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The April 25th Show!

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Dana

Our next live show is just around the corner–on April 25th we welcome Fleetwood Mac producer Ken Caillat, writer/comic/Twitter goddess Julieanne Smolinski, ARTprov’s Rory Scholl, and WBUR’s Abigail Beshkin–telling us stories about songs by Poison, KISS, the Eagles and, well, of course stories about Rumours! Plus, our Rock & Roll Throwdown–the Great Adele Debate–featuring superfan Jill Marino and super not-fan Alexis Sottile. Tickets HERE!

I wonder what t-shirt I’ll wear…
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In One Week–A Whole New Podcast!

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Dana

In one week–ONE WEEK–we relaunch our podcast! Two stories instead of one, plus–a tribute to my first 45s, how 45s in general are the perfect model for stories about songs, and how all of this may or may not reference this one in particular (Hint: It may):

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Subscribe on iTunes, and save the date! April 17th is stories about songs–Side A/Side B. Thanks for listening!

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Off the Record – March 2013

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Dana

It’s Off the Record from last week’s show! Bridget is back (with a vengeance…and a potty mouth) as she talks to folks before the show about dream jobs becoming reality, a complete lack of hip hop knowledge, and the douchebaggery of John Mayer. The three topics every great interviewer knows to bring up at least once.

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John and Molly Knefel – Empire State of Mind/Jay Z feat. Alicia Keys

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Dana

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.

John and Molly

Photo by D. Robert Wolcheck

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Podcast Relaunch–On The Edge Of 17(th)!

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Dana

You heard it here first–on April 17th we’re relaunching a completely revamped Soundtrack Series Podcast! You’ll still be able to listen/subscribe to the podcast both here and on iTunes, but beginning on April 17th, she’s gonna have a brand new format. The Soundtrack Series Podcast will now feature not one but two different stories per episode–Side A and Side B–a format that is most definitely inspired by these here thingies:

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New episodes will air every other week beginning on April 17th, so let the countdown begin! In sixteen days, stories about songs as always, but with a sexy new haircut. So go on! Run to your room and jump up and down on your bed. I know this news provokes that exact reaction.

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Dana & Joanne Rossi – You Light Up My Life/Debby Boone

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Dana

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.

Mom and me 3

Photo by D. Robert Wolcheck

We Can’t Get Enough of This

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Dana

It’s almost a month later and we’re still tearing up about it.

You know by now that at last month’s show, we had a marriage proposal live onstage after the final story. Couple Erin Barker and Justin D’Ambrosio told a story together (the theme of the night was “Duets”) about how “Just What I Needed” by The Cars came to be their song, and then, to her complete surprise, he finished the story by getting down on one knee. Everyone went bananas. See for yourself.

We’re live again this Thursday, 8pm, at The Gallery at LPR–featuring stories by JEAN GRAE, MARK YARM, MAGGIE SEROTA and AARON WOLFE, plus, the famous East Coast/West Coast hip hop debate with DAWN FRASER and MIKE BROWN.

I’m sure we won’t have another marriage proposal at this show, but I’m not giving up hope on the possibility of someone going into labor. Advance tickets have been going fast, grab ‘em now!

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Micaela Blei – Don’t Stand So Close To Me/The Police

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Dana

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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A Lot to Live Up To

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Dana

Don’t know if you heard, but this totally happened at our last show.

Marriage Proposal

Onstage marriage proposal at the end of our final story. We have no idea how we’re gonna top this at our next show. But we’re sure gonna try.

In two weeks – our March 28th Soundtrack Series featuring stories about songs from hip hop artist Jean Grae, Maggie Serota of Low Times, Everybody Loves Our Town author Mark Yarm and hot off of the Sundance Film Festival Aaron Wolfe. All that, PLUS the timeless East Coast/West Coast debate with Dawn Fraser and Mike Brown.

Off. The. Hook. And who knows? Maybe at this one someone will go into labor…

Proposal photo by D. Robert Wolcheck

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Off the Record with Guest Host Kerri Doherty!

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Dana

It’s Off the Record from our February show! Geeking Out’s Kerri Doherty talks to the audience about the songs they sing in the shower, not watching the Oscars, NKOTB’s upcoming tour with Boyz II Men, the best/only Bel Biv Devoe joke you’ll ever hear, and how Kurt Cobain never would have drunk Starbucks.

Girl knows how to bring the 90s.

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