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.

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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:

 

 

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GAR! Podcast Episode 90: Special Guest Jenn Walker!

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Ray’s out with a vicious cold this week, but Glenn’s wife Jenn decided to do us a favor and sub in at the last minute! Thanks, Jenn!

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

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stumbling intro / no Ray / introducing Jenn / Prince / Sheila E. / Sheena Easton / casting the new Ghostbusters / Blossom / the male Sigourney Weaver / SNL40 / first impressions / over the years / Gilda Radner / forgotten cast members / the non-Lorne Michaels years / the SNL 8-track / The Walking Dead hour / Weekend Update / Miley Cyrus / Paul McCartney and Chevy Chase / Eddie Murphy / Joe Piscopo / forgotten SNL / choice musical guests / Camden Comic Con / Jenn’s comics / She-Hulk / Tales of the Beanworld / Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? / Jenn recites Green Lantern’s oath / Star Wars / Mark Hamill / Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town Syndrome / Spider-Man and Civil War / Arrow and John Barrowman / The Flash / Stephen Amell’s chest / Judge Judy / closing /

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