Don Heffington
&
Don Heffington

From ANDRAS JONES: As we come to the close of our Pop Oracle session with DON HEFFINGTON and DOMENIC GENOVA we start with a glimpse into the songs that initially inspired Don as a child growing up in a musical family before digging into his question about a potential return to New York City. With […]

Chuck E. Weiss
with
Eleni Mandell
Don Heffington
All Day Sucker
&
Paul Body

 There’s a season finale with an explanation of our recent absence coming on 8/8 but in this special episode we celebrate the life of Chuck E. Weiss who left us on July 20, 2021. Chuck was on Radio8Ball three times with… All Day Sucker – http://www.radio8ball.com/2017/11/02/chuck-e-weissall-day-sucker/ Don Heffington – http://www.radio8ball.com/2018/06/05/chuck-e-weiss-don-heffington/ & Eleni Mandell – […]

Chuck E. Weiss
&
Don Heffington

From ANDRAS JONES: CHUCK E. WEISS is one of our favorite guests on Radio8Ball. He’s joined us for sessions with ALL DAY SUCKER and with ELENI MANDELL. This time he’s here with his friend DON HEFFINGTON for a conversation about his early days in LA, playing beat poetry gigs with Don, meeting Tom Waits, hanging […]

Paul Zollo
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Don Heffington

From ANDRAS JONES: PAUL ZOLLO has been a regular contributor to our show since we started podcasting with Starburns. This time he joins his friend DON HEFFINGTON with a question about the divided nature of our nation that resonates with mine from the previous reading. The answer, a fractious medley with help from Allen Ginsberg, […]

Andras Jones
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Don Heffington

From ANDRAS JONES: DON HEFFINGTON is a serious cat. Click the link for a list of his illustrious associations, or just hang with us for 8 musical divinations with his friends PAUL ZOLLO, AMY ALLISON, DAVE ALVIN, JILL MARKEY, PAUL BODY & CHUCK E. WEISS. I start things off with a question about the irrational […]

Jill Markey
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Don Heffington

From ANDRAS JONES: JILL MARKEY is an artist with a wandering spirit, as evidenced by her question for The Pop Oracle in this session with her friend DON HEFFINGTON. Her question kicks off what evolves into a series of conversations that explore the concept of place as this episode develops. You can see some examples […]

Dave Alvin
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Don Heffington

From ANDRAS JONES: DAVE ALVIN is someone we’ve wanted to have on the show for years. Today, on the eve of embarking on a tour with Jimmie Dale Gilmore (and previous R8B guests Dead Rock West) he joins our session with his buddy DON HEFFINGTON to ask one of life’s essential questions. Like “To be […]

Amy Allison
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Don Heffington

From ANDRAS JONES: AMY ALLISON joins us for a Pop Oracle session with DON HEFFINGTON about 9 years after her father Mose Allison was on the show. Don, Amy and Sheldon Gomberg are currently putting the finishing touches on a Mose Allison tribute record that features a duet between Amy and Elvis Costello on Mose’s […]

Paul Body
&
Don Heffington

From ANDRAS JONES: How have I not known PAUL BODY until now? DON HEFFINGTON invited Paul to join his Pop Oracle session, and so did I SEE HAWKS IN LA who will be our guests in an upcoming episode. In both cases this guy dropped some deep experience on us gleaned from his years on […]

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