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Hosted by Jason Thompson · EN · 14 episodes
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My goal here is to deliver music that’s not showcased while also taking deep dives to explore themes throughout the history of popular music. There will likely be F-bombs, pop culture references, and a metric fuck ton of enthusiasm.
Jason Thompson hosts Ear Candy Update, a music show with 14 episodes published.
Discussing James Carr, Prince, Bo Dudley, Beck, Pogues, Replacements, Spiritualized, Black Sabbath, and more. Tracks 41 - 50 from a therapy project that took on a life of its own.
Covering my words on Telegram Sam, Raiders March, Rusty Cage, Closer, Fight the Power, California Stars, Authority Song, Into the Mystic, Rivers of Babylon, and Mysterious Ways.
Tracks 21 through 30 of a therapy project that took on a life of its own.
What started as a therapy project has become a new chapter in the life of the ECU. I’ll be writing and recording 300 things about 100 songs that are significant to me for one reason or another. Here’s the second ten.
What started as a therapy project has become a new chapter in the life of the ECU. I’ll be writing and recording 300 things about 100 songs that are significant to me for one reason or another. Here’s the first ten.
A dramatic reading of ‘Green Fields of the Mind’ from A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti
Oldies FM radio still entrances me. I find myself searching through the radio during road trips, and I hear these sounds still beamed from small stations in the Smoky Mountains and over the Great Plains. These sounds ori
For years I've been assembling a collection of 45 rpm records that best help me remember the joy and wonder of my childhood. I tuned out the Top 40 and tuned into 94.9 WIBM out of East Lansing, Michigan. WIBM was the ver
Released from the Ear Candy Update vault, a show originally released Sept. 12, 2010. “Some men are searching for the Holy Grain, but there ain’t nothing sweeter than ridin’ the rail.” - Tom Waits Passenger trains the mos
Beach Boy number one Brian Wilson does not belong to us. He belongs to something more primal, more tied to the natural rhythm of the world. He may very well be the personification of ‘60s popular music, even of Californi
The period of musical growth from 1966 to 1969 was and remains unmatched in the realm of popular music. The landscape was changing at a feverish rate throughout the rock and roll world. Country music however is a traditi
The second of a two-part Ear Candy Update podcast in which I discuss the magnificent contributions of women in music and some history of Women’s History Month. For my Rebel Girl Bella. --- This episode is sponsored by ·
The first of a two-part Ear Candy Update podcast in which I discuss the magnificent contributions of women in music and some history of Women’s History Month. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to
Robert Johnson is the old god, sitting astride the pantheon of American folklore, mythology, and Delta music. Let’s be clear: all American music is Black music, and it finds its mystical powers from the voodoo swamps of
"If you're alive, you can't be bored in San Francisco. If you're not alive, San Francisco will bring you to life." - William Saroyan --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://
A new music edition of the Ear Candy Update featuring 23 new tracks to delight your ears.
A retrospective of 1991 - perhaps the most explosive, kaleidoscopic, and influential year in music throughout the entire decade. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://ancho
An Ear Candy Update inspired by grindhouse movies, comic books, science fiction thrill stories, and abusive tunes. No rules here, no theme, just freeform filth, and mental health disorders. --- This episode is sponsored
An Ear Candy Update inspired by grindhouse movies, comic books, science fiction thrill stories, and abusive tunes. No rules here, no theme, just freeform filth, and mental health disorders. --- This episode is sponsored
An Ear Candy Update inspired by grindhouse movies, comic books, science fiction thrill stories, and abusive tunes. No rules here, no theme, just free form filth, and mental health disorders. --- This episode is sponsored
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Ear Candy Update is hosted by Jason Thompson. The show is categorised under music (commentary) and has published 14 episodes.
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