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At a time when rock was disappearing up its own velvet cape, Jonathan Richman turned boredom, highways, crushes, and convenience stores into sacred ground. Call it proto-punk, or an early sketch of power pop, there was no precedent for what Richman was up to - and whatever it was, well....it's left for us to define. Rock n' Roll.

Jeffrey "Gassed Up" Silverstein is back and better than ever. He's got a fresh album, a fresh record deal, and a sunny spot in his Portland back yard where he can sip his iced coffee and talk shop with us. What more can you really ask for in this impossible way of life?

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We break down one of James' favourite "No Skips" albums - The power pop workhorse record that is "The Beat" by The Beat.

We have't caught up in a while so it's a slice of life Wednesday pod. Some World Cup talk, some music talk, some gear talk. It's an Impossible Way Of Life, if you're here you know what to expect.

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Another installment of music from James' living room, Cuban Bluegrass, Psychedelic Soul, and a Beach Boys song with a particularly demented drum mix.

Iggy Pop is selling champagne, AI is curating wine flights, recording studios stink like Uber Eats burritos. On today's episode of Impossible Way Of Life we are two grumpy old Rock 'n' Rollers fed up with the state of things. We're not defeated, though. It's time to take the world back. Take music back. Or at least wrestle back a little piece of it, just for us.

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We are all too aware that most of the patrons of this podcast are not only music lovers, but performing musicians themselves. So, with a piazza inspired summer on the horizon, and likely a few gigs to prepare for, we break down some summer stage wear do's and don'ts. Everyone knows that, at this point, fashion is more important than music, so this seems like a fairly important episode to check out. (Note. We are doing this as much for ourselves as for anyone listening.) xo Johnny and James

Jake Feinberg takes his place in the front row, like the curious alchemist at the edge of a carnival. Uninterested in the machinery of fame, he is a curiosity collector of those fleeting moments when sound becomes a temporary religion, because Jake is his own particular Hero's Journey, a musical ambassador attempting to heal humanity through interviews with artists and spiritualists. A blind monk stumbling into grace.

And on today's episode of @impossiblewayoflife, we jump into the timewave whirlpool with him, sharing our fascination with the unruly mystery at the center of the song and the strange, beautiful fact that a vibration in the air can rearrange life itself.