As MELVIN VAN PEEBLES put it himself, “What The F#%$@ You Mean I Can’t Sing?”  Most people know about Mr. VAN PEEBLES’ amazing innovative DIY film from the early ’70s Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song, but few know that he put out a plethora of intriguing and revolutionary records around the same time, sometimes under the moniker BR’ER SOUL.  Hear all the righteous anger and inspired proto-rap from this undersold genius here.  Take it to The Man, fellow music geeks!

Back in the 1980s, workout albums and videos hit a fever pitch, buoyed by the massive success of Jane Fonda’s Workout.  In the midst of the repackaging of rock and disco hits with barked workout instruction overlayed, Richard Simmons took a different tack.  He put out a legitimate pop/rock record with songs he wrote himself!  Reach is his magnum opus, and lucky listeners to this podcast get to hear the 1982 masterpiece in its raw and uncut glory.  Time to get in shape, fellow music geeks!