Sailing away and returning to innocence with the great @libbycudmore.bsky.social and @cordialwombat.bsky.social on their newest OST Party episode covering the new age ‘90s PURE MOODS infomercial… I mean, album. Do yourself a favor and put this ENYA ears! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I mean, following up SNZ with the Reverend is just what you do this time of year, y’know? The retro guitar tone on this album is so insanely spot-on!

Pardon me while I slip into some Gap khakis and take it back to 1998 for a brief merry minute.

This is a cool next chapter in the life of this wildly storied guitar. I can appreciate when these important pop cultural artifacts get turned into touring exhibits instead of just getting hidden away as a billionaire’s party showpiece. Hope to see it myself someday! www.nme.com/news/music/w...

With the recent news of next year’s 25th anniversary vinyl reissue of the ‘O Brother’ soundtrack, I wanted to re-share my chat with national treasure T Bone Burnett that I did for @nodepression.bsky.social back around the 20th anniversary. What a legend! nodepression.org/o-brother-wh...

Letters to Cleo’s ‘OK Christmas’ EP is a wonderfully buzzy way to kick off the day. It’s got holiday covers of The Kinks, Elvis Presley, and Boston’s own The Dogmatics, while @kayhanley.bsky.social somehow sounds even more phenomenal than usual. Highly recommended for a cranked-to-11 Christmas!

Man, @officialsuper7.bsky.social’s done it again!! (A) Will be ordering and (B) I can only hope this leads to another Tribe set featuring 20+ figures of everyone that was in the “Scenario” music video.

Seasonal shot/chaser: following New Edition with Boyz II Men (which will undoubtedly be followed by the Fresh Prince episode where the guys show up to sing at Nicky’s christening - shout-out to Nicie Taylor!) Let it snow, indeed! ❄️

“Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, and Ralph too, Give all the love that we feel to you” Monday morning jingle jams from ‘All For Love’-era New Edition just always hits!

I wrote about the nostalgia trip of watching customers exit Tower Records with freshly purchased CDs in 1994. www.good.is/mtv-news-cds...

Have you plugged in to this week’s new episode? I’ve got a batch of MTV Unplugged Beatles Covers from the likes of Annie Lennox, Blackstreet, Hall & Oates, Phil Collins, Slaughter, and more. Plus, a little bit of Paul’s Beatles tunes from his ‘91 episode! Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

'MTV Unplugged' debuted on the network 36 years ago on November 26, 1989 | Let us know what YOUR favorite 'Unplugged' album is + check out how our readers rank them here: album.ink/UnpluggedPoll

NEW EPISODE! In honor of The Beatles Anthology 30th anniversary - here’s a collection of MTV Unplugged Beatles Covers from artists like Annie Lennox, Blackstreet, Hall & Oates, Phil Collins, and more! Plus Paul’s Beatles tunes from his ‘91 Unplugged! Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

This is our fifth Chicago Christmas season but the first one that has graced us with the combo of getting to decorate the tree with this going on in the backyard. I guess Mariah finally got my Christmas letters!

Me to @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social’s account every other day 😂

The Thanksgiving elves delivered the goods just in time for the holidays! The ‘95 Anthology was such an exciting moment in my teenage music journey and I’m supremely excited to finally have this collection on vinyl. (Flawless shipping condition on a 12LP set so super kudos there as well)!

One last shameless bump before Record Store Day Black Friday! Don’t miss my MTV Unplugged Record Store Black Friday retrospective. Come for the R.E.M. and Pearl Jam rhapsodizing, stay for this year’s addition of a-ha to the mix! Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

Saturday morning happy place: Grading undergrad papers and sonically pre-gaming for Wednesday’s Stranger Things drop.

We’re only a week away from Record Store Day Black Friday! Check out my MTV Unplugged RSD Retrospective chronicling every MTV Unplugged album that’s been released or reissued for Record Store Day over the years - R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Soul Asylum, and more! Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

I have no idea about the film itself but this soundtrack looks bananas amazing: The Bird and the Bee, St. Vincent, Jeff Tweedy covering The Band, Weyes Blood, and more. Sharon Van Etten’s beautiful cover of The Pretenders’ “2000 Miles” is out now and it absolutely rules. High hopes for this one!

Wrote about Todd Snider, East Nashville and how the more things change, the more they change. www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...

So sad about Todd Snider’s passing. Fell in love with his songwriting voice via “Talkin’ Seattle Grunge Rock Blues” back in ‘94 and fell deeper down the well seeing him a half dozen times when I lived in Nashville. Spinning “The Ghost of Johnny Cash” a few extra times in his honor today.

Pre-coffee vinyl vibes 💚

Don’t miss this week’s episode of UNPLUGGED REVISITED to hear my MTV Unplugged Record Store Day Retrospective of every single Unplugged album that’s been released for RSD over the years: R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Soul Asylum, Bastille, Eric Clapton, and more! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

Meg is absolutely amazing, the single most perfect drummer for The White Stripes sound, and totally deserving of the Rock Hall honors this weekend. Let’s celebrate! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/a...

NEW EPISODE! With @recordstoreday.bsky.social coming up 11/28, here’s my MTV Unplugged Record Store Day Retrospective of every single Unplugged album that’s been released for RSD over the years: R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Soul Asylum, Bastille, Eric Clapton, and more! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

My immense thanks again to the incredible @mwardlaw.bsky.social of @ultclassicrock.bsky.social for having me on his radio show, his podcast, and including my thoughts in his article here all about the phenomenal Nirvana MTV Unplugged episode and album! ultimateclassicrock.com/nirvana-rele...

It’s hard to adequately contextualize this absolute otherworldly gem that transcends beyond both the Nirvana catalog and the MTV Unplugged canon. What a beautiful, vulnerable, one-of-one performance that hits as fresh and riveting today as it first did to my 13-year-old eyes and ears.

Happy 31st anniversary to Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged in New York album and my thanks to the great @mwardlaw.bsky.social for having me on the @ultclassicrock.bsky.social podcast to discuss it! I’ll never tire of listening to (or talking about) this genuine masterpiece! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

A 🧵 of the various ‘songs as horror comics’ I’ve drawn over the years…

Another monster vinyl delivery over the weekend. I’m super stoked to finally see Neil’s Unplugged pressed up here in the states and getting Mirror Ball and Sleeps with Angels in the mix is just icing on the cake. Really jazzed to dig into this whole set!

After an unsolicited and probably-too-long hug with the mailman, looks like the weekend’s settled! ‘Electric Nebraska’ vinyl to finish out the workday and then the solo live DVD as tonight’s main feature. What a seriously cool project to finally see the light of day!

As someone who can still karaoke Carman’s “Witch’s Invitation,” I’ll always be down for a podcast on ‘80s Satanic Panic - even more so when the fantastic Sarah Marshall of @yourewrongabout.bsky.social is at the helm! First ep dropped this week and it’s… bewitching! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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)

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.

**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...

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!

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

**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...

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...

**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...

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...

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.

And just because who doesn’t love MORE new Unplugged goodness… Neil Young has finally pressed up his ‘93 Unplugged for US audiences but so far it’s only available as part of his ORS#6 boxset (out 10/23). Luckily it’s paired with other perfections! neilyoung.warnerrecords.com?cmpid=abrw&e...

Also a heads up that Alicia Keys is repressing her 2005 Unplugged to vinyl for the first time since its original run! Her cover of Prince’s “How Come You Don’t Call Me” is worth the pick-up alone. It’s coming out in early-to-mid October and preorders are up now! shop.aliciakeys.com/collections/...

Yes!!! 30 years later The Cranberries are finally blessing us with their MTV Unplugged session getting a proper standalone album (out 11/7). It was cool to get the 9-song set as bonus tracks on the No Need To Argue reissue earlier this year but this is aces! shopus.cranberries.com/collections/...

This looks so amazingly good! I’m really stoked for this new Ally Pankiw directed, Dan Levy produced doc about Lilith Fair to hit Hulu and Disney+ next week. Lilith was a genuinely revolutionary concept and I’m so stoked it’s getting this well deserved deep dive documentary. youtu.be/wJAh2njqK-M

On this day in 1989, Michael joined Amy and Emily of @indigogirlsmusic.bsky.social at John Keane studios in Athens to record “I’ll Give You My Skin.”

For our Season Two opener, we called in a Ringer! Writer, author, & podcaster @harvilla.bsky.social (“60 Songs that Explain the ‘90s”) joins the show to discuss MTV Unplugged’s massive, multi-layered impact throughout the 1990s via 6 exemplary performances. Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

Just a heads up that I’ll be kicking off season two of Unplugged Revisited next Wednesday (9/3)! Feel free to catch up on any back episodes you may have missed and don’t forget to subscribe on your platform of choice so it’ll drop in automatically when it goes live. See you next week!