Mike Garrigan Podcast

Essays:"KDF" recalls a talent show debacle."Who's Got the Jamminest Tape?" discerns between a Metallica album and a Queensryche album.Music:This show features a live piano version of Mike's song "Birthday Song." The live recording was taken from Mike's October 2019 show on StageIt.com 

Essays:"The Winslow Incident" remembers a terrible chain of events from elementary school in 1987."Pride" describes the greatest hair metal album of all time.Music:This show features a live piano version of Mike's song "Hey, Angel." The live recording was taken from Mike's June 2019 show on StageIt.com 

Essays:"The Golden Age of Glam Metal" remembers the 1986 metal scene."Barfing at School" describes an unfortunate event. "Saturday Morning Cartoons" considers how a 1986 Saturday Morning TV listing might have read.Music:This show features a live piano version of song "Sundrop," previously performed by the band Collapsis.The live recording was taken from Mike's October 2019 show on StageIt.com 

Essays:"Clock Radio Mornings" remembers popular music in 1985. "The Twilight Zone - 80s" describes the 1985 reboot of the classic sci-fi series."School Uniforms" recalls wearing school uniforms as well as the worst basketball season of all time. Music:This show features a live piano version of song "Automatic" from the Collapsis album Dirty Wake. The live recording was taken from Mike Garrigan:  Live on StageIt.com - June 22, 2019, a community exclusive release. 

Essays:"Boom Box" recalls how we played music in 1984. "Gremlins" describes and considers the groundbreaking film of the same name. "Four Square" remembers the greatest playground game ever invented and considers new Four Square applications.Music:This show features a live piano version of song "Rusted Radio" from Mike's 2002 album The Promise of Summer.The live recording was taken from Mike Garrigan:  Live on StageIt.com - June 22, 2019, a community exclusive release. 

Essays:"Quiet Riot" recalls the phenomenon that was "Cum on Feel the Noise" and its accompanying video. "Pitfall II" describes spending two weeks mastering Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns, the Activision classic video game. "BMX" remembers the halcyon days of riding bikes, jumping ramps, and standing up for yourself. Music:This show features a live piano version of the Collapsis song "Superhero" from the Universal Records/Cherry Entertainment album Dirty Wake. The live recording was taken from Mike Garrigan:  Live on StageIt.com - June 22, 2019, a community exclusive release. 

Mike Garrigan reflects on his final semester of law school and shares a new song. Links to things mentioned in this show:Basket of Apples by Paul CézanneUniform Probate CodeNC Mediation ProgramFelix FrankfurterTrailer for Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa"In My Dreams" by DokkenNPR Review of Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson

www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan performs and discusses "Geeks & Bacon," a song from the Scenes, Vol. 3 EP.

www.mikegarrigan.com - Mike Garrigan reflects on his fifth semester of law school. A new song, "So Much for Goodbye," appears at the end of the episode.

www.mikegarrigan.com - Mike Garrigan explains his rationale for abandoning analog amplifiers in favor of digital ones.

www.mikegarrigan.com - Mike Garrigan reflects on his fourth semester of law school.

www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan reflects on various approaches to performing older material. Live, solo acoustic versions of "Superhero," "Automatic," and "Wonderland" are shared.

Mike Garrigan describes his third semester as a law student.

www.mikegarrigan.com - Mike Garrigan and Rachel Hirsh discuss gender disparity in the music industry. "Boys Will Be Boys" from Rachel's band Bruxes is shared.

www.mikegarrigan.com - Mike Garrigan and Ashley DiMuzio discuss vampires, including favorite vampire fiction, improving the vampire, and practical considerations for contemporary vamps. "Dark Room" from Scenes, Vol. 2 is featured. Mike reads an essay, "On Salem's Lot."

www.mikegarrigan.com - Mike Garrigan reflects on Chris Cornell's passing.

www.mikegarrigan.com - Mike Garrigan reflects on his second semester of law school.

www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter and law student Mike Garrigan debuts two new recordings ("Mulligan White" and (hanging orc)) & discusses media highlights from his daily commute. Hear commentary on Frank Ocean's Blonde, James Salter's Light Years, Oingo Boingo's Dead Man's Party, and David Mitchell's The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet.

www.mikegarrigan.com - Mike Garrigan and Niti Parthasarathy discuss The Purge: Anarchy and dystopian fiction.

www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan recounts his first semester of law school.