Everybody Plays the Fool: Recent Episodes
Shane
A wide variety of music, connected by a different theme each week.
LIVE Mondays at 9PM EST on Radio Free Brooklyn
It may be factual, may be cruel!
In (kind of) celebration of St Paddy's Day, all the artists on this week's show have either "Mac" "Mc" or "O'" in their names. Plus, we've got special guest Kevin McCaffrey in studio to discuss the holiday, Irish-American stereotypes, and McGruff the Crime Dog!
Be sure to check out Kevin's comedy album, "Nice and Drunk," available on iTunes/Spotify/etc.
In honor of Nat "King" Cole's 100th birthday, this episode features lots of songs with Nat either singing or playing on them, as well as tributes to Nat from other artists.
This week's show is all about the Second City -- with music about Chicago, from Chicago, and of course, by Chicago.
This week's theme is one of the most beloved nerd pastimes of the last 40 years: Dungeons & Dragons! We'll hear a ton of D&D-themed music, plus special guest Eryn Levine joins to discuss playing roleplaying games on the radio (and much more)!
You can listen + subscribe to Eryn's show in podcast form here!
People say he's the life of the party... it's EPtF's tribute to the legendary Smokey Robinson! This week's show features songs written by, sampling, or performed by Smokey (or as Don Cornelius and I refer to him, "Smoke").
This week's episode is all about little green men, extra terrestrials, aliens, and creatures from outer space... PLUS, you'll hear a pretty great Chewbacca impression, courtesy of special guest Calvin Williams (host of Lush Vibes Radio on RFB).
It's the most sensational inspirational celebrational Muppetational episode of EPtF ever! This week we celebrate the Muppets and all of Jim Henson's various musical creations.
This week's EPtF is all about amphibians, so you'll hear songs about/featuring frogs, toads, and salamanders (unfortunately, I couldn't find any songs about newts).
This week's show is a tribute to the late, great Allen Toussaint. We're celebrating his birthday with songs he wrote, performed, produced, or arranged.
We ring in the new year with a countdown from "10cc" to "One," with a mix of pop, hip-hop, country, rock, R&B and... Sesame Street, along the way. This New Years party also features special guest Mike Joseph (host of the Jheri Curl Chronicles on RFB), a call-in from our Times Square correspondent Calvin (host of Lush Vibes Radio on RFB), plus a ton of great music.
On the radio again, I just can't wait to be on the radio again, this week's show is full of songs about travel.
They're quick with a joke, or to light up your smoke, but there's someplace that they'd rather be... this week's show is all songs about BARTENDERS!
This week's show is full of songs about writing songs. Maybe next week's theme will be songs about songs about writing songs!
It's another episode full of question songs, in celebration of the 5 year run of Music Trivia with Shane and Ruth!
We're celebrating National Opera Week with a show full of songs featuring melodies borrowed from famous operas.
Put on your dancin' sox, Padre! Be an angel, and don't dodge this episode, which is full of artists and songs that include baseball team names. Even more fun than last week's "Pirates" episode, the playlist might get a little rocky, but it's a great mix of music that's only tangentially related to baseball (our national athletic pastime)!
Yarrr. In celebration of the worst holiday of the year, it's a special re-broadcast of a classic EPtF episode (originally #20): Pirates!
This week we're listening to pop, jazz, and rock songs that are influenced by classical music. Featuring Bach, Ella, Elvis, Debussy, Muse, Bach, Paul Simon, Rachmaninoff, Bach, En Vogue, Chopin, and... Bach.
It's a whole episode of David Byrne: solo, Talking Heads, covers, and collaborations. If you listen to the whole thing, you may ask yourself, "My God! What Have I Done!?!?"
This week, we celebrate the three Rs:
Rock, Roll, and Rinternet Radio!
Special thanks to Rosie (another R!) for the theme, and best wishes to everyone going to school this Fall!
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This week, we celebrate all your favorite Jacksons: Michael, Janet, Milt, Freddie, Ms. Jackson (sorry!), Ice Cube, Wanda, and... Cannery?
With special guest Mike Joseph (host of The Jheri Curl Chronicles on RFB)!
EPtF pays tribute to Aretha with some of our favorite recordings of hers from throughout her career.
Episode ONE, OH, niyeeayine... goes to my head... makes me forget that this week's episode is all about WINE! So crack open a nice vintage Thunderbird, be sure to decant it and let it breathe a little, and enjoy!
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Howdy, listeners! This week's show features country songs from artists that don't normally do country songs. (Sorry, no Steven Tyler songs).
Shane and special guest Rosie Misdairy (host of "The Brooklyn Conversation" on RFB) talk about poetry, and listen to songs based on poems.
This week, we're talking about oral surgery and playing songs about tongues and mouths! I guess that's not the most appealing logline... really, it's better than it sounds, I swear.
Some BODY once told me, that sometimes musicians from different bands come together to form what's called a "super group." This week's show is all about All-Star Bands! Get your game on, go play!
Resistance is futile, you must listen to this episode featuring music about robots, bleep bloop. Featuring special guest Calvin Williams, we've got lots of robot/music talk, synths, auto-tune, and vocoders, as we try to answer the biggest questions in robotcs: "How could you be so heartless?" and "What...is... love?"
The glass is half empty, the worst is yet to come, and it'll probably rain. We're giving in to the gloom, and listening to pessimistic and sad songs. Featuring guest DJ Suzie, of the new RFB show Mood Indigo
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Nothing's gonna ever keep you down, because this week's EPtF is a look back at THE BEST of the last 48 episodes, as we prepare for the landmark 100th episode next week. Friend of the show Ruth joins as we hand out Foolie awards to the best guest, best mic break, most-played artist, and much more!
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'Tis true, ev'rybody playeth the fool. This week's episode features songs that reference Shakespeare, plus Shane and special guest Mike Kendrick recite some sonnet versions of pop songs (from Pop Sonnets by Erik Didriksen)
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This week we travel back in time to celebrate the year of love hangovers, Kiki Dee's overalls, disco ducks, and of course, the greatest thing to come out of 1976: guest Mike Joseph (host of The Jheri Curl Chronicles on RFB)
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I think I can, I think I can play a bunch of songs about trains.
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EPtF celebrates International Migratory Bird Day with a bunch of songs about birds, songs with birds in them, bird-name bands, birds with songs in them, birds birds birds birds birds. Ca-caw!
This week's episode celebrates the king of all, Sir Duke, with songs written or performed by Duke Ellington, plus some songs that sample Ellington tunes.
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Happy Arbor Day! This one's for all the arborists, tree surgeons, arboriculturists, and especially the Monty Python fans... this episode is all about TREES. Songs about trees, facts about trees, and more songs about trees.
Go plant a tree! Arbor Day Foundation
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April showers bring another episode of EPtF, with lots of songs about rain.
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Songs about brothers, songs about sisters, and songs about brothers AND sisters... plus, we talk family bands with real-life sisters Ruth and Mary Delaney!
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In celebration of National Beer Day (like we need the excuse), this week's show is all songs about the "cause of, and solution to, all life's problems"... BEER.
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You fool! We're celebrating April Fools' Day with songs about fools. We're not fooling around.
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Recorded after a long day of moving to a new apartment, this week's episode is all about moving on, moving in, running away, pulling up stakes, and most importantly, moving on up.
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This week's show is very personal... it features songs that had some significance in my life, especially songs from my high school years and songs I played with my friends in bands over the years. Plus, EPtF hits a major milestone: the show's 1,000th song!
This week we're going back to the time of of Top Gun, NES, Tom Selleck, and "That's What Friends Are For," as we hear music from the year 1986!
This week's episode features songs that have won the Academy Award for Best Original Song over the years.
Along with special guest Mike Joseph (host of "The Jheri Curl Chronicles" on RFB), we take a look at some "firsts" in music history, including the 1st rock song, the 1st woman with a Billboard #1, 1st musical guest on SNL, and much more.
This week's show is all about that bass, with songs featuring iconic bass players, and lots of discussion of the instrument with a bassist, songwriter and blogger, Brooklyn's own John Montagna!
Check out John's music, tour dates, and writing at www.JohnMontagna.com
Love, exciting and new... come aboard this special February love-themed episode of EPtF, featuring songs by Bill Withers, Kendrick Lamar, Herb Alpert, Talking Heads, and much more!
Get your motor running, head out on the highway... we're listening to songs about motorcycles. Lots of music, plus discussion w/ RFB host (and motorcycle enthusiast) Rosie Misdary!
This week's show is a tribute to the Boss, with some classic Bruce tracks, and some great covers of his songs by other artists, PLUS a conversation with special guest Springsteenologist Josh Sherman!
We're celebrating the excellent NYC Winter Jazzfest with an episode featuring artists playing the festival this year. Hear songs from Esperanza Spalding, My Brightest Diamond, Harriet Tubman, Deerhoof, and much more!
For more info about the festival (and tickets!) go to www.winterjazzfest.com
This week, we skim some of the delicious cream off the top of the trash-juice smoothie that was 2017... with some of Shane's favorite songs from the last year!
This week's EPtF is a birthday tribute to the late great saxophonist Bobby Keys, best known for his tenure with the Rolling Stones (as well as playing with Joe Cocker, all the solo Beatles, Marvin Gaye, Warren Zevon, and many more).
Step right up, step right up, it's the EPtF tribute to the great Tom Waits! You'll hear songs from throughout his career, plus some great covers by other artists. Now get away from me kid, you bother me.
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It's-a me, Everybody Plays the Fool! This week's 8-bit episode is all about video games.
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Along with special guest Amanda (host of Reciprocity Radio on RFB), we listen to songs about making food and discuss celebrity musician cookbooks and the best music to listen to while cooking. Dig in!
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Button up your overcoat, and get ready for songs about jackets, coats, snowsuits, and sweaters. This week's theme is winter clothing!
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Sit back, relax, and roll up a jazz cigarette, as we listen to songs about marijuana.
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Mwahahahahaha!
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This week, we celebrate the majesty of Fall, maple syrup, and of course, whaling! Songs about New England, songs by New Englanders, and some classic examples of New England culture. You can't get there from here!
Angelica Vergel (co-host of "Empty Orchestra" on RFB) guest hosts this week to spotlight the music of Puerto Rico!
This week's all about the great Stevie Wonder, with a mix of songs he recorded, songs he wrote for other artists, and covers of his songs. Resident Stevie-ologist Mike Joseph (host of The Jheri Curl Chronicles on RFB) joins for a discussion of Stevie Wonder's music, activism, and career.
This week is all about Old Media, as we hear songs about tapes, 8-tracks, and even victrolas, plus lots of conversation with guest Elann Danziger (host of Lost & Rewound, on Radio Free Brooklyn) as we discuss mix tapes, childhood recording, and capturing memories on cassette.
This week, we celebrate the Fall and the start of a new school year with songs about books! We've got artists paying tribute to some of their favorite books, or just books in general.
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If you don't mind, I'd like to play a bunch of songs by Canadians, and about Canada. Sounds pretty sweet, eh?
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Tout le mond jeue le fou! In honor of a recent trip to Montreal, this week's show is all about the French language. Ou est la bibliotheque?
This week is all about DISCO. Along with special guest Mike Joseph (host of The Jheri Curl Chronicles on RFB), we'll hear some disco classics, as well as some disco songs from bands that weren't normally associated with the genre. PLUS, we debate the merits of Rod Stewart and KISS, and play a round of "is this song disco or not?"
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Summer vacation time! This episode is all songs about summer... and vacations. So sit back in your beach chair, relax, and let the soothing sounds of summer take you away.
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Did you hear what people are saying about the scandalous new episode of EPtF? It's all songs about rumors and gossip! A mix of classic rock, R&B, and pop, with a couple of your mom's favorites thrown in as well.
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This week, EPtF celebrates one of the greatest drummers of all time... Bernard "Pretty" Purdie! We'll hear Purdie's work both as a sideman and solo artist, playing jazz, pop, funk, R&B, and everything in between. Most importantly, we'll also hear the legendary "Purdie Shuffle." Listen to find out why, during recording sessions, Purdie used to set up a sign next to his drum kit reading: "You done it! You done hired the hitmaker!"
This week's episode celebrates the iconic, emotive, versatile, and perhaps under-appreciated musical instrument... the pedal steel guitar! Of course, we'll hear some pedal steel used in country music, as well as some less traditional uses of the instrument in rock, R&B, and jazz, and we'll hear legendary players like Buddy Emmons, Sneaky Pete, Speedy West, and Greg Leisz.
Now that our road trip across the US is finished, it's time to blast off into outer space with this week's Everybody Plays the Fool! Hear songs about aliens, space travel, planets, and more!
The EPtF road trip across the US fulfills its manifest destiny, with songs about California.
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Week 5 of the EPtF road trip across the US brings us to fabulous Las Vegas! Lots of songs about sin, gambling, bad luck, and bright lights, along with some artists from Las Vegas, and some live tracks from classic Vegas performers.
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This week, the Everybody Plays the Fool road trip across the US takes us to Austin, TX. Hear some Songs about Austin, songs performed by Austin music legends, and more.
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Week 3 of the EPtF Summer road trip across the US brings us to the state of Georgia. All the songs in this week's show are either about Georgia or by artists from the state, with a couple songs from the Allman Brothers, in tribute to the late great Gregg Allman. Lots of range in this week's show, including Southern rock, Atlanta hip hop, Athens indie rock, and much more.
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This week, EPtF's road trip across the US takes us to the state of North Carolina, home of Ryan Adams, the dBs, Little Brother, Nina Simone, and much more.
Everybody Plays the Fool kicks off our road trip across the US with a stop in the legendary music city of Philadelphia. Listen for some classic Philly soul, indie rock, hip hop, and more, ending with a wild cover of a disco classic.
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To celebrate the 50th episode of Everybody Plays the Fool, Shane and his friends get together and sing a bunch of songs that have appeared on the show in the past year.
The best episode of EPtF ever... Shane and guest Rommel Wood (host of Ear Hammer on RFB) discuss what makes music "the best," give out awards to the best people and things from the first 48 episodes of the show, and listen to the best music about being "the best" (around, no one's ever gonna keep you down).
This week we re-visit some of the best songs from the past season, in celebration of the brand new season of Radio Free Brooklyn starting May 15th!
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This week's EPtF is dedicated to all the super-talented multi-instrumentalists who leave their bandmates behind to do it all themselves. Featuring songs where one person plays all the instruments, this episode includes songs from Stevie Wonder, St. Vincent, Prince, tUnE-yArDs, and much more!
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This week we give a tribute to Cuba Gooding (RIP) and the Main Ingredient, whose song inspired the title of this very show. In the 2nd half of the show, we have a Prince set to commemorate the one year anniversary of his passing.
This week, EPtF celebrates Easter, Spring, renewal, and second chances. Featuring songs about comebacks, as well as artists who overcame major setbacks and get another chance at success.
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This week's EPtF is a tribute to those dots of green in the urban landscape: city parks. Songs about parks, the outdoors, and of course... pigeons.
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We're celebrating the start of the 2017 baseball season with... more songs about baseball! In a sequel to our last baseball show (Ep. 9 in the archives), Brock Mahan returns to talk about pitchers, mascots, underdogs, and we hear songs from Jean Grae, the Mountain Goats, Sam & Dave, Warren Zevon, and more!
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This week, EPtF salutes The Bee Gees with a selection of original recordings, covers, and songs the Gibb brothers wrote for other artists.
To celebrate Quincy's 84th birthday (which happens to be my birthday as well), this episode of EPtF features songs that Quincy either performed, produced, or did arrangements for. Hear Q's jazz, pop, and R&B sides, with songs from Ray Charles, James Ingram, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Leslie Gore, and of course, Michael Jackson.
This week's EPtF digs into the original recordings of songs that later became big hits for other people. Music from The Paragons, Tina Turner, Tito Puente, Prince, and much more!
A theme so good, it needed a sequel! In part 2 of "Surprising Covers," we hear newer versions of classic 80s songs, and much more. Also, we hear songs from The Beach Boys, Aretha, Aimee Mann, and we end it all with the strangest song ever played on EPtF.
This week is all covers! Interesting, weird, and surprising cover versions of well-known songs performed by David Byrne, Earth Wind & Fire, Kelly Clarkson, Solange, and many more...
This week's EPtF is a tribute to the great Dolly Parton, featuring recordings from throughout Dolly's 50+ year career, plus some covers of Dolly's songs from the likes of Rhiannon Giddens, Chet Atkins, Bettye LaVette, Sonny Rollins, and much more!
Wait for it... this week's episode of EPtF is all about delayed gratification: artists who found success late in life, songs about waiting, songs with twist endings, albums that took years to make, and multiple tracks from the greatest long-delayed album release... The Beach Boys' Smile.
This week, guest host Mike Joseph (host of RFB's "Jheri Curl Chronicles," popblerd.com) brings you an hour of music featuring bands who replaced band members.
This week's EPtF features music about the Martin Luther King Jr Day holiday, and music associated with MLK and the civil rights struggle. Originally broadcast on Jan. 16, 2017.
To celebrate the imminent demise of your new year's resolution to eat healthy... this week's show is all about junk food! Songs about soda, fast food, and candy, from George Clinton, Roy Orbison, Das Racist, New Edition, and much more!
For the first EPtF of 2017, we're playing all music about starting over, new days, and beginnings. Includes songs from Michael Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, The Walkmen, The Roots, and more.
In the last EPtF of 2016, we countdown from "10" to "1," with music from Bruce Springsteen, Harry Nilsson, Dirty Projectors, Prince, and much more. Happy New Year!
Christmas music from Ella Fitzgerald, Arlo Guthrie, Sufjan Stevens, and much more. A mix of Christmas classics and some lesser-known gems.
As we look back on the (pretty terrible) year of 2016, this week's episode of EPtF focuses on the positive side of things: songs about things getting better, looking up, and moving forward. Featuring some optimistic songs from Jimmy Scott, The Kinks, Bobby Hebb, Kendrick Lamar, and more!
This week's episode is a tribute to the late, great Bob Cranshaw. Bob played bass on tons of classic jazz recordings (Sonny Rollins, Lee Morgan, Ella Fitzgerald, Grant Green...), as well as recording with Paul Simon, the original SNL Band, and all the classic songs from Sesame Street. Featuring special guest: bassist Tony Lannen (student of Bob's, wrote his Master's thesis at Rutgers Univ. on him).
This week's episode of EPtF is a celebration of the great Randy Newman, featuring some of my favorite covers of Randy's songs by other artists, along with some special performances from Randy himself.
Mysterious music, secret codes, hidden messages, conspiracy theories, and more! Music from MF Doom, The Beatles, The Romantics, (secretly sighted?) Stevie Wonder, and some conspiratorial music from Darcy James Argue's Secret Society (darcyjamesargue.bandcamp.com).
To celebrate EPtF's new night, and the new season of Radio Free Brooklyn, this week's episode features songs that got left off of shows from last season. Songs about cats, Elvis, memory, Nixon, telephones, comic books, and much more!
To celebrate the 3rd anniversary of "Music Trivia with Shane and Ruth" (facebook.com/musictrivianyc), this week's EPtF is all about question songs. Lots of great songs with questions in the title, plus some discussion and music trivia. With special guests Mike Joseph (trivia champ, host of RFB's "The Jheri Curl Chronicles") and Gregg LaMotta (host of RFB's "The News Today Oh Boy"). Now if we could only figure out who let those dogs out...
Spooky scary music from Sufjan Stevens, Rihanna, Apollo Sunshine, Gnarls Barkley, The Specials, and more. PLUS, the best version of "Thriller," with a very special addition at the very end of the episode.
This week's EPtF invites you to don your captain's hat and set sail on the smooth, smooth waters of Yacht Rock. Shane and special guest Brock Mahan (host of RFB's "Mouth Feel") discuss their recent Steely Dan experience, and listen to some classic seaworthy pop songs from the 70s and 80s.
Featuring special guest Mike Joseph (Pop Blerd Radio)! We talk a lot about liking songs and artists despite other people's judgement of them, and the problem with the whole concept of "guilty pleasures" (why do we need to feel bad for liking the music we like?). Featuring "guilty" songs by Britney, Taylor, Dave... and even Kenny (Mr. G, if you're nasty).
Hear more from Mike at www.popblerd.com
To celebrate Columbus Day weekend, this week's show is full of songs about thievery, murder, deception, and piracy on the high seas!
Kapow! Zap! Bamf! Holy onomatopoeias, Batman... EPtF Episode 18 is all about comic books! We've got songs that reference comics, songs about comic book characters, musicians who have made comic books themselves, comic book artists who made music.... With special guest: cartoonist Sam Ferri (www.misconnected.com)!
In honor of everyone going back to school this Fall, this week's show is full of songs about running late, sorryIcantfinishthisshowdescriptionI'mlateforanappointment...
Are you ready for some football... music? We're sifting through the (mostly terrible) music that the game of football has inspired over the years, to find some good football songs... and maybe stop to laugh at some of the bad ones, too.
This episode celebrates Labor Day by covering the whole gamut of attitudes about work, from "I love my job" to "take this job and shove it," while taking a nice long pause to discuss the economic savvy, work ethic, and Marxist overtones of the great Dolly Parton!
Hello, operator? Put me through to this week's episode of EPtF, which is all about that marvel of modern technology, the telephone! Featuring special guest (via telephone!) Mike Joseph (popblerd.com), who discusses the lost art of "phone breaks" in songs, plus some follow-up to last week's 1996 episode.
In celebration of Shane's 20 years of concert-going, this episode of EPtF is all about the year 1996. Travel back in time, as we revisit some great songs from that year, and Shane talks about seeing his first rock concert.
In this episode of EPtF, we hear songs that reference other bands or artists, ranging from songs that simply mention another artist to tribute songs from one artist to another. This week's episode features music from Van Morrison, LCD Soundsystem, Randy Newman, Stevie Wonder, and more.
This episode of EPtF is all about baked goods, in celebration of National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!
Guest DJs Rommel and Brock each play an all-vinyl set! Also, check out Rommel's show Ear Hammer on RFB Wednesdays 8-10pm, and Brock's show Mouth Feel every other Sunday from 8-10pm.
This episode is all about music and baseball. We play songs about the game, songs about baseball players, and songs recorded by former players. Plus, Shane and special guest Brock Mahan discuss the different ways music is used in the game.
The second of EPtF's back-to-back Beatles-themed shows! In this episode, we're getting the band back together and playing songs written while the Beatles were still a band (original recordings and covers by other artists). Plus, the 2nd installment of "Shane Sings!" with Shane and special guest Ryan (www.ryanparkermusicteacher.com) doing a couple Beatles covers live in the studio!
This week's episode is all about John, Paul, George, and Ringo and their solo work, collaborations, and songwriting for other artists outside of the Beatles!
This episode of EPtF is all about looking back, remembering, reminiscing, and nostalgia. Songs about memory, from a wide range of artists and genres. Now, what were we talking about?
EPtF Episode 5 is all about song introductions, including the classic Motown track that has the best song intro of all time! Also, listen for my hot take on Van Halen (I like them... but it's complicated).
This week's theme is "source materials," so we're listening to songs that were used as samples for other hit songs. Think of your favorite 90s hip hop songs... where did that chorus come from? The answer is probably "it was lifted from a 70s R&B song." Hear all the original songs, and you'll never have to admit that you didn't get the reference the first time!
The third episode of EPtF is a celebration of the number 3! Lots of songs in triplet meter ("waltz time"), songs about waltzes, trios, and songs about the number 3. Plus, the debut of "Shane Sings!" which features our host singing Willie Nelson's "Sad Songs and Waltzes."
Every week on EPtF, we play a variety of songs around a particular theme. Episode 2's theme is New York City: all songs about NYC, or by New York bands.
The very first episode of Everybody Plays the Fool! EPtF covers a different topic every week, with songs all pertaining to that theme. This episode's topic is RADIO (with a bonus theme: all songs recorded in the 1970s).