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CBC radio host Tom Power ("q") and BGS (The Bluegrass Situation) bring you the most in-depth podcast about the origins of bluegrass ever created. Power sits down with luminaries of the genre such as Del McCoury, Ricky Skaggs, Alice Gerrard, Jesse McReynolds, Jerry Douglas and more for an intimate conversation about their origins within the world of bluegrass music. Episodes will be released bi-weekly on TheBluegrassSituation.com and wherever you get your podcasts. PRODUCED BY: Tom Power and ...
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#377: Beasts, Dragons & Dinosaurs!
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This Week on the Toy Power Podcast; we find out why Ben doesn't do the intros very often.... So without Trent; the show must go on! We have lots of cool News to chat towards - including yet another New Batman Figure from McFarlane; plus a Variation of Swamp Thing; and a combat ready, Black Light Charged Violator! Then we discuss one of the Exclusiv…
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#376: News, Pageants & Scores!
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This week on The Toy Power Podcast, we are feeling the build-up of the festival season; and must record on a School Night! Trent had far too much homework, so its just a trio recording this round. We touch-on the latest news topics that are hitting our radar; which include a Tully Take-over from the Ghostbusters team. Justice League Task Force buil…
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#375: Top 10 Horror Toys Marketed to Kids!
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This week on The Toy Power Podcast, with Halloween still fresh in our minds, we invite DoesTEN back on the show to give us a great insight on how the American's Celebrate this famous Halloween event. Including some neat stories from his youth. Then keeping with that similar scarry topic, we embark on creating a Top 10 list, detailing some of the mo…
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#374: NYCC - shuttup and take my money!
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New York NEW YORK - it's a wonderful towwwwwwn! As NYCC 2024 comes to close, we begin to open our collective wallets. There's something for everyone from Kryptonians, Latvreian Rulers, Spectral Catchers, Big Rubber Guys, X-Hunters and even more Mutated Adolescents. Too cryptic? It shouldn't be cause if you love this stuff like we do, you already kn…
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#373: Toy Showcase!
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast, we bring a bunch of Toys into the recording studio and promote what we have got to each other. Ben brings in some Beast Saga figs, Trent gets pretty excited with his new found action feature discoveries, Scott has a toy that he has been chasing for ages & Frank has something that is just awesome! All this and som…
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#372: Hey You Guys - it's Toy Fair!
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After a week off, we've got tales from two of our favourite events: Adelaide Toy and Comic Fair and Radical Rewind Presents: Goonies. There's mixed opinions on Goonies but its ok cause we all have alcohol to drink, right? Then it's Talkin' Bout Toy Fair with all interactions, tales, special guests and some very special pick-ups to talk too. Support…
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Originally Published in 2018 Today on the Toy power Podcast its our Halloween House of Horrors special! And what makes an episode more special than our favourite guest and self-confessed expert at scaring kids, Mr Davey Damaged! We look at the spookiest, creepiest and down0right disturbing toys every produced. From the glory days of the 80s with Wa…
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#371: Who Ya Gonna Call? Craig!
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast, we have Special Guest: Craig Goldberg just us! Well known on the Toy Anxiety Podcast as well as the greater "YHS" Community! We run Craig through the standard initiation questions, with his answers heading towards his passion towards Sports Stars and defending Movie Sequels... Then we get into a bit of a round tr…
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#370: News, Presents, Costumes and Controversy!
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Today we have a bit of everything. There's some cool cool reveals to chat through including Secret Wars, deep cut Batman 66 and The Loyal Subjects big announcement. Another great kickstarter to spend monies on and the always awesome Radical Rewind event to recap. Then its present time as we get a care package from the legend Tealo! We attended a To…
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Special Edition: Remembering Johnnie's with Paul
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In this special Toy Power episode we are joined by author Paul Flavel. He’s just released an amazing new book called John Martin's: The Story of South Australia's Beloved Department Store, which has been over 5 years in the making. We chat about many amazing memories of this beloved South Australian department store, from the incredible toy departm…
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast, we have Matt Teale back, to join us for another fun episode. But first, Matt would like to promote his upcoming journey in the "Shitbox Rally". Which translated into driving through Australia, across some very formidable roads. Matt & co-driver Chris aka Darstardly & Muttley, will be embarking on this journey nex…
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#368: It's time to (N64)Quest
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We welcome back our 6th favourite Canadian Rob McZob to tell us all about his upcoming project Nintendo 64 Quest! With the Kickstarter soaring to new heights, we hear from the man himself just what it's like to journey across the land in search of every Nintendo 64 release with his long time friend Jay Bartlett (not a preacher) with a limited budge…
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#367: Superman & Playing Games with Uncle Mitch!
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast we have Special Guest Anthony Mitchell back with us to help us cover a bonanza of topics. First off, All things Superman. From upcoming Movie excitement to a list of personal favourite Superman Comics story-arcs that make this larger than life character so beloved. A role-call of best Superman Action Figures relea…
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#366: Mixed Bag of Topics with Uncle Mitch!
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast we have Special Guest Anthony Mitchell to help us cover some of the cool News dribbling though after SDCC. First up is some new figures from of course McFarlane. Medieval Spawn in the form of a Kickstarter offering with several different options to choose from. This has already funded in record time!! Joy Toy intr…
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#365: Vintage Vs Modern Vs Deadpool Vs Wolverine!!!
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast we have Special Guest Brett back on board to fill in the absence from Trent yet again! This round we have a now reoccurring segment that comprises of us comparing a Vintage version of a Toy & seeing how it compares to its modern interpretation. We chat to the obvious differences, the subtle differences, and everyt…
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#364: Fantastic Adventures from Brett & Scot!!
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast we have Special Guest Brett on board to fill in the absence from Trent. First up; we are celebrating our 8th year of TPP! We are doing another Annual Collection Sharing feed. Please submit a pic of your passion, to participate. Then we hear many, many stories directly from the boys, Brett & Scot around their excit…
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#363: COPS N' Colin!!
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast we have Special Guest Colin Betts, back to help us cover the very underrated 1988 Hasbro Toyline; that was COPS N' Crooks! Central Organisation of Police Specialists (against the) Committed Rough Offenders Obstructing Cops & Society! Set in Empire City; in the year 2020. These toys sporting O'rings & completely un…
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362: SDCC Double ep with double guests!
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Merrrrrry SDCC! It's that time of year where we constantly refresh our phones to see what new joys our fave companies bring us. With Scot being at the Con itself, we roped in our mate Colin Betts to assist in getting through our biggest runsheet ever! Was also have our first ever gatecrasher... The reveals are vast and many and even in just over 2 …
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#361: A Fresh Look at Top Tier Years!
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast, we have special guest Criss Fresh back to join us for another fun new segment. This round we each pick a multi-year spanning Vintage Toyline & then narrow it down to what wee each personally believe was it's best year. Spinning out of the choices are: Frank picks: 1986 Hasbro G1 Transformers. Fresh goes with: 199…
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#360: Hot and Fresh Pizza (repaint) NEWS!
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This week on Toy Power we are joined by the legendary Fresh. First up its an amazing Canadian themed gift box from Colin Betts and some genuinely amazing goodies including one very special custom! Its then into all the news, including the HasLab Cantina funding update, Garfield and Friends, an Ultimate D&D Tiamat (complete with all 5 heads) and new…
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I Wish it was a Dream Guess Who’s Back (80’s Toys) Neon Camouflage M.A.S.K. 43 (That’s my age again) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I’m Back on Cats! (Thundercats) It’s Crime Fighting Time! If You Fall I Won’t Catch You She-Ra, She-Ra! If You Wannabe (A Toy Collector) BraveStarr Don’t Open Your Toys Up Roll the Dice (Jay’s Theme Song) I Wish it was a…
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#359: Dungeon Master: Jay!
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast; we have special guest: Jay Harps join us, to school us on all things Dungeons & Dragons. With the usual get-to-know-you questions; then into a chat on all things D&D related. Where to start, where to play & where to seek assistance. Then we Roll The Dice, as Jay transforms into his Dungeon Master Form! Trent port…
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#358: News, SDCC Exclusives & Lego Builds!
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast, we have a lot of News announcements to get through! Kicking off with Star Wars, & then moving to the Brothers from the Sewers. McFarlane Super Powers gets a Boost, & the Wesayso Dinosaur from Neca. Somewhere its Crime Fighting Time; before we cover the Marvel Legends Reveals! Then we speak to some of the exciting…
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#357: Top 20 Villains Voted In!!
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast, we are each given a tasked of calling out Five iconic Toy Villains. But we have placed some ground rules down, and narrowed the window of this rounds Evil Doers release dates to the years between 1970 & 1989. With the four of us in the room each voting; we will ultimately form the Toy Power Top Twenty Villains! T…
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Cash (Ah ha) Ninja Trap 1986 Toy Obsession Nobody Beats My Fire (Battle Beasts) 1 Week of Cartoons Defender of the Secrets of Castle Grayskull You’re Stayin’ MOC Home Peg Warmers New Collection Thunder (They’re Loose) Bonus tracks Cash (ah ha) Cinematic Remix Defender of the Secrets of Castle Grayskull Cinematic Remix Thunder (They’re Loose) Cinema…
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#356: News, MASK solved? and Mixtape Wave 2!
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So so much news - Thundercats, TMNT, Star Wars Cantina (good idea?), Scot's SDCC lock, more McFarlane (you clever bastard!) and a miss from LEGO? Also the MASK question you all want answered - finally solved? Then rock 'n roll out to our first listen of Toy Power Mixtape Wave 2! Support the show: http://patreon.com/toypowerpodcast See omnystudio.co…
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#355: M.A.S.K.araoke & Toyline Favs, with Floppy!
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast we have our very knowledgeable Guest: Floppy; back in studio with some proper get-to-know-you Questions. Then we MASK-UP as we sing our way into the mid-eighties Toyline that was M.A.S.K. from Kenner. We each pick out a standout release from each wave. This is incredibly fun, as some of us in the room aren't as fa…
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Whilst we await the return of Floppy for a M.A.S.K. centric episode (and a few technical issues), enjoy this TOY POWER mix tape, full of songs about being a Toy Collector! Let 'Em Breathe (Tribute to DoesTen) I'm Holding Back Wearing Me Down Hard And It's Freaking Me Out Have You Ever (Don't wanna add it up) 38 Leonardo's Cherry Picker What A Nice …
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#354: News & Mega Toy Fair with Floppy!
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast we have a very special guest join us; Mr. Floppy Starick! (more about him next episode...) Straight into the news, we have Darkseid unveiled in a MegaFig sized offering! The Famous Vincent Price is remade in plastic form from Neca, and captures him throughout his career. Mondo reveal a new line of Sofubi style TMN…
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#353: N64 Quest with Jay!
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It's the other (better?) half of our fave Canadian duo - Jay Bartlett! He's here to talk about the upcoming release of N64 Quest, the highly anticipated sequel to the much loved Nintendo Quest. What are the rules this time around? Time crunch, budget pressure - how does Jay handle it? We've been granted special access to watch the first ep - no spo…
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#352: Breaking News & T2 Radical Rewind Review!
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast, we are back to exploring all the Toy News that has hit our radar. Kicking things off, we are back on the McFarlane bandwagon with a 3pk Super Powers Batman set. New style 66' Batman figures. More offerings from Trick Or Treat Studios - with the offering of Dr. Killemoff, with a neat action feature! Hotwheels offe…
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#351: News, Fairs & Parcels!
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast, we reflect on our efforts from the big 350th ep. Can't thank everyone enough for all the banter on the various socials we received. Now its back to normal proceedings, as we start to increase on the episode numbers again! First news is centered around a Tribute via TMNT of Jack Kirby. Mondo drop a few bombs with …
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#350 LIVE: Biggest Unboxing EVER
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This thing is so big, we had to record in a different room! Streamed live on FB on May the 4th, we opened a truely once in a lifetime item: Mattel's Origins Eternia. You thought we were silly usually, wait till there's no editing, multiple cameras and live comments from all the fans. Insanity abounds, Eternia awaits. Support the show: http://patreo…
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#349.6: Morgatron84 & The Decepticons
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast, we have Morgan back in studio to get to know a little more about him. Kicking off with the usual Favourite Toy & Favourite Movie as a 10yr old; plus, a bonus question as well. Then we jump right into another segment of our ongoing Vintage Toy Awards! This round focusing on the Evil Decepticons! We run through all…
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Alison Krauss
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We could hardly think of a better guest with whom we’d conclude our second season of Toy Heart than 27-time Grammy Award winner, Alison Krauss. Arguably the most prominent bluegrass musician in the genre’s nearly one hundred year history – certainly the most well-known in her own generation – host Tom Power’s laughter-filled conversation with Kraus…
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#349.5: News with Morgatron!
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Long time Patreon Morgan joins us to look at what happening in the world of toys. He's so keen that Frank forgets how to tune a microphone - apologies for the audio issues! There's a slew of Marvel Legends and more Makina - but which colour is our fave? Is this the best version of Cringer Mattel has ever done? Is Beast Man lacking the furry factor?…
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#349.4: Super Sized Party Wagon & Movies!!
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast, we continue to delay the milestone 350th ep. However, we still have a fun new show for you all! Frank has just received his Super 7 Ultimates TMNT Party Wagon and brought it along to review on the show. It is equally very very large, and incredibly detailed. We break down all the features as well as the other ite…
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Jody Stecher
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For the latest episode of Toy Heart, we embark on a journey through the primordial, musical ooze that birthed bluegrass, old-time, and country music with the incredible Jody Stecher. A multi-instrumentalist adept in many styles and traditions – he even plays sarod, a Hindustani instrument – Stecher’s entire career is a fascinating case study in the…
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#349.3: Together Again!
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We're back - all of us this time! Frank details his trip across to the lands of Hobbits and roadworks before we hit another huge day of news. Lots MOTU, Marvel and TMNT but has Ghostbusters finally found a winning formula? It's been called the missing piece to Batman TAS but does that mean Trent's in? We get also get our first look at actual Toy Is…
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#349.2: Vintage Vs Modern + Xmen 97!
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This week on The Toy Power Podcast, its just the dynamic duo again; Trent & Ben. This round, we kick things off with a kind of a new segment that we pitch a vintage toy against its modern counterpart version. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. Trent got so excited, he brought several options to the table. So we have Green Ghost (aka Slimmer), Power A…
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Our latest guest on Toy Heart is bluegrasser, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Tim O’Brien. His conversation with host Tom Power begins by remembering the music of his childhood, growing up in Wheeling, West Virginia listening to Chubby Checker on his crystal radio set and attending the nationally renowned country variety show and radio broadc…
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#349.1: News For Two!
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This week on The Toy Power Podcast, we are down to just two hosts. With Frank enjoying a well earned Family Holiday in New Zealand; and Scot attending to a rather serious incident at home. So its just Trent & Ben left to surge on with the show! We bring you all the latest news we could manage, everything from Street Sharks, Ninja Turtles, DC McFarl…
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#349: Radical Rewind's Fantastic!!
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast, we have Brett back in studio to unpack how Davey & himself came up with the idea of Radical Rewind, as well as their journey to make the first screening of Batman 89'an absolute sell out show success!! With the announcement of the next film being the 1990's TMNT Live action film in April; Radical Rewind are setti…
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Laurie Lewis
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In the latest episode of Toy Heart, we explore the roots and evolution of bluegrass in the modern era by examining the story of legendary bluegrasser, singer-songwriter, and recording artist, Laurie Lewis. From her tales of growing up in Berkeley during what Lewis jokingly calls the “folk scare” of the '60s to finding the joy of music through her f…
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#348: Bats, Worms and Brett
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Adelaide silver-fox-nerd Brett Owen stops by to check out the news. Because it's news day, The Todd brings his A(zrael) game. Playmates steps up to the plate with something new, but is NECA closing in already? Lego Batman is usually a big deal but have they missed a trick with the latest set? Ben and Frank step aside so Trent and Scot can gush abou…
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast, we do a classic retrospective best of vote! But this time, instead of one big line; we select from three smaller lines, and vote accordingly. This in turn causes some confusion at the start, but we sort ourselves out; and get the votes right eventually! Sectuars, Silverhawks & Bravestarr are the challenges for th…
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Bluegrass fans know Mike Compton from his long and eclectic resumé, including decades of touring and recording traditional Monroe-style mandolin with greats like John Hartford, Doc Watson, Peter Rowan, Ralph Stanley, Alison Krauss, and David Grisman, as well as venturing into more mainstream music with with Sting, Gregg Allman, Elvis Costello, and …
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#346: It's the news, shuga!
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In a Marvel heavy episode, there's some controversial Mattel moves that are very not-rock-n-roll. The Todd makes a face that not even a mother could love while the Legends team somehow make two different He-Mans. And is that Battle Cat I see? Why is Wolverine in blue? But it's all ok - because the best of all time Rogue is here. A record breaking m…
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This week on the Toy Power Podcast, we are joined by very special guest Rob McCallum! This very busy man, is traveling all around, and we catch him on the road. With his very successful Mr Dress-up show, and continuing working on Faking Filmation; as well as the upcoming Nintendo64 Quest! But that's not all... He has pumped out Season One of a new …
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The legendary Larry Sparks, a prominent player in bluegrass for over six decades and a Bluegrass Hall of Fame inductee, joins host Tom Power for Toy Heart. Sparks shares insightful anecdotes from his early years, touring and performing with the Stanley Brothers and from his tenure with Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys. From traveling in a ‘…
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