{"podcast":{"title":"Only Three Lads - Classic Alternative Music Podcast","slug":"only-three-lads-classic-alternative-music-podcast-357570","podcast_index_feed_id":357570,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/onlythreelads","website_url":"https://onlythreelads.codeadx.me","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/554fa0b4-d3ed-11ed-8322-abbfb1668ca0/image/1dc9a3c3714f940fa7191ffb2ed70072.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"O3L Media","episode_count":414,"summary":"Only Three Lads is a lively podcast celebrating the Golden Age of Alternative Music from the '70s, '80s & '90s. Join Uncle Gregg, Brett Vargo, and a variety of ”Third Lads” as we share our Top Fives, stories, and news about the music we love, and have a lot of fun along the way! Whether you‘re into indie, punk, new wave, Britpop, power pop, synth pop, shoegaze, grunge...or whatever...there is going to be something for you to discover and love. Part of Pantheon Podcasts.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T16:21:18.417951+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/only-three-lads-classic-alternative-music-podcast-357570"},"episode":{"title":"E335 - Dean Brownrout (Big Deal record label, Author - No Big Deal) - Top 5 Power Pop Songs of the '90s","slug":"e335-dean-brownrout-big-deal-record-label-author-no-big-deal-top-5-power-pop-songs-of-the-90s","published_at":"2026-06-23T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/only-three-lads-classic-alternative-music-podcast-357570/e335-dean-brownrout-big-deal-record-label-author-no-big-deal-top-5-power-pop-songs-of-the-90s","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/only-three-lads-classic-alternative-music-podcast-357570","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/PAN3437727201.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/PAN3437727201.mp3","summary":"Are you ready to rumble?!? Very few topics seem to provoke as much heated debate as power pop - what (and who) is power pop? This week, we dare tackle our Top 5 Power Pop Songs of the '90s. Raise your pitchforks! Nah, we're not worried...because, truth be told, power pop during the decade would have looked drastically different without our Third Lad this week, Dean Brownrout. As the co-founder of the crucial indie label Big Deal, Dean is responsible for releasing some of the greatest power pop records of the era, including The Wondermints, Gladhands, The Vandalias, the indispensable four volume compilation series Yellow Pills, and many more. Dean recounts his quarter century’s worth of adventures in the music business in his witty, nostalgic, honest memoir No Big Deal (Guernica Editions Inc.). From his beginnings promoting metal and hardcore shows to running pivotal labels, No Big Deal offers a revealing glimpse into the triumphs, tribulations, and tragedies of the last of the record industry’s glory days. No big deal, eh? It's a REALLY big deal 'round these parts, buddy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Are you ready to rumble?!? Very few topics seem to provoke as much heated debate as power pop - what (and who) is power pop? This week, we dare tackle our…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5950,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/only-three-lads-classic-alternative-music-podcast-357570/episodes/e335-dean-brownrout-big-deal-record-label-author-no-big-deal-top-5-power-pop-songs-of-the-90s/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/only-three-lads-classic-alternative-music-podcast-357570/e335-dean-brownrout-big-deal-record-label-author-no-big-deal-top-5-power-pop-songs-of-the-90s.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}