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90s Punk Mega-Tournament (Part 2) Mar 15, 2023

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**Listen to Part 1, last week, first**

Calling all head-to-toe-Converse-and-Dickies children of the 90s! All hail the $2.99 Epitaph/Fat Wreck Chords sampler! Santa Cruz native Ben Bishop joins me as 32 -- yes, THIRTY-TWO -- punk rock bands from the 1990s compete for bragging rights in a March Madness-style bracket tournament. Think NOFX, Rancid, Green Day, Social Distortion, Lagwagon, MxPx, Face to Face, The Offspring, and so many more.

Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1HDrvR7gYkDnnMCUQe2C7g?si=881e128444fa4919

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90s Punk Mega-Tournament (Part 1) Mar 09, 2023

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Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1HDrvR7gYkDnnMCUQe2C7g?si=881e128444fa4919

Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library

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Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/

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Working Out Trauma at Furnace Fest Feb 27, 2023

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*This episode is not about trauma-focused music therapy, but rather the language festival-goers use around trauma and healing*

In today's dual-feed release (also on my You Have Permission feed), ethnomusicologist and author Nathan Myrick (Ph.D., Baylor University) joins me to discuss his research project studying the community surrounding Furnace Fest, a faith-adjacent heavy music festival held in Alabama. Nathan’s work focuses on "understanding humanity through the music they make, engage, and participate in." In a surprisingly emotional conversation for me, we cover the lasting effects the Christian punk/hardcore scene has had on so many people.

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Walk Me Through: Post-Punk (Part 2) Feb 21, 2023

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Part 2: my friend and former bandmate David Stuart joins me to discuss Joy Division, Interpol, Public Image Ltd., LCD Soundsystem, Talking Heads, and even... U2?

Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2xxSVMhdV2sYoC1ABzS58g?si=bb9848304a3d467c&pt=c6e520a4a0744150ad6d758940a1df6f

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Walk Me Through: Post-Punk (Part 1) Feb 14, 2023

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My friend and former bandmate David Stuart joins me to talk through the coolest of all rock movements: Post-Punk. Grab a Hamm's tall boy and pull up a bar stool as we discuss Joy Division, Interpol, Public Image Ltd., LCD Soundsystem, Talking Heads, and even... U2? Part 2 releases next week.

Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2xxSVMhdV2sYoC1ABzS58g?si=bb9848304a3d467c&pt=c6e520a4a0744150ad6d758940a1df6f

Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library

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2000s Indie Tournament (Part 2) Feb 07, 2023

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Ellen Mauro re-joins me for Part 2, as 18 indie bands from the 2000s compete for bragging rights in a March Madness-style bracket tournament. Part 1 aired last week -- start there!

Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6OjzY1t7DjobhdoPKhASs6?si=3b9df32dbac84f2f

Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library

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2000s Indie Tournament (Part 1) Jan 31, 2023

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Calling all 30-something (sub)urbanites! The detached irony of Spoon, Interpol, the Yeah Yeah Yeah's, and TV on the Radio are competing for your affection with the reverb-soaked calls of Band of Horses, My Morning Jacket, and Grizzly Bear. Ellen Mauro (my former co-host of the Depolarize! Podcast) joins me as 18 indie bands from the 2000s compete for bragging rights in a March Madness-style bracket tournament. Part 2 will drop next week!

Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6OjzY1t7DjobhdoPKhASs6?si=3b9df32dbac84f2f

Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library

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Track by Track: Clarity by Jimmy Eat World (Part 2) Jan 24, 2023

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Jimmy Eat World's Clarity gets the rest of its full treatment this week. Drummer and artist manager Clay Hunt joins me to break down the album track by track, considering it both musically and autobiographically.

Dan's Year-End 2022 playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5tmZY6PDHhKnlMD61H5Twn?si=e967dd10fd254bb2

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Track by Track: Clarity by Jimmy Eat World (Part 1) Jan 17, 2023

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Jimmy Eat World's Clarity gets the full treatment this week and next on Pretty Good Vibrations. Drummer and artist manager Clay Hunt joins me to break down the album track by track, considering it both musically and autobiographically. Part 2 drops next week!

Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library

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Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/

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Walk Me Through: Emo '95-'97 (with Motion City Soundtrack's Josh Cain) Jan 10, 2023

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January is "Emo Month" on Pretty Good Vibrations! Josh Cain (Motion City Soundtrack) re-joins me to get a little further into the history of emo. This week, we hit Cap'n Jazz, The Promise Ring, Weezer, Jimmy Eat World, The Get Up Kids, and more.

Next week, we'll start going through Jimmy Eat World's album Clarity track by track!

Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7tb1T3hCOOmv2N8JTpH9ii?si=e97d18796973459d

Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library

Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com

Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/

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Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com

Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/

Photo: https://jennydjames.com/

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