BOWIE VS. DYLAN

Louder Than Sound Ep9 : One-Artist OST : Bjork - Drawing Restraint 9

Chaz presents his weird thoughts on Bjork's weird Drawing Restraint 9 as his choice for the agreed-upon "One-Artist OST" theme. Jake also tries to discuss it from that one and only time he will ever listen to it at the gentle behest of the above-mentioned Chaz, but each of them just ends up panting, squelching, and slamming their pinkies inelegantly on gamelan chimes.

It's an honest but doomed attempt at a truly experimental podcast structure, on this edition of Louder Than Sound.

Louder Than Sound Ep8 : One-Artist OST : Benoit Charest - The Triplets of Belleville

Jake presents the English version of his French thoughts on Benoit Charest's The Triplets of Belleville as his choice for the agreed-upon "One-Artist OST" theme. Charlie also discusses it from that one recent time he listened to it at the gentle behest of the above-mentioned Jake, but also because he's been quite familiar with it since it came out in 2003. It's probably more the latter than the former, to be honest.

Bon appetit! For your ears, that is, on this edition of Louder Than Sound.

Louder Than Sound Ep7 : Gateway Albums : Cluster -Zuckerzeit

Charlie presents his nerdy nerdy thoughts on Cluster's Zuckerzeit as his choice for the agreed-upon "Gateway Albums" theme.  Jake also discusses it from that one recent time he listened to it at the gentle behest of the above-mentioned Charlie.

The ground-breaking majesty of the vintage synthesizers heard therein are made evermore monumental when the two brothers who host this podcast, so like the two communal "music-brothers" who made this album, find a way to program their synths to sound exactly like embarrassingly executed German accents.

Nein!  On this edition of Louder Than Sound...

Louder Than Sound Ep6 : Gateway Albums : Muddy Waters - Muddy ”Mississippi” Waters Live

Jake presents his thoughts, all the way from his mere boy years to his current mannish boy years, on Muddy Waters' aptly titled Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live  as his choice for the agreed-upon "Gateway Albums" theme.  Charlie also discusses it from that one recent time he listened to it at the gentle behest of the above-mentioned Jake, and boy is he excited!  He keeps whooping and hollering at the top of his lungs any time Jake says anything at all, but mostly when he spells simple 3-letter words.

That's M...AAAAA...N... on the latest edition of Louder Than Sound.

Louder Than Sound Ep5 : Gateway Albums : Emmylou Harris - Luxury Liner

Special guest host Nancy Beck (AKA Jake and Charlie's indomitable mother) brings her musical knowledge and enthusiasm to one of her all-time favorite LPs, the 1976 album Luxury Liner by Emmylou Harris. The boys listen in rapt attention like some kind of throwback to their childhood story time before giving their personal, and wildly divergent, opinions on the country classic.

Louder Than Sound Ep4: Transition Albums : Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska

In the latest episode of Louder Than Sound, Jake presents his thoughts on an actual, real-life classic album: Bruce Springsteen's 1982 LP Nebraska. Come along as Jake (and by extension, the Boss himself) weaves a sweet web of tantalizing info about the home demos that somehow became a masterpiece. Charlie (who never really got into ol' Bruce) listens to it for the very first time and lets you know if he thinks it's all it's cracked up to be.

Louder Than Sound Ep3: Transition Albums : Elza Soares - Woman at the End of the World

Louder Than Sound: a podcast about music for people who like music made by people who love music.

Charlie introduces Elza Soares, an 80-something samba singer who is a living legend in her native Brazil. In 2015, she released Woman at the End of the World, an explosive departure from her previous dozens of albums and possibly her finest work. Jake dips his toes into Elza's wild decades-long career and lets us know his initial thoughts.

Louder Than Sound Ep2: 1st Albums : Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom

Louder Than Sound, the new podcast from the fellas who brought you 64 episodes of Bowie Vs. Dylan, is back for a second go.

Jake presents the context and background for Soul Coughing's 1994 LP Ruby Vroom as his choice for the agreed-upon "1st Albums" theme. Charlie gives his thoughts on a terribly unique album that up until now he had never apparently listened to. Does he like it? Does he hate it? Will that affect your own feelings about it? Listen to find out.

Louder Than Sound Ep1 : 1st Albums : Tom Waits - Closing Time

From the fine folks who brought you Bowie Vs. Dylan comes a new podcast that explores the enormous world of music.

For the inaugural episode, Charlie presents his studied thoughts on Tom Waits' 1973 LP Closing Time. Learn along with Jake about Waits' shadowy past and try to figure out how on earth he actually sings like that. Top it off with Jake's take on the album, not necessarily from a place of expertise, but from that one most recent time he listened to it at the gentle behest of the above-mentioned Charlie.

 

Ep 66 : Bowie vs. Dylan, or the Completely Complete Albums Ranking of their ENTIRE CAREERS

Chaz' Special Secret Diary: August 23rd, 2021: Dear diary, I just want to tell you how special of an ep of BvD we just recorded today!  I was so funny and insightful about Bowie's albums list, and Jake also happened to be there.

Chaz' Special Secret Diary: September 15th, 2021: Dear diary, remember that sweet sweet ep of BvD I told you I recorded a few weeks ago, the one where I'll be considered for the Pulitzer?  And Jake was there but just stared at me and drooled the whole time?  Well...it's not been published yet.  Guess I'll have to talk with the boys in the IT department!

Chaz' Special Secret Diary: November 1st, 2021: Dear diary, I've become perturbed, because the legendary lost episode of BvD from August still hasn't surfaced, and I hate to rag on the guy, but Jake has REALLY DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS ONE.  He's the one who's responsible for putting them up and he JUST HASN'T, and here it is nearly Webbys season. 

Chaz' Special Diary: December 6th, 2021: It's so cold, diary.  I fear this will be my last entry.  I can't tell where I am or what's around me.  I keep calling out for help, but no one answers.  There will be no Bowie vs Dylan podcast episode #66.  I am utterly alone.  

Goodbye, cruel world, on this very special albums ranking countdown episode of Bowie vs. Dylan.

Ep65: 2020 - 90’s and More 90’s vs. Rough and Rowdy Ways, or The Septuagenarian Soulpatch of 2020

Wow, the reason that Chaz and Jake haven't been providing fresh new episodes of this podcast for the past couple of months has been because we got lost in the desert on an annual BvD Board of Directors-mandated team building exercise.  We almost starved, too!  That Charlie really was looking pretty tasty for a couple of days there, wasn't he?

Anyway, we're back, but we've had no access to the news or to the outside world for most of 2020.  Did we miss anything?  

(Shuffles papers). Are we sure that this Bowie release schedule is correct?  How many 90's-era soul patches must we endure?

(Shuffles different papers). Dylan's still BACK?!  Like, for realskis?  That's rad!

Like you are, dear listeners, who will never hold it against us that we refuse to catch on the state of domestic affairs, not to mention global ones, on this edition of Bowie vs. Dylan.

Introducing Louder Than Sound!

Welcome to Louder Than Sound, the new podcast series from real-life brothers Jake and Charlie, which finally answers the only question they didn't ask on Bowie vs. Dylan: What's better? Jake or Charlie's taste in music?

Listen every Friday as they discuss favorite albums from their deep record collections based on themes, reactively guess and react to each other's reactions to their reactions!

Welcome to Louder Than Sound!