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

And Introducing

#87 MINUTEMEN! (ft. Hausu Mountain)

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)

This week (month...summer...) we are talking about none other than FLEA. One of the world's funkiest living bassists, Flea has kept it thick on the low end for the Red Hot Chili Peppers for almost forty years. His 2019 memoir Acid For The Children enthusiastically details his life from conception to right as the Peps formed.
 
It's a tale of Dickensian proportions: street rapscallion lifestyles, dirty Hollywood escapades, 1970s high school vibes, various freaks and creeps practically vibrating off the page. Shooting cocaine on an Amtrak train, hitchhiking, actual hiking, wrap party meth sharing, jeans that show off one's camel toe, puking at the club, dine-and-dashing at the local BBQ joint, and of course the power of jazz: it's all here and sometimes it's in ALL CAPS, BABY. Join us as we trace Flea's path from Australian childhood to Anthony Kiedis-enhanced adolescence and beyond. 

"Give It Away [8 Bit Tribute to Red Hot Chili Peppers]" - 8 Bit Universe
"Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples" - Parliament Funkadelic
"I Don't Care About You" - Fear
"Out In LA" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
The National Anthem - Flea
"Give It Away" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Party Party Superstar" - Pretty Dim Wonder

#112 FLEA!

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, pop-icon Madonna! Chris and Molly examine Madonna at the height of her world-wide superstardom through her 1991 Rolling Stone interview with Carrie Fisher.

Featuring: XOXO, PONTIFEX! PLAIN DONUT, STALE FLAVOR! THEN BOYFRIENDS!DID YOU FUCK WARREN?! GETTING QUAALOOSE! SEXY DOWAGER’S HUMP! THE TELLTALE NUDE! THE POP STAR IDENTITY MATRIX!

Chris Wade - Material Girl (PodDub)
Madonna - Ray of Life
Patrick Hernandez - Born to be Alive
Breakfast Club - Shit on the Ground/Safe Neighborhood
Madonna - Everybody
Madonna - Holiday
Madonna - Like a Prayer
Madonna - Like a Virgin (Live)
Nine Inch Nails - Copy Of a…
Chris Wade - Material Girl (PodDub)

#07 MADONNA!

And introducing…the disastrous luxury gathering of brands and influencers we all love to hate, it’s the story of the Fyre Festival! Chris and Molly are joined by the Off Book Podcast’s Jessica McKenna to examine a music-adjacent conflagration of hubris and poor decision-making so epically ironic, it can only be described as art.

Featuring: DIY BLACK CARD! SWINGING AT SANDAL’S! POST FIRST PLAN SECOND! CHIEF POTTY OFFICER! IMMERSIVE VIP GRASS! MARITIME LEGAL ADVICE! THE SWEETEST WORDS IN JOURNALISM: NO NDA! A ROUND ROBIN OF DJS! FIND YOUR BEER TREE! NOT MY FAULT! FULL POSADISM! I NEVER THOUGHT I’D DIE ALONE!

Songs:
Chris Wade - Sleep Now In The Fyre (PodDub)
Ed Sheeran - The A Team
Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
Disclosure - Latch
Blink 182 - Adam’s Song

#09 FYRE FESTIVAL! (ft. Jessica McKenna)

And Introducing, behind the mic…it’s Eminem. Chris and Molly are joined by special guest and co-host of the Ballin’ Out podcast Joel Sinensky to discuss the controversial Hip-Hop star and number one best selling artist of the 21st century through his book “EMINEM: The Way I Am.”

Featuring: NOBEL PRIZE WINNING IRISH POET SEAMUS HEANY! REAL LIBRA HOURS! JUSTICE FOR ECSTASY!  ARE WE COOL WITH JOHN MAYER? THE SUB-GATHERING OF THE JUGGALOS! R. KELLY’S INFAMOUS HIT “TOOT TOOT BEEP BEEP”! AN EARNEST DISCUSSION ABOUT PROCESSING OFFENSIVE ART! HOT MOBY TAKES! EMINEM/ICP BOWLING SUMMIT! EMINEM v. HORSES! BIG WET LEADER!

SONGS
Chris Wade - Without Me (Pod Dub)
Eminem - Stay Wide Awake
John Mayer - Your Body Is A Wonderland
Eminem - Infinite
Eminem - Just Don’t Give A Fuck
Eminem - Mockingbird
Eminem - Marshall Mathers
Eminem - My Name Is
Eminem - Stan (live ft. Elton John)
Eminem - Without Me
Eminem - Real Slim Shady
Eminem - BET Cypher

And Introducing Podcast

#12 EMINEM! (ft. Joel Sinensky)

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 lead guitar, it’s Slash! The only man born after 1880 to really pull off a top hat, Slash was a founding member of Guns N' Roses and today we’ll be learning all about his life, his virtuosic guitarmanship and his haberdashery through his memoir ”Slash”. We're returning to our GnR origins for our one-year anniversary episode, so thanks to all who've listened along the way!

Songs:
Chris Wade - Sweet Child O’ Mine (pod dub)
Snakefinger - Jesus Was a Leperchaun
Van Halen - Eruption
Guns N’ Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
Guns N’ Roses - Sweet Child O’ Mine
Guns N’ Roses - November Rain
Guns N’ Roses - Sympathy For The Devil
Nile Rogers, Chic & Slash - Freak Out (Live at Budokan)
Velvet Revolver - Slither

#27 SLASH!

Chris and Molly are joined by writer and possessor of infinite Godney knowledge Rhian Sasseen to examine how Britney Spears was the symbolic canary in the coal mine for the boom and bust of all of American society in the Aughts.

The Tragedy of Britney Spears: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-tragedy-of-britney-spears-rolling-stones-2008-cover-story-254735/
Rhian’s Twitter: @RhianSasseen

SONGS:
Chris Wade - Gimme More (poddub)
DEV2.0 - That’s Good
Britney Spears - …Baby One More Time
Britney Spears - Email My Heart
Britney Spears - Lucky
Britney Spears - Slave 4 U (Live at MTV VMA’s 2001)
Britney Spears - Mona Lisa
Britney Spears - Everytime
Britney Spears - Gimme More (Live at MTV VMA’s 2007)
Britney Spears - Piece of Me
Britney Spears - Get Naked (I Got A Plan)

#31 THE TRAGEDY OF BRITNEY SPEARS!

And introducing, in da club and on the mic, it’s 50 Cent! After a childhood in Queens spent selling coke, crack and heroin, and just barely avoiding the long arm of the law, 50’s club ready rap brought him to dominate popular music in the early aughts. And it also brought him enough notoriety to catch nine bullets. Today we’ll be learning all about his life, those bullets and his music through his book “From Pieces To Weight: Once Upon A Time Southside Queens”.

SONGS

Notorious B.I.G. - Warning
Jam Master Jay - Show Intro (9/25/1984 - Capitol Theater)
50 Cent - How To Rob
50 Cent - Ghetto Quran
50 Cent - In Da Club
50 Cent - Candy Shop

#32 50 CENT!

And introducing…….ORGANIZED LABOR!  From the 1940’s through 1960’s, as the music industry was fracturing and reforming around selling recordings of Jazz, Classical, Country and a new thing called Rock n’ Roll, a group of valiant musicians attempted to represent their own interests, in a Musicians’ Union. Today we're joined by music writer David Turner to learn all about Organized Labor in the music industry, the origins of modern commercial music, and the foundation of rock and roll through Michael James Roberts book “Tell Tchaikovsky the News".

SONGS:
Louis Jordan - Ration Blues
Hank Williams - I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
The Beatles - Twist & Shout - Performed Live On The Ed Sullivan Show 2/23/64
Lil’ Pump - Gucci Gang

Subscribe to Penny Fractions:
https://www.getrevue.co/profile/pennyfractions

Read more of David's writing on this:
https://reallifemag.com/the-last-format/

#38 MUSIC & LABOR! (ft. David Turner)

We’re jumping formats for a special bonus episode discussing a MOVIE about music: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, the new film about Freddie Mercury and Queen. David Sims, film critic and host of the great movies podcast Blank Check stops by to talk Queen, bad music biopic tropes, terrible fake teeth, and why Brian May is the Slash of England. 

Listen to Blank Check: https://soundcloud.com/griffin-and-david-present

BONUS: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY! (ft. David Sims)

And introducing, on the mic, Lil Wayne! One of the most prolific and talented rappers of the last 20 years, weezys seemingly endless barrage of killer albums, mixtapes and guest spots brought him to the top of hip hop success until at the height of his fame...he went to jail.  But now he’s out, has a new album and his future is unclear. We’re talking all about his career, this tumultuous period in his life - and why he still might be the most influential rapper of his generation- through his book "Gone 'Til November: A Journal of Rikers Island"

Andrew’s custom shoe instagram is @IWantCustomShoes
Joel’s new podcast is at: https://soundcloud.com/user-379049828

Songs:
Lil Wayne - Seat Down Low
Lil Wayne - Loud Pipes
B.G. Feat Big Tymers & Hot Boyz - Bling Bling
Lil Wayne ft. Nicki Minaj - Knockout
Lil Wayne - Uproar
Lil Wayne - I Feel Like Dying

#39 LIL WAYNE! (ft. Andrew LaSane & Joel Sinensky)

And introducing…a movie about a musical about a punk rock concept album! We’re joined by Sam Sutherland and Josiah Hughes of the Blink-155 podcast to discuss “Broadway Idiot”, a documentary about the creation of American Idiot: The Musical, and everything else Green Day-related we can think of, including Godzilla.

Songs:
American Idiot - Chris cover
Brain Stew - Green Day ft. Godzilla
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Broadway Version) - Green Day
21 Gun Salute (Broadway Version) - Green Day

#45 AMERICAN IDIOT! (ft. Josiah Hughes & Sam Sutherland)

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, on vocals and acoustic guitar…it’s Woody Guthrie! One of the most iconic singer-songwriters in American history, Woody spent years singing songs about workers and public infrastructure to whomever would listen. And today, we’re going to learn all about his life fighting cyclones, telling fortunes, and very politely hitchhiking in his memoir “Bound for Glory.” With special guest Greg Simpson from “This Might Be a Podcast”.

Listen to This Might Be a Podcast - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-might-be-a-podcast/id1445431962?mt=2

Songs:
Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land (chris cover)
Woody Guthrie - Grand Coulee Dam
Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land
Woody Guthrie - Tear the Fascists Down

#47 WOODY GUTHRIE! (ft. Greg Simpson)

And introducing...Prog! Though now largely the butt of music snob jokes, during the 1970’s, progressive rock was THE ascendant style of rock music, winning over critics, selling out stadiums and exploring uncharted sonic territories of popular music…before succumbing to bloat, excess and a culture that left the progers behind. And today we’ll be learning all about the rise, fall and eternal life of Prog talking to Dave Weigel, author of the 2018 book “The Show That Never Ends”

SONGS:
ELP - Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, Pt. 2 (chris cover)
Magma - Troller Tanz
Yes - Cans and Brahms 
Doctor Mix (YouTube) - Mellotron: Famous Songs!
Keith Emerson - Lucky Man Moog Solo
ELP - Hoedown
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Pt. 1
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
King Crimson - Discipline (Live in Japan 1984)
Brian Eno - St. Elmo’s Fire (Fripp on Guitar)
Yes - Does It Really Happen?
Genesis - Dancing With the Moonlit Knight
Asia - Heat of the Moment

#49 PROG ROCK! (ft. Dave Weigel)

And introducing….on vocals, it’s Billie Eilish, 2019’s newly minted world pop super star who broke a billion streams before her first album even dropped. Today we’ll be learning all about her unique upbringing, meteoric rise to fame, and how she can avoid becoming the next Britney Spears from the Billboard Article “Why All Eyes Are on Billie Eilish, the New Model for Streaming Era Success” by Lyndsey Havens and “Who’s Billie Eilish” by Meaghan Garvey.

Why All Eyes Are on Billie Eilish:
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8510552/billie-eilish-billboard-cover-story-2019

Who’s Billie Eilish?
https://www.thefader.com/2019/03/05/billie-eilish-cover-story

Songs
Bad Guy (cover)
Billie Eilish - Ocean Eyes
Robbie Trip - Chubby Sexy
Billie Eilish - bad guy
Billie Eilish - bellyache
Playboi Cardi - Kid Cudi

#52 BILLIE EILISH!

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)

#58 9/11 IN MUSIC! (ft. Matt Christman)

And introducing, one of the greatest rock bands around, it’s Radiohead! In a long-time-brewing episode, we finally get around to talking ‘head from every angle (and finally putting to rest the age old question: Radiohead, good or nah?) from an unauthorized 2000 biography from Mac Randall called “Exit Music: the Radiohead Story”. Featuring our friend, Brooklyn-based musician Mesita.

Check out Mesita’s music on Spotify or ask him to make a 5 second song for you at https://twitter.com/mesitamusic

Songs in Order:
Radiohead - Creep
Talk Talk - Talk Talk
Talk Talk - New Grass
Blur - Ambulance
Oh Sees - Block of Ice
Oh Sees - Web
On a Friday - Demo (1986)
Radiohead - Blow Out
Radiohead - Creep (Live at MTV Spring Break 1993)
Radiohead - Just
Radiohead - Nobody Does it Better (live for MTV Europe)
Radiohead - Let Down
Radiohead - Exit Music
Radiohead - Paranoid Android

#59 RADIOHEAD! (ft. Mesita)

And introducing…The Fall! It’s the story of punk rock’s orneriest group and of course the front man synonymous with the name, Mark E. Smith. Chapo Trap House’s Will Menaker joins us to learn all about Smith and the Fall through the recollections of the dozens and dozens…and dozens of musicians used up and discarded in Fall’s chaotic wake, through Dave Simpson’s “The Fallen: Life In and Out of Britain’s Most Insane Group”.

Songs
The Fall - Totally Wired (chris cover)
The Fall - Pacifying Joint
The Fall - In My Area
The Fall - Two Steps Back
The Fall - Eat Y’self Fitter
The Fall - Theme From Sparta F.C.
The Fall - Spector vs. Rector

#60 THE FALL! (ft. Will Menaker)

#61 BAD SONGS!

And introducing…the worst songs ever! In an “easy listening” ep, we’re looking at Twitter’s suggestions for the worst song ever, deciding what makes a song bad, and making our own picks for worst songs of all time.

Thanks to @kathbarbadoro for teeing this up for us with her tweet!
https://twitter.com/kathbarbadoro/status/1183434147248951303

Songs
Rufus featuring Chacka Khan - Tell Me Something Good
O.A.R. - That Was A Crazy Game of Poker
The Gourds - Gin and Juice
Ben Folds - Bitches Ain’t Shit
MAGIC! - Rude
MAGIC! - Rude (Zedd Remix)
Panic! At the Disco - Hey Look Ma I Made It
Kid Rock - All Summer Long
Hinder - Lips of an Angel 
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmas Song
Train - Hey Soul Sister
Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Milky Chance - Stolen Dance
American Authors - The Best Day of My Life
Lumineers - Hey Ho
fun. - We Are Young
Colbie Calliet - Bubbly
Edward Sharpe - Home
Ima Robot - Dynomite
Imagine Dragon - Radioactive

#61 BAD SONGS!

And introducing…Dave Matthews Band! We’re talking the terminally normie jam band that ruled the 90’s by examining Dave, what made him so big, and what kind of legacy – if any – he created. We also do a fair bit of talking about the Rock ’n Roll Hall of Fame (DMB’s failure to be inducted this year inspired this ep) and why we love to hate these prestigious lists.

Read Steven Hyden’s piece on DMB: https://uproxx.com/indie/cases-for-and-against-dave-matthews-band-induction-rock-hall/

And please, go buy Good Vibes at the Iowa State Fair! www.iowagoodvibes.com

Songs:
NateTheGreatBeats - Crash (midi remix)
Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching
Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me
Dave Matthews Band - Tripping Billies (Live at Woodstock ’99)
Dave Matthews Band - The Space Between
Dave Matthews - Gravedigger
Dave Matthews - All Along the Watchtower (Live at FarmAid ’01)
Dave Matthews - All Along the Watchtower (Live at FarmAid ’10)

#66 Dave Matthews Band!

And introducing…on the decks, it’s Mr. Steve Aoki! This is the first time we’ve dipped into the world of Electronic Dance Music, and today we’ll be traversing ALL the builds and drops of the EDM world through the memoir of hibachi heir turned superstar producer Steve Aoki and his memoir “BLUE: THE COLOR OF NOISE”

Songs
Steve Aoki & Alan Walker ft. ISAK - ARE YOU LONELY (midi) 
Circle of Life - King of Africa (The Lion King) Intro Jungle Bae VIP [Jack Ü Mashup]
TJR - Ass Hypnotized (feat. Dances With White Girls)
Michael Jackson - Thriller (Steve Aoki Midnight Hour Remix)
Linkin Park, Steve Aoki - A LIGHT THAT NEVER COMES
Avicii - Levels
BTS - Mic Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)
BTS - Mic Drop
Steve Aoki - Crash Into Me feat. Darren Criss

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