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How We Heard ItAuthor: howweheardit
Veteran entertainment journalists, music columnists and longtime friends Wayne Bledsoe and Chuck Campbell host How We Heard It, a breezy and sometimes offbeat take on how music and movies got to where they are today and where its all going. They break down who are the most promising Generation Z singers one minute and the next they debate who are the most overrated acts from the past. Sexy songs, soundtracks, controversies and weird movies find their way into the discussion, and they also weigh in with recommendations on who to hear and what to see in music and film from the past and present. Wayne and Chuck have more than 65 years of experience in professional journalism between them, but they dont waste time indulging in scholarly breakdowns of their institutional knowledge. Instead, they share behind-the-scenes stories about their odd, funny, inspirational and embarrassing encounters with celebrities, managers, fans and readers. And they laugh at themselves and each other. A lot. Because being an entertainment journalist does that to you. An important third voice in the How We Heard It podcast is engineer John Baker, himself a musician and producer who reins in Wayne and Chuck when they need it. Johns tastes are a little bit Wayne and a little bit Chuck, and hes a friendly sort. Waynes primary role in his nearly four decades at the Knoxville News-Sentinel was his work as an entertainment writer and critic. He currently hosts The Six OClock Swerve weekly radio show on WUTK, 90.3 FM in Knoxville, hes a former Grammy nominee, and hes an organizer of the annual concert series Waynestock: For the Love of Drew and Rylan. Hes also an artist and unconventional garden writer - see more at www.waynebledsoe.com. Chuck started his career in journalism at the Daytona Beach News-Journal in Florida before joining the staff in Knoxville. He has reviewed more than 5,500 albums, and his column was distributed by the New York Times, Gannett, Cox News Service and the Scripps Howard Language: en Genres: Music, Music Commentary, TV & Film Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Album covers inspire, shock and tease
Episode 49
Saturday, 31 May, 2025
You don't get a second chance to make a first impression, so over the years music artists have relied on the visual cues of their album covers to help sell their product. Sexy photos, dramatic images, optical illusions, striking colors and eye-catching fonts have all been used to grab attention, titillate and intrigue. Album covers were vital in the vinyl heyday, but as consumers turned more and more to CDs and tapes, designers had to adapt to smaller canvases. And as the world migrated to digital consumption, an "album cover" became nothing more than a thumbnail image on your phone. Still, vinyl has rebounded to a degree and every music release, regardless of format, still has some kind of visual attachment to generate interest, so the "album cover" lives on. On this episode of "How We Heard It," veteran music critics Chuck Campbell and Wayne Bledsoe and musician/engineer John Baker guide you through the best and worst album covers, talking about the iconic art - plus their personal favorites - from the Beatles to today. They also bust up long-believed myths about some album covers, talk about banned covers and answer important questions like "whose butt is that?," "what's in his pocket?" and "why does she look insane?"
