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Before The Stream

An in depth look back at albums I listened to growing up and the listening experience. 
Jason Bemis Lawrence, creator and host of Before The Stream, is a singer/songwriter and a drummer with bands like Heather Woods Broderick, The Building, and Jesse Marchant. In this podcast, Jason and a guest will be checking in on a record they both listened to abundantly in the past to see what memories the record conjures, what holds up, and what has changed about.. well, everything.

Dec 30, 2022

Before the Stream is currently talking about Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York one song at a time.

Travis Smith returns to the pod to discuss On A Plain and reminisce about Nirvana. Jason and Travis talk about album sequencing, "great little pop songs" vs "great songs", poignant lyrics vs throwaway lyrics, what stands...


Dec 7, 2022

Before the Stream is currently talking about Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York one song at a time.

We finally had to go out of song order for this one, but you'll be glad to get it sooner.

Singer/Songwriter/cellist/multi-instrumentalist Heather Woods Broderick joins Jason to talk about the penultimate song of...


Nov 14, 2022

Before the Stream is currently talking about Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York one song at a time.

Chris Buckridge joined Jason to share his deeply personal connection to this song and to Nirvana. 

The two friends and erstwhile/forever bandmates discuss music theory, mental health, cognitive dissonance and of...


Oct 25, 2022

Before the Stream is currently talking about Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York one song at a time.

Rob Collier returns to the show to talk about Pennyroyal Tea, the 5th song on the album. 

We explore why Rob didn't get into Nirvana in the 90s as much as he did the other major grunge bands, what makes this song...


Oct 6, 2022

Dean Wareham (Luna, Galaxie 500, Dean & Britta, etc) is on the show! 

Before the Stream is currently talking about Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York one song at a time.

Dean's band Luna was making major label rock albums at the same time Nirvana was, so he has an interesting perspective on the time period. 

Dean and...