Episodes

  • Dr. Martin Luther King: Leader & Legacy

    Dr. Martin Luther King: Leader & Legacy
    Jan 18 2026
    Remembering DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. on his Official Celebration Day Monday, January 19, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead but it really doesn't matter with me now Because I have been to the mountaintop. I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will And he has allowed me to go up to the mountaintop And I have looked over And I have seen The Promised Land. I may not get there with you But I want you to know tonight, That we, as a people, Will get to the Promised Land. So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen The Glory Of the coming of the Lord" - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. April 3, 1968 at the Mason Temple Church of God in Christ Headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee, 24 hours before he was shot dead while standing outside on the second floor balcony of Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. He was just 39 years old. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - 39 years old when he was shot dead April 4, 1968 Malcolm X - 39 years old when he was shot dead February 21, 1965 Sam Cooke - 33 years old when he was shot dead December 11, 1964 John F. Kennedy - 46 years old when he was shot dead November 22, 1963 Robert F. Kennedy - 42 years old when he was shot dead June 6, 1968 Mahatma Gandhi - 78 years old when he was shot dead January 30, 1948 John Lennon - 40 years old when he was shot dead December 8, 1980 Abraham Lincoln - 56 when he was shot dead April 15, 1865 Charlie Kirk - 31 years old when he was shot dead September 10, 2025 Renee Good - 37 years old when she was shot dead January 7, 2026 THE MUSIC A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke https://music.apple.com/ca/album/a-change-is-gonna-come/1440771554?i=1440773321 Written solely by Cooke himself with an arrangement by Cooke's own personal arranger Rene Hall ("I wanted it to be the greatest thing in my life") the side was recorded on January 30, 1964 at RCA Studio in Hollywood, California. Cooke first performed " A Change Is Gonna Come" on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson on February 7, 1964. Cooke initially objected to performing the song that evening on Carson when prompted to by his manager Allen Klein. Cooke noted that the album's release was still one month away and that he had no time to pull together an arrangement within such a short time frame. Klein arranged for RCA to pay for a full string section and Cooke performed the song that Friday on The Tonight Show. Sadly the network did not save the the tape of the performance. Cooke's appearance on Carson that night was overshadowed by The Beatles performance on The Ed Sullivan Show just two days later. The song was issued March 1, 1964 as a track on what would be Cooke's final studio album Ain't That Good News. It would not be issued as a single for another nine months, following Cooke's murder. Cooke elected never to perform the song ever again following its one and only performance on The Tonight Show, both because of the complexity of the arrangement and also because of the ominous nature of the song. On December 11, 1964, two weeks before the single was releases, Sam Cooke was fatally shot at the Hacienda Motel at 91st and South Figueroa streets, 9141 South Figueroa Street in South Central Los Angeles, California. *Little Flame by Carsie Blanton https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-little-flame-single/1854904398 released December 5, 2025. There is nothing out now more current and timely to our age than this. Known for delivering songs with an equal dose of moxie and mischief, Carsie Blanton's music brings audiences together in joyful celebration of everything worth fighting for. Her other recent releases "Rich People" and "Ugly Nasty Commie Bitch" showcase her unique blend of politics and catchy melodies. Little Flame is, simply put, the Blowing In The Wind of our generation. Do you have a burning desire to send The GXO an email? Please do! info@generationxoffender.com Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the GXO website at www.generationxoffender.com Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original. *Special thanks to perhaps the finest Canadian songwriter you may never have had the privilege of hearing, Canning, Nova Scotia based Kim Barlow https://music.apple.com/ca/album/gingerbread/1617914083 who was the first to direct us towards the hope and inspiration of Carsie Blanton and her spiritual Anthem For Our Times "...
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Rap N Roll

    Rap N Roll
    Jan 12 2026

    This week you're in for a special treat kids!

    Join us as The GXO goes Parking at an undisclosed location, our very first CAR INTERVIEW! (steamed up windows and all!) with non other than our very own IN HOUSE rap dude The One The Only! J-DDog!! (double D my friends! double Ds!)

    In this episode, our first in an ongoing segment exploring Hip Hop and it's cultural currency and predominance over most of the last four decades, we dive right in uncovering rap's origin story as well as it's exact recognized date of birth in America and where! YOU WILL BE SURPRISED!

    Don't miss a beat kids!

    Insert tape AND PRESS PLAY!

    Peace out...

    DISCLAIMER - Ah, this is Rap, so like, yeah, couple naughty words here and there, mostly in the songs. Listener Discretion is advised.

    THE TRACKS:

    The Creator by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-creator/792507327?i=792507336

    Tired Out by East Coast Canadian DJ rapper Buck 65 from his album Talkin' Honky Blues https://music.apple.com/ca/album/tired-out/162705216?i=162706224

    Roses And Blue Jays by East Coast Canadian DJ rapper Buck 65 from his album Talkin' Honky Blues https://music.apple.com/ca/album/roses-and-blue-jays/162705216?i=162705770

    Ends by House Of Pain's Everlast from his solo album Whitey Ford Sings The Blues https://music.apple.com/ca/album/ends/1605186580?i=1605186583

    Jump Around by Boston Irish rap band House Of Pain https://music.apple.com/ca/album/jump-around/1604628159?i=1604628161

    Famine by Ireland's Hasidic Rasta chanteuse diva punk rock queen Sinead O'Connor from her Universal Mother album https://music.apple.com/ca/album/famine/1629177387?i=1629177610

    Old Town Road (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) Remix Single by Lil Nas X https://music.apple.com/ca/album/old-town-road-feat-billy-ray-cyrus-remix/1458638377?i=1458638381

    Same Love (featuring Mary Lambert) by Seattle's Macklemore & Ryan Lewis from their Grammy Award winning album The Heist https://music.apple.com/ca/album/same-love-feat-mary-lambert/560097651?i=560097759

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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • John & Yoko Some Time In New York City

    John & Yoko Some Time In New York City
    Jan 5 2026

    This past Fall, John Lennon & Yoko Ono's only son, Sean Ono Lennon, released the exhaustive Power To The People 12 disc expanded version of his parent's criminally ignored 1972 radical feminist, agitprop, street wise, cutting edge, urban soul, ghetto funk rock masterpiece Some Time In New York City,

    With the exception of ONE SONG

    The one song that has become the ELEPHNANT'S MEMORY BAND in the room.

    Join us as we explore Sean Ono Lennon's visionary Evolution Documentaries for 9 of the 10 songs from his parents often misunderstood first proper rock n roll album together.

    and...

    We let the pieces fall where they may in rescuing the often censored controversial track from obscurity by John & Yoko to complete the missing piece of the puzzle of Sean Ono Lennon's audio love letter to Mom & Dad.

    Which brings us to the somewhat gratuitous F-bombs dropped by John & Yoko while recording this Masterclass In Agitprop, necessitating the dreaded "E" for EXPLICIT rating.

    Listener Discretion Is Advised.

    And...

    Before you get offended, please remember, it's right there in the name of the podcast.

    WE LOVE YOU!

    "LOVE LOVE LOVE" - John Lennon

    "WAR IS OVER! (if you want it)" - John Lennon

    "Imagine" - Yoko One

    THE TRACKS:

    t.b.a.

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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Beatles New Years Show On The GXO

    Beatles New Years Show On The GXO
    Dec 29 2025
    Ring in the New Year with John, Paul, George & Ringo AND US! The GXO Along with special guests Dhani Harrison, Zak Starkey and the Lennon boys Julian & Sean and, in the words of George Harrison... RING OUT THE OLD! RING IN THE NEW! Ding Dong Ding Dong and remember kids... WAR IS OVER! (if you want it) THE MUSIC: One Arm Santa https://music.apple.com/ca/album/one-arm-santa/1594790611?i=1594790612 from 2021 by Cambridge, England based R.J. Archer & The Painful Memories New Year's Day https://music.apple.com/ca/album/new-years-day/1649653469?i=1649653726 by Switchfoot from their 2022 record "this is our Christmas album" My Way https://imanicoppola.bandcamp.com/album/shepherds-pie by Imani Coppola from her 2025 B-Sides & Rarities Compilation Shepherds Pie available exclusively through Coppola via her Bandcamp page Cups And Cakes https://music.apple.com/ca/album/cups-and-cakes/1829091963?i=1829091974 by Sir Paul McCartney & Spinal Tap from their 2025 album The End Continues as heard on the latest in the Spinal Tap franchise Spinal Tap II (Listen To The) Flower People https://music.apple.com/ca/album/listen-to-the-flower-people/1829091963?i=1829091970 by Sir Elton John & Spinal Tap from their 2025 album The End Continues as heard on the latest in the Spinal Tap franchise Spinal Tap II I Hope https://music.apple.com/ca/album/i-hope/1834684205?i=1834684209 by John Lennon's eldest son, Julian Lennon from this 2025 "because..." EP Never Too Late https://music.apple.com/ca/album/beautiful-creatures-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1455519312 by George Harrison's son Dhani Harrison and his band thenewno2 Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in the very same room his father worked so very fastidiously in with friends John, Paul & Ringo. From the score to the film Beautiful Creatures which Harrison also wrote, produced and recorded New York City (Ultimate Mix) https://music.apple.com/ca/album/power-to-the-people-new-york-city-the-ultimate-mixes/1846559124 by John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band. The song originally appeared on Lennon's 10 track Some Time In New York City from 1972. Lennon's youngest son Sean Ono Lennon remixed/remastered his father's original album (with the notable exception of one song which the younger Lennon chose to omit from Dad's original work) - the ELEPHANTS MEMORY BAND IN THE ROOM - The younger Lennon's "ultimate mix" of Dad's 1972 Some Time In New York City album (sans one song) has been rather confusingly retitled as "Power To The People - New York City - The Ultimate Mixes" Never Let Me Go https://music.apple.com/ca/album/never-let-me-go-feat-billy-strings/1773188611?i=1773188615 from Beatles drummer Ringo Starr from his 2025 album Look Up X (Wot You Sayin) https://music.apple.com/ca/album/x-wot-you-sayin/1698089394?i=1698089395 by Ringo Starr's eldest son, drummer Zak Starkey of The Who and Oasis, 2023 track from his supergroup side project Mantra Of The Cosmos Free As A Bird (2025 Mix) https://music.apple.com/ca/album/free-as-a-bird-2025-mix/1834473847?i=1834474212 by The Beatles from their latest album Anthology 4 from 2025 Now And Then https://youtu.be/e_drjk_dG_0?si=cq2nR1q-dtz6hN7y instrumental orchestral version of The Beatles 2024 song by Epic Orchestra Gimme Some Truth https://music.apple.com/ca/album/instant-karma-the-complete-recordings-the/302516167 by George Harrison's son Dhani Harrison (yes! that's him slide guitar solo, possibly even played on one of his Dad's old guitars!) and Bob Dylan's eldest son Jakob Dylan covering a track from John Lennon's second solo album Imagine from 1971. This cover originally appeared as part of the single disc album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur. The single disc CD has been recently expanded to include an astounding total of 61 covers of John Lennon songs and is, to date, the finest collection of John Lennon covers ever assembled. Lullaby https://music.apple.com/ca/album/lullaby-feat-amena-bastille-brian-eno-celeste-kieran/1854941328 2025 single by Nai Barghouti, Brian Eno & Friends Chanukah Prayer https://music.apple.com/ca/album/chanukah-prayer/1453107334?i=1453107517 by world renowned professional pop music composer, one of the top selling singer songwriters of all time with her 1971 RIAA Certified 14 times Platinum selling Tapestry album. From her most recent studio album A Holiday Carole My Dear Acquaintance (A Happy New Year) https://music.apple.com/ca/album/my-dear-acquaintance-a-happy-new-year-non-album-track/268897104?i=268897124 by Regina Spektor from her single of the same name It Had To Be You https://music.apple.com/ca/album/trilogy-past-present-future/1457080954 by the Chairman of the Board himself, the one, the only, Mr. Frank Sinatra. Throughout his 1989 film classic When Harry Met Sally, distinguished American film director Rob Reiner weaved Harry Connick Jr's very fine version of the song It Had To Be You in and out of the film. But, at the pivotal moment of the film,...
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • John Lennon Stole A Xmas Song?

    John Lennon Stole A Xmas Song?
    Dec 20 2025
    Headline caught your attention? Not to worry, this is not click bait Listen as well reveal how John Lennon's crafty song nicking skills got him in trouble, once again! But this time 'round it's not the LSD toting Dr. Timothy Leary he's pissed off. Or Chuck Berry. But wait! The FUN doesn't stop there... Join us in this episode as we shed some light on circumstances surrounding America's racist conspiracy to wipe out Rock N Roll altogether in the 1950s. Elvis got taken out of the game, drafted into the Army. Chuck Berry got arrested. Eddie Cochrane dies in a suspicious car incident in England. Carl Perkins is put out of commission in another suspicious car incident on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Allan Freed, the man responsible for not only giving Rock N Roll its name but also spreading its gospel to the youth of America through the very first rock concerts ever and his nationally syndicated radio show, GETS BUSTED and dies penniless shortly thereafter. 17 year old Latino Tex/Mex heartthrob rock n roller Ritchie Valens. Dead. Airplane crash. 22 year old Buddy Holly, without whom, the world would never have had The Beatles. Dead. Airplane crash. 28 year old The Big Bopper, the veteran of the bunch, riding high in the charts, Top 10 in America with Chantilly Lace. Dead. Airplane crash. 22 year old Jerry Lee Lewis, scorned for singing the Devil's praise with Great Balls of Fire, CANCELLED in sex scandal. Sam Cooke. Singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, music publisher, record label owner and soon to be casino owner. Shot dead under extremely suspicious circumstances involving two individuals with previous links to crime. Most suspicious of all? Flamboyant and openly gay, African American Little Richard, at the very height of his creative powers and earning potential, quits music altogether, turning his life over to God and the Ministry. BUT WAIT!!!!!!! There's still MORE! ...and that's not the half of it. In this latest installment of The GXO - Generation X Offender music podcast, we CELEBRATE our first ever ANNUAL GXO Christmas Special - The Musical! Ring in this festive season of Festivus, Chrismukkah, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Solstice, Christmas AND the Happy Nondenominational Holiday Tree right here in the comfort of your own wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts space. In this episode you're going to hear: Holla Day! by Little Jackie from the 2024 four song Christmas EP It's Skipmas! https://littlejackie.bandcamp.com/album/its-skipmas Little Jackie is actually Imani Coppola singing a duet with her unconventional little brown duck friend K-Wax Thank You Mariah by Kaleena Zanders from her 2020 single of the same name https://music.apple.com/ca/album/thank-you-mariah/1543045345?i=1543045346 Santa Claus Is A Black Man by Akim & Teddy Vann from their 1973 45 RPM single of the same name https://music.apple.com/ca/album/santa-claus-is-a-black-man/1319486323?i=1319486349 Santa Claus And His Old Lady by Cheech & Chong from their 1971 45 RPM single of the same name released on Ode Records https://music.apple.com/ca/album/santa-claus-and-his-old-lady/346945698?i=346945730 Brown Christmas by El Vez from his 1994 Merry Mex-Mas album https://music.apple.com/ca/album/brown-christmas/499776780?i=499776934 It's Christmas Without You by The Mavericks from their 2018 album Hey! Merry Christmas! https://music.apple.com/ca/album/its-christmas-without-you/1435546028?i=1435546206 8 Days Of Hanukkah by Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings from their 2015 album It's A Holiday Soul Party https://music.apple.com/ca/album/8-days-of-hanukkah/1485052420?i=1485052421 Mrs. Claus by Little Jackie from the 2024 four song Christmas EP It's Skipmas! https://littlejackie.bandcamp.com/album/its-skipmas Little Jackie is actually Imani Coppola Don't Believe In Christmas by The Sonics from the 1965 Etiquette Records various artist Christmas compilation album simply titled Merry Christmas. The Galaxies and The Wailers (not to be confused with the Bob Marley band) also appear on the record https://music.apple.com/ca/album/dont-believe-in-christmas/634938633?i=634938755 Hooray For Santa Claus by The Fleshtones from their 2008 Christmas album Stocking Stuffer on Yep Rock Records https://music.apple.com/ca/album/hooray-for-santa-claus/290617987?i=290617989 (It's Gonna Be) A Punk Rock Christmas by Dead Boys from their 2025 single of the same name. This latest incarnation of the band includes Glen Matlock on bass from the Sex Pistols and the late Clem Burke from Blondie https://music.apple.com/ca/album/its-gonna-be-a-punk-rock-christmas-single/1837258221 Another Christmas by The Yobs from their 1980 album Christmas Album on Safari Records https://music.apple.com/ca/album/another-christmas/539479774?i=539479899 Let's Get Lit by The Paperbacks 2002 https://youtu.be/i1cFaguM5dQ?si=5VNyuoo3u5wYFV9a This Dar Williams original The Christians and the Pagans is covered here by Heather Maloney from her 2020 Christmas Anyway EP ...
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    1 hr and 47 mins
  • I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day

    I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
    Dec 14 2025
    Hallelujah! There's no swearing in this one! Join us in welcoming J-Dawg and first time contributor The Brodster for our first ever GXO Non-Denominational Christmas Xtravaganza! This week we introduce you to A True Unicorn: The Boy In A Non-Secular Music Bubble! Brodie "The Brodster" Broadcaster had to up and leave home at the age of 20 just to hear his first Rock N Roll... sorta How is this possible? Did he not know about The Beatles until the 1990s? Elvis? The Stones? The Ramones? Listen as we turn the pages of The Book Of Brodie where he regales us with tales of Chuck Smith in the California sun of Calvary Chapel 1960s Jesus freak style. Also on today's show: Proto Hippie Jesus Freak Larry Norman The funky jazz R&B 70's rock stylings of Riverside, California's Sweet Comfort Band Bryan Duncan and his transformational 90's Christmas album Bruce Cockburn Grateful Dead inspired 90s jam band leader Dave Matthews and his epic ballad of the first century Roman Solstice...sorta Also making an appearance is none other than Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the post popular and beloved American poet of the 19th century! Don't forget, we got the J-Dawg in the house! The GXO! - Generation X Offender And the baby Jesus too All this, the American Civil War and MORE! on the latest episode of The GXO, your trusted, insider source for everything music and beyond Merry Christmas Happy Hanukkah Merry Chrismukkah Happy Kwanzaa Happy Festivus and Happy Nondenominational Seasonal Tree! WE LOVE YOU. EVERY ONE. THE MUSIC: Righteous Rocker #1 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/righteous-rocker-1/280300208?i=280300527 by Larry Norman from his 1972 album Only Visiting This Planet. In 2013 the album was inducted into the Library Of Congress National Recording Registry to be preserved on its cultural, artistic and historic merit for representing the richness and diversity of the American soundscape Jesus Freak https://music.apple.com/ca/album/jesus-freak-remastered/1440837022?i=1440837026 by rap/rock trio DC Talk from their 1995 album of the same name. The Grammy Award wining album entered the US Top 20 peaking at #16 and spawned 6 singles that reached number one across various radio formats Christmas Song https://music.apple.com/ca/album/christmas-song/1587227684?i=1587227685 Fan favorite and often recorded Christmas Song was first released as part of the Remember Two Things album by the Dave Mathews Band. This 1993 live album was the first full length record ever released by the band. The studio recording of Christmas Song heard in this week's podcast is from the 2000 CD single of the same name Cry Of A Tiny Babe https://music.apple.com/ca/album/cry-of-a-tiny-babe/1799194750?i=1799195975 by Bruce Cockburn is from his 17th studio album released in 1991. Produced by legendary American music producer T Bone Walker, the album and Cry Of A Tiny Babe in particular, features the one-of-a-kind keyboard stylings of Booker T. Jones of Booker T & The MGs fame whose classic hit Green Onions from 1962 on Stax Records was written and released while Jones was still a teenager attending High School! I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day https://music.apple.com/ca/album/i-heard-the-bells-on-christmas-day/1165947874?i=1165947876 by Bryan Duncan from his 1995 album Christmas Is Jesus Angels We Have Heard On High https://music.apple.com/ca/album/angels-we-have-heard-on-high/1165947874?i=1165947877 by Bryan Duncan from his 1995 album Christmas Is Jesus Do you have a burning desire to send The GXO an email? Please do! info@generationxoffender.com Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the GXO website at www.generationxoffender.com *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • #CarryTheSky

    #CarryTheSky
    Dec 7 2025

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    Carry The Sky by Vancouver's Bruce Wilson of the band Sunday Morning

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    Follow it - Vancouver based Sunday Morning and their NEW HIT SONG Carry The Sky

    Available on all streaming platforms everywhere.

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    Carry The Sky by BC based synthpop sensation Sunday Morning is the FEEL GOOD story for the holidays...

    And together we're all gonna make a Christmas miracle happen!

    Our own little WONDERFUL LIFE!

    Bruce recently lost his dear friend Christian and baby sister Juliet Wilson. For the last 18 months he has been grappling within himself for some sense of comfort and understanding, trying to process all this grief and loss within his heart...

    word by word

    note by note

    sister Juliet came to him

    Carrying The Sky

    Join us this week in celebrating the spirit and wonder of it all through the lens of Bruce Wilson, his inspiring legacy of triumph and survival and the music which, over the years, has consistently sustained him.

    THE MUSIC:

    Carry The Sky by Sunday Morning

    1969 by The Stooges

    So What by Tankhog (featuring Bruce Wilson on lead vocals)

    Freight Train Song by Tankhog (featuring Bruce Wilson on lead vocals)

    I Want You To Know by Tankhog (featuring Bruce Wilson on lead vocals) live at The Penthouse Nightclub

    Star FKD by RxHx (featuring Bruce Wilson on lead vocals and all instruments)

    Clown School by Jibbernaut (featuring Bruce Wilson on lead vocals and all instruments)

    Junky Don't Care by Sunday Morning

    Hawaii by Young Canadians (Art Bergmann and band)

    ** Listener Discretion Is Advised due to the presence of a few F-bombs in one or two of the songs.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Warren Zevon: Enjoy Every Sandwich

    Warren Zevon: Enjoy Every Sandwich
    Nov 29 2025
    Warren Zevon began life the son of "Stumpy" Zevon, a Jewish immigrant born William Zivotofsky in the Ukraine before changing it to Zevon. To feed his family Zevon worked as a bookie handling volume bets and dice games for notorious Los Angeles mobster Mickey Cohen. Zevon ended up working for years in Cohen's gang and was best man at Cohen's wedding. Stumpy's son Warren, once student to the legendary, world renowned classical composer Igor Stravinsky, turned professional musician, singer, songwriter while still in high school, forming a duo whose first single, produced by Bones Howe, reached number 65 on Billboards Pop Chart in April 1966. No bad for a first timer! Soon afterwards, Zevon's parents divorced. He quit high school and, driving a sports car his gangster father won in a card game, moved from Los Angeles to New York to become a folk singer. And so begins the 55 year odyssey from the release of his ironically titled 1970 debut album Wanted Dead Or Alive to his posthumous induction into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame on November 8, 2025. Join us, along with David Letterman and the man himself, as we retrace the steps of his journey from Stumpy Zevon's kid to Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Inductee. It will be quite apparent after perusing the song titles for today's show that Listener Discretion Is Advised as there is some objectional language used and subject matter not suitable for all audiences. THE SONGS: Live acoustic version of Zevon's My Sh*ts Fuc*ed Up https://music.apple.com/ca/album/my-shits-f-d-up/828491542?i=828491636 from his 10th studio album Life'll Kill Ya released in 2000 Detox Mansion https://music.apple.com/ca/album/detox-mansion/1443603309?i=1443604761 from Zevon's 6th studio album Sentimental Hygiene released in 1987 Carmelita https://music.apple.com/ca/album/carmelita/764026483?i=764026510 from Zevon's 2nd album, self titled, released in 1976. Curiously, it was Canadian folksinger Murray McLauchlan who first recorded the song four years earlier on his 1972 self titled debut album Mohammed's Radio https://music.apple.com/ca/album/mohammeds-radio/764026483?i=764026508 from Zevon's 2nd album, self titled, released in 1976, produced by Jackson Browne Accidently Like A Martyr https://music.apple.com/ca/album/accidentally-like-a-martyr/1048475674?i=1048476312 from Zevon's 3rd album Excitable Boy released in 1978 Excitable Boy https://music.apple.com/ca/album/excitable-boy/1048475674?i=1048476310 from the album of the same name released in 1978 Lawyers, Guns And Money https://music.apple.com/ca/album/lawyers-guns-and-money/1048475674?i=1048476316 from Zevon's 3rd album Excitable Boy released in 1978 Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner https://music.apple.com/ca/album/roland-the-headless-thompson-gunner/1048475674?i=1048476309 Interlude No. 1 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/interlude-no-1/296202444?i=296202510 and Play It All Night Long https://music.apple.com/ca/album/play-it-all-night-long/296202444?i=296202512 from Zevon's 4th album Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School from 1980 Werewolves Of London https://music.apple.com/ca/album/werewolves-of-london/1048475674?i=1048476311 from Zevon's 3rd album Excitable Boy released in 1978 Poor Poor Pitiful Me https://music.apple.com/ca/album/poor-poor-pitiful-me/764026483?i=764026506 *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original. Special thanks to David Letterman and the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame Do you have a burning desire to send us an email? Please do! info@generationxoffender.com Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.generationxoffender.com
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