Ep002: Billy Joel 1994

I don’t own any Billy Joel records, but I’m a huge fan of the man—especially his work ethic. Whether or not you like his music, there’s a good reason why he has continued to sell out Madison Square Garden every month for more than five years—he leaves it all onstage. At the time of this […]

Ep001: George Carlin 1989

I grew up listening to George Carlin’s records—FM&AM, Class Clown, and Occupation: Foole in particular. From his “Hair” poem, which I can still recite from memory, to his infamous “Seven Dirty Words You Can Never Say on TV,” he was funny, literate, subversive. He helped you see the world for the goofy place it really […]

Ep000: Introduction to The Tapes Archive

The Tapes Archive features never-before-heard celebrity interviews conducted by Indianapolis-based journalist Marc Allan in the 1980s and 1990s. About five years ago, my friend Alan Berry called me with an idea: We should turn the celebrity interviews I did in the 1980s and 1990s into a podcast. Alan thought there would be a lot of interest in […]