MixxTape

Madonna's unassuming debut has stood the test of time and been called one of the most best albums of the 80s. We take a look at the making of this album and what was happening in that two year window between when disco ended and the 80s music sound was fully formed, when this album came out.

This episode, we talk about the brief window that was the New Romantics era and what that was. Then we go into Duran Duran and their first two albums that were borne out of it.

We follow George's meteoric solo career, duet with Aretha, his record breaking Faith album, working with supermodels on Freedom 90 and his lawsuit and ugly break up with Sony Music. Plus snippets of his best music.

We listen to tracks from one of the best selling soundtracks of the 80s, Pretty In Pink. Featuring songs like If You Leave be OMD, the soundtrack was seminal moment for artists like New Order, Suzanne Vega, INXS, and a reemerging Psychedelic Furs. Join us for a listen and a talk.

Third and final part of our interview with David Z Rivkin. Now at the height of his career he talks working with bands like Fine Young Cannibals and later work with Etta James. Plus the story of Jermaine Jackson and the uncle daddy story now seared in all of our minds.

This episode David Z Rivkin talks about working for Prince, reworking Kiss to the hit it became, working with Prince Proteges and other big artists like Jody Watley. Part 2 of our 3 part interview.

MixxTape sits down with super producer David Z Rivkin for the first of a three part series covering his career. David was with Prince for the launch of his career and worked on many of Prince's most popular albums as well as his proteges like Sheila E. He also worked on some of the biggest hits for Jody Watley, The Jets, Fine Young Cannibals and many more. In this episode, David walks us through the stories of his career from starting out with Gram Parsons and Lipps Inc.'s Funkytown all the way thru to Purple Rain.

MixxTape sits down with Jamie Greene, who lived two lives in the 80s as a therapist and another as drummer. We hear insider stories of what it was like to live through the era. We zig zag from his drumming work at 80s hot spot Club Vertigo with Brat Packers and the famous in attendance to the early 2000s where his where his therapist coaching work brought him to the Kabbalah Center and Madonna.

We sit down with a music aficionado John Dyer to chronicle the history of the remix, 12 inch and maxi singles going from the 70s til today and play bits of some rare finds from favorite artists.

Bad was Michael Jackson's follow up to Thriller, and the shadow of that album hung over this one and despite it also ranking as one of the biggest albums of all time. We look at Bad and Elan makes an argument for it being his favorite MJ album.

U2’s The Joshua Tree celebrates 30th years since its release and they are supporting it with an arena tour. We talk about the album, the tour experience and the lost art of making long playing albums on this episode of MixxTape.

The Revolution Era is essential music for Prince fans and yet the Parade often gets overshadowed when people talk about their favorite Prince albums. MixxTape dives in track by track for a discuss as to why this 1986 release is essential listening.

Before George Michael the icon and the album Faith there was the band WHAM!. Multiple number ones, a trek through China and a dating life with Brooke Shields was all part of the white hot fast history of WHAM! prior to solo success. Join MixxTape as we take a quick look at WHAM!

On the one year anniversary of Prince's passing, Joel and Elan take the time to discuss his legacy and what that moment meant.

Welcome to MIxxTape a discussion on 80s and 90s music hosted by Joel Chiodi and Elan Cohen. For our first episode we are talking about Madonna's underrated album Bedtime Story. One that felt like an R&B mish mosh on arrival but upon reflection might be one of Madge's most spiritual and searching albums that withstands the test of time. Visit us on Facebook, Instagram and at Mixx-Tape.com