Your Music Saved Us

Jay and Clifton have a rockin' Christmas with bands from from Tooth & Nail, BEC, and beyond. HAPPY CHRISTMAS!  https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXNISx7aoW1g2hynicxM-pNS7YB3ZCnsE  https://youtu.be/EexMUr2pkTQ

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Jay and Clifton struggle with an album that is more concerned with culture wars than any good news with the first in a two-parter covering DC Talk's break-through album, Free At Last. https://archive.org/details/ChristianRhymesToARhythm/1.+Heavenbound.flac

Jay and Clifton are treated to the curious untold story of the eccentric Flying Tart record label from head honcho, Alex Parker. https://tesswiley.bandcamp.com/ https://huntingtonsusa.bandcamp.com/ https://thejulies.bandcamp.com/album/lovelife https://fluffyluvsyou.bandcamp.com/album/sugar-pistol https://one-21.bandcamp.com/album/jxixsx-sessions-1996 https://www.indievisionmusic.com/articles/song-...

Jay and Clifton get emotional listening to Simulcast by Kosmos Express.

Jay and Clifton pull up their socks, mouse up their hair, and dig through the box of old band T-shirts to get ready to cover the seminal album, Teenage Politics by MxPx. Sources: It Came From Bremerton https://youtu.be/XDDOYuvE_kI

Jay and Clifton sit down for a personal conversation with Joe Christmas guitarist Russell Holbrook and dive into all this church stuff we were raised in. Russell’s writing https://www.amazon.com/dp/1796286311?psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER https://www.amazon.com/Russell-Holbrook/e/B01M3VJW72 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44232045-heroin-is-the-answer https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14785254....

Special guest Paul shows Jay and Clifton the hooky goodness they've been missing out on from Joy Electric's Melody. Sources https://youtu.be/_SHJBbpV_PQ https://youtu.be/LZAww5-lRVA https://babysue.com/joy.html?fbclid=IwAR2QgSI0v1ydXsHqkVzCExfejPKutwpVwY7QFFmTDLQrGunZHSH-p0Vuw60 https://theboywhoneverforgot.blogspot.com/2005/05/interview-with-joy-electric.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR005IXAsB2fQvM-fDpwDFvQ...

Sources: As the Story Grows interview with Russell Holbrook: https://asthestorygrows.com/episodes/27240708 Pastor with no Answers Podcast with Russell Holbrook: https://play.acast.com/s/pastorwithnoanswers/tag%3Asoundcloud%2C2010%3Atracks%2F642092649 Visions of Gray zine interview with Joe Christmas, March 1995 -part 1: https://groups.google.com/g/rec.music.christian/c/yJKiGP92WOs/m/Aan5L-udTDMJ?f...

https://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Reality_Check_The_band_shouldering_expectations/33619/p1/?fbclid=IwAR0YhkpHPRJbJVjPDNFEHLE5DTInKFj5epw7YCwUlzBl_OA5K8hSzVuuaas http://www.fobart.net/ryan/music/realitycheck.html?fbclid=IwAR3eMUIcSY7dDn8wPJT8fEzgy96aaegq-dZkekP-p8yhsquVHh_D1KQJZoY https://www.discogs.com/artist/999193-Reality-Check-3

Jay & Clifton take the emergency exit straight into one of the most talked about products of 1990s Christian Music lore! Prepare to receive your Witch's Invitation, brought to you by Carman.

Jay and Clifton have a conversation with the best band the grace the shelves of Christian bookstores! Alex, Chris, and Patrick of The Julies!

Sources: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eric-campuzano-of-lassie-foundation-charity-empressa/id1517329826?i=1000499658540&fbclid=IwAR0WvtTQL5ZDffyRDmDOJR8sHJJuTBp7GGOmDNVboQntrZ6uguKW_06fs18 http://www.decemberhotel.net/Articles/WayneEverett.html?fbclid=IwAR0zzkfCb0jgCmlKA0V3KAMp1u3C3MNKGb1OIHPQe0YVerVvQERvqA4B5M0

Jay and Clifton have a conversation with the great songwriter Jonathan Caro of Stairwell, Bloodshed, and a seemingly endless list of other bands.

Jay & Clifton get it up up up up with Five Iron Frenzy's debut album, Upbeats and Beatdowns.

Jay and Clifton enjoy the thick guitars and catchy riffs of the 2000 power-emo-pop album Pacific Standard Time from Stairwell. Visit www.patreon.com/YMSU for extended episodes and other extras. Sources http://www.voiceofreason.de/stairwell_interview.htm?fbclid=IwAR3mgVwC9t68vEQgRTCw6dcAtdAh-qaf0L3humxsPL2zPN74DNE3aIYDRO4 https://web.archive.org/web/20010124182800/http://www.stairwell.net/lyrics_nf...

Clifton tries desperately to explain to Jay why The Julies' Lovelife is the best thing he ever bought in a Christian bookstore. Sources: https://www.amazon.com/Lovelife-Julies/dp/B0001F7SWM https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lostinohio/the-julies-lovelife-lovingly-reissued-on-vinyl https://10minuteramble.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/obscure-music-the-julies/ http://downthelinezine.com/cue/the_julies...

Jay and Clifton look at their roots, and they are turning silver, but it only took a year for Steven Curtis Chapman's The Great Adventure to go gold. That works right? That's a summary. Visit www.patreon.com/YMSU to get an extended episode. https://stevencurtischapman.com/ Sources: SCC - Between Heaven and the Real World, my story https://youtu.be/11RNTfjRRk0 https://youtu.be/6jTuFyKt_6c

Jay and Clifton discuss growing up in the church, faith, music, and recontextualizing. 

Jay and Clifton break out the skate boards and soda pop to set the proper mood for the sneak peek preview from melodic punk band, Slick Shoes. Sources https://labeledpodcast.com/blog/tjt1-ys7ww https://podbay.fm/p/growing-up-punk/e/1595239200 https://podbay.fm/p/growing-up-punk/e/1601013641 https://podbay.fm/p/growing-up-punk/e/1600408815 https://cdn.breathecast.com/news/slick-shoes-bassist-talks-...

Jay and Clifton sit down for a cozy fireside chat with Dear Ephesus guitarist and anthropologist, Ed Lamoso! Tune in for such hard hitting questions as, "How did you get hooked up with Gray Dot?" and "Did that van really appear out of thin air?"

Jay and special guest Ed Lamoso (Dear Ephesus) try to explain to Clifton why Sometime Sunday’s Drain is a screamy, grungy masterpiece. Buckle in for a 2-hour high-stakes blockbuster!

WARNING! Lots of cursing! Jay and Clifton get drawn down many wells while reminiscing over and enjoying Plankeye's sophomore release, The Spark.   Scott Silletta of Plankeye talking about the Christian bubble. https://fb.watch/aRpVUbOHLR/ https://vimeo.com/50962467 https://www.facebook.com/plankeye/ https://medium.com/chrindie-95/plankeye-s-the-spark-19b445eb34df https://freedomlikeasong.com/2015/...

Jay and Clifton do some of that old timey rock and roll and wonder where all the Christian lyrics have gone with Huntington's debut album, Sweet Sixteen.   https://huntingtonsusa.bandcamp.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20011225032534/http://huntingtons_archives.tripod.com/hm.html https://web.archive.org/web/20010424063231/http://www.lidskan.com/huntingtons/ https://lxwxox.tripod.com/sydney.html?...

Jay and Clifton get real sad and stare at the stars to the beautiful soundscapes of our first emo album, "The Consolation of Pianissimo" by Dear Ephesus.   SOURCES:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Ephesus http://downthelinezine.com/cue/dear_ephesus https://web.archive.org/web/19990210063146/https://www.angelfire.com/de/dearephesus/main.html Music https://officialdearephesus.bandcamp.com/ https...