Episode 5 - Live Music is the Best Way to Consume Music
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Intro
Physical space for CDs
Class action lawsuits
The new SLEEP album
Most bands that have been together for 40 years are incapable of making 10 more good records
Long running band discographies, and enjoying it as a whole
The new Mike D album
Return to the "Best Rapper/artist that became an actor" - LL Cool J
Working at the movie theater when Deep Blue Sea was in the theater
Soundtrack to movies that the artist does the song(s)
One-track/Cassette singles
Bone Thugs and Harmony
The phrases "Back East", "mid-west", "over the pond", "on the coast" sound ridiculous
The new Mike D album continued
Released on a cool looking cassette
Cassette tapes in-general
Making compilation tapes/CDs for people
The first Bruce Springsteen album
Shoutout to SP!
10 years ago we went to see SWANS at Crescent Ballroom
Seeing SWANS live... and the "noise rock/art" genre
Some of the best bands, who made the best songs, never made it out of the "local scene"
New CZARFACE/Frankie Pulitzer album
Is good, but doesn't get extra notoriety because of Tom Hardy being involved
Do you trust your Social Media algorithm?
Metallica tour with Limp Biscuit and AVATAR
The 90s resurgence
Metal heads are the nicest/sweetest people of any music scene
Algorithm continued...
Jerry Zhao and other social media personas and "brainrot"
Controlling the social media addiction
Putting the podcast into the algorithm by interacting more
Development of our podcast and who it's for and how it will spread
"We're not all famous, and we're not all talented."
Over 78% of podcasts don't get past 7 episodes
Personal social media page vs the podcast page
"Posts" vs "Content"
Getting older and understanding what came from your formative years
What is even considered, or how do you say what is, "new music"?
"Professional Musician" as a career
Going to see a huge stadium show/festival isn't something we would want to do now
Getting knocked out in the pit at Slayer
Meeting people in Phoenix you ask "where are you from?" which is mostly unique to Phoenix
Downtown Phoenix is such a hassle
It has to be a special occasion to go out to a show nowadays that we're old
Live music is the best way to consume music.
5 Sept 2026
Episode 4: Musicians becoming Actors vs Actors becoming Musicians
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Our show has little or no plan, with very few real topics
We have a ton of CDs of one group that the average person doesn't even know the group
You can't count Grateful Dead live bootlegs as "albums released"
David Bowie's Blackstar released two days before his death
What band/group/artist did you get into after they were already established?
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Guided By Voices
People who tried to stump Jared with new bands that he actually likes
Getting excited about new albums from groups we like
- Domi & JD Beck WHO ASKED? follow-up with YOU ASKED! (the instrumental version)
- Ty Segall
- Sleep
- Dinosaur Jr
Who cares about The Strokes after the first two albums?
The Beatles had two geniuses and one of them isn't Paul McCartney...
Sting solo albums, and Sting being the worst part of The Police
Henry Rollins on Howard Stern talking about U2
Musicians that turned into actors...
Soundtrack albums
"Life Is a Highway" - one of the top five worst songs ever
The first year of MTV was shit
Musicians that turned into actors continued...
- ELVIS!
- David Bowie
Hilarious CD shopping experiences:
- The white guy at the Goodwill
- People that crowd in on you while you're looking at CDs
- IT'S THE BLOOD THAT JESUS SHED!
- You got any Five Finger Death Punch?
Now we're talking about Five Finger Death Punch and whatever type of "metal" that is.
What is Heavy Metal anyway?
In 1989 Jethro Tull wins a Grammy over Metallica ... And Justice For All
Iggy Pop and The Stooges... then The Replacements
Roxy Music in movies - Flashbacks of a Fool
- Movies and books with huge musical references
Glasgow music scene
- Scotland produces great music
Australia has great bands too
- INXS Kick is a perfect record
How musicians are spending their "off" time, it's not surprising if they turn into addicts
Bands ending their shows with a cover song
Built To Spill played Freebird and "released" and unofficial bootleg CD
Musicians that turned into actors continued...
- Queen Latifah
Reality TV shows and American Idol
Piercings
Mark Walberg movie Rockstar
90s fashion coming back
CDs outsold vinyl for the first time in years
6 Aug 2026
Episode 3: Overrated cult classics and your music taste hasn't matured
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How long is a CD?
What's the difference between an EP and an LP?
Bands that come through Phoenix; either sold out when we don't think it will be, or no one there at all.
Record stores in the 90s and early 2000s.
Buying music online at odd shops like FYE.
Alphabetical band names where the shop doesn't have what i want but terrible shit all around it.
Rolling Stone magazine (is trash)
Cassette tapes. Making mix tapes. Tape deck in your car. Headphone jack tape to connect MP3 player or CD player.
AC/DC is terrible, but we still spend 5 minutes talking about it.
Old hardcore bands playing together again after 20 years and all their songs are about being 15.
Pennsylvania hardcore bands and venues.
Bands that quit for 20 years and are back at it. Could they or should they make a new album?
Rhythym Room closing.
Karate: the band.
Overrated cult classics.
Tupac... ICP... Cardi B WAP... 2 Live Crew...
No bad press!
Terrible pop country music.
Musical tastes that don't mature.
What we've been listening to.
23 Jul 2026
Episode 2: GN'R killed 80's Glam Rock bands
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Glam Rock bands, Guns N' Roses, local all-ages shows and other rambling tangents.
13 Jul 2026
Introduction / Getting things rolling
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After many years of collecting and conversations about music in-general, we finally have a full episode to kick things off.
Loose topics about collecting CDs, the CD format compared to other physical media, hip hop, what is "good" and "bad" music, and more.
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5.0 / 5
1 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
2 ratings
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