Episodes
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
If the history of the saxophone's invention had a soundtrack, it certainly wouldn't be smooth jazz. An inventor that just wouldn't quit, despite the world doing its best to stop him in his tracks. Blunt force trauma, poisoning, drowning, viciously jealous rivals, and a giant cannon.
The Cornu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IlZgj2FAHA&ab_channel=AbrahamCupeiro
The Shofar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJwfsYxDgJ4&ab_channel=Word-Spirit-Life
The Pentatonic Scale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6tB2KiZuk&ab_channel=WorldScienceFestival
Peter's song pick:: Hell by Clown Core
https://open.spotify.com/track/3iNJUrTTqODoKapRzameCI
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Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Episode 43: [Album Autopsy] Garth Brooks in... The Life of Chris Gaines
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
In this edition of Album Autopsy, Try-All Andy joins us as we are collectively baffled by a supposed radical departure in musical genres. An album not reviled, but hardly beloved... what happens when an artist endeavors to try something different, but doesn't quite make it off the beaten path?
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Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Episode 42.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Pono Player
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
What do you get when you go on a quest for high-fidelity portable audio, but forget to bring the design sensibilities? Neil Young's Toblerone Player... I mean, Pono Player. Is that triangular prism in your pocket, or are you just pretending to hear the difference? FLAC, MP3, too much money, too little product.
Leigh's song pick:: Piece of Crap by Neil Young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovum-GjYWKQ&ab_channel=neilyoungchannel
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Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Episode 42: The Laki Eruption
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
In the late 18th century, the Netherlands really had it out for Iceland. Maybe it was all the red-hot magma, acid rain, and sulfur-filled air, courtesy of the Laki craters? Fire, brimstone, a Dutch hate-boner, and a fire priest.
John's song pick:: Mars by Gustav Holst
https://open.spotify.com/track/6azDDykaIBHmZQFEFTKycC
Peter's song pick:: Burning Worlds of Excrement by Svartidaudi
https://open.spotify.com/track/2t4UAANtwLlx2Ghs2mAI0q
Leigh's song pick:: Sudden Death by Mr. Bungle
https://open.spotify.com/track/6VRu6EN2lRBQiXxEy5rU8Z
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Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Episode 41.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Third Wave Experiment
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Why teach a class about 1930s German's descent into fascism when you can just show the whole school how it's done? Not-so-secret salutes, rigorous discipline, a nation-wide underground, and a magnificent leader...
Peter's song pick:: Neuropunk Boostergang by Expander
https://expander.bandcamp.com/track/neuropunk-boostergang
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Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Episode 41: [Album Autopsy] Lulu
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Leaning into "... and the music they make us listen to" from our tagline, Leigh and Peter discuss where universally panned albums went wrong. In this inaugural edition, we talk about what happens when you seemingly pull two artists out of a hat and mash them together. "I am the table". Lou Reed, Metallica, and Lulu.
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Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Episode 40.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] The Station Nightclub Fire
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
In a time after hair metal was king, Great White were still carrying the flame... unfortunately, it was right into a venue filled with highly flammable material and no sprinkler system. Made up words, pyrotechnics, heavy black smoke, and a reason to never go to a live show again...
Leigh's song pick:: You Fucked Up by Ween
https://open.spotify.com/track/0gnvI2vSWIacE3hgLbuWtn
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Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Episode 40: [Ruinous Rewind] Plague of Athens
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
A new feature is born! With our shift to one major disaster a month (in addition to regularly scheduled Tragedy Tuesdays), we'll be trying out new features to take the place of the second major disaster. Don't think of it as losing a disaster, so much as gaining new content. This time: Ruinous Rewind with Peter and Gerri. Can Peter retell the Plague of Athens in 10 minutes? Will Gerri have new insights into a familiar tale since she, like, totally "listens" to the show? Only time, and you listening to this episode will tell!
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Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Episode 39.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Norwegian Black Metal
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
For a music scene that generated such awesome bands, the Norwegian black metal community sure were a bunch of miscreants. Church burning, stabbing, blast beats, stabbing, the dark circle, and stabbing.
Leigh's song pick:: Kathaarian Life Code by Darkthrone
https://open.spotify.com/track/5gTMAY6YiojUKbOjhO1JeJ
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Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Episode 39: The Peshtigo Firestorm
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
The Great Chicago Fire wasn't the worst fire ever to hit the United States. It wasn't the worst fire in 1871. It wasn't even the worst fire in October of 1871... The second episode in our October of Sorrow features one of the gnarliest fires yet, and maybe even a "darkbar". Human torches, flaming logs, and hell on Earth.
Peter's song pick:: Chronicles of Annihilation by Our Place Of Worship Is Silence
https://opowistl.bandcamp.com/track/chronicles-of-annihilation
Leigh's song pick:: Hell by King Gizzard and the Lizzard Wizzard
https://open.spotify.com/track/6XY6yBdqrphxj92fRmeT9C
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