Episode 78 - The Blue Sneaker Journals

In possibly our most EROTICALLY CHARGED episode ever, we talk about the most salacious of mammals, and the most sensual of movies! 

“Strung Out Again” – Elliot Smith

“They Burned Our Paintings” - Western Addiction

“Cry For No Reason” – Sailor Poon

“Pretty Tommy” – Drakulas

“Fratello” – Mindforce

CSS and L7 are also discussed, but not featured

Episode 68 - The Son of the Ghost of Spookyween 2019

Episode 68 Notes:

 

As always, that most spooky time of the year descends upon us……On top of all the other nonsense, we take a moment to ask, “Who is the most terrifying front man in music? 

Songs featured in Episode 68:

“Dr. Funkenstein” – Parliament

“Garage Bat” and  “Burning Bush” (Flaming Groovies Cover) – Olivia Jean

“Everything Breaks” – Crossed Keys

“Bet My Brains” – Starcrawler

“Mr Al” – Suo

 

Also discussed, but not featured: Babymetal and Jumpstarted Plowhards

Episode 63 - BoomBoomFirewords 2019

Episode 63 Notes:

Movies, Songs, Ambushes, and lies about editing deadlines

 Songs Featured in Episode 63:

“Broken Halo” - Baroness

“Stay” – Sharon Van Ettan 

“Slang Words – GotoBeds

“Until” – Pinkish Black

“No Love Lost” (Joy Division Cover” – Distillers

“Off With Their Heads was reviewed, but not featured.  Also, “No Love Lost” is off of “An Ideal For Living” and not “Unknown Pleasures”, but I’ll be dammed if I could find a more fitting cover

Episode 60 - The Running Man

Episode 60 Notes

Alien Folk Music, 80’s Revival, Doom Metal, and 90’s Alt Rock Redux.  

Plus, those nutty Starcrawler kids cover Ramones, a Biology Lesson is given, your running playlist is created, and we spoil a certain movie about Earths Mightiest Ska Punk Band.

Songs Featured in Episode 60:

“Gas in My Car” and “Start Today” (Gorillia Biscuits Cover) – Skankin’ Pickle

“Alabaster” – All Them Witches

“Sauin” – Tar Pit

“Don’t Let Me Sleep” – Shana Cleveland

“Do It Again” – Potty Mouth

“Cosmic Clave” – Ex Hex

“Hot Ride” – The Prodigy ft.  Juliette Lewis

Episode 57 - Freeze Up Redux

History repeats itself as we recorded this on the eve of government another shutdown and another freeze up that never was (Ironically enough we are posting this on the first real taste of winter this year).  In retrospect, I was very tired when we recorded, and an overabundance of nonsense wandered into this recording.

Songs Featured in Episode 57:

“Bang”, “Struggle/Struggle” and Spider/Waves” – Le Butcherettes

“Flake” – FIDLAR

“Wasted Nun” – Cherry Glazerr

Also discussed by not featured is the very excellent band, Torso

Episode 56 - A Freeze Up Going

Recorded during the great blizzard of January ’19 (the one where it rained a bit then nothing happened), Lou and Jaime discuss New Year’s Resolutions, boxes of birds, a popular biopic, general nonsense, and MUSIC!!!!!! (Juicier, Struck Nerve, Lealani, The Beths, and Mary Bell)

Songs Featured in Episode 56:

“Freeze Up” – Operation Ivy

“Lonely Starts” – Lealani

“Future Me Hates Me” The Beths

“Gretchen” – Mary Bell

Flashback - Episode 31 - High Crimes!!!!!!!

For reasons to boring for anyone to care about, Episode 51 is still being edited. instead, I would like to post one of my personal favorites. Topic was High Crimes!!!  What high crimes do you ask?  The crimes of enjoying show everyone retroactively hates, or maybe an imagined break in.  We talk about Beachhouse, Emperor X, Feist, Dreamcar, and Cherry Glazerr, then try to discern what cultural crimes a band can commit to make one stop listening.

Songs featured in Episode 31:

“Any Party” – Fesit

“Wasted on the Senate Floor” – Emperor X

“All of the Dead Girls” – Dreamcar

“Nuclear Bomb” – Cherry Glazerr

“Cha Cha Cha D’more” – Dean Martin

“The Ballad of John and Yoko” – The Beatles

Episode 50 - Murder Ballad

I could tell you what this wonderful episode is about, or you could just listen and find out!!! (Hint, music, a murder, and weird movies).  Also, there is a TOPIC for next week!!!!  Vinyl Lou should buy, and places he should buy it!!!!

Songs Featured in Episode 50:

“The Sacrifice” - Black Rainbows

“Psycho Killer” - Talking Heads

“C” and “Nail House Needle Boys” – Oh Sees

“We Refuse” – Red Bait

Episode 47 - Kattykit Guy

Kitty cat Kitty cat Kitty cat girls are ALLOVER this one……..(also Volume Zero, Courtney Barnett, Don’t Sleep, Starcrawler and several conversations that don’t seem to go anywhere).

 

Songs Featured in Episode 47:

“Kitty Cat Girl” and “Blue Kangaroo” – The Allovers

“Climate of Fear” – Volume Zero

“Hopefulessness” and Nameless, Faceless” – Courtney Barnett

“Lazarus” – Don’t Sleep

“I Love L.A.” and “Chicken Woman” - Starcrawler

Episode 46 - The Forever Mitten

Damn, we have ourselves here a world premier!!!!  We were lucky enough to have Volume Zero  reach out and ask us to do a review (Spoiler:  It’s great!.  Find them on Bandcamp).  Droid Personage and a certain Gauntlet are discussed, and Lou’s cat gives Jaime some sass.

 

Songs Featured in Episode 46:

 

“Distress Signal” – Volume Zero

“Feel Great” – Wrong

“California Finally” – La Luz

“Lonely Dozer” – La Luz

“Drunk in LA” – Beach House

“Groundhog Day” – Corin Tucker Band

Episode 45 -Thoughts of Baseball

Matt Reviews the new Screaming Females, and we review Scavenger, King Tuff, Touche Amore, War on Women, and New Heart.  Also, something about….dating?

Songs featured in Episode 45:

“Chamber for Sleep” (parts 1 and 2) – Screaming Females

“Pleasure and the Beast” – War on Women

“Childbirth” – War on Women

“No More Hate” – New Heart

“Black Hole” – Scavenger

“Siri, Open Tinder” - Childbirth