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How Good It Is A podcast that looks at the stories behind some of the songs of the Rock and Roll Era.
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How Good It Is is a podcast that chooses a song from the Rock & Roll Era and takes a closer look at it: the history behind it or the rumors about it.

Available to paid members now; to all members on August 4.
21/07/2024

Available to paid members now; to all members on August 4.

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Newsletter is available for Patrons. Free members can see it in two weeks.
14/07/2024

Newsletter is available for Patrons. Free members can see it in two weeks.

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Available to Free level patrons in two weeks.
07/07/2024

Available to Free level patrons in two weeks.

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It's the first in a series of episodes about women who inspired hit songs.
06/07/2024

It's the first in a series of episodes about women who inspired hit songs.

For the next several episodes, we’re going to take a look at the women who inspired some of the Rock Era’s most iconic songs. There will be six episodes in this series; five of them will concentrate on a specific woman, each of whom inspired multiple songs. The sixth episode will look at several...

Episode 176 is now available ad-free for paid members.
30/06/2024

Episode 176 is now available ad-free for paid members.

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This week's (and last week's) Newsletter is available to both free and paid members. (Yes, free membership is a thing on...
30/06/2024

This week's (and last week's) Newsletter is available to both free and paid members. (Yes, free membership is a thing on Patreon now.)

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The preview had plenty of room for those last two letters, but just couldn't get it done.
23/06/2024

The preview had plenty of room for those last two letters, but just couldn't get it done.

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20/06/2024

I'm voting for Dolly Parton this year, because I want to see her issuing Dolly Pardons.

I had to do a little fix on the file for Episode 37 ("Walk This Way"), so it may bubble up again in your podcatcher. You...
19/06/2024

I had to do a little fix on the file for Episode 37 ("Walk This Way"), so it may bubble up again in your podcatcher. You can either re-live the nostalgia, or you can just skip over it; I'll leave that to you. But I'm going to take the opportunity to give another shout-out to long-time fan Connie Paulson for sharing some of her Aerosmith-related art with me so I could use it in the original post.

Episode 175 is now available to everyone. GO! Put it in your head!
17/06/2024

Episode 175 is now available to everyone. GO! Put it in your head!

After this many episodes, it gives me a moment of “Huh, isn’t that interesting” when I start writing the post for an episode and discover that I haven’t covered a song from that particular year before. In this case, that year would be 1956. In retrospect, that shouldn’t be a surprise, give...

Happy Father's Day! Episode 175 drops late Sunday night!
16/06/2024

Happy Father's Day! Episode 175 drops late Sunday night!

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Episode 175 is available to Patrons, ad-free. Everyone else will get it in their podcatchers a few days hence.
13/06/2024

Episode 175 is available to Patrons, ad-free. Everyone else will get it in their podcatchers a few days hence.

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Themes are starting to emerge in these things.
09/06/2024

Themes are starting to emerge in these things.

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Holy Moley! It's a new Newsletter!
26/05/2024

Holy Moley! It's a new Newsletter!

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Don't be alarmed...the Newsletter is on time.
19/05/2024

Don't be alarmed...the Newsletter is on time.

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Turns out, hitting that "publish" button is the important part.
13/05/2024

Turns out, hitting that "publish" button is the important part.

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Ya know, the "dot dot dot" could have easily been replaced by the missing "lly".
05/05/2024

Ya know, the "dot dot dot" could have easily been replaced by the missing "lly".

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John Lee Ho**er guitar.
30/04/2024

John Lee Ho**er guitar.

Lady Gaga outfit.
30/04/2024

Lady Gaga outfit.

Garth Brooks guitar.
30/04/2024

Garth Brooks guitar.

Guns and Roses drum kit.
30/04/2024

Guns and Roses drum kit.

28/04/2024

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23/04/2024

It's time for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee list, which means it's also time for the Whining About Who Got Into The R&RHOF plethora of posts.

Episode 174 is here and just in time for the eclipse. What does this song have to do with eclipses? Beats me. Just go li...
06/04/2024

Episode 174 is here and just in time for the eclipse. What does this song have to do with eclipses? Beats me. Just go listen to it.

Blue Öyster Cult's first hit is also their most misunderstood, but Buck Dharma gets why. Also: what he thinks of the SNL sketch.

Hey, Patrons! Episode 174 is available to you NOW, a few days early and without ads! Enjoy!
04/04/2024

Hey, Patrons! Episode 174 is available to you NOW, a few days early and without ads! Enjoy!

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Who needs Washington DC when I've got my own back yard?
01/04/2024

Who needs Washington DC when I've got my own back yard?

This week's Newsletter is available to EVERYONE this week. The part that's not in the Newsletter: Patrons will see the n...
31/03/2024

This week's Newsletter is available to EVERYONE this week.
The part that's not in the Newsletter: Patrons will see the next episode of the show later this week. Everyone else gets to cool their heels awhile longer.

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It's the Newsletter! A little early! Because why not!
24/03/2024

It's the Newsletter! A little early! Because why not!

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Farewell to the inventor of Karaoke and more in this week's Newsletter.
17/03/2024

Farewell to the inventor of Karaoke and more in this week's Newsletter.

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How Good It Is is a weekly podcast that chooses a song from the Rock & Roll Era and takes a closer look at it: the history behind it or the rumors about it.

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