Lost Notes: Groupies

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This season on Lost Notes: Groupies. Women of the Sunset Strip from the Pill to Punk. From KCRW and Golden Teapot.

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70 episodes
Updated Nov 20, 2024

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Jul 31, 2018 · 30 min
S1 Bonus - Reissue: Mad About the Boy
We resurface a story from Falling Tree Productions that takes a look at the empowering flip-side of pop fandom.
May 24, 2018 · 32 min
Lost Notes S1 Ep. 8: Searching for the Root: The Incredible Journey of Aisha Ali
In the wake of the swinging ‘60s, a young woman named Aisha Ali travels to North Africa in search of her roots. There, she single-handedly documents hours and hours of music and film from Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, and Egypt ... much of it still unheard.
May 17, 2018 · 34 min
Lost Notes S1 Ep. 7: A Million Dollars Worth of Plastic
In 1989 McDonald’s ran the biggest flexi-disc promotion ever, sending out 80 million discs (playing the “Menu Song”) as inserts in newspapers all over the country. A very special copy of this record was almost burned to heat a family home in Galax, Virginia. Instead, it ended up winning the homeowner a million dollars.
May 10, 2018 · 32 min
Lost Notes S1 Ep. 6: Shaggs' Own Thing: The Story of the Wiggin Sisters
One of the most unlistenable bands of the ‘60s became a cult favorite decades later, gaining praise from the likes of Frank Zappa, Kurt Cobain and Sonic Youth. But did the Wiggin sisters from Fremont, New Hampshire even want to be in a band in the first place? The New Yorker’s Susan Orlean recounts her reporting on the band’s strange trip to unexpected fame.
May 3, 2018 · 37 min
Lost Notes S1 Ep. 5: Johnny Tried: The Ballad of Glen Sherley
When Johnny Cash played his iconic concert at Folsom Prison he covered the song of one very talented inmate. Johnny pulled some strings, plucked Glen Sherley from prison and brought him out on the road. Did this turn of fortune wind up helping or hurting the formerly unknown songwriter?
Apr 26, 2018 · 33 min
Lost Notes S1 Ep. 4: New Edition's Neighborhood Secret
The boys in New Edition were basketball fans from Boston - Celtics country. So what happened when they hung out with the L.A. Lakers in a music video during the height of the 1980s Celtics/Lakers rivalry?
Apr 19, 2018 · 36 min
Lost Notes S1 Ep. 3: Electricity: Conversations with Captain Beefheart
In this intimate radio portrait of one of music’s most legendary eccentric geniuses, writer Kristine McKenna offers you a visceral experience of what it was like to be friends with Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart).
Apr 12, 2018 · 32 min
Lost Notes S1 Ep. 1: Louie Louie: The Strange Journey of the Dirtiest Song Never Written
An FBI Investigation, an engagement ring, wine coolers... the surprising story behind the ubiquitous anthem that every teenager bangs out on their first guitar.
Apr 12, 2018 · 27 min
Lost Notes S1 Ep. 2: Outlaws of the Airwaves: The Rise of Pirate Radio Station WBAD
Pirate radio station WBAD in New York was a beloved source for fans of underground, unsanitized hip-hop in the 1990s, but how high could this illegal operation fly while also staying under the radar?
Apr 5, 2018 · 3 min
Lost Notes - Season 1: Introducing Lost Notes
Hear a preview of Lost Notes, an anthology of some of the greatest music stories never truly told. Top journalists present stand-alone audio documentaries that highlight music’s head, heart and beat, with host Solomon Georgio as your guide.

Lost Notes: Groupies

S1 Bonus - Reissue: Mad About the Boy

Lost Notes S1 Ep. 8: Searching for the Root: The Incredible Journey of Aisha Ali

Lost Notes S1 Ep. 7: A Million Dollars Worth of Plastic

Lost Notes S1 Ep. 6: Shaggs' Own Thing: The Story of the Wiggin Sisters

Lost Notes S1 Ep. 5: Johnny Tried: The Ballad of Glen Sherley

Lost Notes S1 Ep. 4: New Edition's Neighborhood Secret

Lost Notes S1 Ep. 3: Electricity: Conversations with Captain Beefheart

Lost Notes S1 Ep. 1: Louie Louie: The Strange Journey of the Dirtiest Song Never Written

Lost Notes S1 Ep. 2: Outlaws of the Airwaves: The Rise of Pirate Radio Station WBAD

Lost Notes - Season 1: Introducing Lost Notes