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Tag Archives: Dave Sloan
Pasadena Daydream Festival
Since the What Difference Does It Make Podcast started we always seem to sneak The Cure into our discussion. In anticipation of our attending the Pasadena Daydream Festival, we look at the ten bands on the bill and pick out the most Cure like lyrics in one of each band’s songs. Podcast and Spotify playlist […]
Nick Longo Interview on Album Covers and Artist Logos
We talk with Nick Longo of Longo Designs and the designer of the What Difference Does It Make Podcast logo as well as co-host for the Deeply Graphic Designcast. Holly and I learn about what makes an effective album cover and why some band logos have become iconic. It’s a great talk and exclusively on […]
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Tagged as: 80s Album Covers, 80s Music Podcast, Band Logos, Dave Sloan, Holly Cantos, Nick Longo
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Happy Halloween
It’s the What Difference Does It Make Halloween Spectacular…I was tempted to say Spook-tacular but I just couldn’t do it. It’s a two part podcast and a special 2 hour musical extravaganza! Lucky you! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to […]
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Tagged as: Dave Sloan, Holly Cantos, What Difference Does It Make Podcast
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What Difference Does It Make Episode 14
We’ve reached number 11 as we do our deep dive into the top 106.7 songs played on KROQ in 1981. The women reign supreme as Chrissie Hynde, Lene Lovich and The Go-Go’s, dominated the KROQ airwaves. In addition, Holly fawns over Adam Ant and Dave wonders whatever happened to Su Tissue of Suburban Lawns. […]
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Tagged as: Adam Ant, Chrissie Hynde, Dave Sloan, Go-Go's, Holly Cantos, KROQ, Lene Lovich, Pretenders, Su Tissue, Suburban Lawns
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What Difference Does It Make Episode 13
Dave and Holly continue to count down the songs played on KROQ in 1981. Dave reminisces about The Waitresses and Square Pegs, attempts to remind Holly about the Adam Ant Prince Charming dance and making mix tapes. Holly reminisces about high school boyfriends in bands. Holly had a much better high school life than Dave. […]
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Tagged as: Adam Ant, Dave Sloan, Holly Cantos, KROQ, Square Pegs, Waitresses
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What Difference Does It Make KROQ Part 3 Episode 12
Holly and Dave discuss songs 39 to 30 of the KROQ countdown from 1981. Strange but true KROQ played Rush‘s Tom Sawyer in 1981 so Holly gets to geek out over her favorite prog rock band and Dave still doesn’t know how to pronounce the drummer’s name. Holly also gets to fan over The Go-Go’s […]
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Tagged as: Billy Idol, Dave Sloan, Holly Cantos, KROQ, Rush, spotify, The Go-Go's
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What Difference Does It Make Podcast Episode 11
On this edition of What Difference Does It Make, Holly and Dave continue their discussion of the top 106.7 songs played on KROQ in 1981. In this Episode we go through songs 69 to number 40. So many dirty songs on this list. What Does Sex Mean To Me, indeed! Listen to the discussion below […]
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Tagged as: Dave Sloan, Eighties, Holly Cantos, Human Sexual Response, KROQ, ROQ Of the 80s, What Difference Does It Make
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KROQ 1067 1981 Countdown
Holly and Dave talk about the top 106.7 songs played on Los Angeles radio station KROQ in 1981. In this first part we get up to song #70. If you want to hear the music on Spotify you should go to spoti.fi/2O3ONw4 Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with […]
Retro Futrura Review
On this edition of the What Difference Does It Make podcast, Dave and Holly discuss the expectations and realities of seeing a nostalgic 80s show featuring ABC, Modern English, Tony Lewis of The Outfield, Limahl of Kajagoogoo and Annabella of Bow Wow Wow. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit […]
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Tagged as: ABC, Annabella, Bow Wow Wow, Dave Sloan, Holly Cantos, Kajagoogoo, Limahl, Modern English, Retro Futura, The Outfield, Tony Lewis, What Difference Does It Make
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Ten seconds with Bruce
It kind of felt like the waiting in line scene in A Christmas Story. Only instead of kids waiting in line for Santa, it was a bunch of 40-60 year olds waiting in line to meet Bruce Springsteen in honor of his autobiography “Born To Run”. We were told line ups started at 4AM. I got […]
