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 | [email protected]
CHI via ATL
Podcast: https://shorturl.at/XVdoR
CHI via ATL
Podcast: https://shorturl.at/XVdoR
This is our fifth Chicago Christmas season but the first one that has graced us with the combo of getting to decorate the tree with this going on in the backyard. I guess Mariah finally got my Christmas letters!
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is our fifth Chicago Christmas season but the first one that has graced us with the combo of getting to decorate the tree with this going on in the backyard. I guess Mariah finally got my Christmas letters!
I write about this a few years ago for the No Depression roots music journal. There’s actually some great Thanksgiving-based songs in the roots music community but they’re of course more niche than striving for the pop canon. I think the holiday’s historical-cultural source material is to blame.
November 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I write about this a few years ago for the No Depression roots music journal. There’s actually some great Thanksgiving-based songs in the roots music community but they’re of course more niche than striving for the pop canon. I think the holiday’s historical-cultural source material is to blame.
Can confirm this book RULES and is such an enjoyable read! It’s incredibly well-written and hits like a warm blanket of awesomeness.
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Can confirm this book RULES and is such an enjoyable read! It’s incredibly well-written and hits like a warm blanket of awesomeness.
Me to @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social’s account every other day 😂
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Me to @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social’s account every other day 😂
The Thanksgiving elves delivered the goods just in time for the holidays! The ‘95 Anthology was such an exciting moment in my teenage music journey and I’m supremely excited to finally have this collection on vinyl. (Flawless shipping condition on a 12LP set so super kudos there as well)!
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Thanksgiving elves delivered the goods just in time for the holidays! The ‘95 Anthology was such an exciting moment in my teenage music journey and I’m supremely excited to finally have this collection on vinyl. (Flawless shipping condition on a 12LP set so super kudos there as well)!
One last shameless bump before Record Store Day Black Friday! Don’t miss my MTV Unplugged Record Store Black Friday retrospective. Come for the R.E.M. and Pearl Jam rhapsodizing, stay for this year’s addition of a-ha to the mix!
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
One last shameless bump before Record Store Day Black Friday! Don’t miss my MTV Unplugged Record Store Black Friday retrospective. Come for the R.E.M. and Pearl Jam rhapsodizing, stay for this year’s addition of a-ha to the mix!
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Saturday morning happy place: Grading undergrad papers and sonically pre-gaming for Wednesday’s Stranger Things drop.
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Saturday morning happy place: Grading undergrad papers and sonically pre-gaming for Wednesday’s Stranger Things drop.
We’re only a week away from Record Store Day Black Friday! Check out my MTV Unplugged RSD Retrospective chronicling every MTV Unplugged album that’s been released or reissued for Record Store Day over the years - R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Soul Asylum, and more!
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We’re only a week away from Record Store Day Black Friday! Check out my MTV Unplugged RSD Retrospective chronicling every MTV Unplugged album that’s been released or reissued for Record Store Day over the years - R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Soul Asylum, and more!
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
I have no idea about the film itself but this soundtrack looks bananas amazing: The Bird and the Bee, St. Vincent, Jeff Tweedy covering The Band, Weyes Blood, and more. Sharon Van Etten’s beautiful cover of The Pretenders’ “2000 Miles” is out now and it absolutely rules. High hopes for this one!
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I have no idea about the film itself but this soundtrack looks bananas amazing: The Bird and the Bee, St. Vincent, Jeff Tweedy covering The Band, Weyes Blood, and more. Sharon Van Etten’s beautiful cover of The Pretenders’ “2000 Miles” is out now and it absolutely rules. High hopes for this one!
So sad about Todd Snider’s passing. Fell in love with his songwriting voice via “Talkin’ Seattle Grunge Rock Blues” back in ‘94 and fell deeper down the well seeing him a half dozen times when I lived in Nashville. Spinning “The Ghost of Johnny Cash” a few extra times in his honor today.
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
So sad about Todd Snider’s passing. Fell in love with his songwriting voice via “Talkin’ Seattle Grunge Rock Blues” back in ‘94 and fell deeper down the well seeing him a half dozen times when I lived in Nashville. Spinning “The Ghost of Johnny Cash” a few extra times in his honor today.
Pre-coffee vinyl vibes 💚
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Pre-coffee vinyl vibes 💚
And a Saturday morning superstar!
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
And a Saturday morning superstar!
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...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
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...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
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...
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.
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!
Agreed!!! What a phenomenally enjoyable read (right along with Long Road and You’re Favorite Band is Killing Me) 🤘😎🤘
October 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Agreed!!! What a phenomenally enjoyable read (right along with Long Road and You’re Favorite Band is Killing Me) 🤘😎🤘
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!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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...
Hey folks! I’m running a vinyl giveaway for the brand new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys’ stellar Unplugged album on my MTV Unplugged podcast (Unplugged Revisited).
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
October 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Hey folks! I’m running a vinyl giveaway for the brand new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys’ stellar Unplugged album on my MTV Unplugged podcast (Unplugged Revisited).
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Hey folks! I’m running a vinyl giveaway for the brand new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys’ stellar Unplugged album on my MTV Unplugged podcast (Unplugged Revisited).
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
October 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Hey folks! I’m running a vinyl giveaway for the brand new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys’ stellar Unplugged album on my MTV Unplugged podcast (Unplugged Revisited).
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Hey folks! I’m running a vinyl giveaway for the brand new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys’ stellar Unplugged album on my MTV Unplugged podcast (Unplugged Revisited).
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
October 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hey folks! I’m running a vinyl giveaway for the brand new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys’ stellar Unplugged album on my MTV Unplugged podcast (Unplugged Revisited).
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Hey folks! I’m running a vinyl giveaway for the brand new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys’ stellar Unplugged album on my MTV Unplugged podcast (Unplugged Revisited).
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
October 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hey folks! I’m running a vinyl giveaway for the brand new 20th anniversary reissue of Alicia Keys’ stellar Unplugged album on my MTV Unplugged podcast (Unplugged Revisited).
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Easy entry details outlined below and in my most recent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
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)