BIG STAR, the greatest band that never got BIG. Or at least not until it was too late. This was mostly a discussion about the two main characters in the Big Star story: Alex Chilton and Chris Bell. So much so, that we ranked both of them.

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A Sunday slice on one of Johnny's favourite days of the year.

We finally get a start on our Pilgrim Pirate Pagan venn diagram, but there's a whole lot more in this episode beyond that. For those of you who may be new to the show, this is a taste of Classic IWOL.

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Trevor is back to continue the important work we're doing on this recording manifesto. We all had to take a long hard into the mirror and face the music on this one. We might never record a song the same again once this is through. If you consider yourself a heritage revivalist, you don't wanna miss this series.

Today we are joined by Indie Rock royalty. We have the founder and curator of Jagjaguwar Records, Darius Van Arman, on the show. Darius has been a champion of great songs, freaky artists, and rock n roll individualism since 1996 when he started the label, and here he is, 30 years later, still doin it.

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We needed to bring in a major player like two time Grammy nominee Trevor Spencer to really figure this thing out. We are getting to the core of something that feels very important. A set of old school principles for a new school of heritage revivalist recording freaks.

Max is rattling down streets in a Fender humming panic. His Princeton is on the outs, more whole lotta nothing than whole lotta love. We make a call, so he puts the car in idle to cough up half remembered dreams while New York leaks past the windshield in streaks.

Cut Worms are gearing up for another North American odyssey in support of “Transmitter,” and he talks to us live from the driver’s seat about the great American rock existentialists, Chilton, Westerberg, Elliott Smith, and beyond.

So join us on the journey. It’s Holden Caulfield drifting through a Peter Hujar afternoon, where everyone and everything looks beautiful and doomed at the same time.

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We reclaim the word LEGIT for the way WE like to make music. The Beatos and Colliers of the world be damned. Also on this episode: a round of "Funny / Not Funny"...a new way to decide if bands are good or not.