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01/02/2026

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CAROL KAYE: THE FINAL CHAPTER (Ep. 240)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. In this episode, we feature the next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series: it’s the final chapter of Chuck’s chat with his close friend, legendary bassist Carol Kaye.

Here are just a few of the many things that Carol discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

* What Murry Wilson was like at that time;
* The love that Chuck Britz had for Brian Wilson, especially during his dark time in the 1970s;
* Carol’s views on Paul McCartney’s bass playing;
* Her nightmare story of working with producer Joe Thomas;
* And Carol’s absolutely brilliant way of explaining why The Beach Boys connected with people in such a big way.

The Free Teaser: linktr.ee/discograffiti

For the full, ad-free, 54-minute podcast, either subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon at the Private Tier or higher, or just grab the episode as a one-off at the same link.

The Full Podcast: Patreon.com/Discograffiti

12/30/2025

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THE CAROL KAYE INTERVIEW (Part 2, Ep. 240)

Featuring our second bonus show this week! (There won’t be any the following week.)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. In this episode, we feature the next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series: it’s Part 2 of Chuck’s chat with his close friend, legendary bassist Carol Kaye.

Here’s just a few of the many things that Carol discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

* Brian’s psychological difficulties;
* A nerd’s fantasy: a rundown of her equipment;
* The corruption she experienced firsthand while working for Motown;
* The music she liked and didn’t like playing;
* The particularities of the legendary studios in which she recorded;
* And just setting the record straight in general, about absolutely everything.

Sneak Peek: linktr.ee/discograffiti

For the full, ad-free, 43-minute bonus podcast, either subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon at the Major Tier or higher, or just grab the episode as a one-off at the same link.

The Full Podcast: Patreon.com/Discograffiti

12/29/2025

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THE BEST HAL BLAINE INTERVIEW EVER (Ep. 239B)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. This is the interview you’d hope for if you prayed for all the things you wanted Hal Blaine to talk about in a stream of consciousness style, without a filter: what it was like to work with an acid-addled Brian Wilson; how it felt working at The Beach Boys home studio with the rest of the group; attempting to work with Joe Thomas; how it felt having Murry Wilson around; working with a wildly inebriated John Phillips; and how he feels he got accepted into his senior living community.

This entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series is the second part of Chuck’s chat with Brian Wilson’s favorite drummer, legendary studio maestro Hal Blaine. It’s not hard to understand why Brian worked with him so often: Hal claimed to have participated in over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles. His drumming is featured on 150 US top 10 hits, 40 of which went to number one. Chuck’s interview with Hal took place while the latter was living in a retirement community, and the tone is definitely “no sh*ts given” by this point. Hal passed away a few years later in 2019, which makes this posthumously released “Chuck Chat” yet another priceless buried treasure.

There’ll be a short sneak peak running publicly for free, but the entirety of this podcast will only be accessible on the Major Tier of Discograffiti’s Patreon. Get it as a one-off, or better yet just subscribe…and then we’ll all have world peace.

Full Episode: Patreon.com/Discograffiti (available on the Major Tier & up)

Free Sneak Peek: linktr.ee/discograffiti

12/26/2025

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UNREST’S MARK ROBINSON TACKLES BILLY JOEL’S DISCOGRAPHY (PART 7: Storm Front & River Of Dreams) (Ep. 239)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. In this episode, host Dave Gebroe talks with the epitome of DIY punk spirit (who can also write a pop hook like the best of ‘em), Unrest’s Mark Robinson, and together they discuss Billy Joel’s entire recorded output with commentary, stories, and star ratings for every release. Part 7 covers the era during which Billy catches his manager’s hand thrust deep in the cookie jar, Christie Brinkley divorces him, he stops writing pop music, dips his toe in classical waters, his drinking starts getting super scary, he gets married again, his third wife gives him a rehab ultimatum, he gets divorced a third time, and then gets married yet again. And he also manages to make and release Storm Front, River Of Dreams, and Fantasies And Delusions.

The goal for this and the previous episode was to make great art about bad art, to create two podcast episodes in inverse qualitative proportion to the rock bottom records being discussed. Mark and Dave accomplished their goal.

Here are just a few of the many things that Mark discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

* The crazed embezzlement fall-out with Billy’s manager Frank Weber;
* Why we have Sean Ono Lennon to thank for “We Didn’t Start The Fire”;
* Billy’s Shelter Island Sessions, which collapsed and then transformed into River Of Dreams;
* Billy’s swerve into the classical lane with Fantasies And Delusions;
* And an in-depth deep dive on every song off Storm Front and River Of Dreams.

Listen: linktr.ee/discograffiti (Just head to the bio & click on the link.)

The Director’s Cut of this episode is ad-free and features a plethora of additional material. Support Discograffiti by opting for this superior version by either subscribing to Discograffiti’s Patreon at the Lieutenant or Major Tier, or by just grabbing the episode as a one-off at the same link.

The Director’s Cut: Patreon.com/Discograffiti (Link also in DFiti bio)

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12/22/2025

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THE CAROL KAYE INTERVIEW (Part 1, Ep. 238B)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. In this episode, we feature the next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series. Chuck and legendary bassist Carol Kaye are close friends, so this exceptional interview goes incredibly deep in its search for the truth. Carol is one of the most prolific bass guitarists in rock and pop music, playing on an estimated 10,000 recordings during a career spanning over 65 years. She actually started doing session work in 1957 on guitar, and after a bassist failed to turn up to a session in 1963, she switched to that instrument, quickly making a name for herself as one of the most in-demand session players of the 1960s. She’s appeared on sessions by Frank Sinatra, Simon & Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, The Temptations, The Four Tops, and The Monkees. The intro on Glen Campbell’s “Wichita Lineman”? She came up with that. Of course, that’s also Carol plucking away on The Beach Boys albums Today!, Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), Pet Sounds, and Smile. Most famously, Kaye’s bass lines are the driving force behind “Good Vibrations”, one of her many number 1 hits.

Here’s just a few of the many things that Carol discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

* The truth about Mike Love;
* The first time she crossed paths with Brian Wilson;
* Working with Murry Wilson;
* The three times that Carol had Brian and Marilyn over to her house.

Full Episode: Patreon.com/Discograffiti (available on the Major Tier & up)

Free Sneak Peek: linktr.ee/discograffiti

12/21/2025

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He who shall not be named is back to educate you on one of the craziest stories in the history of yacht rock. That’s right, we’re talking the Steely Dan album “Gaucho”.

Got a crazy cocaine-fueled music story you want to hear “what’s his nuts” talk about? Let Rudy know.

Get to know your new music-obsessed friends in Rudy Fischmann’s fascinating podcast-within-a-podcast, The Discograffiti Soldiers Of Sound Podcast, created exclusively by & for Discograffiti’s Patreon “Soldiers of Sound” community, where you get to be the guest!

Listen & Subscribe at the Private Tier to receive your weekly episode and submit to be a guest (and hear the Friday show starting in 2026): Patreon.com/Discograffiti

12/19/2025

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UNREST’S MARK ROBINSON TACKLES BILLY JOEL’S DISCOGRAPHY (PART 6: An Innocent Man & The Bridge) (Ep. 238)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. In this episode, host Dave Gebroe talks with the epitome of DIY punk spirit (who can also write a pop hook like the best of ‘em), Unrest’s Mark Robinson, and together they discuss Billy Joel’s entire recorded output. Part 6 covers the time after his divorce, a time when most people tend to sit around and sulk, but not Billy—he dated multiple supermodels, settled down with one, and became happy to an extent that managed to prove conclusively that great art absolutely can not be created by very happy people. And he also managed to make and release An Innocent Man and The Bridge.

Here are just a few of the many things that Mark discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

* That time when Billy’s music became more ubiquitous than oxygen, and how he—and more importantly we—dealt with that;
* The various acts and song styles that Billy co-opted to create An Innocent Man;
* The unfortunate, damaging effect that An Innocent Man had on Dave’s perception of Billy Joel and his music, until only recently;
* The heavy Huey Lewis & The News, Sting, and Cyndi Lauper vibe of The Bridge;
* And an in-depth deep dive on every song off An Innocent Man and The Bridge.

Listen: linktr.ee/discograffiti

The Director’s Cut of this episode is ad-free and features a plethora of additional essential material. Support Discograffiti by opting for the superior version.

Either subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon at the Lieutenant or Major Tier, or grab the episode as a one-off at the same link.

The Director’s Cut: Patreon.com/Discograffiti

12/17/2025

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THE DIRECTOR’S CUT OF MARK ROBINSON TACKLES BILLY JOEL’S DISCOGRAPHY (PART 6: An Innocent Man & The Bridge) (Ep. # 238)

The Director’s Cut of this episode is ad-free and features a plethora of additional essential material. Support Discograffiti by opting for this clearly superior version. Either subscribe to our Patreon at the Lieutenant or Major Tier, or just grab the episode as a one-off.

The Free Version premieres Friday.

12/15/2025

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THE BRUCE JOHNSTON INTERVIEW (Part 3, Ep. 237B)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. In this episode, we feature the next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series. By now, Beach Boy Bruce Johnston has retired from being interviewed, so this epic, unheard 2001 interview for Chuck Granata’s Pet Sounds book is absolutely priceless…especially seeing as his fanboy love for Chuck’s Frank Sinatra book wound up contributing to a level of unvarnished honesty that’s super-rare for The Beach Boys universe.

Here’s just a few of the many things that Bruce discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

* Bruce’s opinion of Smiley Smile;
* What it’s like to be scolded in a session and to have it actually make the final mix;
* Bruce’s efforts to promote Pet Sounds in England at the time;
* Bruce’s advice to Chuck on how best to approach the various Beach Boys in order to get the most out of his interviews with them;
* And the roles that the group members played, both in the vocal blend and in their importance to Brian Wilson.

There’ll be a short sneak peak running publicly for free, but the entirety of this podcast will only be accessible on the Major Tier of Discograffiti’s Patreon. Don’t miss it, or you’ll only be getting part of the story. Get it as a one-off, or better yet just subscribe…and then we’ll all have world peace.

Full Episode: Patreon.com/Discograffiti (Link in bio)

Free Sneak Peek: linktr.ee/discograffiti (Link in DFiti bio)

Subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon and receive a ceaseless barrage (4 shows a week!) of must-hear binge-listening. By January 2026, Discograffiti will be Patreon-only, for only $5/month.

12/12/2025

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UNREST’S MARK ROBINSON TACKLES BILLY JOEL’S DISCOGRAPHY (PART 5: Glasses Houses & The Nylon Curtain) (Ep. 237)

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. In this episode, host Dave Gebroe talks with the epitome of DIY punk spirit (who can also write a pop hook like the best of ‘em), Unrest’s Mark Robinson, and together they discuss Billy Joel’s entire recorded output. Part 5 covers the last two records that Billy made before marrying Christie Brinkley and entering his tabloid uber-superstar phase: Glass Houses and The Nylon Curtain.

Here are just a few of the many things that Mark discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

* Which of us—Mark or Dave—feels like there isn’t a single bad song on Glass Houses;
* The song Billy Joel considers the worst he’s ever written, and why he wrote it;
* The recording of which Billy is most proud;
* The moment that for Billy led directly to his first divorce;
* The one time that Billy Joel tried he**in, and the song he wrote about it;
* And an in-depth deep dive on every song off Glass Houses and The Nylon Curtain.

Listen: linktr.ee/discograffiti (Link in bio)

The Director’s Cut of this episode is ad-free and features a plethora of additional essential material. Support Discograffiti by subscribing to our Patreon at the Lieutenant or Major Tier, or just grab the episode as a one-off at the same link.

The Director’s Cut: Patreon.com/Discograffiti (Link in bio)

12/10/2025

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

Discograffiti is going Patreon-Only in 2026!

It’s time. The other way just wasn’t working for me, and while I’ll lose a bunch of people, I’m not concerned about that because I was always making Discograffiti for those of you who know good and well who you are.

The $5/monthly tier will get you the weekly Friday podcast to which you’ve become accustomed.

The $10/monthly tier will grant you access to the Soldiers of Sound Podcast as well (the world’s only podcast-within-a-podcast, courtesy of the lovably warped Rudy Fischmann)…PLUS half of the Patreon Archive—that’s hundreds of additional episodes.

The $20/monthly tier is the place to be—unless you can support the show on even higher tiers, which would be fabulous considering the perks are substantial (read at the link below). The $20 tier gets you the Monday bonus episodes (a.k.a. the best stuff), PLUS access to the Entire Archive of Patreon episodes, an absolutely endless barrage of music entertainment.

The 50% Off Holiday Discount ends very soon—that’s half off on both monthly and annual subscriptions, a deal which will save you the most on the Annual Major Tier. Access the discount using the code A4435.

More perks to follow as additional subscription enticement, including copies of my show notes, regular “Ask Me Anythings”, etc. I just need to ascertain to which tier they’ll belong. Also, s’more info in the video below.

So, lads n ladies, thanks for the support thus far…and I’ll see you on Patreon.

Patreon.com/Discograffiti (Link in bio)

12/10/2025

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THE DIRECTOR’S CUT OF MARK ROBINSON TACKLES BILLY JOEL (PT 5: GLASS HOUSES & THE NYLON CURTAIN)

The Director’s Cut of this episode is ad-free and features a plethora of additional essential material. Support Discograffiti by opting for this clearly superior version. Either subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon at the Lieutenant or Major Tier, or just grab the episode as a one-off at the same link.

The Free Version premieres on Friday.

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