Alan Abbadessa
&
Andras Jones

Alan Abbadessa and Andras Jones ALAN ABBADESSA joins this week’s Pop Oracle session with host ANDRAS JONES to discuss last week’s reading with LOUISE GOFFIN, the song of the day by MEERNAA, and his new documentary film series HINDSIGHT 2020. Of course, Alan’s got his own question for The Pop Oracle. Listen to the end […]

Bob Wiseman

From ANDRAS JONES: BOB WISEMAN is one of the few people I feel confident applying the G word to. My old acting teacher, W. Morgan Sheppard once described playing a genius with one action; impatience. I’ve never met anyone more impatient than Bob. He’s impatient with injustice and stupidity and hypocrisy and (back in the […]

Peter Case
&
DEAD ROCK WEST

From ANDRAS JONES: PETER CASE joins us for this Pop Oracle session with DEAD ROCK WEST from the streets of Portland hanging out before one of his shows. Peter produced their album “Bright Morning Stars”. He’s another one of those songwriters, like Jeffrey Gaines or Dan Bern, who travels close to the ground. Of course, […]

Alyssa d’Artenay
&
Abby Weems

From ANDRAS JONES: As we close in on the end of this Pop Oracle session with ABBY WEEMS of the band Potty Mouth we are joined by one of their fans. ALYSSA d’ARTENAY is a studio engineer currently studying her craft in the Cal State system. Our guest in this spot was supposed to be […]

Chris Price
&
Chris Price

From ANDRAS JONES: And for our big closing number…This is the 8th and last musical divination of the CHRIS PRICE episode. The 64th and final musical divination of the series of 8 episodes that began with INARA GEORGE on November 6th, 2017. How did we get here? Well, a roller coaster is a pretty good […]

Dutch Cramblitt
&
Chris Price

From ANDRAS JONES: DUTCH CRAMBLITT of CHRIS PRICE’S label, Omnivore Records, joins us to sing Chris’s praises and engage The Pop Oracle on the matter of The Grammy’s, particularly Omnivore’s chances of winning another one in the future. “Overcast under a golden crown” Dutch has been a great help in getting some really wonderful artists […]

The R8B App

Radio8Ball App – AVAILABLE NOW! The Radio8Ball App is your personal gateway to The Pop Oracle. NOW AVAILABLE in the iTunes store. Users are invited to consult The Pop Oracle by asking questions and giving the app a shake. Filled with every song recorded in the 20+ year history of Radio8Ball, the answers come in […]

Tom Petty Tribute
with Paul Zollo
&
Andras Jones

From ANDRAS JONES: I fly down to LA once a month to record three of these episodes at Starburns Industries in Burbank, and that week in October, for no discernible reason, I’d left one completely unbooked. When Petty died, it seemed obvious that we should devote that spot to tributing his music. So first I […]

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