The Factual Opinion

BEAT CONNECTION 013: The Underground is Massive

After the jump, Nate and Marty are joined by Michaelangelo Matos, author of The Underground is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America to talk techno, rave culture, "electronica," and how dance music evolved from an underground collective experience to an unstoppable commercial force.

BEAT CONNECTION 012: Sportscore!

On the latest episode of Beat Connection, Nate and Marty are joined by Vice Sports' and The Classical's David Roth to talk about athletes crossing over into music, aka The Wild World of SPORTSCORE, We dig through the musical of The All Sports Band, Shaq, B-Ball's Best Kept Secret, "Get Mets-merized," Roosevelt Greer, Lenny Randle's "Kingdome," Joe Mauer's secret rap album, Deion Sanders in the studio, the organ stylings of Denny McLain, Brett Myers' unfortunate chivecore country; Jack McDowell's band Stick Figure, "Pencil Neck Geek," John Cena's hip hop credibility, Guy Lafleur's hockey-instructional disco, and what the future of Sportscore might look like. Check it out after the break!

BEAT CONNECTION 011-3: Music Documentaries Part Three - Movement Overviews

Film critic Kathy Fennessy (The Stranger, Video Librarian) joins Nate and Marty for an epic conversation about music documentaries. In Part Three, they look at documentaries that tell underdog stories - artists who, despite immense talent, never quite reach the level of success they expect. Specifically, they look at Scratch (beginning at 1:27); Paris is Burning (20:09); and The Punk Singer (37:57). Check it out, after the break!

BEAT CONNECTION 011-2: Music Documentaries Part Two - Underdog Films

After the break: MUSIC, with Kathy Fennessy, Nate Patrin and Marty Brown!

BEAT CONNECTION 011-1: Music Documentaries Part One - Legacy Films

After the break, check out the latest episode of Beat Connection, with guest Kathy Fennesy!

BEAT CONNECTION 010 - Compton & posse cuts

After the break, actor Sam West joins Nate & Marty for an episode about the surprise new Dr. Dre album, Compton, and all time great posse cuts.

BEAT CONNECTION 009 - David Bowie, Tame Impala, and rock goes dancing

After the jump, Marty and Nate dig through the history of rock artists making dance music, spending time with five specific albums from different eras - David Bowie's Young Americans, Liquid Liquid's Optimo EP, The Rapture's Echoes, The Dirtbombs' Party Store, and Tame Impala's Currents - to get a sense of how the idea of dance rock has evolved over the past 40 years.

BEAT CONNECTION 008 - Bronsolinomania

After the jump, a very special bonus episode of Beat Connection in which the immortal Tucker Stone blesses Nate and Marty with his opinions on select Action Bronson lyrics. One thousand verbal fire emojis.