Episode Summary This week Jesse & Nat do their second round of hot takes. Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links Lions’ historic collapse: Here’s how Detroit let a 17-point lead slip away in NFC Championship loss to 49ers Lineworker’s Rodeo Excel World Championship America’s rural radio stations are vanishing – and taking the country’s soul w…

Episode Summary This week Nat & Jesse go over their favorite records of 2023! Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Side note from Jesse: I’m intentionally not putting links to these. Look, I don’t know where you listen to music. Spotify? Apple Music? Tidal? Are you like Nat and only do vinyl? I don’t know. But if you’re listening to this podcast I tru…

Episode Summary This week we deep dive into the discography of one of our favorite bands, Thursday. Edited by Nat Shownotes by Jesse Show Links Paczki Day Casimir Pulaski Day – Wikipedia Devil’s Night – Wikipedia “Can I pet that dog?” – YouTube Thursday The music video for “Understanding in a Car Crash” Picks Jesse: “God Made Me An Animal” by Bette…

Episode Summary This week Nat & Jesse nepotism in the music industry! Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links Behind the Backlash Against Bud Light Zach Bryan Nepotism in indie music industry leads to unequal footing 11 Nepo-Baby Musicians Who Prove It Isn’t Just Hollywood That Has A Nepotism Problem It Runs in the Family: Nepotism in the Musi…

Episode Summary This week Nat & Jesse DIY! And also how we saw The Cure and it was amazing. Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links The Cure 2023 tour The Cure’s Robert Smith actually got Ticketmaster to refund fans those extra fees Sunn amps CBGB & OMFUG CBGB & OMFUG – Wikipedia Squeeze – Wikipedia Television – Wikipedia Bad Brain – Wikipedia…

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Episode Summary This week Nat & Jesse talk WWE, Vince McMahon’s new mustache, Trump’s first indictment (this was recorded in like late April or early May of 2023 I’m sorry we are behind!), and Nat’s new album!!! It’s so good! Go buy it! Also, eventually we talk about what we’re calling “Pitchfork core”. If you don’t know what that is… you do. If yo…

Episode Summary This week Nat & Jesse talk about the band The Cure, specifically their entire discography. Also, BUY NAT’S NEW ALBUM!!! I’m so proud of him, but don’t tell him I said that. Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links The Cure – Wikipedia The Cure’s Discography – Wikipedia Robert Smith is not as excited as you – YouTube The Cure Acc…

Episode Summary This week Nat and Jesse talk about vinyl record collecting. Also, BUY NAT’S NEW ALBUM!!! I’m so proud of him, but don’t tell him I said that. Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links Jeff Buckley performs “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” live in Chicago – YouTube Jesse’s record collection on Discogs Nat’s record collection on Di…

Episode Summary Nat & Jesse (finally) do a 2022 year-end list! A month late! But that is at least more respectable than putting out your year-end list in early December! Edited by Nat Shownotes by Jesse Show Links Nat’s Year End List Nat actually blogged about this on his very good personal blog. I recommend reading it. Holy Fawnn — Dimensional Ble…

Episode Summary This week Nat and Jesse dive into music urban legends and how they some how spread even without the help of social media. Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links Survivorship bias – Wikipedia About lead-based paint “Welcome to My House” by Nu Breed & Jesse Howard – YouTube Paul is dead – Wikipedia Somebody Asked MARILYN MANSON …

Episode Summary 😂 So Nat lost his audio so this is the Zoom audio backup, hence me doing a countdown at the top. This week we have our second guest ever, Mike S! Mike has a really rad history and relationship with music, specifically jazz & punk and we dive in and discuss both thoroughly this week. Also, our shownotes have a character limit so I fa…

Episode Summary We’re back! This week we catch up and talk about dad rock! Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links Dad Rock playlist – Spotify A Brief History of Dad Rock – YouTube I Introduced the Term ‘Dad-Rock’ to the World. I Have Regrets. – Esquire 40 Bands That Define “Dad Rock” – Spin We Interviewed a Ton of Dads About Dad Rock – Vice H…

Episode Summary This week we talk about things we got wrong regarding music. Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links Torches Together: A Tribute to mewithoutYou “In a Sweater Poorly Knit” (mewithoutYou cover) – The Foxes in the Vineyard & the Electric St. Lucy – YouTube A Year of Vinyl – Nat’s music review blog Ashley Madison – Wikipedia “How …

Episode Summary This week Jesse tries to get into Thrice and disappoints Nat. Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links Jim Brewer’s terrible 2022 stand-up special – YouTube A Goofy Movie – Wikipedia Dane Cook – Wikipedia Paxlovid rebound Rafi’s “Baby Beluga” – Wikipedia The Bear TV show Thrice – Wikipedia The Thrice playlist Nat made for Jesse …

This week Nat & Jesse give their musical hot takes! If you disagree with us at any way please email Nat about it. Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links Big Tymers – Still Fly – YT Jesse’s obnoxious 2022 Warrior’s Championship Hat Billy Joel’s “Movin Out” but it repeats heart attack 124 times – YT Metallica Earns Its Top Billing of the Big Fo…

Episode Summary This week Nat & Jesse dive into the “garage rock revival” of the early 2000s. Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links Meet Me In Bathroom – Wikipedia What is the joke in ‘Sidney Applebaum’ on SNL? Post-punk revival – Wikipedia The Strokes “Is This It” Pitchfork review The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl – YouTube KoRn …

Episode Summary This week we are live! Sort of. We aren’t live for you, but we were in each other’s presence and recorded live with Rosemary in the Galaxy Brain studios in SF! And we talk about the 1967 Summer of Love! Sort of… Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links Galaxy Brain studios Brain Tape “Friends with Burger-fits” – Bob’s Burgers – …

Episode Summary This week Nat & Jesse put on their Stetsons and discuss modern country music & their path to loving (some) modern country. Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links Make South Bend owners reinvest in River Park with plans to purchase building Don Corneo “I hate the f***in’ Eagles man” — The Big Lebowski “Come On Over” by Shania T…

Episode Summary This week Jesse & Nat discuss what makes a good Bond theme. Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links Elden Ring – Wikipedia The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Wikipedia The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Wikipedia Horizon Zero Dawn – Wikipedia Horizon Forbidden West – Wikipedia Everything Everywhere All at Once – Wikipedia In …

Episode Summary This week we talk extensively about mewithoutYou – Nat’s favorite band – in depth. Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links “Diatonic Major And Minor Scales” by Andres Segovia Go listen to Nat’s band SPACESHIPS and buy their stuff! mewithoutYou – Wikipedia mewithoutYou Discography – Wikipedia “All the Clever Words on Pages: A Po…

Episode Summary This week we discuss guilty pleasures and basically how we don’t have any. (This is less about actual guilty pleasures and more about loving your past self.) Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links New Orleans Vacation – SNL – YouTube The Used – Wikipedia The number 88 in white nationalism and supremacy – Wikipedia ’Guilty’ Ple…

Episode Summary This week Nat & Jesse discuss ethical music consumption. What is our responsibility as listeners and fans? Is it on us to right the wrongs of the music industry and streaming services paying artists pennies? Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links Cody Rhodes – Wikipedia “The Boys in the Bar” episode of Cheers – Wikipedia Last …

Episode Summary This week Jesse made a rap playlist for Nat and made Nat listen to radically popular rap songs from the past decade that he’s never heard. Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links “non-woke rap 4 nat” Spotify playlist Jesse made for Nat Zack Snyder Steps Down From ‘Justice League’ to Deal With Family Tragedy Furnace Fest Drummer…

Episode Summary This week we do our second deep dive into a singular band’s discography (sort of… we get hand-wavey for the latter albums), The Smashing Pumpkins! Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links Eric Clapton’s “This Has Gotta Stop” – YouTube Hear an Eyewitness Account of Eric Clapton’s ‘Full-Tilt Racist’ 1976 Onstage Rant Vaccine Skept…

Episode Summary This week Nat and I get into our approach to songwriting. Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links Internet of Shit Twitter account The Facebook Outage – A Postmortem When We Were Young Festival Your Scene Sucks Every Time I Die is having an ugly break-up Pedro the Lion surprise releases “Havasu” Aqua Teen Hunger Force – Wikiped…

Episode Summary This week we dive into why people stop listening to new & current music as they get older and how we haven’t (totally) fallen victim to this. Jesse’s take is predictably viewed through the lens of Marxism. Nat’s is much more gracious and concerned with aging. Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links The Big Podcast w/ Shaq Barkl…

Episode Summary Jesse's Tiger Electronic games his parents, for some reason, still have. This week we catch up after the holidays and discuss our families’ influence on our own musical tastes. Edited by Nat Show notes by Jesse Show Links GEICO Cavemen TV show – Wikipedia Why ‘Jake from State Farm’ Had to be Re-Cast Pope Francis claims pets replacin…

Episode Summary Nat & Jesse swing the pendulum back from pop music to the opposite side of the spectrum. We talk hard-to-listen-to / avant garde music. “Challenging” music, if you will. “I never worked out what it was that possessed me when music possessed other than I always wanted it.” “Furthermore it made me someone of course. Thanks to music I …

Episode Summary Nat & Jesse talk about pop music they like because we are stereotypically music nerds who don’t listen a lot of pop music. Edited by Nat Shownotes by Jesse Show Links Justin Timberlake on SNL – Immigrant Tale Pharrell Williams – Wikipedia The Black Eyed Peas – “Where is the Love?” – YouTube Captain EO – Wikipedia You guys, Nat wasn’…

Episode Summary The Atkinson’s Peanut’s Nativity set Nat & Jesse discuss whether or not Christmas music is good actually and then dive into their list of year end favorites. Edited by Nat Shownotes by Jesse Show Links The Fox News Christmas tree fire set to some tunes Keith Urban & Toby Keith are not the same person, apparently Sufjan Stevens – “Si…

Were the 90s the best decade for music or are we just old? "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes." — Henry David Thoreau, Walden The quote Jesse thinks of when he remembers he asked for snowboarding gear for Christmas once and barely used it. Show Links Suicide of Kurt Cobain – Wikipedia The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notor…

Shownotes Show Links Mint You Need a Budget Breaking Bad RV Tours Clarkson’s Farm — Wikipedia Deftones — Wikipedia Glassjaw — Wikipedia Thrice — Wikipedia Fuse TV still exists! Pen & Pixel, who made the cover art for a lot of southern rap artists in the 90s — Wikipedia The Best Pen & Pixel Rap Covers Korn — Follow the Leader — Wikipedia Limp Bizkit…

Shownotes Show Links LiveJournal — Wikipedia — You had to be there. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater — Wikipedia Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Soundtrack — Spotify The Blood Brothers — Wikipedia Wilco — Wikipedia Sunny Day Real Estate perform “Guitar and Video Games” — YouTube “The Wild History Of Demo Discs, Shareware And Covertapes” — Kotaku FuncoLand — Wikipedia…

Jesse & Nat share their experiences at Riot Fest & Furnace Fest respectively 1/2 way through the episode Jesse’s mic decided to go terrible. Super apologize for that. Shouldn’t happen moving forward. Show Links Furnace Fest Riot Fest Seinfeld “The Airport” — Wikipedia Alkaline Trio “Goddammit” — Wikipedia Celebrating Mexican Independence Day, Chica…

Get to know your hosts as Nat and Jesse discuss their formative tentpole moments as music fans, important moments along their journeys, and where they are now. Links to things mentioned: Nat’s music review website, “A Year of Vinyl”. “Blackgaze” genre Alcest Deafheaven Isis (the band) The explosion of Christian metalcore Zao Project 86 P.O.D. CCM P…