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ROCK AND/OR ROLL

523 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 149 ratings

A podcast about rock and/or roll. Part of Pantheon Podcasts

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Episodes

214 - VINYL COUNTDOWN: BATTLESHIP II

February 02, 2018 06:15 - 1 hour - 94.6 MB

BJ's record collection: 41 squares, about 80 records per square. The listeners provided the coordinates and BJ plays a song from whatever record they hit.

213 - VINYL COUNTDOWN: BATTLESHIP

January 26, 2018 06:15 - 1 hour - 203 MB

BJ's record collection: 41 squares, about 80 records per square. The listeners provided the coordinates and BJ plays a song from whatever record they hit.

212 - THE LAST

January 19, 2018 06:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

No, it's not the last episode. Not yet at least! This episode is about the classic L.A. post punk band The Last.

211 - FAST EDDIE

January 11, 2018 21:27 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB

R.I.P. Fast Eddie Clarke. Thanks for all the kick ass rock and roll.

210 - EIGHTIES SCORPIONS

January 05, 2018 06:22 - 1 hour - 80 MB

BJ is joined by frequent guest Joe Royland for part two of an overview of the career of German heavy metal pioneers Scorpions and then each counts down his personal top ten favorite Scorpions songs from the eighties.

209 - SEVENTIES SCORPIONS

December 29, 2017 06:57 - 1 hour - 93.2 MB

BJ is joined by frequent guest Fistful of Dave for part one of an overview of the career of German heavy metal pioneers Scorpions and then each counts down his personal top ten favorite Scorpions songs from the seventies. 

208 - WAR ON XMAS

December 22, 2017 06:37 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MB

Happy holidays!

207 - AOR????????? AOK!!!!!!!!!

December 15, 2017 06:37 - 1 hour - 85.1 MB

Just in time for the holiday season BJ delivers the gift of some more great AOR. 

206 - SAIGON KICK'S WATER WITH BASSIST CHRIS MCLERNON

December 08, 2017 06:25 - 2 hours - 112 MB

BJ is joined by bassist Chris McLernon for an in depth examination of Saigon Kick's excellent but unfortunately overlooked 1993 album Water.

205 - FAITH NO MORE'S ANGEL DUST WITH PRODUCER MATT WALLACE

December 01, 2017 06:41 - 1 hour - 87.3 MB

BJ is joined by producer Matt Wallace, the man who was at the helm for the first four Faith No More albums, for a thorough examination of the band's 1992 schizophrenic masterpiece Angel Dust.

204 - NO SHAME FREE-FOR-ALL

November 24, 2017 06:07 - 1 hour - 86.7 MB

BJ closes out Noshameber with a No Shame potluck featuring No Shame picks from nine different friends of the show: Jon Lamoreaux from The Hustle, Joe Royland from Sit and Spin, Craig Cohen from the Slycast, Lee McCormack from Tramps Like Us, Steve Wright from Podder Than Hell and listeners Jason Radtke, Douglas Levy, Jennifer Kjos and Terry Means.

203 - NO SHAME 11 WITH "THE PODFATHER" KEN MILLS

November 17, 2017 04:42 - 1 hour - 76.8 MB

For the third week of Noshameber BJ is joined by "The Podfather" himself Ken Mills who oversees a podcasting empire that includes the PodKISSt, Cheap Talk with Trick Chat, Zilch! A Monkees Podcast and POP! A Pop Culture Podcast. 

202 - NO SHAME 10 WITH WALLY AND RICH FROM THE CGCM PODCAST

November 10, 2017 04:09 - 1 hour - 92.1 MB

For the second week of Noshameber BJ is joined by Wallygator and Rich "Meister" Dillon from the CGCM Podcast.

201 - NO SHAME 9 WITH MARK STRIGL FROM TALKING METAL

November 03, 2017 04:43 - 1 hour - 78 MB

Mark Strigl from Talking Metal joins BJ to celebrate the first week of Noshameber.

PODKISST 108 - UNMASKED Part Deux: BJ's Revenge

October 27, 2017 05:22 - 1 hour - 101 MB

BJ is taking the month of October off but check out this great episode of the PodKISSt where BJ is called out for giving the show a bad iTunes review.

PODKISST 112 - RUNAWAY

October 20, 2017 04:59 - 2 hours - 137 MB

BJ is taking October off but check out this awesome 2015 episode of the PodKISSt where BJ, Ken Mills, Craig Cohen and Jeff Hulit dismantled the 1984 Gene Simmons starring vehicle Runaway.

BIG SCREEN BOOK CLUB EPISODE 2: 58 MINUTES/DIE HARD 2

October 13, 2017 04:51 - 37 minutes - 34 MB

BJ is taking October off but be sure to check out this great episode he did with Craig Cohen for a podcast called Big Screen Book Club in 2015.

BIG SCREEN BOOK CLUB EPISODE 1: NOTHING LASTS FOREVER/DIE HARD

October 06, 2017 05:06 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MB

BJ is taking October off but this week and next week you can check out the first two episodes of a podcast called Big Screen Book Club that he did with Craig Cohen in 2015.

200 - 200

September 29, 2017 04:12 - 1 hour - 100 MB

On this the 200th episode BJ takes a look back, counts down his top ten favorite episodes of the podcast, and we hear from some listeners. Thanks to Greg Snazz, Jennifer Kjos, and Joe and Winter Thomas!

GETTIN' BOSSY 005 - WORST OF BRUCE: THE EIGHTIES

September 22, 2017 04:57 - 1 hour - 69.9 MB

Not only does this episode play dual roles in the RA/OR universe as an episode of both Gettin' Bossy and Worst of... but BJ and Brian Sword are also joined by Lee McCormack, the host of a great Bruce Springsteen centric podcast called Tramps Like Us, for a Worst of Bruce extravaganza which focuses on the low-points (according to us) of the Boss' eighties output.

198 - THE MICHAEL BUTLER ROCK N POD TRAINWRECK

September 15, 2017 04:55 - 1 hour - 83.5 MB

Michael Butler gets mad at BJ for getting mad at Michael Butler.

197 - VINYL COUNTDOWN: ROCK N POD ROAD TRIP

September 08, 2017 04:37 - 1 hour - 86.2 MB

BJ plays a selection of songs from the records he acquired while travelling to and from Nashville for the Rock n Pod Expo.

196 - ROCK N POD 2017

September 01, 2017 09:24 - 1 hour - 83.7 MB

BJ had a crazy weekend.

195 - POWER POP 7

August 25, 2017 04:41 - 1 hour - 87.2 MB

Once again it's time for more power pop. Great music on this episode.

194 - STIFF LITTLE FINGERS

August 18, 2017 04:25 - 1 hour - 63.1 MB

Stiff Little Fingers used punk rock to criticize and satirize the feuding forces that plagued their homeland and plundered their youth and as fate would have it punk rock fittingly became their ticket out. 

193 - DEVIL'S DEAL: RARE HEAVY METAL 45's

August 11, 2017 04:23 - 1 hour - 98.5 MB

BJ spins some very cool and rare heavy metal 45's from the eighties, Side A and Side B.

192 - AL GREEN IN THE SEVENTIES

August 04, 2017 04:15 - 1 hour - 67.2 MB

The seventies were a very fertile time for rock and roll but over in the realm of soul music Al Green and a core group of musicians were doing something extremely cool and unique.

191 - KISS KONNECTIONS III

July 28, 2017 08:46 - 1 hour - 103 MB

Every year Chris and Aaron over at Decibel Geek celebrate Kissmas In July with a month full of Kiss related episodes. In 2015 BJ joined in on the fun with two episodes called Kiss Konnections. July 2017 is almost over but Kiss Konnections III is here just in time!

190 - AOR???????? AOK!!!!!!!!

July 21, 2017 03:55 - 1 hour - 87.6 MB

You can never have too much AOR!

189 - THE NITS

July 14, 2017 04:59 - 1 hour - 75.3 MB

The Nits formed in Amsterdam in 1974 and have released almost 20 albums in 40 years but none of them came out in the US (they are mostly available on iTunes now). They were a clever and creative band, always innovative and capable of greatness, as the songs you will hear on this episode will attest.

188 - WORST OF U2

July 07, 2017 04:52 - 1 hour - 70.8 MB

BJ Kahuna and Brian Sword are joined by past guest Randy W. Hall from That Dandy Classic Music Hour. who contributed $50 to the Nashville Rock n Pod Expo fund in order to acquire the rights to talk shit about one of his favorite bands in a public forum.

187 - NO SHAME 8

June 30, 2017 03:20 - 1 hour - 104 MB

BJ is joined by listeners Sonny Pooni and Steven Michael, each of whom contributed $50 to the Nashville Rock n Pod Expo and thereby secured the rights to a public shaming.

186 - (SONGS WITH) PARENTHESES

June 23, 2017 03:53 - 1 hour - 89.8 MB

BJ plays a random selection of songs which have two things in common: 1) they are good and 2) a portion of the title is offset by parentheses.

185 - FRINGE ARTISTS

June 16, 2017 04:15 - 1 hour - 75.7 MB

BJ takes a look at the lives and music of a few eccentric (each in his own way) but talented artists. You'll hear some great stories and some great music.

184 - T.REXTASY

June 09, 2017 04:54 - 2 hours - 111 MB

BJ is joined by Dustin Wikoff from the Drunken Lullabies podcast to pay tribute to the life and career of Marc Bolan and then each counts down his top ten favorite T. Rex songs. It's a hubcap diamond star halo of a time!

183 - GRUNGE MUSIC

June 02, 2017 04:08 - 1 hour - 97.3 MB

BJ takes a look at the grunge phenomenon that arose out of Seattle in the late eighties and plays some of the key bands and songs, plus some obscure favorites.

182 - PLAYING FAVORITES! PART DEUX

May 26, 2017 04:40 - 1 hour - 96.8 MB

BJ decided to recycle an old idea and once again ask the members of the Rock and/or Roll facebook page for suggestions of bands or artists by whom he might play his favorite song. The listeners obliged!

181 - CASSETTE LABELS

May 19, 2017 03:13 - 1 hour - 91.8 MB

BJ is joined by old friend Darrell AKA Caleb Fraid to discuss the homegrown cassette label scene that both were a part of in the mid-nineties.

180 - TRIUMPH'S TRIUMPHS

May 12, 2017 04:47 - 1 hour - 93.3 MB

BJ is joined once again by Joe Royland, host of Sit and Spin, for a discussion about that other Canadian power trio and each counts down his top ten favorite Triumph songs, or Triumph's Triumphs.

179 - WORST OF KISS (70s & 80s)

May 05, 2017 04:54 - 1 hour - 74 MB

For this episode special guest Terry Means contributed $50 to the Nashville Rock n Pod Expo fund and in so doing garnered himself the opportunity to join BJ and Brian Sword for a "Worst of" episode of his choice and Terry chose KISS. Get ready to rock and roll all nite and part of every day as each of the three lists what he thinks are the five worst KISS songs of the seventies and the five worst KISS songs of the eighties. Oh yeah!

178 - RUSTY WILLOUGHBY INTERVIEW

April 28, 2017 04:40

Rusty Willoughby was the creative force behind the Seattle pop punk band Flop who recorded three albums in the first half of the nineties including a lost classic for Epic Records in 1993 called Whenever You're Ready. On this episode BJ is joined by old friend and biggest Rusty Willoughby fan on earth Chris Standish and together they have a great conversation with the man himself, Rusty Willoughby, about his songwriting career with Pure Joy, Flop, Llama, and solo. 

177 - WORST OF LED ZEPPELIN

April 21, 2017 04:19 - 1 hour - 61.8 MB

BJ is joined once again by Brian Sword for another volume of "Worst of..." this time each has chosen the five worst Led Zeppelin songs to subject you to.

176 - POWER METAL

April 14, 2017 04:41 - 1 hour - 80.9 MB

On this episode BJ plays some of his favorite songs from the Power Metal genre. It's fast-paced and melodic. Enjoy!

175 - NO SHAME 7 (WITH ROCK & METAL COMBAT)

April 07, 2017 04:24 - 1 hour - 105 MB

Parental Advisory! BJ is joined by Ralph Viera and Ian Wadley from the Rock and Metal Combat podcast for another round of No Shame. 

174 - JANE DORNACKER

March 31, 2017 04:48 - 1 hour - 55.2 MB

Jane Dornacker was a comedian, actress, singer, songwriter, mother. Approximately one million New Yorkers listened to her last words live on the radio in 1986. 

173 - THE EPISODE

March 24, 2017 04:43 - 1 hour - 179 MB

Hello, welcome to Rock and/or Roll.  This one I'm calling "The Episode."  And on this episode every song  Starts with "The" then it's one word long The Trooper sounds the show begins  But on this episode no one wins  The sound of Built to Spill and Chicken Shack  Like Maiden said, "There's no turning back."

172 - VINYL COUNTDOWN: LIVE ALBUMS

March 17, 2017 04:03 - 1 hour - 94.9 MB

BJ raided his record collection again, this time looking for live albums, and it made for a killer playlist. Give it a listen.

171 - WORST OF THE BEATLES

March 10, 2017 04:33 - 1 hour - 73.5 MB

BJ is joined by co-host Brian Sword for this first in what will become another Rock and/or Roll series we're calling "Worst of..." and we're starting in the most logical place. BJ and Brian have each picked what they think are the five worst, or five of the worst, Beatles songs. Remember, opinions are like assholes.

170 - AOR??????? AOK!!!!!!!

March 03, 2017 04:42 - 1 hour - 82.3 MB

It's time for volume seven in our ongoing series: AOR? AOK! Sit back and enjoy 21 great melodic rock songs from the eighties and early nineties.

169 - POWER POP VI

February 24, 2017 04:26 - 1 hour - 76 MB

Yes it's that time again, time for some great power pop. You're going to love the music on this episode.

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