Mark Caro

Your Friday Cage Match: The Kinks' "I Need You" vs. The Beatles' "I Need You" vs. America's "I Need You." Discuss.

Christine Sneed. (Credit: Adam Tinkham)

Does receiving a rave P. 1 Sunday NYT Book Review cement an author's career? Does a writer need a so-called platform? Does one's sales track rule all? Author Christine Sneed shares publishing-world tales and hard-earned wisdom on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Hint #4: She lived in Evanston before relocating to the Los Angeles area.

Hint #3: She's not a musician.

Hint #2: She has written acclaimed short story collections.

It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest!

Hint #1: Her first novel received a rave review from Curtis Sittenfeld on P. 1 of the Sunday New York Times Book Review.

Your Friday Cage Match: Bob Dylan's "I Want You" vs. the Beatles' "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" vs. Elvis Costello's "I Want You." Discuss.

I'm getting really tired of being bombarded with negative campaigning from the super PAC backing Laura Fine, including these two that came in the mail today. You're in the same party. Do better.

Graham Parker shares his story and music industry tales with @markcaro.bsky.social's Caropop podcast. #singersongwriter #authors #rockmusic #rockandroll #pubrock #booksaboutmusic #britishrock #70s #70srock #60s #60srock #davidbowie #rootsmusic #americana #backtoschooldays #daveedmunds #rockmusic

I failed to tag @thegrahamparker.bsky.social on this. Follow and listen to the man.

Graham Parker. (Credit: Steve Goulding)

Graham Parker. (Credit Dion Ogust)

"Graham Parker's Howlin' Wind," Jay Nachman

The great Graham Parker tells his fascinating origin story and conveys his current feelings about how the system is rigged against musicians trying to make a living, all on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Well played! And thanks again for the support!

Hint #4: He has been a Caropop guest before, as have two of his original bandmates and his manager at the time.

Hint #3: He hates the term "pub rock"--and not only because he was a solo singer-songwriter who didn't play in pubs before connecting with the band with whom he recorded his first five studio albums.

Hint #2: He worked in a gloves factory and at a gas station before signing his first record deal.

It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest!

Hint #1: He had a lifetime to make his first album and six months to make his second one.

Your Friday Cage Match: Pairs Figure Skating vs. Solo Figure Skating. Discuss.

Michael Blair (Credit: Michael Kardas)

Michael Blair (Credit: Cato Lein)

Percussionist Michael Blair played HOW MANY instruments on Elvis Costello's Spike? Did WHAT on Tom Waits' Rain Dogs? Drummed on Lou Reed's Magic and Loss under WHAT circumstances? Played drums on the Replacements' All Shook Down WHY? All on the new Caropop... www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Michael Blair (Credit: Michael Kardas)

Michael Blair (Credit: Cato Lein)

Percussionist Michael Blair played HOW MANY instruments on Elvis Costello's Spike? Did WHAT on Tom Waits' Rain Dogs? Drummed on Lou Reed's Magic and Loss under WHAT circumstances? Played drums on the Replacements' All Shook Down WHY? Please listen to the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Hint #3: He played with Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Lou Reed and the Replacements.

Hint #2: He played the riff to a 1980s remake of a 1960s hit on marimba.

It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest!

Hint #1: He's been a student in Champaign-Urbana and performed at Steppenwolf.

“I do have a blessed life. There are certain things that could be better in my life, but I have a good life.” Robert Duvall, RIP.

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Your Friday Cage Match: Downhill vs. Slalom. Discuss.

Victor Krummenacher (Credit: Jesse Sykes)

On the new Caropop, Victor Krummenacher, brilliant bassist of The Third Mind and Camper Van Beethoven, discusses those bands' futures, the RSD release of Camper's "Tusk," his latest solo work and how the outside world affects it all. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

A Movie Date With My Younger Self (Published 2017)

Movies didn't get more formative for me than "Harold and Maude." Bud Cort, gone for real, RIP.

(I showed "Harold and Maude" in my "Is It Still Funny?" series at the Music Box and wrote about the experience for the New York Times. nytimes.com/2017/03/24/m...)

Caropop

We keep posting new and classic Caropop episodes onto our YouTube channel. Recent archival ones include Justin Hayward, Stevie Van Zandt, Gina Schock, Chris Frantz plus Mitch Easter/Don Dixon, Dag Juhlin, Marc Ribot and Robyn Hitchcock eps. Please listen and subscribe! www.youtube.com/@Caropopcast

Your Friday Cage Match: Sushi vs. Sashimi. Discuss.

Dag Juhlin. (Credit: David Kindler)

Dag Juhlin. (Credit: Mark Caro)

The Michael Shannon/Jason Narducy R.E.M. project, Sunshine Boys, Poi Dog Pondering, the Slugs -- Dag Juhlin has had many musical lives and revisits them all on the new Caropop.
www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

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