Episode #200(!!) - The FAB 15 Songs with Numbers in Their Titles

Can you believe we're at episode #200?!? Very appropriate that it should be a Fab 15, and that the list should be "Songs with Numbers in Their Titles!" Sometimes things just line up. As always, your Papa Dave and Uncle Derek are bringing you the goods! This is a fun and somewhat concise talk, and I think you'll love it. Check it out!

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Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 5:21 - Explanation and rules for the list
  • 11:24 - #15 - Seven Nation Army - White Stripes / Take Five - Dave Brubeck
  • 15:34 - #14 - Two Princes - Spin Doctors / I'm the One - Descendents
  • 22:10 - #13 - Just the Two of Us - Grover Washington Jr / One - U2
  • 27:09 - #12 - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - Proclaimers / 2112 - Rush
  • 31:58 - #11 - One - Three Dog Night / Thirteen - Big Star
  • 37:22 - #10 - Still the One - Orleans / 5:15 - The Who
  • 42:27 - #9 - 1999 - Prince / 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
  • 48:02 - #8 - It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye / Five Years - David Bowie
  • 53:04 - #7 - 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton / Two Princes
  • 55:11 - #6 - Eight Days a Week - Beatles / Two of Us - Beatles
  • 1:02:26 - #5 - 25 or 6 to 4 / I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
  • 1:02:42 - #4 - Two Tickets to Paradise - Eddie Money / 9 to 5
  • 1:07:54 - #3 - 5:15 / Nothing Compares 2U - Sinead O'Connor/Prince
  • 1:11:46 - #2 - 99 Luftballons - Nena (EXACT MATCH)
  • 1:15:49 - #1 - 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone (EXACT MATCH)
• 1:20:05 - Honorable Menions
• 1:32:10 - Music Break - Intervention (Blue Tattoo)
• 1:32:40 - Final List

Photo of the cover:

Episode 199 - Comeda Dromey

In this episode I talk about music from Guided By Voices, Loudon Wainwright III, and the Twin Peaks soundtrack, then my recent viewing of (sigh) Cop Out and the SNL 50th Anniversary show. Then I talk about and play a new guitar I bought for a little bit. There's something for...well not everybody...but some people! Enjoy!

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

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 11:21 - Music Break: Live Your Life
• 11:51 - Recent Listening
  • 12:16 - Guided By Voices - Universe Room
  • 15:36 - Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Live in London
  • 18:27 - Twin Peaks - Limited Event Series Soundtrack
• 23:23 - Music Break: Every Day
• 23:54 - Recent Viewing
  • 24:25 - Cop Out
  • 33:22 - SNL 50th Anniversary
• 51:56 - Music Break - Heaven Knows
• 52:27 - My new guitar!
• 1:06:15 - Music Break: Those Things
• 1:06:45 - Outro

Photos:

Here's the cover photo. I didn't have anything to use to represent the SNL 50th...but Tracy Morgan is in Cop Out. Close enough.

New GBV. Probably the most interesting one they've released since pre-COVID. So that's something.

Loudon Wainwright released a new live album. It's what you think!

Quite probably the least distinct album cover in my entire collection...but the music is real solid!

My fond wish for you is that this be the only frame of Cop Out you ever have to be subjected to.

And here's my new guitar! I like it a lot!

Episode 198 - Take Two and Call Me in the Morning

In this episode, I talk about some art on my walls and some music in my speakers! I touch on cool art from local artists Sarah Kelly and Dan Zettwoch then music from Sharon Van Etten, Flogging Molly (sorta), Lambrini Girls, and I spend a LONG time talking about the new Dream Theater album. Dig it!

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

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 11:52 - Music Break: Nobody Else
• 12:24 - Cherokee Print Bazaar Purchases
• 32:08 - Music Break: Everybody Shut Up
• 32:39 - Recent Listening:
  • 33:23 - Sharon Van Etten - Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory
  • 36:05 - Flogging Molly - GET WELL SOON, DAVE KING
  • 38:27 - Lambrini Girls - Who Let the Dogs Out
  • 41:05 - Dream Theater - Parasomnia
• 1:06:49 - Music Break: Always
• 1:07:19 - Outro

Photos:

The cover photo, for your weird collection, probably a guy named Kevin. It's always a Kevin. (Sorry other Kevins. Kevin doesn't reflect you. You're one of the good Kevins. I'm sorry you always have to fight to be seen.)

This is the Toynbee print referenced in the episode. It's hanging on my wall, which is why it's not all that beautiful in this photo. But trust me...in person, it's quite striking!

This is the Fox Theatre print...same as above...

And the Famous Barr French Onion Soup print... Same as above, as well, except it's not hanging on my wall...yet...

Sharon Van Etten's newest album. Heavy on the keys, but her voice makes up for it!

Lambrini Girls - Fun, irreverent, vulgar punk rock. Perfect.

I realized while I was uploading the show that I don't really talk about Flogging Molly's music all that much... But here's most of my collection, save for a vinyl copy of "Life Is Good," which is the only album I don't have on CD. And yes...it bugs me.

And here is the main event of the show. The newest Dream Theater album. My thoughts are...extensive! :) 

Episode 197 - The Get Up Kids Episode

In this episode, I mostly just talk about The Get Up Kids, because I saw them in concert last week. I had fun with this one. I hope you do, too!

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

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 13:31 - Music Break - TralfamadOverture
• 14:02 - The Get Up Kids
• 49:18 - Music Break - If It's Raining
• 49:49 - Outro

Photo(s):

This is the cover photo. Get ready to see it again in less than a second!

Here it is again! But there's no text on it this time! What a world!

Episode 196: The Old Watchy-Talkies

It's the first new episode of the year! And we're starting off on a cheery foot by paying tribute to David Lynch, Tony Slattery, and Bob Uecker...but then we talk about In & Out, The 4:30 Movie, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, and Moonage Daydream. I think you'll like it, if you'll take the time. Thanks!

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

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• Music Break: Losing Sleep
• Tributes:
  • Tony Slattery
  • David Lynch
  • Bob Uecker
• Music Break: Absent Friends
• Movies:
  • In & Out
  • The 4:30 Movie
  • Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
  • Moonage Daydream
• Music Break: Chekhov's Rights
• Outro

Photos:

Here's your cover photo, you needy weirdo (which is entirely my base and also how I personally identify).

Here's at least MOST of my David Lynch collection. (I'd have sworn I had a copy of Lost Highway around here, though?)

This is the signed bat I mentioned in the show! Since the time of recording, I have "acquired" it...

And here's a picture of Dad with Bob. You can see that Bob is really excited to meet him and hear his story...

I liked it. Get some fucking joy in your life, gatekeeper.

I didn't love it...but I also enjoyed it... Split opinion.

Kevin Smith, meet Ready Player One...

This movie means a lot to me and might even be foundational to my beliefs about gay people, and I don't feel like I got any of that across in the episode, so here's me writing it now.

Episode 195 - The FAB 15 Albums of 2024

Are you at one of those New Year's Eve get-togethers where you might as well pop in your ear buds and listen to a podcast? Well your Uncle Derek and Papa Dave have you covered! Just under the wire, we're counting down our FAB 15 Albums of 2024! So either put down that glass of champagne or make it a double, and enjoy our nonsense for a while!

Email: db@derekbrink.com 
Spotify Playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/317eypfciiajkyay2kxloz3kreoa?si=f046115ad0514079 
Dave's Blog: http://davidbrink.home.blog  
Music: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com 

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 6:30 - The topic at hand: Fab 15 Albums of 2024
• 11:38 - Rules for this list
• 12:54 - The FAB 15!
  • 12:54 - #15 - Paul Collins - Stand Back and Take a Good Look / Laura Jane Grace - Hole in My Head
  • 18:17 - #14 - Jesse Welles - Hell's Welles / Jack White - NO NAME
  • 26:15 - #13 - Willie Nelson - The Border / Cage the Elephant - Neon Pill
  • 33:59 - #12 - Old 97s - American Primitive / The Decemberists - As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
  • 40:28 - #11 - Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project / Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
  • 48:49 - #10 - Japandroids - Fate & Alcohol / Pearl Jam - Dark Matter
  • 54:49 - #9 - The Heavy Heavy - One of a Kind / Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Wild God
  • 1:00:18 - #8 - Libertines - All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade / J Mascis - What Do We Do Now?
  • 1:07:31 - #7 - Gun - Hombres / The Hesvy Heavy - One of a Kind
  • 1:12:21 - #6 - Beabadoobee - This is How Tomorrow Moves / Nick Lowe - Indoor Safari
  • 1:19:37 - #5 - Soul Asylum - Slowly But Shirley / The Linda Lindas - No Obligation
  • 1:26:29 - #4 - Pixies - The Night the Zombies Came / Sierra Ferrell - Trail of Flowers
  • 1:32:41 - #3 - Judas Priest - Invincible Shield / Pixies - The Night the Zombies Came
  • 1:36:44 - #2 - The Linda Lindas - No Obligation / Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft
  • 1:41:06 - #1 - Pearl Jam - Dark Matter / The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
• 1:43:21 - Honorable Mentions
• 1:53:43 - Working on a final 15, and the TERRIFIC TEN!
• 1:56:46 - A coin toss! And then adding more stuff...
• 1:59:01 - ANOTHER coin toss! and adding the last pick...
• 1:59:58 - The Final 15.

...and here's your cover photo, for you cover photo collectors!

Episode 194 - Missing the Point of the Movie

This episode is pretty off the cuff and touches on everything from buying new pillows to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Lord of the Rings, a couple Albert Brooks movies, and Van Halen. So...there!

I think the time index might be a little off this week. I had to make some weird corrections that I don't usually have to worry about. So sorry if that's wrong...but there ya' go.

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 8:27 - This Is Your Christmas
• 8:57 - Pillows, Record Store Day, and Van Halen
• 21:38 - O Holy Night
• 22:08 - Recent Watching
  • 22:08 - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
  • 29:22 - Lord of the Rings
  • 39:27 - Real Life
  • 43:11 - Mother
• 46:21 - A Promise Worth Keeping
• 46:51 - Outro

Photos:

Here's the cover photo. It's weird that you'd be mad if I didn't post it...but in the sweet way.

Here's my copy of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. I got it in a holiday-themed slipcover one year, I think at a Target. I think it's neat.

Albert Brooks' "Mother" was a really fun, slightly dated flick.

"Real Life" was a mostly fun, VERY dated flick...

I haven't really devoted a segment to these movies since 2017! And after this episode, I still don't think I have!

This super-fun Van Halen show from 1991 launched me into a rant about records and Record Store Day and who knows what. Your Uncle Derek got grumpy on this one.