Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited)
@willhodge.bsky.social
Host: UNPLUGGED REVISITED (MTV Unplugged podcast) | Writer * Bylines: Rolling Stone, No Depression, Grammys, etc. | PhD: Georgia State University (Diss: The Black Press) | R.E.M. Lifer | will.c.hodge@gmail.com
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Podcast: https://shorturl.at/XVdoR
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Podcast: https://shorturl.at/XVdoR
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NEW EPISODE! Alex Coletti returns to recollect on MTV Unplugged’s 1996 season. Behind-the-scenes stories on Alice In Chains, Tori Amos, Seal, Oasis, George Michael, and Hootie! Lots of fun stories, incredible music, and even some present-day “Tiny Desk” chat.
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
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Hey, ABC, you up? @wilsoncruz.bsky.social and I have been threatening for years to take another spin on the dance floor! 🌎😁💃🏻🕺
January 14, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Hey, ABC, you up? @wilsoncruz.bsky.social and I have been threatening for years to take another spin on the dance floor! 🌎😁💃🏻🕺
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"three chords and blessed noise" was how Lenny Kaye described the earliest days of the Patti Smith Group. I have a new booklet/mega-zine out about seeing a week of shows on November's Horses 50th Anniversary tour:
THREE CHORDS AND BLESSED NOISE
“THREE CHORDS AND BLESSED NOISE” Patti Smith & Her Band Horses 50th Anniversary Chicago | New York City | Boston November 2025 a tour chronicle...
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January 13, 2026 at 11:49 AM
"three chords and blessed noise" was how Lenny Kaye described the earliest days of the Patti Smith Group. I have a new booklet/mega-zine out about seeing a week of shows on November's Horses 50th Anniversary tour:
Really excited to retire my original run ‘95 Dylan Unplugged pressing for this forthcoming reissue (with “Love Minus Zero/No Limit” finally added on the US version)! Fingers crossed that we’re one step closer to both nights coming out via the Bootleg Series. Pre-orders up now for February!
January 12, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Really excited to retire my original run ‘95 Dylan Unplugged pressing for this forthcoming reissue (with “Love Minus Zero/No Limit” finally added on the US version)! Fingers crossed that we’re one step closer to both nights coming out via the Bootleg Series. Pre-orders up now for February!
Pulling out jives and jamboree handouts on this lovely Monday morning
January 12, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Pulling out jives and jamboree handouts on this lovely Monday morning
What a nice reminder of genuine “hope despite the times” 💚
Band family dinner this weekend before Peter’s show with Kevn Kinney.
January 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
What a nice reminder of genuine “hope despite the times” 💚
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When she was young, Sinéad O’Connor spoke to her grandparents’ piano. The ancient instrument, its keys “yellowed like her grandpa’s teeth,” spoke back in haunted tones.
I’ve got a new essay up, complete with a voiceover narration, about ghosts, the Divine Feminine, and spiritual protest.
I’ve got a new essay up, complete with a voiceover narration, about ghosts, the Divine Feminine, and spiritual protest.
I Want to Be Haunted by the Ghost
Sinéad O'Connor & The Holy Spirit of Music
jasonpwoodbury.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
When she was young, Sinéad O’Connor spoke to her grandparents’ piano. The ancient instrument, its keys “yellowed like her grandpa’s teeth,” spoke back in haunted tones.
I’ve got a new essay up, complete with a voiceover narration, about ghosts, the Divine Feminine, and spiritual protest.
I’ve got a new essay up, complete with a voiceover narration, about ghosts, the Divine Feminine, and spiritual protest.
What a truly heavenly read from the fantastic @nikostratis.com! In the summer of ‘94 I was a 14-year-old part-time Kroger bag boy who couldn’t believe I got to hear R.E.M., Green Day, Meat Puppets, STP, and others “at work” (I can still hear the “KRGR Kroger Radio” jingle in my head to this day).
"A song like this, built of stories and theories and wild conjecture, means everything to those who hear it day after day." ICYMI, new @pastemagazine.bsky.social column started yesterday, about working in a grocery sore in the 90s, and Toadies "Possum Kingdom"
www.pastemagazine.com/music/alt-ro...
www.pastemagazine.com/music/alt-ro...
The eternal offering of Toadies’ “Possum Kingdom”
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January 11, 2026 at 7:52 AM
What a truly heavenly read from the fantastic @nikostratis.com! In the summer of ‘94 I was a 14-year-old part-time Kroger bag boy who couldn’t believe I got to hear R.E.M., Green Day, Meat Puppets, STP, and others “at work” (I can still hear the “KRGR Kroger Radio” jingle in my head to this day).
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I've had David Bowie on the mind all week, between the 10th anniversary of "Blackstar" and the forthcoming anniversary of his passing. Shared some thoughts -- and a new playlist to start the year -- below.
open.substack.com/pub/anniezal...
open.substack.com/pub/anniezal...
where are you now?: 10 years without David Bowie
plus a weekly playlist to kick off 2026
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:33 AM
I've had David Bowie on the mind all week, between the 10th anniversary of "Blackstar" and the forthcoming anniversary of his passing. Shared some thoughts -- and a new playlist to start the year -- below.
open.substack.com/pub/anniezal...
open.substack.com/pub/anniezal...
Stoked to dig into @jonbern.bsky.social’s new book on Justin Townes Earle. I was lucky enough to interview JTE a half-dozen times over the years and each chat devolved into talk about the Cubs, Billie Holiday, or Nirvana’s Unplugged. Filming his guitar-playing in person was a legit force of nature.
January 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Stoked to dig into @jonbern.bsky.social’s new book on Justin Townes Earle. I was lucky enough to interview JTE a half-dozen times over the years and each chat devolved into talk about the Cubs, Billie Holiday, or Nirvana’s Unplugged. Filming his guitar-playing in person was a legit force of nature.
Hard to explain exactly why but this already awesome album always jams a bit harder for me on a Friday morning. Though I’ll admit, even as a tracklist purist, I always start on the “Allegro” side and then flip back over to the “Adagio” side.
January 9, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Hard to explain exactly why but this already awesome album always jams a bit harder for me on a Friday morning. Though I’ll admit, even as a tracklist purist, I always start on the “Allegro” side and then flip back over to the “Adagio” side.
Well it seems @flexasaurusrex.bsky.social has single-handedly crafted my newest obsession! A 24/7 stream of ~30,000 music videos, filterable by decade, with dedicated channels to YO! MTV Raps and Headbanger’s Ball. (Greedy fingers crossed for an eventual MTV Unplugged channel!)
wantmymtv.vercel.app
wantmymtv.vercel.app
MTV REWIND - I Want My MTV
Celebrating 44 years of continuous music videos. Stream classic music videos 24/7.
wantmymtv.vercel.app
January 7, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Well it seems @flexasaurusrex.bsky.social has single-handedly crafted my newest obsession! A 24/7 stream of ~30,000 music videos, filterable by decade, with dedicated channels to YO! MTV Raps and Headbanger’s Ball. (Greedy fingers crossed for an eventual MTV Unplugged channel!)
wantmymtv.vercel.app
wantmymtv.vercel.app
NEW EPISODE! Alex Coletti returns to recollect on MTV Unplugged’s 1996 season. Behind-the-scenes stories on Alice In Chains, Tori Amos, Seal, Oasis, George Michael, and Hootie! Lots of fun stories, incredible music, and even some present-day “Tiny Desk” chat.
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
January 7, 2026 at 1:53 PM
NEW EPISODE! Alex Coletti returns to recollect on MTV Unplugged’s 1996 season. Behind-the-scenes stories on Alice In Chains, Tori Amos, Seal, Oasis, George Michael, and Hootie! Lots of fun stories, incredible music, and even some present-day “Tiny Desk” chat.
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Wonderfully sage advice from @sydney-bauer.com (plus “Just put on an R.E.M. record and vibe” is evergreen wisdom that always guarantees a soul-level mood enhancement, especially Document, Monster, or Fables)
Feel like the vibe here has gotten “stayed too long at your folks place during the holiday work break but still have 72 hours before work starts.”
Just put on an R.E.M. record and vibe. Also work started two days ago.
Just put on an R.E.M. record and vibe. Also work started two days ago.
January 7, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Wonderfully sage advice from @sydney-bauer.com (plus “Just put on an R.E.M. record and vibe” is evergreen wisdom that always guarantees a soul-level mood enhancement, especially Document, Monster, or Fables)
Was wanting to revisit this ‘95 Zeppelin tribute (STP, 4 Non Blondes, Sheryl Crow, Tori Amos, Duran Duran, Blind Melon, and others) but I seem to have misplaced my 8-track player! (This is one of my favorite ‘90s promo items and I’m pretty sure it’s just restickered w/o holding the actual songs)
January 6, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Was wanting to revisit this ‘95 Zeppelin tribute (STP, 4 Non Blondes, Sheryl Crow, Tori Amos, Duran Duran, Blind Melon, and others) but I seem to have misplaced my 8-track player! (This is one of my favorite ‘90s promo items and I’m pretty sure it’s just restickered w/o holding the actual songs)
One fair way to get a little bump of post-holiday buzz is to spin an utterly phenomenal EP that just so happens to also contain one of the greatest holiday tracks of all time. (Also having the “Square Pegs” theme song on here guarantees quite the leveling-up listening experience).
January 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
One fair way to get a little bump of post-holiday buzz is to spin an utterly phenomenal EP that just so happens to also contain one of the greatest holiday tracks of all time. (Also having the “Square Pegs” theme song on here guarantees quite the leveling-up listening experience).
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R.E.M. • It's the End of the World As We Know It (& I Feel Fine) • MTV Unplugged '91 @remhq.bsky.social
The song that never loses its relevance... but always feels a little more relevant each day. 👀
The song that never loses its relevance... but always feels a little more relevant each day. 👀
January 6, 2026 at 7:29 AM
R.E.M. • It's the End of the World As We Know It (& I Feel Fine) • MTV Unplugged '91 @remhq.bsky.social
The song that never loses its relevance... but always feels a little more relevant each day. 👀
The song that never loses its relevance... but always feels a little more relevant each day. 👀
First pre-work vibe set of the new year goes to one of my favorite ‘90s comps of all time. B-sides and other rare gems from Nirvana, The Sundays, Hole, Sonic Youth, Weezer, that dog., Counting Crows, Beck (during his classic early stoner acoustic blues phase), and so many more. Pure GenXtacy!
January 5, 2026 at 1:47 PM
First pre-work vibe set of the new year goes to one of my favorite ‘90s comps of all time. B-sides and other rare gems from Nirvana, The Sundays, Hole, Sonic Youth, Weezer, that dog., Counting Crows, Beck (during his classic early stoner acoustic blues phase), and so many more. Pure GenXtacy!
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Join us in wishing @michaelstipe.bsky.social a very happy birthday today! 🎉
January 4, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Join us in wishing @michaelstipe.bsky.social a very happy birthday today! 🎉
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Best version of "In the Pines" -- and there are so many great versions of that old song -- came from the Nirvana Unplugged. Best Nirvana song too, even though it's a cover. There is something deep and primal in their rendition. I'm glad I grew up when Lead Belly was covered on mainstream TV.
December 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Best version of "In the Pines" -- and there are so many great versions of that old song -- came from the Nirvana Unplugged. Best Nirvana song too, even though it's a cover. There is something deep and primal in their rendition. I'm glad I grew up when Lead Belly was covered on mainstream TV.
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Goodbye MTV
R.E.M. MTV Unplugged 1991
“And this was a request of MTV…..”
R.E.M. MTV Unplugged 1991
“And this was a request of MTV…..”
December 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Goodbye MTV
R.E.M. MTV Unplugged 1991
“And this was a request of MTV…..”
R.E.M. MTV Unplugged 1991
“And this was a request of MTV…..”
“It’s the most wonderful tiiiiiiiiime of the yeaaaaaaarrrr”
December 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“It’s the most wonderful tiiiiiiiiime of the yeaaaaaaarrrr”
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A fun flashback to last year, when The Hollywood Reporter commissioned me to visit the "Christmas Story" house in Cleveland and write about it. A holiday tradition! www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/li...
December 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A fun flashback to last year, when The Hollywood Reporter commissioned me to visit the "Christmas Story" house in Cleveland and write about it. A holiday tradition! www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/li...
I rarely repost my old stories but if you’re into a 1983 Knight Rider-themed Christmas quasi-rap 7” vinyl novelty single with connections to Alanis Morissette, The Golden Girls, Mac Tonight, Boy Meets World, Michael Jackson, and more… then have I got a story for you!
www.spin.com/2023/12/a-kn...
www.spin.com/2023/12/a-kn...
‘A Knight Rider Christmas’ at 40: The Story of the Most Delightfully Ridiculous Holiday Song Ever
The 1980s were possibly the most fertile decade for the consumerist cash-grab intersection between notable pop culture IPs and novelty Christmas music.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I rarely repost my old stories but if you’re into a 1983 Knight Rider-themed Christmas quasi-rap 7” vinyl novelty single with connections to Alanis Morissette, The Golden Girls, Mac Tonight, Boy Meets World, Michael Jackson, and more… then have I got a story for you!
www.spin.com/2023/12/a-kn...
www.spin.com/2023/12/a-kn...
Promo or not, this is one of the raddest ‘90s holiday comps in my collection: Juliana Hatfield, Bad Religion, Daniel Johnston, Victoria Williams, Evan Dando, Tori Amos, and (because it was the ‘90s) Collective Soul and Hootie. The Daniel Johnston artwork on the front is a really cool touch as well.
December 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Promo or not, this is one of the raddest ‘90s holiday comps in my collection: Juliana Hatfield, Bad Religion, Daniel Johnston, Victoria Williams, Evan Dando, Tori Amos, and (because it was the ‘90s) Collective Soul and Hootie. The Daniel Johnston artwork on the front is a really cool touch as well.