Think Outside the Box Set

Hell Awaits by Slayer.   Cameron develops his hole control, Nathan dares to ask if hatred is a form of appreciation, and Slayer is just cave-manning it. Learnin' Links: Metal Archives (AKA Encyclopedia Metallum) Metal Archives article on Slayer The episode of Metal Evolution about Extreme Metal The lyrics generator Cameron used Listen along to Hell Awaits here! You can support us in several w...

Garth Brooks & the magic of Christmas: Songs from Call Me Claus by Garth Brooks Surprise, mothertruckers! Wicked cowboys never die! That's right, Garth Brooks has returned for another heartwarming exercise in perfunctory Christmas mirth. Watch those reindeer paws, because we're about to bump-n-hump deep into the black magic of Christmas.   Learnin' Links: Attention : We were not aware tha...

Haunting the Chapel/Live Undead by Slayer. Nathan takes a broad view of the Slayer œuvre, Cameron launches a spinoff called Ape Talk , and Slayer really should've been named "Demonic Doug." Learnin' Links: Satanist display in Illinois The cover of Haunting the Chapel , and Live Undead "Dulce et Decorum Est" , by Wilfred Owen Tritone Poetic foot Shared by Jordan Gilbert: 10 Genres of Metal in 3 Min...

Show No Mercy by Slayer. Nathan applies a thin coat of Satan paint, Cameron proves that Slayer is folk music, and Slayer writes some limericks. Learnin' Links: Rammstein's singer performing on fire The term “person of color” Satanism ( Church of Satan , Satanic Temple —very different things) The album cover Euler and the bridges of Königsberg Miriam Jones’ article about murder ballads D’n’D Alignm...

Help us choose an artist after Smash Mouth! Now that Smash Mouth is—mercifully—over and done with, it's time to choose who to do next! We do a bracket of listener suggestions. Help us choose between our two finalists at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DNKBCWM You can support us in several ways : Kick us a few bux on Patreon! By becoming a supporting member, you'll gain access to special bonus episo...

Magic by Smash Mouth. Cameron demands to be eaten and put in a bag (in that order), Nathan is gleekin' from both ends, and Smash Mouth? You might know them from "All Star" that is in Shrek. Announcement : next week, we'll be running a bracket of listener suggestions to choose our next artist. Drop us a line at email@boxset.website or tweet at @totbspodcast to suggest an artist! Learnin' Links: Kra...

Summer Girl by Smash Mouth.   Nathan tries to see if there’s a little less nothing in this album, Cameron likes his dumb and bad style, and Smash Mouth gets into some real LiveJournal territory. Learnin' Links: Zoom , a bad movie Just one of many examples of Tim Allen being a shithead Steve Harwell losing his shit, courtesy of Matt Parr Listen along to Summer Girl here! You can support us in...

Get the Picture? by Smash Mouth.   Cameron wants to get Tim-Tam blasted, Nathan has some titular fun, and Smash Mouth are the true heroes of the 9/11 years.   Learnin' Links: Retrofuturism “Beg the question” vs. "Raise the question” Scientist renounces alpha/beta view of wolves Pickleback Listen along to Get the Picture here! You can support us in several ways : Kick us a few bux on Patr...

Smash Mouth by Smash Mouth. Nathan snoozes outside the box set, Cameron wonders if he's activating sleep agents, and Smash Mouth jazzes so hard—er, so smooth. Learnin' Links: PCH Columbia Record Club Soul patch Bloatee Listen along to Smash Mouth here, if you must. You can support us in several ways : Kick us a few bux on Patreon! By becoming a supporting member, you'll gain access to special bonu...

Astrolounge by Smash Mouth. Smash Mouth releases an album that's really -ive, Cameron is blinded by the whiteness, and Nathan proves Smash Mouth culture still exists using the power of STATISTICS . Learnin' Links: UFO pronunciation Ed Sheeran on Game of Thrones Applejacks racist commercials UB40's version of "Red Red Wine" Listen along to Astrolounge here! You can support us in several ways : Kick...

Fush Yu Mang by Smash Mouth. Nathan doesn’t even have fun being grumpy, Cameron is willing to “give it to him,” and Smash Mouth has a small break in their lives of unending privilege. Learnin' Links: Countable noun There are twice as many kangaroos as people in Australia Rat Race concert scene Listen along to Fush Yu Mang here! You can support us in several ways : Kick us a few bux on Patreon! By...

The Visitors by ABBA. Cameron criticizes Nathan for audio good practices, Nathan tries to avoid mom-shaming, and ABBA wants to build a disco song. Learnin' Links: MacGuffin Interlocutor Men by Scene on Radio Listen along to The Visitors here! You can support us in several ways : Kick us a few bux on Patreon! By becoming a supporting member, you'll gain access to special bonus episodes, including a...

Cameron attends a musical orgy convention, Nathan has a precognition (of boredom), and and ABBA can’t finish without Night Velvet™. Learnin' Links: Panpipes Omnibus Project’s episode on dancing mania Bad Dad, Soccer Dad Feet of clay Hit Parade’s episode on the Bee Gees “What Is Love” is not a C+C Music Factory song . Nathan (a moron) regrets the error. Men by Scene on Radio Listen along to S(o)upe...

Upbeat Disco Schlager Cameron eats his tea, Nathan complains about dingos punching kangaroos, and and ABBA teaches Genius.com commenters about how the wind casts shadows. Learnin' Links: Omnibus' episode on disco demolition Mnemosyne Harvest by Neil Young In case you forgot about Schlager Listen along to Voulez-Vous here! You can support us in several ways : Kick us a few bux on Patreon! By becomi...

ABBA: The Album by ABBA.   Nathan does eagle stuff, Cameron eats a nice bow of eagle noodles, and ABBA really makes us think with questions like "what if eagles?"   Learnin' Links: Schlager Fucking Jumping the shark Ostinato Maps—wait! Listen along to ABBA: The Album here! You can support us in several ways : Kick us a few bux on Patreon! By becoming a supporting member, you'll gain acce...

Arrival by ABBA.   Nathan invents the academic discipline of Mexicorientalism, Cameron gets Famous for His Drippins™, and ABBA teaches us how sexy geometry can be.   Learnin' Links: It's legally complicated, but spousal rape was either legal or punished less severely than other forms of rape in the US until 1993ish Roger Ebert famously said that video games cannot be art —but tempered hi...

ABBA by ABBA.   Nathan makes a bold declaration about trees, Cameron makes a courageous confession about what kind of man he is, and ABBA warms our hearts in the tropical loveland of Sweden. Learnin' Links: Zwarte Piet Let me google that for you Apparently the Dutch were so involved in the slave trade that there was a region called the “Dutch Slave Coast” . Yikes.   Listen along to ABBA...

Waterloo by ABBA.   This MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY, THRILL as Nathan and Cameron choose completely arbitrary moments where they think ABBA is being self-aware, and then THROW DOWN. Learnin' Links: Did an MJ impersonator sing on the last Michael Jackson album? The Battle of Waterloo Cowper’s gland David Livingstone King Léopold II’s brutal colonial rule in the Congo “Whitey on the Moon” Bechdel tes...

Ring Ring by ABBA.   Nathan sags himself right off a cliff, Becca gets herself into an Ikea Situation, and Cameron begins his transformation into Barry Sacks (the king of the bari sax). Learnin' Links: Abba in Hebrew (and other Semitic languages) “Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.” Speaking of angel cats… Listen along to Ring Ring here! You can support us in several ways : Kick us a few bux on Patreo...

Oblivion by T-Pain. Nathan courageously admits he can’t do 18 push-ups, Cameron pitches a movie reboot, and T-Pain is laid to rest.   Learnin' Links: Hieroglyphics Teff WPA source recordings Listen along to Oblivion here! You can support us in several ways : Kick us a few bux on Patreon! By becoming a supporting member, you'll gain access to special bonus episodes! Buy T-shirts, sweatshirts,...

Cameron eats problematically, Nathan comes up with a new breakout character, and T-Pain recruits someone to help him be shittier to women. Learnin' Links: Humorism Omnibus podcast Key & Peele Dubstep J. Robert Oppenheimer Hello From the Magic Tavern Dunning-Krueger Effect (I wanted to link to a fun YouTube video of men explaining mansplaining, but YouTube is only filled with hateful misogynist...

Stoic by T-Pain.   T-Pain returns after a few years of not making music, with his mixtape Stoic ! It’s got some of his highest highs, but also some of his most defensive moments. And what was the deal with that Little Shop of Horrors song, anyway?? Learnin’ Links: An article on Stoicville in the New Yorker Dick Move , from Scene on Radio Koosh balls Monster Factory plays Knife Dad Jeffrey Tam...

rEVOLVEr by T-Pain. We're trying out a new format this week! Surprise! We decided to focus less on comprehensiveness, and more on just being enjoyable and entertaining. That is, the old format was increasingly leading to perfunctory song discussions, and nobody wants that.   Anyway, this week we talked about T-Pain's studio album Revolver . It's not as memorable as his earliest releases, but...

Prevolver by T-Pain, part 2.   T-Pain has a habit of releasing mixtapes to supplement his albums. This one is a predecessor to his 2011 album Revolver (no, not the Beatles one). Aaaaaaaand… it’s really super duper long. So we had to split it up into two episodes!   Learnin' Links: Cheesemaking NuvaRing and Nuvo Ludovico technique Vitiligo Michael Richards’ anti-Semitism Listen along to P...

Prevolver by T-Pain, part 1.   T-Pain has a habit of releasing mixtapes to supplement his albums. This one is a predecessor to his 2011 album Revolver (no, not the Beatles one). Aaaaaaaand… it’s really super duper long. So we had to split it up into two episodes!   In this episode, we cover the first 15 tracks. The whole thing has 30 . But we keep things wholesome and definitely don’t us...