I Wanna Hold Your Band (Paul Bartholomew)

The multi-talented Craig Wolynez, CEO of Acorn Technologies, as well as an incredibly gifted musician, talks about his early days of crime stealing Beatles records from his neighbor.

Episode #104 song links:

1. No Reply At All - Genesis

2. Matte Kudasai - King Krimson

3. Miami 2017 (live) - Billy Joel

4. Devils Haircut - Beck

5. Goodbye Girl - Squeeze

6. Scarlet Begonias - Grateful Dead

Writer John Quaintance (Will & Grace, Workaholics, Ben & Kate) talks about how Grand Theft Auto unlocked a whole world of country music & how he bluffed his way into writing about blues music. His new show 'Good Cop/Bad Cop' airs on the CW in February.

Song links:

1. Honky Tonk Heroes - Waylon Jennings

2. Children of the Grave - Black Sabbath

3. A Song For You - Donny Hathaway

4. Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer

5. Aquemini - Outkast

6. Thirteen - Big Star

Actor Amy Brenneman (The Old Man, Judging Amy, Private Practice, Goliath) talks about Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Ani DiFranco & more!

Episode playlist:

1. Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
2. Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
3. If You Leave Me Now - Chicago
4. The Circle Game - Joni Mitchell
5. Tradition - Fiddler on the Roof
6. Waking The Witch - Kate Bush
7. Come Talk To Me - Peter Gabriel
8. 32 Flavors - Ani DiFranco
9. Napoleon - Ani DiFranco.
10. Escape Artist - Zoe Keating

I WANNA HOLD YOUR BAND QUESITONNAIRRE - Amy Brenneman edition

What are 5-10 of your favorite bands or artists?

1 Ani DiFranco

2 Florence and the Machine

3 Peter Gabriel

4 Kate Bush

5 Van Morrisson

6 Beyonce

7 David Byrne/Talking Heads

8 Brandi Carlyle

9 Crosby Stills Nash and Young

10 Joni Mitchell

What are 5-10 of your favorite songs?

1 In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel

2 Free by Florence and teh Machine

3 32 Flavors by Ani DiFranco

4 Can't Find My Way HOme

5 Sweet Thing by Van Morrison

6 Chinese Cafe by Joni Mitchell

7 Freedom by Beyonce

8 Bodyguard by Beyonce

9 Burning Down the House by Talking Heads

10 Broken Horses by Brandi Carlile

What are 5-10 of your favorite albums?

1 Court and Spark

2 Speaking in Tongues

3 So

4 Hounds of Love

5 Hejira

6 Lemonade

7 4 Way Street

8 Silver and Gold

9 Ceremonials

10 Handel's Messiah

What are 5-10 songs you Love that are either obscure or not what you would think you like?

1 Candy Shop

2 What's New -- MIles Davis Quintet

3 B  Minor Waltz -- Bill Evans

4 Olafur Arnalds

5 Dofana by Ali Farka Toure

6 Sastanaqqam by Tinariwan

7 WAking the Witch by Kate Bush

8 Escape Artist by Zoe Keating

9 O Happy Day by the Edwin Hawkins Singers

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What are some of your pump up songs?

1 Give Up the Funk

2 Higher Ground

3 Pride and Joy

4 Mysterious Ways

5 Gold On the Ceiling

6 Everyday People

7 Wanna Be Starting Something

8 Sir Duke

9 Sledgehammer

10 Freedom!

What are some of your i want to feel my sadness songs?

1 More Than This

2 With or Without You

3 Anything by Nina Simone

4 The Blood of Eden

5 Biko

What are some of your love songs?

1 The Book of Love

2 Moonlight Mile

3 In Your Eyes

4 Come Talk to Me

5 Everywhere -- Fleetwood Mac

What musical genre makes actor Rainn Wilson (The Office, Lessons in Chemistry, The Geography of Bliss) want to scream and pull his skin off? What band's songs were on a mix tape given to him in 1981 that led to a new way of being in the world? Who did he see perform in the MIT cafeteria in the early 80’s?  After moving from Seattle to Chicago, why did Rainn drag his turntable and speakers into week 2 of his new drama class? And what song did he lip sync there, only to convey the story of that moment 40 years later to the artist that sang it?

EPISODE PLAYLIST

1. ​ Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
2. ​ A Day In The Life - The Beatles
3. ​ London Calling - The Clash
4. ​ Unsatisfied - The Replacements
5. ​ Mystery Dance - Elvis Costello
6. ​ Tangled Up In Blue (Blood On The Tracks) - Bob Dylan
7. ​ Wildflowers - Tom Petty
8. ​ Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
9. ​ Reckoner - Radiohead

How did actor David Magidoff (Dexter: New Blood, The Morning Show, American Crime Story) find himself at a Sting concert in Scranton at 12 years old and smelling weed for the first time? What did Jerry Seinfeld say to David about where he grew up in Long Island? What did BUNAC and summer camp have to do with David's introduction and eventual deep love of the band Oasis? What is David's favorite comic book and why? And what song did Paul not recognize that broke David's brain?

EPISODE PLAYLIST

1. ​ It's such a good feeling - Mister Rogers
2. ​ Half The World Away - Oasis
3. ​ The Stranger - Billy Joel
4. ​ Song 2 - Blur
5. ​ Greatest Day - Take That

The delightful Louise Rozett, author of the Confessions series published by HarlequinTEEN, talks about her love for music, as well as her complicated relationship with it.

Episode #103 song links:

1. Last Train to Clarksville - The Monkees

2. Dawna - Morphine

3. The Things That I Used To Do - G. Love & Special Sauce

4. Dance Yrself Clean - LCD Soundsystem

5. All Saints - Toussaint Morrison

6. Take California - Propellerheads

7. Block Rockin' Brothers - The Chemical Brothers

8. I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt

9. Babylon - David Gray

10. Love Interruption - Jack White

How did actor Pete Gardner (Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Our Flag Means Death, Never Have I Ever) being drunk with a guy named ‘The Worm’ lead to discovering Ella Fitzgerald and how did she keep him from getting arrested? Why does the Mills Brothers “Be Life’s Companion” unlock the depth of his romanticism? And why are fantasy sequences a part of how Pete listens to music?

Pete talks Bobby Short, Cake, David Bowie, Ella Fitzgerald, the Mills Brothers & more!

1. Puff the Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul & Mary

2. I'll Give You a Daisy - Jud Strunk

3. I'm In Love Again - Bobby Short

4. The Distance - Cake

5. Queen Bitch - David Bowie

6. Love for Sale - Ella Fitzgerald

7. Be My Life's Companion - The Mills Brothers

Why did actor Jay Lund (Hacks, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, True Blood) turn down a career as a 6 year old Elvis impersonator who dabbles in ventriloquy?  How was Jay’s Dad duped by Sad Eyes singer Robert John?  What 90’s band did Jay party with at his friend’s house after their concert at South Dakota State?  How did managing a strip club lead Jay to discover a Pearl Jam song that always calms him down?

EPISODE PLAYLIST

1. Sad Eyes - Robert John

2. So Lonely - The Police

3. Black - Pearl Jam

4. Please, Please Baby - Dwight Yoakam

5. Waiting For My Real Life To Begin - Colin Hay

6. With Or Without You - U2

7. She's A Runaway - Bodeans

8. Snow Days - Trip Shakespeare

How did Columbia House Record Club conspire to get ‘Hey Mickey’ by Toni Basil into the hands of a young Drew?  Why was Drew the guy to go to for tickets to the band Snot Rockets? What artist did the movie Trading Places introduce to him? What is the connection between Drew’s favorite Groundling’s sketch and Thurston Howell from Gilligan’s Island?

EPISODE PLAYLIST

1. Hey Mickey - Toni Basil

2. Mandinka - Sinead O'Connor

3. Do You Wanna Funk - Sylvester

4. You Oughta Be Here With Me - Big River

5. In The Night - Pet Shop Boys

6. Delicious - Jim Bakus & Friend

7. Double Penetration - Jackie Beat

8. Lady, You Shot Me - Har Mar Superstar

How did performing puppet shows at Phish concerts come to be? How did Blue Man Group lead to a friendship with Robin Finck of Nine Inch Nails? And when did Joan Jett awaken a classical music slumber? This and more!

Actor/Musician Jeffrey Nicholas Brown (Blue Man Group, True Blood, Henry Danger) talks English Beat, Nine Inch Nails, Miles Davis, Aphex Twin & more!

Episode playlist:

1. I Love Rock 'N' Roll - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
2. Jump - Van Halen
3. Hurts So Good - John Mellencamp
4. Save It For Later - The English Beat
5. Copy of a - Nine Inch Nails
6. Shhh / Peaceful - Miles Davis
7. #1 - Aphex Twin

I Wanna Hold Your Band Questionnaire - Jeffrey edition

Actor Jill Lover (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Based on a True Story, The Young & the Restless) explains what Madonna, Garfield’s dog Odie & french kissing have in common?  What is Jill’s relation to former MTV DJ Ed Lover?  Why were they heightists at the community theater in Jill’s hometown?  And was Tiffany just a copycat of Lover & the Hearts?

Jill talks the Annie soundtrack, Cyndi Lauper, The Jets, Donny Osmund, Styx & more!

1. Maybe - Annie

2. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper

3. You Got It All - The Jets

4. Crush On You - The Jets

5. Come To The Manger - Donny Osmund

6. Could've Been - Tiffany

7. Show Me The Way - Styx

Actor Mitch Silpa (Bridesmaids, All Rise, David Blaine Street Magic) talks about Blondie, Barry Manilow, Cindi Lauper, Harry Nilsoon and more!

Song links:

1. Atomic (Blondie)

2. Weekend in New England (Barry Manilow)

3. She's So Unusual (Cyndi Lauper)

4. Sound of Silver (LCD Soundsystem)

5. Night Swimming (REM)

6. Without You (Harry Nilsson)

Why did writer Liz Tuccillo (Sex and The City, Divorce, He's Just Not That Into You, How To Be Single) get death threats as a receptionist at NYC's Area nightclub in the 80's? When did Christmas officially begin in the Tuccillo house? What eventual Rock n’ Roll Hall of Famer did Liz work next to at the Christopher Street ice cream shop 'Creamed Again First' in NYC? Where does she stand with Flash mobs? And, Madison Square Garden and the power of the crotch shot.

Liz talks David Cassidy, Miriam Makeba, Beastie Boys, Jesus Christ Superstar, Crosby, Stills & Nash and more!

EPISODE PLAYLIST

1.My Christmas Card to You - David Cassidy

2.Pata Pata - Miriam Makeba

3.Brass Monkey - Beastie Boys

4.I Don't Know How to Love Him - Jesus Christ Superstar

5.Trial Before Pilate- Jesus Christ Superstar

6.Carry On - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

How did a duet by Don Johnson and Barbara Streisand unlock actor Jordan Black’s (Community, Last Man Standing, Curb Your Enthusiasm) childhood? What artist’s greatest hits cassette did Jordan discover when working a graveyard shift and how did it become one of his favorite artists? What artist was he late to because he wouldn’t let go of Michael Jackson? And who is the only artist Jordan doesn’t remember discovering because their music was there since birth?

EPISODE PLAYLIST

1. Thriller - Michael Jackson

2. Till I Loved You - Barbara Streisdand & Don Johnson

3. Erotic City - Prince

4. Factory - Bruce Springsteen

5. Rocket Love - Stevie Wonder

6. Cold Feet - Tracy Chapman

7. Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac

8. Silver Springs (Live performance on YouTube...moment Jordan talked about around 4:10) - Fleetwood Mac

How does Jeannie Klisiewicz (The Ellen Degeneres Show, Happy You're Here!) currently rank the members of *NSYNC?  What was the specific month/day window that Jeannie planned to marry JC Chasez?  Whose t-shirt did she stand in line for at a Nordstrom?  What amount of money would Jeannie pay for an *NSYNC ticket with zero hesitation? What does she think is the best Disney soundtrack? What two albums would Jeannie and her parents listen to nonstop on their 18 hour drive from Chicago to Disney World? What Nirvana lyric stuck out to Jeannie when she was little?

EPISODE PLAYLIST

1. With Or Without You - U2

2. Where The Streets Have No Name - U2

3. Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty

4. Piano Man - Billy Joel

5. Here We Go - *NSYNC

6. Zero to Hero - Hercules soundtrack

7. Go, Go, Go Joseph - Jospeh and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

8. Lithium - Nirvana

Actor Jay Huguley (Walking Dead, True Detective, 12 Years A Slave) talks about The B-52's, Talking Heads, The Cure & seeing Aimee Mann and 'Til Tuesday at the Danceteria in NYC.

Episode playlist:

1. ​The Walk - The Cure
2. ​Private Idaho - B-52's
3. ​Found a Job - Talking Heads
4. ​I Want Your Love - Chic
5. ​I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You - Colin Hay
6. ​Never Say Never - Romeo Void
7. ​Burning Up - Madonna

I WANNA HOLD YOUR BAND QUESTIONAIRRE - Jay Edition

Favorite songs

1. ​ This Must Be The Place - Talking Heads
2. ​ A Case of You - Joni Michel
3. ​ Never Let Me Down Agan- Depeche Mode
4. ​ Controversy- Prince
5. ​ Please,Please,Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths 
6. ​ Don't Explain- Billie Holiday
7. ​ Charlotte Sometimes- The Cure 
8. ​ I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Rait 
9. ​ Wild Is The Wind- Nina Simone
10. ​ Almost Blue- Chet Baker 

Favorite albums

1. ​ The Cure- Head on the door
2. ​ Joni Mitchell- Blue
3. ​ The Talking Heads- Remain in light 
4. ​ Fleetwood Mac- Rumors
5. ​ The B-52s- Wild Planet 
6. ​ Future Islsnds- Singles
7. ​ Daft Punk- Random Access Memories 
8. ​ Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings 
9. ​ Lady in Satin- Billie Holiday 
10. ​ Blondie - Parallel Lines 

Favorite bands

1. ​The Cure
2. ​The B-52s
3. ​ Talking Heads
4. ​ Future Islands
5. ​The Smiths
6. ​Depeche Mode
7. ​ Niles Rodger's and Chic
8. ​Duran Duran
9. ​New Order
10. ​Daft Punk 

Surprising or obscure songs you like

1. ​ Never Say Never- Romeo Void
2. ​ High Horse/ Casey Musgraves 
3. ​ The Living Daylights- AHA 
4. ​ Burning Up- Madonna 
5. ​ Forget Me Nots- Patrice Rushen
6. ​ Save Your Tears- The Weekend 

Feel your sadness songs

1. ​ I just don't think I'll ever get over you - Colin Hay 
2. ​ Hide and Seek- Imogene Heap 
3. ​ I can't make you love me - Bonnie Raitt
4. ​ A case of you - Joni Mitchell
5. ​ Adagio for strings - Samuel Barber 

Pump up songs

1. ​ Never Say Never- Romeo Void 
2. ​ Around The World - Daft Punk
3. ​ Ran- Future Islsnds 
4. ​ The Walk- The Cure

Love songs

1. ​ A Case of You- Joni Mitchell 
2. ​ Wild is the wind- Nina Simone 
3. ​ My funny Valentine- Chet Baker 
4. ​ Maurice Ravel- Pavane for a dead princess 
5. ​Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello- Toledo 

Actor Stephanie Courtney (The Groundlings, 'The Goldbergs’, 'Mad Men', Flo from Progressive)

Why did young Stephanie use nail scissors to create bangs after a $5 beautician school perm her Mom found?  How did a sketchy bus driver on a trip to Quebec City become a bridge from Duran Duran to the Ramones? Why did the Los Angeles Lakers winning force Stephanie to switch from a Walkman to the radio and discover The Tubes ‘Talk To Ya Later’?  

We talk Howard Jones, Missing Persons, Jonatha Brooke & The Story, The Tubes, Billy Bragg & more!

Episode playlist:

1. Dance: Ten; Looks: Three - A Chorus Line
2. Hide and Seek - Howard Jones
3. I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones
4. Tears - Missing Persons
5. Only You - Yaz
6. Angel In The House - The Story
7. St. Swithin's Day - Billy Bragg
8. Talk To Ya Later - The Tubes

I Wanna Hold Your Band Questionnaire - Stephanie edition

Emmy winning Writer & Director Matt Piedmont (SNL, The Spoils of Babylon, Carpet Bros.) talks about how Gigantes Del Pop from the local Pay 'n Save set him in motion and the resetting power of psychedelics.

Song links:

1. Pleadin' - Mercy Baby

2. 96 Tears - ? & The Mysterians

3. Gold Soundz - Pavement

4. Gold Star for Robot Boy - Guided by Voices

5. You Gotta Know Whatcha Doin' - Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

6. Late for the Sky - Jackson Browne

How did a phone call get Tuc Watkins (Paradise, Criminal Minds, Uncoupled) out of jail in Morocco?  What cassette did Tuc’s Dad throw out the window? Why did Tuc pull of the road and buy 2 copies of a Jon Secada tape on the way to his high school reunion?  Why does his friend Brooke think he cheated when he ran a marathon? What were the 3 songs/albums that Tuc played in the 90’s when he was feeling frisky?

EPISODE PLAYLIST

1. Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh

2. Dreamweaver - Gary Wright

3. Let It Be - The Beatles

4. Funeral For A Friend - Elton John

5. Bolero - Ravel

6. Smalltwon Boy - Bronski Beat

7. Any Way You Want It (From Captured) - Journey

8. I Saw The Sign - Ace of Base

9. Sadeness - Enigma

10. Floating Into The Night - Julee Cruise

11. Passion: Music For The Last Temptation of Christ - Peter Gabriel

12. Only Time - Enya

13. Just Another Day Without You - Jon Secede

14. Ghost - Indigo Girls

15. Express Yourself - Madonna

16. Blue Monday - Orgy

17. The Queen And The Soldier - Suzanne Vega

18. A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash

What Broadway legends dressing room was Actor Spencer Garrett (The Residence, Winning Time, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) in on opening night when he was 7 years old?  Walking back from what concert did he think everyone was covered in algae?  How did Spencer’s then college girlfriend save him from a trip to the emergency room…or possibly the morgue? What television homicide detective made Spencer several mix tapes and got him into MC 900 ft. Jesus? Who has Spencer seen in concert more than any other artist?  What was the significance of a quirky kid in a pork pie hat at a school in the woods in Maine?

EPISODE PLAYLIST

1. Peter Pan (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

2. CSN - Crosby, Stills & Nash

3. I Don't Want Set The World on Fire - The Ink Spots

4. All Shook Down - The Replacements

5. Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

6. Small Change - Tom Waits

7. Closing Time - Tom Waits

8. Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder

9. Water of Love - Dire Straits

10. Space - Grateful Dead

11. Buried At Sea - MC 900 Ft. Jesus

12. Stewart's Coat - Rickie Lee Jones

13. Valentine's Day - Steve Earle

14. The More I See You - Julie London

15. Feels Like Rain - John Hiatt

16. Cherry Bomb - The Runaways

Actor Merrin Dungey (Big Little Lies, Shining Vale, Bob’s Burgers, The Fix, Alias)

Why did Merrin and I shop in different sections of Spencer's Gifts in the 80’s? How did growing up in Sacramento influence her musical taste? Who is her Mom’s favorite member of Duran Duran? And what are her true feelings about the band Wings?

We talk Duran Duran, Elton John, Van Halen, Bonnie Hayes, the Valley Girl soundtrack & more!

I Wanna Hold Your Band Questionnaire - Merrin edition

Actress & Artist Jessalyn Gilsig (Glee, Vikings, Big Shot) talks about how she accesses music and plots the future tattoo she is destined to get.

Song links:

1. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division

2. VCR - The xx

3. Alors On Danse - Stromae

4. Never Tear Us Apart - INXS