The 8 Best Lost Notes Podcast Episodes
1) Louie Louie: The Strange Journey of the Dirtiest Song Never Written
An FBI Investigation, an engagement ring, wine coolers... the surprising story behind the ubiquitous anthem that every teenager bangs out on their first guitar.
2) 2: The Fairytale of Miss Pamela
The origin story of Miss Pamela Des Barres, the original queen of the groupies, author of the iconic memoir, I’m With the Band. From her mid-Sixties teenage bop room Beatlemania, to in a few sho...Show More
3) Rollins
Throughout “Bent By Nature,” you’ve heard many stories of the lifelong connections set in motion by Deirdre O’Donoghue. But none were quite as surprising as the bond between Deirdre and fellow iconocl...Show More
4) Shaggs’ Own Thing: The Story of the Wiggin Sisters
One of the most unlistenable bands of the ‘60s became a cult favorite decades later, gaining praise from the likes of Frank Zappa, Kurt Cobain and Sonic Youth. But did the Wiggin sisters from Fremont,...Show More
5) Song of a Gun
As long as there have been guns, there have been songs about guns. But American culture's relationship with guns is changing. Does popular music reflect that? We take a look at the history of music's ...Show More
6) Teenage Offenders: Reckoning with a Punk Past
The Freeze were an early American punk band. Now, 40 years later, two members reckon with the lyrics they wrote as teenagers.
7) Reissue: Mad About The Boy
We resurface a story from Falling Tree Productions that takes a look at the empowering flip-side of pop fandom.
8) Outlaws of the Airwaves: The Rise of Pirate Radio Station WBAD
Pirate radio station WBAD in New York was a beloved source for fans of underground, unsanitized hip-hop in the 1990s, but how high could this illegal operation fly while also staying under the radar?
9) 8: The Groupie Dream
As the first wave of LA punk started to take hold in Hollywood, both on and off the Sunset Strip, the girls of the rock n roll underground flattened scene hierarchy by carrying the torch of the sexual...Show More
10) 7: The Dawn of Punk
In the mid 1970s, as glam rock fizzled out, new kids began to trickle in on the block–kids who looked up to the groupies as party girl icons, as rock’n’roll legends, who went out the...Show More