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Aug 2018
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'L.A. Woman' by The Doors (w/ Paul F. To...

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What is 70s rock music but drunken poetry set to a series of overlapped solos? On this week's Punch Up The Jam, Paul F. Tompkins (Spontaneanation, Threedom, Bojack Horseman – @pftompkins) joins us to talk about CSI, quaaludes, Adam Sandler, baseball cap etiquette, the B52s, and eventually, The Doors's unintelligible scream-y opus, "L.A. Woman!" This episode ... Show More
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