{"podcast":{"title":"That Record Got Me High Podcast","slug":"that-record-got-me-high-podcast-991900","podcast_index_feed_id":991900,"rss_url":"https://thatrecordgotmehigh.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.thatrecordgotmehigh.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/d/7/0/7d702b86849a27edbafc7308ab683e82/TRGMH-Logo-new-1500.jpg","author":"That Record Got Me High","episode_count":483,"summary":"Are you a music obsessive? Can you sit down for an hour or so poring over an album you love, digging deep into the lyrics, musical references and 'secret sauce' that makes it so special to you? Then this just MIGHT be your podcast! Each week your host - rock-n-roll lifer and recovering punk Rob Elba - sits down with a special guest to dissect a record that - metaphorically - got them high.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-04T16:19:14.796069+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-record-got-me-high-podcast-991900"},"episode":{"title":"S9E460 - Alan Vega 'Alan Vega' with Ben Vaughn","slug":"s9e460-alan-vega-alan-vega-with-ben-vaughn","published_at":"2026-04-25T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-record-got-me-high-podcast-991900/s9e460-alan-vega-alan-vega-with-ben-vaughn","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-record-got-me-high-podcast-991900","url":"https://www.thatrecordgotmehigh.com/s9e460","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thatrecordgotmehigh/AV-ST.mp3?dest-id=3050231","summary":"Musician, songwriter, film and TV composer and record producer Ben Vaughn ( Straight From The Hat with Ben Vaughn ) brings us Alan Vega and his 1980 self-titled debut solo album. On this release, Vega - one-half of groundbreaking New York synth-punk duo Suicide - delivers stripped-down, minimalist songs that manage to feel both ancient AND avant-garde! Songs discussed in this episode: Bye Bye Bayou (Alan Vega cover) - LCD Soundsystem; Ghost Rider - Suicide; R ock This Town - Stray Cats; Rocket USA - Suicide (Max's Kansas City 1976 & Beyond); 1969 - The Stooges; Wow - Lennie Tristano Sextet; Dream Baby Dream (Suicide cover), State Trooper - Bruce Springsteen; Jukebox Babe - Alan Vega; Never Understand - The Jesus & Mary Chain; Kung Foo Cowboy - Alan Vega; Fat City - Alan Vega, Alex Chilton & Ben Vaughn; Fireball, Love Cry - Alan Vega; Falling - Julee Cruise; Shoo Be Doo - The Cars; Black Train - The Gun Club; Speedway - Alan Vega; Dream Baby Dream - Suicide (Live Midnight Special 1979); Be Bop A Lula, Ice Drummer - Alan Vega; Frankie Teardrop - Suicide; Bye Bye Bayou, Lonely - Alan Vega; Dream Baby Revisited - Alan Vega, Alex Chilton & Ben Vaughn","meta_description":"Musician, songwriter, film and TV composer and record producer Ben Vaughn ( Straight From The Hat with Ben Vaughn ) brings us Alan Vega and his 1980 self-…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3673,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/that-record-got-me-high-podcast-991900/episodes/s9e460-alan-vega-alan-vega-with-ben-vaughn/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-record-got-me-high-podcast-991900/s9e460-alan-vega-alan-vega-with-ben-vaughn.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}