Episode 240: The Black and White Years

hello friends! i hope you are all doing well. i'm good. i'm actually getting ready to go see THREE movies today! my friend has some screeners and i'm really getting to catch up on the oscar nominees. thank you friend! hopefully this year when i watch the academy awards, i will have seen at least all of he movies up for "best picture". i am also getting my act together to go to dallas tomorrow with my friends, darin, einar and rusty to be the band and co writers at this corporate team-building/songwriting thing in dallas. i know it sounds weird. it's hard to explain, but i'll explain on friday's show. my guests for episode 240 are the black and white years! their new album, strange figurines is out today! (1/21/14) i've heard and seen their name for years, but i had never actually heard them until a few weeks ago. i saw a link to some new music of theirs on a facebook post. i clicked on it and i am so happy i did. i reached out to them through the guy that produced strange figurines, danny reisch and they came on. we had a great talk about, learning to get along, dancing in drum circles with david byrne, working in the studio with jerry harrison, coming together and making their best album yet and much, much more. i hope you enjoy getting to know the black and white years. i sure did. ciao! -jg

Episode 226: Red Dirt Rangers

hello my friends! i hope you're all doing well out there. well, i've got some solo shows booked! they're early and they're in austin. as soon as i get some shows under my belt, i'll head out to some other places. anyway, i'll be playing december 21st at 6 pm at the one-to-one bar. i'll announce the other one as soon as i know what's going on. other than that... i got hbo. that's exciting. my guests for episode 226 are stillwater, oklahoma red dirt country band, celebrating their 25th anniversary, the red dirt rangers! they've just released a new album, lone chimney. i caught-up with them while they were in austin on a promotional tour for lone chimney. they guys stopped by and we talked about everything, living in oklahoma, what's red dirt music?, a near-death helicopter crash, touring, maintaining a band for 25 years and much, much more. special thanks to becky lynn and david sanger for setting this up. i hope you enjoy getting to know the red dirt rangers. i did. ciao! -jg

Episode 110: The Calm Blue Sea

happy birthday to olga, jennifer and alexandra!!!
hello everyone! i hope you're well! i went on the charlie hodge show yesterday. it was great! i had a great time with charlie and and matt. they are funny people and if you now me, you know i love funny people. anyway, you can find it here http://www.charliehodgeshow.com/ you can also find it on itunes! charlie was a guest a few months back. i highly recommend his podcast. they're very funny and entertaining. also, he has a comedy show in austin called, "monkeyshine mondays" which has around 6 different comics a night, a live band and no cover! if you're ever in austin on a monday night, you should do this.
my guests for episode 110 are kyle robarge and chris patin from, the calm blue sea. to me, the band is part shoe gazer and part beautiful film score. they even released an original score they did for a silent movie from the 20's. their new album, "arrivals and departures" comes out today, (10/9/12) chris and kyle came by the apartment the other day and we sat down and they told me how the band got together, found it's vision and reincarnated itself a couple of times. they're great guys and love the band. their music is simply gorgeous. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did.
ciao! -jg

Episode 102: Jeff Lofton

a lesson in jazz.
hello everyone! i hope you're doing well this week. i am. i have an announcement to make, i will be playing a solo acoustic show at zirzamin in new york city next thursday, september 20th. i'll be playing with my dear friend and two-time guest on the podcast, joseph king from deadbeat darling. here is a link to the event. http://www.facebook.com/events/416836435039873/ if you live in new york, you'll want to come to this! i'll also be doing some podcast interviews while i'm there and playing a SKYROCKET! show. busy weekend. THIS weekend, i'll be playing a songwriter in the round with two guys that have been on the podcast, ray prim & lang freeman (sounds under radio) at flipnotics in austin, tx. it's saturday, september 15th. here's a link for that show http://www.facebook.com/events/158862854238119/ if you're in austin, come out and hear some songs and stories!!!!
my guest for episode 102 is the phenomenal trumpet player, jeff lofton. i didn't know jeff at all, i got an email from his people, i looked him up and it turns out, he's unbelievable. i was more than happy to have such a great talent on the show. so, he came by last week and i got to know him a bit. also, i got to know more about jazz. jeff is an incredibly insightful guy with a deep knowledge of jazz. he laid it on me, and i loved it. here's my guest, jeff lofton!
ciao! -jg

Episode 41: Kevin Connor - Radio DJ

the academy award nominees were announced yesterday morning. this reminded me how many pictures (which is how i will say "movies" now) i haven't seen this year. my cousin eric and i are planning to "live tweet" during the oscars again this year. i hope you tune in (by following us on twitter @johnnygoudie & @ericrudolphy . last year i had seen one picture. this year, i decided to see the pictures. all of them if possible. so far, of the nominated, i've seen, "moneyball", "the help", "midnight in paris" and "bridesmaids" i have a lot more to see and i will see them. speaking of pictures we have a new movie segment called, "shit just got reel", which features my cousin eric rudolphy. in this episode he talks about the 2012 oscar nominees... enjoy!
my guest for episode 41 is KUT dj, Kevin Connor. Kevin has been in radio for the better part of 30 years. from his start at the historic boston station WBCN, to following his heart to austin, tx and having many jobs in the music business, from morning radio for 16 years at KGSR to his work with SXSW and everything in between. kevin is a great and entertaining guy. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did.
ciao! -jg