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After making it through the gauntlet that was The Bracket of Hurt, Heather tries to show Ramsey that Alexisonfire isn't all pain, with an introduction to City and Colour! Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: Heather and Ramsey are both very stupid. Lyrics from Grease! Tales of karaoke! All this and so much MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future episode? Give us a rating o...

We are making our way through summer, so it's time to check in as Heather and Ramsey attempt to determine what the current song of the summer is! Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: Is Sabrina up to her old tricks again? What extremely Ramsey thing is Ramsey going to play? Is it just going to be Daft Punk yet again? What's up with Heather's eye? All this and so much MORE!...

Heather goes to shows, but recently she went to a WHOLE BUNCH of shows. Join us for a Heather Show Journey entitled "Turn, Turn (turn)"! Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: Turnstyle! Ramsey discovers a band he likes! Turnover! That's not the band, though! Turn! All this and so much MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future episode? Give us a rating on iTunes! It helps us,...

What a mistake. We survived, and so did all of you: we have completed our Bracket of Hurt and at long last, we crown a winner. Who will it be? Will they be bad? Of course they will! Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: We describe our walking tour! We describe AKAB again! And we grow to hate a new band with great fervor. All this and so much MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on...

Over on the Patreon, our listeners have voted and are forcing us to listen to a post-hardcore, spoken-word based band La Dispute. I bet it goes well! Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: Heather coins a new acronym! Baseball talk! And shouting about sleeping! All this and so much MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future episode? Give us a rating on iTunes! It helps us, and...

It's time for a nostalgia cash-in as we listen in on the first half of the THREE HOUR soundtrack to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 +4! Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: What songs are old/new/best suited for the pause menu? Ramsey loves the Sex Pistols! And Tony Hawk sings! All this and so much MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future episode? Give us a rating on iTunes! It he...

And so we are here: we've listened, relistened, and you made your voice heard. Now, we are down to two. Who will they be? Find out, alongside SPECIAL GUESTS Geoff Garlock and Adam Maid! To vote on your picks: click here! ! Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: We still feel great pain! Why did we do this? Ramsey gets burned again and again! And hurt people hurt people. All...

This week we go all the way back to episode eight as we listen to Death Cab For Cutie's early album "The Photo Album!" Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: What do we call our fans? We don't know! Heather and Ramsey vacuum up all of their winter gear! And Ramsey unveils his brand new name! All this and so much MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future episode? Give us a rati...

You voted, we counted, and now we move forward. This week we continue with The Bracket of Hurt, ROUND TWO, The Fatal Four! To vote on your picks: click here! ! Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: We feel great pain! Why did we do this? The combatants check-in! And some Yale facts, for no aparent reason! All this and so much MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future episode?...

Heather watched a film that Ramsey has never heard of and is now playing the soundtrack to this imaginary film which is filled with bands he has mostly never heard of. It's a day of mysteries as we listen to Grind (Music From The Motion Picture) ! Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: Unexpected Charli! Ramsey tries to imagine the scenes in which these songs are played! And...

We've listened to a lot of awful stuff (in Ramsey's opinion). Now it's time to make them fight against one another, head-to-head! Introducing The Bracket of Hurt, ROUND ONE, The Hateful Eight! To vote on your picks: click here! Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: The naming of the conferences! The repated hurting! And, Long Island gets roasted! All this and so much MORE!...

Our Patrons have invited Ramsey and Heather to pick it up (ramasse-le) as we listen to Canadian ska band The Planet Smashers (Les Briseurs de Planètes) for the first time! Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: Thoughts on keyboard clicks! Our ASMR podcast! And how will this affect our perceptions of Montreal?! All this and so much MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future epi...

What makes Weezer Weezer? This week we attempt to answer that question by listening to songs and artists that… kinda sound like Weezer! Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: Friends of the show answer the call! A funny prank! And Ramsey somehow manages to play Weird Al on the show again. All this and so much MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future episode? Give us a rating...

Sometimes you just have to spread pain to others. Ramsey felt that Heather needed to know what Katy Perry's "Woman's World" music video was like. And so we are here. Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: Heather is scared. Predictions for what this video will be. Moments of shock that require us to pause and regroup. All this and so much MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a fut...

As we celebrate 400 episodes of this nonsense, we go all the way back to our third episode , recorded before we had even released any of them, to listen to Blink182's 1999 album, Enema of the State . Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: Free hats! Where are you, cover model nurse? And we settle once and for all who knows more about Blink182. All this and so much MORE! Wann...

Another anniversary, another Ramsey takeover. But this time, he got some help. The Pop Girlies are here and they're helping Ramsey fix Punk and Emo! Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! lus, this week: the entire video, including far too elaborate lyric videos, available only on Patreon! This week: Lana! Katy! Taylor! And so many MORE! High notes and lyric changes and digs at Ramsey...

Take a trip back in time as Ramsey and Heather avoid the breakdowns and relisten to The Get Up Kids' "Something To Write Home About!" Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: Pee Wee Herman! The most iconic memory from our guest, Jeff Hong. And the classic: how many times has Heather seen them? All this and so much MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future episode? Give us a rat...

Our Patrons have spoken and it's time for Snowing! We listen to a selection of tracks from their debut (and only) album I Could Do Whatever I Wanted If I Wanted, as well as a few singles to get to know this impactful band! Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: How many waves of emo are we in? Midwest emo: It's a vibe! And -ing band names are discussed! All this and so much...

It has been 15 years since Sufjan Stevens released his (first) album in tribute to the great state of Chicago! Join us as Heather and Ramsey Feel the Illinoise! Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: Out of date Super Bowl predictions! Heather shocks Ramsey with a Marvel take! And lots and lots of Illinois history! All this and so much MORE! Wanna get a shout-out on a future...

Has there ever been a Grammys ceremony that Heather has agreed more with? (Possibly the ones where Taylor Swift won a bunch.) This week we recap the winners (and losers) of this year's Grammys. Discover bonus eps, merch and more on our Patreon! This week: ChatGPT is useless. Two different country artists, one of whom is Beyonce! And yet another "how have you not heard this song?" All this and so m...