• Music,  Pop Culture,  Society

    Trampled Underfoot Podcast – 177 – Copyright or Copywrong?

    In this fun-filled episode of the Trampled Underfoot Podcast, we start off the discussion with a trip to the grocery store. Eloy set out to buy a bottle of vegetable oil. Seems simple enough, right? How could this start any controversy? Let’s just say that pricing was an issue – and not in the way that you’re probably thinking. Totally switching gears, Mark Lindsay introduces a topic that was inspired by a recent YouTube video he watched (go figure, right?) The video featured a gentleman who plays classical music pieces on piano, and the score to that music is displayed on the screen as he plays it. As an April…

  • Culture,  Music,  Nostalgia,  Pop Culture,  Social Media,  Society

    Trampled Underfoot Podcast – 176 – Eclectic Variety

    We start off the discussion on YouTube channels that react to Rock Music and how it’s great to hear other people’s points of view of songs we discovered decades ago. This leads to reminiscing on other related thoughts about music. We then talk about communication, encounters with famous people, and friends we’ve met in real life after first meeting them online. We then go on with an eclectic variety of fun topics. Be sure to check out this episode of the Trampled Underfoot Podcast! We record LIVE every Tuesday evening at 9:30 pm Eastern, 6:30 pm Pacific time. Subscribe to our YouTube channel, click that notification bell, then come join…

  • Movies,  Music,  Nostalgia,  Pop Culture,  Technology,  Television

    Trampled Underfoot Podcast – 171 – Rock and Roll Juggernaut

    In this episode of the Trampled Underfoot Podcast Mark Lindsay goes into the background of one of the most influential hard rock bands of all time. A band that came from humble beginnings and exploded to meteoric heights in the late 70s and early 80s. What was behind their success? How did they become the musical powerhouse they are today? Eloy Escagedo gives his opinions, and the hosts discuss what was and what could have been. Next is a discussion of listening to music as an activity. Is music as important today as it was in decades past? We know that the way people experience music today is totally different…

  • Movies,  Music,  Pop Culture,  Technology,  Television

    Trampled Underfoot Podcast – 164 – It’s All About Style

    In this episode of the Trampled Underfoot Podcast, Eloy Escagedo and Mark Lindsay open with a couple of series Eloy has been enjoying on Netflix, one of which being Cobra Kai. In this series, based on the Karate Kid movies of the 80s, the perspective is changed from that of the good guy to that of the perceived villain. In the re-imagined series, we see the villain of the movies wasn’t actually a villain at all. This brings up the topic of producers, directors, and performers taking characters we hold dear, and re-imagining them, sometimes changing genre, other times just changing the perception of those characters from a different point…

  • Movies,  Music,  Nostalgia,  Pop Culture

    Trampled Underfoot Podcast – 160 – Let It Be – The Beatles Film Review

    In this episode of the Trampled Underfoot Podcast, Mark Lindsay and Eloy Escagedo talk music. Since the release of the new 6-hour Peter Jackson film The Beatles – Let It Be, people have been reviewing the film and sharing their thoughts. Eloy got to see the film and shares his opinions on it with Mark. The two then branch out in a few directions that cover the topic. For instance – is there anything in the film that would attract younger music lovers to The Beatles? Is an episodic 6-hour epic just too long for anyone but die-hard fans? Would The Beatles have become the powerhouse band they became if…

  • Music,  Nostalgia,  Pop Culture,  Society

    Trampled Underfoot Podcast – 145 – Peace, Love, and Milli Vanilli

    In Episode 145 of the Trampled Underfoot Podcast: Mark Lindsay and Eloy Escagedo start the show off with the anniversaries of the release of 2 pivotal record albums – The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and the Eagles’ self-titled debut album. The conversation goes in a few interesting directions as the hosts discuss their first exposure to those groups and their music. The discussion slowly transitions from rip-off bands to the evolution of rock in American music history. Could there ever be another sonic explosion of musical greatness like that which occurred in the era from the 1950s until the 1970s? Then, the scandal that was Milli Vanilli…

  • Music,  Nostalgia,  Pop Culture

    Trampled Underfoot Podcast – 143 – Music From The Mud

    In 1974, Ronnie Van Zant sang. “Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers. And they’ve been known to pick a song or two,” in the song Sweet Home Alabama. What the heck did he mean by that? In Episode 143 of the Trampled Underfoot Podcast, Mark Lindsay shares facts about a very well made documentary titled Muscle Shoals that explains it. The conversation starts off with an examination of how people like Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Clarence Carter, Percy Sledge, and Duane Allman, among others, came to this sleepy Alabama town to record some of the biggest hits in music history. How did it happen? Why that time…

  • Movies,  Music,  Pop Culture,  Social Media,  Society

    Trampled Underfoot Podcast – 137 – The Flat Pineapple Theory

    In Episode 137 of the Trampled Underfoot Podcast: Flat Earthers. Do they really believe their theories? Are they just trying to keep an argument alive? Are they just doing it for the lulz? Or are they just after attention? Eloy Escagedo and Mark Lindsay delve into it. A brief discussion of the Placebo Effect follows, which leaves folks scratching their heads. The hosts get into a discussion about the absurdity of taking a little bit of information, and running to the extreme with it, not even knowing why, and use Pineapples as the example. (Hint: Pineapples aren’t just for breakfast anymore…) Finally, Eloy asks Mark to name a song, a…

  • Design,  Inspiration,  Movies,  Music,  Photography,  Society,  Technology

    Trampled Underfoot Podcast – 134 – Dubs and Dupes

    In Episode 134 of the Trampled Underfoot Podcast: All those old VHS and Cassette tapes! Looking back, you may have a lot of those in a closet or garage just collecting dust. Eloy Escagedo and Mark Lindsay look back on the electronic gizmos of the past, some of the quirks they had, and how they try to transfer them digitally. The next topic under discussion is regular people with amazing hobbies. In particular, people that create themed rooms and spaces in their homes, with amazing detail. There’s one father out in Utah that has recreated a section of Disneyland in his basement! Well, the Trampled Underfoot Podcast hosts talk about…