The Ledge #81: Brazilian Julie

Ron and Fez regular guest Julie Santos, aka Brazilian Julie, is in charge of this week’s tunes.

Rural Ledge-ucation #16: Forgotten Americana Pt. 1

This week, I revisit some Americana tracks that I have neglected over the past few years.

Live Ledge #24: Nostalgia

Tech issues sorted out, tonight’s show consists almost entirely of tracks from the original punk rock explosion.

The Ledge #80: Best of 2011 (So Far)

With the year just over half over, it’s a good time to look back at some of the noteworthy albums of the first six months.

Live Ledge #23: Recursive Girl Departure

Nothing but songs about girls in response to last week’s Ledge hosted by The Goddess.

Live Ledge #22: Blah Blah Blah

Just a bunch of songs this evening, with a few tales recounted from Bob Mould’s new autobiography.

The Ledge #79: The Recursive Goddess

The Goddess makes a glorious return to The Ledge studios with a playlist that’s all about girls!

Rural Ledge-ucation #16: 4th of July w/Max

The Goddess and her wonderful son, Maxwell, visited The Ledge studios for the Independence Day special!

The Ledge #78: Early Emo W/Corey Vilhauer

Corey Vilhauer returns to The Ledge studios with a playlist from a time when the word “emo” wasn’t a disparaging term.

Rural Ledge-ucation #15: World Premieres

Brand new singles by a couple of legendary bands highlight this week’s episode.

Live Ledge #21: Rarities and Obscurities

Blog finds, b-sides, and other scarcities form the nucleus of tonight’s show.

The Ledge #77: Ash Masters

Big Brother Gossip columnist, fish breeder, and punk-lover Ash Masters is this week’s guest.

Rural Ledge-ucation #14: Father’s Day

It’s all dad-related music today…along with a special appearance by my son!

Live Ledge Surprise Saturday Show

Leftovers and blog finds fill this surprise Saturday show.

Live Ledge #20: RIP Pat

Patrick Mussell is in our thoughts during tonight’s Live Ledge.

The Ledge #76: The Right Here

Minneapolis punkers The Right Here is this week’s guest, promoting their appearance at Boonie’s in Sioux Falls on Friday, June 17.

Rural Ledge-ucation #13: New Releases (Again)

New music keeps piling up, so here’s 90 minutes of some of the quieter tunes I’ve acquired in the past few weeks.

Live Ledge #19: Still Sick of Being Sick

Yes, I’m still hacking like a fool but managed to pull off another 2 hours of POUNDERS!

Rural Ledge-ucation #12: The Unofficial Start of Summer

Summer’s here and the time is right for Rural Ledge-ucation’s collection of sun-themed tunes.

Live Ledge #18: Sick of Being Sick

A day after a diagnosis of bronchitis, this week’s Live Ledge is nothing but songs about being sick.

The Ledge #75: Vice Squad’s Beki Bondage

Legendary Vice Squad vocalist Beki Bondage is this week’s guest…and she chose the tunes!

Live Ledge #17: Tommy and Jenna

Besides the music, tonight’s topics include Tommy Stinson in Minneapolis and the demise of Jenna the Jeep.

Ledge #74: Argus Leader’s Matt Zimmer

We talk sports and music this week with Argus Leader sportswriter Matt Zimmer.

Rural Ledge-ucation #11: Happy 70th Birthday Bob Dylan

We celebrate Bob’s 70th birthday with bootleg covers of his tunes.

Ledge #73: Jim Connelly

“Barefoot” Jim Connelly is this week’s guest – along with picking out the tunes we discuss his appearance in Color Me Obsessed and his new podcast, Medialoper Bebop.

Rural Ledge-ucation #10: Early Memorial Day

Since there will be no Rural Ledge on Memorial Day, today’s episode celebrates the lives of artists we have tragically lost.

Live Ledge #16: Blogger Stinks!

Tonight’s show features lots of angry tunes thanks to the Blogger outage that deleted an important post.

The Ledge #72: Color Me Obsessed in Minneapolis

This ep contains interviews and music selections by those in attendance at the Minneapolis premiere of Color Me Obsessed.

Rural Ledge-ucation #9: Mother’s Day

The perfect soundtrack to Mother’s Day!

Live Ledge #15: Leftovers

Exhausted by a long drive home from Minneapolis, this week’s show is primarily songs left off previous episodes.

Rural Ledge-ucation #8: Hillbilly Heroes

Start your day off right with some classic twang!

Live Ledge #14: God Save the Queen

Are you as sickened by the Royal Wedding as we are at The Ledge? Then this two-hour musical rant against weddings and royalty is for you.

The Ledge #71: Blog Finds

Scott Hudson shares some of his great obscure indie, punk, and garage finds he’s recently discovered on music blogs.

Rural Ledge-ucation #6: Lonely Easter

All by myself on Easter Sunday, this week’s show primarily features bands I have forgotten in recent years.

Live Ledge #13: Supersized Pantsless Show

Home alone for the weekend, this week’s Live Ledge was recorded in two parts…and both without pants!

The Ledge #70: Terry Taylor

Former Sioux Falls resident Terry Taylor chose this week’s tunes, and reminisces about his days as a punk rock concert promoter.

Rural Ledge-ucation #6: Record Store Day Extravaganza

This week’s show is noisier than most, as we take a listen to the great music released yesterday on Record Store Day.

Live Ledge #12: Remembering Joey Ramone

Besides a long tribute commemorating the 10th anniversary of Joey Ramone’s death, we also have a nice auto rant, a couple of Double Cover Challenges, and lots of other fun tunes!

The Ledge #69: Matt Mauch

Poet (and former Tempest contributor) Matt Mauch is this week’s guest.

Rural Ledge-ucation #5: New Releases

The Ledge is more than just angry punk-inspired garage music. Every Sunday, I present an hour of the quieter Ledge faves, and this week’s episode featured all new releases.

Live Ledge #11

New releases, a couple of Double Cover Challenges, and a new segment called Blog Finds highlights this week’s live show!

The Ledge #68: We All Have Hooks For Hands

We All Have Hooks For Hands drummer Isaac Show is this week’s special guest as we preview the band’s new EP, Girls…along with selections from other favorite bands.

Rural Ledge-ucation #4: Subterranean No-Sleep Blues

Due to a bicycle mishap involving my son, your host suffered from a lack of sleep. Point and laugh as he messes up his entire show on multiple occasions.

Live Ledge #10: Double Cover Challenge

Tonight’s show featured two versions of each tune, with the chat at realpunkradio choosing the victors.

The Ledge #67: From the Burro’s David Brewington

From the Burro host David Brewington supplies the music in this episode. Besides discussing the great tunes he shared with me, we also talked about podcast wars, Brewington’s bands, and the great shows he’s seen in the Nahsville area.

Rural Ledge-ucation #3: Color Me Obsessed Premiere

Executive Producer Diane Welsh and Replacements fan David Butler call in to give their impressions on the world premiere showing of Color Me Obsessed!

Live Ledge #9

Along with a lengthy Goddess set, tonight’s Live Ledge celebrated Joan Jett Day, previewed some new releases, and also previewed tomorrow night’s world premiere of Color Me Obsessed.

The Ledge #66: Director Gorman Bechard

Color Me Obsessed director Gorman Bechard returns to The Ledge to discuss the premiere showings of his Replacements documentary.

Rural Ledge-ucation #2: Johnny Cash

Country icon Johnny Cash is remembered via covers and performances from his late 60′s variety show.

Live Ledge #8: Alex Chilton

We mourn the first anniversary of the death of Alex Chilton, along with playing new music by Hank III, Obits, and many other old and new faves.

The Ledge #65: Craig Ellerbroek (Pt. 2)

Former Tempest Magazine publisher Craig Ellerbroek returns with stories and music from the days of his fabled Sioux Falls publication.

Rural Ledge-ucation #1: Gram Parsons

An inauguration of a new show – an hour of Americana-ish tunes every Sunday morning!

The Ledge #64: Jason Loeb

Longtime Ledge pal Jason Loeb traveled all the way from Boston to join host Scott Hudson in The Ledge studios for this great mix of old faves and new releases.

Live Ledge #7

“Charlie Sheen” pays a short visit before getting the boot in this 2 hour voyage of garage-y sounds from the 60′s to today.

The Ledge #63: Matthew Tomich

Skyway publisher and former Scaries/Sorry About Dresden bassist Matthew Tomich is this week’s guest.

Live Ledge #6.5

Asked to fill in on realpunkradio this past Saturday night, I quickly threw together a bunch of my old faves. Besides these tunes, I also babble about the return of Snyderman to RPR, Charlie Sheen’s girls violating the “porn star code”, and also a couple of Double Cover Challenges.  

Live Ledge #6

Two hours of songs from the last fifty years of rock and roll!

The Ledge #62: More Girls

Part three of the girl series celebrates women with names such as Allison, Diane, Christine, and, of course, Jennifer.

Live Ledge #5: More Girls

Part two of the three-part series of songs about girls is primarily garage-rock pounders!

The Ledge #61: Girls

Part one of a three part series of songs about girls. Big surprise, I know.

Live Ledge #4

What can I say? Tunes, tunes, and more tunes, along with lots of Crown-Mt. Dew’s, live for two hours on realpunkradio.com.

The Ledge #60: Valentine’s Day

Noted Valentine’s Day hater Scott Hudson has scoured his library for 2 hours of tunes dedicated to that phony “holiday”.

Live Ledge #3

Tonight’s show featured a wide range of tunes, including a tribute to the anniversary of Buddy Holly’s death. Also, Heather Hellkitten from realpunkradio made an appearance to hype a benefit show that followed Live Ledge.

The Ledge #59: Big Brother 11′s Lydia Tavera

Lydia from the eleventh season of Big Brother chose the music for this week’s episode of The Ledge.

Live Ledge #2

Since last week’s show went well enough (I guess), I decided to give another shot at a live broadcast on realpunkradio.com…this time with booze!

The Ledge #58: 2011 Preview

2011 is shaping up to be a great year in music. This week’s episode is dedicated to not only recently-released music but samples from highly-anticipated upcoming albums.

Live Ledge #1

Scott Hudson went live on realpunkradio.com for the first time, and now you can listen to his botched edits, mumble-mouthed puases, and flirtatious rapport with the chat room.

The Ledge #57: Winter Songs

Suffering through the coldest stretch of the year, host Scott Hudson has compiled a collection of “winter” songs to help keep you warm.  

The Ledge #56: 1981

A momentous year for your Ledge host, primarily because 1981 was the year he started hosting college radio shows. This week’s show celebrates some of the bands and songs he played 30 years ago, along with a few releases from that year that were discovered later.

The Ledge #55: Debuts

For the first show of 2011, I decided to play nothing but material from an artist’s debut single, EP, or album. Some are classics; others are somewhat rare.

The Ledge #54: Guns & Ammo w/The Goddess

In town for the holidays, The Goddess returned to The Ledge studios with a selection of songs that deals exclusively with weaponry.

The Ledge #53: Hudson’s Rockin’ Christmas Special

Tired of the typical MOR Christmas tunes that ruin your shopping experiences? Listen to selections from Hudson’s library of good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll holiday tunes.

The Ledge #52: Keith Richards’ Birthday

Celebrate not only the first anniversary of The Ledge, but the 67th birthday of Keith Richards with some of his greatest songs covered by his “children”.

The Ledge #51: Hudson’s Best of 2010

Host Scott Hudson countdowns his favorite albums of 2010.

The Ledge #50: 1985

1985 was an important year in indie rock, and the influcne of that year is still being felt in almost all genres of rock. Celebrating the 25th anniversaries of these songs is such an obvious theme that I almost never got around to it.

The Ledge #49: Casey McDonald

One of my favorite people in the world, Casey McDonald, joins the show this week. Besides choosing the tunes, Casey talks about record stores, post-it note breakups, and her nationally broadcast marriage to former Ron and Fez producer Dave McDonald.

The Ledge #48: Dischord Records

Host Scott Hudson is joined by Michael Gibbons (aka Angry Hugo) for this look at the legendary record label.

The Ledge #47: Big Brother’s Ragan Fox

Ragan Fox from season 12 of Big Brother is this week’s guest. Besides talking about his experiences on the show, Ragan was also in charge of the most eclectic playlist in Ledge history.

The Ledge Weekend Special

I had a bit of time on my hands, so I whipped up this special episode in next to no time (and it shows). There’s no special theme this time – it’s just a collection of old and new that has caught my ear in recent days.

The Ledge #46: Paul Gunnarson

I ran into an old buddy the other day while making my rounds. Paul Gunnarson, who I used to work with at a local record store, has returned to town for a short time after spending many years in Chicago and Colorado.

The Ledge #45: Halloween

Host Scott Hudson celebrates his favorite holiday with two hours of noisy, quirky rock ‘n’ roll!

The Ledge #44: It’s a Jersey Thing

Inspired by last week’s episode of South Park, episode 44 of The Ledge is all Jersey tunes.

The Ledge #43: Big Brother’s Matt Hoffman

Big Brother 12′s Matt Hoffman joins host Scott Hudson in this episode of The Ledge, and besides talking about life before, during, and after his experiences on the CBS show, Hoffman is also in charge of the music.

The Ledge #42: Happy Birthday John Lennon

To celebrate what would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday, here’s two hours of remakes of Lennon’s Beatles and solo tunes.

The Ledge #41: More Random Crap

Saddened by the lack of cohosts this week, I sat alone in my bedroom with my new releases (and a few old faves) and a microphone somehow putting together two hours of music I demand you hear!

The Ledge #40: Expletive Show w/The Goddess (Pt. 2)

Two hours of tunes filled with naughty words was just not enough to squelch the anger of The Goddess, so she’s back with more songs of anger.

The Ledge #39: Thom Gabrukiewicz

Former Argus Leader outdoors/environmentalist journalist Thom Gabrukiewicz stops by The Ledge studios with the tunes that has been the soundtrack of a long, long journey through childhood, 14 newsrooms, and a bold new dream that takes him to New York i…

The Ledge #38: Expletive Show w/The Goddess

The Goddess was in a surly mood when she arrived this past weekend at the Paulisded Studio. Sensing her mood, I was nervous about being within six inches of her, but all was fine after she directed me to add nothing but expletive-heavy songs to our pla…

The Ledge #37: Second Acts

What’s an artist to do once their original iconic band breaks up or goes on hiatus, especially if the desire to create music is still present?  Episode 37 of The Ledge compiles two hours of solo projects and full band projects.

The Ledge #36: Randon Crap

Episode 36 has no theme, other than it’s new and old music that I’ve recently acquired.

The Ledge #35: Craig Ellerbroek

Former Tempest Magazine publisher Craig Ellerbroek stopped by The Ledge studios this week with some early 80′s music that continues to influence him today. Craig will be back in a few weeks with a second episode containing the music that inspired him during his Tempest days.

The Ledge #34: Drugs

31 songs about the illicit side of life are the basis for the Drug episode of The Ledge.

The Ledge #33: Ben Weaver

Ben Weaver recently appeared in Sioux Falls, and a couple of hours before his performance we sat down to listen to his favorite “summer” songs.

The Ledge #32: Covers Again

Episode 32 is a super-sized collection of covers of songs by Dylan, Stones, Kinks, Del-Vettes, Ween, and many, many more.

The Ledge #31: Gunk Punk

Inspired by Eric Davidson’s awesome book, We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut 1988-2001, host Scott Hudson has compiled 90 minutes of some of his favorite dirty, high-octane, raunch and roll.

The Ledge #30: SST Records

The legendary catalog of SST Records are highlighted in episode 30 of The Ledge.

The Ledge #29: Best of 2010 (So Far)

With the year half over, host Scott Hudson showcases some of his favorite albums of the year.

The Ledge #28: The Return of the Goddess

The Goddess makes a long-desired return to The Ledge studios, and contributes some of the tunes that has made her known as the “blip queen”.

The Ledge #27: Covers By Paul Westerberg

Concluding a month of the ‘mats, host Scott Hudson has rummaged through his pile of Westerberg material to create this 90-minute collection of classic (and some not-so-classic) covers.

The Ledge #26: Director Gorman Bechard

After three days of following the Color Me Obsessed film crew around Minneapolis, I persuaded author/director Gorman Bechard to give me an hour of his time to discuss the movie, his great book The Second Greatest Story Ever Told, and the music that ins…

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