GAR! 172: The Prince Chronology, Part 1

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast presents a track-by-track album-by-album discussion of Prince’s career from his first album For You through to Controversy, including the self-titled Prince and Dirty Mind, as well as the debut album by The Time and the only album release from Vanity 6. We also talk about the early days of The Revolution, the tours, album art, Billboard charts, covers, radio airplay, record store memories, analog television, Andre Cymone, Ready for the World, Taylor Swift, hackers, and our new Twitter feed.

And since it’s about Prince, there’s a mature content warning on this episode, because yeah, we’re going to talk a lot about songs he wrote about vaginas. It is Prince after all.

Here’s the albums we reviewed. If you use our Amazon links, we get a small commission.

Prince, For You.

Prince, Prince.

Prince, Dirty Mind.

Prince, Controversy, pictured above.

The Time, The Time.

Vanity 6, Vanity 6. Sadly, not officially available, and ridiculously expensive, but still fun if you can find a copy.

And here’s the ad from the Courier-Post for Prince’s show at Emerald City in 1980. We mention this on the show.

The GAR! Podcast is the Glenn Walker and Ray Cornwall weekly podcast where they talk unrehearsed about whatever happens to come to mind. It’s an audio-zine for your mind, a nerd exploration of a nerd world, coming to you from the suburbs of New Jersey and the sunny lakes of Florida via Skype.

Links:

The Make Mine Magic Podcast Twitter

Huge thanks to the team at PrinceVault for all the knowledge used on this week’s show.

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The GAR! Podcast 136: Remembering Prince

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We’re both huge Prince fans, and if you’re a regular listener, you know how often his name and work come up on this podcast. Needless to say, we’re gutted, and needed to talk about it when we heard of Prince’s passing. We hope you’ll enjoy listening to this special edition of The GAR! Podcast, and remembering with us. Rest in peace, Prince.

And this is Ray’s favorite version of It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night:

 

 

Links:

Glenn on Prince

Biff Bam Pop! Remembers Prince

The Shadow Knows Podcast

Biff Bam Pop!

The Biff Bam Pop! Podcast Network

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The Adventures of Ray

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

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The GAR! Podcast 126: Black Friday with The Time

  
This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

early intro / Morris Day and The Time / Unsung / reunions and separate projects / Arrested Development / Lollapalooza / Zingalamaduni / genesis and payment / the Prince sample / AXS and The Big Interview / Black Friday / action figures then and now / size matters / PDQ / Cool Dog Café / All Things Fun! Black Friday Sale / Target in the evening / coming up / closing / SoundCloud /

  
Links:

“Get It Up” by The Time

“777-9311” by The Time

“Cool” by The Time

“The Bird” by The Time

Highlights of The Time on Tom Joyner

Unsung

Arrested Development

Nerdfect Strangers on Pop Wrestling

“The Big Interview”

GAR! Talking Comics with Amy Hollinger

PDQ

French Fry Diary

All Things Fun!

Farewell to Cool Dog Cafe

Cool Dog Café at French Fry Diary

Gobbledygeek on Darkman

Biff Bam Pop!

The Biff Bam Pop! Podcast Network

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The Adventures of Ray

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast on Stitcher

The GAR! Podcast on iTunes

The GAR! Podcast Group on Facebook

The GAR! Podcast Page on Facebook

Contact us directly here.

GAR! Podcast Episode 72: Prince and Jack Chick

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

intro / the new GAR! Facebook page / Prince’s new albums / Prince covers / rock vs. soul / listenable / Prince plays Dungeons & Dragons / Glenn’s college D&D days / Jack Chick / human sacrifice is bad / business model / Jack Chick draws the Avengers / commissions / Charlie Brown’s / prime steakhouses / Outback / the Bloomin’ Onion / T.G.I. Fridays / Jack Daniels Barbeque Sauce / Suffragette City covers / Marvel’s Original Sin / why Glenn hates comics / Mike Deodato / Jason Aaron’s Thor / Reading Glasses / Collingswood Book Festival / closing / Ello /

Links:

The new GAR! Facebook Page

Jerry Whitworth’s Twitter

Prince releases two new albums

Jack Chick

Charlie Brown’s Steakhouse

French Fry Diary

Outback at French Fry Diary

TGI Fridays at French Fry Diary

Jack Daniels Glaze Copycat Recipe

South Jersey Writers’ Group

“Reading Glasses: Stories Through an Unpredictable Lens”

Collingswood Book Festival

Glenn at Ello

Ray at Ello

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast Group on Facebook

The new GAR! Podcast Page on Facebook

Videos:

“Suffragette City” by Boy George and Culture Club

GAR! Podcast Episode 25: Hiyo Silver! (Because Silver is for 25)

This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

a new podcast / Disney Fantasy / sick sick / kindness of strangers / Miami / soda talk / Philly food by mail / fast food / Dexter finale / All-New X-Men / Rob Kelly / Breaking Bad time warp / Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. / catching up / Captain America is not a b**** / wrestling money in the bank / The Edge / heroes are supposed to win / what did Glenn read on vacation / Scalped / Grand Theft Auto V / Breaking Bad outro /

Links:

Make Mine Magic Podcast
Fresca
Frank’s Soda on The Mendte Report
Steak ‘n Shake
Smashburger
Glenn’s review of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Glenn’s Infinity reviews
Re-Reading The Shining
Tidewater Murder by C. Hope Clark
Dillon and the Legend of the Golden Bell by Derrick Ferguson
Scalped
Ray’s Twitter
Glenn’s Twitter

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GAR Podcast Episode 19: A Quick One (While He’s Away)

This is Ray. Sorry for the late upload, folks. Crazy week. Also, special GAR! bonus points for the first person in the comments who gets the title reference!

This week’s podcast includes discussion of the following:

Ray and Pepsi in Atlanta / This Is Where I Leave You / Matt Fraction / the worst of the Fantastic Four / Lyja Laserfish and punctuation / Avengers themed sex toys / Breaking Bad action figures / Star Trek and Twitter / Scandal / Can I Stream.It? / Biff Bam Pop! / Glenn watches wrestling / CM Punk / WWE Divas and John Cena / Prince on Hardcore Pawn / Vanity vs. Appolonia / backwards masking / books / One Piece / Freddie meets The Fugees /

Links:

Jonathan Tropper’s This Is Where I Leave You
Lyja, who has no last name despite Glenn’s insistence
Google it yourself – “Avengers themed sex toys”
Breaking Bad Heisenberg Action Figure
Can I Stream.It?
Biff Bam Pop!
Mike Love interview part 1
Mike Love interview part 2
Dread Zeppelin
“Strap On Robbie Baby” by Vanity
If a Girl Answers (Don’t Hang Up)” by Vanity 6
Strange World
Tall Tales and Short Stories from South Jersey
Ray’s Twitter
Glenn’s Twitter
One Piece

Videos:

Honey Boo Boo goes wrestling

CM Punk Grammar Slam – Your vs. You’re (probably NSFW)

CM Punk Pipe Bomb John Cena

One Piece English Rap Opening

“Another One Bites the Dust” by The Fugees/Queen

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