Punch Up The Jam

YOUR LIPSTICK THIS PODCAST CLICK PLAY RIGHT NOW WITH NATALIE WALKER !!!! Comedian and singer Natalie Walker (@nwalks) infuses the studio with 2002's cute but psycho energy for Taking Back Sunday's emo anthem "Cute Without The E (Cut From The Team)". Be sure to stick around for the punch up, it's a twist for the ages! UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Exile in Gayville" from A Strange Loop, and "In Camera" by Yum...

AND WE'RE BACK BABY WITH A NEW EPISODE, MMM, DROP! Too-sweet-to-be-sour-too-nice-to-be-mean Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman - Desus & Mero, Last Week Tonight) brings some serious KNOWLEDGE to discuss Intergalactic by the Beastie Boys! Hope you enjoy, but just FYI if you try to knock me you'll get mocked. Seriously. So please don't. Please. I have a family. UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "All for Swinging You Ar...

Demi's LAST EPISODE and WOW what a one to go out on! TWO extremely special guests, legitimate artist Open Mike Eagle (@Mike_Eagle - The New Negroes) & mashup king himself Neil Cicierega (@neilcic - Mouth Moods) join us onstage at XOXO fest for the unpacking of Ray Parker Jr. "Ghostbusters" you've all been waiting for. Busting FEELS GOOD !!!! I'm crying. This episode is also available as a video on...

SUBLIME. IAN KARMEL. DEMI’S PENULTIMATE SHOW! All live from Bumbershoot. Hot takes galore. An audience full of Dixie chicks. Interpretive dance that you cannot see but you certainly can feel. UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Runaway" by Kanye West ft. Pusha T, "Life on Mars" by David Bowie, and "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt. Want more Punch Up The Jam? Become a Patron today!  Follow us on social: P...

THE TWO PART FEVER DREAM SERIES continues with Hotel California and Miel's Dad Jim! In case you missed last week, listen to that first! Or if you hate information, just listen to this one!!!!! It's your life!!!!!!!!!!!!! UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "When You Wish Upon A Star" - by Jiminy Cricket (Sung by Cliff Edwards) and "If I'm Unworthy" by Blake Mills. Want more Punch Up The Jam? Become a Patron today! ...

Eagles AND the return of Miel's Dad Jim? A TWO part episode of a very much one episode podcast?! No DEMI!? Recorded...on the ISLAND????? WHAT is HAPPENING?! A lot, explained in episode but in a nutshell: there's a two-week gap between end of frontloaded studio episodes and the last two live episodes together. Miel will be continuing the podcast (!!!) and there will be tweaks to the show after Demi...

Brandy and Monica, Miel and Demi, Naomi Ekperigin And Andy Beckerman (Couples Therapy podcast) OH MY!!!! The whole damn team assembles to dissect the 90's R&B classic two-chord love triangle anthem, "The Boy Is Mine". I LOVE YOU, THE GOOOOOOOD WIIIIIIIIIFEEEE (this joke will make sense once you listen). UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here" by Deborah Cox, "Blue Line Swinger" by Yo La T...

WE’RE OFF THE DEEP END, WATCH AS WE DIVE IN to discuss Shallow with (@SeanClements - Hollywood Handbook podcast). It’s the song from A Star is Born where Lady Gaga wails and Bradley Cooper also does something. Deep end and shallows??? Help. UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Pretty Eyes" by The Silver Jews, "Love You Like That" by Dagny, and "Always Remember Us This Way" from A Star is Born. Want more Punch Up Th...

Watch out Gavin Degraw, Carl Tart (@dammitcarl - Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Flagrant Ones podcast) and the punch babies are on the CASE, asking questions like how did an existential anthem become the One Tree Hill theme song? We don't answer any of these questions but I can tell you the punch up is the strangest in show history and no I'm not sorry !!! xoxo Miel UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Redneck Woman" by G...

TWO princes?! MORE LIKE FOUR BABY! Hold onto your (pointy woolen) hats so your dad doesn't eat them! Jon Gabrus (@gabrus - High & Mighty, Raised by TV podcasts) AND Alice Wetterlund (@alicewetterlund - Treks and the City podcast) help make sense of the Spin Doctor's hackey sack anthem "Two Princes" on this very special double guest LIVE spectacular! It's as chaotic as this song! Di bi bi bip, di b...

Come around, we WON'T kick your ass in. Hayes Davenport (@hayesdavenport - Hollywood Handbook podcast) brings the 1998 bucket hat classic "You Get What You Give" by the New Radicals to the stüd. Why did Gregg with three G's threaten children? Is it a DSA negging anthem? Should we bring kicking as a threat back? Correct. It's a kick ass time. UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Your Best American Girl" by Mitski, "...

WRONG MOVE, YOU'RE DEAD, as in if you don't listen to this episode with Matt Belknap (@mattbelknap - Never Not Funny podcast, Co-Founder of ASpecialThing Records) about Bell Biv Devoe's "Poison" you will die, eventually, from natural causes, hopefully. You also will if you do listen to it, sorry. Listen we're 78 episodes deep I don't know what to write here anymore. UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Brothers Gon...

We punched up the TRUE national anthem with Travis McElroy (@travismcelroy - My Brother, My Brother and Me, The Adventure Zone podcasts). Is it drugs? Is it love? Are they the same thing? Seal will never explain his 1994 hit "Kiss From A Rose" and personally??? I respect that. Video of the punch-up available on Youtube! Plus, an important announcement from Demi. UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Locomotive Breat...

Wait WHAT did the ghost of Elvis do in the jungle room?!? Jesse David Fox (@jessedavidfox - Vulture Senior Editor, Good One: A Podcast About Jokes) leads the investigation deep into the 1991 Marc Cohn classic, "Walking in Memphis". What a gross lil ghost !!!!! Be sure to check out Jesse's HeadGum podcast, Good One: A Podcast About Jokes. UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "The Back Seat of My Car" by Paul McCartne...

Sha shaba shaka shaba! On this week's episode (as picked by our Patreon listeners) we're joined by Julia Nunes (@julianunes - musician, YouTuber) to discuss the absurd, virtual (and ephermerberal) lyricism of Gorillaz's 2005 hit, "Feel Good Inc.!" (Or as Julia calls it, Feels Good Inc.!) Check out Julia's new album on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5KxxHTQit8vvtn3JFyw3MH?si=C20yd7SjQPGvr...

DO YOU BELIEVE that Nicole Byer (@nicolebyer - Nailed it!, Why Won't You Date Me podcast) came through to absolutely bathe in Cher's 1998 hit "BELIEVE" ?!? WARNING: this episode contains what can only be described as "power giggling" so listen responsibly!!! Check out Nicole Byer's new podcast Best Friends: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/best-friends-with-nicole-byer-and-sasheer-zamata/id14...

OH SH*T (are we allowed to swear in here?) Ben Siemon (@BenjaminJS - DuckTales, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) brings the perfect podcast energy to decode Fergie’s vaguely London themed, predominately alcohol themed, possibly pants themed? 2006 hit “London Bridge”. UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "La Forêt" by Lescop, "Juice" by Lizzo, and "Pimpin All Over The World" by Ludacris. Want more Punch Up The Jam? Become a Patr...

*to the tune of My Sharona* AdAM ConOVER!!! Not sorry anyway Adam Conover (@adamconover - Adam Ruin Everything, Factually Podcast) comes by to unpack The Knack's creepy classic, "My Sharona". Disgusting... but does it slap? UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Lazy Line Painter Jane" by Belle and Sebastian, "Radio, Radio" by Elvis Costello, and "Le temps de l'amour" by Françoise Hardy. Want more Punch Up The Jam? B...

We punched it just because we can!!! The dutiful duo examines Dolly Parton's husband robbery anthem "Jolene" with Fiona Landers (@fionasings4u - UCB, Unicorn Store). Shoutout to Addie Weyrich and Megan Batoon for contributing vocals to this punch-up! UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "That's How Strong My Love Is" by Otis Redding, "Prince Johnny" by St. Vincent, and "Another One" by Mac DeMarco. Los Angeles! Come...

This episode has more twists and turns than a mraze!!! Infamous Mrazologist Jacquis Neal (@jacquisneal - Culture Kings podcast) brings the knowledge and positivity to the stüd to unpack Jason Mraz's 2008 hit "I'm Yours" and ...converts us into mrazholes? Or something adjasont. (Apologies again for the usage of the word stüd but I am contractually obligated to continue using it until super producer...

We're just a couple of bachelors, lookin for whatever part of the lower body is supposed to represent the different parts of the pony!! Kevin Porter (@KevinTPorter - Good Christian Fun, Gilmore Guys podcast) joins us for our 69th episode spectacular to dissect the choreography of equestrian sex, juices, and eventually, the consensual, sensual stylings of Ginuwine's 1996 grinding groove, "Pony!" Lo...

COME ON AND SLAM, WELCOME TO PUNCH UP THE (space) JAM. Writer/Director Ben Mekler joins DeMiel to discuss "Space Jam" from the movie "Space Jam" by the Quad City DJs (also if any scientists listen please confirm that we absolutely nailed Space Kaboom theory). UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Grand Espoir" by Yukihiro Takahashi, "Try To Believe" by Mosley & The B-Men, "I Am a Wolf and You Are the Moon" by Craig...

Mixed metaphors and rave lights galore!! Dan Telfer (@dantelfer - Mad Magazine, Nerd Poker podcast) comes by to help us dissect Cascada's extremely-2005 eurodance thumper, "Everytime We Touch!" UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" by the Buzzcocks, "Giorgio By Moroder" by Daft Punk, and "Hang With Me" by Robyn. Los Angeles! Come see Punch Up The Jam LIVE May 22nd at the Regent Theater. T...

ENYA?!?!? Actor Ross Kimball (@merosskimball - Mascots, Mastermind), brings the Pure Mood to the stüd to unpack the timeless (but actually released in 2000?) new age anthem, "Only Time" by castle queen Enya. Again, really wish I could apologize for the abbreviation of "studio" and even moreso for the umlaut but it is physically and emotionally impossible at this time. UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Same Ole L...

YEE-TO-THE-MOTHERFUCKIN-HAW!!!!! Today on the podcast, we're doing something we've never done before, and punching up a brand new song that hasn't even been out for a WEEK! We discuss the memetic culture of the internet, the changing state of the music industry, whether or not the word "boobies" can be sexy, and then eventually, the recent 2019 country/trap (hip-haw?) hit that is Lil Nas X's "Old...