The Grammy-winning producer of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours stops by Soundtrack Series to tell us what it was like to work on this legendary album. “If we do this record right, it could change our lives.”

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Episode 3 – Jobby Jobs! This time the storyslinging is all about music and work, and is brought to you courtesy of actor/storyteller Rory Scholl and writer/journalist Abigail Beshkin. Rory Scholl – Rock & Roll All Night/KISS “Jingle writers, if … Continue reading →

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Episode 2 – 80s ballads! In this episode we have Everybody Loves Our Town author Mark Yarm and the man behind The Zebra Shirt of Lonely Children Matthew Trumbull. Mark Yarm – Tonight, Tonight, Tonight/Genesis “Tonight Tonight Tonight provided the … Continue reading →

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Our new podcast is here! This is The Soundtrack Series 7 Inch Podcast! Episode 1 features Hip Hop artist Jean Grae and Onion AV Club contributor Maggie Serota, who tell us the stories they connect to “A Horse With No … Continue reading →

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John and Molly Knefel, sibling activists and the comedy team behind Radio Dispatch Live, on how Empire State of Mind was inescapable in 2009–even on the best/worst family vacation ever. Photo by D. Robert Wolcheck

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Soundtrack Series host Dana Rossi and her mother Joanne tell a story together about Dana as a restless, sleepless baby, and the one thing that was finally able to put her to sleep. Hint: it wasn’t the song. Photo by … Continue reading →

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It’s 1993, and Micaela Blei is not the only one in love with her English teacher. We all know this song–some of us too well.

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Mellini Kantayya, author of Actor. Writer. Whatever., on how “Back on the Chain Gang” began her love/hate relationship with MTV–a relationship that would eventually lead to her participating in a racially charged, post-9/11 PSA. Photo by Deborah Lopez

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Playwright James Comtois on the song he always saved for the girl he really liked at the school dances–and the one time saving this song had unforgettable consequences. Photo by Francis Serrano

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Writer Jon Reiss discovers both his grandfather’s legacy and Punk Rock in a tale of angry puberty and credit card fraud.

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