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Music lady and pin mogul Kaity Davie is here to talk about Bayside's self-titled 2005 album! Ramsey gives a show report from a Foghat concert (in the year 2018)! What are garbage plates and cold slices? And a love song is called "consensual yet cringey!" All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun? Check out our  Spotify playlists  for more music choices from Ramsey and Heather. Wanna get a shout...

It's time to Get Up again as Ramsey and Heather listen to Get Up Kids' third album, "On a Wire!" Heather's niece's current favorite song is discussed! An exciting new podcast review scheme is revealed! And no, you're not accidentally listening to this on double speed: Heather just gave Ramsey cold brew! All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun? Check out our  Spotify playlists  for more music...

Well, well, well. If it isn't good ole Chris Tapp back for round two! This time he brings Alkaline Trio's third album, "From Here to Infirmary!" Everybody has a hard time with the album art! Heather discusses a her tough times at an A.T. show! And the tough questions are asked, like, is there fan fiction for Matt Skiba? All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun? Check out our  Spotify playlists...

They said we couldn't do it, but we insisted that we could. The "it?" Make it for ONE FULL YEAR! The "they?" Bad guys. In celebration,  Ramsey and Heather examine Steel Train's 2007 album "Trampoline!" All kinds of Bleachers and Fun. discussion! Ramsey points out every accordion! Also, it is so very, very hot! All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun? Check out our  Spotify playlists  for more...

After our change of pace last week, we're back to our traditional roles: although this time, both Ramsey and Heather might have some trouble. It's our first live album as Zach Custer introduces us to Guttermouth's 1998 album, "Live from the Pharmacy!" Intense tour pranks: good or not? Why on Earth does Ramsey know the lyrics to a Dead Kennedys song? And Ramsey confesses to a crime (and immediately...

You think you're ready. You're not ready. It's episode 50, so in honor of this milestone we have flipped the chairs as Heather is forced to listen to a compilation of Ramsey's own design entitled "Ramsey's High School Experience." We learn that moms love Fastball. We hear some ACTUAL recordings from Ramsey's time in high school (and some fake ones). And... a big surprise at the end. All this and M...

Let's shred and get mellow and rock out with drummer  Keith Sidorowicz , as he introduces both Ramsey and Heather to Sleater-Kinney's 2000 album "All Hands on the Bad One!" Learn about a woman from Keith's past that Ramsey and Heather agree is the coolest person ever! A bunny costume or Jack Ruby murder? And what adjective does Ramsey get away with calling Keith? All this and MORE! Don't want to e...

I predict a riot! The band Paramore's second album from 2007 "Riot!" that is! We talk about Rock Band, how it introduced Ramsey to one of this band's songs, and the colors on the plastic guitars! Stage banter: good or bad? And who is definitively the hottest dad on TV's "Riverdale?" All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun? Check out our  Spotify playlists  for more music choices from Ramsey a...

"Get over here, Mischa Pearlman ! Help us talk about Jawbreaker!" That's not how we invited Mischa to our show because we are far more polite than that, but that is what he did as we listened to the 1994 album "24 Hour Revenge Therapy!" We try to settle the age old question, "Who is better: Matchbox 20 or Third Eye Blind? R.E.M. comes up more than you'd expect! And Ramsey immediately alienates our...

Join us this week as, for the very first time, Ramsey is unable to compare a band to Weezer when Heather brings in the 1996 classic, "Pinkerton!" The script gets flipped when Ramsey brings some album history to Heather! Heather wants creepy monkey memes from you! And then we explore space with the sci-fi Weezer album "Songs from the Black Hole" that could have been! All this and MORE! Don't want t...

It's time to go back to 2001 as Gunz of "The Gunz Show" brings us back to Blink 182 and invites us to "Take Off Your Pants and Jacket!" Learn how to tell between a Mark Hoppus and a Tom DeLonge! And why does Heather now have the nickname "Squirrely?" And what's it like to be in a mini-Blink 182 music video? All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun? Check out our Spotify playlists for more musi...

Boy, it feels politically appropriate to expose Rage Against the Machine's 1999 album "The Battle of Los Angeles," doesn't it? We talk a little bit about Rock Band and Guitar Hero! We talk a lot about politics of the late 1990s! And we debate what is or is not an appropriate name for a follow up band to Rage Against the Machine! All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun? Check out our  Spotify...

We've got a real barn-burner for you today as Tom Mullen of Washed Up Emo fame drops in to discuss our first three-peat band: Jimmy Eat World and their 2004 album "Futures!" We take a look at the album that could have been by checking out some secret demos and B-sides! How can something burrow into a brain in a positive way? And we get the inside scoop on the band getting cyberbullied by someone o...

"Ramsey... I don't think you're going to hate this!" Heather predicts at the beginning of this episode. Is she correct in this assumption? Only one way to find out! It's time for Rilo Kiley's 2004 album "More Adventurous!" We play a round of "Is this about Elliott Smith?" We talk about the brothers Gallagher and their time in Oasis! And, a very momentous occasion that is unprecedented on our show....

Whoah! Heather is mildly surprised when Ramsey reveals he's actually a little bit familiar with a band! The band in question? Motion City Soundtrack and their 2005 album "Commit This to Memory," which is presented today by special guest, Justin Cross ! A rare Show Report from Ramsey! An analysis of manic pixie dream girls in which every example Ramsey gives makes Heather mad! And, what movie shoul...

Let's make Ramsey confront the t-shirts he saw in his youth and listen to Incubus's 1999 album "Make Yourself!" What causes Ramsey to tell a song to "knock it off?" Heather uses the word turntableist! A tale of dueling DJs! Who will win: Killmore or Life? And we hate sunscreen! All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun? Check out our Spotify playlists for more music choices from Ramsey and Heat...

I know it's MONDAY, but today, Steve Ciccarelli  is introducing Heather and Ramsey to THURSDAY! (That's the only one I'll do. I promise.) That's right, this week we will be listening to Thursday's 2003 album "War All the Time!" Regis Philbin celebrity sightings! Ramsey tries some Thursday-style screaming! Puns and air horns attack Heather! All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun? Check out ou...

It's a sleepy Sunday morning so Heather decides that the best thing to follow last week's Glassjaw is the spin-off band Head Automatica and their 2004 debut album "Decadence." It's weird. Ramsey checks in with a very rare segment he has named "Ramsey's Show Reports!" How is this album a lot like a sandwich? (This is not a difficult riddle.) And, is this a good album to listen to while hungover? Al...

Writer, producer and performer Chris Vespoli is here to talk about Glassjaw's 2000 album "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence." Guess what? It's the opposite of silence! We name a cocktail! A deeper dive into problematic lyrics! What are things that are "extreme?" And perhaps the longest discussion this podcast has had about Crohn's disease! All this and MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on...

Heather has a theory. And she took to Twitter to test said theory. Now it's Ramsey's turn to weigh in: why do fans of emo, Heather included, love Counting Crows so much? This week we look at Counting Crows' "August & Everything After" What drive-time radio experience does Heather have? What year did this album come out in? (The answer may surprise you.) AND RAMSEY NAMES THE MONTHS AFTER SEPTEMBER....

Geoff Garlock (comedian (UCB), guitarist (Low Estate) and bassist (Panthers and Orchid)) is here to take us post-hardcore with Quicksand's 1993 album "Slip!" How did you learn about music back when the Internet was just Yahoo? How does a glasses person go in a mosh pit? And hy is Ramsey more scared by hardcore screaming than Geoff's baby? All this and MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future episod...

Oh boy! Heather and Ramsey sit down to listen to a band with no spaces in their name, Alexisonfire and their self-titled debut from 2002. (FUN FACT! It's "Alexis on fire" not "Alex is on fire.") How often does Heather leave a show early? Ramsey learns what mathy music sounds like! And why does Ramsey carry a miniature chair in his pocket? All this and MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future episod...

Dan Ozzi is back to tell us all about Avail's 1996 album "4am Friday." If you're a fan of this album, giddy up, because it doesn't really get much discussion! Learn all about all the states, both real and fake, that Heather has visited! Learn all about women's articles of clothing! And we just ate burritos which apparently makes us very goofy. All this and MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future e...

Ramsey and Heather get all West Coasty and give Jack's Mannequin's 2005 debut album "Everything in Transit" a spin! Hear your hosts hot takes on Romeo+Juliet , One Tree Hill , and Google Images' redesign! Ramsey forces Heather to answer a March Madness bracket populated by all her favorite things! And  Ramsey thinks a song is  too happy?!?! All this and MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future epis...

Special guest Dave Murray is here to introduce Heather and Ramsey about The Distillers and their 2003 album "Coral Fang." What was Heather's favorite Super Bowl moment? Will Ramsey shut up now about there not being any female artists in this genre? Dave gives us real life tales from the road! And is Ramsey's Australian accent offensive or just annoying? All this and MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on...