#140 Rock Clubs in the 21st Century & Randy Newman Review
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4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2008
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Like the independent record store and band, the small rock club is also struggling to survive. Jim and Greg check in with a panel of music club owners, bookers and promoters from around the country to find out how things are faring in clubland.
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| 0:00.0 | What happened to music that meant something? |
| 0:04.0 | The Who at the Kingdom or Kiss at the Coliseum? |
| 0:07.0 | Where is the Misty Mountain Hop? |
| 0:09.0 | Where is the smoke on the water? |
| 0:12.0 | Where is the Iron man of today? |
| 0:14.0 | We! |
| 0:15.0 | Weh! Hey, this is not a test. This is Rock and Roll. |
| 0:27.0 | Welcome to Sound Opinions from Chicago Public Radio and American Public Media. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm Jim De Regattis, the pop music critic at the Chicago Sun Times. |
| 0:41.0 | And I'm Greg Kott. I write about Rock and Roll for the Chicago Sun Times. And I'm Greg Kot. |
| 0:43.0 | I write about Rock and Roll for the Chicago Tribune. |
| 0:45.0 | Today on the world's only rock and roll talk show, |
| 0:47.0 | Jim and I welcome three club owners and bookers |
| 0:50.0 | from around the country for a discussion about the state of the rock club industry. |
| 0:53.7 | And later on, Greg and I will review the new records from Randy Newman and spiritualized. |
| 0:58.7 | You are listening to sound opinions and time now for some music news. I'm free to do what I want in the old chance. |
| 1:17.0 | Any old chance. |
| 1:20.0 | I'm free to do what I won't in the old town. |
| 1:27.0 | Yes, Greg, for the third or fourth time in their half century career, the Rolling Stones were free to sign to a new record company. |
| 1:38.0 | And they did. Their deal with EMI was up, and now they have signed to Universal's Polydore label. |
| 1:43.6 | The record company was of course crowing about this victory, acting as if it was, you know, |
| 1:48.0 | you know, they just signed the hottest band in the world. |
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