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Best of Friends POPcast
Michael Simmons / sparkle*jets
21 episodes
1 month ago
Join members of the venerated power pop band sparkle*jets u.k. as they chat with their peers from the late 90’s - early ‘00’s pop music scene, which was mostly centered in Los Angeles. Using their 2023 double album release ‘Best of Friends’ as a topical springboard, your hosts discuss their musical experiences and reminiscences of those heady days with many of the people involved. The goal of this podcast is to get the conversation started about the music and artists from this time, and catch up on where they have been and what they are up to now.
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Join members of the venerated power pop band sparkle*jets u.k. as they chat with their peers from the late 90’s - early ‘00’s pop music scene, which was mostly centered in Los Angeles. Using their 2023 double album release ‘Best of Friends’ as a topical springboard, your hosts discuss their musical experiences and reminiscences of those heady days with many of the people involved. The goal of this podcast is to get the conversation started about the music and artists from this time, and catch up on where they have been and what they are up to now.
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Episodes (20/21)
Best of Friends POPcast
SJUK Box of Letters Podcast
We are continuing this podcast to start discussing our upcoming LP 'Box of Letters'.  Sitting in as our host today is none other than Mr. Ken AKA 'Ken Fusion' or 'The Modfather' Ken Caldretti, long time friend of the band.  We discuss Box of Letters and how it came to be.
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1 year ago
50 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
19 Adam Marsland of Cockeyed Ghost
We talk to the man behind Cockeyed Ghost and myriad other projects, Adam Marsland. He's done so many different things, and continues to. We get a glimpse into his career, life, and personal growth.
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1 year ago
1 hour 5 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
18 The Bonus Track with John M. Borack
Join us for a little Q&A with our good friend and occasional partner in rawk... acclaimed author, journalist, and drummer John M. Borack.
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1 year ago
57 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
18 The Andersons!
We finally get all three of the Andersons! in the same virtual room for the first time in ages. You will hear (about half way in when Robbie shows up) a reasonable facsimile of the wacky stage patter that made every Andersons show a unique and fun experience. We went kinda long but we had fun.
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1 year ago
1 hour 32 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
17 Kerry Kompost
Join us as the wacky and loveable Kerry 'Kompost' Chicoine gets all up in everyone's bidness.
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1 year ago
53 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
16 Darian Sahanaja and Jim Mills of Wondermints Part 2
We continue our talk with Darian Sahanaja and Jim Mills of Wondermints. Also joining us are sparkle*jets drummer Joel Valder and Lisa Jenio of Candypants.
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1 year ago
49 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
15 Darian Sahanaja and Jim Mills of Wondermints Part 1
We continue our talk with Darian Sahanaja and Jim Mills of Wondermints. Also joining us are sparkle*jets drummer Joel Valder and Lisa Jenio of Candypants.
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1 year ago
1 hour 5 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
14 Laura Smith and Sabrina Stevenson of Third Grade Teacher
We have a really fun talk about the good old days and crazy times with a band we played with all the time, Third Grade Teacher. Lead vocalist Sabrina and bassist Laura are our guests.
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2 years ago
50 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
13 Rick Hromadka of Double Naught Spies
Today we talk to Rick Hromadka of Double Naught Spies, Maple Mars, Ruby Free, etc. Learn how it was that Mike Simmons took his dating profile pic in San Francisco.
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2 years ago
53 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
12 Florapop
We sit down with Lisa and Mark Flora of Minnesota. They occasionally get the bug to do fine power pop records under the moniker 'Florapop'.
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2 years ago
48 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
11 Don Mogill of The Dons
Our guest today is gunslinger turned bandleader Don Mogill of the Dons... the man behind the last great Not Lame release, "Dawn of the Dons".
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2 years ago
47 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
10 The Sugarplastic
Watch sparkle*jets u.k. turn into goo as they 'interview' one of their all time favorite bands, The Sugarplastic. Yep, we got the whole band back together for this one!
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2 years ago
44 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
09 Stootsie of The See Saw
Today we have an international chat with the most famous Power Pop musician in Austria, the one and only Stootsie of acclaimed band The See Saw.
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2 years ago
49 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
08 Kenny Howes
Join us as we have a super chill late-night chat with our good friend and master of the Rickenbacker / Vox Amp / Fluevog Boot / High Kick / Mutton Chops. The one and only Kenny Howes!
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2 years ago
39 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
07 Lisa Jenio & Danny McGough of Candypants
Join us as we have a really fun talk with two LA Pop Scene Legends... Lisa Jenio and Danny McGough of Candypants. You know you want to.
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2 years ago
47 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
06 Morley Bartnoff of Cosmo Topper
He's the man in the Top Hat with the ironing board keyboard stand.... Morley Bartnoff of Cosmo Topper (and the Burning Sensations, Andy & the Rattlesnakes, The Negro Problem, etc.) joins us.
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2 years ago
53 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
05 Stew
From punk rock kid, to the king of the LA Pop scene, to Broadway, to the Ivy League.... the story of Stew is one of art, success, humilty, and craft. We talk to one of our favorite writers (and sometimes bandmate) about the old days and all that's happened since... and what's yet to come!
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2 years ago
1 hour 24 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
04 Chloe F. Orwell & Brad Elvis of the Handcuffs
We sat down with one of the most interesting rock couples around, Brad and Chloe... we knew them from their band Big Hello... which soon became (and remains) the Handcuffs. They share with us their unique perspective on the 2000 pop scene from the Chicago side of things.
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2 years ago
55 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
03 Hans Rotenberry of The Shazam
In this episode we chat with Hans Rotenberry, primary songwriter and lead vocalist of the legendary Power Pop group THE SHAZAM! The allbums they made for Not Lame Records in the late 90's early 2000's set a high standard for our genre, and they were widely recognized as the standard bearers for Badfinger meets The Move style Pop-Rock.
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2 years ago
44 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
02 Lisa Mychols
She was the sweetheart of LA Power Pop. I guess she still is. Tune in for our fun hang with our old pal Lisa as we talk about all the crazy days in the studio and the clubs with the Masticators.
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2 years ago
47 minutes

Best of Friends POPcast
Join members of the venerated power pop band sparkle*jets u.k. as they chat with their peers from the late 90’s - early ‘00’s pop music scene, which was mostly centered in Los Angeles. Using their 2023 double album release ‘Best of Friends’ as a topical springboard, your hosts discuss their musical experiences and reminiscences of those heady days with many of the people involved. The goal of this podcast is to get the conversation started about the music and artists from this time, and catch up on where they have been and what they are up to now.