box set.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk to Derek See about The Gentle Cycle's new release, Landslide Eyes.›
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya welcome back author Eric Shade to discuss his book, ALL OVER THE PLACE: The Rise of the Bangles From the L.A. Underground".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Pat Thomas (Mushroom, Absolute Grey) for a conversation with Steve Wynn, Mark Walton, and Dennis Duck of The Dream Syndicate about the release of "What Can I Say? no regrets...", upcoming tour dates and new music.
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya speak with the members of Narrow Adventure, Kelly Callan, Kristi Callan, and Kjehl Johansen, about the release of their album, "Narrow Adventure- 1981-83".
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya talk to Bradley Skaught of The Bye Bye Blackbirds about the band's new album, "August Lightning Complex."
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs) for a conversation with Tim Lee (The Windbreakers, Gone Fishin') about his music and book, "I Saw a Dozen Faces...and I rocked them all: The Diary of a Never Was".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by Shelley Ganz and Patrick R. Cleary of The Unclaimed to discuss the band and their new music.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs) for a conversation with Roger Kunkel of Thin White Rope.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya take a look at "The Moxie EP" and "Primordial Ooze Flavored" by The Unclaimed.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs), Pat Thomas (Absolute Grey), Jim Huie (True West) and a rare appearance by Richard McGrath (True West) to discuss the True West box set, "Kaleidoscope of Shadows: The Story So Far".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs) and Donnette Thayer, Shelley LaFreniere, and Gui Gassuan of Game Theory to discuss "Lolita Nation".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk with Pat Thomas about his band, Mushroom, and the latest release, "Songs of Dissent".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya wrap up this Album Focus series with a look at Boatclub's self-titled album.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya continue their Album Focus series with a look at Gutterball's 2nd release, "Weasel".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya continue their Album Focus series with a look at Action Skulls' album, "Angels Hear".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya take a look at the 2nd album by Mary's Danish, "Circa".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya take a look at some Paisley Underground songs that feature Rickenbacker guitars.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya conclude this album focus series with a look at "Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era (1965-1968) (Disc 4)".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya take a look at "Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era (1965-1968) (Disc 3)".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya take a look at "Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era (1965-1968) (Disc 2)".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya take a look at "Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era (1965-1968) (Disc 1)".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk to Emiel Spoelder about his upcoming documentary about The Dream Syndicate, "Beyond the Days of The Dream Syndicate".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by Guest Host Steve Wynn to talk with Tom Gracyk about the Davis music scene, the Dream Syndicate, and being "ground zero" for the Paisley Underground.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host, author Eric Shade, to continue their Album Focus series with The Bangles' "Different Light".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya continue their conversation about The Three O'Clock's album, "Sixteen Tambourines", with special guests Danny Benair and Michael (Mickey) Mariano.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya continue their album focus series with a look at Rain Parade's "Emergency Third Rail Power Trip"
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs) to speak with Van Christian about Tucson, music, and his band, Naked Prey.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya continue their album focus series and look at The Three O'Clock's "Sixteen Tambourines".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya continue their album focus series with a look at The Romans' album "The Last Days at the Ranch".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya resume their album focus series and take a look at The Dream Syndicate's "The Days of Wine and Roses".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya speak with Steve Wynn about his record label, Down There Records. Make sure to listen for an exclusive announcement from Steve, you won't want to miss it!
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya wrap up their look at EP's from "Paisley adjacent" bands and focus on True West's self-titled EP.
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya continue their look at EP's from "Paisley adjacent" bands and focus on Green on Red's self-titled EP.
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya begin a new series, taking a look at EP's from "Paisley adjacent" bands.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by Pat Thomas (and a special guest) to talk about Barbara Manning's "Super Scissors" box set.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs) for a conversation with Nan Becker of Game Theory about friendship, music, and her time with the band.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya take a look at The Long Ryders album, "State of Our Union".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk with all four members of Wednesday Week, Kelly Callan, Kristi Callan, Heidi Rodewald and David Nolte.
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs) to talk to Russ Tolman about True West and the Kickstarter campaign for the True West 3-CD legacy collection.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya take a look at The Hellenes album, "I Love You All The Animals".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by returning guest hosts Joy Milam and Ronnie Barnett to talk about The Muffs album, Blonder and Blonder.
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya are joined by guest host Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs) to speak with Gavin Blair (True West).
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya talk to Vicki Peterson (The Bangles, Continental Drifters, Psycho Sisters, Action Skulls) about the Paisley Underground, musical influences, and her latest project.
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya speak with Michael Quercio, Matt Devine, and Chris Bruckner of Permanent Green Light to discuss their new single, "Enormous Highs" b/w "Silver Girl".
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya talk to Derrick Anderson about musical influences, chance meetings, and his career in music.
On this episode, Jeff and I are joined by Howie Cohen to talk to Vitus Mataré and John Rosewall of Petrified Max about their latest album, "Year Gone By".
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya pay tribute to Tom Stevens of The Long Ryders and, in his honor, rebroadcast our previous conversation with him.
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya speak with Clive Jones, the editor of the book "Tell Me When It's Over: Notes from the Paisley Underground".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya speak with Genny Schorr about her work as a stylist with The Bangles, her band, Backstage Pass, and her podcast, Metal Priestesses.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs) to speak with Donnette Thayer (Game Theory, Hex, The Veil, X-Men) about Game Theory's album› "2 Steps from the Middle Ages".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by Ronnie Barnett (of The Muffs) as we speak to Barbara Manning, Michael Cloward, and Cole Marquis of the band 28th Day.›
Soraya & Jeff discuss movie soundtracks that include songs from members of The Paisley Underground.
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya take a look at Will Glenn's music with Rain Parade, Opal and Mazzy Star.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya speak with Joe Nolte and Vitus Mataré of The Last about the release of "Look Again".
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya take a look at Game Theory's "The Big Shot Chronicles" with special guests Ronnie Barnett and Shelley LaFreniere.
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya talk to Chris Cacavas about his latest release, "Ruins Your Favorites".
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya continue their conversation about Bill Bartell/Pat Fear with Bruce Duff & Michael Quercio.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk to Pat Thomas about his work on Steve Wynn's "Decade" CD Collection.
On the episode, Soraya and Jeff welcome back Matt Devine (Permanent Green Light, Medicine, Ventilator, Possum Dixon, Elevated Lines) to talk about his new release, A DISTANT PRESENT.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya bring back their album focus format to take a look at Green on Red's "Gravity Talks".
On this episode, we continue our discussion of Bill Bartell with Howie Pyro & Jeff McDonald (Redd Kross).
On this episode, Jeff & Soraya return to their album focus format to take a look at The Long Ryders' "Native Sons".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya are joined by Ronnie Barnett (of The Muffs) to talk about the Danny & Dusty albums (Steve Wynn & Dan Stuart).
On this episode, we talk with Bradley Skaught of The Bye Bye Blackbirds about the band's latest release, Boxer At Rest, his approach to songwriting, and the value of the 6' mark for a chorus.
On this episode, we discuss the recent Go-Go's documentary with Lina Litonjua, Lisa Torres, and Hassan Alamdari.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya conclude the VOXX label mini series and talk to members of The Steppes (John Fallon, Tim Gilman, and Jim Bailey) about their music.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk to members of The Tell-Tale Hearts (Ray Brandes, Mike Stax, David Klowden, Eric Bacher, and Bill Calhoun) about their music.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk to Steve Crabtree and Roy McDonald about their time in The Things.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk about Bill Bartell/Pat Fear (White Flag, Tater Totz) with Dave Markey, Ronnie Barnett, Jason Schwartz, and Jennifer Schwartz.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk to Dave Faulkner of the Hoodoo Gurus about music, magic, and a new single.
Soraya and Jeff speak with Melanie Vammen and Karen (Blankfeld) Basset of The Pandoras to learn about their time with the band, the 1984 HOT GENERATION single, the 2018 E.P. HEY! IT'S THE PANDORAS, the unreleased Elektra album COME INSIDE and we conclude by walking through the band's 1985 Rhino Record STOP PRETENDING track-by-track.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk to Matt Piucci and Tim Lee about Gone Fishin' and the album "Can't Get Lost When You're Goin' Nowhere".
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk to Vitus Mataré and John Rosewall of Petrified Max about their new release, "Charlie Drove North".
On this episode we discuss officially released live recordings from The Three O'Clock, The Bangles, The Dream Syndicate, and Rain Parade.
In this episode, Jeff and Soraya talk to Chris Cacavas about Home Recordings #1, Burn the Maps, and much more.
Jeff and Soraya talk to Steve Wynn about a new single, recent releases, The Medicine Show, and a special one song performance for our Paisley People.
In this episode, we talk with Eddie Kalwa of Rain Parade about when he joined the band, what it was like to record the first two records, his new project DONKEY, and we even learn a little bit more about David Roback.
On this episode, Jeff and Soraya take a look at some unofficial releases of The Three O'Clock, The Bangles, The Dream Syndicate, and Rain Parade.
On this episode, Jeff plays some Voxx tracks by the Tell-Tale Hearts, The Steppes, and The Things and gets Soraya’s reactions.
In this episode, Jeff & Soraya talk to Debbi Peterson of The Bangles about the Paisley Underground, the early days of The Bangles, and get some new information about future releases of Doll Revolution and Sweetheart of the Sun.
In this episode, Jeff & Soraya talk to Steven Roback about Viva Saturn's unreleased album, "Ships of Heaven".
On this episode, we talk with Aaron Sherer about his time playing with David Roback and Kendra Smith.
In this episode, we take a look at Rodney on the Roq Vol. 1-3 with Howie Cohen and Joy Milam.
In this episode, we take a look at Radio Tokyo Tapes Vol. 1 with Howie Cohen and Joy Milam.
Episode #73: A panel discussion of The Last’s LOOK AGAIN
On this episode we are joined by previous guests Lina Litonjua and Tom Stevens (of The Long Ryders) to talk about The Last’s unreleased album, LOOK AGAIN.
Groove On, Paisley People!
On this episode, we speak to Michael Quercio about his time in Game Theory and the release of Game Theory’s ACROSS THE BARRIER OF SOUND-POSTSCRIPT on Omnivore.
Groove On, Paisley People!
On this episode, we speak to Steve Wynn about The Dream Syndicate's new single, THE LONGING, their new album THE UNIVERSE INSIDE that will be released on April 10th, and so much more.
Groove On Paisley People!
Music has been a saving grace during these days of social distancing and self-quarantine, so Jeff and I decided to start a playlist and we are asking our Paisley Stage, Raspberry & Rhyme community to help us out!
We each picked two songs from The Three O'Clock, The Bangles, Rain Parade and The Dream Syndicate to start and we want your contributions. Let us know the songs from these bands that you want to add to this playlist- you can message us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, or send us an email (paisleystagerandr@gmail.com).
Stay safe & healthy and Groove on, Paisley People!
Soraya & Jeff chat with FRONTIER RECORDS founder & CEO Lisa Fancher. Frontier Records is celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2020.
Soraya & Jeff welcome back The Muffs' Ronnie Barnett and music journalist, musician and reissue producer Pat Thomas to discuss the live event held at The Echoplex in Los Angeles on February 15, 2020 featuring The Dream Syndicate with support acts Dime Box Band, Tracy Bryant & DJ Ronnie Barnett.
Soraya & Jeff welcome back The Muffs' Ronnie Barnett to walk us through the upcoming event that he will be co-hosting with Muffs' bandmate Roy McDonald:
Celebrate The Life of Kim Shattuck: Create A World Without ALS
Soraya & Jeff play cover versions of songs they uncovered that were originally written and recorded by the 4 primary Paisley Underground bands. Some of the artists added to the discussion by talking about why they chose to cover the songs that we feature. Danny Benair, Matt Piucci & Steve Wynn also chime in about how they feel about cover versions and the tracks that we chose to play.
Soraya & Jeff speak to John Thoman about his work with Rain Parade, Viva Saturn, The Empty Set, Jack Waterson, Chris Cacavas & Junkyard Love, The Hellenes, among many others.
Soraya & Jeff have a conversation with all surviving members of the IT'S ABOUT TIME era version of THE PANDORAS. We discuss the debut album track by track.
Soraya & Jeff conclude our conversation with Jack Waterson. In this episode, we talk about Jack's solo material as well as his contributions to other projects including working with Adrian Young and The Midnight Hour.
Soraya & Jeff are joined by Jim, Frank & Jerry from the JFJ CONSPIRACY podcast to discuss the hugely influential 1967 album FOREVER CHANGES by Love.
Soraya & Jeff speak to Mark Walton about his work with The Dream Syndicate, Continental Drifters, Giant Sand, Chris Cacavas & Junkyard Love, among many others.
Soraya & Jeff speak to Jason Victor about his work with The Dream Syndicate, Matthew Sweet, Velvet Crush and many others including his band SKULL PRACTITIONERS.
Soraya & Jeff start off 2020 with a BIG MONSTER EPISODE talking with several members of JUPITER AFFECT: Michael Quercio, Chris Bruckner, Jason Shapiro, Dan Epstein & Brad Lindsay.
Soraya & Jeff play and discuss songs from the 4 E.P.'s released by the Paisley Underground bands:
The Bangles - S/T
The Three O'Clock - Baroque Hoedown
The Dream Syndicate - S/T
Rain Parade - Explosions in the Glass Palace