Out of Touch: A Hall and Oates Podcast

07/25/2022

Who's going to the BeachLife Festival? WOO HOO! 🎸

BeachLife Ranch is the largest beach party and country/americana music festival in Southern California, held annually in Redondo Beach right next to the beautiful Pacific Ocean.

04/18/2022

MK wrote an article about Hall & Oates for Slackjaw! 🪓

“You can’t escape my private eyes, they’re watching you, they see your every move.” — Hall and Oates

04/11/2022

This week we dive into our theories on why Euphoria chose to use Hall and Oates three times in season two. MK thinks it was very intentional and brings in a couple teens to weigh in on her ideas.

Did you catch all three? What did you think?

04/07/2022

This is amazing! HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY! 🎉

04/07/2022

A very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to an amazingly talented and awesome man, John Oates! We hope you have a fantastic day and treat yourself to something special. You deserve it all!

04/06/2022

Episode 9: Maneater

This was a fun week and we covered A TON of ground...you'll just have to listen to this one.

Our guest, Alexandra Freedman Smith, is a civil rights attorney in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is the former Legal Director of the ACLU of New Mexico. She works to improve conditions for people facing discrimination or harassment, and for those who are incarcerated.

A very special thank you to Saxsquatch and John Oates for being awesome!

04/05/2022

As discussed on the podcast this week, here is an amazing find ... yes, it's Saxsquatch + John Oates and the combo is pleasing to no end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmP-7NkZrzk

What an honor to work with the legend John Oates on this iconic song

04/03/2022

03/21/2022

We wish they were coming to California!

03/18/2022

The song All Our Love makes us think of the perfect road trip...which, of course, is one with The Muppets! A great song off Hall & Oates first album Whole Oats. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs_iLyirNcM&t=8s

Every time we hear All Our Love we think of this scene from The Muppet Movie and now they exist as one. YAY! Thank you Hall and Oates and Jim Henson for the ...

03/11/2022

Happy from Out of Touch Thursday!

03/10/2022

Hall and Oates mathematics/Mendelian genetics
Temptations + Erasure = Possession Obsession.

03/06/2022

A special birthday shout out to our favorite “laughing boy” and Episode Two guest, Nato Green! Eat lots of chocolate, drink tons of wine, and listen to Hall and Oates while you do it. Muchos besos xoxo 💙

"It's the music that brings us together." - JohnOates

03/06/2022

This week we tackle two themes with our guest, writer, and reality tv producer Jeanette Scherrer. First, we go deep into an example of a rare John Oates-fronted song, Possession Obsession. We consider the musical influences, lyrical meanings, and the surprisingly progressive depictions of NYC at night through the eyes of Oates as a taxi driver. We also look at Daryl Hall's two endeavors in reality TV, focusing on an episode of Live from Daryl's House featuring Vintage Trouble's lead vocalist, Ty Taylor.

03/02/2022

Loving this cover of You Make My Dreams (Come True) by Brother Maven!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO8PwlE31UY

Hall & Oates is one of our band's favorite inspirations and we had a great time putting together this acoustic take on one of their most timeless songs. If y...

02/28/2022

02/28/2022

This week we discuss the song Family Man with Stephany Joy Ashley, the former ED of St James Infirmary which provides free, peer-based medical and social services for current and former s*x workers.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-touch-a-hall-and-oates-podcast/id1608936589?i=1000552388360

02/21/2022

You Make My Dreams (Come True): Here we consider the robust use of parentheticals in H&O titles. Our guest, Brian Duck, owner of the LA and New York-based management company Atelier Management, brings his insight into the fashion featured in the song’s video and offers insight into the hair and, most important, John Oates’s legendary mustache.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-touch-a-hall-and-oates-podcast/id1608936589?i=1000551634052

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