101 Series Lesson 51: Blues Between the Wars

Once upon a time, sometime between WWI and WWII, a wisp of wind found its way to a lonely crossroads and met a man named Robert Johnson. And when that meeting was over The Blues was born. There was nothing the wisp could do. And so with Lesson 51 of the 101 Series we look […]

Sock Rockin’ Beats Ep 4

The name of the show says it all. Sometimes you’ve just got to rock. You need to build a playlist of the 37 most rockin’ songs you can think of at that moment and listen to it for many days. We do that, too – fairly routinely. And we bring it to you in a […]

101 Series Lesson 50: Surf!

Hello, students. Time to gas up the Woody, break out the Sex Wax and pack up the cooler with beverages. The weather is getting warmer and the waves are getting higher so it’s time for some sun and sand in your sandwiches. Lesson 50 of the 101 Series says it’s “Surf’s Up!” –  we get […]

Off the Wall Ep 4

There are several things you can find in the Balcony Radio studio. Mics, shitty board, computers, two chairs (one swivel, one wood and needing to be replaced), lots of stolen office supplies, a rug and four thousand vinyl records. Some of these we put to good use . . . in this episode we pull […]

101 Series Lesson 49: New Orleans

We at the Balcony don’t mind sweating a little . . . or fried food . . . or kick ass music. So, we went to New Orleans. And found all that. Especially the fried food and sweat. (They might have sweaty fried food there, it’s that humid.) In Lesson 49 of the 101 Series, […]

Long Song Silver Ep 4

We here at the Balcony are pretty patient . . . we will let you go on. And on. (Just don’t push it . . . we’re looking right at you, Grateful Dead.) Here is episode four of our tribute to songs that you wait to take a bathroom break and/or beer run for: Long […]

101 Series Lesson 48: The Doors

Out of the bushy wilds of Mulholland Drive and salty air of the Pacific Coast Highway, came slithering a band that set L.A. and then the fucking world on fire. In Lesson 48 of the 101 Series, we put on our leather pants and nicest feather headdress and dance around like shamans . . . […]

I Remember That Ep 4: Doo-Wop

Once upon a time singers on rock records needed to know how to sing before stepping in front of a microphone. Once upon a time there was no fancy software to correct off-key notes or errant instrumental passages or add echo and warmth because musicians and engineers needed help to make a record. No one […]

101 Series Lesson 47: Toots and The Maytals

Every once in a while we at the Balcony get in a boat with no sail and drift off toward Trenchtown, somewhere near Kingston (we’ll find it). On this trip to the islands we meet a group of friends called Toots and The Maytals. Jamaica doesn’t have garage bands, but they got tin roof bands […]

High Tea with The Beatles Ep 4

He wrote all the silly pop songs with The Beatles and the silly love songs after The Beatles. So, with episode 4 of High Tea with The Beatles, we give you simply “The Paul Show.” In this episode we spin some deep and possibly forgotten tracks by Paul McCartney, solo and with some band with […]