Chris Cornell, Billie Eilish & Nancy Sinatra: The Music of James Bond
The name’s Spaghetti. Tape Spaghetti.
This week, Scott and Blake go undercover into the glamorous, brassy, and occasionally super weird world of James Bond music.
After Monty Norman’s jazzy/surfy 1962 theme became the sonic blueprint for every espionage movie ever, each successive Bond theme played a pivotal role in shaping one of the world’s biggest franchises.
Decade over decade, a chronological hotlist of pop stars participated – and some, including Johnny Cash and Alice Cooper, just missed the cut. Tune in to find out how Shirley Bassey nearly blacked out belting “Goldfinger,” why “Live and Let Die” might be ten songs stitched into one, and how Adele’s “Skyfall” returned the canon to epic prestige.
Best listened to in an Aston Martin while wearing a tux.
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A REAL Outlaw Musician: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez
There is gangsta rap, there are murder ballads, and then... There is Chalino Sánchez.
The real life outlaw who turned the chaos of the Mexican cartel into song. In this episode of Tape Spaghetti, Blake and Scott unravel the brief, violent life of the Godfather of Narcocorridos.
After committing a bloody act of vengeance at the age of fifteen, Chalino Sánchez found his calling while serving time, taking tales of his and his fellow inmates’ criminal hustles and spinning them into song. Sánchez’s ballads became the soundtrack of cartel culture and solidified him as an underground icon – but with fame came extreme danger.
After surviving one onstage attempt on his life, Sánchez was handed a mysterious note at his next concert – the last time he was seen alive. Is Chalino Sánchez the realest outlaw artist of all time?
Here’s how Mexico’s most dangerous troubadour created a genre and claimed immortality.
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The United States of America vs Pete Seeger
When Pete Seeger sang the lyric “This Land Is My Land”—then dared to prove it.
In this episode of Tape Spaghetti, Scott and Blake dig into folk icon Pete Seeger’s fiery 1955 showdown with the House Committee on Un-American Activities. At the height of the Red Scare, Seeger was hauled before Congress and grilled about his political beliefs, the people he sang for, and the songs he played.
But Seeger refused to play along.
Instead of hiding behind the Fifth Amendment, he cited the First, telling congress: “I’ve got a right to sing for anybody.” Sounds innocent enough, but Congress wasn’t impressed. Seeger was convicted of contempt, sentenced to prison, and blacklisted from TV and radio.
While his conviction was eventually overturned, the incident defined Seeger’s career and cemented his legend, with songs like “Turn! Turn! Turn!” and “We Shall Overcome” becoming the soundtrack to a social movement that endured long after the sad era of McCarthyism.
Tune in as Scott and Blake unpack this loaded folktale and celebrate Seeger’s big banjo energy.
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Sounds Like Purple (Binaural Beats, Chromesthesia & Aphex Twin)
What does your favorite song look like? In this episode of Tape Spaghetti, Scott and Blake tumble down the rabbit hole where hearing and vision meet. From unforgettable album art to the kaleidoscopic effects of chromesthesia to the full sensory spectrum of synesthesia, sometimes you can experience music with your entire brain…. in good ways and weird.
The guys share stories of some of their most visually evocative musical experiences and highlight artists running the gamut from Aphex Twin to Richard Wagner whose iconic sounds simply can’t be separated from iconic (and eerie) imagery.
What do Werther’s Originals, Yankee Candles, and Ride of the Valkyries have in common? Close your eyes and tune in to find out how to tap into your favorite music as a feast for the senses.
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The Artist Formerly Known As Prince
What do you do when you’re the biggest pop star alive and your record label can’t keep up? If you’re Prince, you declare war on your own name.
In this episode of Tape Spaghetti, Scott and Blake trace how the hitmaker behind Purple Rain became an unpronounceable symbol in 1993. After signing a massive $100 million deal with Warner Bros. Records, Prince chafed at their glacially slow release schedule.
Sitting on a mountain of unreleased music, he decided to engage in a legendary act of defiance. He abandoned the name Prince for an unpronounceable glyph—the Love Symbol #2—and wrote “slave” on his cheek at public appearances.
The media, baffled, dubbed him “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince.” Warner had to send out floppy disks so journalists could even type the symbol.
Meanwhile, Prince by carpet-bombed them with albums until he fulfilled his deal, then released Emancipation on his own label. By 2000, he’d reclaimed his name and his masters.
Did Prince carve his name in music history by deleting it altogether? This is one of pop’s wildest branding stunts—and one of its boldest victories.
Welcome to Tape Spaghetti—where music history gets tangled. Hosts Blake Wyland and Scott Marquart dive into the wildest, weirdest, and most unexpected stories from the music industry. From legendary feuds to bizarre scandals, insane characters… and even murder! On this show we unravel the chaos behind the songs you love, the musicians you know, and stories that you need to hear.
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