Introductions

Pride

Happy Pride Month! Queer and LGBTQ music is incredible for ALL audiences, every day of the year (not just Pride month, of course!). This week we share some under the radar gay anthems and celebrate the queer musicians who made them. SONGS: Lavender Country: "Cryin' These Cocksucking Tears" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrU7dCKehVA&list=RDIrU7dCKehVA&start_radio=1] (1973) Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOF6_kHBkyg] (1975) RESOURCES AND REFERENCES: Hundreds Turn Out for Wisconsin High Schoolers’ Performance of Banned LGBTQ Song [https://truthout.org/articles/hundreds-turn-out-for-wisconsin-high-schoolers-performance-of-banned-lgbtq-song/] (truthout) 'Don't Sneak': Dad's Unexpected Advice To His Gay Son In The '50s [https://www.npr.org/2014/06/27/325917505/dont-sneak-dads-unexpected-advice-to-his-gay-son-in-the-50s] (NPR) Sissy Podcast: Lavender Country [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lavender-country/id1751114527?i=1000664813450]  50 years of Lavender Country: the radical history of the first queer country album [https://crackmagazine.net/article/profiles/lavender-country/] Philadelphia Freedom Isn't Just a Gay Anthem. It's a Pride Anthem [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/magazine/philadelphia-freedom-elton-john.html](NYT - Allyson McCabe; Please note: Christine ACCIDENTALLY mispronounces Megan Rapinoe's last name when quoting from this essay.) Billie Jean King Talks About Philadelphia Freedom [https://www.eltonjohn.com/stories/billie-jean-king-talks-about-philadelphia-freedom](EltonJohn.com)  Billie Jean King was told not to come out 45 years ago. She did it anyway. [https://www.outsports.com/2026/3/20/24130687/billie-jean-king-gay-women-tennis-legend-came-out-press-conference/] (Outsports.com) Elton John performing Philadelphia Freedom on Soul Train [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3ndRHOlnzk](1975) Elton John Comes Out as Bisexual In Rolling Stones' 1976 Cover Story [https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/elton-john-lonely-at-the-top-rolling-stones-1976-cover-story-238734/] Elton John Aids Foundation [https://www.eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org/event/academy-awards-viewing-party-2026/] Billie Jean King: “I don’t think people have any idea how hard it is for trans people” [https://diva-magazine.com/2025/07/08/billie-jean-king-i-dont-think-people-have-any-idea-of-how-hard-it-is-for-trans-people/] (Diva) Whip-poor-will [https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eastern_Whip-poor-will/overview] (All About Birds) Best LGBTQ Anthems of All Time [https://www.billboard.com/lists/lgbtq-anthems-queer-pride-songs/true-colors-cyndi-lauper-1986/](Billboard) BBC Soul Music - Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” [https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/m0029rgc] Connect with us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/stereothematica/#] (to share your song picks or troll us), Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/user/31muhjm33jnljdwjafu6nywx3fci] (for our ever-growing playlist), and Stereothematica.com  [https://stereothematica.blog/](for extra fun)! If you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe, and if you love it, a five-star rating and review would send us into the exosphere of excitement. And email us at stereothematica@gmail.com! We will write back!

Shorties

Shortest songs don't always yield the shortest episodes, but they do pack a punch! And while this isn't technically our shortest episode, it does come in second, after our SECOND episode Pump Up Songs [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stereothematica/id1788809200?i=1000684797291]. Enjoy the brevity and levity, and please share your favorite shorties on Instagram.  SONGS: ¡Ay, Paquita! (Performed by Rosalía) - Paquita Salas [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sALgl0_EVQ](2018) Dang Me - Roger Miller (1964) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg7DcCI39GY&list=RDLg7DcCI39GY&start_radio=1]  RESOURCES AND REFERENCES: Paquita Salas Soundtrack Seasons 1-3 [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/03DuhsrGMdc22ZaoT3NUaC] Season One Opening Credits [https://fb.watch/HcBXaPqqUL/]- Sung by Alberto Jiménez y Miss Caffeina Season Two Opening Credits [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Ajppl-O1Y] - Sung by Rosalía Season Three Opening Credits [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b-OonhvqeU] - Sung by Isabel Pantoja Rosalía Canta la Nueva Cabecera de Paquita Salas [https://www.europafm.com/noticias/tv-cine/rosalia-canta-nueva-cabecera-paquita-salas_201806185b27f04d0cf2e8411240cc28.html] Vanity Fair piece (en español) on the Season Three Theme Sung by Isabel Pantoja [https://www.revistavanityfair.es/cultura/entretenimiento/articulos/isabel-pantoja-en-lugar-de-rosalia-asi-sonara-la-cabecera-de-la-tercera-temporada-de-paquita-salas/38189] Rosalia’s acting debut in Euphoria [https://www.tiktok.com/@hbomax/video/7631216726083898654] La Bola Negra 20-Minute from Overjoyed Audience at Cannes [https://deadline.com/2026/05/la-bola-negra-cannes-ovation-penelope-cruz-1236917575/] (Deadline) Los Javis call Glen Close [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ApDmoW0AVsM] 60 Years Ago: Roger Miller Revolutionizes Country with 1:42 Song [https://savingcountrymusic.com/60-year-ago-roger-miller-revolutionizes-country-with-142-song/] Roger Miller: Country Music Hall of Fame [https://www.countrymusichalloffame.org/hall-of-fame/roger-miller] Roger Miller performing Dang Me on American Bandstand. July 11, 1964 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg9YGmmPX6w&list=RDpg9YGmmPX6w&start_radio=1] THEATER; Roger Miller: King of the Rhyme [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/20/theater/theater-roger-miller-king-of-the-rhyme.html] (NYT) UNSOLICITED ADVICE: Cloud Appreciation Society [https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/] CloudSpotter App [https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/cloudspotter/id1314437708] Connect with us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/stereothematica/#] (to share your song picks or troll us), Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/user/31muhjm33jnljdwjafu6nywx3fci] (for our ever-growing playlist), and Stereothematica.com  [https://stereothematica.blog/](for extra fun)! If you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe, and if you love it, a five-star rating and review would send us into the exosphere of excitement. And email us at stereothematica@gmail.com! We will write back!

Grunge

The Seattle sound. Flannel shirts. Rejecting conformity. Embracing dirty hair. What is "grunge"? Join us this week as we dive into a couple of grunge songs (and make some interesting connections to musical influence on the grunge scene).  SONGS: Silverchair: Tomorrow [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZD982yrmx4](Australian version, 1995) Nirvana: Turnaround [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=629MUSrZVVs](1990) RESOURCES AND REFERENCES: Hey Millennials, Grunge Was Never A Movement. It Was Never A Genre. Get Over Yourselves. [https://thought.is/hey-millennials-grunge-was-never-a-movement-it-was-never-a-genre-get-over-yourselves/] (Thought.is [http://thought.is]) Silverchair - Tomorrow - Live on MTV Awards 1995 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DJvmcW1oH4] (YouTube) Why Nirvana’s label originally hated ‘In Utero’ [https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/nirvana-label-originally-hated-in-utero/] (Far Out) Tomorrow music video - U.S. version [https://youtu.be/PjsMnvqL7eY?si=TA1GkAPld8X9dFJ_] (YouTube) Silverchair – Tomorrow: the song that blew open Australian rock [https://www.theguardian.com/music/australia-culture-blog/2014/jul/08/silverchair-tomorrow-the-song-that-blew-open-australian-rock] (The Guardian) Devo: Turn Around [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJFndSJVSYA] (1980) Turnaround Live [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl21yVUT5jY] (1990) Flashback: Nirvana Cover Devo's 1980 Obscurity "Turn Around" [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-nirvana-cover-devos-1980-obscurity-turn-around-201917/] (Rolling Stone) LiveNirvana [https://www.livenirvana.com/] (Everything you never cared to learn about Nirvana) The Lost Interview Guitar World [https://kurtcobain.com/the-lost-interview-guitar-world/](1993) Musique Plus Interview [https://www.livenirvana.com/interviews/9109mc/index.php](1991) Devo: Clockout [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwJ0Pz0UTAU] (1979) Nirvana: Stay Away [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnHm-u4IYuo] (1992) We Are Legend: Devo [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/apr/30/devo-art-punk-80s-revival](The Guardian) Pitchfork Review of Incesticide [https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/nirvana-incesticide/] (2018) BBC Peel Sessions [https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/] The Folk Roots of Nirvana: Kurt Cobain's Love of Lead Belly and Beyond [https://americansongwriter.com/the-folk-roots-of-nirvana-kurt-cobains-love-of-lead-belly-and-beyond/] Connect with us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/stereothematica/#] (to share your song picks or troll us), Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/user/31muhjm33jnljdwjafu6nywx3fci] (for our ever-growing playlist), and Stereothematica.com  [https://stereothematica.blog/](for extra fun)! If you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe, and if you love it, a five-star rating and review would send us into the exosphere of excitement. And email us at stereothematica@gmail.com! We will write back!

Introductions

Forget “please allow me to introduce myself” or “my name is….” What if your introduction were a song, or a mesmerizing opening credit sequence, or maybe even a reference you can’t stop thinking about? This episode is about the art of introduction through music, because before a single word is spoken, music can tell us exactly who we’re meeting and what kind of world we're about to enter. SONGS: Terry Zwigoff’s Ghost World Opening Title Sequence [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCrBF9AwJdM] (2001)  The Adventures of Pete and Pete Intro [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTcpqzQbRTI&list=RDwTcpqzQbRTI&start_radio=1] (1993)  RESOURCES AND REFERENCES: Freaky Friday Title Sequence [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSayG6BMvDE] (1976) “Jaan Pehechan Ho” from Gumnaam [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnBbjc5hmho] (1965) Noir Meets Nawathe: Close-Up on "Gumnaam" [https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/noir-meets-nawathe-close-up-on-gumnaam] (Bedatri D.Choudhury) Stereothematica Get Up and Dance Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2KHcTYExxcrOPfzVJg0mTY?si=aK3REBwRTniiqrjHSrLA7Q] Cosmopolitanism, Remediation, and the Ghost World of Bollywood [https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1548-1360.2009.01051.x] (David Novak) Three Things You Never Knew About Ghost World [https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/36002/1/three-things-you-never-knew-about-ghost-world](Dazed Digital)  Why a Fake Band From a 1990s Kids' Show Decided to Tour This Year [https://www.wired.com/2014/10/polaris-pete-and-pete-band/] (Wired) Critic’s Notebook: Polaris rising: Mark Mulcahy’s ‘Pete and Pete’ band comes to town [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-polaris-mark-mulcahy-pete-and-pete-echoplex-20150423-column.html] (LA Times)  Catching Up with the Cast of The Adventures of Pete & Pete [https://consequence.net/2018/12/catching-up-with-the-cast-of-the-adventures-of-pete-and-pete/] (Consequence of Sound) The Adventures of Danny and Mike [https://theadventuresofdannyandmike.com/] (podcast) Connect with us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/stereothematica/#] (to share your song picks or troll us), Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/user/31muhjm33jnljdwjafu6nywx3fci] (for our ever-growing playlist), and Stereothematica.com  [https://stereothematica.blog/](for extra fun)! If you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe, and if you love it, a five-star rating and review would send us into the exosphere of excitement. And email us at stereothematica@gmail.com! We will write back!

Next Chapter

Ever feel like skipping ahead to see what's in store for the next chapter?Understandable, but it's probably best to let your next chapter unfold naturally. That's what we're doing this week--embracing next chapters and the music we listen to as we mentally settle into a new path. Welcome to Season 3, friends! SONGS: Broadcast: Before We Begin [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POYPq6gWXdg] (2003) Canned Head: Going Up the Country [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBhpiUFSYWI] (1968 / 1970 Performance) RESOURCES AND REFERENCES: Broadcast Wants You to Stay Inside [https://setsandthecd.medium.com/broadcast-wants-you-to-stay-inside-cd6cc5afeca0] (Medium) Untold Stories (Part 1) - The History of the Birmingham Music Scene in the 1960s [https://youtu.be/DJ3fjruU8fc?si=pipPhHmNUSPAsuFX] (YouTube) Broadcast Singer Trish Keenan Dies [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/broadcast-singer-trish-keenan-dies-244811/] (Rolling Stone) A true artist: The legacy of Broadcast’s Trish Keenan [https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/haunting-legacy-of-broadcasts-trish-keenan/] (Far Out Magazine) Distant Call - Collected Demos 2000-2006 [https://broadcast.bandcamp.com/album/distant-call-collected-demos-2000-2006] (Bandcamp) Spell Blanket - Collected Demos 2006-2009 [https://broadcast.bandcamp.com/album/spell-blanket-collected-demos-2006-2009] (Bandcamp) Henry Thomas: Bull Doze Blues [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTi6Z6qALwY] (1928) Henry Thomas: Honey, Won’t You Allow Me One More Chance [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbEnttMp3mE] (1927) Bob Dylan: Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9uBYOWD_fo] (1963) Henry Thomas: Fishing Blues [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzPpWEDdSuE] (1928) Lovin’ Spoonful: Fishing Blues [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_h96aVE8b4] (1965) Henry Thomas: Don’t Ease Me In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuxM_U-hX0s] (1927) Grateful Dead: Don’t Ease Me In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whuWmuj-LUI] (1966) Tommy Jones: Canned Heat Blues [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3644VwN_GcU] (1928) Son House: Father of Folk Blues Album [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEcNwlh6Oy4](1965) Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson Website  [http://alanwilsoncannedheat.com/woodstock-about-alan.php] Alan Wilson: The Bridge Between Woodstock and the Delta Blues [https://www.bethelwoodscenter.org/news/detail/alan-wilson-the-bridge-between-woodstock-and-the-delta-blues] Five Reasons Alan Wilson Remains a Guitar Legend [https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/five-reasons-alan-wilson-remains-a-guitar-legend] HAPPENINGS: Devo: The First 50 Years! [https://www.mutmuzgallery.com/events] (Until June 20 at MutMuz Gallery) ADVICE: Download the Merlin Bird ID app [https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/] Connect with us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/stereothematica/#] (to share your song picks or troll us), Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/user/31muhjm33jnljdwjafu6nywx3fci] (for our ever-growing playlist), and Stereothematica.com  [https://stereothematica.blog/](for extra fun)! If you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe, and if you love it, a five-star rating and review would send us into the exosphere of excitement. And email us at stereothematica@gmail.com! We will write back!