…and it’s time for episode 78 of Love That Album podcast. Earlier this month, for episode 77, music journalist and biographer
Jeff Jenkins and I discussed the history behind the recording of the second
album by Melbourne band Skyhooks, “Ego Is Not a Dirty Word” celebrating 40
years since it was first released. Continuing LTA declared Skyhooks month, I am
joined by Michael Pursche, host of the Sitting In a Bar In Adelaide podcast
(itself named after a Skyhooks song), and Rhys Lett, head honcho at the Eastern
Suburbs School of Music in Melbourne to pontificate the actual album. We
discuss the songs, composition technique, lyrics, jazz vs pop chord
progressions, our first recollections of hearing the album and a myriad of
other things. Rhys even gets out his guitar to illustrate the cleverness of
Greg Macainsh and Red Symons’ composition style. I hope you enjoy listening as
much as we enjoyed chatting.Eric Reanimator is back with his Album I Love segment. Trying to find a
complementary group for this show, he decided on Blue Oyster Cult and their
third album Secret Treaties. We all agree it was a fine and appropriate choice.You can
download the show by searching for Love That Album in the iTunes store or
downloading streaming directly from http://lovethatalbum.blogspot.com.au/ You can
listen to Sitting in a Bar In Adelaide at http://www.podcastgarden.com/podcast/siabiaor you can
listen live on Wednesday nights between 8pm and 10pm(Adelaide time – do the
arithmetic) at http://www.hillsradio.com.au/index.php If you live
in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne and want to get music lessons,
check out the website http://www.essm.net.au/. It’s an excellent site and is worth your
while looking up even if you’re not considering music lessons….yet!!! Send the
show feedback at rrrkitchen@yahoo.com.au (written or mp3 voicemail) or join the
Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/lovethatalbum. 

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consider writing an iTunes review or recommending the show to a friend, I’d be
immensely grateful.