Only Three Lads - Classic Alternative Music Podcast - O3L Presents: Weekend Six Pack, Vol. 2 - Bay Area Brew

O3L Presents: Weekend Six Pack, Vol. 2 - Bay Area Brew

08/25/23 • 27 min

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Crack open a six pack! That is to say that we're stepping out of the O3L era once again for six more songs that you should hear this weekend.

As many listeners know, Brett's son is currently attending UC Berkeley, which means that he's been spending a lot more time up in the Bay Area...which, in turn, means that he's been paying close attention to what's become arguably the best local indie music scene in the country. So, this week, we turn our focus to bands from that area. Our Six Pack:

1) Chime School - 'Coming To Your Town' (https://chimeschool.bandcamp.com)

2) The Umbrellas - 'She Buys Herself Flowers' (https://theumbrellas.bandcamp.com)

3) The 1981 - 'Easy (It's Not)' (https://the1981band.bandcamp.com)

4) Cindy - 'The Price Is Right' (https://cindytheband.bandcamp.com)

5) The Reds, Pinks & Purples - 'Unloveable Losers' (https://theredspinksandpurples.bandcamp.com)

6) Seablite - 'Melancholy Molly' (https://seablite.bandcamp.com)

What do YOU think is the best local music scene right now? Let us know on social media or at [email protected].

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Crack open a six pack! That is to say that we're stepping out of the O3L era once again for six more songs that you should hear this weekend.

1) Chime School - 'Coming To Your Town' (https://chimeschool.bandcamp.com)

2) The Umbrellas - 'She Buys Herself Flowers' (https://theumbrellas.bandcamp.com)

3) The 1981 - 'Easy (It's Not)' (https://the1981band.bandcamp.com)

4) Cindy - 'The Price Is Right' (https://cindytheband.bandcamp.com)

5) The Reds, Pinks & Purples - 'Unloveable Losers' (https://theredspinksandpurples.bandcamp.com)

6) Seablite - 'Melancholy Molly' (https://seablite.bandcamp.com)

What do YOU think is the best local music scene right now? Let us know on social media or at [email protected].

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E177 - Top 5 Motown Influenced Songs (with Arthur Alexander from Sorrows & The Poppees)

Needless to say, we have fun every week here on O3L, but this one will have ya dancing in the streets guaranteed! We just can't help ourselves when it comes to talking about music influenced by "The Sound of Young America," Motown Records...especially when Heaven must have sent us this week's guest from above. What's going on, you ask? We guess you say, what can make us feel this way? Well, by now, you've probably heard it through the grapevine that it's the marvelous Arthur Alexander!

(Oh, was that subtle enough?)

Arthur has a very powerful story of rock n' roll salvation. Growing up in communist Poland in the '60s, Arthur discovered the power of rock through records pressed on postcards and through scratchy radio signals that the government attempted to silence, deeming this new musical form of freedom as a threat to society. It was the sound that united and invigorated legions of youth, inspired kids to form bands, and, for Arthur, paved the way for a new life in America. In the mid-70s, his band The Poppees were a part of the burgeoning New York scene, playing venues like CBGB and Max's Kansas City alongside The Heartbreakers, Ramones, and Blondie, despite eschewing straight ahead punk rock for the sounds of Merseybeat. After The Poppees, Arthur formed rockin' power pop group Sorrows, fulfilling his vision of crossing ABBA with The Sex Pistols. Sorrows issued two albums for CBS, 1980's Teenage Heartbreak (the sessions from that era also captured on the Bad Times, Good Times album) and 1981's Love Too Late. The latter was so badly botched by the record label that it prompted Sorrows to reform four decades later to put things right, to record the album that it should have been all along: Love Too Late...The Real Album. Arthur has also issued two marvelous solo albums in recent years, 2018's One Bar Left, and the brand new 2023 LP Steppin' Out on Big Stir Records. https://www.bigstirrecords.com.

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Your friends at O3L

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Next Episode

E178 - Top 5 Saturday Night Music (with The Flashcubes)

We're dancin' to the rhythm in our heart and soul, cuz it's S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night on O3L! This week, we're all about the songs and albums that soundtrack our Saturday nights. And, yeah, we've got a Saturday Night Fever, and the only cure is...

More FLASHCUBES!

That's right...our Third Lads this week are bassist Gary Frenay and guitarist Paul Armstrong, one half of Power Pop Hall of Famers The Flashcubes! Gary and Paul, along with guitarist Arty Lenin and drummer Tommy Allen, burst out of Syracuse, NY in 1977. During their initial lifespan of 1977-1980, they released two singles, the classics "Christi Girl" and "Wait Til Next Week," and opened for major acts such as The Runaways, Ramones, The Jam and The Police. (In the case of the latter, here's a "true until proven otherwise" theory for you: Stewart Copeland is wearing a Flashcubes t-shirt on the cover of Regatta de Blanc.) Since the original foursome reformed in the late '90s as powerful and poppy as ever, they haven't looked back, with a string of acclaimed albums and a reputation as a world-class live act.

The Flashcubes' latest album on Big Stir Records is Pop Masters, which finds our heroes tackling a selection of 12 guitar pop classics by their contemporaries, with an impressive roster of guest stars, including Pezband's "Baby It's Cold Outside" (with past O3L guest Mimi Betinis), Shoes' "Tomorrow Night" (with another past O3L guest, Jeff Murphy), The Paley Brothers' "Come Out And Play" and more. This is a must have for any power pop connoisseur!

Plus, we unveil the latest world famous O3L game: Which Saturday Is It?, in which our discerning contestants distinguish between Saturday Night Fever quotes, Saturday Night Live lines, and lyrics from songs called "Saturday Night." It's gobs o' fun, we tell ya...gobs!

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