Your Friday Cage Match: Charlie Chaplin vs. Buster Keaton. Discuss.
Mark Caro
@markcaro.bsky.social
Caropop podcast host, Medill Local News Initiative editor, The Foie Gras Wars author, former Chicago Tribune long-timer, dedicated vinyl listener
Broadway star Laura Benanti talks comedy, songwriting, recovering from being a people-pleaser, graduating from ingenue status, imitating Melania, working the stage or screen, and crafting her one-woman show, Nobody Cares, on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
Broadway star Laura Benanti talks comedy, songwriting, recovering from being a people-pleaser, graduating from ingenue status, imitating Melania, working the stage or screen, and crafting her one-woman show, Nobody Cares, on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest! Hint #1: She's a soprano.
A friend of mine who owns an out-of-town coffee shop texted me a clip of water coming through his leaky ceiling. Because I always try to be helpful, I responded: "You could change the name to Drip Coffee." He wrote back that he'd meant to send the clip to another Mark.
Damnit. Jeff Connolly RIP. I saw some unforgettable, sometimes-verging-on-unhinged Lyres shows after college in Chicago and then, more often, during my Boston stint. Turn it up and getting moving! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw93...
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Your Friday Cage Match: "Hold On, I'm Comin'" vs. "Soul Man." Discuss.
Did P-Funk guitarist Michael Hampton know whether he was playing on a Parliament or Funkadelic session during those bands' concurrent classic runs? Was it as much of a party as it sounded like? Why "King Kong"? Hampton tells all on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
Did P-Funk guitarist Michael Hampton know whether he was playing on a Parliament or Funkadelic session during those bands' concurrent classic runs? Was it as much of a party as it sounded like? Why "King Kong"? Hampton tells all on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
It’s time to Guess Tomorrow’s Caropop Guest! Hint #1: He’s been performing for decades, but he’s also a Kidd.
I'm so sad to learn that Glen Hansard has died. One of my favorite movie memories is seeing "Once" at Sundance followed by Hansard and Markéta Irglová performing the songs on stage. And one of my favorite workdays was watching Hansard arrange and record a John Martyn song in an Evanston studio.
Fantastic Interview with Caropop’s Mark Caro! @markcaro.bsky.social The studio, the songs, the true story. It’s a must-listen! 🎶🎶🎶 Thank you Mark for letting Nash and Eddie expound!
Mark Caro@markcaro.bsky.social · 2w agoHow did Urge Overkill get from the bright, shiny Saturation to the dark, slithery Exit the Dragon? Nash Kato and Eddie "King" Roeser tell Caropop about the tough circumstances and unhealthy habits that spurred the last Urge album featuring the original 3. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
Performing Bachelor No. 2 at the the Riv, @aimeemann.bsky.social is just the coolest and sounds like she recorded these songs yesterday. She also occupies my favorite genre: people who are naturally funny and can break your heart.
How did Urge Overkill get from the bright, shiny Saturation to the dark, slithery Exit the Dragon? Nash Kato and Eddie "King" Roeser tell Caropop about the tough circumstances and unhealthy habits that spurred the last Urge album featuring the original 3. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guests! Hint #1: They're their band's two singer-songwriter-guitarists.
Why was Dudamel conducting the Muppets playing "Seven Nation Army"? Sounds like a bizarre Clue scenario.
For some reason I always expect the first line of "Hungry Heart" to be "Got a slice of cheese was Monterey Jack..."
Your Friday Cage Match: Cherry Tomatoes vs. Tomatoes. Discuss.
Jason Ringenberg marks the 40th anniversary of Jason and the Scorchers' Still Standing by telling Caropop what got him and his fiery band up to that pivot-point album and the profound effect that the experience had on them. Bonus: There are baby chicks. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
Jason Ringenberg marks the 40th anniversary of Jason and the Scorchers' Still Standing by telling Caropop what got him and his fiery band up to that pivot-point album and the profound effect that the experience had on them. Bonus: There are baby chicks. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
It’s time to Guess Tomorrow’s Caropop Guest! Hint #1: His band recorded one of the best Dylan covers ever.
Your Friday Cage Match: Lorenz Hart vs. Oscar Hammerstein II. Discuss.
On the new Caropop, Glenn Morrow reflects on his careers as a recently retired indie label owner (@barnonerecords.bsky.social, where he started by signing @tmbg.bsky.social), journalist (New York Rocker) and musician (Glenn Morrow's Cry for Help; the Individuals). www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
On the new Caropop, Glenn Morrow reflects on his careers as a recently retired indie label owner (@barnonerecords.bsky.social, where he started by signing @tmbg.bsky.social), journalist (New York Rocker) and musician (Glenn Morrow's Cry for Help; the Individuals). www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
Your Friday Cage Match: The Stranger vs. 52nd Street. Discuss.
In Pt. 2 of Liberty DeVitto on Caropop, Billy Joel's longtime drummer revisits drumming in the '80s, the creation of “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” his irate fax that wound up on the River of Dreams control room wall and his split from and reconciliation with Joel. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
In Pt. 2 of Liberty DeVitto on Caropop, Billy Joel's longtime drummer revisits drumming in the '80s, the creation of “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” his irate fax that wound up on the River of Dreams control room wall and his split from and reconciliation with Joel. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
In Pt. 2 of Liberty DeVitto on Caropop, Billy Joel's longtime drummer revisits drumming in the '80s, the creation of “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” his irate fax that wound up on the River of Dreams control room wall and his split from and reconciliation with Joel. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...