I'd Buy That For A Dollar

On the last of our episodes recorded in Chicago, guest host Shannon Gross takes us for an enthusiastic spin through Cyndi Lauper's 1983 megahit LP, She's So Unusual. We explore how this unconventional voice and icon for punk fashion was able to infiltrate the pop charts during the decade of extremes.If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us, thanks! 

Illustrator, musician, and music historian Steve Krakow of Plastic Crimewave fame brings us this light rock classic from Bread. We talk unheralded mastermind David Gates and give a fresh ear to mom's favorite breezy California jams. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us, thanks! 

Guest Host Scott Schaaf (owner of Pinwheel Records in Chicago) takes us to his Sports section. We dig into this super-selling, near-ubiquitous record that was not passed onto the next generation's collective memory. Scott calls this the "greatest American rock record of the last 40 years," if you want to internet argue about something.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us, thanks! 

Guest Host Rich Tupica, author of There Was A Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star, brings us a bonafide bargain bin beauty—The Beach Boys Today! We dive into this proto-Pet Sounds work which marked the transition out of cars/surfing into transcendent artistry. Inzane Johnny sits in to discuss the podcast he and Rich recently started, Inzane Michigan.If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us, thanks! 

Guest Host Jon Howard brings us this cowboy classic from a vintage crooner. We explore the string arrangements by John "Johnny" Williams and wander into a discussion on field recordings. John Olson aka Inzane Johnny sits in. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us, thanks!

Special Guest Host John Olson aka Inzane Johnny brings us this unnerving and gnarly religious artifact from a Michigan thrift store dollar bin. Jon Howard of Flat, Black & Circular sits in and will feature his own selection next episode. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us, thanks!

Peter brings us this deceptively titled final record from Yippie folk icon Phil Ochs. We explore the roots of this uncharacteristic album from an enigmatic artist.If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us, thanks!

Co-Host Sean excavates the legacy of this truly legendary vocalist who has been shamefully forgotten in the winds of time. Triumph, innovation, heartbreak, and tragedy—this story has it all.  If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us, thanks!

So you think you know Johnny D? Turns out your thoughts of this gentle, nature-loving pothead were mere illusion. Explore this uncharacteristically dark album from bargain bin king Johnny D and hear us expose his dark side.  If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us, thanks!

Super special guest host 'Useless Eater' brings Village People's 7th album aberration Renaissance that devolves into Devo worship. If punk gets fake enough, does it become real again?  If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us, thanks!

Guest Host Chris Zainea of Kazoo Audio drops some heavy riffage on the crew. Between stints with his more renowned cohorts, prodigal Fleetwood Mac guitarist and "Sentimental Lady" singer Bob Welch formed an artsy hard rock power trio by the name of Paris, which few people heard yet can be found in used bins far and wide.If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us, thanks!

Co-Host Peter digs up this largely forgotten work of breadth and depth from the late disco era. While exploring the trajectory of Summer's career, the boys also dip into the dark roots of the 'disco sucks' movement.If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us, thanks!

Co-Host Sean brings The Brothers Johnson's comeback record to our collective consciousness.  Jeremy and Sean wax philosophically political for some reason.  If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us, thanks!

Reaching into the synthesis of synths and dance music, the gang uncover Material, one of the many faces of bassist and producer Bill Laswell, and explore a music industry quickly being forgotten.If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us, thanks!

Audiophiles unite! Turns out this feat of audio engineering and brilliant arrangements has some really good songs under the hood. Get revved as we close out the decade with Janis Ian.  If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us, thanks!

Guest Host Erik Nervous brings this quirky gem of '80s satire and we discuss the finer points of the Reagan era, birth of music videos, and Devo!  

Everyone brings a Yuletide jam, including guest host Wil Moss! Rotary Connection! Stevie! Waitresses! Liona Boyd! Pumpkin Pie! Whippets! Communist Christmas! If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us, thanks!

Co-Host Sean pulls from obscurity a mashup of New York's elite jazz cats and Memphis soul legends led by the fearless and charismatic Herbie. The jazz flute would never be the same.   If you like us support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us.  Broke and have no friends?  Leave us a review, it helps more people find us, thanks!

It took 10 episodes for disharmony to break out on the IBTFAD set. Sean brings 10cc's eclectic art rock out of file 13 and emotions are stirred.  

Melanie is ubiquitous for people of a certain age. For those who, let's say, missed Woodstock, Melanie has been washed from the collective memory into bargain bins across the land. Come back with us and rediscover this brilliant singer and hear the voice all your favorites are imitating.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us, thanks!