If You're Listening

It's time for some extended play-action as Heather and Ramsey strap on their ear goggles for some Saves the Day with the 1999 EP "I'm Sorry I'm Leaving!" Will a cover of a song Ramsey likes trick him into enjoying punk? What about a shortened album length? Will Heather murder Ramsey for calling a song "fun-kay?" All this and MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future episode? Give us a rating on iTun...

Return guest Adrienne Fisher is here to bring us out of the music she and Heather enjoyed in high school and into the music they enjoy today! Namely, The Menzingers' 2012 album "On the Impossible Past!" What is the secret origin of Heather and Adrienne's secret inside joke tattoos? Are there singing-while-performing-hand-gestures when this band plays live? What is the new nickname given to Tom and...

Things are about to get intense! Dan Ozzi (Noisy, No Plus Ones) is here to introduce us to the world of Choking Victim and their one and only studio album "No Gods, No Managers!" Is it ska? Is it hardcore? Can Ramsey handle a song that is pro-suicide without his head exploding? Can Heather for that matter? All this and MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future episode? Give us a rating on iTunes! It...

We dive right in and get to THE name Ramsey associates with emo with Dashboard Confessional's 2001 album "The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most." Is Ramsey's love of Clone High enough to make him enjoy this album? What does Heather drink tea out of? And what makes this album the opposite of The Beatles' "Help?" All this and MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future episode? Give us a rating on i...

Special guest Chris Donahue joins us to talk about Cap'n Jazz and Disc 1 of their 1998 anthology album, ""Analphabetapolothology." Will Ramsey enjoy a band more or less when he thinks everyone involved is 12 years old? Why do we believe this first song is about a cat? And will we determine the reason this band only had one album? All this and MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future episode? Give u...

We continue the second and final part of our journey into the Long Island Beef between Brand New and Taking Back Sunday with a look at Brand New's debut album, "Your Favorite Weapon." What is the deal with Long Island's strange perception of friendship? Why would somebody put guitar feedback into the middle of a song (or anywhere)? And which of these two feuding bands debuted the best? All this an...

Special guest Alex Mason (Gawker, Vice, Fusion) joins us to talk about his high school SKA BAND, but more importantly, THE STARTING LINE and their 2002 album "Say It Like You Mean It." What would a punk a cappella group sound like? Can a song entitled "The Saddest Girl Story" be taken seriously by anyone? And how on Earth is there a "left shark" and a "Foo Fighters" reference incorporated into a p...

Ramsey and Heather are TALKING Back Sunday (get it?) as they start their TWO PART journey into the Long Island beef between Taking Back Sunday and Brand New! We begin with TBS (the band, not the channel)'s debut album "Tell All Your Friends." Will a story of ROMANCE and BACKSTABBING be enough to pique Ramsey's interest? Does sports belong in emo? Why can't this band name a song without making thei...

Send a missive to the folks, because this week special guest Jeff Hong joins us to talk about The Get Up Kids' 1999 album "Something To Write Home About!" Will this episode accidentally make Ramsey a Bush fan? How long before Ramsey starts making emo mashups? And is that a keyboard? Is it still punk if there's a keyboard?  All this and MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future episode? Give us a rat...

In a role reversal, Heather is concerned that her own opinion of an album might not hold up when listening to Something Corporte's "Leaving Through the Window" for the first time in years! How did Heather survive this year's Riot Fest? How the heck did Ramsey make a Rage Against the Machine reference? Will Ramsey enjoy a band's ironic use of a copyright symbol? All this and MORE! Wanna get a shout...

Special guest Mo drops by to talk Death Cab for Cutie with Heather and Ramsey and their 2001 album "The Photo Album!" Will listening to a band Ramsey is at least somewhat familiar with change his tune? Will Heather and Mo find strength in numbers when Ramsey claims songs are too boring? Will Ramsey write new lyrics to a song while attempting to be more "chill" by laying down on a couch? (YES!) All...

A break from our "high school music" policy as Heather introduces Ramsey to the band that kind of launched the podcast, with Pup's 2016 album "The Dream Is Over!" Will Ramsey change his assessment of the band after actually listening to the music? Will the band's Canadianness be a factor in any of this? What is the deal with setting fire to couches? All this and MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a fu...

Holy moley! Special guest and pop-punk-superfan Jess Perry drops in to present one of her and Heather's favorite albums, Saves the Day's 1999 opus "Through Being Cool!" Will Ramsey take the lead singer's anger a little too personally? Will everyone spend too much time examining the album art for 90s fashion? And can anyone justify the band's insane pronunciation of a normal word like "dog?" All th...

With an Abbot and Costello routine everyone can see coming a mile away, our brand new episode is all about the 2003 Brand New album "Deja Entendu!" Will talk of Brand New fans' obsessiveness be enough to win Ramsey over? Will Heather agree that the album art is stupid? And will this episode contain a secret code to unlock the next clue in the Brand New alternate reality game? All this and MORE!

While the world is on the brink of nuclear war, seems like a good time for Heather and special guest  Adrienne Ray Fisher to introduce Ramsey to Fallout Boy's 2003 album "Take This To Your Grave!"   Is a Simpsons reference all it will take to win Ramsey over? Is there a difference between a count down in a song and a count up? And can you have too many breakdowns on one album? All this and MORE!

It's time to bring in the heavy artillery. Heather presents Ramsey with a staple: 1999's "Enema of the State" by Blink 182. Can pop punk be funny? Will Ramsey recognize humor in music when it's not written by Weird Al? Do aliens exist? And what strange backstory does Ramsey have with this album that leads to a strange prejudice? All this and MORE!

We're back and we've brought back up! Adam Maid (Bridge and Tunnel) is here to make listen to At the Drive-In's 2000 album "Relationship of Command," and friends, it's a real adventure.  What's the best time of day to listen to this album? Are any of these lyrics understandable to any of the panelists? Will Ramsey, Adam and Heather's friendship survive the experience? All this and MORE!

In our inaugural episode, Heather starts with a softball and explains to Ramsey why their podcast is named "If You're Listening" with Jimmy Eat World's 2001 album "Bleed American." How did American history affect the title of this album? Is that a jukebox on the cover? And will a lyrical reference to They Might Be Giants be enough to win Ramsey over? All this and MORE!