CD of the Month
  • Mudvayne
    Mudvayne
    by Mudvayne
Inspiration
  • Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground New Edition
    Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground New Edition
    by Michael Moynihan, Didrik Soderlind
  • Retribution
    Retribution
    by Shadows Fall
  • Brutal Legend
    Brutal Legend
    Electronic Arts
Monday
Jun122023

The Ragman Show - Podcast-021

Ragman has gone global!  Ragman is on the road for the next few weeks and will be doing the show with locals in various countries in Europe.  Rag's and his new friends (Ivan, Alessandro and Mateo) discuss life, music and of course beer.  Also you find out the Italian meaning for Horns Up.  This first in The Ragman on the road series begins in Pescara, Italy at Shaka Brew.  So buckle in, grab a beer and get ready to rock!  Horns Up!

Beer of the Show:  Radiocraft - Woodsthop  Beer Rating:  3.5

Featured Tracks: Nita Stauss - The Golden Trail, DGM - Hope, Iron Maiden - Trooper, John Mayer - Who Did You Think I Was, Marcus Miller - Run For Cover, Chic Corea - Spain, Bad Religion - Sorrow, Nirvana - Tourettes, Pantera - Walk, Blask Sabbath - The Sign of the Southern Cross, Lustra - Scotty Doesn't Know

Ragman invades Europe!  Ladies you've been warned...

The Ragman Show - Episode 21

Sunday
May282023

The Ragman Show - Podcast-020

How many times do you try to make a relationship work?  Join Rag's on the eve of his latest breakup.  He's in a mood so get ready.  Next Ragman brings in Snake.  One of Genghis and Ragman's earliest listeners.  Why are all of the classic bands Kiss and Motley Crue turning into drama queens?  See what Snake and Rag's think.  Rag's and Snake also talk music, relationships and more.  So buckle in, grab a beer and get ready to rock!  Horns Up!

Beer of the Show:  Spindeltap - Stereo Chemistry Vol. 3  Beer Rating: 4

Guest Beer of the Show: Greenport Harbor Brewing Company - Haus Pilsner  Beer Rating: 3

Featured Tracks:  OK Hotel - Easy to Say, Winger - Tears of Blood, Junkyard Dog (Tears from the Stone), Warrant - Machine Gun, Mantric Momentum - In The Heart of the Broken, Metal Church - World Church, About Us - Right Now, Judas Priest - One on One, Kiss - Exciter, Motley Crue - Hooligan's Holiday, Boston - I Had a Good Time, Savatage - When The Crowds Are Gone, Dayseeker - Homesick, Jelusick - Fly High Again

Ragman is on the market...

The Ragman Show - Episode 20

Saturday
May202023

The Ragman Show - Podcast-019

There is a saying lucky at life but unlucky at love.  Join Rag's as he discusses his latest breakup.  Did he jinks it by talking about it on the show?  Don't know, but it happened again.  Rag's also talks about the lost art of listening to albums in their entirety.  Next Ragman brings in The Defiants/ex Danger Danger vocalist Paul Laine for a fireside chat.  Paul discusses the new The Defiants record Drive as well as giving the skinny on the making of some of the songs.  Paul also talks about D2 and more.  So buckle in, grab a beer and get ready to rock!  Horns Up!

Beer of the Show: Great Heights - Haze Not Hate  Beer Rating: 4

Featured Tracks:  Titus - Until Next Time, Harem Scarem - Stranger Than Love, Caroline's Spine - Nothing to Prove, Danger Danger - Afraid of Love, Paul Laine - We Are the Young, Dorianna, The Defiants - 19 Summertime, Hey Life

Ragman is officially afraid of love...

The Ragman Show - Episode 19

Saturday
May132023

The Ragman Show - Podcast-018

What is your favorite part of Summer?  It is defiantly not the lawn trucks that plague the streets and make it hard to get around.  Join Rag's as he talks about his favorite things to enjoy during the Summer months.  Next get ready for a lesson in beer from Robert who is  the owner/head brewer at Elder Son Brewing.  Robert gives the skinny on the brewing process as well as which tunes he jams to while brewing.  So buckle in, grab a beer and get ready to rock!  Horns Up!

Beer of the Show: New Magnolia - Star Party  Beer Rating: 3.5

Featured Tracks:  Caskets - More Than Misery, Tankard - Die With a Beer in Your Hand, Chevelle - Letter From a Thief, Scorpions - Wind of Change, Glassjaw - Piano, Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse, Sigur Ros - Vaka, Atreyu - Watch Me Burn, Iron Maiden - Caught Somewhere in Time, Noah Gunderson - Send the Rain, Devin Townsend - Spirits Will Collide, Point North -

Ragman can't believe Jon plugged up a venue's septic system....

The Ragman Show - Episode 18

Saturday
May062023

The Ragman Show - Podcast-017

Do you miss the great Summer time tunes?  Are they a lost art?  Nothing like rolling the window's down, and cranking some great tunes. Ragman reminisces about the past, and the tunes he goes to as the temperature rises.  Next Ragman brings in his buddy Tomas to talk beer and music.  Tomas is a legend in the Houston brewery scene and gives us the skinny on the beer world.  He also talks music with Rags.  So buckle in, grab a beer and get ready to rock!  Horns Up!

Beer of the Show: 4 Noses - Flat Iron Fog  Beer Rating: 3.5

2nd Beer of the Show: Great Heights - The Whammer  Beer Rating:  4

Featured Tracks:  The Defiants - 19 Summertime, Korpiklanni -Beer, Beer, Illenium w/Motionless In White - Nothing Ever After, Pantera - Planet Caravan, Gojira - Another World, Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin For You, Hammerfall - Rider's of the Storm, Deftones - You've Seen the Butcher, Wu Tang Clan - Triumph, Depeche Mode - Everything Counts, Kamelot - One More Flag In The Ground, Blink 182 - Always

Ragman - Not even surgery could stop me from doing a show this week.  Horns Up!

The Ragman Show - Episode 17