Episode 189 - Missouris?

In this episode about 50% of the things I talk about aren't in the photo because that's how streaming media works! But I talk about my fountain pen collection, the Mr. McMahon documentary, The Grand Tour, Only Murders in the Building, Frasier (briefly), and music from Drive-By Truckers, Alex Lifeson, David Gilmour, Jack White, Nick Lowe, and The Heavy Heavy. I got a lot of stuff into this one! Check it out!

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Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro, including my probably slightly bad take on Dave Grohl.
• 8:32 - Losing Sleep
• 9:02 - Fountain Pens!
• 19:02 - Slainte
• 19:32 - Recent Watching/Podcasts (Including Mr. McMahon, The Grand Tour, Only Murders in the Building, Frasier, and Pod Meets World
• 33:40 - Safari
• 34:10 - Recent Listening (Including Drive-By Truckers, Alex Lifeson, David Gilmour, Jack White, Nick Lowe, and The Heavy Heavy
• 49:04 - Where You Are
• Outro including updates on my chair, a quote from Jim Henson, and more.

Photos:

Here's the episode cover. The pens I talk about are in this photo, but for some reason I didn't take a photo of them on their own. Whatever. This isn't even all of them. It's just the ones I have ink in right now.

Sometimes someone will come over to the house and ask me what I keep in my card catalog. Among other things, lots and lots of ink for my fountain pens!

Here's an example of some of the inks I use. This isn't the best example...a couple of the colors look black when they're actually blue or brown or dark green. Oh well. See the really bright green? That was written with one of my more expensive pens...and that pen has a really bad bleed to it. And that ink is supposed to be "Racing Green," but that's fucking NEON.  So...y'know...sometimes the pricy stuff isn't the best. Most of the rest of these were written with pens that were between $8-15.

This is my glass pen, with a little purple on the tip. It's fun to write with, if you want a Hobbity vibe about your journaling. (And who doesn't?)

DBT released a "Deluxe" version of one of their most beloved items. It sounds great an the extras on it are pretty good. The CD version is better than the vinyl, and I get into why in the episode. (In fact I kinda go nuts about how I'm sick of vinyl...so that's fun.)

Alex Lifeson's "Victor" is finally actually findable! So I found it!

Probably Gilmour's best work since Floyd. And I don't mean "Endless River" Floyd.

Jack White's newest album is an example of both everything I like and hate about him. Did I like it more or hare it more? Find out!

A lovely little Nick Lowe album hit the stands, and if you like him, you should probably buy it.

Episode 188 - The FAB 15 Songs About Rain

In this episode, your Papa Dave and Uncle Derek are picking out Fab 15 Songs About Rain! It's sort of an Autumnal episode and it's a lot of fun. Check it out!

***SPOILERS***
The full lists are posted on this blog, but not in any podcast app's description. If you do not want the lists spoiled for you, please return to this page AFTER listening to the show.

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Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro, including discussion of list-making, rules for this list, links, and the last time Dave rode a horse.
• 12:15 - The List Begins
  • 12:15 - #15 - "I Love a Rainy Night" by Eddie Rabbit / "Africa" by Toto
  • 15:41 - #14 - "Rainy Day Sun" by Spinal Tap / "MacArthur Park" by Richard Harris
  • 21:14 - #13 - "It's Raining Men" by the Weather Girls / "Another Rainy Night" by Queensryche
  • 25:56 - #12 - "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele / "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" by BJ Thomas
  • 31:40 - #11 - "Only Happy When It Rains" by Garbage / "November Rain" by Guns 'N' Roses
  • 36:38 - #10 - "Here Comes the Rain Again" by Eurythmics / "Dry the Rain" by The Beta Band
  • 42:37 - #9 - "Singing in the Rain" by Gene Kelly (EXACT MATCH!)
  • 44:37 - #8 - "Laughter in the Rain" by Neil Sedaka / "Tornadoes" by Drive-By Truckers
  • 51:01 - #7 - "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" by Willie Nelson / "Love Ain't for Keeping" by The Who
  • 56:14 - #6 - "It's Raining Again" by Supertramp / "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" by CCR
  • 1:03:29 - #5 - "Rain" by The Beatles / "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" by Willie Nelson
  • 1:06:22 - #4 - "Fool in the Rain" by Led Zeppelin / "Rain" by the Beatles
  • 1:09:22 - #3 - "Another Rainy Night" by Queensryche / "Purple Rain" by Prince
  • 1:12:16 - #2 - "Who'll Stop the Rain" by CCR / "Rainy Night in Soho" by the Pogues
  • 1:16:54 - #1 - "Purple Rain" by Prince / "The Rain Song" by Led Zeppelin
• 1:22:18 - Honorable Mentions
• 1:39:08 - The Final 15
• 1:43:26 - Picking #1
• 1:45:57 - Confirmed Final List and outro
• "Purple Rain" is our agreed #1. The following 14 are in no particular order.
• Another Rainy Night
• Singing in the Rain
• Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
• Rain
• Who'll Stop the Rain
• Rainy Day Sun
• Set Fire to the Rain
• Here Comes the Rain Again
• Laughter in the Rain
• Rainy Night in Soho
• Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
• November Rain
• The Rain Song
• It's Raining Men

Episode Cover for those who just NEED that to happen:

Episode 187 - Tinge??

In this episode I talk about music from Jason Isbell, John Craigie, and Nick Cave. Then I also talk about Boy/Pod Meets World, Little Shop of Horrors, and the present season of Only Murders in the Building. Plus some of my usual nonsense. It's a fun one! Enjoy!

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Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 12:55 - All My Days
• 13:25 - Recent Music Things
  • 13:25 - Jason Isbell in St. Louis
  • 21:16 - John Craigie - Pagan Church
  • 24:59 - Nick Cave - Wild God
• 30:57 - Forever Home
• 31:27 - Recent Watching
  • 31:27 - Boy Meets World/Pod Meets World
  • 41:26 - Little Shop of Horrors
  • 48:25 - Only Murders in the Building Season 4 (SPOILERS!)
• 56:39 - You Only Hurt the Ones You Love
• 57:09 - Outro

Photos:

Here's the cover photo. That's how you can tell it's an episode.

My poster from the Isbell show! Does anyone who's been in my house have any idea where the hell I should hang it?

New album by John Craigie--or "Stereo" as far as you could tell from the cover... I understand the artistic design of sometimes not putting a name on the front...but I don't understand the function. Especially when this is all the photo is... But hey, I like the album a LOT more than I like the cover!

What could be weirder than having Nick Cave write something life affirming? No, seriously. I'm asking. Because I've heard it and I need to know there's something weirder out there than that! What a beautiful, moving album!

Okay...so I'm only 38 years late in talking about Little Shop...but hey...

I thought I was going to talk about Boy Meets World, but I ended up largely ranting about POD Meets World. I maybe should've dialed that back. But it's out there.

Episode 186 - Check-Mistresses?

In this episode, I talk about music from Mr. Big and Talking Heads. I also talk about So I Married and Axe Murderer, The Drew Carey Show, and Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me. I also learn that there's about to be a new Godspeed You Black Emperor album in real time and get excited about it. It's kinda all over the place. Enjoy!

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 9:37 - Losing Sleep
• 10:07 - Mr. Big - Ten
• 14:57 - Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
• 21:13 - I Wanna Write Songs For You
• 21:43 - The Drew Carey Show
• 28:34 - So I Married and Axe Murderer
• 33.50 - Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
• 38:40 - Jean Jacket
• 39:10 - Outro

Photos:

Here's the cover photo. Somewhere, someone has a folder on their desktop full of 186 of these. And yet I still sleep at night. Go figure.

Newest album from Mr. Big. The cover photos have always been a HUGE part of the band's image. This on is...two hands... Well, there ya' go...

Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense" is one of the all-time top five concert movies. I had to make two separate purchases to experience it correctly. How did I feel about that? Listen to the fucking show!

A 1990s classic. Or at least a classic to me. I genuinely love this movie. And I talk about it. In the show. Who'da thunk it?

I already liked Big Star...but this movie started my OBSESSION with them.

Episode 185 - Talking About Schuff

In this (unwittingly delayed) episode, I talk about new releases from Johnny Cash, Cage the Elephant, and Vampire Weekend, then the new graphic novel "Youth Group" by Bowen McCurdy and Jordan Morris. It's a short, but fun one! Enjoy!

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Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 10:38 - Lectio Divina
• 11:08 - New Music Releases
  • 11:48 - Johnny Cash
  • 17:09 - Vampire Weekend
  • 22:00 - Cage the Elephant
• 25:56 - Deeper Than Oceans
• 26:26 - Youth Group
• 27:22 - The Cycle: Part 4
• 27:52 - Outro

Photos:

Here's the cover photo. Blogspot has made it harder to put photos in the right order. So we're kinda lucky this is at the top. Good for us.

I read this in an evening. And you could too! I guess it's in the genre of religious-horror-comedy. And it works on all three levels! Neat!

Newest album by Cage the Elephant. I enjoyed it, mostly. Listen to the show to find out how much.

I guess it's a thing now to not put the band name on the cover? This is Vampire Weekend's new one. Whatever.

There's also an unearthed Johnny Cash album out there that's a perfectly reasonable listen. So you could listen to it, maybe?

Episode 184 - Our Fab 15 Concerts

In this episode, your Papa Dave and I count down our Fab 15 Concerts that we attended together. It's a fun talk and hopefully it'll inspire you to check out some bands for the first time, or revisit some old favorites.

SPOILER ALERT (for real) - I am now posting the lists at the blog. So if you don't want to be spoiled, stop reading NOW.

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Time Index: (SPOILERS!!!)

• 0:00 - Intro
• 11:08 - #15 - MC50 Tour/Open Highway Festival 2022
• 20:30 - #14 - Reverend Horton Heat at Pops/Rush Counterparts Tour
• 28:46 - #13 - Iggy Pop Beat 'Em Up Tour / Dream Theater Scenes From A Memory Tour
• 38:42 - #12 - Descendents at the Pageant / Iron Maiden X-Factor Tour
• 49:47 - #11 - Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly at Pops / Descendents and Get Up Kids
• 54:11 - #10 - Motorhead Motorizer Tour / Drive-By Truckers 2010
• 1:04:43 - #9 - Drive-By Truckers Blessing and a Curse Tour / Farm Aid 2009
• 1:19:18 - #8 - Willie Nelson at the Fox Theatre / U2 360 Tour
• 1:27:40 - #7 - Iron Maiden Brave New World Tour / Bottle Rockets at Vintage Vinyl
• 1:36:49 - #6 - Van Halen 1993 Tour (EXACT MATCH...sorta!) / Squeeze and Aimee Mann
• 1:56:49 - #5 - Billy Joel and Elton John at Busch Stadium / Cheap Trick Trickfest 3
• 2:09:33 - #4 - Cheap Trick Trickfest 3 / Van Halen 1993 Tour
• 2:11:31 - #3 - David Bowie Reality Tour / Motorhead Motorizer Tour
• 2:20:10 - #2 - Rush Time Machine Tour / David Bowie Reality Tour
• 2:25:22 - #1 - The Who 25th Anniversary Tour.
• 2:38:41 - Honorable Mentions and so on...

Cover photo:

Episode 183 - Websites???

In this episode, I mostly talk about the newest albums by the Decemberists and Billie Eilish. But I also pay tribute to Martin Mull and whine about Doctor Who. It's a shorter episode, so it's a good jump-on point, if you're looking for one! Enjoy!

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Time Index:

0:00 - Intro and a tribute to Martin Mull.
16:58 - Live Your Life
17:30 - Music Releases

• 18:38 - Decemberists - As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
• 23:38 - Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft

27:54 - I Hope You're Happy
28:25 - Outro, including griping about Doctor Who

Photos: (Only a few.)

Here's the cover photo. The intersection of the Venn Diagram of people who own Clue and the complete Sabrina the Teenage Witch probably isn't huge...but they both have Martin Mull, and for this episode, that's enough!

Newest Decemberists album. It's fine...but in what ways?

Newest Billie Eilish album. It's GREAT...but in what ways?