Podcasts 2023

Podcast 2023.22 Warning Signals

December 28, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

OK, so we made it through 2023, but what about 2024? Will you heed the warning signals? This episode features current psychedelia from the closing months of 2023.

A two-hour episode of Turn Me On, Dead Man as the year winds down. It was an eventful year with a lot of great music, although my worries about Bandcamp continue to grow. Moon Goose nicely sums up a chaos with the opening track “2023 A.D.”

Podcast 2023.20 War Is Over! If You Want It

December 8, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

Today is December 8th and that date is etched into my memory because it was 43 years ago today that John Lennon was killed. The music in this episode doesn’t have anything to do with John Lennon, except that he was one of the originators of psychedelic rock and his influence is on all of the music I play in one way or another.

Podcast 2023.19 Conspiracy A-Go-Go: JFK Assassination Songs, 2013-2023

November 22, 2023 [Notes] [Mixcloud]

November 22nd is the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This special episode of Turn Me On, Dead Man focuses on songs that reference the JFK assassination. The 26 tracks in the playlist for this episode are from a variety of genres and all have been released in the last 10 years.

Podcast 2023.18 A Bell Ringing in the Empty Sky

November 12, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

Look directly up at the ceiling, clear your mind of all thoughts and close your eyes so that you can listen without distraction. Take three deep breaths and take in new psychedelia. The end result could be a perfect game.

2023.17 Drop Dead: Halloween on Turn Me On, Dead Man

October 28, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

It’s a Turn Me On, Dead Man Halloween. This episode starts out with staring into the abyss and then moves on to screaming into the void.

Podcast 2023.16 Changing Colors

October 18, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

The fall brings nature’s psychedelic display of colors, amid worries about the future of Bandcamp. Drops in this episode are from Ken Nordine’s word-jazz meditations about colors.

Podcast 2023.15 Time Changes

October 11, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

A two-hour episode of new psychedelia as the weather cools off and the government is spirals into dysfunction.

Podcast 2023.14 Attaining Cosmic Consciousness

September 17, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

The heat of the summer is over but the garage/psych continues on Turn Me On, Dead Man. Some impressive releases from indie labels Riot Season Records, Cruel Nature Records, Fuzz Club, Ramble Records, Stone Free, Sundog Sound and We, Here and Now!

Podcast 2023.13 Everywhere and Everywhere and Everywhere

August 27, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

A family road trip to Canada and more psychedelia from the summer of 2023. Interludes from the Bruce Haack album The Electronic Record For Children.

Podcast 2023.12 Shine On

August 1, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

I had a credit on American Airlines so I decided to fly to Minneapolis to see a Twins game. The music in this episode has several psychedelic tunes along with a few epic jams for this psychedelic diamond summer.

Podcast 2023.11 Oceanic

July 20, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

Heavy Psych Sounds and interesting collaborations in this episode of Turn Me On, Dead Man. In the heat of the summer an oceanic experience can be just the ticket.

Podcast 2023.10 Vanish in the Haze

July 1, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

Canada is burning and the smoke from those wildfires has been hovering over many parts of the US. The music in this episode ranges from psychedelic desert rock to dub to space rock to krautrock.

Podcast 2023.09 Tomorrow Is a Drag

June 20, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

B-movie Beat poetry and current psychedelic music in this episode of Turn Me On, Dead Man.

Podcast 2023.08 Fear of Elevator Music

May 30, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

It’s never fun to be in a dental chair. To keep my mind off the unpleasantness (just waiting for my dentist to ask, “is it safe?”) I started paying attention to what song was playing on the muzak. “Could It Be I’m Falling In Love?” is now forever ruined for me. To clear my head I put together this hour of recent psychedelia.

Podcast 2023.07 Road Trip

May 1, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

Last week I drove from Dayton, Ohio, to Washington, DC, in my new (to me, anyway) 1998 Chevy S10 pickup. Over several hours I ate too much fast food and listened to a lot of cool music. The result is a two-hour episode.

Podcast 2023.06 The Parish Line

April 21, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

A recent trip to New Orleans got me to watch Easy Rider again. One of the defining films of the 1960s, Easy Rider portrayed the counterculture of the 1960s, showing drug use, psychedelic and otherwise, and employing experimental cinematic techniques to convey those surreal experiences. The music featured in this episode of Turn Me On, Dead Man is a variety of current psychedelia, as artists continue to explore further the seemingly boundless range of psychedelic influences.

Podcast 2023.05 I Often Dream of Train Derailments

April 2, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

This episode is as much about going down internet rabbit holes as anything. Train derailments seem to be happening all around us lately. The image of a train wreck is fascinating, one of things you don’t want to see but can’t look away from. The music in this episode is a nice variety of new psychedelia.

Podcast 2023.04 Bag Drop

March 6, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

I recently took a trip to Minneapolis–nothing quite like the refreshing weather of Minneapolis in February! Luckily we beat the blizzard by a day. Still, while we were there we made the most of it. We stopped by Birchbark Books and we visited what has become known as the Free State of George Floyd. The music in this episode ranges from druggy stoner psych to improvised jams and spacey drones.

Podcast 2023.03 Any Given Sunday

February 16, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

Another Super Bowl Sunday has come and gone. It’s strange to think how much the Super Bowl has changed over time. The games are actually competitive now and Super Bowl commercials have become an institution in their own right. Gone are the days of Up With People playing the halftime show. Hard to believe, but Up With People actually performed at FIVE Super Bowls (V, X, XIV, XVI and XX). So anyway, the playlist for this episode of Turn Me On, Dead Man would would make an excellent trippy Super Bowl halftime show.

Podcast 2023.02 Byrd In Flight

January 31, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

This episode is a tribute of sorts to David Crosby, who died earlier this month at the age of 81. The tracks in this episode are psychedelic rock ranging from stoner to improvisational jams–not really David Crosby’s sort of music, but he left his indelible stamp on psychedelia from his time with the Byrds and other artists he was associated with.

Podcast 2023.01 Never Get Out Of The Boat

January 9, 2023 [Notes/Interviews] [Mixcloud]

A new year and a one-hour set of recent psychedelia. I asked the bands if they had any new year’s resolutions and my favorite answer was from Firefriend who said they wanted to play around the world before WW3. The tracks in this episode originate from the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, Argentina, Brazil, Finland, Switzerland and the Netherlands.