AND introducing...our first ever miniseries! WELCOME TO WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We are taking a journey through Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the 1980’s American underground rock scene. And today we start that journey with the legendary...BLACK FLAG. We’re joined by artist/comedian/podcaster Branson Reese to explore Black Flag’s heavy history and the life of legendary intense guy Henry Rollins.

Check out Branson’s book of comics, Hell Was Full: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Hell-Was-Full/Branson-Reese/Hell-Was-Full/9781620107430
And I implore you, listen to Branson’s amazing DnD podcast Rude Tales of Magic: https://www.rudetalesofmagic.com/

Songs in Order:
Television - Little Johnny Jewel
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown
Black Flag - Rise Above
Black Flag - TV Party
Black Flag - My War
Black Flag - Three Nights

And Introducing

#86 BLACK FLAG! (ft. Branson Reese)

And introducing, WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We are taking a journey through Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the 1980’s American underground rock scene, continuing today with Chapter Two: The Minutemen! We’re joined by Max & Doug of the Chicago-based indie label Hausu Mountain to talk mersh, gigs, fliers, corndogs from Pedro and all things jamming econo.

Follow @HausuMountain on twitter. 
Hausu Mountain on bandcamp: https://hausumountain.bandcamp.com/
Hausu Mountain website: https://hausumountain.com/
That Prolaps release Doug mentions is indeed sick, check it out: https://hausumountain.bandcamp.com/album/ultra-cycle-pt-1-vernal-birth

Songs In Order:
Minutemen - Sickles and Hammers
Minutemen - Fascist
Minutemen - Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs
Minutemen - The Anchor
Minutemen - Jesus and Tequila
Minutemen - Corona
Minutemen - The Glory of Man
Minutemen - King of the Hill
Unknown Instructros - Out in the Cold
Minutemen - History Lesson - Part II

#87 MINUTEMEN! (ft. Hausu Mountain)

And introducing WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We are taking a journey through Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the 1980’s American underground rock scene, continuing today with Chapter Five: Husker Du! We’re joined by culture critic Steven Hyden to set the Land Speed Record of podcasting and do the Dü.

Check out Steven’s books here: https://www.amazon.com/Steven-Hyden/e/B01H0F6IDU%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
And check out his writing on Uproxx: https://uproxx.com/author/steven-hyden/

Songs in order:
Hüsker Dü - Gilligan’s Island
Hüsker Dü - New Day Risingl (Live 1987)
Hüsker Dü - It’s Not Funny Anymore
Hüsker Dü - Chartered Trips
Hüsker Dü - Something I Learned Today
Hüsker Dü - I Apologize
Hüsker Dü - The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill
Hüsker Dü - Books About UFOs
Hüsker Dü - Flexible Flyer
Hüsker Dü - The Baby Song
Hüsker Dü - Crystal
Hüsker Dü - Standing In The Rain

#90 HÜSKER DÜ! (ft. Steven Hyden)

And introducing WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We are taking a journey through Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the 1980’s American underground rock scene, continuing today with Chapter Six: The Replacements! We’re joined by Felix Biederman to examine the self-sabotaging career of one of the greatest American bands-that-couldn’t.

Songs:
The Replacements - Something to Dü
The Replacements - Kids Don’t Follow
The Replacements - Willpower
The Replacements - Take Me Down To The Hospital
The Replacements - I Will Dare
The Replacements - Androgynous
The Replacements - Swinging Party
The Replacements - Bastards of Young

#91 THE REPLACEMENTS! (ft. Felix Biederman)

And introducing WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We are taking a journey through Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the 1980’s American underground rock scene, continuing today with Chapter Seven: Sonic Youth! We’re joined by Texas Monthly’s Paula Mejia to take a look at the original NYC cool kids of 80’s rock, as well as come up with some great ideas of our own.

Check out Texas Monthly’s series on the singer Selena: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/celebrating-selena/

SONGS
Glenn Branca - Lesson #1 for Electric Guitar
Sonic Youth - Burning Spear
Sonic Youth - (She’s In A) Bad Mood
Sonic Youth - Death Valley ‘69
Sonic Youth - Expressway to yr. Skull
Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia
Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot

#92 SONIC YOUTH! (ft. Paula Mejia)

AND introducing WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We’re joined by the Michael Azerrad, the author of Our Band Could Be Your Life to discuss the book’s legacy, DIY in the 21st century, and #RockCriticLaw. Then, Chris and Molly share some final thoughts on our first miniseries, pitch some movie ideas, share listener mail, and talk future programming.

Thanks for listening everybody, it’s been a blast.

The instagram music review zine thing I mention can be found at: https://www.instagram.com/__antiart__/

Thanks to Lil Tupperware for the outro music: https://soundcloud.com/user-491229571/american-woman-nmv-lil?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=1&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

#99 WE POD ECONO - EPILOGUE (ft. Michael Azerrad)

And introducing, in therapy, it’s Metallica: Some Kind of Monster! For our 100th EPISODE we’ve decided to return to our roots in HARD ROCK, but instead of looking at it’s decadent heights, examining it at it’s most grinding, tedious, bureaucratic lows. We’re talking about the fantastic 2004 documentary Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, following the heavy metal goliaths as they drift aimlessly, tensions high, missing a member, recording an album no one’s interested in - including themselves - and most hilariously in FULL BAND therapy. And through it, finding one of the most fascinating and intimate portrayals of a rock band ever made. 

SONGS
Metallica - Seek & Destroy
Metallica - Frantic
Metallica - St. Anger

#100 METALLICA!

We welcomed Maria Sherman back to the pod, this time not to talk about Calvin Johnson and his merry band of yogurt-drum twee dreamers, but to talk about THE HISTORY OF BOY BANDS — as detailed in Maria's book Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS. From shady '80s managers screwing New Edition out of their hard-earned dough, to the secret hidden original member of *NYSYNC that Molly didn't know existed, to the fruitful fanfiction culture of One Direction, we got into a bunch of things that happened when you put a bunch of cute boys in a room together and had them sing and dance.

Buy Maria's book here: https://www.blackdogandleventhal.com/titles/maria-sherman/larger-than-life/9780762468904/

Songs played:
"What Makes You Beautiful (8-Bit Remix) - 8BitUzz
"I Want To Hold Your Hand" - the Beatles
"Candy Girl" - New Edition
"You Got It (The Right Stuff)" - New Kids On The Block
"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" - Backstreet Boys
"Bye Bye Bye" - *NSYNC
"Back Here" - BBMak
"Burnin' Up" - Jonas Brothers
"Little Black Dress" - One Direction
"Mic Drop" - BTS (Steve Aoki Remix)

#101 BOY BANDS! (ft. Maria Sherman)

And introducing, bands of brothers! We’re joined by brothers Max and Andrew Savage of Parquet Courts to discuss the phenomenon of bands with brothers, including a special look at two of rock n’ roll’s most contentious brothers, Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis. We also discuss Parquet Courts’ new album, their upcoming tour, and Max & Andrew’s experiences of being brothers in a band.

Check out all things Parquet Courts at https://www.parquet-courts.com/

#103 BROTHER BANDS (ft. Parquet Courts)

And introducing, a guy who nobody knows at all, someone who has released music that literally not a soul cares about...it's Bob Dylan! Just kidding, we are aware he's very popular. And he had a very popular...memoir? autobiography? autofiction? book to prove it. On this episode, we discuss Bob's 2004 "tome" Chronicles, Vol 1 with two guys who certainly know their Empire Burlesque from their Blood On The Tracks — Evan and Ian from the Jokermen Podcast! We get into many but definitely not all things Bob, from his weapons-hoarding NYC roommate, to his obsession with the Civil War, to his completely obscure "numbers" system that apparently has influenced his live shows for the past like 40 years, and the Jokermen school us in some elite and deep-cut Bob Dylan anecdotes along the way. Listen now and you too might have a time that might have a-changed, at some point.

Buy Bob's book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Chronicles/Bob-Dylan/9780743244589
Jokermen Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jokermen-a-podcast-about-bob-dylan/id1519299517
The Jokermen Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jokermen

Songs in this ep:
"The Times, They Are A-Changin' (8-Bit)" - ChubbyBunny
"Blonde On Blonde" - Nada Surf
"Jokerman" - Bob Dylan
"Maggie's Farm (Live At Budokan)" - Bob Dylan
"Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" - Bob Dylan
"The Man In Me" - Bob Dylan
"Series Of Dreams" - Bob Dylan

#107 BOB DYLAN! (feat. Jokermen)

And Introducing…we are taking a brief but fertile trip to Key West to visit a friend of quite a few folks: that's right, it's Jimmy Buffett. A son of a son of a sailor, a blender-drink connoisseur, a schooner crooner, a Conch Train stowaway, a vacation virtuoso, and an escape artist on the level of Houdini, Jimmy Buffett's life and career are truly one of one, and we learned all about it via his 2017 biography Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All The Way by Ryan White. 

So throw some lime juice and tequila in a glass...........grill up some hot dogs..........whip out the old Hawaiian shirt.........and listen to our podcast. It may not be Key West, and as I type this I'm immediately regretting not putting in some like wave/ocean sounds or seagull calls into the podcast but it's simply too late now.....but regardless it might take your mind on a brief vacation.

Songs played on the pod:
Jimmy Buffett - "Margaritaville" (Raxlen Slice 8 Bit Chiptune Remix)
Jimmy Buffett - "The Christian?"
Jimmy Buffett - "Come Monday"
Jimmy Buffett - "Changes in Latitude, Changes in Attitude"
Jimmy Buffett - "Margaritaville"
Jimmy Buffett - "Cheeseburger in Paradise"
Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett - "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"

#108 JIMMY BUFFETT!

And introducing…the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley! We welcome Atlantic movie critic and co-host of the Blank Check podcast David Sims back to the pod to discuss Baz Lurhmann’s new biopic ELVIS. We talk about the King’s legacy, Baz’s filmography, Tom Hanks going sicko mode, whether the music biopic genre can be transcended (or if it’s been fully murdered by Walk Hard), and all the pop-culture Elvis missed. RIP Elvis, you would have loved mdma.

Check out Molly’s essay on attending a Deadmau5 NFT party: https://themollyzone.com/post/687870869007187968/i-went-to-a-music-nft-party

David’s work at the Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/david-sims/
All things Blank Check: https://www.blankcheckpod.com/

#111 ELVIS! (ft. David Sims)

And introducing…King of the hill…A#1……KING OF THE HILL: it’s Frank Sinatra! Yes we’re ring-a-ding-dinging in the New Year with one of the greatest recording artists of all time AND one of the greatest pieces of Words About Music of all time in one go. We’re covering Ol’ Blue Eyes from Gay Talese’s celebrated, wildly influential 1966 profile for Esquire magazine, “Frank Sinatra Has A Cold.” Looking at Sinatra’s whole life, work and cultural impact through three pivotal months in ‘65-’66, Talese’s profile sheds light on a man seemingly unstuck from time and place by his massive celebrity. And, it’s very funny. 

COME TO OUR PARTY AT ELSEWHERE in NYC 1/18/88: https://www.elsewherebrooklyn.com/events/night-rippers-presented-by-audio-video-disco-18th-jan-the-loft-new-york-tickets

Songs played:
Frank Sinatra - New York, New York 8-bit by Jack Phillips
Frank Sinatra - Ring-a-Ding-Ding
Frank Sinatra - That’s Life
Frank Sinatra - Mama Will Bark
Frank Sinatra - Luck Be A Lady

#114 FRANK SINATRA (...Has a Cold)!

Yeah I'm thinking we're back. Back with a big one. Back with Bono. He wrote a memoir called Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story and we're podcasting all about it. Well, not all about it, but about half of it, because Bono's book is so meaty that it requires a two-part podcast. We dig into Bono's early life in bubblin' Dublin, the crucial single week where he asked out his wife and joined U2, his political awakening and initial transition into "foreign dignitary," and the time he made a Parmesan cheese sandwich at Paul McGuinness's house. It's a wild ride, and an Irish one. Missed you guys :)

Subscribe to Molly's music newsletter (it costs $0): https://themollyzone.beehiiv.com/

Songs in the episode:
"With Or Without You (8-Bit U2 Cover)" - 8-Bit Misfits
"Teenage Kicks" - The Undertones
"I Will Follow" - U2
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" - U2
"Pride (In The Name of Love)" - U2
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid
"Where The Streets Have No Name" - U2
"Where The Streets Have No Name (Live)" - The Killers
"Big Boy" - Viagra Boys and Jason Williamson
"The Fly" - U2

#116 BONO! pt. 1

Bono part deux — for a relaxing time, make it governance time. We hit the second half or so of Bono's book Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story and get into his advocacy, his lobbying, his product-launch mindset, his south of France hedonism, his relationship with God and his overall reflective vibes. Unos dos tres catorce bitches!

Listen to Black Bubblegum podcast: https://blackbubblegumpod.libsyn.com/

Subscribe to Molly's music newsletter: 
https://themollyzone.beehiiv.com/

Music used in this episode:
"Vertigo (8 Bit Raxlen Slice Chiptune Remix)" 
"Staring At The Sun" - U2
"Discothèque" - U2
"Miami" - U2
"If You're Gonna Break My Heart" - Inhaler
"Elevation" - U2
"Party Time" - Northern Boys
"Vertigo" - U2
"Gossip" - Måneskin
"The Miracle of Joey Ramone" - U2
"Blind Elevation" - Molly Mashup O'Brien

#117 BONO! pt. 2

We're going back, Jack, and we're doing it again with another angle on the Steely Dan story. Last time we were listening to Donald Fagen complain about hotel pools with Matthew Perpetua; this time we're talking about the freaky characters of Steely Dan's lyrical universe with writer Alex Pappademas and artist Joan LeMay, who together created the book 'Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan.' We get into the gentleman-loser trope so common in Dan tunes, marvel at the absurdity of Steely Dan's recording budgets, and ponder the existence of the Squonk and its tears. Enjoy!


Buy the book: https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477324998/

Songs featured:
"Do It Again (8-Bit)" - 8BitRenditions
"Deacon Blues" - Steely Dan

#118 STEELY DAN! (ft. Alex Pappademas & Joan LeMay)

And Introducing is back and we're talking to another musician we like today. Actually two musicians! Emily Ash and Kayla Asbell play in the truly excellent NYC rock and roll band 95 Bulls—Emily on vocals, Kayla on keys—and we caught them in the middle of writing their next album, which will follow 2022's face-ripper Go Home. We talked about the power of Benihana, cranky sound guys, and much much more...give the pod a listen, why doncha?

Follow 95 Bulls: https://www.instagram.com/95bullsnyc/
Check out 95 Bulls' link aggregation: https://linktr.ee/95bullsnyc

Music featured in this episode:
95 Bulls "Young Love"
95 Bulls "Crazy"
95 Bulls "Big Fight"
Devo "Gut Feeling" (95 Bulls cover)
Dead Tooth "Electric Earth"
Hank Wood and the Hammerheads "YOU WANNA DIE"
Balaclava "Dumb City"

#120 95 BULLS!

And Introducing, back again, and featuring an interview with an artist that we think you just might love...A Beacon School!

A Beacon School is Patrick J. Smith, a musician in New York City whose pleasing indie pop compositions are gaining big-time steam for listeners worldwide—we're talking millions of streams, TV show syncs, and a multi-city tour coming up later this month. We talked to Patrick about release day Dunkin' Donuts orders, getting kicked out of the venue before 'the late show,' guitar pedal secrets, the problem with remixes, and trying one's best to figure out merch sizing. 

Songs featured:
A Beacon School - "Algernon"
A Beacon School - "Honeyed (Stay Forever)"
MAXBAND - "Unsaid"
A Beacon School - "KITM"
A Beacon School - "Adore"
A Beacon School - "Jon"
ford. -  "In Motion"  (Feat. A Beacon School)
ford. -  "In Motion" (Bay Ledges Remix)

Listen to A Beacon School: https://abeaconschool.bandcamp.com
Follow A Beacon School on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abeaconschool

#121 A BEACON SCHOOL!

Another 'And Introducing, Also Interviewing' up on deck. This time we're talking to bad tuner, an electronic musician in Brooklyn—he just put out an EP called look at me but through me, whose single "24 hours" f*cked our sh*t up but utterly when it arrived on our ears' doorstep. We had a great chat with bad tuner about the current club culture in NYC, how to find the samples no one else is using, guerrilla music video making, and why he can't read when you put big text on your phone and hold it up in the crowd...

Listen to the bad tuner EP: https://badtuner.bandcamp.com/album/look-at-me-but-through-me

Music in this episode:

bad tuner - "24 hours"
Röyksopp - "Remind Me"
bad tuner - "jade"
bad tuner - "repeat to fade" (feat. Pollena)

#122 BAD TUNER!

It's another And Introducing, Also Interviewing, and we're talking to Nick Llobet from the NYC-based band Youbet! They put out an album called Compare & Despair in 2020 and are back with a fresh new album out called Way To Be (which came out on Hardly Art on May 10th). We talked to Nick about a bunch of things: breaking out of a creative funk by learning folk songs, writing with a Bandcamp songwriting group, teaching other people guitar...it's a nice conversation, we encourage you to listen.

Listen to Way to Be: https://youbetband.bandcamp.com/album/way-to-be

Music in this episode: 
youbet - "Volcano"
youbet - "Carsick"
youbet - "Way to Be"
youbet - "Peel"
youbet - "Seeds of Evil"

#123 youbet!

Welcome to another And Introducing, Also Interviewing, where today we are talking to Nick Thorburn! You might also known Nick Thorburn as Nick Diamonds. He's been a consistently joyous and joyously consistent presence on the "indie rock" circuit for over twenty years. He fronts the band Islands (and previously The Unicorns) and they have a new album out called What Occurs. We had Nick on the pod to talk about the album as well as his unique live band member Andy, indie rock beeves, and much much more...

Listen to What Occurs: https://islandsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/what-occurs

Nick's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NickfromIslands

Music in this episode:
Islands - "What Occurs"
The Unicorns - "Tuff Ghost"
Islands - "Tangerine"
Islands - "The Arm"
Islands - "Talk Is Cheap"
Roy Orbison - "Candy Colored Clown"
The Stills - "Still In Love Song"
Islands - "Boll Weevil"

#124 NICK THORBURN!

I can feel it coming ON the air tonight...a podcast about Phil Collins. Well, the first part of a podcast about Phil Collins. We're talking about his child actor youth, his mod adolescence, his rock 'n' roll grindset that got him a slot in Genesis, his scoot from the drumset to the front of the stage after Peter Gabriel's departure, and the hella divorced energy beginnings of his epic solo career. All through his own words, his memoir Not Dead Yet: The Memoir. Plug in your drum machine and don't f*ck up your shot at playing the bongos on a George Harrison record...because folks are saying there's still time to make it an Abacab summer. 

The book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/538475/not-dead-yet-by-phil-collins/

Songs in order:
Katy Perry - Women’s World
Leo Karpatze - The Monster Fuck
Genesis - Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
Genesis - Supper’s Ready
Genesis - Dance on a Volcano
Genesis - Follow You, Follow Me
Genesis - Burning Rope
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonite
Phil Collins - Tomorrow Never Knows
Genesis - Behind the Lines
Genesis - Turn it on Again
Genesis - Abacab
Phil Collins - Can’t Hurry Love
Phil Collins - Against All Odds

#125 PHIL COLLINS pt.1!

It's part 2 of our excavation of Phil Collins' memoir Not Dead Yet: The Memoir. We've reached the mid-1980s and the boy is absolutely everywhere...can he sustain the breakneck pace of being one of the most celebrated (and oversaturated) Brits in pop music history? We cover his stressful transcontinental Live Aid experience, his Disneyfied '90s, his vibrant but turbulent romantic life, his big band era, and much much more.


The book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/538475/not-dead-yet-by-phil-collins/


Songs in order: 
Phil Collins - Against All Odds (8-Bit cover by HumanDaikon)
Phil Collins - Invisible Touch
Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll (Live At Live Aid)
Phil Collins - Everyday
Phil Collins - Sussudio
The Phil Collins Big Band - Pick Up the Pieces (Average White Band cover)
Phil Collins - You'll Be In My Heart
Phil Collins - No Way Out (Theme from Brother Bear)
Phil Collins - Uptight (Everything's Alright) (Stevie Wonder cover)
Phil Collins - Take Me Home

#126 PHIL COLLINS pt. 2!

And introducing…on lead vocals, it’s Serj Tankian! We delve into the life of turn of the millennium metal icons System of a Down’s frontman Serj Tankian. Repping Armenia via Glendale, Serj’s life covers everything from founding software companies to composing whale-themed orchestras. We look into his politics, nu-metal in general, a passion for espresso, his signature growls and yelps, and revolutionary participation, as with SOAD’s wild musical success along the way.

Songs in order:
System of a Down - Sugar
System of a Down - Prison Song
System of a Down - Chop Suey
System of a Down - I-E-A-I-A-I-O
System of a Down - Boom
System of a Down - BYOB
Serj Tankian - Empty Walls
Serj Tankian - Orca Act II - Oceanic Subterfuge
System of a Down - Protect the Land
System of a Down - Toxicity

#127 SERJ TANKIAN!

Welcome to the Willenium, baby! We’re joined by YouTube’s Todd in the Shadows to look at the musical career of Will Smith. From growing up under the influence of his demanding father, to discovering his performing (and lying) abilities in school, clicking with Jazzy Jeff, indulging in “chicken wings,” his super-star turn to acting & extremely self-conscious return to hip-hop, we track Will’s music & celebrity up to “the slap” and beyond from his 2021 memoir Will. As Todd says, may be one of the weirdest guys he’s ever encountered.

Check out Todd’s Trainwerckords video on Will Smith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNm0HDCRdnc&ab_channel=ToddintheShadows
Plus Todd’s always great year-end videos,
Worst Songs of 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ssUcZSqV8&ab_channel=ToddintheShadows
Best songs of 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkXpvScL94Q&ab_channel=ToddintheShadows

Songs in order:
DJ Jazzy Jeff - Peter Piper Routine
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Girls Ain’t Nothing but Trouble
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime
Will Smith - Don’t Say Nothing
Will Smith & Joyner Lucas - Tantrum
Neil Cicierega - Wow Wow


#128 WILL SMITH! (ft. Todd in the Shadows)

And Introducing film correspondent, Blank Check pod & the Atlantic’s David Sims returns for two more recent musician biopics: James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown & Michael Gracey’s Better Man. Two very different movies about very different musicians that nonetheless explore similar themes on the nature of fame, talent & musicianship. We talk Timmy, Bobby, Robbie & more, and see if there’s still juice to squeeze from the biopic genre. Plus of course: does the monkey play?

Listen to David on Blank Check wherever you get pods and subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/blankcheck
Check out David’s writing in the Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/david-sims/
Read Molly’s music blog: https://www.ienjoymusic.net/


#129 - A BETTER UNKNOWN! (ft. David Sims)

And introducing, on bass guitar, Mr. Duff McKagen!

Chris and Molly examine the life of Guns n' Roses bassist/Wealth Management Guru Duff McKagen through his memoir "It's So Easy (and other lies)". Featuring: THE INCREDIBLE EXPLODING PANCREAS! SOUP GIMLETS! INTERIOR DECORATING & CRACK COCAINE! NEVER, EVER MIXING THE SPIRITUAL HEALING OF MARTIAL ARTS WITH COMMERCE!

And Introducing Podcast

#01 DUFF McKAGAN!

And introducing, on drums, Mr. Travis Barker!

The thrilling, tragic, and ultimately triumphant conclusion to Chris and Molly's look at the life and career Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker.  Did you guess a wedding to Paris Hilton officiated by Suge Knight would show up? If so, you were right! BUST OUT THE BOOST MOBILE & RED BULL, IT’S 2007 BABY!

Music used, in Order:
Vitamin String Quartet performs Blink 182’s “What’s My Age Again”
The Best of Travis Barker - YouTube | Desmond Hume
P.Diddy - Bad Boy For Life
Travis Barker and DJ AM - Fix Your Face
Travis Barker feat. Transplants & Slash - Saturday Night
Run The Jewels feat. Travis Barker - All Due Respect
Travis Barker & Marshmello - Coachella Drum-off ’17
Blink 182 - Brohemian Rhapsody

#03 TRAVIS BARKER! pt. 2

And Introducing, on lead vocals, Mr. Anthony Kiedis. 

Yes, Anthony Kiedis the Dionysian fuck-prince of socal, founding member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, whose sex mania, insatiable drug thirst and most importantly - soul of a poet - made him one of the most dynamic and enduring frontmen in rock history. 

Featuring: WEDDING FAIL COMPILATIONS! THE KIEDIS MYTHOS! QUALUUD PALM! SHIT PIZZA!  THE CHICKEN/COCAINE CONTINUUM! THOSE DASTARDLY PEPPER BOYS! JB80! DRIVING LESSONS WITH SINEAD O'CONNOR! HAIR PRISON! THE RIVER/LEAF CONSPIRACY!

Music Used
Chris Wade - Can’t Stop (Pod Dub)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (Instrumental)
Anthym - Clocks (Live, Los Angeles, 1979)
DEVO - Satisfaction
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mommy, Where’s Daddy?
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Get Up and Jump
Gang of Four - Natural’s Not In It
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mommy, Where’s Daddy?
FIDLAR - Cheap Beer
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Sex Rap
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Yertle The Turtle
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Catholic Schoolgirls Rule
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Fight Like A Brave
Chris Wade - Under the Bridge (Pod Dub)

#05 ANTHONY KIEDIS! pt. 1 (ft. Nathan Truman)

And introducing…Marilyn Manson! Chris and Molly are joined by the original bad boy of TV criticism, Sean T. Collins to discuss God’s perfect rock n’ roll creep, Marilyn Manson, through his book “The Long Hard Road Out of Hell”.

Featuring: BAD 3D TREES, BASEMENT PERVERTS, LET THE BILE HIT THE FLOOR, 500 DEAD CRICKETS! DEAF! MEAT! GIRL! BONEGHAZI! SWEET WHITE MOTHER! 

SONGS:

Chris Wade - Beautiful People (Pod Dub)
Marilyn Manson - Cake And Sodomy
Charles Manson - Home is Where You’re Happy 
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams
Marilyn Manson - I Put A Spell On You
Dilly Dally - Know Yourself (Drake Cover)
Marilyn Manson - Dope Show
Marilyn Manson - The Beautiful People
Gojira - Stranded
Sky Ferreira - 24 Hours

Pick up Sean and Julia Gfrörer's collection of gothic comics here: http://2dcloud.com/mirror-mirror-ii

The weird, true story of Boneghazi: https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/vb4m4a/boneghazi-how-a-grave-robbing-controversy-tore-an-online-witch-community-apart

#13 MARILYN MANSON! (ft. Sean T. Collins)

And introducing...Kanye West! Chris and Molly are joined by online expert Felix Biederman to discuss Kanye's latest tear through Twitter, his sudden (but not necessarily unexpected) embrace of Trump, his new music, his ability to bend the world to his will, the intersection of politics & celebrity, and why hip-hop beefs have gotten so lame. 

Songs:

Runaway (wade pod dub)
Kanye West - Ye vs. the People (starring TI as the People)
Kanye West -  MAGA Hat Full Freestyle
Kanye West - Lift Yourself
Kanye West - Father Stretch My Hands pt. 1
Cam’ron feat. Kanye West - Down and Out (Instrumental)

#25 KANYE WEST! (ft. Felix Biederman)

And Introducing, on backup vocals, it’s Mary Wilson! Wilson achieved fame and fortune as one third of Motown powerhouses The Supremes — but the schemings of lead singer Diana Ross shattered Mary’s confidence as the group’s star rose through the 60s. We’re learning about her fulfilled dreams, her dashed hopes, and her long road toward self-actualization in her memoir Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme.

Songs In Order:
You Can't Hurry Love(pod dub)
Adam Ant - Where Did Our Love Go
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman
The Miracles - I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying
The Supremes - Because 
The Supremes - Baby, Baby, Wo Ist Unsere Liebe
The Supremes - Stop! In the Name of Love
The Supremes - Come and Get These Memories
The Magnetic Fields - The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure

#37 MARY WILSON!

And introducing…SoundCloud Rap! We finally cover this chaotic, “DIY” genre of Hip Hop that’s quickly engulfing all of mainstream music through Carrie Battan’s GQ article “How SoundCloud Rap Took Over Everything”. Featuring returning guest Felix Biederman. 

“How SoundCloud Rap Took Over Everything” by Carrie Battan
https://www.gq.com/story/soundcloud-rap-boom-times

Tarpley Hitt’s piece on XXXTentacion
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/the-real-story-of-rapper-xxxtentacion-10410980

Songs:
Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams (Chris Cover)
Ski Mask The Slump God - Nuketown 
6IX9INE - GUMMO
XXXTentacion - LOOK AT ME!
XXXTentacion - Depression & Obsession

#46 SOUNDCLOUD RAP! (ft. Felix Biederman)

And introducing…The KLF! The bizarre producer duo topped the UK charts in the late 80’s with a series of smash hit/novelty dance tracks, then wrote the definitive guide for how to copy their success. Today we’ll be getting totally justified & ancient with their guide to pop greatness through the legendary “KLF Manual”.

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Songs
The Beastie Boys - Egg Man
The KLF - Justified and Ancient
Timelords - Doctoring the Tardis
Echo and the Bunnymen - What Time Is Love? (KLF remix)
Technotronic - Pump of the Jam
The Orb - Donuts Forever
Half Japanese - One Million Kisses

#50 THE KLF MANUAL!

And introducing…the day we’re always never forgetting, it’s 9/11 in popular music! Yes, since we started this show, we’ve noticed almost every musician we’ve covered who’s lived through 9/11 has had BIG THOUGHTS about that important day. So for this year’s 11th of September we brought in Chapo Trap House’s Matt Christman to take a complete survey of how 9/11 broke the brains of the America’s musicians, just as it broke the brains of every American.

Songs:

Psy - Kill Those Yankees
U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name (live at the Super Bowl)
Limp Bizkit - Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle)
Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
Cake - Comfort Eagle
Darryl Worley - Have You Forgotten?
I Am The World Trade Center - Metro (Brooklyn Mix)

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