{"podcast":{"title":"Regarding...Series","slug":"regarding-series-7062768","podcast_index_feed_id":7062768,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6323935/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/regarding-series--6323935","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b53ebdc7cd2c9e4c11ead51935292244.jpg","author":"Chaz Charles","episode_count":64,"summary":"Season 3 - Welcome to the ultimate rediscovery of Van Halen’s most controversial album. At the outset, we represent a good spectrum of views: Wolfie is 100% no opinion on the album; Scott leans more positive but is in the middle and has some dislikes; and Chaz is … appreciative as a student of Edward Van Halen, and empathetic to his artistic cause, but not a big fan of the final output overall. To put it mildly. How Many Say Why is all they could be heard muttering to themselves, in a sea-shanty sort of sway. How Many Say Why? How Many Say Why?","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T10:18:29.570839+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regarding-series-7062768"},"episode":{"title":"S5. Episode 4. Under The Rose","slug":"s5-episode-4-under-the-rose","published_at":"2026-03-03T05:01:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regarding-series-7062768/s5-episode-4-under-the-rose","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regarding-series-7062768","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s5-episode-4-under-the-rose--70402732","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70402732/media.mp3","summary":"In this installment of Regarding… Music From The Elder, the panel gathers once more in the echoing halls of prophecy to determine what, exactly, just happened. And table read.Chaz Charles, Greg “Wolfie” Wolf, Scott D. Monroe, Corey Morrissette, and guests Laura Morrissette and Michael and Debbie Pastore conclude their latest descent into KISS mythology by addressing the expanding cinematic ambitions of The Elder — including Scott’s taking up a quest to locate filmmaker Seb Hunter, who once attempted to turn the album into an actual motion picture.Was it crushed by fate?Was it too ambitious?Did Bob Ezrin sneeze and blow several grand worth of Bolivian marching powder on the master and call it good?No one knows. But we intend to find out.The conversation drifts — as all noble quests do — into references to other towering rock epics, complete with knowing nods and the faint suspicion that everyone involved may have been borrowing from everyone else since 1969. There are priests, temples, and “great computers” briefly invoked, because of course there are.From there, the tone shifts into something both reflective and mildly self-aware. The panel considers the peculiar joy of lovingly dissecting ambitious artistic misfires, acknowledging that ridicule and admiration can, in fact, coexist peacefully in the same medieval council chamber.Scott’s screenplay project continues to loom large — a fully formed narrative attempting to give The Elder the structure it always seemed to promise. Whether this represents restoration or revisionism remains an open question. But it does involve sea monsters, councils, and an alarming amount of sincerity.Guest Michael Pastore shares reflections on fandom, his book The Mighty Van Halen: One Fan’s Journey, and the enduring power of rock mytholog…","meta_description":"In this installment of Regarding… Music From The Elder, the panel gathers once more in the echoing halls of prophecy to determine what, exactly, just happ…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5454,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/regarding-series-7062768/episodes/s5-episode-4-under-the-rose/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regarding-series-7062768/s5-episode-4-under-the-rose.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}