The Asylum Podcast

Apr 03 2025 199 ep. 110 mins 125

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KISS fan Kousins talking about their favorite genre and “Hard Rock” in general.

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The Listening Party/KISS Throwback: Off The Soundboard – San Antonio

Apr 03 2025 127 mins

The Kousins are back together, and it's time for a KISS topic in the rotation, and look! We have a new release. It's the sixth in the "Off the Soundboard" series. This Off the Soundboard showcases their San Antonio, Texas stop on December 3, 1985, at HemisFair Arena. This is the first "Soundboard" release to feature Bruce Kulick on guitar. It's a little fast in places and there are

Extended Now Listening AND Let Me Know March 2025 Edition

Mar 27 2025 100 mins

With Kousin Ray out bringing the MF'n fun, the other three Kousins wanted to talk about what they were listening to this week. There were some really good choices from Kousin Marvin and Kousin Gary, and Kousin Tim shocks the world with one of his. Kousin Marvin also spread his "Let Me Know" throughout the whole show. It was fun for the Kousins to go "old school" (without KR), but t

Album Gladiator Showdown – 1984 vs. 5150 (The Birthday Edition)

Mar 20 2025 176 mins

We are celebrating Kousin Gary's birthday on this episode! In honor of that, we invited his best friend (and sometimes adversary), Stuart Hill, to come on the show and have a Gladiator Showdown. This Showdown features a Roth-era Van Halen album vs. a Sammy Van Hagar album. Each combatant only told Kousin Tim what they were picking, leaving it a mystery as to which album either was

An Asylum Podcast Pop-Culture Retrospective: 1987

Mar 13 2025 162 mins

Dateline - The Asylum. The Year... 1987. 1986 was hard to top. It was great not only in the hard rock but all music. So, how did 1987 do? We think it was pretty righteous. Some landmark albums came out that year. Some of those represent the biggest or perhaps most widely known in some artists' careers. In addition to all the great music, not just hard rock but pop, alternative, a

The Listening Party: New York Dolls

Mar 06 2025 109 mins

We lost David Johansen this past week. He was the last member of the lineup to be on the debut album to pass away. Some know him better as Buster Poindexter. Better may not be the appropriate word. Some know him as Buster Poindexter. Or, the cabbie in Scrooged. Brad in Freejack with Mick Jagger, Emilio Estevez, and Anthony Hopkins. Anyway, he's been around a while. It is widely ack

The Asylum Mount Rushmore: Bassists

Feb 27 2025 172 mins

So, here it is. The Mt. Rushmore that Kousins Tim and Gary have been waiting for. The Mt. Rushmore of bass players. The instrument that holds the bottom down, tells you what chords you'll hear, and gets the least respect in a band (behind keyboard players). While Kousin Marvin and Kousin Ray know which bassists they like and respect, it was time for schooling from the other two knu

Random Topic: Alice in Chains’ Sap and Jar of Flies

Feb 20 2025 104 mins

We are without Kousin Ray, who is "on assignment," this week. Because it was "random topic week," Kousin Marvin picked both Alice in Chains EPs, Sap (1992) and Jar of Flies (1994) for the Kousins to imbibe on, listening party style. A call from Eugene B Sims and two from a new caller, Dave From Winston-Salem. All three Kousins gave their "Now Listenings." What are your thoughts

Top 10-ish KISS Songs with “Love” in the Title

Feb 13 2025 115 mins

For the KISS retrospective, and because tomorrow is Valentine's Day, the Kousins decided to do a collective top 10 of their favorite KISS songs with the word "Love" in the title. 27 songs in the KISS Katalog had that word. There were 16 total votes. The song rankings are real numbers given numeric values and then averaged out—the higher the value, the higher the overall ranking.

Grading the 1986 Hard Rock Albums

Feb 06 2025 155 mins

A few weeks ago, the Kousins did a retrospective of music (and other pop-culture things) from 1986, which focused on the hard rock genre (which can be found here). The Kousins will be visiting other years. But before we all move on, it was time to grade the top hard rock albums of 1986 (in their opinion). The albums that were graded (from A+ to F) were (in no particular order): A

The Listening Party: Cinderella’s Night Songs

Jan 30 2025 86 mins

Keeping with the 1986 theme, and with Kousin Ray out doing "mandatory fun," the remaining Kousins threw a listening party for Cinderella's 1986 debut, Night Songs. One Kousin admitted it wasn't his thing, but did he dislike it? One Kousin absolutely loves it. One thinks it's pretty cool. All three Kousins gave "Now Listenings." Calls from Jim From Irwin, Jem From Alabama, and Bru