Midnight Madness

Tuesday, December 9, 202512/09/2025

Midnight Madness: “Jon” by Gisle Roen Johansen

Fievel shares some macabre stoner jazz metal from the future with Anand. It rips.

Tuesday, November 25, 202511/25/2025

Midnight Madness: 3 Songs by Innov Gnawa

Fievel throws a dart at the map and lands on Morocco. Anand and Fievel then stumble upon a Daptone Records-signed…

Tuesday, November 18, 202511/18/2025

Midnight Madness: 3 songs by Fati Mariko

Fievel and Anand discover their favorite new artists from Niger quite by accident.

Tuesday, November 11, 202511/11/2025

Midnight Madness: Soft Rock Reckoning “Strange Magic” by ELO

All things must end, and as such Soft Rocktober is done with the final test of ELO’s “Strange Magic.” And…

Tuesday, November 4, 202511/04/2025

Midnight Madness: Soft Rock III The Rubric & The Curse

Anand shares his soft rock rubric with Fievel and then mentions in passing that perhaps soft rock is not actually…

Tuesday, October 28, 202510/28/2025

Midnight Madness: Soft Rocktober Part II

Fievel and Anand dig deeper into the mystery of just what “soft rock” is and feature an interview with expert…

Tuesday, October 14, 202510/14/2025

Midnight Madness: Soft Rocktober Part 1

Fievel and Anand share their favorite soft rock tunes and begin to unravel just what defines the genre as part…

Tuesday, September 30, 202509/30/2025

Midnight Madness: “Love Power Peace” by James Brown

Anand and Fievel listen to a selection from the live James Brown album Love Power Peace recorded in 1971 in…

Tuesday, September 23, 202509/23/2025

Midnight Madness: “Mr. Magic” by Grover Washington, Jr.

After last week’s debacle, Fievel resets the show with a little soul jazz courtesy of Grover Washington, Jr.

Tuesday, September 16, 202509/16/2025

Midnight Madness: “Sade” Live by Kenny G

Anand finally pushes Fievel to their breaking point and the result is the longest episode in Midnight Madness history featuring…

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