Episode 196: Joel Stratton
Welcome, welcome, welcome.
This is the Badass Records podcast, and I'm pleased to let you know that Episode No. 196 features none other than Joel vs Joel's very own, Joel Stratton.
Joel vs Joel's debut album, Smile in the Mirror, came out in August of last year, and Brad Smith (Episode No. 108) of Enigmatic Brunch Records was the wizard behind the curtains of making that happen.
But let's not let that detract us from Joel.
I am thankful for the opportunity to've sat with Joel and talked about his release, his approach, and, well, a few of his favorite records.
I know. It's the same old stuff every week(ish) here, but that turns out to be the actual skinny, so...his list looked a little something like this:
Talk Talk's The Colour of Spring (1986)
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002), Wilco
Elliott Smith's From a Basement on the Hill (2004)
Tinks (2014), Pether Schlamb
Anyway, please consider giving Joel an Instagram follow; you can find him at _joel_vs_joel_, and -- again -- his stuff is out there for both streaming and purchase. Check it.
Thank you very much to both Joel and to anyone/everyone that supports the show.
copyright disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the audio pieces found in this here episode; they ain't mines. I managed ta' lift 'em from the ranks of a dusty, forgotten bin in the corner of my uncle's barn in Republic, and I figured they was worth sharin', so here's the skinny: This is an R.L. Burnside tune. It's one of many fine, fine cuts he shared with the world. This one in particular's called, "Got Messed Up," and I snagged it from his phenomenal 2000 release, Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down, c/o Fat Possum Records. So there. Put that in your royalties pipe an' smoke it.