Third Song In

Chris and Tom discuss the sports they hate and hate to watch. Look for their pop culture recommendations at www.thirdsonginpodcast.com, and find the Third Song In - Season 3 playlist wherever you stream music. Thanks for listening.

Back for Season 3, Chris and Tom dive into the topic of "problematic artists" and discuss awful people who create great things. For their "then" recommendations, Tom recommends Annie Hall (1977), and gives it 5/5 Egg Burritos With Sour Cream, (if you don't mind watching something directed by Woody Allen). Chris recommends That Seventies Show (1998-2006), (3/5 EBWSC), (if you don't mind watching so...

For the Season 2 finale, Chris and Tom welcome Joe Filisko, talented blues harmonica player, builder and teacher. Your hosts finish up the Season Two companion playlist with some harmonica-powered tracks, and Joe recommends the following harmonica blues classics: Juke (Little Walter) McAbee's Railroad Piece ( Palmer McAbee)  https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=palmer+mcabee+railroad Bay R...

Tom and Chris welcome Anna Polacek, Tom's daughter and future filmmaker. The three of them discuss film school, film-making and film soundtracks. Although Chris and Tom did not make any then/now recommendations this episode, Anna recommends Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl, by Broken Social Scene from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), and gives it 5/5 Egg Burritos With Sour Cream. Meanw...

Chris and Tom discuss the best places around the country to find food after a long night of drinking. Meanwhile, Tom recommends the films Big Night (1996, 3/5 Egg Burritos with Sour Cream), and Chef (2014, 4/5 EBWSC), for your food-related pleasure. Chris recommends the movie Diner (1982), (4/5 EBWSC), and the song February 28, 2016, written and performed by Koe Wetzel from Noise Complaint (2016),...

Chris and Tom reveal their inner science fiction geeks. They discuss sci fi film, tv, books, and even a few comics. Chris recommends the novel Hyperion, (1989), written by Dan Simmons (5/5 Egg Burritos with Sour Cream), and The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, (2014), written by Becky Chambers (4/5 EBWSC). Tom recommends the Martian Trilogy, starting with Red Mars (1992), written by Kim Stanley R...

Chris and Tom discuss music festivals, new and old. Tom recommends All You Need is Live (1999) by Cowboy Mouth (4/5 Egg Burritos with Sour Cream), and the documentary Jazzfest: A New Orleans Story (2022), (3/5 EBWSC). Chris recommends Bob Seger's Live Bullet, from 1975, (5/5 EBWSC), and another live album, The Living Bubba, from Alabama Ass Whuppin' (2000), by Drive-By Truckers (also 5/5 E...

Tom and Chris meet to discuss love songs, rom-coms and romantic gestures in their "annual" Valentine's Day episode. Check out www.thirdsonginpodcast.com for links to our music playlists and our romantic recommendations.

Tom and Chris meet to discuss the tricky rules for making mixtapes, playlists, and podcasts. For Then/Now, Tom recommends High Fidelity, (1995), written by Nick Hornby and High Fidelity, the Hulu television series from 2020. Chris recommends TV's Hee Haw (1969-1971), and the song Some Depression, (2020), from Let the Bloody Moon Rise, by Kasey Anderson. Check our our music playlists wherever you g...

Chris and Tom welcome author and business executive, (and old friend), Andy Armstrong. Together they construct playlists of “feel good” songs for the episode. Andy’s list: Solsbury Hill, from Peter Gabriel (1977) SAD (Clap Your Hands), from SAD/Scatterbrain, (2018), by Young Rising Sons Fred Astaire, from Off to the Races (2018), by Jukebox the Ghost Summer Highland Falls, from Turnstiles (1976),...

New season, new playlist. Tom and Chris return again to discussing drinking and getting drunk in the 80s. Tom recommends the 1981 film, Arthur, starring Dudley Moore, and the memoir Dry (2003), written by Augusten Burroughs. Chris recommends the Jayhawks song “The Liquor Store Came First” from 1986, and the film Rough Night (2017), starring Scarlett Johansson. Look for our playlist, Third Song in...

Pilot episode of pop culture analysis from a pair of middle-aged former roommates and lifelong "professional appreciators."