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  • The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 8: (30-21)

    The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 8: (30-21)
    Mar 12 2025
    How many times have you been told to “live in the moment?”…it usually comes with statements like “the past can’t be changed, the future is unknown, so all you can do is experience the present to the fullest extent of your being”. In other words, be more like a dog…i’m always watching my bull terriers go about their day…they don’t worry about the past and have little concept of the future…it’s all about eating, sleeping, doing their business outside, playing, and demanding affection…and when they engage in any of those things, they are all-in. A lovely idea, but humans don’t work that way…heaven forbid that we get lost in our thoughts—or worse, get bored—standing in line at the checkout…let’s avoid those awkward moments with ourselves and not have to be in that moment. But maybe whipping out the phone at every available second is a defense mechanism…we live in a world with so much change that we need constant distraction from how quickly things are moving… doom-scrolling isn’t healthy, but it is a way to say “stop the world, i want to get off” for a few minutes. But reality is that time is a linear thing that goes only in one direction…and if you don’t live in the moment at least sometimes, you’ll miss everything that’s happening, that has happened, and that will happen. That’s the purpose behind this ten-part series…it’s a recap of the 100 most important things that have happened in rock this millennium so far…we’re up to chapter eight…how many of these items have you missed or forgotten about because you haven’t been living the moment? Songs in this episode: Oasis - Aquiesce Tim Hawkins - YouTube Sparks - iPhone Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication (live) Radiohead - Bodysnatchers The Ramones - Blitzkreig Bop The Clash - London Calling The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows U2 - I Will Follow (live) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 mins
  • The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 7: (40-31)

    The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 7: (40-31)
    Mar 5 2025
    It’s wild how so much in this universe is connected in ways we don’t understand…there’s something in quantum physics that Einstein called “spooky interaction at a distance”. Quantum theory says that you can have a particle-like, er, this one here—which is connected to another identical particle billions and billions of light-years away. And if I give this one a flick—boop!—I just booped its twin on the other side of the universe at the same time…change it here, and it changes there instantaneously…yeah, I know, it’s freaky…but that’s how quantum physics works. History can be like that, too…you poke at this one person, this one thing, this one event, and it has an effect on another person, thing or event way over there. It doesn’t happen instantly because our existence is in the universe ruled by classical physics where such things can’t happen…but in retrospect, you see how one little thing in the timeline can unleash a series of cascading events and unintended consequences. This is why I believe every once in a while, I believe it’s important to stop to look at how we got to where we are today…reviewing and studying the past is a way to understand the present…and if we’re careful, we might be able to use this information to predict at least some of the future. This is episode seven of a ten-part series that’s looking back on what happened in rock through the first 25 years of the 21st century…let’s see if we can’t put a few more pieces together. Songs in this episode: Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song (Live acoustic at 228 Yonge Street) The Breeders - Cannonball Twenty-One Pilots - Stressed Out Kraftwerk - Robots Led Zeppelin - Rock'N'Roll (Live at the O2) St. Vincent - Los Ageless Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart The White Stripes - Icky Thump Sam Roberts - Don't Walk Away Eileen (Live at SARS-Stock) Metallica - I Disappear (Napster demo version) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 mins
  • The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 6: (50-41)

    The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 6: (50-41)
    Feb 26 2025
    If you’re a Boomer, a Gen Xer or an early millennial, this is going to hurt. If someone says “25 years ago,” now, they mean something that happened in the 1900s, not in the 21st century. Despite how it might feel, the 90s weren’t just 20 years ago…neither were the 80s…if you’re a certain age, you know exactly what I’m talking about. This hurts, too…at some point, you’re going to hear a kid talk about a song that came out “in the late 1900s”…ouch. We’re already a quarter of the way through the 21st century. I still find that hard to process. On the other hand, younger Millennials, Gen Zed kids, and Gen Alpha, first 25 years of the 2000s is recent history…if that’s you, you’re still getting caught up…and if you’re in those special years when you develop your musical awareness, you’re probably a sponge for information…what did I miss?...and how did we get to where we are now? Whatever your perspective, this series of “ongoing history” episodes aims to help…this is part 6 of our look back at the 100 greatest moments in rock for the millennium—so far. Songs in this episode: The Killers - Mr. Brightside (Original Demo) Radiohead - Karma Police U2 - Vertigo Alice In Chains - We Die Young Veruca Salt - Laughing In The Sugar Bowl Limewire - Knot Tool - Fear Inoculum Royal Blood - Figure it Out Foo Fighters - Times Like These (Live London) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 5: (60-51)

    The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 5: (60-51)
    Feb 19 2025
    People love lists…magazines, broadcasters, and websites are always publishing them…the ones that seem to get the most attention are those that rank a specific thing from worst to best. And let’s be honest: most of these lists are designed to court controversy, to create arguments, and to get people talking about how things got ordered and why or why not someone or something should be at number one…i get it. But not all lists are created equal…some are just supposed to keep track of something…what to buy at the grocery store…errands that need to be done…things you need to pack for a trip. Then there’s middle ground…lists that keep track of something while attempting to slot them in some order of importance, influence, or impact. Such lists will still result in arguments and debate over how things were ranked—which is fine—but the primary purpose of such a list is an attempt to remember what happened. We’re already 25% the way through the 21st century…and with the pace of life, it’s harder and harder to keep up with what happened this week let alone over the last quarter-century. That’s why everything once in a while it’s important to stop, take a breath, look around, and try to remember what happened…and once we account for that, we can get a better idea of why we’ve ended up where we are: the advances we’ve seen, the mistakes we’ve made, and the happy (and unhappy accidents) that have occurred—and maybe, just maybe, figure out where we’re going. This is chapter five of the 100 greatest rock moments of the millennium—so far. Songs in this episode: Cruisebox - On A Podcast The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army Patti Smith - Elegie Black Keys - Lonely Boy Metallica - Seek And Destroy (live) Green Day - American Idiot Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round Foo Fighters - Learning to Fly (live) Nirvana - Polly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 mins
  • Introducing: A Most Audacious Heist - Shoot For The Moon | 01

    Introducing: A Most Audacious Heist - Shoot For The Moon | 01
    Feb 15 2025
    It’s a summer night in 1998. Vienna, Austria. And petty thief Daniel Blanchard is about to carry out the heist of a lifetime. Stealing a crown jewel. The last remaining diamond Sisi Star. His plan? A daring night-time parachute jump. Daniel is no ordinary thief. His heists are ingenious, meticulously planned; his escapes from the law defy belief. And Daniel knows that if he can get his hands on the star, it will launch him into the criminal big-leagues. Daniel’s exploits unleash a relentless game of cat-and-mouse, as police track him across continents yet vanishes from their grasp. What he doesn’t know is that the Sisi Star has a history. A dark history. Its original owner, the legendary Empress Elisabeth of Austria, used it to carve her own legacy of absolute beauty and power. That pursuit drove her to her very limits. And now Daniel’s fate is fixed to that same star. But how long can Sisi’s star stay lucky for Daniel? This is A Most Audacious Heist – it’s the story of a master thief, an intercontinental manhunt, and the jewel that changes everything. Contact: Facebook: @BlanchardHouseStories Instagram: @BlanchardHouseStories X (formerly Twitter): @BlanchardTweets Blanchard House website: blanchard-house.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    36 mins
  • The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 4: (70-61)

    The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 4: (70-61)
    Feb 12 2025
    Time has a way of getting away from us, especially at the speed at which news cycles travel…with a firehose of information coming at us from traditional media, online sources, social media, and just life in general, it’s really easy to forget where we’ve been and what we’ve done. The speed of 21st century life has either created our ultra-short attention spans or exacerbated what was already there. Me?... Sometimes it feels like I have the memory of a goldfish…somebody will mention something that happened and I’ll go, “oh, yeah…that happened a couple of years ago”…and then they’ll say, “no, that was 21 years ago”. It’s been so long since the 90s that the music of that era is number one for nostalgia, eclipsing the public’s fascination with the 80s, the 70s, and the 60s…people who weren’t alive in the 90s have latched on to that music in a very fierce way. Maybe that’s why to older folk the rock from that time still seems fresh and top-of-mind—because to a substantial number of young music fans, it’s fresh and top-of-mind for them…I find it fascinating when a young generation embraces music from an older generation as their own. But time is an arrow that points only one way…we don’t know where we’re going, but we do know where we’ve been…and that’s where history comes in…remembering and analyzing the past helps understand where we are today and where we might possibly end up tomorrow. That’s the point of this series of “ongoing history” programs…what has happened with music in the last 25 years?... And can we use any of this history to predict the future? This is chapter four of “the 100 greatest moments in rock of the millennium—so far”. Songs in this episode: Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out Rage Against The Machine - Renegades of Funk Walk Off The Earth - Somebody I Used To Know Metallica - St. Anger Frank Turner - Girl From The Record Shop Nickelback - Rockstar Coldplay - Talk Muse - Uprising Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 mins
  • The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 3: (80-71)

    The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 3: (80-71)
    Feb 5 2025
    The great 20th century philosopher Ferris Bueller once said “life moves pretty fast…if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it”. I think of this wisdom a lot, especially when someone starts talking about, say, the music of the 1990s…my instinctive reaction is always the same… “yeah…the 90s…that was ten years ago, right?”. Obviously not…Nirvana’s “Nevermind” still lives and that record is over 30 years old…all the legendary grunge artists are in their 50s and 60s if not dead…but so much of the music of the era is always in the air so it’s not like it ever had a chance to be forgotten. I was in an airport recently—a big public space serving people of all ages and all backgrounds from around the world—and “Man in a Box” from Alice in Chains was playing on the p.a. And then there are all those moments in the grocery store when I hear music playing and think to myself “when did supermarket music get so cool?”. The truth is that this music is a lot older than my brain wants to believe…even though it still sounds fresh, so much has happened since those records came out. Life does move pretty fast…and it seems that it’s moving faster with each passing day…and yeah, we do need to stop and looking around once in while because, let’s face it, we’re missing a lot of stuff. Now that we’re 25 years deep into the 21st century, I feel the need to look around a lot more, if for no other reason, to remember and keep track of everything that we’ve seen in music…what have we missed?...what have we forgotten?...and if we’re not acquainted with how we got here, how can we possibly be ready for what might be coming next. This is episode 3 of a series I call “the 100 greatest rock moments of the millennium so far”…let’s see how many of these things you remember. Songs in this episode: Radiohead - Creep Tool - Tempest Imagine Dragons - Radioactive The Killers - Mr. Brightside Pantera - Walk Foo Fighters - Something From Nothing Nine Inch Nails - 34 Ghosts IV Sinead O'Connor - The Last Day of Our Acquaintance U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing (live) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 mins
  • The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 2: (90-81)

    The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 2: (90-81)
    Jan 29 2025
    So much can happen in 25 years…let’s go back to how the 20th century began…in just a quarter century, we got radio, airplanes, the Great War, the Russian revolution, the Soviet Union, and the rise of Communism. The Titanic sank…women were empowered to vote…Einstein came up with the theory of relativity…Henry Ford changed manufacturing forever with the use of the assembly line, not to mention the introduction of cars. We also go stainless steel, the first x-ray machine, the zipper, neon lighting, and instant coffee…and that’s just for starters. Now let’s look at the first 25 years of the 21st century… 9/11 and the wars that followed…the rise of China as global power…the Arab Spring…an awareness of climate change…LGBT rights and social movements…covid…trump…the incorporation of the internet into everything. Now that the century is a quarter done, it’s also a good time to look back on what happened in music…the short answer is “a lot”…but because change happened so consistently and was adopted by so many people, it’s easy to lose perspective of how much things have changed since the clocks ticked over to January 1, 2000. Let’s take stock of things…this is part two of the greatest rock moments of the millennium—so far. Songs in this episode: The Thermals - Here's Your Future Amy Winehouse - Rehab REM - Mine Smell Like Honey Joy Division - Transmission Women - Eyesore The Hives - Tick Tick Boom Presidents of the USA - Video Killed The Radio Star Twenty One Pilots - Heathens Our Lady Peace - Will The Future Blame Us U2 - The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 mins