Episodes

210 - Garfield NEETs [Patreon Preview] 07.06.2024 4:38

Charles, Alex, and Dan discuss the recent spate of arena tour cancellations and check in on the world's youngest FORMER Garfield licensee. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/105775522 See Dan on tour: www.subpop.com/artists/boeckner/tours

209 - Running Up a $500,000 Tab at Dinner with Jay-Z 28.05.2024 1:11:25

Charles and Alex read Rolling Stone's Kid Rock profile and realize that he needs to tour with Bruce Springsteen to heal America. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

208 - Gone Off That Shit Clinically Proven to Boost Brian Wilson's Mental Function 21.05.2024 59:56

Charles and Alex want to do the drugs their favorite 80-year-old psychedelic rock artists are doing. Plus a check-in on Kanye's presidential campaign. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

207 - Too Hot for TV 10.05.2024 1:00:11

Charles and Alex discuss Da Band's very limited discography and check in on P. Diddy's whereabouts. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

206 - The Transformers at the Great Car Rally [Patreon Preview] 03.05.2024 3:08

Charles and Alex catch up on Motley Crue, look at legislation congratulating musicians, and listen to a 1984 spoken-word album where the Transformers race in a car rally. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/103569650

205 - No One Opaque Faceless Institution Should Have All That Power 26.04.2024 1:04:45

Charles and Alex catch up with Kanye's latest blunders and listen to the 1982 Pac-Man Christmas album and some '80s McDonald's songs. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

204 - Tuff Titty Rap (ft. Hesse) 19.04.2024 1:03:56

Hesse joins Charles and Alex to discuss oddball Sonic Youth songs, Jojo Siwa's car, and Chechnya banning music outside of a narrow tempo range. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

203 - Grandiloquent Songsmiths in Dirigible Balloons 12.04.2024 1:04:58

Charles, Alex, and Dan realize that Peter Thiel wants to be Caligula and that Led Zeppelin was technically the first steampunk band. See Dan on tour: https://www.subpop.com/artists/boeckner/tours Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

202 - Silence Kit (ft. Matthew Perpetua) [Patreon Preview] 05.04.2024 4:13

Matthew Perpetua (@perpetua) joins Charles and Alex to discuss Pavement live shows, legacy band lineup changes, and Oasis hiring Ringo Starr's son. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/101774039

201 - Dolly Parton Heel Turn (ft. Lisa Vitale) 29.03.2024 1:08:36

Lisa Vitale (@eyyitslisa) talks about meeting Dolly Parton, Charles is vindicated learning Neil Young's Pono player is a piece of shit, and Alex argues Radiohead isn't a real Britpop band cause the brothers don't fight in the press. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

200 - 200th Episode… It's Mostly About Meghan Trainor 22.03.2024 56:32

Charles and Alex think bands should steal shampoo and shower curtains from hotel rooms and sell them as merch. Plus Meghan Trainor has yet another song about That Bass and Neil Young returns to Spotify but is still on his bullshit. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

199 - Boeckner! 15.03.2024 1:00:29

Dan, Charles, and Alex talk about Dan's new album Boeckner! Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

198 - LSD Comes From the Lab So It's OK to Experiment With (ft. Palma) 11.03.2024 1:10:15

Palma (@sweetxpalma) drops by to show Charles and Alex some deeper cuts from Jerry Garcia's catalog. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit Palma's Playlist: 01 - Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street (San Diego • Dec. 28,1978) 02 - Grateful Dead - Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) (St. Louis, MO • March 17, 1971) 03 - Grateful Dead - The stranger (Two Souls In Communion) (Frankfurt •...

197 - Ran Red Lights to Get That Feline [Patreon Preview] 01.03.2024 7:03

Lil Jon phones in a meditation album, Meek Mill protests too much, and the world's richest cats list is dominated by nepo-cats. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/99547045

196 - One-Hour Not-Very-Strange Trip (ft. Josh Terry) 23.02.2024 1:12:44

Josh Terry (@JoshhTerry) joins Charles and Alex for a not-that-strange trip through the music of the Grateful Dead. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

195 - XOMG POP! 16.02.2024 56:55

Charles and Alex check out JoJo Siwa's half-assed tween pop group and Snoop Dogg's half-assed cereal brand. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

194 - Jack Antonoff Honorary White Woman 09.02.2024 1:00:46

Charles and Alex reveal the winners of the Grammy categories no one pays attention to, including the night's top award: Best Children's Album. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

193 - Crossfaded Off Soma and Ambrosia [Patreon Preview] 02.02.2024 7:38

Charles and Alex look at meme coins worth a billionth of a cent and argue that babies should like shoegaze (cooing vocals, lots of playing with your own feet). Plus Alex assists Billy Joel in completing his new single. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/97726880

192 - Really Really Hot Drink (ft. Nate Ruess) 26.01.2024 59:12

Nate Ruess joins Charles and Alex to discuss his collaboration with Connie Connecticut, Cheech and Chong's new vodka bong, and… Did Green Day get TOO political on their new one!? Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit Connie Connecticut's Greatest Hits is out now: https://open.spotify.com/album/052aPHp6dw3LzvlPoFmdit?si=1BZTbNQnQlyTw6AHPizQpA https://fortunekit.bandcamp.com/alb...

191 - Milk & OJ (ft. Zola Jesus) 19.01.2024 1:07:55

Zola Jesus joins Charles, Alex, and Dan to catch up on the world's most eccentric Garfield licensee and discuss how the collapse of Pitchfork reflects the collapse of the music industry more broadly. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

190 - The Seance (ft. Alex Branson) 12.01.2024 1:04:24

Charles, Alex, and Branson perform a seance to speak with the spirits of dead musicians to find out where they got their ideas. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

189 - XL Flooferino Ban [Patreon Preview] 05.01.2024 1:48

Charles and Alex listen to a mournful XL Bully rap and read a terrible SPIN review. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/95939564 Listen to Alex's song "Atlantic Bilge" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3P28HCY5FkDqf9sXlVe5b7?si=6HzeFRDMTymyVBcImkPAZA Bandcamp: https://brockwinthrop.bandcamp.com/track/atlantic-bilge

188 - To Hell with the Devil (ft. Tim Kingsbury) 29.12.2023 1:08:16

Arcade Fire's Tim Kingsbury takes Charles, Alex, and Dan on a journey through the Christian artists he listened to as a kid. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

187 - Christmas Songs Tier List 19.12.2023 1:10:06

Charles and Alex rank the Christmas classics and get mad about people from Liverpool having multiple wacky British demonyms. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

186 - KISS Golden Messenger 08.12.2023 59:30

Charles and Alex beef with Cher, remember the A-Teens, and sign a petition for KISS fans who feel the band owes them golden tickets. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit