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Episode 128 – Mailbag Mixer – In this episode I open some CD submission that I’ve gotten through the mail and haven’t had a chance to check out yet. I take a risk by randomly playing tracks from the unheard albums. I talk about how wrong I was about thinking that I could just walk away from this show, and shout out some friends.
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Episode 127 – Is The Show Over? – Is The Americana Rock Mix nearing it’s end? It’s up to YOU to let me know. Send me your feedback about the show at Von@AmericanaRoots.com . Has it run it’s course, are people still interested? Give me your opinions. In the mean time, enjoy all of this great music.
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Episode 126 – Best Of 2011 – The show is returning strong for 2012. But we can’t forget all the great music from 2011. So, we’re listening to the bands in my list of Top 24 of 2011.
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Episode 125 - A Slightly Ranty Year Ender – This is the last episode of 2011! It won’t be the last that you hear from me this year, just the last ARM episode. I get a little rant-ish (ranty?) in this episode, so if you can get around that, there’s plenty of new and awesome music to amuse you.
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Episode 124 – Preempting The Pain – Tried to get a solid episode recorded before I’m not able to talk properly for a couple of days when I get this tooth pulled. Not much to say this episode, but it’s definitely full of solid music. Enjoy!
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Episode 123 – Vicodin Rock Mix – In this episode I’m dealing with some tooth pain. But it’s being toned down considerably by the Vicodin I’m taking. But still, I’m not going to let some tooth pain keep me from delivering the best music you’ll hear this week.
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Episode 122 – No Awards and Stolen Credit Cards – In this episode, along with all the great new music, I talk about not winning the Podcast Awards and dealing with getting my credit card number stolen.
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Episode 121 – Americana Insomnia Mix – In this episode, I talk about me recent phone appearance on 8th Grade Ball, I’ve changed my mind about something that I said I would never do, and just as ALWAYS – incredible music.
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Episode 120 – Auditorily Twanged – In this episode there seems to be some pretty twangy tracks. Completely unintentional, it’s just the way that the dice rolled. But it all fits together very nicely. Also, I talk about how you can get a hold of the exclusive episode (IF I win the 2011 Podcast Awards), the fact that I’m in the early stages of getting together my 2011 SXSW Showcase, and why I’m giving up draught beer.
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Episode 119 – Tales Of Mergers And Acquisitions – In this episode, I’m trying to get your votes for the Podcast Awards 2011. But more importantly, Matt Burke comes back into the studio to talk about Have Gun, Will Travel’s recent tour. The ups and downs of their longest cross country adventure, and the stories behind their most recent album. Or course all of this is WHILE we listen to the album.
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Episode 118 – Nominations And Libations – In this episode I talk about nominations for this years Podcast Awards, the Frank Turner concert I went to last weekend, driving with drunk friends, and as always, without needing to be said, awesome music.
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Episode 117 – Americana Femme Fatale Mix – In this episode, I feature a large amount of music by some of the best female independent Americana artists out there. And I ramble about my recent frustrations with the homeless people in my neighborhood.
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Episode 116 – It’s Not Racist – Another straight forward show this time. Not a lot of talk, just really good music.
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Episode 115 – Spending Time In My Head – Doing some catching up in this episode. Talking about what’s been going on lately in life and in my head. Fortunately I’ve got some really good music to play to keep your attention.
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Episode 114 – Intervention Records – In this episode we cover some of the Americana artists on Intervention Records. And this time I’m throwing in three songs per artist to sweeten the pot a little.
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Episode 113 – Have Gun Will Travel – In this episode I interview Matt Burke of Have Gun, Will Travel. We go over the timeline of the band, and Matt performs a few songs live in studio.
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Episode 112 – Slight Return To Form – We’re taking a break from the record label retrospectives, and bringing the show back to form for a bit. I talk about the busy past week that I’ve had and introduce some new (ish) music.
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Episode 111 – Suburban Home Records – In this episode I have my first guest since settling down in Florida. Bryan Childs (AKA AutopsyIV) from NineBullets.net stops by and has a beer (or 5) with me as we do a catalog retrospective of Suburban Home Records.
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Episode 110 – Against All Odds – The odds were against me this week. It gives me such a sense of relief for the week to finish an episode. Because I typically spend two days planning what I’m going to play, and even then, I usually change something right before I start to record. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the luxury of time this week. I was expecting some music that never showed up, which means I couldn’t prepare music that I didn’t have, and so I’m pulling this show out of thin air. Also, the episode is late this week because I was tending to Boris who just recently started a bout with arthritis or a pulled muscles or something. AND I have new equipment that I’m trying to tweek.
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Episode 109 – This Is American Music – In this episode I’m giving you a sample of awesomeness that is known as the record label “This Is American Music”. There is NOT a title that is more straight forward than that. As an undeniable fact, this IS American music. (www.ThisIsAmericanMusic.com)
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Episode 108 – On A Plateau – Not gonna lie. Things are going pretty good right now. So, there’s not a whole lot to say. But what little I do have to say is all in this episode. Along with some of the best music around, as always.
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Episode 107 – A Sigh Of Relief – Here I am, sitting in my new studio. What a relief to have all of my stuff back! It makes doing this SO much easier. Boris is back with us as well. TUMOR FREE as well. It’s a good time here at The Americana Rock Mix Studios. Let’s hope this keeps up.
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Episode 106 – From A Land Far Far Away – I’m still not done unpacking everything, so my kiwi buddy Paul Taylor offered to step up and take the helm for this weeks episode. He threw in a great mix of some familiar music along with some New Zealand twang. It all comes out to one fantastic mix.
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Episode 105 – It Never Goes Easy – I’m talking about my frustrations with using the moving company PODS and how they’re screwing me over and attempted to hold my belongings for ransom. There’s a bunch of sweet new music to break up my frustration, though.
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Episode 104 – Throw A Little Twang On It – Not much to say this episode. ‘Cept some more “thank you’s” to those people who have continued to donate to the Boris Fundraiser. Also I’m playing some good tunes, and a few are for the twang lovers.
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Episode 103 – Unedited Rock Mix – Here we are, getting back to it. I’m giving out “thank you’s” to those poeple who’ve donated to the Boris Fundraiser. Also, I’ve decided to see how much of a train wreck this might be if I don’t edit out all of my ramblings and weird silences. I think I did alright with it. Fortunately I have some awesome music to detract you from any awkwardness…
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Episode 102 – Boris Fundraiser – In this episode I talk about raising money for a surgery that Boris needs, why this episode is late this week, dealing with irritating traffic and then getting rear-ended, and trying to Americanize the British slang word “mate”. And obviously, there’s some great music to boot.
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Episode 101 – Recouperating – Getting back in the saddle for a new round of The Americana Rock Mix. I’ve had the past two weeks to chill and relax after hassle of putting together Episode 100. But we’re good to go now, with a new show intro, and some awesome music.
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Episode 100 – One Full hundred – HERE IT IS! EPISODE 100! It’s been a long trip, but we’re finally here. And I have a huge episode for you. Almost 4 1/2 hours long. Multiple guests and tons of music. Enjoy!
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Episode 99 – Barking Dogs And Movie Fests – In this episode I talk about my irritation with a dog that I’m living with (that is not my own), and the Lebowski Fest in Tampa this upcoming weekend.
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Episode 98 – Drugged Dog Trips – In this episode I talk about my final trip from St. Louis, MO to Florida, and all the hassles that it involved, and inform people about what a Kickstarter Project is.
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Episode 97 – Curse Of The Old 97 – Counting down to episode 100. If you would like to take part, give the show a listen and find out how. But, in the mean time, enjoy all of this excellent music.
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Episode 96 – Overlooked Albums – In this episode I play some music from a few albums that came out last year and I didn’t get a chance to check out. Also, I talk about some upcoming plans for Episode 100 that listeners can be apart of, and AmericanaRoots.com is looking for bloggers. Listen in to find the info on all of this.
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Episode 95 – Sampling The Top 23 – This is a LONG episode, clocking in right around 2 hours and 47 minutes. This is the longest solo show I’ve ever done. These are all bands that made the final cut for my TOP 23 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR, which can be found HERE. Enjoy.
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Episode 94 – A-Merry-cana miX-Mas – Well, if ever there was an ECLECTIC Americana Mix of Christmas songs, this is definitely one of the definitive ones. I talk about the outcome of the Podcast Awards, a humorous memory of having no heat in the winter time, and traveling back to Missouri this Christmas.
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Episode 93 – Americana Crappy Energy Drink – In this episode I talk about a bad experience with an energy drink shot, I give gratitude to those who helped me out with their voting, and play same awesome music.
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Episode 92 – Scoring The Nom Nom Nom – This episode I talk about being nominated for the 2010 Podsafe Music award. And, of course, play some awesome music.
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Episode 91 – Americana Thanksgiving Rock Mix – In this episode I add some production value to make up for the lack of vocal value and add a MIX to The Mix. I also give thanks to those things I am grateful for.
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Episode 90 – Wish You Were Here – It’s my first show from Florida. The sound quality of my voice is a little off. But hopefully that’ll be fixed soon. Fortunately all the great music in this episode is unaffected. Enjoy.
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Episode 89 – Music To Get Car Jacked By – This episode is full of recent and upcoming events in my life and what that means for The Americana Rock Mix. It’s also full of some pretty fantastic music.
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Episode 88 – Album Titles Are A Lost Art – While recording, I came to the realization that a lot of albums are only self titled by the artist. What happened to the day when artists would name the album something catchy or even related to something within the album? The naming of an album is a lost art.
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Episode 87 – Insert Unoriginal Title HERE – Seriously, what can I say that I haven’t said before. The music in this episode is awesome. Plain and simple.
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Episode 86 – So Fresh And So Clean – The title says it all.
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Episode 85 – Mid Week Refresher – Nuthin’ but some GREAT new music. I promise!
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Episode 84 – Open Your Mail, Jerk – In this episode I’m opening up some mail submissions that I haven’t checked out yet, and playing songs at random. We’ll see how this one turns out…
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Episode 83 – Kyle Gass Interview – In this episode I interview Kyle Gass about his side project called Trainwreck. We talk about their new album,” The Wreckoning“, acting, and Tenacious D. Also, we announce a contest for a free CD.
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Episode 82 – Venting And Lamenting – In this episode I vent about being blown off. But I also have some very cool new music, as always!
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Episode 81 – Americana Heat Wave – Man, I am tired today. This heat really takes it out of ya. But, that’s not going to keep me from doing what I love to do. This show.
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Episode 80 – Friendly Faces, New Music, Family Farewells – In this episode we have some new music bands we’ve heard before, old music never heard, and I say farewell to a loved one.
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Episode 79 – Spreading The Word – In this episode I’m spreading the word on some indie bands that deserve the support!
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Episode 78 – And The Beat Goes On – Well the show is back on track! After some well needed recovery time from my surgeries, I am chomping at the bit to get the show going again. And to help me out with this episode, I have someone show hasn’t made an appearing on the show in over 50 episodes. My ALWAYS charismatic wife, Gretchen. PLUS, I’m opening a new NEWS FEEDBACK section to the show.
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Episode 77 - Moving Too Fast – Man, do I have a lot going on this week. But that won’t stop me from giving you your weekly Americana fix. Enjoy!
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Episode 76 – Two Years Down – This is my TWO YEAR anniversary show. Nothing different from the typical format. I’m just amazed I made it two years.
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Episode 75 – Let’s Play It By Ear – I’m taking a gamble in today’s episode. I’m picking and choosing songs from albums that I’VE NEVER LISTENED TO! This could be a trainwreck… or it could be epic. We’ll see…
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Episode 74 – Listening By Number – It’s my 30th birthday, so numbers have been on my mind. I’ve decided to play some bands whose names consist of numbers. That probably sounds lame. Fortunately the music is NOT.
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Episode 73 – The Real Americana Rock Mix – In this episode I’m playing some of my favorite bands and some of my favorite songs from those bands.
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Episode 72 – With A Little Help From My Friends – We’ve got some great music in today’s episode. Some new stuff, some older stuff, and solo stuff from artists… with a little help from their friends…
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Episode 71 – Zombie Tree Interference – It just so happens that when I recorded today’s episode, my neighbor decided to take a chainsaw to the rest of his tree that wont die. Hopefully it’s not too audible. But on the bright side – the music in today’s episode rocks!
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Episode 70 – Chillin’ In The Sun – This mix is for those days when you get to hang out and relax, chilling out outside and enjoying the sunshine.
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Episode 69 – Numbah 6 Tee 9 – Once again, another week, another set of awesome music.
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Episode 68 – Still Kicking – It’s a shorter episode this week due to myself being under the weather. But I’m still kicking strong despite this annoying head cold. And you know it’ll take more than that to keep me from presenting a new episode of awesome music.
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Episode 67 – You Don’t Have The Stones For This, But I Do – So, it wasn’t food poisoning that I had a few weeks ago. It’s complications with my gall bladder. So, I’m coming fresh from an ultrasound to bring you this episode. Which is surprisingly awesome.
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Episode 66 - The Calm Before The Storm – While editing this episode I realized that I sounded really mellow. Maybe I’m just conserving my energy for the festivities planned on St. Patrick’s Day. I dunno… Anyway, of course there is also some awesome music in this episode.
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Episode 65 – Sequestered By Obama – I’m stuck in the house thanks to the President being in the area. All the roads are blocked, so I figured it was a good time to record this week’s episode.
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Episode 64 – French Titles And Posthumous Tracks – I’m feeling much better this week, so I’m a bit more talkative. But don’t worry, I’ve got a lot of great music as well…
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Episode 46 – Lo-Fi Videocast – The Bottle Rockets
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