We're heading out into new territory with this week's song: Ghostface Killah's "All That I Got Is You" (feat. Mary J. Blige and Poppa Wu) brought to us by a very special guest: King Mark Brillon. He's the king of hip hop podcast discussion, folks
Monday, August 31, 2015
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Episode 6 - Epilogue of Fun Facts
Quick epilogue this week as I prepare for a nice weekend trip with my oldest two boys.
You probably wanted to take a look at the Gears of War trailer we kept talking about, right?
Well, here it is...
You probably wanted to take a look at the Gears of War trailer we kept talking about, right?
Well, here it is...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Episode 6 - Mad World
I'm typing this one handed with a sleeping baby in my arms. Yet our love of Michael Andrews and Gary Jules cover of "Mad World" can't be stopped by such trivialities. Thus the podcast rolls on with special guests Diana Parry-Cruwys, Donnie Darko, Marcus Fenix, and a band of wandering thespians.
Please very much enjoy!
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Monday, August 24, 2015
Episode 6 Preview - Mad World
This week Diana rejoins us to talk about the Gary Jules cover of "Mad World". Though we discuss a number of topics related to the song, I mostly want to talk about "Gears of War". Find out how this video game with chainsaw machine guns relates to the sedate tune about depression this Wednesday!
Friday, August 21, 2015
Episode 5 - Epilogue of Fun Facts
And thus, our Summer Theme is quietly swallowed by a wave (or as I usually sing it very loudly, "swallowed by a whale" which is a different Decemberists' song).
As we mentioned on the episode, this song provides a strong visual for me. When I hear "Summersong", this is the image that pops into my head:
As we mentioned on the episode, this song provides a strong visual for me. When I hear "Summersong", this is the image that pops into my head:
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Episode 5 - Summersong
After waiting for two weeks for the thrilling conclusion of our Summer Song theme, without further ado, Episode 5, a.k.a., Talking About Summersong by The Decemberists.
Please very much enjoy!
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Monday, August 17, 2015
Episode 5 Preview - Summersong
This week, part two of our Summer Song theme with the appropriately titled "Summersong" by The Decemberists.
Friday, August 14, 2015
Episode 4 - Epilogue of Fun Facts
One of the hoped benefits of doing this show was putting more emphasis on listening to songs I wouldn't otherwise have given that focus. I have yet to feel that time wasn't worth it. Hope you enjoyed our first theme episode and feel the heat from the Summer Songs show.
Did you know that Gotye is Belgian-Australian and not a goat-man/yogurt hybrid like I'd originally surmised. These epilogue posts really are helpful.
If you'd like to learn more about this song, check out a whole bevy of song facts from an eponymous website or just good ol' Wikipedia. You can also learn more about the album as a whole with this capsule review from Rolling Stone or the slightly longer reviews from AllMusic and Pitchfork.
Did you also know this song was featured on the TV show "Glee"? Of course not. No one watched that show after its first season.
And, just for funzies, I've linked some audio bloopers from this week's episode. Please, feel free to laugh along with us for a moment.
Did you know that Gotye is Belgian-Australian and not a goat-man/yogurt hybrid like I'd originally surmised. These epilogue posts really are helpful.
If you'd like to learn more about this song, check out a whole bevy of song facts from an eponymous website or just good ol' Wikipedia. You can also learn more about the album as a whole with this capsule review from Rolling Stone or the slightly longer reviews from AllMusic and Pitchfork.
Did you also know this song was featured on the TV show "Glee"? Of course not. No one watched that show after its first season.
And, just for funzies, I've linked some audio bloopers from this week's episode. Please, feel free to laugh along with us for a moment.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Episode 4 - Somebody That I Used To Know
The theme: Summer songs. The guest: Carolyn Beaumier with what I think is better audio than last week. The song: "Somebody That I Used To Know"
We actually recorded about two of our favorite summer songs; we had so much audio on the subject that I'll be breaking it into two separate parts so each song gets full attention from the audience.
Please very much enjoy part one!
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Monday, August 10, 2015
Episode 4 Preview - Somebody That I Used To Know
What a doozy we recorded this week. Carolyn Beaumier returns (with what I hope is better audio to do her melodious voice justice) to discuss our favorite summer songs. We waxed philosophically about our picks for so long that, I've had to cut it down into two whole episodes so as to give each of our songs its due.
Our first song is "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye (feat. Kimbra). I wasn't super familiar with this song but really fell in love with it. Perhaps you will too!
You can download it on iTunes (), Google Play, or Amazon Music.
We've also got a link to the kind of weird music video.
And, of course, the lyrics. So, listen, watch, read up, and be back on Wednesday for the first of our two-parter about summer songs!
Our first song is "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye (feat. Kimbra). I wasn't super familiar with this song but really fell in love with it. Perhaps you will too!
You can download it on iTunes (), Google Play, or Amazon Music.
We've also got a link to the kind of weird music video.
And, of course, the lyrics. So, listen, watch, read up, and be back on Wednesday for the first of our two-parter about summer songs!
"Somebody That I Used To Know"
[Gotye:]
Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember
You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad that it was over
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
[Kimbra:]
Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
But I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
[Gotye:]
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
[x2]
Somebody
(I used to know)
Somebody
(Now you're just somebody that I used to know)
(I used to know)
(That I used to know)
(I used to know)
Somebody
Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember
You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad that it was over
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
[Kimbra:]
Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
But I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
[Gotye:]
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
[x2]
Somebody
(I used to know)
Somebody
(Now you're just somebody that I used to know)
(I used to know)
(That I used to know)
(I used to know)
Somebody
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Episode 3 - Epilogue of Fun Facts
Even after listening to the podcast four or five times while editing it, I really never got tired of Otis Redding's voice or this song.
Did you know that "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay was his only #1 hit and didn't become so until after his tragic death? Singers should avoid chartered planes, folks. It's just good advice.
Did you know that "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay was his only #1 hit and didn't become so until after his tragic death? Singers should avoid chartered planes, folks. It's just good advice.
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Episode 3 - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
Special guest Carolyn Beaumier joins the show to talk about Otis Redding's posthumous hit "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay thus pulling us out of our 90's rut.
Pardon for poorly balancing my microphone creating some tinny audio. Also sorry about the rain tapping on the air conditioning unit. And someone turned off our lights so we recorded in the dark.
Good times!
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Monday, August 3, 2015
Episode 3 Preview - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
We've got our first special guest lined up for this week's episode: Ms. Carolyn Beaumier!!
Carolyn broke out of our subconscious mold of just doing 90's songs with a real Golden Oldy: Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay".
To get ready for the show, dust off the ol' phonograph and your wax cylinder of this track, or just do what I did and
Or get it on Amazon (free download with Prime!) or on Google Music.
And if you want to read along with the song, here are the lyrics.
"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"
Carolyn broke out of our subconscious mold of just doing 90's songs with a real Golden Oldy: Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay".
To get ready for the show, dust off the ol' phonograph and your wax cylinder of this track, or just do what I did and
Or get it on Amazon (free download with Prime!) or on Google Music.
And if you want to read along with the song, here are the lyrics.
"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"
Sittin' in the morning sun
I'll be sittin' when the evening comes
Watching the ships roll in
Then I watch them roll away again, yeah
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away, ooh
I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
I left my home in Georgia
Headed for the Frisco Bay
Cuz I've had nothing to live for
And look like nothing's gonna come my way
So, I'm just gon' sit on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away, ooh
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
Looks like nothing's gonna change
Everything still remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same, listen
Sittin' here resting my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone, listen
Two thousand miles I roam
Just to make this dock my home, now
I'm just gon' sit at the dock of a bay
Watchin' the tide roll away, ooh
Sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
I'll be sittin' when the evening comes
Watching the ships roll in
Then I watch them roll away again, yeah
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away, ooh
I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
I left my home in Georgia
Headed for the Frisco Bay
Cuz I've had nothing to live for
And look like nothing's gonna come my way
So, I'm just gon' sit on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away, ooh
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
Looks like nothing's gonna change
Everything still remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same, listen
Sittin' here resting my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone, listen
Two thousand miles I roam
Just to make this dock my home, now
I'm just gon' sit at the dock of a bay
Watchin' the tide roll away, ooh
Sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
[harmonic whistling]
Just be sure to get it, listen to it, think about it, write down some questions, mull over your answers, and tune in on our new day, Wednesday, for the discussion.
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