Episode 56: Jon Brick
I met Jon Brick about 37 years ago, which is pretty bananas to think about. We were fresh off of not only a Royals World Series parade, but also having watched Space Shuttle Challenger explode on that television screen atop the wheeled-in A/V cart of our fifth-grade classrooms, which -- one might say -- was a little ways away from hosting a podcast and creating award-winning feature documentary films, the latter of which the guest of Episode #56 can say.
Jon's a fascinating dude. He's seen a handful of the world's parts and had some incredible-sounding experiences along his journey's path. And what a place he's in now professionally <cues the closing moments to Chicago's "Beginnings">.
He's a son and a brother and a producer and a drummer and an outdoorsman, and you can sample some of his work over at jonbrick.com, if you please. And -- while you're at it -- you like-to-be-in-the-know types could give one of his socials a follow if that's a thing you're prone to do.
Anyway...not only was it really great catching up with Jon and learning about some of his story, he picked an absolutely dynamite duo of records, too, which had me pretty geeked up, to say the least. Had we been in opposite chairs, I can't say my picks would've looked much different.
Jon chose not only one of the best double albums -- Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti (1975) -- of all time; he followed it up with one of the most incredible records ever recorded in Radiohead's OK Computer (1997). And what a treat it was to look back upon them.
I can't thank Jon enough for taking some time from his busy schedule to come sit in my basement for a bit and help me keep this thing afloat.
And speaking of, if you'd like to make an appearance, hit me up at badassrecordspodcast at gmail dot com.
Thank you for stopping by.
copyright disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the intro/outro audio. They are samples I poached from the title track of Def Leppard's 1987 Hysteria (a Virgin EMI Records release c/o Mercury Records Limited). I'm not gonna call it a top-to-back badass record, but it's gotta lotta niceness in it.