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Trampled Underfoot Podcast – Episode 63 – Today’s Soulless Music
In this episode, is it Bubble Gum Rock or 60s Pop? Mark Lindsay and Eloy Escagedo talk about “songs that they played to death!” We go through a bunch of songs that we heard over and over again while growing up. You may recognize some of these musical gems yourself. Mick Jagger rears his ugly head in conversation again, and Eloy can’t get over the image of the dude quacking around on stage. It’s a fun segment and entertaining back and forth. Then we take a hard conversation turn and talk about a Time Traveler urban legend. Yeah, this is a fun one so check it out! We record LIVE…
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Trampled Underfoot Podcast – Episode 60 – What was Ringo Wearing?
“What was Ringo wearing?” asked Mark! We talk about one of our favorite topics, music! The Abbey Road album was amazing, and not just the music but the stories behind the album art as well as the musicians involved in creating this masterpiece. We then talk about Rock band Super-groups too, and what we think about top notch musicians getting together under the same banner to create music. Is it good? Is it overkill? Well, we discuss it all. Then Mark decides to introduce a new Blow Eloy’s Mind factoid as part of the show. He throws us a crazy rock music question and we try to figure out the…
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Trampled Underfoot Podcast – Episode 56 – Name That Band and Skipping School
Eloy Escagedo and Mark Lindsay open this episode by talking about Hurricane Dorian, as well as a few other hurricanes that have hit Florida. Luckily a major bullet was dodged this time, and while it was a disaster, it could have been far, far worse for millions of people. Then we jump into a game we like to call “Name that Band!” Can you guess the band that performed a tune after hearing a few lyrics? Quiz-master Eloy challenges Mark to Name That Band – how do you think he did? Finally, Mark and Eloy surprise everyone by telling on themselves. They weren’t always the sterling examples of honesty and…
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Trampled Underfoot Podcast – Episode 55 – Animated Philosophy
In this Loony Tunes of an episode, Mark Lindsay and Eloy Escagedo talk about all the cool cartoons we all grew up on. Do you remember those animated adventures on Saturday mornings and after school? An animated icon turns 50 years old this month. Can you guess which one? We discuss some obscure classic cartoons, and delve into the subject of how they were nothing more than 30 minute long advertisements for everything from toys to breakfast cereals. We talk about cartoon mascots, one of which is still used today, and the lesson the toy manufacturers and marketers learned to dramatically ramp up sales in the 80s. Oh – and…
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Trampled Underfoot Podcast – Episode 54 – 100% Free Range Beatles
The British invasion! What a musical revolution that began in the early 60s! Not only did it affect music, how it’s consumed, regarded, and listened to, but also affected the culture at large. We’re still feeling the effects of that time period to this day – both musically and culturally. The trailblazers of all that were The Beatles! In this episode we talk all things Beatles, all things British, and about many of the bands that shaped the era. From Beatles copy-cats, to The Who. From Peter Noone to Eric Clapton. Every popular British rocker gave American rock and roll a run for it’s money, and kick-started the Americans, forcing…
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Trampled Underfoot Podcast – Episode 53 – Woodstock Was Killer
People, places, and things just keep getting older all the time. What do we mean? Well, do you need glasses yet? Eloy does, and he finally did something about it! The 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Music and Art Faire was this past weekend, and of course we had talk about it – everything from the bands, the movie, the record album that came out of the music celebration, the reasons why it was such a huge event at the time, and facts about the 3 day event you may not know! We then talk a bit about dynamic voices and music styles. Whitney or Dolly? Harry or Mariah? Or…
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Trampled Underfoot Podcast – Episode 52 – Our 1 Year Anniversary
One year ago, we started down this road that branched into many different directions. Conversations and stories add meaning to our lives and we pass those on to our friends, family and to generations after us. We make no excuses about what we like. Music, history, funny life situations, pop culture, and more! On this episode Eloy Escagedo and Mark Lindsay talk about the first season of The Trampled Underfoot Podcast and then get into an interesting series of music topics. Everything from cringe-worthy MTV videos to Ted Nugent in a loincloth, music recording, and The Beatles. There is also a lot more as well, so enjoy this special episode…
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Trampled Underfoot Podcast – Episode 51 – Neighbors are Nosy and People are Oblivious
In this day and age, YouTube celebrity stature can be thrust upon someone and it’s possibly more powerful than say, Hollywood famous. There are TV stars that wish they were internet famous like many of these people we know. We’re putting ourselves out there for public consumption… but are we well known? Mark Lindsay and Eloy Escagedo get into this topic, and share a few encounters with B movie actors that we know are famous by looking at them, but can’t really name them. We talk about these social media sites and question if they are manipulating us. Is everything a racket these days? We then get into a great…
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Trampled Underfoot Podcast – Episode 47 – Family Lore and DNA
This week, Mark and Eloy talk about the story of people found isolated through time in the rural mountains of Spain. Does Eloy come from them? We think so. Who were they and why were they considered Jews or Moors? What did DNA testing find? Well then going to England we talk about Steve Nealon and how he found a nobleman way back in his family tree from back in the 1100s. He was married to the aunt of King Harold the first! Wow, lot’s of cool conversations. We also talk about a story Katie Dotson shared with us about Orson Welles and it’s a great one. Believe it or…
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Trampled Underfoot Podcast Episode – 45 – Our Bottom Six Worst Albums
Back in Episode 43, we counted down our Top 10 Favorite Albums of all time. In this episode Mark Lindsay and Eloy Escagedo count down their 6 worse albums of all time. We call it the Bottom 6. Oh, you will probably have conflicting thoughts on our choices. But there’s a lot of fun in this one. We also touch on some funny moments from back when you had to take your film rolls to be processed. Believe us, it’s a trip of a podcast! This was a fun topic so kick back and check it out!