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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Looking for a fun Friday/weekend podcast? Don’t miss my newest Unplugged Revisited about The Cranberries MTV Unplugged from ‘95 with my special guest - Cranberries drummer Fergal Lawler! Lots of great music and ‘90s nostalgic fuzziness in this one!
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Don’t miss this week’s episode of UNPLUGGED REVISITED to hear my MTV Unplugged Record Store Day Retrospective of every single Unplugged album that’s been released for RSD over the years: R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Soul Asylum, Bastille, Eric Clapton, and more!
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November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Don’t miss this week’s episode of UNPLUGGED REVISITED to hear my MTV Unplugged Record Store Day Retrospective of every single Unplugged album that’s been released for RSD over the years: R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Soul Asylum, Bastille, Eric Clapton, and more!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
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Meg is absolutely amazing, the single most perfect drummer for The White Stripes sound, and totally deserving of the Rock Hall honors this weekend. Let’s celebrate!
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Meg White’s Drumming Spoke Louder Than Words
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November 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Meg is absolutely amazing, the single most perfect drummer for The White Stripes sound, and totally deserving of the Rock Hall honors this weekend. Let’s celebrate!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/a...
NEW EPISODE! With @recordstoreday.bsky.social coming up 11/28, here’s my MTV Unplugged Record Store Day Retrospective of every single Unplugged album that’s been released for RSD over the years: R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Soul Asylum, Bastille, Eric Clapton, and more!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NEW EPISODE! With @recordstoreday.bsky.social coming up 11/28, here’s my MTV Unplugged Record Store Day Retrospective of every single Unplugged album that’s been released for RSD over the years: R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Soul Asylum, Bastille, Eric Clapton, and more!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
My immense thanks again to the incredible @mwardlaw.bsky.social of @ultclassicrock.bsky.social for having me on his radio show, his podcast, and including my thoughts in his article here all about the phenomenal Nirvana MTV Unplugged episode and album!
ultimateclassicrock.com/nirvana-rele...
ultimateclassicrock.com/nirvana-rele...
How Nirvana’s ‘MTV Unplugged’ Helped Fans Grieve Kurt Cobain
UCR revisits Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York, which was released on Nov. 1, 1994.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My immense thanks again to the incredible @mwardlaw.bsky.social of @ultclassicrock.bsky.social for having me on his radio show, his podcast, and including my thoughts in his article here all about the phenomenal Nirvana MTV Unplugged episode and album!
ultimateclassicrock.com/nirvana-rele...
ultimateclassicrock.com/nirvana-rele...
It’s hard to adequately contextualize this absolute otherworldly gem that transcends beyond both the Nirvana catalog and the MTV Unplugged canon. What a beautiful, vulnerable, one-of-one performance that hits as fresh and riveting today as it first did to my 13-year-old eyes and ears.
November 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It’s hard to adequately contextualize this absolute otherworldly gem that transcends beyond both the Nirvana catalog and the MTV Unplugged canon. What a beautiful, vulnerable, one-of-one performance that hits as fresh and riveting today as it first did to my 13-year-old eyes and ears.
Happy 31st anniversary to Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged in New York album and my thanks to the great @mwardlaw.bsky.social for having me on the @ultclassicrock.bsky.social podcast to discuss it! I’ll never tire of listening to (or talking about) this genuine masterpiece!
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A Raw Acoustic Reckoning: The Night Nirvana Went Unplugged
Podcast Episode · The UCR Podcast · 11/01/2025 · 1h 8m
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November 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Happy 31st anniversary to Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged in New York album and my thanks to the great @mwardlaw.bsky.social for having me on the @ultclassicrock.bsky.social podcast to discuss it! I’ll never tire of listening to (or talking about) this genuine masterpiece!
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podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Reposted by Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited)
A 🧵 of the various ‘songs as horror comics’ I’ve drawn over the years…
October 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A 🧵 of the various ‘songs as horror comics’ I’ve drawn over the years…
Another monster vinyl delivery over the weekend. I’m super stoked to finally see Neil’s Unplugged pressed up here in the states and getting Mirror Ball and Sleeps with Angels in the mix is just icing on the cake. Really jazzed to dig into this whole set!
October 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Another monster vinyl delivery over the weekend. I’m super stoked to finally see Neil’s Unplugged pressed up here in the states and getting Mirror Ball and Sleeps with Angels in the mix is just icing on the cake. Really jazzed to dig into this whole set!
After an unsolicited and probably-too-long hug with the mailman, looks like the weekend’s settled! ‘Electric Nebraska’ vinyl to finish out the workday and then the solo live DVD as tonight’s main feature. What a seriously cool project to finally see the light of day!
October 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
After an unsolicited and probably-too-long hug with the mailman, looks like the weekend’s settled! ‘Electric Nebraska’ vinyl to finish out the workday and then the solo live DVD as tonight’s main feature. What a seriously cool project to finally see the light of day!
As someone who can still karaoke Carman’s “Witch’s Invitation,” I’ll always be down for a podcast on ‘80s Satanic Panic - even more so when the fantastic Sarah Marshall of @yourewrongabout.bsky.social is at the helm! First ep dropped this week and it’s… bewitching!
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October 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
As someone who can still karaoke Carman’s “Witch’s Invitation,” I’ll always be down for a podcast on ‘80s Satanic Panic - even more so when the fantastic Sarah Marshall of @yourewrongabout.bsky.social is at the helm! First ep dropped this week and it’s… bewitching!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
It’s fun to remember that at least 5 amazing artists cross-pollinated two of the greatest TV shows of all time (MTV Unplugged and The Adventures of Pete and Pete):
- Syd Straw (‘89 pilot)
- LL Cool J (‘91 YO! Unplugged)
- Michael Stipe (‘91/‘01)
- Toby Huss (‘94 Spoken Word II)
- Alicia Keys (‘05)
- Syd Straw (‘89 pilot)
- LL Cool J (‘91 YO! Unplugged)
- Michael Stipe (‘91/‘01)
- Toby Huss (‘94 Spoken Word II)
- Alicia Keys (‘05)
October 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It’s fun to remember that at least 5 amazing artists cross-pollinated two of the greatest TV shows of all time (MTV Unplugged and The Adventures of Pete and Pete):
- Syd Straw (‘89 pilot)
- LL Cool J (‘91 YO! Unplugged)
- Michael Stipe (‘91/‘01)
- Toby Huss (‘94 Spoken Word II)
- Alicia Keys (‘05)
- Syd Straw (‘89 pilot)
- LL Cool J (‘91 YO! Unplugged)
- Michael Stipe (‘91/‘01)
- Toby Huss (‘94 Spoken Word II)
- Alicia Keys (‘05)
Since I’m admittedly most familiar with Ace’s musical genius through his admirers, I’m spinning this early Foo Fighters cover of his solo hit “Ozone” in his honor today (b-side on the Japanese import single of “I’ll Stick Around”). Oh, and I also installed some smoke bombs in my keyboard as tribute.
October 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Since I’m admittedly most familiar with Ace’s musical genius through his admirers, I’m spinning this early Foo Fighters cover of his solo hit “Ozone” in his honor today (b-side on the Japanese import single of “I’ll Stick Around”). Oh, and I also installed some smoke bombs in my keyboard as tribute.
**VINYL GIVEAWAY** Want your very own copy of the brand new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys’ AMAZING Unplugged album?
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent Unplugged Revisited episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent Unplugged Revisited episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
October 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
**VINYL GIVEAWAY** Want your very own copy of the brand new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys’ AMAZING Unplugged album?
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent Unplugged Revisited episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent Unplugged Revisited episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Hey @scottaukerman.bsky.social & @pftompkins.bsky.social! From your most recent Threedom… if you’d like to hear an AMAZING cover of “Calling Occupants…” (that sounds cool and isn’t 7+minutes), give the Babes in Toyland cover from the ‘94 Carpenters alt-rock tribute album a test spin! Love you guys!
October 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Hey @scottaukerman.bsky.social & @pftompkins.bsky.social! From your most recent Threedom… if you’d like to hear an AMAZING cover of “Calling Occupants…” (that sounds cool and isn’t 7+minutes), give the Babes in Toyland cover from the ‘94 Carpenters alt-rock tribute album a test spin! Love you guys!
Reposted by Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited)
Entries 1 to 43 of an ongoing project reimagining Beatles songs as old, mid century design inspired film posters.
October 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Entries 1 to 43 of an ongoing project reimagining Beatles songs as old, mid century design inspired film posters.
**VINYL GIVEAWAY** Reminder as we head into the weekend: We’re running a vinyl giveaway for the new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys stellar Unplugged album (out today).
Entry details outlined in the pic and in this week’s Unplugged Revisited episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Entry details outlined in the pic and in this week’s Unplugged Revisited episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
October 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
**VINYL GIVEAWAY** Reminder as we head into the weekend: We’re running a vinyl giveaway for the new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys stellar Unplugged album (out today).
Entry details outlined in the pic and in this week’s Unplugged Revisited episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Entry details outlined in the pic and in this week’s Unplugged Revisited episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Looking for a fun Friday/weekend podcast? Don’t miss my newest Unplugged Revisited about The Cranberries MTV Unplugged from ‘95 with my special guest - Cranberries drummer Fergal Lawler! Lots of great music and ‘90s nostalgic fuzziness in this one!
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
October 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Looking for a fun Friday/weekend podcast? Don’t miss my newest Unplugged Revisited about The Cranberries MTV Unplugged from ‘95 with my special guest - Cranberries drummer Fergal Lawler! Lots of great music and ‘90s nostalgic fuzziness in this one!
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
**VINYL GIVEAWAY** We’ve also partnered with Sony to run a vinyl giveaway for a copy of the new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys stellar Unplugged album (out this Friday, 10/3).
Entry details outlined in the pic and in today’s Unplugged Revisited episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Entry details outlined in the pic and in today’s Unplugged Revisited episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
October 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
**VINYL GIVEAWAY** We’ve also partnered with Sony to run a vinyl giveaway for a copy of the new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys stellar Unplugged album (out this Friday, 10/3).
Entry details outlined in the pic and in today’s Unplugged Revisited episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Entry details outlined in the pic and in today’s Unplugged Revisited episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
NEW EPISODE! Fergal Lawler of The Cranberries joins the show to discuss the band’s phenomenal 1995 MTV Unplugged and it finally getting released as an album (out 11/7)! Come for the Cranberries talk, stay for the double My So-Called Life drops!
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
October 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
NEW EPISODE! Fergal Lawler of The Cranberries joins the show to discuss the band’s phenomenal 1995 MTV Unplugged and it finally getting released as an album (out 11/7)! Come for the Cranberries talk, stay for the double My So-Called Life drops!
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Oh man, gonna have to pick up the 40th anniversary reissue of this Descendents classic for the reworked Blue Note inspired cover art alone! Will be nice to retire my dusty old copy as well.
September 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Oh man, gonna have to pick up the 40th anniversary reissue of this Descendents classic for the reworked Blue Note inspired cover art alone! Will be nice to retire my dusty old copy as well.
And just because who doesn’t love MORE new Unplugged goodness… Neil Young has finally pressed up his ‘93 Unplugged for US audiences but so far it’s only available as part of his ORS#6 boxset (out 10/23). Luckily it’s paired with other perfections!
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neilyoung.warnerrecords.com?cmpid=abrw&e...
September 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
And just because who doesn’t love MORE new Unplugged goodness… Neil Young has finally pressed up his ‘93 Unplugged for US audiences but so far it’s only available as part of his ORS#6 boxset (out 10/23). Luckily it’s paired with other perfections!
neilyoung.warnerrecords.com?cmpid=abrw&e...
neilyoung.warnerrecords.com?cmpid=abrw&e...
Also a heads up that Alicia Keys is repressing her 2005 Unplugged to vinyl for the first time since its original run! Her cover of Prince’s “How Come You Don’t Call Me” is worth the pick-up alone. It’s coming out in early-to-mid October and preorders are up now!
shop.aliciakeys.com/collections/...
shop.aliciakeys.com/collections/...
September 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Also a heads up that Alicia Keys is repressing her 2005 Unplugged to vinyl for the first time since its original run! Her cover of Prince’s “How Come You Don’t Call Me” is worth the pick-up alone. It’s coming out in early-to-mid October and preorders are up now!
shop.aliciakeys.com/collections/...
shop.aliciakeys.com/collections/...
Yes!!! 30 years later The Cranberries are finally blessing us with their MTV Unplugged session getting a proper standalone album (out 11/7). It was cool to get the 9-song set as bonus tracks on the No Need To Argue reissue earlier this year but this is aces!
shopus.cranberries.com/collections/...
shopus.cranberries.com/collections/...
September 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Yes!!! 30 years later The Cranberries are finally blessing us with their MTV Unplugged session getting a proper standalone album (out 11/7). It was cool to get the 9-song set as bonus tracks on the No Need To Argue reissue earlier this year but this is aces!
shopus.cranberries.com/collections/...
shopus.cranberries.com/collections/...
This looks so amazingly good! I’m really stoked for this new Ally Pankiw directed, Dan Levy produced doc about Lilith Fair to hit Hulu and Disney+ next week. Lilith was a genuinely revolutionary concept and I’m so stoked it’s getting this well deserved deep dive documentary.
youtu.be/wJAh2njqK-M
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‘Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery - The Untold Story’ | Official Trailer
YouTube video by ABC News
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September 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This looks so amazingly good! I’m really stoked for this new Ally Pankiw directed, Dan Levy produced doc about Lilith Fair to hit Hulu and Disney+ next week. Lilith was a genuinely revolutionary concept and I’m so stoked it’s getting this well deserved deep dive documentary.
youtu.be/wJAh2njqK-M
youtu.be/wJAh2njqK-M
Reposted by Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited)
On this day in 1989, Michael joined Amy and Emily of @indigogirlsmusic.bsky.social at John Keane studios in Athens to record “I’ll Give You My Skin.”
September 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
On this day in 1989, Michael joined Amy and Emily of @indigogirlsmusic.bsky.social at John Keane studios in Athens to record “I’ll Give You My Skin.”