RAW impressions with Lou Barlow and Adelle Barlow
By: Barlow Lou Barlow Adelle
Language: en
Categories: Music, Interviews, Arts, Fashion, Beauty, Kids, Family
Influential indie-rock musician Lou Barlow brings his lo-fi aesthetic to podcast form. He shares the mic with his wife, charismatic fiber-artist Adelle Barlow. Together they discuss day-to-day life as creators and interview friends and family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Animals Drifting Here and 'Dere
Jan 08, 20264-Track Man critiques 3 years of RAW Impressions and urges Lou and Adelle to do better. Pumpkin the cat visits the studio and audibly meows. 4-Track Man mocks Lou and interrupts Adelle as she makes a painful admission.
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Duration: 00:32:19RUINED by Games People Play
Jan 06, 2026For this Tiny Tunes Tuesday, part 2 of his RUINED series, Lou plays one of the first songs he learned on guitar: Games People Play by Joe South. He discusses how it's finger-wagging lyrics impacted his future songwriting attempts (it RUINED them).
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Duration: 00:15:39no good at Christmas
Dec 26, 2025It's Christmas day and Lou is, once again, faced with a seeming inability to make it special. He does find a cassette tape of the Barlow family Christmas 1984 and Izzy treats listeners to a, one time and one time only, version of Here Comes Santa Claus. ALSO, several December birthday shout-outs!
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Duration: 00:33:12RUINED by Cats in the Cradle
Dec 19, 2025Emerson, the handheld cassette recorder, plays Adelle and Lou his version of Harry Chapin's 1974 bummerfolk classic Cats in the Cradle. Lou describes the devastating effect the song had on his young psyche and his future songwriting attempts. Also, the belated November birthday shout-outs just don't stop!
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Duration: 00:24:27It's NOT too late for November birthday SHOUT OUTS! RAW Impressions ep. 146
Dec 13, 2025So what if it's the middle of December, we have some November birthdays to shout about! 4-Track Man is jealous of newcomer/co-announcer Emerson, the hand-held cassette recorder (with AM-FM radio).
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Duration: 00:30:22willing to wait for Willing To Wait
Dec 08, 2025Adelle and Lou are back from the U.K./Ireland tour and Lou realizes he's never played Sebadoh's Willing To Wait for the podcast. How is it possible that he's played 70+ originals for the pod but not the most requested song of the tour? The situation is rectified and Lou tells the story of how it was in the running to be Ross and Rachel's (Friends) break-up tune.
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Duration: 00:15:16going to the U.K. and Ireland, like, NOW!
Nov 20, 2025Lou is playing solo acoustic shows through the United Kingdom and Ireland! They’re leaving today! Hear 4-Track Man run down the tour dates! Come see Lou, meet Adelle!
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Glasgow 23 November Nice and Sleazy
York 24 November Bluebird
Manchester 25 November YES the Pink Room
London 26 November ICA
Tunbridge Wells 27 November The Forum
Liverpool 28 November Philharmonic Music Room
Dublin 29+30 November Bellobar
Limerick 1 December Kasbah
Galway 2 Dec...
Duration: 00:32:54The Game Of Life
Nov 14, 2025Lou re-creates another beloved commercial from the 1970s. This time for the Milton Bradley board game LIFE. Also featured, a new song from Izzy about butts.
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Duration: 00:30:17Nudism, Adelle’s dream job, and the Magic of Mr. Rogers
Nov 07, 2025Nothing is off topic this week because there is no topic! Lou and Adelle let the conversation roam from young Lou’s desire to be naked to Adelle remembering the Land of Make Believe.
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October B-Day Shout-Outs
Oct 31, 2025Hallo-who? Is there anything better than an episode based solely upon the announcement of this past month's birthdays? The answer is a resounding no. 4-Track Man leads Adelle and Lou through the several birthday shout-outs they received this October and it’s awesome!
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Duration: 00:25:27-NOT- the Music Machine PART 2
Oct 24, 2025Lou doesn't need his glasses anymore (maybe), meanwhile Adelle is adjusting to her new Progressive lenses. 4-track Man reminds us all that nothing is funny these days, including Lou's cover of The Vandals 1982 song Anarchy Burger (hold the government). Adelle finds an LP called Music Machine Part II that has nothing to do with The Music Machine band but Lou plays with it anyway. Super Sonic Transport is also discussed.
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<... Duration: 00:31:36a tribute to The Music Machine part 1
Oct 17, 2025Lou is so excited about his tribute to The Music Machine (his most fiercely beloved band) that he forgets to turn Adelle’s microphone on! The result is the RAWEST RAW Impressions ever. Lou trips over his words and launches half-facts left and right in a desperate attempt to make convert you, yes YOU, into a Music Machine fan. A 4-Track version of The Music Machine’s Some Other Drum is played.
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Duration: 00:15:39bump it up
Oct 09, 2025Bamboozled by the times, Lou and Adelle acknowledge they are at a loss for topics to discuss. A random succession of prompts from the 4 Track (called ‘bumpers’) reminds them that they are going on tour soon! The Barlow family will be visiting the U.K. and Ireland as Lou plays 10 solo shows!
Glasgow 23 November Nice and Sleazy 7:30
York 24 November Bluebird 7:30
Manchester 25 November YES the Pink Room 7:30
London 26 November ICA 7:30
Tunbridge Wells 27 November The Forum 7:00
Liverpool 28 November Philharmonic Music Room 8:00
Dublin 29+30 November Bellobar 8:30
Limerick 1...
Duration: 00:23:25Mini-Music-Fall-Back-Friday MOGO
Oct 03, 2025Lou treats Adelle to a wacky practice tape recording from 1984. Mogo (the first incarnation of Dinosaur Jr) performs Lou's song Center of the Universe. Lou then plays it live -and then- shares the recording of the original idea from 1983! Wow!
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Duration: 00:19:02September Birthday Shoutouts!
Oct 01, 2025Adelle and Lou deliver very special September birthday shout-outs from their very special listeners to their very special loved ones in the very last hour of September!
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Duration: 00:32:49mini-music-monday: SACRED ATTENTION
Sep 22, 2025Practicing for the (then) upcoming (now done) trio of Sebadoh shows, Lou plays Sacred Attention from Sebadoh's 1993 Bubble and Scrape LP and further befuddles Adelle with the band's convoluted history.
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Duration: 00:15:26RAW fall impressions
Sep 18, 2025Is fall, the season, best experienced as a young adult? Adelle and Lou talk about autumn and the progress of The Barlow Family General Store as a spot for small shows, pop-up shopping, and a respite from the 'stress piles' that clutter their home in this transitional time.
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Duration: 00:27:27mini-music-monday: FLIPPER
Sep 15, 2025Lou covers Flipper’s 1982 classic, Life, and breathlessly testifies to the band’s considerable influence on him. Adelle patiently pays witness and comments when she can.
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Duration: 00:23:33Manhandlers, Tick Check, and a Hug (?)
Sep 11, 2025Rejoice! Lou and 4-Track Man have done another vintage commercial re-creation. This time a Manhandler '78 Mash-Up! In addition Adelle and Lou chat Flipper (the band), inspired adult film ideas, and ponder the ethics of hugs.
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Duration: 00:25:45oh, Canada!
Sep 08, 2025Lou and Adelle talk about the recent Barlow Family General Canadian adventure. Lou plays two archival requests he meant to play on the tour but did not: Feel Good (from the Canda-centric Lou Barlow and Friends e.p.) and Dragdown Memory (from Winning Losers).
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Duration: 00:22:08Valerie's Visionaries
Sep 04, 2025In advance of the Walk To Defeat ALS event (September 6th in Look Park, Northampton MA at 10 a.m.). Adelle and Lou dedicate this episode to Adelle’s mom Valerie, the inspiration for Adelle’s walking ‘team’ Valerie’s Visionaries.
Lou plays a fresh version of the Raw Impressions theme, Adelle reads her acclaimed “Why I Walk” essay, and Lou plays Bob Dylan”s She BelongsTo Me. We hope she enjoys it all! We love you mom!
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Duration: 00:26:51back from tour: an unedited check-in, August HBD shout-outs
Aug 28, 2025Lou, Adelle, and Izzy are back from a 12 day whirlwind tour of Canada Michigan, Ohio, and New York state. What happened? Listen and find out! Also, August birthday shout-outs, several of them! 4-Track Man is on task, confusion abounds.
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mini tunes wednesday..what?
Aug 14, 2025Lou plays 3 unreleased tune fragments for Adelle and tries to explain them. The phrase "shits and giggles" is discussed.
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Duration: 00:15:41a tour ends, an endorsement (!) begins
Aug 12, 2025Lou's back from tour, he and Adelle are here to catch y'all up. 4-Track Man is fixed and back with another sluggish introduction. Lou talks Dinosaur Jr tour highlights (Built To Spill, Mudhoney, Babes in Toyland, Kurt Vile, etc), Adelle chats about her recent Wisconsin/Minnesota visit and guess which free-form, lo-fi podcast has an official gear endorsement??? US! Samson has joined the RAW impressions family! Thank You!
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Duration: 00:30:17(not so) mini music monday: The Joel Hole
Jul 28, 2025Lou is pulled by forces beyond his control nto covering another Billy Joel song. This time
Matter Of Trust from 1986. He realizes he has more in common with B.J. than he’d like to admit. Adelle quizzes Lou about cannabis and wonders what Billy’s hole -really- looks like.
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Duration: 00:24:57July Birthday Shout-Outs!
Jul 25, 2025For the much anticipated July Birthday Shout-Out episode Lou is on tour and stoned. This remote episode features 16 shout-outs including one for Lou from Adelle and 2 for their cats, Pumpkin and Psychocandy.
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Duration: 00:25:06Tiny Tunes Tuesday: Just The Way You're Not
Jul 15, 2025Lou plays Adelle his long promised (to himself) mash-up of Just The Way You Are by Billy Joel and I’m Not In Love by 10cc, two of his favorite songs songs from 1970s AM radio. Lou explains the logic behind marrying the two songs and shares some secret information about his health.
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Duration: 00:21:22Bobby Bare Jr is back
Jul 11, 2025With another Bobby Bare Jr Lou Barlow Song-Swap Tour on the horizon what better time for Adelle and Lou to check in on him? Bobby is a veritable fountain of fun-facts and this episode keeps it a-flowin’. Adelle introduces the Sharing Circle and they all have 5 minutes to say whatever’s on their mind!
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https://youtu.be/BP2FvjvYlMw
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Duration: 00:48:58Tiny Tunes Tuesday: The Equals
Jul 08, 2025Izzy is home from sleep-away camp and collaborates with her dad on a cover of Michael and His Slipper Tree by the Equals (from 1969). Lou has been obsessed with the song since listening to his Equals greatest hits CD in their new/old mini-van, Silvie.
Our thoughts are with the victims and families of the recent Texas floods, including the Camp Mystic campers.
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Duration: 00:17:04tiny-tunes-tuesday: k-sensa-my
Jul 01, 2025Lou digs deep and plays K-Sensa-My for Adelle, it's one of the first 'real' songs he wrote and the first time he's performed it in decades. Nonsense words and Transcendental Meditation are discussed.
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... Duration: 00:18:17June Birthday Shout-Out +
Jun 28, 2025Live from the woods, it's the June Birthday-Shout-Out episode. Only one RAW Impressions fan (Duffy) requested a shout-out and Lou and Adelle could only think of one friend (Busy Philipps) with a June birthday. Lou plays a new song, "Blowin' Up", for Adelle's consideration and considers being more 'chill'.
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sleep-away send-off
Jun 24, 2025The Barlow family venture into New Hampshire, lead by loons and brushed by butterflies. Izzy is in camp, Adelle and Lou are exhausted. Any RAW Impressions fans from NH? Let us know.
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Duration: 00:30:22Tiny Tunes Tuesday: UNSATISFIED
Jun 17, 2025A very satisfying visit from Adelle and Lou’s 2 Minnesota nieces yields a very sweet version of Unsatisfied (The Replacements) as sung by Lou and 20 year-old Aleksa.
Also: we bought a used mini-van.
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Duration: 00:15:50Husker Turtle Du
Jun 13, 2025Adelle and Lou are back from a trip to Wisconsin with turtles on their minds. Lou does a cold-wave version of Husker Du's 1982 classic What Do I Want but does -not- do a cold-wave version of The Replacements 1983 classic Unsatisfied. He and Adelle discuss it instead.
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Duration: 00:23:03mini-music-monday INSTITUTIONALIZED
Jun 02, 2025On this Mini-Music -Monday Lou fulfills his life-long dream of covering Suicidal Tendencies' hit song Institutionalized on the podcast. Adelle listens to Lou sputter on about hardcore, the episode ends before he finishes.
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Duration: 00:15:06May birthday shout-outs plus+
May 30, 2025Hey May babies! Just under the wire here's your birthday shout-outs! 4-Track Man personalizes the RAW Birthday Song for each birthday person! This especially sweet episode is followed by an risque account of Lou losing his glasses in a Berlin hotel room. Listener discretion advised!
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Duration: 00:38:50folk enough, not breaking up
May 26, 2025In London, Lou discovers the music of 'experimental folk artist' Sam Amidon triggering a discussion with Adelle about country music and 'Americana', a term that annoys Lou. He makes several attempts at playing Adelle a rootsy, new RAW Impressions theme song.
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Duration: 00:27:25'in conversation' with Bobby Bare Jr
May 19, 2025On the heels of Lou and Bobby's -song swap-, Adelle quizes the boys about their favorite moments of the tour. Bobby tells us about his mom (also a famous singer), his Greyhound, how to pronounce Tammy Wynette's last name, and the latest on Guided By Voices. As the first RAW Impressions interview utilizing modern remote recording techniques, the episode is loaded with technical difficulties. It never derails this fascinating exchange!
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Duration: 00:40:01a 2 day anniversary getaway
May 16, 2025There's been no time for podcasting! Lou's been on tour and he and Adelle ran off to the Hudson River Valley right when he got back. Before another tour starts (today!) they have a sec to catch up with their faithful listeners. Lou reveals his love of Paul Rudd.
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emergency episode
May 05, 2025As Lou comes back from Texas, Adelle leaves to Wisconsin. When Adelle returns Lou is off on another tour. Having had no time to check in with their faithful listeners an emergency episode is in order! They equate keeping their lives in order during this chaotic time to cleaning the litter box. Lou warms up for his shows by playing his song Wave.
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in conversation
Apr 25, 2025Lou and Adelle are "in conversation" this week.Topics include (but are not limited to): annoying phrases (like "in conversation"), acceptable/unacceptable words and whether or not Sting is hot.
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Duration: 00:31:442 songs for Tuesday
Apr 22, 2025Lou covers two songs that made he and Adelle cry this week. First, Wilco’s I Thought I Held You (from their debut LP A.M.). Second, Adrianne Lenker’s Ruined (from the Bright Future LP).
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Duration: 00:28:50the Outlander edition episode
Apr 19, 2025Adelle and Lou get heavy with the Outlander talk. Lou thinks Adelle has a crush on Jamie but realizes he is the one with the crush on Jamie. Sick kittens and Adelle’s wisdom tooth removal are not discussed.
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Duration: 00:27:55TINY TUNES TUESDAY natural one
Apr 15, 2025Everyone (Adelle, Tiny Tunes Tuesday Guy, Mini-Music-Monday Guy and 4-Track Man) is skeptical of Lou's claim that he has not played Natural One for the podcast. How could have -not- played his most known tune after 2 and 1/2 years of RAW Impressions? Adelle and Lou share their thoughts on regret.
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Duration: 00:14:45April birthday shout-outs
Apr 11, 2025With the help of 4-Track Man, Adelle and Lou relay birthday wishes for faithful listeners. 4-Track Man sings a birthday song as Adelle opens a belated birthday gift, live.
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Duration: 00:27:53tiny tunes tuesday: soul and Substack
Apr 08, 2025Lou disappoints Tiny Tunes Tuesday Guy by playing -another- version of Soul and Fire, but it's for good reason! On Wednesday April 9th 2 PM EST, Adelle and Lou go live on Substack to show you the RAW Impressions studio, answer your questions and Lou will play yet another version of Soul and Fire, this time in an electric guitar how-to session!
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Duration: 00:17:52f**k it, let's complain again!
Apr 03, 2025Lou is in Seattle, Adelle is at home. Triggered by raw onions, Adelle is psyched to talk about other things she dislikes very much. She makes a list and encourages Lou to do the same. Urban oysters, aggressive flatulence and their upcoming live, for everybody, Substack session are discussed. With it’s nearly hour long run time, this is, easily, the most podcasty podcast Adelle and Lou have ever done (Lou even used AI to edit it because he’s too busy on tour to do it himself).
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Duration: 00:52:08sun down to sun up
Mar 31, 2025After episode 117, Adelle still had some things on her mind. Fresh off her trip to Wisconsin to visit her parents she talks anticipatory grief, cows, deer, the seasonal landscape shift and living in the moment.
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Duration: 00:16:36do what comes natural
Mar 29, 2025Adelle just got home. Lou’s on his on way out the door. Adelle talks about her emotional trip to Wisconsin while Lou plays excerpts of his cover of Jeffrey Lewis’ song Do What Comes Natural.
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Duration: 00:27:24mini-music-monday: ANY DAY NOW
Mar 24, 2025Lou scored a film! He and Adelle went to the premiere of Any Day Now and really enjoyed themselves! Hear a lot about it!
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Mar 22, 2025This free-formed conversation ricochets between the patriarchy, celebrities looking at canned beans, Lou mansplaining feminism, and a defunct music conference. At points, 4-Track Man is summoned to clarify.
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Duration: 00:30:05Mini-Music-Monday: classic rock edition
Mar 17, 2025For this , the first MMM: Classic Rock edition, Lou reaches back to 1975 and plays Bad Company's Feel Like Makin' Love. Memories of terry cloth and a garbage can full of nudee mags are shared.
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Duration: 00:16:35after school special
Mar 14, 2025Lou fulfills his lifelong podcasting dream of devoting an episode to his favorite ABC After School Special (from 1976), The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon. He plays the recently unearthed demo version of the show's theme song for Adelle, provides a semi-coherent synopsis of the story, and excitedly tells her all he knows about the cast. In an unexpected twist, Adelle reveals her love for Gilligan's Island.
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Duration: 00:27:15mini-music-monday: Does It Float
Mar 10, 2025For this ultra rare, alone in the house, evening (!) podcast sesh, Lou plays Adelle songs from the debut Dinosaur Jr LP (1985) -and- the debut Sebadoh LP (1988). First, a somewhat raucous version of J Mascis' Does It Float, then his own Bolder. Blown away by the lyrics, Adelle has questions about Does It Float. Lou theorizes that J was inspired by the David Letterman Show segment "Will It Float".
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Duration: 00:16:25children's music
Mar 07, 2025Lou 'procures' a stack of children's records from a local antique store and plays some selections for Adelle and 4-Track Man. While Adelle is reminded of prison and being bullied on the playground, 4-Track Man spirals into despair.
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Duration: 00:28:42mini-music-monday the freed man
Mar 03, 2025Lou plays 2 songs (Healthy Sick and Soulmate) from the first Sebadoh D.I.Y. cassette (not the Homestead version) and attempts to explain, unsuccessfully, the first Sebadoh cassette.
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Duration: 00:15:54Lou’s terrible thoughts/when to tip?
Feb 28, 2025Lou shares an acoustic version of his song Privatize while pondering his primal fear of domestic anarchy. Adelle’s got 2 tipping conundrums. Lou’s cold-wave Sixt commercial gets a re-airing.
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Duration: 00:32:18mini-music-monday Hope?
Feb 24, 2025Lou plays Adelle an acoustic version of a song he co-wrote, remotely, with Mike Watt, Alan Licht and Vish Khanna for Vish's Kreative Kontrol podcast. The concept of the song, hope, was a request from a KK listener. Lou consults his favorite mailing list for lyric inspiration: The Marginalian.
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Duration: 00:16:32Valentines, afib, menopals
Feb 15, 2025It's Valentines Day and Adelle leaving for a trip to L.A. in an hour, The Final Countdown blaring in her head. Lou ponders life without cannabis after a recent bout of atrial fibrillation.
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Duration: 00:25:14HBD EMOH!
Feb 08, 2025Lou's first, 'proper', solo LP turned 20 last week and he and Adelle are here to chat about it. Lou plays Legendary and Monkey Begun from the LP and Adelle admires his Outlander-esque appearance.
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Duration: 00:28:38back talk
Jan 30, 2025Next in the 'distractisode' series, Adelle and Lou discover an archive of human flatulence and share it with 4-Track Man. Hilarity ensues.
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Duration: 00:30:00the distractisode
Jan 20, 2025RAW Impressions podcast ep. 109: the distractisode
Adelle and Lou, along with 4-Track Man, attempt to distract listeners from certain orange-y events of the day with a domestic ‘tail’ of an outrageous cat-tree purchase. Izzy’s vocal improvisations and the great-office-clean-out of 2025 are also discussed.
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Duration: 00:30:04from Turtle Lake to L.A. with love
Jan 13, 2025Adelle and Lou talk about their trip to Wisconsin and the news from their favorite city, Los Angeles. 4-Track Man sings a little bit of Puff, The Magic Dragon and all of a wordless song for Altadena.
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Duration: 00:29:08MRI Monday
Jan 06, 2025Lou turns his recent MRI experience into a 2-part sound collage featuring 8-year old Izzy’s pop-vocal stylings. Adelle thanks listeners for their thoughtful comments on last week’s episode re: her mother’s ALS diagnosis.
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Duration: 00:28:39everything has changed
Dec 31, 2024Sensitive topic warning: This episode concerns Adelle's mother's recent ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) diagnosis. The time has come for Adelle to share, with her mother's blessings, some personal family news.
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Duration: 00:25:37cochlear name-drops
Dec 30, 2024Lou zeroes in on another self-diagnosis for his mysterious hearing loss and recounts Sebadoh’s, first in five years, show in Seattle. Many names are dropped, Adelle is there to pick them up. Also, Lou plays another lo-fi demo for a possible Dinosaur Jr song, Adelle says it’s good!
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Duration: 00:30:54Kittens in the Christmas Tree, the song
Dec 23, 2024Lou makes good on writing a song about the incident described in epic episode 103. He plays Kittens in the Christmas Tree for Adelle and Adelle makes it clear she is done doing all the Barlow family Christmas preparations herself. Tuna melts are also discussed.
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Duration: 00:26:42kitten fried friday
Dec 13, 2024Lou’s left-ear officially goes lo-fi, he and Adelle hit some holiday highs, and Pumpkin (the tabby kitten) puts Adelle in E.R. . It was a wild Wednesday. Please enjoy this extra long, extra RAW show.
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Duration: 00:51:38lend us your ear
Dec 11, 2024Saddle up everyone, Lou’s not done talking about his ear ‘cause it’s still fucked up.This week the pod is hosted by 4-Track Man’s good friend Dr. Tapper , the 4-Track Tapper, who introduces an ‘original’ tapping method. What’s tapping? Do your own research! Use the Google Machine!!
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<... Duration: 00:26:39Adelle's craft fair, Lou's injured ear
Dec 04, 2024After 11 tragically pod-less days, Lou returns home from The Folk Implosion tour and recreates the troubling form of tinnitus afflicting his left ear. As Adelle prepares for her annual holiday craft sale, Lou ponders the implications of permanent hearing damage.
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Duration: 00:28:35season 3 begins with bidets!
Nov 22, 2024Lou has installed 4 Neo 120 Luxe Bidets and wants everybody to know about it. He plays Adelle an unsponsored ad he made in hopes of helping Americans save big money on toilet paper. The pros and cons of spraying one's donut hole with water are discussed.
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Duration: 00:29:14I've got 99 problems but Grandma Snow ain't one
Nov 14, 2024Adelle and Lou listen to WRAW 99.5 and hear a strange collage: 99 Earanuses 99. Lou also recaps his recent South American tour with Dinosaur Jr.
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Duration: 00:27:32technical difficulties and the doubting saint
Nov 07, 2024It’s Election Day and Adelle and Lou try to record a show last minute before Lou flies to Argentina. Politics are not discussed, however, religion is. Lou shares an interesting theory about the crucifixion and Adelle reveals her religious affiliation.
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Duration: 00:17:48mini-music-monday: GARDEN
Nov 04, 2024Lou plays his song Garden from Dinosaur Jr's LP Sweep It Into Space. Adelle and Lou discuss the upcoming presidential election.
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Duration: 00:19:51you spin me round (like a Brian Jonestown Massacre record)
Oct 31, 2024Adelle is preparing for Hotdish Halloween (the Barlow family's annual party) and Lou gives a classic 80s dance song a radical makeover.
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Duration: 00:26:20mini-music-monday: time to make the demos
Oct 28, 2024Lou needs to start writing songs and finishing them. He plays a new demo for Adelle while a kitten climbs her chair.
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Duration: 00:15:25Sick with kittens, Tim Huff's tepid return.
Oct 24, 2024Breath expert Tim Huff (4-Track Man in disguise) makes an underwhelming return as this week’s announcer. Adelle is sick but no longer too sick to talk about how sick she is. Also, some kitten talking.
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Duration: 00:25:53A Texas attorney and Terminal A
Oct 17, 2024Guest announcer Franklin Hunter dispenses conversation tips while Lou and Adelle complain, alot, about FRIDAYS in Terminal A of Dallas' Love Airport.
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Duration: 00:28:50TTT-Lou tries out a new song
Oct 08, 2024Lou's in Ashland, Oregon for a day off and plays a new song for Adelle to see if it has 'legs'. Adelle says it does! Yay!
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Duration: 00:14:43f*ck it, let's complain
Oct 02, 2024What's with hotels these days? More expensive than ever and they want you to check yourself in and make your own keys!?!? Lou and Adelle face the fact that they are just old.
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Duration: 00:29:16Explaining NOT Complaining
Sep 27, 2024Lou and Adelle unveil a new segment: Explaining NOT Complaining, where they are a free to talk about frustrating things without judgement! Adelle has Seasonal Affective Disorder and Lou is living inside a catheter bag.
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Duration: 00:30:44Where Were You Wednesday: Lou plays Lu, Lou talks Lu
Sep 25, 2024After fearing the worst, Adelle wakes Lou for the podcast with the Find My I-Phone alarm. Lou is awakened, well and plays Lucinda Williams’ I Envy The Wind before launching into his story about meeting the legendary singer/songwriter.
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Duration: 00:33:39Adelle is crafty, Lou is paranoid
Sep 20, 2024Lou finds out about The Folk Implosion's bad review in Pitchfork 3 months after the fact. Adelle tells of her crocheting/knitting plans for the Fall/Winter. Lou reveals, publicly, his life-long struggle with paranoia.
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Duration: 00:29:34tiny tunes tuesday: another day, another edible
Sep 17, 2024Lou writes a tune about touring (Another Day) just before the podcasting begins. Unusually energetic, Adelle asks him what he's on. The continuing DInosaur Jr tour with Weezer and Flaming Lips is recapped by a loosened Lou. Adelle keeps it together.
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Duration: 00:14:35the power of live music
Sep 13, 2024While watching Band of Horses perform, Adelle has an epiphany about live music. Lou smells his own face. Happy Friday The 13th!
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Duration: 00:28:20tiny tunes tuesday: FARM
Sep 10, 2024Home for a day, Lou plays Adelle his song Imagination Blind from Dinosaur Jr's FARM L.P. (15 years old!). The continuing tour with Weezer, Tom Petty playlists, and Adelle and Lou's 'datey-poo' at Boston's TD Garden are discussed.
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Duration: 00:15:07The Arena Tour, The Fair and The Bus
Sep 07, 2024Lou is on the Weezer/Flaming Lips/Dinosaur Jr tour! Back on the tour bus, he is reunited with his buddies Stuffy Bunks and Whistlin' Willy who graciously announce this week's episode. Stories from the Minnesota State Fair, the origins of Weezer's name, and Izzy's fascination with giant, inflatable pink robots are discussed.
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Duration: 00:31:55mini-music-monday: Weezer/Flaming Lips
Sep 02, 2024Lou tries to prove that Sebadoh’s Bakesale influenced Weezer’s Pinkerton L.P., plays his 4-track version of their song Why Bother, and sneaks in a live cover of the Flaming Lips With You just before the episode ends.
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Duration: 00:16:16Breath Work, Perry Menopause and the Great Minnesota Get Together
Aug 29, 2024A new announcer for the podcast, Tim Huff, introduces himself and plays a portion of his guided breathing app. Adelle and Lou are excited for the Minnesota State Fair.
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Duration: 00:28:46mini-music-monday: bakesale part 5
Aug 26, 2024In the 5th and final (?) installment of the Bakesale series, Adelle and Lou complete their 'dirt to diamonds, diamonds to dirt’ ratings of the LP's songs. Also, Lou plays and explains Mystery Man.
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Duration: 00:34:43bakesale part 4
Aug 23, 2024On this, the fourth installment of the Bakesale (Sebadoh’s acclaimed 1994 L.P.) series, Lou plays Magnet's Coil then he and Adelle rank their favorite (Adelle) and least favorite (Lou) songs from the album. Fun facts fly so fast and furious that they aren’t able to complete their lists! Stay tuned for part 5!
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Duration: 00:30:16The Strength Of Whenever
Aug 20, 2024Ekheart Toll replaces 4-Track Man as the RAW Impressions announcer. Adelle discovers the connection between Dan Harris, the founder of her new favorite app (10% Happier) and her husband, Lou Barlow. A connection Lou has been attempting to explain for at least 3 years.
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Duration: 00:26:16Carlos comes to Greenfield!
Aug 09, 2024Carlos Van Hijfte (from mini-music-monday, June 10) travels from Holland to Chicago to attend Steve Albini's memorial weekend. On his way home he stopped in Massachusetts to visit friends, including a drop-in to the RAW Impressions studio! He talks about the Albini gathering on the shore of Lake Michigan. Then shares sweet memories of booking the most brutal bands of the 80s and a recent visit with Cat Power. Adelle talks about meeting her celebrity crush at J Mascis' 50th birthday party.
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Duration: 00:34:58oh, limp dicks, Dave Hill, and another bat encounter
Aug 06, 2024on this super special bonus episode of RAW Impressions, Lou and Adelle discuss 'pole' vaulting, another bat-i-sode, and buzzed scrolling.
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Duration: 00:27:47mini-music-monday: NFI
Aug 05, 2024Lou addresses the confusion surrounding the assertion that The Folk Implosion are playing their first shows in 26 years when, in fact, he toured as The Folk Implosion, with a different line-up, extensively in the early 00s. He plays the songs Pearl and Easy from 2003's The New Folk Implosion L.P. and acknowledges the mess he made.
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Duration: 00:23:07the power of rabies
Aug 01, 2024Lou is on intermission from tour and Adelle receives some good news regarding a "problem wildlife" encounter. Lou shares an excerpt from Eckhart Tolle's The Power Of Now audiobook and discusses his continuing journey toward inner peace.
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Duration: 00:30:52on the road with The Folk Implosion
Jul 18, 2024Lou finally finds the time, early morning, sitting on the floor in an after-show crash pad, to pod with Adelle. Details of the on-going The Folk Implosion tour are discussed as well as new cat name ideas!
Go see The Folk Implosion!
July 18th- August 17th.. east coast-south-midwest USA
https://www.bandsintown.com/a/76857-the-folk-implosion?came_from=257&utm_medium=web&utm_source=home&utm_campaign=search_bar
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Duration: 00:32:40not-so-mini-music monday: holding back the cloud
Jul 15, 2024Not-so-ready to air Bakesale part 4, Adelle and Lou chat about the Newark airport, bro-ing down to obscure music, and porn as wallpaper instead. Lou then plays two songs: Holding Back The Year and Clouded age, explaining the connection between the two. Join us for this surprisingly tender, longer-than-usual episode!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3DGjbzwenn7E4gThWoBGqr?si=9b767ef857a44e33
The amazing Brown Acid compilation series Lou is currently obsessed with.
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Duration: 00:36:52hittin' the road with the folk implosion
Jul 11, 20244-Track Man suggests that Lou practice a song for the upcoming Folk Implosion tour, live, in front of Adelle and the RAW Impressions audience. The tour dates (and more!) are discussed.
https://www.bandsintown.com/a/76857-the-folk-implosion
TICKETS FOR TOUR!!!!
watch our DIO (did it ourselves) vid for My Little Lamb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEyYcgAeQAw
hey locals! go see Faun Fables! https://www.cityspaceeasthampton.org/#/events/111282
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Duration: 00:27:13mini-music-monday: bakesale 3
Jul 07, 2024The Bakesale series continues but gets side-tracked when Lou reveals Carlos Santana's influence on the song Together Or Alone. After he plays it, a discussion of footwear ensues and dominates the episode.
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Duration: 00:16:33