Music Raygun

This week, Kirk and Paul welcome Isabel Nelson to the miniepisode to play "Trivia Card Corner" and an expo mission of the music trivia quiz.

This week, Kirk and Paul welcome Isabel Nelson back to the podcast to talk about dance for the first time in almost two years. Eat a bag of dicks, COVID-19.

This week, Kirk and Paul discuss the book “Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics” by Dylan Jones, then there’s a laser round, then Kirk fights to extend his winning streak in the music trivia quiz and, thusly, eat more candy.

This week, Kirk and Paul explore songs and artists that heavily feature synths, so get ready for a lot of (but not exclusively) late ‘70s and early ‘80s music. Video playlist: https://bit.ly/3HK3Pmj

This week, Kirk and Paul discuss the Beatles documentary miniseries “Get Back” for a while before getting into the never-ending music trivia quiz.

This week, Kirk and Paul discuss the artists of British indie record label Rough Trade Records.

This week, Kirk and Paul discuss Rick James’ early career, rank all the songs on the “Purple Rain” soundtrack, and Kirk tries to extend his candy streak in the music trivia quiz.

This week, Kirk and Paul talk about New Romantic, the early-80s London club/fashion/music scene pioneered by Steve Strange, Rusty Egan and the Blitz Kids. What does and doesn’t count as New Romantic is up for debate, so don’t expect any hard answers but do expect some great music.

This week, Kirk and Paul talk about Don Lennon, Kirk challenges Paul to a laser round, and Kirk attempts to earn candy with a third consecutive win in the music trivia quiz.

This week, Kirk and Paul talk about all things Scottish in the world of music. The bands and artists in this episode all share Scottish origins in common (including several of Paul’s favorite acts of all time). This episode isn’t wee. It isn’t even not so wee. It’s friggin’ huge.

This week, Kirk and Paul talk recommendations and revelations, “Trading Card Corner” returns, and Kirk tries to extend his streak in the music trivia quiz.

This week, Kirk and Paul wrap of season seven of “Music Raygun” with B-side clips for the episodes “Dance V,” “College Rock,” “Music Videos 1979-81,” “Saxophone II,” “Off-Brand Picks II,” “Child Stars,” “Funk II,” “Julian Temple,” “Rebel Girls III” and “Neo Soul.”

This week, Kirk corrects himself for, like, the first time ever; Kirk's kids are cooler than Kirk (or Paul); Paul challenges Kirk to a laser round; and the never-ending music trivia quiz contest continues.

This week, Kirk and Paul serve up the first grab bag episode of “Music Raygun” since before the pandemic. That means there’s no theme this time, just 10 gracious videos that fit into no particular category other than that they’re wicked fun, and so is this episode.

This week, Kirks says some fun facts, then Paul corrects stupid things he said, shares a couple of hot takes and attempts to win his sixth consecutive round of the music trivia quiz.

This week, Kirk takes over and picks all the clips for an episode about Neo Soul from the ‘90s and early ‘00s. This is where Kirk lives, so get ready to dive deep.

This week, Kirk and Paul each rank all nine songs on Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album, then Paul tries to stretch his music trivia quiz winning streak to an unprecedented six rounds in a row.

This week, Kirk and Paul revisit the “rebel girls” topic from the early days of the podcast, conceived originally to celebrate Liz Phair’s 50th birthday and named after Bikini Kill’s signature riot grrrl anthem, the theme and this episode are all about badass rock chicks and punk rock girls of the past 45 years or so. This one starts with Suzi “Leather Tuscadero” Quatro on “Happy Days” and ends with another visit from the recently viral tween neo riot grrrls The Linda Lindas, and there are plenty of other rebel girls between.

This week, Kirk and Paul are talking about the drummer documentary “Count Me In” on Netflix, Kirk tests Paul with a new game of “Laser Round,” and Paul goes for five wins in a row in the music trivia quiz.

This week, Kirk and Paul are talking about one of the great music video directors of the 1980s: Julien Temple, he who got started filming the Sex Pistols and went on to direct films such as “Absolute Beginners” and “Earth Girls Are Easy” made videos for ABC, Judas Priest, David Bowie, Jean-Michel Jarre, Sade, the Kinks, Janet Jackson, Johnny Gill, the English Beat and many more.