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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 2d

Hey folks! I’m running a vinyl giveaway for the brand new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys’ stellar Unplugged album on my MTV Unplugged podcast (Unplugged Revisited).

Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 2d

Hey folks! I’m running a vinyl giveaway for the brand new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys’ stellar Unplugged album on my MTV Unplugged podcast (Unplugged Revisited).

Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 2d

Hey folks! I’m running a vinyl giveaway for the brand new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys’ stellar Unplugged album on my MTV Unplugged podcast (Unplugged Revisited).

Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 2d

Hey folks! I’m running a vinyl giveaway for the brand new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys’ stellar Unplugged album on my MTV Unplugged podcast (Unplugged Revisited).

Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 3d

SAME! Truer words were never spoken! Nona was a lucky one.

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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 3d

I really am hoping there are a couple more I forgot about though because the cameo game Pete and Pete had was unprecedented awesomeness. Juliana Hatfield as your lunch lady? Janeane Garofalo and Gordon Gano as teachers? I’d never leave the school! 😂

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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 3d

Oh man, sadly they never did - even though that No Exit reunion album came out in ‘99 when Alanis, Shakira, and The Corrs did their Unplugged episodes. Her Pete and Pete episode was awesome though and her poor dog would’ve been okay had she just let them sweep her lawn for land mines!

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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 3d

It’s fun to remember that at least 5 amazing artists cross-pollinated two of the greatest TV shows of all time (MTV Unplugged and The Adventures of Pete and Pete):
- Syd Straw (‘89 pilot)
- LL Cool J (‘91 YO! Unplugged)
- Michael Stipe (‘91/‘01)
- Toby Huss (‘94 Spoken Word II)
- Alicia Keys (‘05)

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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 4d

Since I’m admittedly most familiar with Ace’s musical genius through his admirers, I’m spinning this early Foo Fighters cover of his solo hit “Ozone” in his honor today (b-side on the Japanese import single of “I’ll Stick Around”). Oh, and I also installed some smoke bombs in my keyboard as tribute.

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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 5d

**VINYL GIVEAWAY** Want your very own copy of the brand new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys’ AMAZING Unplugged album?

Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent Unplugged Revisited episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 10d

Hey @scottaukerman.bsky.social & @pftompkins.bsky.social! From your most recent Threedom… if you’d like to hear an AMAZING cover of “Calling Occupants…” (that sounds cool and isn’t 7+minutes), give the Babes in Toyland cover from the ‘94 Carpenters alt-rock tribute album a test spin! Love you guys!

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Stuff By Mark @stuffbymark.bsky.social · 11d

Entries 1 to 43 of an ongoing project reimagining Beatles songs as old, mid century design inspired film posters.

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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 14d

Dude, thanks so much for listening! It really means the world to me. Fingers always crossed with R.E.M. as the conversations thankfully continue with them. For now, I’ll just have to…

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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 18d

**VINYL GIVEAWAY** Reminder as we head into the weekend: We’re running a vinyl giveaway for the new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys stellar Unplugged album (out today).

Entry details outlined in the pic and in this week’s Unplugged Revisited episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 18d

Looking for a fun Friday/weekend podcast? Don’t miss my newest Unplugged Revisited about The Cranberries MTV Unplugged from ‘95 with my special guest - Cranberries drummer Fergal Lawler! Lots of great music and ‘90s nostalgic fuzziness in this one!
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 18d

YES!! 120 Minutes was an absolute goldmine of a buzzy, blissful musical dreamland. If by chance you were also a fan of MTV Unplugged, you might dig my MTV Unplugged podcast where I interview artists who played the show:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

Unplugged Revisited

Music Commentary Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Unplugged Revisited is a podcast that celebrates, critiques, and dives deep into the last three-and-a-half decades of the pop cultural game changer MTV Un...

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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 19d

His ‘91 MTV Unplugged session is a definite fav of mine. It was in the era right before they started releasing some episodes as albums, but we at least got a VHS/Laserdisc(!) release and a handful of the setlist later showed up as b-sides. Phenomenal acoustic takes on his solo and Police gems!

Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 20d

**VINYL GIVEAWAY** We’ve also partnered with Sony to run a vinyl giveaway for a copy of the new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys stellar Unplugged album (out this Friday, 10/3).

Entry details outlined in the pic and in today’s Unplugged Revisited episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 20d

Yeah, absolutely “You Oughta Know” by a mile on the impact/legacy front. Plus, while “Ironic” is still a great song, it doesn’t have that ‘94-‘95 Flea/Navarro special sauce on it!

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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 20d

As a fellow childhood Carmen consumer, happy “A Witch’s Invitation” season to you and yours!

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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 20d

I also feel like “You Oughta Know” is more explicitly linked to Alanis, while “Ironic” has its own “lyrical textual analysis” thread that’s engaged with outside of Alanis. So maybe “Ironic” is the bigger song (by some metrics) but “You Oughta Know” is the bigger “Alanis song” (and my fav of the two)

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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 20d

NEW EPISODE! Fergal Lawler of The Cranberries joins the show to discuss the band’s phenomenal 1995 MTV Unplugged and it finally getting released as an album (out 11/7)! Come for the Cranberries talk, stay for the double My So-Called Life drops!
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks so much for checking out the podcast, Jason! Mike was such a blast to chat with and such a genuinely cool person. So glad he’s still out there making incredible music and having such a good time performing it!

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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 20d

I interviewed Coolio for the Grammys a few years back when “Gangsta’s Paradise” turned 25 and he loved it when I called him “the Kenny Loggins of the ‘90s” for all his soundtrack contributions (also Clueless, Panther, Poetic Justice, Jerky Boys, etc.) He was a trip!
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Gangsta Goes Global: Coolio Reminisces On The Worldwide Success Of His Signature Hit, "Gangsta’s Paradise" | GRAMMY.com

As the world's leading society of music professionals, the Recording Academy is dedicated to celebrating, honoring, and sustaining music's past, present, and future.

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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 27d

Oh man, gonna have to pick up the 40th anniversary reissue of this Descendents classic for the reworked Blue Note inspired cover art alone! Will be nice to retire my dusty old copy as well.

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