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Before The Stream

Before The Stream

Jason Lawrence

An in depth look back at albums I listened to growing up and the listening experience. Jason Bemis Lawrence, creator and host of Before The Stream, is a singer/songwriter and a drummer with bands like Heather Woods Broderick, The Building, and Jesse Marchant. In this podcast, Jason and a guest will be checking in on a record they both listened to abundantly in the past to see what memories the record conjures, what holds up, and what has changed about.. well, everything.
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Before The Stream - Quick Holiday Music Talk #5, with Andrew Carlson
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12/17/20 • 28 min

Maybe holiday music doesn't come from a store. Maybe holiday music means a little bit more.

Andrew Carlson drops back by the podcast to talk to Jason about how his relationship with the holidays and holiday music has evolved. The two friends try to decipher if they actually know anything about Mannheim Steamroller and Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and so much more.

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Happy 25th Anniversary to Bringing Down The Horse by the Wallflowers!

Dr. Rob Collier returns to the podcast to play some trivia, to debate what's special or important about this album, and to talk about Jakob and Bob Dylan, the album's legacy, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, songwriting, and lyrics lyrics lyrics.

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Jason and Brian Kantor continue and conclude their conversation about The Cardigans' 1996 album First Band on the Moon.

The two friends analyze each song on the record while sharing thoughts on production, arrangement, creativity, Black Sabbath, and more. They even dramatically read a couple of bizarre reviews for this album.

Brian then shares what he's been up to at The Soundry, and with Sound For and other bands, and more.

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Before The Stream - Nirvana Unplugged: Something in the Way, solo
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03/27/23 • 36 min

We're talking about Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York song by song.

Host Jason Bemis Lawrence did this one by himself.

It gave Jason a chance to ruminate on the song Something in the Way, play some guitar, sing a little, address some of the common topics about the song and the differences between the Unplugged performance and the version on Nevermind, lyrics, and a lot more.

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Dean Wareham (Luna, Galaxie 500, Dean & Britta, etc) is on the show!

Before the Stream is currently talking about Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York one song at a time.

Dean's band Luna was making major label rock albums at the same time Nirvana was, so he has an interesting perspective on the time period.

Dean and Jason talk about the aesthetics of "Unplugged", vocals, covers, and more.

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Before The Stream - Where We've Been and Intro to Nirvana Unplugged
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08/19/22 • 11 min

We're back!

We're going to go through Nirvana: MTV Unplugged in New York song by song with different guests over the next couple months.

Jason introduces the 1993/94 TV performance and album, and talks a bit about what's been going on the last few months.

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Before the Stream is currently talking about Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York one song at a time.

We finally had to go out of song order for this one, but you'll be glad to get it sooner.

Singer/Songwriter/cellist/multi-instrumentalist Heather Woods Broderick joins Jason to talk about the penultimate song of the performance All Apologies.

The two friends and sometimes bandmates discuss Heather's memories of Nirvana, grunge music, and Unplugged before moving through a variety of topics like live performance versus recorded performance, how people will get inspired to learn an instrument in the future, songwriting, and more.

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Before The Stream - Nirvana Unplugged: About a Girl, with David Nagler
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08/22/22 • 36 min

We're talking about Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York song by song and we start at the beginning with David Nagler

Jason and David discuss the song About a Girl along with David's first impressions of MTV's Unplugged series, the time David saw Nirvana in concert, guitar playing, and much more.

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Before The Stream - Who is Chris Weisman? (Primer for Ep. 39)
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02/04/22 • 6 min

For the next full-length episode (episode 39, next week), Jason asked drummer/songwriter/bandleader Alex Kirkpatrick to school him on an artist Jason didn't know, but who has had a profound impact on Alex.

Alex chose singer/songwriter Chris Weisman.

In this preview/primer for the full-length episode, Jason lays out the 6 songs that Alex chose for them to dig into, where to find the songs if you want to hear them in advance, and more.

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Adam Aizer (@AdamAizer), host of the CBS Sports Fantasy Football Today Podcast, joins Jason to talk about Everclear and their hit album So Much for the Afterglow.

Adam and Jason discuss their memories of first hearing the record and try to track down what made this music special and how it might have stood out from all the other alternative rock bands from the 90s.

Then they tackle some deeper questions like: is rock and roll dead? If not, where do you find it? And, is this a Christmas album?

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FAQ

How many episodes does Before The Stream have?

Before The Stream currently has 69 episodes available.

What topics does Before The Stream cover?

The podcast is about 90S, Interview, Music, Pop, Podcasts, Rock, Music Interviews and Alternative.

What is the most popular episode on Before The Stream?

The episode title '6. Dave Matthews Band: Before These Crowded Streets, with Logan Coale' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Before The Stream?

The average episode length on Before The Stream is 66 minutes.

How often are episodes of Before The Stream released?

Episodes of Before The Stream are typically released every 17 days.

When was the first episode of Before The Stream?

The first episode of Before The Stream was released on Apr 28, 2020.

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