Hiya! My name's Terry J. Aman and in this, my 18th episode of VideoFuzzy the Soundtrack titled "Carnival," I celebrate artists in my collection beginning with the letter N.

I open with a nice comment from my friend Joe Koppinger about episode 17. You can learn more about what he gets up to pop culture and comic book-wise at his YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CrazyHungarian/

Then, in a bit of Housekeeping, comments on potential parallels between a couple millennial releases and punk era music I'd touched on in episode 17, and a few new unmarketed features I've encountered in my Apple Music app functionality on my PC and share a few workarounds I've discovered.

My Title Track for this one, "Carnival," opens with Natalie Merchant's single by that name, which opens my conversation about Influences [artists with entire LPs in my collection] where I talk about Natalie Merchant's 1995 release "Tigerlily."

My Lost Tracks resumes a thread I'd brought up with my Apple Music app discussion, as well as a couple Nickelback songs and some easy listening and jazz music I recovered into my collection.

In other Influences, I talk about Nirvana, opening with a clip I tracked down of musician Maxwell Hughes covering their "Smells Like Teen Spirit," more at his Maxwell Hughes Music YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/4sZu93M Then comments on "Territorial Pissings" hand off to a discussion of Chris Gaines' "Right Now."

Additional Influences in my collection include No Doubt, Natalie Imbruglia, Nina Simone and Nicki French.

In Breakouts [artists with multiple songs in my collection], comments on Nickelback, Nat King Cole, Nine Inch Nails, and the contributions of Nathan Fillion and Neil Patrick Harris to the Joss Whedon musicals "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" and "Commentary!"

Old Business pulls up the Monty Python's Flying Circus "Marilyn Monroe" sketch from their 1988 release "The Final Ripoff." My recording includes some audio from the "Pearl Harbor" sketch, posted to their YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/4cQcxSc. The original sketch is posted there as well: https://bit.ly/485JAPw

Under Sparks [artists with one song in my collection], I talk about Neoni, Nancy Sinatra, Nazareth, Never the Bride, Nice and Wild, New Stories, Nerf Herder, NVRLSS and Nikki Blonsky [et al.] in the absolute show-stopper finale from John Waters' 2007 remake of "Hairspray."

As always, any "music" or "singing" anyone thought they heard in this tiny indie podcast I can assure you that it wasn't. Any low-bar karaoke attempts were nothing more than simple sketch reference included for illustrative purposes to prompt listeners to track down and explore commercially available music through officially licensed sources and is by no means meant to infringe on anyone's copyright, licensing or distribution agreements. Go forth, buy songs and support the artists you love.

And for more, please add, subscribe and follow me wherever you get your podcasts, or contact me through the links provided or by emailing tjaman1970@yahoo.com. Happy listening!

Hiya! I'm your host Terry J. Aman and Ep. 18 of VideoFuzzy the Soundtrack titled "Carnival," I celebrate the works of Natalie Merchant, Nina Simone, Neoni, Nickelback, Nat King Cole, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, No Doubt, Natalie Imbruglia, Nicki French, Never the Bride, Nazareth, Monty Python's Flying Circus and NVRLSS, with throughlines of empathy, love and common humanity, for whatever good that might accomplish. For all that and more, please add, follow and subscribe to VideoFuzzy the Soundtrack wherever you get your podcasts. Happy listening!

Terry J. Aman, left, and Minneapolis artist Mikey Heinrich.

Hiya! My name's Terry J. Aman and in this, my 17th episode of VideoFuzzy the Soundtrack titled "Long Way Down," I celebrate artists in my collection beginning with the letter M. Technically it's the second entry for M artists -- Ep. 16: Angels Would Fall focused on Melissa Etheridge and the half-dozen LPs of hers in my collection, and you can track that down as well.

My Title Track for this one, "Long Way Down," opens with Michael Penn's 1992 single by that name, which opens my conversation about Influences [artists with entire LPs in my collection]. I talk about Michael Penn's 1989 single "No Myth," and several tracks in his 1992 LP release "Free For All."

In other influences, I talk about Madonna, Maroon 5, Mindy Smith, Mannheim Steamroller and Meredith Brooks.

In Breakouts [artists with multiple songs in my collection], I feature original music and a conversation with longtime friend and Minneapolis artist Mikey Heinrich, who you can follow at his YouTube channel, absolute joy to chat with about his "Love Song to Jane Espensen" and more.

Other Breakouts in my collection I chat about Marilyn Manson, Matchbox 20, Muse, Miranda Lambert, Meghan Trainor, Memphis May Fire, The Mamas and The Papas, Michael Jackson, Me'shell Ndegeocello and Miss Li.

Under Sparks [artists with one song in my collection], I talk about Mary Chapin Carpenter, Missy Higgins, Moby, Mos Def, My Darkest Days f/ Ludacris, Moloko, The Mountain Goats, Murray Head, Missy Elliot f/ Mya, P!nk, Lil Kim and Christina Aguilera, Ming Tea and Masanori Akita.

As always, any "music" or "singing" anyone thought they heard in this tiny indie podcast I can assure you that it wasn't [from me, at least -- Mikey Heinrich's original works used with permission of the artist]. Any low-bar karaoke attempts were nothing more than simple sketch reference included for illustrative purposes to prompt listeners to track down and explore commercially available music through officially licensed sources and is by no means meant to infringe on anyone's copyright, licensing or distribution agreements. Go forth, buy songs and support the artists you love.

And for more, please add, subscribe and follow me wherever you get your podcasts, or contact me through the links provided or by emailing tjaman1970@yahoo.com. Happy listening!

Links:
Michael Penn's "Long Way Down" [standard] https://bit.ly/46mR93z
Michael Penn's "Long Way Down" [sample clip referenced at the 12s mark] https://bit.ly/4c46hXf
Mikey Heinrich YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MikeyHeinrich
Mikey Heinrich 42nd Vizsla: https://the42ndvizsla.blogspot.com/
Mikey Heinrich Doux Reviews: https://www.douxreviews.com/