We go way left of the dial on this week's Sound Opinions and dish with former college DJ and current college profesor Katherine Rye Jewell on college radio's inspiring past and uncertain future. bit.ly/3JFZNOJ

I'm back on Sound Opinions this week talking about #TTPD as the pod's 'Resident Taylor Swift correspondent' 🥰

Thanks Jim DeRogatis Greg Kot for this lovely experience 🫶

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In this bonus episode, we share producer Andrew Gill 🟧’s side project, 'Rock That Doesn’t Roll.' Their second season launches this week, so we're sharing an episode they did last season with Dave Bazan of Pedro The Lion. Listen now: bit.ly/3JAq29q

Jim and Greg chat with Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, the eclectic garage-rock duo who recently released their twelfth studio album. They also review new records from SHABAKA and hurray for the riff raff. Listen to the full episode now: bit.ly/3WeTFV7

Remember this guy? Chocolate Genius was initially lumped in with the neo-soul movement in the late '90s, but his music transcended all attempts to categorize it. His 1998 LP, 'Black Music,' is an underappreciated classic. Some spiel here: bit.ly/3U4lxsj

The guys interview producer and composer Jlin the Innovator aka The Drum Doctor a former steelworker from Gary, IN who began her career in the underground footwork community in Chicago. After making music meant for hyperkinetic dancing, Jlin now collaborates with modern dance ensembles: bit.ly/49AJ6yQ

Jim adds a song to the Desert Island Jukebox from a P-Funk legend who joined Talking Heads for 'Stop Making Sense' and made many great solo records himself. Listen now: bit.ly/444pDVZ

Jim dives into Zep’s good points—as the guys revisit their chat with #BobSpitz the author of the 2021 tome Led Zeppelin: The Biography— but Jim also considers “the bad and the ugly,” because it is all part of the mix. Read more: bit.ly/4d1whk7

Jim and Greg pay tribute to the late leaders of World Party and The Raspberries. Listen now: bit.ly/43OOLQA

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Greg writes about the never ending treasures of new music that most provoke, inspire and intrigue him from multiple genres and continents. Read more: bit.ly/3Jcz2kA

Aston 'Family Man' Barrett's bass anchored Bob Marley's Wailers, Lee Perry's Upsetters & LPs by Burning Spear -- creating the soundtrack for '70s roots reggae. My Sound Opinions tribute to a late, great. RIP: bit.ly/3IW6mfV

Eno is in many ways the unofficial mascot of Sound Opinions. We're overdue to do a deep dive into one of his classic albums, and -- ding! -- here 'tis: bit.ly/3TMPdLJ

For all that Jim has dropped the name 'Brian Eno” on the show over the years, our producers and Patreon supporters recently pointed out that the guys have never done a classic-album dissection of one of Brian Eno’s recordings. Read more: bit.ly/4cKn1AK

Jim adds a Brian Eno-affiliated song made of found sounds to the Desert Island Jukebox. Listen now: bit.ly/43synF2

Greg writes about why Black Thought prefers to let his music do the talking. 'Over 11 Roots albums and three solo LPs spanning 30 years, he solidified his place in the hip-hop pantheon as one of the most incisive rappers ever to pick up a microphone.' - bit.ly/498B0gL

Jim and Greg talk with the great Tariq Trotter better known as Black Thought the MC of The Roots. His memoir, “The Upcycled Self,” is one of the guys' favorite music memoirs in recent memory. Listen now: bit.ly/4aiRjZa

Greg adds two versions of a surprising song to the Desert Island Jukebox. It was the first rock & roll song to chart in Japan and a later version involved members of The Clash. Listen now: bit.ly/3VlQmLl

How much must one drink in order to enjoy karaoke? Jim writes about his tolerance in this week's newsletter: bit.ly/3wWizhT