Episode 215 - The Weather is Deflating My Head

In this episode--which is neither spooky, nor scary, despite the upload date--I talk about a bunch of new music and get mad at Taylor Swift fans (but maybe not in the way you think). It's a fun one. Check it out!

Bandcamp: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com 
email: db@derekbrink.com 

• 0:00 - Intro, including a tribute to Prunella Scales
• 13:26 - Live Your Life
• 13:57 - New Music Reviews
  • 14:46 - Max Richter - Sleep Circle
  • 21:12 - Sloan - Based on the Best Seller
  • 24:28 - Amanda Shires - Nobody's Girl
  • 34:54 - Los Straitjackets - Somos Los Straitjackets
  • 38:35 - Halestorm - Everest
  • 43:08 - Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl
• 48:45 - Every Day
• 49:15 - Outro, including a brief review of Only Murders in the Building

Here's your cover photo!

Episode 214 - The Intent of a Good Show

In this slightly shorter (but if you ask me TWICE as fun!) episode, I mostly just talk about the 50th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the reunion of RUSH! I had a blast doing this one. I bet you at least sort of enjoy having it on in the background while you work or go to the gym or walk the dog or whatever!

Bandcamp: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com
email: db@derekbrink.com

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 14:13 - Deeper Than Oceans
• 14:44 - Rocky Horror 50th Anniversary
• 29:23 - Burn
• 29:54 - RUSH!
• 48:46 - Intervention
• 49:17 - Outro

And here's your cover photo, cover photo fans!

Episode 213 - The FAB 15 Van Halen Songs

In this episode, your Papa Dave joins us to count down the FAB 15 Van Halen Songs! (The episode also intermittently features my fridge fan humming. Sorry!) We're both big VH fans, and this one just happens to be coming out on the heels of the 5 year anniversary of the loss of Eddie Van Halen, so it seems a very apt episode. And it's a lot of fun! It's a little longer than usual, just because I was enjoying listening to us talk and kept forgetting to edit! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Bandcamp: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com 
email: db@derekbrink.com 
Spotify Playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/317eypfciiajkyay2kxloz3kreoa?si=f046115ad0514079 

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Introduction, Rules, and So On
• 16:40 - #15 - Can't Stop Lovin' You/Humans Being (Derek Note: In the days since the show was recorded, I looked the song up on Wikipedia. There does not seem to be any indication that Eddie had anything to do with the lyrics of "Humans Being.")
• 26:54 - #14 - Dance the Night Away/Feelin'
• 32:08 - #13 - Humans Being/Ain't Talkin' Bout Love
• 36:22 - #12 - Jamie's Cryin'/Mine All Mine
• 44:11 - #11 - Judgement Day/Runnin' With the Devil
• 49:24 - #10 - Panama/When It's Love
• 1:02:51 - #9 - And the Cradle Will Rock/Can't Stop Lovin' You
• 1:06:20 - #8 - Running with the Devil/Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)
• 1:12:31 - #7 - Mine All Mine/Top of the World
• 1:17:27 - #6 - Love Walks In/Dreams
• 1:24:42 - #5 - Unchained/Panama
• 1:31:11 - #4 - Little Guitars/Best of Both Worlds
• 1:39:21 - #3 - Right Now (EXACT MATCH!)
• 1:48:42 - #2 - Dreams/Unchained
• 1:49:55 - #1 - Best of Both Worlds/Jump
• 1:55:51 - Honorable Mentions
• 2:07:45 = Music Break: Intervention
• 2:08:06 - Picking #1
• 2:13:02 - The Final 15 and several minutes of us still having fun talking about Van Halen

Here's your cover photo, for those who care.

Episode 212 - The Spinal Tap Episode

In this episode, I talk about all things Spinal Tap for the whole show! The original movie, the recent sequel, and a TON of stuff in-between that you might not even know exists! It was a lot of fun making this one. On a side note, I can't BEGIN to tell you how frustrating it was to realize this is episode 212 instead of 211, so that I could've said, "This episode goes two-eleven." Missed opportunity. 

Bandcamp: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com 
email: db@derekbrink.com 

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro Stuff
• 7:27 - Greetings from Far Away
• 7:57 - Talkin' Tap!
• 1:09:38 - The Way the World Will End
• 1:10:09 - Outro Stuff

And here's your cover photo! Eagle-eyed viewers may notice that the book arrived in the time between when I recorded and posted this episode!

Episode 211 - I'm Out There, Please Find Me

In this episode, I talk about music from Sabrina Carpenter, Margo Price, David Byrne, and Yungblud, then I talk about Only Murders in the Building and the Trekkies documentaries (and just kinda Star Trek in general). I had fun. Now I demand that you do, too!

Bandcamp: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com 
email: db@derekbrink.com 

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 11:19 - Forever Home
• 11:50 - Recent Listening
  • 12:44 - Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend
  • 20:12 - Margo Price - Hard Headed Woman
  • 25:55 - David Byrne - Who Is The Sky?
  • 30:18 - Yungblud - Icons
• 37:26 - The High Road
• 37:56 - Recent Watching
  • 38:08 - OMITB
  • 46:20 - Trekkies/Star Trek
• 59:37 - Chekov's Rights
• 1:00:08 - Outro

I've decided to cut back on the photos, btw. It's a lot of work and takes up a lot of storage space. So I'll post photos when there's something I want to show in detail, but for the most part, I'm just going to post the cover photo here, unless there's some outcry. Hope everybody understands...but if not, cry out! The email address is above! :) 

But here's your cover photo for this episode:

Episode 210 - I Can't Remember the Words that are Actually Words

After almost a three week accidental hiatus, I'm back with a slightly weird and slightly short episode! In this one I backtrack to correct my thinking on the recent releases by Coheed & Cambria and HAIM, then I talk about Mastodon, the Struts, and a bunch of Oktoberfest beers. I had fun. Maybe you can too!

Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com 
Bandcamp: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com 
email: db@derekbrink.com 

Time Index (sorry this is a little concise this week):

• 0:00 - Intro
• 7:41 - Vagabond
• 8:11 - Recent Listening - Including Coheed & Cambria, HAIM, Mastodon, and The Struts
• 31:11 - Jean Jacket
• 31:42 - Oktoberfest Beers!
• 46:00 - Slainte
• 46:30 - Outro

I only have the cover photo this week. It's been...and ordeal to even make this work.

Episode 209 - They Don't Seem Like that Kind of Guys (or Fisher Stevens Scares Cats)

In this episode, I talk about music from Murry Hammond, Hayes Carll, and The Wonder Years and then the movies The Phoenician Scheme, Throw Momma from the Train, and the TV show Columbo. I had a great time recording this one that I hope translates into your ears!

Bandcamp: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com 
email: db@derekbrink.com

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro (Including a defense of Taylor Swift)
• 17:41 - TralfamadOverture
• 18:11 - Recent Listening
  • 18:28 - Murry Hammond - Trail Songs of the Deep
  • 23:12 - Hayes Carll - We're Only Human
  • 28:55 - The Wonder Years (In general)
• 35:52 - You've Got to Laugh
• 36:22 - Recent Viewing
  • 36:47 - The Phoenician Scheme
  • 43:46 - Throw Momma from the Train
  • 48:25 - Columbo
• 56:02 - If It's Raining
• 56:32 - Outro

Photos:

Here's the cover photo. I can't BEGIN to express to you the amount of work it took just to get this simple photo edited! Microsoft apparently killed the Publisher software I've been using forever, trapping a bunch of art (including ALL of my CD covers!) in unusable files. So I had to find a workaround for that, and I'm not fully happy with where I landed. They're just holding DECADES of my work hostage with no notice at all, and I'm very frustrated and sad about it. Years of work might just be GONE. Anyway...here's the cover photo.

New Murry Hammond album. More upbeat than the previous one...but it'd almost have to be!

New Hayes Carll record. It's a sleepy little lesson, but still has all of his charm. Was hoping for a barn burner, but got a nice mellow listen instead. No real problem there...but that's what it is.

An old favorite from the 80s that I might not have SEEN since the 80s!

New Wes Anderson movie. Best one since Grand Budapest, IMO. Lots of fun, but still a lot of heart.

Somehow this picture ended up here. I'm not fixing it. I'm late to the party with this band, but I've really been enjoying getting into them.

I've been a Columbo fan for years. Presently deep into a rewatch. So I decided to talk about it. :)