The Buster Mungus Diaries
The Buster Mungus Diaries Podcast drives to the heart of the music regardless of genre, examining the people, places and parallels in modern sound. Each episode takes you into the music you love, but with a viewpoint that sometimes differs from the mainstream. Connect to the music by knowing more about the people, places and events that helped create modern music.
Podcasting since 2019 • 14 episodes
The Buster Mungus Diaries
Latest Episodes
The History of the 2 Minute Pop Song
The length of the typical pop song has averaged around the 3 minute mark since the beginning of recorded music. In this episode we examine how the length of a pop song is shrinking and moving closer to the 2 minute mark despite all the technolo...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 2
•
1:11:56
The Peter Gunn Theme From Start to Finish
We walk through the history of the Peter Gunn TV theme from its origin in 1958 to its influence on the surf music scene to a massive resurgence in the 1980s. We travel through time with Henri Mancini, Sara Vaughn, Duane Eddy, Jeff Beck, Jimi He...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 1
•
1:17:23
Montreal Disco
Perhaps the most telling statistic I’ve come across about disco and more specifically about the Montreal disco scene was that the police reported in 1970 that 80% of Montreal’s missing young people could be found in discothèques.<...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 12
•
1:12:11
Every Sample from the Beastie Boys "Hey Ladies"
We examine all 17 samples from the Beastie Boys "Hey Ladies" and then play the full length versions of each sample so you can get a feel for where the samples lived prior to being used by the Beastie Boys. While most cuts are readily available ...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 11
•
1:48:14