Michael David Smith
@realmikesmith.bsky.social
Indie label dude, DJ, bassist, co-host of the You Wanted a Hit! podcast
YNWA
YNWA
This week on the podcast we tell the whole story of Fine Young Cannibals' genre-defying #1 hit "She Drives Me Crazy," and there was WAY more ska than I expected.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. TW: Ska linktr.ee/ywahpod
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. TW: Ska linktr.ee/ywahpod
March 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This week on the podcast we tell the whole story of Fine Young Cannibals' genre-defying #1 hit "She Drives Me Crazy," and there was WAY more ska than I expected.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. TW: Ska linktr.ee/ywahpod
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. TW: Ska linktr.ee/ywahpod
David was a true entertainer, a chameleon and a bon vivant, all on his own terms.
I had a blast working on our podcast episode about him & his alter ego Buster Poindexter. David's wife Mara reached out to us after to tell us we did a great job. The only time we have heard from an artist we covered
I had a blast working on our podcast episode about him & his alter ego Buster Poindexter. David's wife Mara reached out to us after to tell us we did a great job. The only time we have heard from an artist we covered
Amanda Petrusich remembers David Johansen, who was essential to the genesis of punk rock in New York City as the front man of the New York Dolls, and whose solo work was equally audacious.
David Johansen’s Debauched, Preening Brilliance
As the front man of the New York Dolls, Johansen was instrumental in the genesis of punk in the nineteen-seventies. His solo work was equally audacious.
www.newyorker.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
David was a true entertainer, a chameleon and a bon vivant, all on his own terms.
I had a blast working on our podcast episode about him & his alter ego Buster Poindexter. David's wife Mara reached out to us after to tell us we did a great job. The only time we have heard from an artist we covered
I had a blast working on our podcast episode about him & his alter ego Buster Poindexter. David's wife Mara reached out to us after to tell us we did a great job. The only time we have heard from an artist we covered
Pretty cool to have our podcast featured in @styleweekly.com!
(I especially appreciate them noticing that we like to keep our intros short and sweet and cut to the chase.) www.styleweekly.com/back-catalog...
(I especially appreciate them noticing that we like to keep our intros short and sweet and cut to the chase.) www.styleweekly.com/back-catalog...
Back Catalog Bonanza
Podcasts with years’ worth of episodes can be the best kind of new discovery.
www.styleweekly.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Pretty cool to have our podcast featured in @styleweekly.com!
(I especially appreciate them noticing that we like to keep our intros short and sweet and cut to the chase.) www.styleweekly.com/back-catalog...
(I especially appreciate them noticing that we like to keep our intros short and sweet and cut to the chase.) www.styleweekly.com/back-catalog...
Best news of 2025 so far
We've got some big news: Heavyweight officially has a new home Pushkin Industries. Tell your friends, your exes… tell the strangers on the subway! And be sure to subscribe to the feed to hear about new episodes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...
‘Heavyweight,’ an Acclaimed Narrative Podcast, Returns
Pushkin Industries, the podcast company that will release the show, is betting that documentary-style audio programs can still win an audience.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Best news of 2025 so far
Reposted by Michael David Smith
We did a deep dive on Deniece Williams and her last-minute addition to the Footloose soundtrack "Let's Hear It for the Boy" on our new episode of You Wanted a Hit: linktr.ee/ywapod
February 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We did a deep dive on Deniece Williams and her last-minute addition to the Footloose soundtrack "Let's Hear It for the Boy" on our new episode of You Wanted a Hit: linktr.ee/ywapod
We did a deep dive on Deniece Williams and her last-minute addition to the Footloose soundtrack "Let's Hear It for the Boy" on our new episode of You Wanted a Hit: linktr.ee/ywapod
February 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We did a deep dive on Deniece Williams and her last-minute addition to the Footloose soundtrack "Let's Hear It for the Boy" on our new episode of You Wanted a Hit: linktr.ee/ywapod
This is the only piece I’ve read in the last hellscape month that actually captures how I feel.
I wrote about the worst people in the world, charting the depths of their depravity and vastness of their incompetence, and offered some thoughts about the opportunity presented by their failure to acknowledge reality and their refusal to access any form of human virtue.
www.the-reframe.com/the/
www.the-reframe.com/the/
The Worst and the Dimmest
It's not a coincidence that we're being led by the least qualified monsters available; it's a deliberate strategy. Facing the Worst - a series about directional alignment.
www.the-reframe.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is the only piece I’ve read in the last hellscape month that actually captures how I feel.
I can’t believe I saw our mortgage lender at the @realestateband.bsky.social show tonight
February 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I can’t believe I saw our mortgage lender at the @realestateband.bsky.social show tonight
I have come upon the first album of 2025 that I love: Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
February 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I have come upon the first album of 2025 that I love: Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
Reposted by Michael David Smith
In our new episode of the You Wanted a Hit! podcast, we tell the whole story of Irish actor Richard Harris’s 1967 epic pop crooner turn with “MacArthur Park,” a song that started a cultural domino effect.
Listen: linktr.ee/ywahpod
(How about this radio promo? Convincing!)
Listen: linktr.ee/ywahpod
(How about this radio promo? Convincing!)
January 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In our new episode of the You Wanted a Hit! podcast, we tell the whole story of Irish actor Richard Harris’s 1967 epic pop crooner turn with “MacArthur Park,” a song that started a cultural domino effect.
Listen: linktr.ee/ywahpod
(How about this radio promo? Convincing!)
Listen: linktr.ee/ywahpod
(How about this radio promo? Convincing!)
In our new episode of the You Wanted a Hit! podcast, we tell the whole story of Irish actor Richard Harris’s 1967 epic pop crooner turn with “MacArthur Park,” a song that started a cultural domino effect.
Listen: linktr.ee/ywahpod
(How about this radio promo? Convincing!)
Listen: linktr.ee/ywahpod
(How about this radio promo? Convincing!)
January 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In our new episode of the You Wanted a Hit! podcast, we tell the whole story of Irish actor Richard Harris’s 1967 epic pop crooner turn with “MacArthur Park,” a song that started a cultural domino effect.
Listen: linktr.ee/ywahpod
(How about this radio promo? Convincing!)
Listen: linktr.ee/ywahpod
(How about this radio promo? Convincing!)
I had to drink Starbucks coffee out of necessity two weeks ago and I've still been thinking about how foul it was. Maybe they should fix that first. I'd rather drink truck stop coffee.
Starbucks is trying to fix falling sales by changing its vibe back to coffee-house roots. The new CEO says parts of the plan, like free non-dairy milk, are helping bring people back.
See you latte: Starbucks plans to cut 30% of its menu
Starbucks is trying to fix falling sales by changing its vibe back to coffee-house roots. The new CEO says parts of the plan, like free non-dairy milk, are helping bring people back.
www.npr.org
January 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I had to drink Starbucks coffee out of necessity two weeks ago and I've still been thinking about how foul it was. Maybe they should fix that first. I'd rather drink truck stop coffee.
Reposted by Michael David Smith
If you've personally been impacted by the shutdown on federal grants and loans — as a worker, patient, parent, veteran, or otherwise — and want to talk to us (anonymously or not), reach out to us at stories@perfectunion.us.
January 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If you've personally been impacted by the shutdown on federal grants and loans — as a worker, patient, parent, veteran, or otherwise — and want to talk to us (anonymously or not), reach out to us at stories@perfectunion.us.
Loved A Real Pain even more than I expected. It's like if Alexander Payne directed Planes, Trains & Automobiles.
Deserving of its nominations, especially as a very "regular people" movie made on a low budget.
Deserving of its nominations, especially as a very "regular people" movie made on a low budget.
January 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Loved A Real Pain even more than I expected. It's like if Alexander Payne directed Planes, Trains & Automobiles.
Deserving of its nominations, especially as a very "regular people" movie made on a low budget.
Deserving of its nominations, especially as a very "regular people" movie made on a low budget.
I'm here now but not sure I have anything to say. Listen to my podcast, I guess: ywahpod.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I'm here now but not sure I have anything to say. Listen to my podcast, I guess: ywahpod.com