Heat Rocks

Hello Heat Rockers! This is Producer Christian, I edited Heat Rocks and you might've heard my voice on a few episodes with Oliver and Morgan! So we've been working on a new music podcast here on Maximum Fun and I'm so excited to finally share it with you! Primer focuses on genres of music from outside the English-speaking world. This first season we're talking about Japanese City Pop and I will be hosting alongside Yosuke Kitazawa.
If you like what you hear, please subscribe to Primer! I think you're really gonna love what we've made here. :) 
On November 5th, 1979, Miki Matsubara’s debut pop single “Mayonaka no Door/ Stay with Me” was released in her home country of Japan. It was a huge hit and remained her biggest and most beloved work throughout her entire career. Over 40 years after its original release, it soared in popularity once again when a whole new international audience discovered the song through TikTok. Its catchy hook and incredible vocals still resonate with listeners today and has become a staple in the City Pop genre. If you’ve heard one City Pop song, it’s probably Stay with Me.
On our inaugural episode of Primer, radio/tv presenter  Linda Marigliano joins us to discuss City Pop icon, Miki Matsubara and her debut record, Pocket Park.  We get into the unexpected renewed interest in Mayonaka no Door, the story behind Miki’s sudden departure from the music scene, and Linda’s personal connection and discovery of City Pop.
Check out our Spotify playlist for this episode!
Follow Linda: Instagram | Twitter | Tough Love | Love Language
Follow Primer: Instagram | Twitter | TikTok

Well, we're finally here. After nearly 200 episodes, we're ending our run with Maximum Fun! We intend to come back sometime in 2022, and to celebrate this occasion, it's and Oliver, Morgan, and Producer Christian episode. We talk about our favorite moments from the show, the things we appreciate about the show, and we have a few good laughs. 
Follow Morgan and Oliver on Twitter to keep up with upcoming projects! 
Until next time, Heat Rockers.
 
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Music writer and resident TikTok expert Cat Zhang sits down with us to discuss Flo Milli's 2020 debut mixtape Ho, why is you here?  We get into what goes into making a TikTok hit,  Flo Milli's unique voice, and her role in the current hip hop landscape.
More on Cat Zhang
Check out Cat's latest article on TikTok trends
Listen to Cat chatting with our friends at Switched on Pop
Twitter | Website 
More on Flo Milli
Flo Milli Is Here. Get Used to It. (The Ringer)
Flo Milli Came to Flex (Rolling Stone)
Back Pack (Flora The Explorer) music video
Show Tracklisting (all songs from Ho, why is you here? unless otherwise indicated):
19
May I
In The Party
Paul Anka: Put Your Head On My Shoulder
yung cxreal and baby frankie: dumb bitchitis
Send The Addy
Flo Milli: Back Pack (Flora The Explorer)
Beef FloMix
Not Friendly
Pockets Bigger
Pussycat Doll
Ethereal and Playboi Carti: Beef
Beef FloMix
May I
Like That Bitch
Weak
In The Party
Mood Everyday (Intro)
Pussycat Doll
Jacki-O: Sugar Walls
MC Lyte: 10% Dis
Doja Cat: Streets
Hey Heat Rockers, if you have an appreciation for the show, we’d love to play some of them during our Aug 11th appreciation episode. You can either send use a voice memo to [email protected] OR you can phone in a voicemail to (310) 986-3340‬. We just need them all in by August 8th (Sunday), thanks!
Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there
If you’re not already subscribed to Heat Rocks in Apple Podcasts, do it here!

We continue our Music and Popcorn miniseries, where we chat about some of our favorite movie soundtracks. This week, we're talking to professor and writer Daphne Brooks about the soundtrack to Waiting to Exhale. We get into Babyface's prolific career, Whitney Houston's presence on both the soundtrack and the movie, and the mystery surrounding DJ Theo Mizuhara.
More on Daphne A. Brooks
Check out her book Liner Notes for the Revolution
And check out the accompanying playlist!
Website
More on Waiting to Exhale
Official trailer
Shocking Omissions: 'Waiting To Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album' (NPR)
100 Greatest Soundtracks of All Time: 'Waiting to Exhale' (Albumism)
Show Tracklisting (all songs from the Waiting to Exhale OST unless otherwise indicated):
Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
My Funny Valentine
My Love, Sweet Love
Count On Me
It Hurts Like Hell
Why Does It Hurt So Bad
Let It Flow
Not Gon' Cry
My Funny Valentine
Sittin' Up In My Room
Wey U
Kissing You
Let It Flow
Prince: Head
Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
Maxwell: Sumthin' Sumthin'
A Tribe Called Quest: Hot Sex
Dionne Farris: I Know
Oleta Adams: Get Here
En Vogue: Don't Let Go (Love)
Hey Heat Rockers, if you have an appreciation for the show, we’d love to play some of them during our Aug 11th appreciation episode. You can either send use a voice memo to [email protected] OR you can phone in a voicemail to (310) 986-3340‬. We just need them all in by August 8th (Sunday), thanks!
Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there
If you’re not already subscribed to Heat Rocks in Apple Podcasts, do it here!

We reboot our Music and Popcorn series, where we talk about some of our favorite movie soundtracks. This week, we invite our friend Jocelyn Brown to discuss a few iconic 90s OSTs, Love Jones, Boyz N The Hood, and Trainspotting. We get into what makes these soundtracks so memorable, the shift in tone from 80s and 90s OSTs, and proper record care etiquette.
Show Tracklisting:
  Primal Scream: Trainspotting
Refugee Camp All-Stars Presents Melky and Day:  I Got A Love Jones For You
Ice Cube: How To Survive in South Central
Monie Love: Work It Out
Ice-T: New Jack Hustler
Kid 'N Play: Fun House
Too $hort: It's Your Life
Quincy Jones: Setembro
Stanley Clark: Boyz N The Hood Theme
Main Source: Just A Friendly Game of Baseball (Remix)
Yo Yo: Mama Don't Take No Mess
Ice Cube: How To Survive In South Central
Quincy Jones: Setembro
Tony! Toni! Toné!: Me and You
Ice Cube: A Bird In The Hand
The Five Stairsteps: O-o-h Child
Newcleus: Jam On It
Compton's Most Wanted: Growin' Up In The Hood
Blur: Sing
Lou Reed: Perfect Day
New Order: Temptation
Underworld: Born Slippy (Nuxx)
Primal Scream: Trainspotting
Goldie: Inner City Life
Brian Eno: Deep Blue Day
Iggy Pop: Lust for Life
Lou Reed: Perfect Day
Brian Eno: Deep Blue Day
Maxwell: Sumthin' Sumthin'
Cameo: Shake Your Pants
Meshell Ndgeocello & Marcus Miller: Rush Over
Refugee Camp All-Stars & Lauryn Hill: The Sweetest Thing
Dionne Farris: Hopeless
Refugee Camp All-Stars & Lauryn Hill: The Sweetest Thing
Duke Ellington and John Coltrane: In A Sentimental Mood
Refugee Camp All-Stars Presents Melky and Day:  I Got A Love Jones For You
SWV: Anything
Dinosaur Jr.: Turnip Farm
Large Professor and Pete Rock: The Rap World
Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there
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