{"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":"S9E470 - Hoodoo Gurus 'Stoneage Romeos' with Steve Kirsch","slug":"s9e470-hoodoo-gurus-stoneage-romeos-with-steve-kirsch","published_at":"2026-06-27T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-record-got-me-high-podcast-991900/s9e470-hoodoo-gurus-stoneage-romeos-with-steve-kirsch","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-record-got-me-high-podcast-991900","url":"https://www.thatrecordgotmehigh.com/s9e470","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thatrecordgotmehigh/HG-SR.mp3?dest-id=3050231","summary":"As far as debut albums go, there's some that seem to appear out of nowhere as a fully-formed, perfectly realized statement-of-purpose. New Jersey-based drummer, blogger, and lawyer Steve Kirsch makes the case that Hoodoo Gurus 1984 debut ' Stoneage Romeos ' is just such a record. Chock full of pop culture references AND hooks for days, these Australian pop/garage gurus came out of the gate swinging with a stone cold classic. Songs discussed in this episode: I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement (Ramones cover - Live Australia, 1997) - Hoodoo Gurus; Nothing Can Bring Me Down - Mondo Topless; Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth - Minutemen; Television Addict - The Victims; Bittersweet, (Let's All) Turn On - Hoodoo Gurus; Shake Some Action - Flamin' Groovies; Shake Some Action (Live, 1982) - Charlie Pickett and the Eggs; I Want You Back, Arthur, Death Ship - Hoodoo Gurus; Human Fly - The Cramps; Dig It Up, Be My Guru, My Girl, Zanzibar - Hoodoo Gurus; Leilani (1982 7\" version) - Le Hoodoo Gurus; Leilani, Tojo, In The Echo Chamber, I Was A Kamikazi Pilot, I Heard Her Call My Name (Velvet Underground cover) - Hoodoo Gurus","meta_description":"As far as debut albums go, there's some that seem to appear out of nowhere as a fully-formed, perfectly realized statement-of-purpose. New Jersey-based dr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3913,"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/s9e470-hoodoo-gurus-stoneage-romeos-with-steve-kirsch/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/s9e470-hoodoo-gurus-stoneage-romeos-with-steve-kirsch.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}