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Wherein Cort reports back to Brian on his experience with Neutral Milk Hotel.  We dig pretty deep into the band and its lead singer.  We also got our first email.  Brian discusses his experience with his Random Podcast Generator-suggested episode of Hop Nation USA. Jack White's new album comes up, but Brian ain't no fool.  He's not burning a possible listening assignment by telling too much right...

Brian discusses his challenging listening assignment. Cort reveals that his heart does not go on for Celine Dion. We eventually admit our first failure to follow through with a listening promise (and how much one of us loves passive aggression). and we become invested in the Song of the Summer. "Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?marketplace...

Come for the discussion of Fountains of Wayne, stick around for the Random Podcast Generator segment at the end when things go sideways.  Shane Walsh was a jerk, but he wasn't a racist. The Argentinian National Football Team sure got into some hot water after their Copa America win though.     "Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?marketplaceI...

Yep, Cort is unabashedly eatin' Spicy Chicken Soup for breakfast.  Brian talks about "Hi Ren." Ren Gill, a Welsh singer-songwriter, is a complex and very talented individual and as usual Brian felt the need to go above and beyond the homework assignment and do some extra-credit work for the teacher.  Then they talk about one of Brian's favorite podcasts, My Brother, My Brother, and Me.  Cort didn'...

It has been quite a while since we did a track by track album analysis.  it is time.  The Decemberists - As It Ever Was, So it Will Be Again. https://open.spotify.com/album/5acYvdisnqKHilyZpplOMf?si=XacsqvY1QmKEbKjvfCfsIg

Travel with us as Cort resumes his walk with the music of Radiohead after an almost 30-year break.  We also give our verdict on another more successful podcast loosely about music.  Brian shares some details about his sleep patterns;  Cort gives Brian the shortest assignment yet in our history as a podcast; and we get a random podcast suggestion near and dear to Brian's heart. "Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - T...

In this episode Brian relays his experience with Siouxsie and the Banshees' album Tinderbox and covers the musical highlights of their existence. The guys go off on a tangent about Space Camp.  Brian has invented a new game called "Siouxsie Sue, Lucy Liu, or Blink 182!" There's some political talk because of a certain politician's recent trouble with the law.  There was also a recent trip to a Dec...

Cort starts with a review of the new album The Window by Ratboys. The guys discuss the confounding (to Cort anyway) listening approach of letting the music permeate your surroundings rather than focusing intently on each track. Cort's take on this approach won't surprise you, but find out whether the approach changed his opinion of the album. Ratboys are opening for The Decemberists, so clearly Br...

Guadalcanal Diary. Barenaked Ladies. They Might Be Giants. The Connells. Bowling for Soup. What do these groups have in common? Maybe nothing, but somehow Brian and Cort make a connection.   "Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_VrTdsVhZSdQbGxiCG13xFkYMk&trackAsin=B0BD3HYRSL W...

We get letters from Whitesnake’s lawyers. We discuss Vampire Weekend and their latest release, Only God Was Above Us. We go deep on advertising. We get a visit from Future Brian. We go down a meandering path of other bands, songs, and albums and ultimately end up back at Taylor Swift and Pearl Jam. It's like every time we get out, they pull us back in. Brian gets his next assignment. And finally,...

Brian Faughnan and Cort Winsett unpack song lyrics that take on an entirely new meaning depending on who's listening. They start with Brian's The (English) Beat analysis and then talk through Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, and the Beatles as just a sample of the lyrical misunderstandings.  Mondegreens, and music appreciation! Also, Dave Grohl and unveiling the legacy of a Rock Ambassador for an ent...

In this episode the guys talk about Break Up by Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson, and then they can't help but revisit their talk about multi-hyphenate artists and spend what is maybe a little too long on a discussion about ScarJo and her potential in music.  Going a little off-concept, they dive into a discussion about popular reality game shows, and they go deep with their current obsession, The...

This episode marks our 1-year podiversary, so we're doing duets.  Just two guys taking turns talking tunes performed by two people together.  We start with Billy Joe and Norah and then work our way through the years.   "Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_VrTdsVhZSdQbGxiCG13xFkYM...

Wherein we discuss the podcast Valley Heat, go off on a tangent about 70s/80s rock bands, and of course arrive home with conversation about music that is a guilty pleasure.  And oh so much more.   "Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_VrTdsVhZSdQbGxiCG13xFkYMk&trackAsin=B0BD3H...

 Brian's the one who has listened to "something new lately," and it's going to be a bit of a feisty podcast. Kevn Kinney lives! But maybe Feist's Let It Die should stay dead.  Then there's all those songs from commercials. No guests. No rules. Just right.  "Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&...

So, this [is] the thing that we do. This is a podcast for listeners by listeners. We've said this before ... [we] don't really create or produce anything worth listening to, BUT we consume a lot of stuff. We really like to listen to things.  Almost every time we sit down to talk, we have something new we've listened to ... this episode is The Weakerthans' Reconstruction Site!   "Cyrus Oh Cyrus" -...

In this episode Brian Uses big words.  The guys discuss the podcast Crime in Sports, and after their rather "subdued" opinion is expressed they move onto one of the top 30 new indie albums of 2023 Wishes to Fulfill by Another Michael.  Brian really digs deep to describe who these artists remind him of.  Matthew Sweet is mentioned?  They talk Saviors, but there's nothing to report, and then of cour...

Do you remember that Off-Broadway percussion/dance show that came around in the 90's? No, not Blue Man Group! The other one.  The dudes with the brooms and trashcans! STOMP!  Yeah, this episode has nothing to do with that. Join Brian and Cort for a conversation about the rapidly ascending musical star of Noah Kahan.  There's some holiday recapping to be done, because who doesn't love a good holida...

Jazz.  Animated movie music. New Year's. What more need be said? "Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_VrTdsVhZSdQbGxiCG13xFkYMk&trackAsin=B0BD3HYRSL Masterpieces By Ellington - Duke Ellington - https://open.spotify.com/album/4knin4mUVXdOknjQ3DtVvt?si=I5NBfF-HSba-vD5qAe-1Bg Ra...

I this Episode Brian just barely pulls out of a nosedive.  The guys talk about Elvis Perkins in Dearland.  Their friendship ends. Again.  Cort’s Spotify Wrapped is all kinds of weird in 2023.  They talk Mike Duncan’s Revolutions.  But that's not all! There’s a nude Shrek and the Grinch’s salty nuts. "Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?market...

Listeners, we're really working hard for y'all, 'cause this is like … I don't know what you want to describe the experience as, but it's kind of like the blowing up of the greatest balloon ever, and then you “poke the balloon” – loose translation, “oh! but you gotta do it again because you suck and you forgot to hit record.” It’s one of those kind of episodes.  But still! Billy Joel.  Scared to De...

The Guys are 50.  It seems like years since they hung out and caught up, so there is a lot for them to discuss.  They start off with Cort’s assignment, Everything is Alive presents The Animals, and flow from that into a discussion about The Lazy Genius Podcast and the audiobook of Andy Weir’s novel Project Hail Mary.  Everything closes out with some discussion of how things are over in England bas...

On this episode Cort is a different person. Brian overachieved reviewing Walter Martin, "Reminisce Bar and Grill," and does a little reminiscing of his own about The Walkmen and Hamilton Leithauser; they play a little game called, “It Actually Matters a Lot if It’s Black or White” wherein they discuss The White Stripes v. The Black Keys AND their apparent feud? The Walkmen, Bows + Arrows, https://...

On this episode we discuss musical supergroups starting with Cort's assignment this week, The New Basement Tapes.  Dive right in! "Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_VrTdsVhZSdQbGxiCG13xFkYMk&trackAsin=B0BD3HYRSL Lost on the River by The New Basement Tapes - https://open.spo...

We have officially made it to Episode 14.  The magical episode that screams to the masses, "We have made it! We are here! We shall not be denied!" We discuss Cam Cole's music. We play a game of "From TV to CD."  We might also circle back around to a little artist known as Jason Isbell.    ... "Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?marketplaceId...