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Lyle Preslar (Minor Threat, Caroline Records) and Jim Shearer (MTV/VH1) discuss the music topics of the week which include:

Guns N' Roses reunion of  Axl, Slash, and Duff; Avicii's retirement; Beyoncé's clarification of "Formation"; Janet Jackson's plan for a family; and how Taylor Swift's tumble on a treadmill made Drake richer.

Lyle and Jim also talk about a very un-goth Pizza Hut box and how Lyle is indirectly responsible for Danzig's hit song "Mother".

NOTE: Shortly after this episode was recorded it was reported that Merle Haggard died from complications of pneumonia (79), hence no mention of his passing during his birthday shout-out. Rest in peace.

Lyle Preslar (Minor Threat, Caroline Records) and Jim Shearer (MTV/VH1) discuss this week's music news which includes: 

Kanye's streaming figures, The Roots pulling out of a David Bowie concert because another act wouldn't let them play on their equipment, Prince vs. YouTube, Billy Corgan patching things up with James Iha, Blink 182's new line-up and album, Glen E. Friedman's stellar Instagram page, and Snoop Dogg going into the WWE Hall of Fame.

Cinderella Syracuse (hee-hee) advances to the Final Four, Kobe Bryant's down to his last 10 games, the Cleveland Browns get yet another quarterback, and the sporting world readies itself for a big weekend of baseball, basketball, golf, and pro wrestling.

Lyle Preslar and Jim Shearer look back on the life and rhymes of A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg. 

They also discuss the music happenings of the week, which include:

Rumors about Axl Rose fronting AC/DC, Dave Grohl petitioning a town in England to let teenagers play heavy metal in their garage, The Weeknd dropping off Rihanna's tour, Thursday reuniting, the best EDM Twitter beef of the week (Diplo vs. Zedd), and who will be headlining Lollapalooza and the Warped Tour this summer.

Are you behind on sports because life has gotten too busy? 

Fear not, this podcast will catch up on the NHL, NBA, March Madness, and the soul-breaking act of applying a successful full-court press defense.

This week Lyle Preslar and Jim Shearer discuss: SXSW, AC/DC sending Brian Johnson packing, Kanye's perpetual album tweaking, Gold Records, the Foo Fighters fake out, and marshmallow Peeps.

Lyle Preslar and Jim Shearer recap The Oscars, as well as breakdown the legal proceedings of Kesha vs. Dr. Luke. They also discuss Beyonce vs. Miami Police Union, M.I.A. vs. NFL, and Lil' Wayne vs. Birdman.

Lyle also talks about trying to sign Weezer back in the day and the chances of a second wave punk band ever making it into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

After maybe a good three years of light, but constant nudging, I got Lyle Preslar, longtime music industry vet and guitarist of one of my all-time favorite punk bands, Minor Threat, to sit down and record a radio show with me (you can call it a "podcast" if it makes you feel more comfortable). You'll quickly find out that Lyle is as intelligent as he is funny.

The premise is very simple: I wanted to do a music version of Mike and Mike, covering the current happenings in major league pop, rock, indie, and hip-hop. In a world of media overload, I think there's still a void for a program like this.

Here's our first attempt. If you like it, let me know, and maybe I'll be able to nudge Lyle again.

BTW: There's no show title or official logo, because, dang, this is just an exhibition game. We didn't even bother to put in our mouth pieces.

Why blather on for two weeks about useless Super Bowl stats when you can get 'em all in 10 minutes?

Now that my musical year is over, take a listen back to my favorite songs of 2015...in all genres, styles, shapes, and forms!

(Everything that is released from here on in will be considered a 2016 offering, because music, like a well-seasoned piece of meat, needs time to marinate.)

Enjoy!