Why I Hate this Album

This week we are talking about the Motley Crue album Shout at the Devil released Sept. 26, 1983. Get ready for hair-metal, a shocking Beatles cover, and more makeup than your Aunt Ruth on Thanksgiving.  In this episode we discuss why Tim was uninvited to Saudi Arabia, over the phone vacuum sales, the fall of the Soviet Union, rehab with friends, where Mick Mars was on 9/11, our post podcast plans,...

This week was supposed to be fun and lighthearted, instead we're dragged into a dark and twisted tale of unspeakable acts. We're of course talking about Mystikal and his hit single Shake Ya Ass, released July 18, 2000. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week's album.  In this episode we discuss Tim's terrible observational humor, Garrett threats an...

This week we're discussing the (allegedly) post-grunge band Theory of a Deadman and their album Scars & Souvenirs, released April 1, 2008. Discovered by fellow Canadian Chad Kroeger (also of Nickelback fame), this band helped to further dilute an already tortured genre at a time when most people were ready to move on, enjoy!  In this episode we discuss new WWE event ideas aka the "Sack Match", rem...

This week we are discussing the song Take it Off by The Donnas, released in 2002. Tim claims a listener requested this song, Garrett is pretty sure Tim is lying and just likes this band or at least this song. No one is clear how we got here, enjoy.  Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss mail order swords, preem...

This week we are discussing Lindsay Lohan and her incredibly popular album that no one has ever heard of before called Speak, released December 7, 2004. This episode is worth it just for the history alone, if you thought Lindsay had some issues with the law prepare to meet her father Mike. He makes Tim seem like a reasonable human. In this episode we discuss fans showing up in our day to day lives...

This week we are discussing Noah and the Whale, and their song L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. We're reliving the indie folk revival of the mid-aughts so you don't have to! Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week's album.  In this episode we discuss our ongoing litigation, what is a sniffer, microbangs, the Turing machine, bad caricature artists, Garrett's ap...

This week we are discussing the Sublime album Robbin' the Hood, released March 1, 1994. Tim insisted the show complete the original three Sublime albums and for some reason Garrett agreed. This album is, and should remain lost to time. It is 23 grueling tracks and we talk about every single one of them. In this episode we discuss Garrett's love of dinosaurs, cool slang for doing drugs, how much we...

This week we're talking about the Fountains of Wayne song Stacy's Mom released May 19, 2003. We thought this would be a fun week with a lighthearted song, then we saw the music video. Prepare yourself, like many things in 2003, it's gross and completely unnecessary. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss whether...

This week we learn to live life, let go, and be ourselves or whatever it is Chappell Roan is singing about in her album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, released Sept. 22, 2023. Tim is back from the Pink Pony Club and we need to talk about it.  In this episode we discuss Tim's new intern hire and other mistakes he has made recently, why we keep making this show, Mel Tormet, eating crow (no...

This week we're discussing the hit single Walk the Dinosaur by Was (Not Was), released in 1987. Catchy song with a lame novelty dance for children' s movies, or dire warning of the dangers of nuclear power in the hands of man? We definitively answer that question, among others. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week's album. In this episode we dis...

This week is a very special episode that has nothing to do with music. We are unlocking the vault to release the Patreon exclusive episode on the hit film Face/Off. Tim and Garrett discuss the 1997 film starring Nic Cage and John Travolta in more detail than anyone probably should. The discussion is as long as the movie and we heavily edited our episode from the original 3 hour runtime. We love th...

This week the podcast attempts to understand the 90s swing revival through the music of Cherry Poppin Daddies and their opportunistic album Zoot Suit Riot, released March 18, 1997.  In this episode we discuss 40s slang, Tim's growing sense of guilt about a number of things, Cal Harris and his alleged guilt, a fierce debate over what "swing" music is, the movie Blast from the Past, what does it mea...

The year was 1985, Eddie Murphy had conquered television, standup, and film all before the age of 25. With nothing left to be good at he turned his attention to music, and Rick James. The result is the curious hit single, Party All the Time, released September 23, 1985. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week's album.  In this episode we discuss of...

This week we remember a simpler time. The year was 2003, America was spreading democracy far and wide, scientists had just mapped 99% of the human genome, and Clay-mania was (apparently) sweeping the nation. That's right we're talking about that guy who almost won American Idol, Clay Aiken, and his debut album Measure of a Man. In this episode we discuss Tim's time away from the show, Garrett's ba...

This week we're talking about the late nineties hit Save Tonight by Eagle Eye Cherry, released October 7, 1997. Was he a one hit wonder, was his name really Eagle Eye, why did Tim suggest we listen to this song? Your questions answered! Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss how to know when mermaids are crying,...

This week we are listening to the Roger Waters solo album Radio K.A.O.S. released June 15, 1987. Get ready to dive deep into a concept album about a disabled boy that can hear radio waves and control global missile systems with a cordless phone, no really. I'm serious, listen to the episode that is what this album is actually about. In this episode we discuss Gino's heroes, how to pronounce Roger...

This week we are discussing Wind of Change released in 1991 by German rock band Scoprions. A song that changed the balance of global power with nothing more than metaphors and local references. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss what Garrett's "freelance jobs" actually are, the fall of the USSR, using music...

This week we are discussing that time Snoop Dogg decided to start calling himself Snoop Lion and released the "reggae" album Reincarnated on April 23, 2013. You may not remember since he abandoned the whole thing about a year later, but we remember. In this episode we discuss aging poorly, Tim accuses CERN of disrupting our timeline again, who is the Commissioner of Rap, why you shouldn't mock Bob...

This week we are discussing the strange song Delta Dawn performed by Tanya Tucker (1972), and we compare it to the Helen Reddy version that came out a year later. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss DUIs while on a horse, Paul Harvey, ghosts, Tim defends Criss Angel again, Marshall Applewhite, people who are...

This week we celebrate the season by listening to the Insane Clown Posse and wishing you all a very merry ICPissmas! We are listening to the brand new album The Naught, released Aug. 12, 2025. Fair warning, it isn't all Faygo and murder this time dear listeners. These clowns are getting older and beginning to fill their songs with existential dread and fears about their own mortality (it's pretty...

This week we are discussing the New Kids on the Block song Funky Funky Xmas, released in 1989. This blast from the past was meant to be a way to bring holiday cheer and remember a simpler time. Instead it's the story of a shameless cash-grab with several questionable figures, even more neglected children, and way too many Wahlbergs, enjoy. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener e...

This week we're talking about an album that attempted to ruin the harmonica for an entire generation. A band that is simultaneously so talented, repetitive, and even at times boring that it defies all logic. We are of course talking about Blues Traveler and their album Four, released September 13, 1994. In this episode we discuss what season we are currently in, heated debate about what a hepcat i...

This week we are discussing the megahit single Who Let the Dogs Out by the Baha Men, released July 2000. We take an in depth look at what made it successful and attempt to understand who is actually "in the band". Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails, and we announce next week's album.  In this episode we discuss Tim's football humiliations, pirate extermination, the awf...

This week we're discussing the 1996 film Space Jam and its equally confusing soundtrack. Why did Tim insist we discuss the movie and soundtrack? The answer may shock you. In this episode we discuss how bad Tim is at basketball, the novel Dr. Sleep, what's wrong with that one Monstar, why did they draw Lola Bunny like that, do kids like Phyllis Diller, what is a Jam, music legend Diane Warren, why...

This week we're talking about Elton John, an artist we both enjoy and admire. That's why we need to discuss the 1972 borderline novelty song, Crocodile Rock. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss code words in songs, the last swing dancing craze of the 90s, motocross, Count Chocula, James Garner and Maverick th...