Alexander The Podcast

Alexander The Podcast

by Alexander Cohen

Music Commentary News Commentary

Season 1

Alexander The Podcast Episode 14 / Teenage Mutant Ninja Patton

Alexander The Podcast Episode 14 Subscribe for new episode every Monday :D Billy Wylder - Sahara https://youtu.be/C3Xy7z1Akqc The Paper Kites - Crossfire Ft. Amanda Bergman (Swedish Singer Songwriter) https://youtu.be/NiSTjY0a4OM Sullivan King - Venomous Ft. Spencer Charnas https://youtu.be/n8yzn4iZVeY Rob Zombie - Crow Killer Blues https://youtu.be/ALeW1Gow9dI NF - Lost Ft. Hopsin https://youtu.be/fxrkhf17fU0 Historical Shout Out: Boston - Don’t Look Back (https://youtu.be/2HuiH-0R6a0) News: Deftones Announce Limited Edition Tequila https://consequenceofsound.net/2021/03/deftones-white-pony-tequila/ Mike Patton sings theme for upcoming Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge Game https://www.loudersound.com/news/cowabunga-mike-patton-sings-the-theme-for-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-game Middle class musician “may be a thing of the past” lol https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/middle-class-musician-1.5941796 Rock Am Ring Cancelled over pandemic (good, people will come when it’s safe too) https://www.thelocal.de/20210310/german-and-swiss-music-festivals-cancelled-over-pandemic/ New Orleans Allowing Indoor Music For First Time Since Pandemic Began https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-orleans-to-allow-live-music-indoors-for-first-time-since-pandemic-began 9 in 10 English Musicians Say Their Mental Health Has Deteriorated Due To Pandemic https://www.guitarworld.com/news/9-in-10-musicians-say-their-mental-health-has-deteriorated-due-to-the-covid-19-pandemic David Bowie Collabed with Queen on Cream Covers During Under Pressure Sessions https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/mar/11/queen-and-david-bowie-recorded-cream-covers-in-under-pressure-sessions?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Ozzy Has Begun Using Airsoft Gun At Home to Take his Mind off Mental Health Issues: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9353275/Ozzy-Osbourne-says-new-shooting-hobby-helps-mind-health-issues.html Charity of The Week: Wildlife Conservation Society

Alexander The Podcast Episode 13 / Wither

Alexander The Podcast Ep 13 Subscribe for new episode every Monday :D AFI - Begging For Trouble https://youtu.be/k9OHSbJUoFY Alanis Morisette - Predator https://youtu.be/agRfd9JEa1k Chevelle - Endlessly https://youtu.be/70P1OEpMRaw Evanescence - Better Without You https://youtu.be/IUCF50ByaaM Badflower - F*ck The World https://youtu.be/dF5tL1APzEM Historical Shoutout: Bill Withers Grandma’s Hands https://youtu.be/TdrChyGb574 News: Mariah Carey Brother Sues For Defamation over her claims regarding him in her memoir: https://consequenceofsound.net/2021/03/mariah-carey-brother-lawsuit/ Manu Katche performs drum solo in middle of alps and its AMAZING: https://www.musicradar.com/news/watch-manu-katche-perform-a-solo-in-the-middle-of-the-alps Sully Erna says Covid is actually global killer and death count is inflated: https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/godsmacks-sully-erna-says-covid-19-is-not-a-global-killer-floats-theory-that-coronavirus-death-count-is-inflated/ Mullet Trend Revival pukes https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/the-unstoppable-revenge-of-the-mullet-an-unlikely-trend-revival-1.5334883 Chop Suey voted greatest metal song of the 21st century: https://www.loudersound.com/news/system-of-a-downs-chop-suey-has-been-voted-the-greatest-metal-song-of-the-21st-century Charity of the week: The Ocean Cleanup

Alexander The Podcast Episode 12 / Shiver MErlot Timbers

Alexander The Podcast Ep 12 Subscribe for a new episode every Monday :D Foo Fighters - Holding Poison https://youtu.be/1x9_1QC5fTY Post Malone - Only Wanna Be With You https://youtu.be/SKIG2kHXmg0 AFI - Looking Tragic https://youtu.be/oWQ5erTq6cw The White Buffalo - Fantasy https://youtu.be/5Q-03o8YYH0 Of Mice & Men - Anchor https://youtu.be/XQsnl9snW7Y August Burns Red - Extinct by Instinct (Reprise) https://youtu.be/-Au6mHQFpgA Finger Eleven - Paralyzer (Acoustic) https://youtu.be/927nsHQcWzA Historical Shout out: Bob Seger (Against the wind) https://youtu.be/PmrkY-EZy74 News: Live Nation Sold 170,000 tickets to UK fests in just 3 days… https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/live-nation-just-sold-170000-tickets-for-uk-festivals-coming-this-summer-in-three-days/ Interview with UK musicians on why this has been the worst year ever for the UK music industry https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/feb/26/is-this-the-worst-year-ever-for-the-uk-music-industry-podcast?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Alice Cooper describing the Detroit rock scene https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/26/alice-cooper-detroit-rock The Endless Life Cycle of Japanese City Pop https://pitchfork.com/features/article/the-endless-life-cycle-of-japanese-city-pop/ New Book on manageable lifestyle for musicians, Sound Advice: https://completemusicupdate.com/article/new-book-offers-career-and-health-advice-to-musicians/ Brian May turns to gardening to soothe his depression: https://www.music-news.com/news/UK/138528/Brian-May-Gardening-helps-me-beat-depression-it-s-one-of-life-s-great-therapies Facebook dropping smart glasses https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-smart-glasses-facial-recognition-tech-andrew-bosworth-ar-glasses-2021-2

Alexander The Podcast Episode 11 / Pinot Egregious

Alexander The Podcast Episode 11 Subscribe for a new episode every Monday :D Lord Huron - Not Dead Yet https://youtu.be/5b0Pt-k1hGo Papa Roach ft. Danny Worsnop - Broken As Me https://youtu.be/GM5JD8XD95w NF - Clouds https://youtu.be/fibYknUCIU4 David Gray - Laughing Gas https://youtu.be/zpppq5_7FRs Ariana Grande - Test Drive https://youtu.be/1zNYZd94ui8 Reflections - Cicada https://youtu.be/akz2tM_EqiE Mike Shinoda ft. Ian Diohr and UPSAHL https://youtu.be/1VYZFJR7zgw Historical Shoutout: Beethoven (Moonlight Sonata) https://youtu.be/4Tr0otuiQuU News: Dolly Parton asks Nashville not to Put up a Statue In Her Honor At This Time: https://apnews.com/article/dolly-parton-tennessee-no-statue-capitol-ee80ab68ca93f29d5f600b99008fadfc McIntosh Makes $4,500 cd player: https://newatlas.com/home-entertainment/mcintosh-mcd85-cd-player/ Jarvis Cocker Mooned Michael Jackson onstage 25 years ago, Jackson said it “sickened him”: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/jarvis-cockers-stage-mooning-michael-23527875 The Weeknd gifted Super Bowl ring from manager on 31st birthday: https://www.music-news.com/news/UK/138348/The-Weeknd-gifted-diamond-Super-Bowl-ring Nyan Cat Being Sold as One of a Kind piece of crypto art https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/18/22287956/nyan-cat-crypto-art-foundation-nft-sale-chris-torres Apple Working on magnetic battery pack for charging iphones https://nypost.com/2021/02/19/apple-developing-magnetic-battery-pack-to-charge-iphones-report/ Have live performances delivered to your door with food and drink uh??? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-gravy-train-music-1.5917442 Turbowolf Bassist Opens Café Only hiring struggling musicians: https://www.nme.com/news/music/turbowolf-bassist-opens-bristol-cafe-only-hiring-struggling-musicians-2884796

Alexander The Podcast Episode 10 / Revenge of the Craft Beer

Alexander The Podcast Ep 10 Subscribe for new episode every Monday! Wallows - OK https://youtu.be/NSNcGYkp8v8 Creeper - Cyanide https://youtu.be/v_2C_9jLmNc Yungblud - The Freak Show https://youtu.be/GXaZdp5byE8 Tenacious D - Roadie https://youtu.be/fwRO74Bp4aM Shadow Of Intent - Melancholy https://youtu.be/L9jVoT-7xMM A Day To Remember - I’m Already Gone (Live at TAC) https://youtu.be/VjMgbtL2uP4 Shane - Ugly Thoughts https://youtu.be/auoFpMo_EVs Eels - Earth To Dora https://youtu.be/n-4POFyT5xE Tom Petty - Don’t Fade On Me https://youtu.be/KKUBlwVgVYc Kamrun, Collie Buddz - Planters’ Paradise https://youtu.be/PTd4gn2-znk Sevendust - Nothing Left to Say https://youtu.be/-ZsN8ZTsYJo Sevendust - Love https://youtu.be/lbnEKv5FMss Tallah - No One Should Read This https://youtu.be/GWP2uPwcAzY Sedona - JunkBunny https://youtu.be/U5oI8aoPhJs Historical Shout Out: Nat King Cole https://youtu.be/TAjx0d-fda4 News: Willie Nelson on Smoking with Snoop Dogg and marathon sex: “My life’s been pretty good”: https://www.thedailybeast.com/willie-nelson-on-smoking-with-snoop-dogg-and-marathon-sex-my-life-has-been-pretty-good English promoters are plotting open air comeback for summer: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/feb/09/outdoor-theatre-reopening-stages-coronavirus-arcola-london?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Are Music Charts a relic of the past? https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbyowsinski/2021/01/17/are-music-charts-a-relic-of-the-past/?sh=3bd794acb9eb US Ambassador to Vietnam drops hot fire rap track about Lunar New year (it’s like, really, really bad): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbfUL53zwPI&feature=youtu.be

Alexander The Podcast Episode 9 / Allegedly

Alexander The Podcast Ep 9 Subscribe for a new episode every Monday :D Thousand Below - Gone To Me https://youtu.be/ngQLr_bBoD0 Atmosphere - God’s Bathroom Floor https://youtu.be/f70vYOHlkps Ice Cube - Trying To Maintain https://youtu.be/cwFjH5ZMlg4 David Gray - Heart and Soul https://youtu.be/0E4-ryXv64g Every Time I Die - AWOL https://youtu.be/tiT1sVH-dLQ Foo Fighters - Making a Fire https://youtu.be/gfbJCzaEdps Wallow Ft. Remi Wolf & Solomonophonic - Ok https://youtu.be/9RUNKW889Uk The Lumineers - Pretty Pictures In My Mind (Johnny Cash Cover) https://youtu.be/R6KHYhksFyI Victoria Monet - F.U.C.K. https://youtu.be/HJxC_FoBmGQ Historical Shout Out - Eagles (Peaceful Easy Feeling) https://youtu.be/KPctA0hT9c8 News: Toronto Woman Creates anonymous audio service to help the socially isolated: https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/02/toronto-woman-creates-anonymous-audio-service-help-socially-isolated/ An Album of sounds that make people happy and why the creator is giving it away: https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/arts/happy-music-the-album-of-sounds-that-make-people-happy/ Kanye moves 500 pairs of sneakers out of Kim Kardashian’s house: https://www.complex.com/sneakers/2021/02/kanye-west-moves-500-pairs-sneakers-kim-kardashian-house Taylor Swift sued by Utah theme park Evermore over trademark: https://pitchfork.com/news/taylor-swift-sued-by-utah-theme-park-evermore-over-trademark/ Turntable.fm is returning? https://turntable.org/ Tiktok singer Amy Hawkins, 110, becomes viral sensation: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-55871140 Todd Rundgren to launch a geofenced virtual tour entirely from Chicago: https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/03/todd-rundgren-clearly-human/ Free Music Streaming Royalty Calculator: https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/02/free-music-streaming-royalty-calculator.html

Alexander The Podcast Episode 8 / Multiplication and Division

Alexander The Podcast Ep 8 New episode every Monday :D Gemini Syndrome - IDK https://youtu.be/9wzA14GcM_k Chevelle - Peach https://youtu.be/gg1pK31X71c Berried Alive - Blood Orange https://youtu.be/H71B5s362W4 Stick to your Guns - Amber (Acoustic) https://youtu.be/WrjibuzikUU Papa Roach - Last Resort Reloaded Ft. Jeris Johnson https://youtu.be/GYDTcCf0xvw Young Franco - Fallin’ Apart (Human Movement Remix) https://youtu.be/mZL24V9LzUI Sam Gorski - Death of the Chosen Few https://youtu.be/RqAZ9z7thQU Hyro The Hero - We Believe (Ft. David Draiman) https://youtu.be/ntOT2jfdKfk Dead Poets Society - .loveyoulikethat. https://youtu.be/OMRLL3oCFuw Landon Tewers - Kill Me https://youtu.be/fKbwOVpKIH8 Night Fiends - Glass Prison https://youtu.be/8l5V0Q6kuDw Thrice - Just Breathe (Acoustic) https://youtu.be/a3QW1yZ9OHc Left To Suffer - Anger https://youtu.be/KXdQ400J7lg Wheel - Hyperion https://youtu.be/HAvbM2Q2DyQ Historical Shout Out: Otis Redding https://youtu.be/j38S1tXlIgo News: The Evolution of Music in Video Games https://www.electronicbeats.net/book-essay-music-in-video-games/?utm_source=TMN+Messages&utm_campaign=2401baf4ba-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8d5eca52f6-2401baf4ba-65041549 Spotify Dominates Streaming In Mexico https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/364278 German Music Industry Weeds Out a Company Offering Stream Manipulation and How Stream Manipulation Hurts All Other Artists https://completemusicupdate.com/article/german-record-industry-secures-another-injunction-against-a-stream-manipulation-outfit/ Why All American Music is Rooted In African American Expression, a New Museum Shows https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/natio nal-museum-of-african-american-music-virtual-tour-trnd/index.htm

Alexander The Podcast Episode 7 / Up The Pipeline

Alexander The Podcast Ep 7 Weezer - All My Favorite Songs https://youtu.be/AGPdXYG1msg Run The Jewels - Just Ft. Pharrell and Zach De La Rocha (What So Not Remix) https://youtu.be/IuKj-1sDlt0 NOFX - Linewleum Ft. Avenged Sevenfold https://youtu.be/_Y3yDBklhDI Death Cab For Cutie - King of Carrot Flowers Pt 1 (Neutral Milk Hotel Cover) https://youtu.be/Hnf0f9JCs9Q Django Django - Free From Gravity https://youtu.be/fZbjb7QOs_k Johnny Cosmic - Sun and the Moon ft. Collie Buddz https://youtu.be/1BA58gkYRvw David Gray - Skellig https://youtu.be/7-GysB1qObc August Burns Red - Standing In the Storm https://youtu.be/tns_LUxPRo0 Historical Shout Out - Cab Calloway https://youtu.be/u7ogK_unbqM News: Mike Garson (keyboard for Bowie) Talking about David Bowie: https://www.dnextnow.com/podcast-s2-episode-11 Genesis delay reunion tour, but air footage of rehearsals https://exclaim.ca/music/article/genesis_delay_reunion_tour_yet_again_share_new_rehearsal_footage Previously unreleased music from AC/DC’s late singer Bon Scott Officially Released after 50 years https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/previously-unheard-music-from-late-ac-dc-singer-bon-scott-officially-released-after-50-years/ Black Sabbath Drummer Bill Ward releases Happy New Year poem https://www.blabbermouth.n et/news/black-sabbath-drummer-bill-ward-releases-happy-new-year-poem/ Listen to Nine Inch Nails’ Head Like a Hole get a haunting goth makeover https://www.loudersound.com/news/listen-to-nine-inch-nails-track-head-like-a-hole-get-a-haunting-goth-makeover Biden’s Cancellation of Keystone Pipeline faces mixed reactions https://www.npr.org/2021/01/21/959335885/biden-s-cancellation-of-permit-for-keystone-xl-pipeline-faces-mixed-reactions Video game of the week: Hades Industry Commentary: Recording demos vs getting a pro producer Charity of the Week: World Central Kitchen

Alexander The Podcast Episode 6 / Peace and Love Man

Alexander The Podcast Ep 6 Of Mice & Men - Obsolete https://youtu.be/hxu3KXVy48w Death Cab for Cutie - Waterfalls https://youtu.be/nWpBPaSkaBA AFI - Twisted Tongues https://youtu.be/qipFUFj4NHI Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over The Country Club https://youtu.be/vBHild0PiTE Foo Fighters - Waiting On a War https://youtu.be/KVFTl9IjkwQ D Chamberz Ft. Method Man - Rap With a Legend https://youtu.be/fmACi4vkFmc The Veer Union and 2 Shadows - Scratching At the Surface (Acoustic) https://youtu.be/c7tpD9rXk80 Metric - Now or Never Now (Dirt Road Version) https://youtu.be/8z52nvch8Zw I Set My Friends On Fire - Addictions (Juice Wrld Tribute) https://youtu.be/5yNFV9wv5yg Historical Shout Out: Jimi Hendrix News: https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/ for Jan 17th Save Our Stages Act Prep: https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9512414/save-our-stages-grants-how-venues-can-get-ready/

Alexander The Podcast Episode 5 / Protest The Weirdo

Alexander the podcast 5 Northlane https://youtu.be/65J9UiRT3mY Chevelle https://youtu.be/QhPn5EPGN4c Malz Monday / Westside Boogie https://youtu.be/dcSUY10yviI Escape The Fate ft Travis Barker https://youtu.be/dZ0uFn4V5nw Mod Sun / Avril Lavigne https://youtu.be/MG4WiGodGgo Lajon Witherspoon https://youtu.be/aLBJsjC9qKc Affiance https://youtu.be/qGru6ZAHhlU Andromida https://youtu.be/oQTj2AmC2vI Blink 182 https://youtu.be/Zb5Sk5x24cs News https://www.loudersound.com/news/axl-rose-bought-dave-grohl-a-hugely-expensive-guitar-to-say-thanks-for-borrowing-his-throne https://consequenceofsound.net/2021/01/iced-earth-jon-schaffer-sought-by-police-storming-u-s-capitol/ https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/07/britney-spears-ex-husband-jason-alexander-pro-trump-protest-capitol-riot/ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jan/07/making-waves-the-hit-indian-island-radio-station-leading-climate-conversations?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other The Band's Robbie Robertson to Sell His Historic Neve Console on Reverb https://exclaim.ca/music/article/kathryn_calder_launches_calming_toll-free_phone_service https://www.loudersound.com/news/new-pink-floyd-jigsaw-puzzle-range-celebrates-more-of-their-iconic-album-covers https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10106315969897669&id=17823235&sfnsn=mo https://relix.com/news/detail/listen-to-david-bowie-cover-bob-dylans-tryin-to-get-to-heaven-and-john-lennons-mother-in-newly-unearthed-recordings/?mc_cid=e083a69a6f&mc_eid=6829064bb7

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