“I do have a blessed life. There are certain things that could be better in my life, but I have a good life.” Robert Duvall, RIP.
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16.02.2026 18:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Your Friday Cage Match: Downhill vs. Slalom. Discuss.
13.02.2026 22:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Victor Krummenacher (Credit: Jesse Sykes)
On the new Caropop, Victor Krummenacher, brilliant bassist of The Third Mind and Camper Van Beethoven, discusses those bands' futures, the RSD release of Camper's "Tusk," his latest solo work and how the outside world affects it all. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
12.02.2026 13:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A Movie Date With My Younger Self (Published 2017)
Movies didn't get more formative for me than "Harold and Maude." Bud Cort, gone for real, RIP.
(I showed "Harold and Maude" in my "Is It Still Funny?" series at the Music Box and wrote about the experience for the New York Times. nytimes.com/2017/03/24/m...)
11.02.2026 20:59 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Caropop
We keep posting new and classic Caropop episodes onto our YouTube channel. Recent archival ones include Justin Hayward, Stevie Van Zandt, Gina Schock, Chris Frantz plus Mitch Easter/Don Dixon, Dag Juhlin, Marc Ribot and Robyn Hitchcock eps. Please listen and subscribe! www.youtube.com/@Caropopcast
10.02.2026 16:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Your Friday Cage Match: Sushi vs. Sashimi. Discuss.
06.02.2026 22:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Dag Juhlin. (Credit: David Kindler)
Dag Juhlin. (Credit: Mark Caro)
The Michael Shannon/Jason Narducy R.E.M. project, Sunshine Boys, Poi Dog Pondering, the Slugs -- Dag Juhlin has had many musical lives and revisits them all on the new Caropop.
www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
05.02.2026 16:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Close.
05.02.2026 03:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hint #4: His own band shares its name with a '70s movie, minus the "The."
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Hint #3: He's about to go out on tour with a band playing another band's music.
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Hint #2: He had a power-pop trio in the late '80s and early '90s before joining a more populous band.
05.02.2026 01:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest!
Hint #1: He's currently the frontman in one band and guitarist in another.
05.02.2026 00:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Looking up TV listings was my superpower.
01.02.2026 15:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I don't know how I got through decades of TV watching without helpful "Here's how to watch" news stories.
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YouTube video by Movieclips
After Hours (1985) - Phone Call Scene (8/9) | Movieclips
Catherine O'Hara. RIP, damnit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsKa...
31.01.2026 14:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Your Friday Cage Match: Goose vs. Geese. Discuss.
30.01.2026 22:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Marc Ribot. (Photo by Ebru Yildiz)
On the new Caropop, guitarist/songwriter/studio musician Marc Ribot reflects on his love of Latin American music; the creative leeway that Tom Waits and Elvis Costello gave him, his decision to start singing, and his fight for indie musicians’ rights. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
29.01.2026 13:52 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hint #3: He has played with Yoko Ono, Brother Jack McDuff, Robert Plant & Allison Krauss, Elton John and Leon Russell, Sam Phillips and Elvis Costello.
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Hint #2: I first heard one of those songs over the opening credits of a Jim Jarmusch movie.
29.01.2026 00:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
it's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest!
Hint #1: His distinctive guitar playing has elevated many artists' albums as well as his own.
28.01.2026 23:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
So funny! When we were playing, Mary said, "They won't take Caropop!"
26.01.2026 02:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Your Friday Cage Match: Pepperoni vs. Sausage. Discuss.
23.01.2026 22:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The beauty of writing a sports movie is that you can have the announcers shout obvious exposition at the audience the entire time. (Yes, I just watched the one best picture nominee I didn't predict--and if I'd seen it ahead of time, I still wouldn't have predicted it.)
23.01.2026 03:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Your Friday Cage Match: One Battle After Another vs. Marty Supreme. Discuss.
16.01.2026 22:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mitch Easter
Don Dixon
On the new Caropop w/Mitch Easter & Don Dixon, I said the Murmur "Radio Free Europe" sounds "snare-y," and Easter explained that the band's recording lacked snare so he recorded and mixed in a track of him just banging a snare. Did @remhq.bsky.social know about this? www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
15.01.2026 22:05 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Mitch Easter
Don Dixon
On the new Caropop w/Mitch Easter & Don Dixon, I said the Murmur "Radio Free Europe" sounds "snare-y," and Easter explained that the band's recording lacked snare so he recorded and mixed in a track of him just banging a snare. Did @remhq.bsky.social know about this? www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
15.01.2026 22:04 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
This new Caropop episode reuniting producers Mitch Easter and Don Dixon includes revelations about the making of R.E.M.'s Murmur that blew this longtime diehard fan's mind. You'll never hear "Radio Free Europe" or "Perfect Circle" in the same way... www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
15.01.2026 13:30 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Caropop Episodes | Caropop
Ding ding ding! Just posted it. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
15.01.2026 13:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hint #4: That album was recently released in a very fancy audiophile package with the preceding EP.
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Hint #3: One of them called this classic album "the 'Dark Side of the Moon' of the New Wave era."
15.01.2026 00:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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They're locking them up today.
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