The TRConnection ToddCast Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Todd's presentation 6/18/2012 at the Boston Audio Engineering Society's Annual Banquet. Recorded by Grady Moates.
Special Edition featuring a "Liars" era TR interview by Pete Fornatale, who died during the past week.
Dinner Specials - Live 9/12/2011. [Edited version]
His contribution to music is undeniable...May and Cynthia welcome rock icon Todd Rundgren.
Special guest Paul Myers, author of "A Wizard, A True Star: Todd Rundgren in the Studio" with guest host Thom Jennings
Moogy Klingman, John Seigler, Ralph Schuckett and Kevin Ellman discuss the 1/29 Utopia reunion and reminisce.
Todd is named-checked in the January 28, 2010 edition of CNET's "The Real Deal". Now we know why he's a Mac guy.
On this edition of The Record Producers, Richard Allinson and Steve Levine profile the work of an arranger, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and artist in his own right - Todd Rundgren.
The AWATS Frenzy is coming to a peak on this last Pre-Akron show. Michele and Todd make a surprise appearance.
Special guests Brent Bourgeois and Larry Tagg discuss their recent books and some Todd stories
Special guest Utopia Mark II bassist John Siegler, plus a segment with Italian TR fan Lino Terlati
Arena Release Party - Part 1 With calls from from Rachel, Prairie, Kasim and Jesse (edited)
Special guest Todd Rundgren! Todd takes calls and announces his 2nd mortgage club - http://tr-i.com/thesecondmortgageclub
Special guest Denny Laine (Moody Blues, Wings) who toured with Todd in the recent It Was Forty Years Ago Today tour (edited to remove 15 minutes of non-recording)
Special guests Hunt and Tony Sales! The Sales brothers were original members of Todd Rundgren's UTOPIA and also played on the RUNT album. They have a new CD available titled "Hired Guns".
Q&A session with Todd Rundgren from Toddstock! Fans asked Todd questions at a house party in Hawaii.
The first in a series of Todd Rundgren album reviews. This show will feature the Todd album "Runt" and will include interview clips from Hunt and Tony Sales, ND Smart, Moogy, and maybe more! After the review listeners can call in to discuss the album.
This show features "independent artists" whose musical careers have been influenced by Todd Rundgren. The artists will be telling listeners what that influence was before each song. Come take a listen to see if you like any of it!
Special guest David Gregory of XTC fame. Todd Rundgren produced XTC's album "Skylarking".
Original Date / Time: 2/6/2008 8:00 PM EST Rundgren Radio
Special guest Doug Kennedy with some rare Todd and Kasim music mixed in.
Original Date / Time: 1/29/2008 8:00 PM EST Rundgren Radio
Special guest Robert "Stewkey" Antoni lead vocalist and keyboard player of The Nazz. The Nazz were a legendary late 60's Philly quartet who's guitarist and main songwriter was Todd Rundgren. O
Original Date / Time: 1/23/2008 10:00 PM EST Rundgren Radio
Special guest Atom Ellis. CruiserMel will be filling in as host for this show and speaking with the fill-in bass player for The New Cars in 2007.
Original Date / Time: 1/19/2008 4:30 PM EST
This show will be going on before and during some of Todd Rundgren's concert this Saturday night 1/19/2008 in Covington, KY! You'll hear from some of the fans at the show and you will get to hear some of the
Original Date / Time: 1/15/2008 5:00 PM Rundgren Radio
Special guest drummer Willie Wilcox formerly of UTOPIA.
Original Date / Time: 1/9/2008 8:00 PM EST Rundgren Radio
Special guest Jesse Gress. Jesse Gress tours and records with Todd Rundgren and the Grammy-nominated Tony Levin Band. A respected performer, music educator, and former music editor of Guitar Pl
Original Date / Time: 1/8/2008 6:00 PM Rundgren Radio
Special guest guitarist Lyle Workman. Lyle was enlisted as a member of Todd Rundgren's group, recording Nearly Human (1989) and Second Wind (1991). He has performed with many musicians including St
Original Date / Time: 1/2/2008 5:00 PM Rundgren Radio
Special guests Billy James and Tony Rogers will be discussing their biography book series titled, "A Dream Goes On Forever: the continuing story of Todd Rundgren". Volume 1 was published in 2002 an
Year end special w/ greetings from Europe, interview with Jean Lannen and musical selections from previous show guests hosted by CruiserMel.
Original Date / Time: 12/19/2007 6:00 PM Special guest bassist Tony Levin
Tony Levin played with Todd Rundgren during the early part of the 2007 East Coast Tour. He has also played with many other popular musicians such as Peter Gabriel, Yes, Pink Flo
Original Broadcast Date / Time: 12/12/2007 5:00 PM Special guest Chris Andersen
Todd Rundgren's former house recording engineer will be joining us. Listeners are encouraged to call in and take listen.
Original Date / Time: 12/2/2007 5:30 PM Rundgren Radio LIVE at Todd Rundgren's concert!
This show will be going on before and during some of Todd Rundgren's first concert of his December 2007 tour! You'll hear from some of the fans at the show and you
Original Date / Time: 11/27/2007 6:00 PM Moogy Klingman was a founding member of Todd Rundgren's "Utopia". Moogy has played, recorded and/or had his songs covered by many rock legends, including Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Luther Van Dross, Bob Dylan, Bo
Original Date / Time: 11/20/2007 5:00 PM Special guest John Ferenzik
John was a keyboardist for Todd Rundgren's "LIARS" tour in 2004. He also tours some with Jefferson Starship and has his own solo material as well.
Original Date / Time: 11/19/2007 6:00 PM Special guest John Montagna
John was the bass player for Todd Rundgren's East Coast tour in early 2007. He also tours with The Alan Parsons Project and will be releasing his own solo CD soon.
Original Broadcast Date / Time: 11/12/2007 5:00 PM Special guest Michael Urbano
Michael will be the drummer for Todd's concert gigs this December!
Original Date / Time: 11/7/2007 5:00 PM Special guest Roger Powell
Roger was the keyboardist and did some vocals for the band Utopia and now has his own solo work. Listeners are encouraged to call in if they'd like to ask Roger a question.
Original Date / Time: 10/30/2007 6:00 PM Special guest Mary Lou Arnold
Mary Lou Arnold has been on stage, in the recording studio and behind the scenes on the road, keeping it all together with TR since the 80's. She is the secret ingredient of all th
Michele will be hosting the show this week as Doug the regular host takes a vacation. Expect surprises and lots of fun from more than just one member of the Rundgren family!
Original Broadcast: 10/17/2007 6:30 PM Special guest Prairie Prince
Drummer and artist Prairie Prince has been "in the clique" for decades. Prairie is an original member of The Tubes and toured with Michele Gray (now Michele Rundgren) for years. He ha
Original Broadcast: 10/15/2007 5:00 PM
Kasim Sulton is a singer and bass player that has toured with Todd Rundgren on his solo shows, and when they were both members of Utopia and The New Cars. Kasim also has his own solo music that you can purchase o
Date / Time: 10/10/2007 7:30 PM Special guest Todd Reynolds
Todd Reynolds was in the band Ethel when they toured with Todd Rundgren and Joe Jackson. He is currently doing solo work and you can find out more at www.ToddReynolds.com.
Original Broadcast: 10/3/2007 8:00 PM Rundgren Radio Rocktober Fan Show for West Coasters
Featuring YOU the fans! Call in and tell us your TR story! This show is starting late a little late for the East Coast but is perfect for the West Coast. Any fan
Date / Time: 10/1/2007 6:00 PM Rundgren Radio Rocktober Fan Show with Roger Linder
Feauturing special guest Roger Linder of trconnection.com
Original Broadcast: 10/1/2007 8:00 AM Todd Rundgren Live and Powerful
Live and powerful songs from Todd Rundgren that you can't find at any store.
Original Broadcast: 9/27/2007 5:00 PM Todd Rundgren Fan Night 1
Fans called in to tell us their Todd story!
Original Broadcast: 9/26/2007 5:00 AM Special guest musician Mike Keneally
Former Zappa guitarist and keyboardist, raving genius, and Todd fan!
Original Broadcast: 9/19/2007 5:00 PM Special guest musician Shandi Sinnamon
Shandi toured with Todd Rundgren for 2 years and did background vocals on several of his albums. She has her own music now and won a Grammy!
Original Broadcast: 9/12/2007 7:00 PM Special guest musician Alec Roeser
Alec is an up-and-coming young musician that considers Todd Rundgren to be a major influence and it clearly comes across in his music. If you haven't heard him yet, you won't bel
Original Broadcast: 9/5/2007 6:00 PM
Special guest Michele Rundgren
Todd's wife Michele will be joining the show and taking questions from callers! She will also be sharing the long awaited DETAILS on renting the Rundgren house in Hawaii!
Original broadcast: 8/29/2007 3:30 PM
Bill Bricker's 40th Anniversary Todd Rundgren tribute ad.
Bill will be discussing the progress of his Rolling Stone tribute ad for Todd Rundgren and making an EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
Michael and Veronica Brown present "A Brief History of Todd" - Episode 23 - "Am I President yet?"
Michael and Veronica Brown present "A Brief History of Todd" - Episode 22 - "Condomania"
Michael and Veronica Brown present "A Brief History of Todd" - Episode 21 "Godd is Drunk."
Michael and Veronica Brown present "A Brief History of Todd" - Episode 20 "Secret Word."
Michael and Veronica Brown present "A Brief History of Todd" #19 - Electric Curling Iron
Michael and Veronica Brown present "A Brief History of Todd" #18 - Persistence of Vision
A New Year's treat! TR was a special guest for Vince Welnick at the Fillmore on July 6, 1996, the day before Todd left the Bay Area to move to Hawaii. This freely available show was extracted from the complete Vince Welnick show found at archive.org.
Michael and Veronica Brown present "A Brief History of Todd" Episode #16 - "Calculatedly Sloppy."
Michael and Veronica Brown present "A Brief History of Todd" Episode #15 - "Here Sit I."
Michael and Veronica Brown present episode #14 of "A Brief History of Todd" - My Name Is Music.
Hot on the "heals" of ToddCast #41, this ToddCast also features "Healing".
Todd provides the commentary on his 1981 release "Healing"
Michael and Veronica Brown present episode #13 of "A Brief History of Todd" - Mind Excursion.
TR was interviewed by telephone on the MSNBC program "The Most" on August 22, 2006. The topic was online music distribution.
Michael and Veronica Brown present Episode #12 of A Brief History of Todd - Meet the Noodles
A re-podcast of a fantastic review of the Tunica, MS show originally podcasted from concertblast.com, with permission from the originators.
June 22, 2006 is Todd's 58th birthday and Todd and Michele's 8th Anniversary. TR Connection Todd Fans send their greetings.
It's Todd's birthday on June 22, as well as Todd and Michele's anniversary. Help celebrate by calling in your greetings to 1-206-88ToddR (1-206-888-6337) by June 21 to be included in the special ToddCast First Anniversary show!
Michael and Veronica Brown Present "A Brief History of Todd" Episode #10 - "Utopia Video"
Michael and Veronica Brown Present "A Brief History of Todd" Episode #9 - "Give Them Bread"
Michael and Veronica Brown Present "A Brief History of Todd" Episode #8 - "Snap, Crackle and Pop"
TRC Scouts were invited to the The New Cars' Press Conference on March 14, 2006 at the House of Blues, Los Angeles CA.
Michael and Veronica Brown focus on "Utopia Sound" in this 6th installment of "A Brief History of Todd."
5 in the continuing series explores the "Blue Triangle." Presented by Michael and Veronica Brown.
WORT TR Special w/ special guests Jeff Gauss and George Quinn condensed from original three hour length
4 in the continuing series explores the origins of Utopia. Presented by Michael and Veronica Brown.
"Drug Phase" is episode #3 in the continuing series. Ahead of schedule, consider it an early Christmas present.
What's your take on the "New Cars?" Give us a call at (206) 88ToddR (888-6337). Listen for the results shortly after US Thanksgiving.
Michael and Veronica Brown continue with episode #2 of "A Brief History of Todd." This episode is titled "Throw Money."
Well, what do ya know it's a TRConnection ToddCast Surprise Party for Michele Rundgren! It surprised EJ the most, because she had no idea she'd be doing this until mid afternoon today..and wrapped up a this little gift offering to a wonderful lady.
Someone/Anyone is the theme of this episode, with various interviews and sound bites taking center stage: Adam Curry, Greg Demetrick, Will Richardson, Jeri and Nicole w/ DD Thornton, and Zaldor w/ Moe Berg.
'Tis the season to be spooky! If you like those classic Midnight Monster Chiller Horror Movies, you're gonna LOVE this! EJ proudly presents the ToddCast Halloween Special, a Macabre Masterpiece of Toddish Terror, LIVE (sort of) from Toddsylvania!
From the UK, Michael and Veronica Brown give us episode #1 of "A Brief History of Todd," which will be a monthly feature on the TRConnection ToddCast. The episode is titled "Jazz to Grunt."
What's the TR Connection? #2. Warning - certain elements of this ToddCast episode may offend sensitive listeners. Consider it rated "R."
Happenings sixty years time ago - no dialog -just music- Hiroshima by Utopia. By the way, the song has it wrong, The bomb was dropped August 6, 1945 on Hiroshima and August 9, 1945 on Nagasaki. Japan surrendered August 14, VJ day is celebrated August 15.
It's the ToddCast "Summer Special!!" from EJ and Joey Newton. In this show, Joey interviews Probyn Gregory of the Wondermints, Brian Wilson's backup band, during the UK leg of the SMILE tour, where he sings the praises of his musical hero, Todd Rundgren.
We hope everyone enjoys this little retrospect produced by EJ Haas, featuring Joey Newton's (therealjojo) exclusive interview with Kasim Sulton, recorded at his Night And Day Cafe gig on July 4th 2005.
Todd was interviewed on the Richard Allinson Show on BBC Radio 2 on Tuesday April 20, 2004
Dan Williams conducted this ICN6 interview with Todd on 4/6/2003 See Dan's site at http://home.insightbb.com/~toddrundgren/