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Alexander The Podcast

Alexander The Podcast

by Alexander Cohen

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Season 1

Alexander The Podcast Episode 24 / Editing For Balls

Alexander The Podcast Ep 24 Subscribe for a new episode every Monday :D Modest Mouse - Leave A Light On https://youtu.be/Snskn7A3ZY0 AFI - Tied To A Tree https://youtu.be/qt4yo3tqS00 Of Mice & Men - Levee https://youtu.be/ij398JiWz3w Hyro The Hero Ft. AJ Channer of Fire From The Gods - FU2 https://youtu.be/9EgTscLix4w Slaughter To Prevail - Baba Yaga https://youtu.be/Niaw3Ez0YLU Historical Shout Out: Louie Armstrong (one of the first great American music successes, paved the way for many musicians of all colors) https://youtu.be/CWzrABouyeE News: Massive boy band using powers for evil as they encourage millions of teenagers to eat mcdonalds: https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/26/business/bts-meal-mcdonalds-merchand ise/index.html No detectable spread of virus after Liverpool pilot events :D https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-57249289 John Davis, real singer behind Milli Vanilli dies of covid: https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-real-milli-vanilli-singer-john-davis-dead-covid-20210526-gubz4qoomfemzhikp2xsiogswq-story.html New KISS comic coming out: https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kiss-returns-to-comics-in-new-series-from-dynamite/ Trailerisation, incorporating classic songs in modern ways in movie trailers: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/27/trailerisation-the-movie-trend-resurrecting-old-pop-music-trailers-eternals-suicide-squad-batman David Ellefson fired from Megadeth over accusations proven to be false: https://www.loudersound.com/news/david-ellefson-to-sue-for-defamation-after-leaked-videos-prompted-his-dismissal-from-megadeth

Alexander The Podcast Episode 23 / Frustrigeration

Alexander The Podcast Episode 23 Subscribe for new episodes every Monday :D Don Broco - Manchester No 1 Fan https://youtu.be/TL_gq84CRpo Motionless In White - Voices: Synthwave Edition https://youtu.be/pWCBQ5ne3yY Peter Rosenburg Ft. Method Man - Next Chamber https://youtu.be/CepfNx88hJw The Devil Wears Prada - Nightfall https://youtu.be/pOaEeBJ4LMo Born Of Osiris - Angel Or Alien https://youtu.be/8rvZSm2dXMg Historical Shout Out - Lead Belly (Where Did You Sleep Last Night) https://youtu.be/PsfcUZBMSSg News: Distrokid keeps coldplay from putting emojis in their song title: https://uproxx.com/indie/coldplay-emojis-song-titles-streaming/ Johnny Rotten hates the sex pistols biopic, gets booted from working on it: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9596019/John-Lydon-snubbed-Sex-Pistols-biopic-hes-difficult-work-with.html William Shatner still a bada** at 90: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/may/20/william-shatner-interview-love-loss-and-leonard-nimoy Aaaaand Cher’s getting a biopic as well: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9598283/Cher-announces-Universal-doing-biopic-film-meteoric-rise-superstardom.html

Alexander The Podcast Episode 22 / The Folly Frontier

Alexander The Podcast Episode 22 Subscribe for a new episode every Monday :D Greta Van Fleet - Caravel https://youtu.be/5_lbhbVBT-o Nonpoint - Ruthless https://youtu.be/xb-UPQOXQk8 Modest Mouse - We Are Between https://youtu.be/SV_5-DKhAvI Ballyhoo! Ft. Collie Buddz - The Come Up https://youtu.be/tBT4-pIP2mQ Nakkia Gold Ft. Wiz Khalifa - Justice https://youtu.be/juiL1c9xxPM Historical Shout Out: Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag https://youtu.be/pMAtL7n_-rc He made ragtime very popular. This made people ready to hear and write the jazz that came afterwards. It also set the scene for American popular music over the last century. Put simply, Scott Joplin has had a very big influence on jazz and popular music over the last 100 years. News: Iggy Pops cockatoo, Biggy Pop has insta page :D https://www.instagram.com/biggypop/ Elon Musk SNL what the hell

Alexander The Podcast Episode 21 / Even The Milky Way Has a Fathom Hoodie

Alexander The Podcast Ep 21 Subscribe for new episode every Monday :D Spiritbox - Circle With Me https://youtu.be/I0WzT0OJ-E0 twenty one pilots - Choker https://youtu.be/2sBRnnnZyFw Boyce Avenue - Everything You Want https://youtu.be/elii7hfHMSQ Garbage - No Gods No Masters https://youtu.be/PXZB-YiYIak Lord Huron - I Lied Featuring Allison Ponthier https://youtu.be/6fk_i1oPR2U Historical Shout out: Neil Young - Old Man https://youtu.be/rAtDrFdomN4 News: Apple and Spotify may start charging $5 monthly for podcasts: https://rainnews.com/steve-goldstein-04292021/ Canadian Woman hits a low note of C1, breaking the world record for lowest note sang by a woman: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-canada-world-record-joy-chapman-20210429-lsenktc53fdzjhzbw5e6xyw6su-story.html Rapper Kodak Black pleads guilty to biting a girl against her wishes, justifiably gets assault and battery charge: https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-56927638 Great article about what a music publicist does for artists: https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/04/what-a-music-publicist-does-and-doesnt-do.html?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&utm_campaign=Once%20a%20day_2021-04-29_13:30:00&utm_content=395530&utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&utm_campaign=Once%20a%20day_2021-04-29_13:30:00&utm_content=395530 8 best animal fronted metal bands: https://metalinjection.net/lists/8-best-animal-fronted-metal-bands Let’s go to a rave in Chernobyl..: https://lithub.com/throwing-a-rave-deep-in-chernobyls-exclusion-zone/

Alexander The Podcast Episode 20 / Never Made It As a Wise Man

Alexander The Podcast Episode 20 Subscribe for new episode every Monday :D Boyce Avenue - California Dreamin https://youtu.be/h9gNMtoXyJY Lord Huron - Long Lost https://youtu.be/G2JmQ-j0jlc Silverstein - Bankrupt https://youtu.be/N8qqJiLIiVQ August Burns Red - Paramount (Reprise) https://youtu.be/qJcN47-XZnk Fever 333 - For The Record https://youtu.be/KaRSHKlpVZM Surprise shoutout Tallah for covering a song from Disney’s Aladdin: https://youtu.be/FvO8SNJqiRk News: Bonnaroo set for September has sold out: https://themusicuniverse.com/bonnaroo-2021-sells-out/ The Arcade Fire say they aren’t sure if ready for shows due to not the safety aspect but rather the energy of creating tension in a place where people so desperately need to feel safe or something wtf is he talking about literally no idea but feel free to read this article and be annoyed lol: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/world-changed-what-makes-live-show-successful-didnt-arcade-fire/618625/?fbclid=IwAR2sWemHLcBvevAuBOkm5O5AzoI4ZEOk9DSKH76AzBUfU-lBkGjfjUpxaBM Machine Gun Kelly is edgelord of the universe vomits: https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/machine-gun-kelly-shares-photos-of-gory-new-neck-tattoo/ Universal Music Group grossed $1 million every hour in Q1 of 2021… https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-music-group-generated-over-1m-per-hour-in-q1-and-expects-to-go-public-in-the-fall/

Alexander The Podcast Episode 19 / Pineapple Pizza

Alexander The Podcast Ep 19 Subscribe for new episode every Monday :D Seether - Bruised and Bloodied (Acoustic) https://youtu.be/M56mDxG64KE Lamb of God - Hyperthermic / Accelerate https://youtu.be/wI1V8sRTAwM Dropout Kings - Virus https://youtu.be/XqvhAtVs2mY Beartooth - The Past Is Dead https://youtu.be/zHtcvQAI000 Justin Bieber - Deserve You https://youtu.be/1_NVaujWgBg Historical Shoutout: Thelonious Monk (Straight, No Chaser) https://youtu.be/N6buuH8Q4T0 News: MIA Launches campaign to help victims of Caribbean Island St Vincent Volcano Eruption: https://www.music-news.com/news/UK/139712/M-I-A-launches-campaign-to-aid-St-Vincent-volcano-blast-victims Soft Cell Reunite for first album in 20 years: https://consequence.net/2021/04/soft-cell-reuniting-first-album-twenty-years-twenty-new-songs/ The Black Keys announce new album of blues cover: https://consequence.net/2021/04/the-black-keys-delta-kream-covers-album/ Exodus drummer Tom Hunting diagnosed with Cancer, says he’s ready for the fight \m/: https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/exodus-tom-hunting-begins-cancer-treatment-im-ready-for-the-fight/ An Ontarian actually called the police because he thought his neighbor’s singing sucked lol: https://www.narcity.com/en-ca/news/toronto/ontario-911-call-was-made-because-a-neighbour-was-singing-too-loud Bullet train to Iowa by Puscifer aka coolest music video ever: https://youtu.be/k3uBGONllfQ

Alexander The Podcast Episode 18 / Captain Stardust

Alexander The Podcast Ep 18 Subscribe for a new episode every Monday :D Silent Plant, Fit For a King - Trilogy https://youtu.be/k012gn6koXU Fit For a King, Silent Planet - Stockholm https://youtu.be/0i3XoLSqZOE Amy Winehouse - You Know I’m No Good (Live at BBC) https://youtu.be/eaaSpkblP6c NF - Story https://youtu.be/XSAGLJckRWM Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande - Met Him Last Night https://youtu.be/aY7os8Qms6w Saliva - Your Disease (Acoustic) https://youtu.be/QgzD272W3aE Historical Shout Out: David Bowie (Ziggy Stardust) https://youtu.be/XXq5VvYAI1Q News: Return of Staind 2 part streaming series preview: https://youtu.be/H9F38oxjmpo Music can be addicting but also is the best medicine study shows: https://www.studyfinds.org/music-addictive-fast-food-alcohol/ Nike Sues product manufacturer that collaborated with Lil Nas X on devil shoes: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/08/nike-lawsuit-settled-lil-nas-x-satan-shoes-mschf?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Alexander The Podcast Episode 17 / Handsome Devil

Subscribe for new episodes every Monday :D Hyro the Hero - Legendary Ft. Brandan Saller of Atreyu https://youtu.be/jQdOPRT-KIU The Shins - The Great Divide (Flipped) https://youtu.be/iaOwAjE7XD0 Evanescence - Broken Pieces Shine https://youtu.be/trbnYwaVvmY Lana Del Rey - Wild At Heart https://youtu.be/vMZdbpeyHAc Blind Melon - Strikes Back Redux https://youtu.be/lbn703U60Y0 Historical Shout Out: Elton John (One Time, Sometime, or never) https://youtu.be/d6M2xAlU9A8 News: Journey Members settle that they all own the name now due to equal contributions of all members: https://www.loudersound.com/news/journey-members-past-and-present-resolve-legal-dispute-reach-amicable-settlement Winnipeg band finds success in the Philipines despite the pandemic: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-band-of-brothers-music-career-reaches-new-heights-despite-pandemic-1.5971614 Radio Indispensable to 7 out of 10 vehicles, especially after pandemic: https://radioink.com/2021/04/02/how-important-is-having-radio-in-the-dash/?vgo_ee=BxLo2SCM%2FWQ0YIAOZFlRrP6RAh75nUo7gcyIyXc0xJM%3D Trump Called Ted Nugent a handsome devil and now that’s the title of his album lol: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/ted-nugent-handsome-devil-donald-trump/ Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion petitioning to make 420 a national holiday: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/ted-nugent-handsome-devil-donald-trump/

Alexander The Podcast Episode 16 / Mama Mia

Alexander The Podcast Episode 16 Subscribe for new episodes every Monday :D Parts Per Million - Find The Light https://youtu.be/eJ4L2q6TeLc Monuments - Deadnest https://youtu.be/iojeTEVC1xM NF - Just Like You https://youtu.be/A_y_6a5DG4I Erra - Snowblood https://youtu.be/ruGgo1MkUj8 Olive Amun - Blues https://youtu.be/F3el9WyBsZA Historical Shout Out: Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer https://youtu.be/KtBbyglq37E News: Custom T Shirts for Venues to help them stay afloat: https://nowtoronto.com/food-and-drink/how-one-toronto-company-using-music-merch-tohelp-struggling-bars Madonna busted photoshopping her face onto a 28 year olds body to promote an album lol: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9403331/Madonna-busted-photoshopping-face-womans-body.html So much pressure on pop stars causing eating disorders: outlined in documentary about Demi Lovato: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/mar/25/eating-disorders-pop-music-industry-demi-lovato-documentary The Who’s Roger Daltrey is selling his champagne to benefit cancer charities hit during the pandemic: https://www.loudersound.com/news/the-whos-roger-daltrey-is-selling-own-brand-champagne-to-raise-money-for-charities-hit-by-pandemic Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols Wrote a Song about Kate Bush: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-song-johnny-rotten-wrote-for-kate-bush/ Members of the Sex Pistols tied up in royalty dispute amongst each other: https://www.music-news.com/news/UK/139259/Sex-Pistols-locked-in-lawsuit-over-money Sex Pistols biopic currently in production: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9404219/Anson-Boon-transforms-Johnny-Rotten-joins-stars-film-Sex-Pistols-drama.html Cassette comeback? Lol: https://www.straight.com/music/cassettes-make-a-comeback-with-new-reissue-series

Alexander The Podcast Episode 15 / Hot Beats on Yonge St

Alexander The Podcast Episode 15 Subscribe for new episodes every Monday! Lord Huron - Mine Forever https://youtu.be/QASm_7AV-TI Northlane - Clockwork https://youtu.be/qbluJMBzV5Y Yungblud - Life on Mars (Bowie Cover) https://youtu.be/SJs9Lsq55yI Born of Osiris - White Nile https://youtu.be/4ShzP_M7W-k Sleeping With Sirens - No Rain (Blind Melon Cover) https://youtu.be/VK2nhTkovZM Historical Shout Out: Nirvana - Man Who Sold The World https://youtu.be/fregObNcHC8 News: Coachella moved from oct 2021 to April 2022: https://variety.com/2021/music/news/coachella-festival-moving-2022-1234933239/ Tour of Yonge St Venues In Toronto available (looks like a strip mall but used to be a strip of venues where little bands like Rush got their start) https://www.blogto.com/music/2021/03/weekend-walking-tour-yonge-lost-music-venues/ Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian? Are rock stars about to become societally more attractive than rappers lol? https://pagesix.com/2021/03/17/kourtney-kardashian-cozies-up-to-boyfriend-travis-barker-in-la/?utm_source=maropost&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pagesixdaily&utm_content=20210318&tpcc=pagesix_daily&mpweb=755-9320233-720272268 Lee Mavers of the Las: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210315-the-mystery-of-lost-rock-genius-lee-mavers?ocid=ww.social.link.twitter Frontman of Behemoth facing possible prison time, appealing Poland’s blasphemy laws: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/mar/18/nergal-the-extreme-metal-musician-fighting-poland-blasphemy-laws?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath writing memoir: https://www.music-news.com/news/UK/139079/Geezer-Butler-confirms-his-memoir-is-in-the-works Interview with Ringo on new EP: https://www.vulture.com/2021/03/interview-ringo-starr-zoom-in-ep-beatles-friendship.html Charity of the Week: Thorn (www.thorn.org)

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