A re-examination of misunderstood, under-appreciated, or forgotten albums by popular artists, focusing on the positive aspects of each. You might think these records missed the mark, but what if the world just wasn't ready for them?
Araçá Azul by Caetano Veloso (with Kaleb E. Goldschmitt, author of Bossa Mundo: Brazilian Music in Transnational Media Industries)
In 1972, legendary Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso marked his return from exile by recording a baffling commercial failure that confounds listeners to this day. The story surrounding this album's creation is as captivating, and the album itself deserves a reappraisal.
Kaleb E. Goldschmitt is here to guide us through Veloso's fraught relationship with both Brazil's authoritarian government audience and his own audience. You won't want to miss this episode.
The Brazilian hip-hop album Kaleb recommends in this episode is Criolo's 2014 album Convoque seu Buda.
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This podcast is recorded astride of a grave and a difficult birth by Ralph and Michael, who will be taking a brief hiatus now to gather the information and supplies necessary to complete the next stage of the mission with which they have been entrusted.
29 Sept 2026
The Weezer Factory #5: Death To False Metal + Alone (with Rim Headley)
Longtime listeners know that we're friends with the ghost of an anthropomorphic snare drum, and he's here to help us parse a couple of compilations that just might help us crack the Weezer code.
22 Sept 2026
A Live One by Phish (with Mike Ayers, author of Sharing in the Groove: The Untold Story of the '90s Jam Band Explosion and the Scene That Followed)
Everything about Phish is baffling to Ralph and Michael. Luckily Mike Ayers, author of an excellent oral history of the jam band scene, is here to help us crack the code. Listen in as we discover the quintessential jam band, and Ralph performs his reinterpretation of one of their most beloved songs.
See what Mike Ayers is up to here: https://mike-ayers.com
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Or send us an email: rosecoloredheadphonespodcast@gmail.com
Our visual art was created by Elaine Banks (@elaineprints on IG).
This podcast is recorded at a house somewhere and produced in a state of numb terror by Ralph and Michael, who have accepted the fact that there is no way out of doing this. It's a long story and there are still a few gaps in our leading theory.
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