From the jersey number of a point guard to a “Do Not Resuscitate” order, we’re exploring the early Signal of Pearl Jam. Plus, the story of the wedding DJ who led me on a wild goose chase in 1993.
Technologies is a bitch, but the signal is back. This week, we launch a multi-part discography march through the high-voltage history of AC/DC, moving from the gritty 1975 Bon Scott days into the start of the 1981 Brian Johnson era.
It’s not a police code—it’s an appointment with a statue. This 4/20, we’re exploring the “Gateway Frequency” with a three-hour trip through the hazy history of altered states.
I forgot to post the show last week, and I feel like an idiot. But the signal is back with Agent K’s latest installment of beautiful weirdness. Buckle up; we’re in bat country now.
The skyline was wide open, but the silence from Seattle was heavy. We’re wrapping up the Heartbreakers deep dive and tracking the signal through the MCA years and beyond.
Before we finish the Petty saga, we need a dose of the Minneapolis Sound. We’re tracking the rise of Prince from 1978 to 1981—the journey of a man who played every instrument and owned every frequency. Episode 1343.
The swamp meets the skyscraper. Part one of the Petty project, “Petty Cash & Torpedoes,” explores the ignition years of the Heartbreakers. Stay tuned for next week’s system reset with Prince.
The static is bleeding. Agent K returns for Episode 1341, a second installment of long-form, high-distortion musical disruption. No intros. Just the signal.
In 2007, Year Zero felt like sci-fi paranoia. In 2026, it feels like a live broadcast. Episode 1340 navigates the architectural grief of The Fragile and the lean return of With Teeth, but it’s the dive into Nine Inch Nails’ dystopian prophecy that hits hardest. This isn’t just a deep dive—it’s the sound of digital dissent recorded with a ‘fixer’ mentality, using the glitch as a weapon and the signal as a warning for a future that already arrived.
Puscifer’s Normal Isn’t arrives as a slow-burning, atmospheric statement piece — one that trades immediacy for space, restraint, and surgical vocal delivery. Episode 1339 uses the new record as an entry point into the project’s wider theatrical and sonic DNA, framing it as both a tonal reset and a deep-dive expansion across eras.