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**Screw It, I’m Just Gonna Talk About Music Or Whatever**

A music podcast with each episode featuring songs selected on a loose theme. Sometimes solo hosted, sometimes featuring guests. Conversational and wide-ranging, this should feel like chatting with your friends about music you’re really into.

Latest Episodes:

Them Strangs (i.e. Strings) Feb 15, 2024

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Here are some of my favorite songs featuring the strings section of the orchestra.

Songs discussed in this episode:

Maurice Ravel / Ysaye Quartet - String Quartet in F Major M35:2 (1903/1991)

The United States of America - Stranded In Time (1968)

Scott Walker - The Old Man's Back Again (1969)

Radiohead - Faust Arp (2007)

Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine (1971)

Bjork - Unison (2001)

Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman (1977)

Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Some Velvet Morning (1967)

Dirty Projectors - Search For Life (2020)

Dungen - Du e för fin för mig (2004)

John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)

Sisqo - Thong Song (1999)

Rain Songs Feb 07, 2024

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It's raining in LA, so here are some songs all about rain!

Songs discussed in this episode:

Violent Femmes - I Hear The Rain (1984)

B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (1969)

Gene Kelly - Singin' In The Rain (1952)

Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain (1974)

Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains (1995)

The Fortunes - Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again (1971)

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Rain (1987)

Dando Shaft - Rain (1969)

The Electric Peanut Butter Company - The Rain (2013)

The Cascades - Rhythm of the Rain (1963)

CAN - She Brings The Rain (1970)

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who'll Stop The Rain (1970)

Blind Melon - No Rain (1992)

Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now (1972)

Indie Charleston Jan 31, 2024

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Sorry to all you South Carolina-heads out there, but this episode is about indie songs that work well for practicing footwork for the Charleston. That's how these are connected in my head, but I'm open to other interpretations of why they go together.

Songs discussed in this episode:

Air - Surfing On A Rocket (2004)

Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (2001)

Neutral Milk Hotel - Naomi (1996)

Yo La Tengo - You Can Have It All (2000)

Radiohead - Just (1995)

A Tribe Called Quest - Buggin' Out (1991)

Fruit Bats - Humbug Mountain Song (2016)

Courtney Barnett - An Illustration Of Loneliness (Sleepless In New York) (2015)

Pavement - Harness Your Hopes (1997)

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Can't Keep Checking My Phone (2015)

Little Sweety Shorties (2 Minutes and Under) Jan 24, 2024

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All the songs on today's episode are 2 minutes or less! That's it! I tried to get a wide variety of songs for this one. As with every episode, I love all of these songs and I hope you do too.

Songs discussed in this episode:

Frank Black - Whatever Happened to Pong? (1994)

The Nerves - When You Find Out (1976)

Kokomo - Asia Minor (1961)

Misfits - Hybrid Moments (1978)

Melody's Echo Chamber - Unfold (2022)

Triathalon - Get Back (2014)

Ween - I'll Be Your Jonny On The Spot (1997)

Iggy Pop, James Williamson - Night Theme (1975)

The Olivia Tremor Control - I Can Smell The Leaves (1996)

Guided By Voices - Game of Pricks (1995)

J Lloyd - Apocalypse (2020)

Lou Reed - Your Love (1962)

T. Rex - Diamond Meadows (1971)

Fugazi - I'm So Tired (1999)

"Violator" by Depeche Mode - with Sam Plattner Jan 17, 2024

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My brother Sam is here to talk about the 1990 Depeche Mode album "Violator" with me! I talked about that I should listen to this album on the previous episode, and then I did and I freaked out all week. Sam and I go through the album, which somehow includes me playing songs by two artists who are in no way related to Depeche Mode. Also at one point I say something about "when we were a kid" - were Sam and I conjoined or is this something I should take to therapy? You decide!

Synthister, if you will Jan 10, 2024

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Synth-based songs that sound sinister! Incorporating sounds of various genres including darkwave, synthwave, industrial, and probably others, but I genuinely don't understand how to categorize these things. The songs are all good, I'll say that.

Songs discussed in this episode:

The Faint - Your Retro Career Melted (2001)

Nine Inch Nails - Closer (1994)

Kavinsky - Nightcall (2010)

Panda Bear - Mr. Noah (2015)

Radiohead - All I Need (2007)

The KVB - Always Then (2012)

Chairlift - Sidewalk Safari (2012)

Susanne Sundfor - Accelerate (2015)

MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)

Fever Ray - Even It Out (2023)

Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam (2023)

Art Fact - Rain In The South (1989)

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence

Flute Intros Dec 20, 2023

Show notes

This episode features all songs that have flutes in the intro! Various types of flutes, as we'll get into. As it turns out lots of different types of songs can be kicked off with a flute.

Songs featured in this episode:

Alessi Brothers - Seabird (1976)

The Unicorns - Sea Ghost (2003)

Bonga - Kualuka Kueto (1983)

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (1986)

Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (1973)

Francis Bebey - Coffee Cola Song (1982)

ABBA - Fernando (1976)

Nick Garrie - Can I Stay With You (1969)

The 5th Dimension - Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In (1969)

Overlapping Parts Dec 13, 2023

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Today's episode is about songs with previously established parts that overlap later in the song (distinct from simultaneous quodlibet, I think).

Songs discussed in this episode:

The Beatles - I've Got A Feeling (1970)

Beck - Nicotine & Gravy (1999)

Glasser - Apply (2010)

Hamid Al Shaeri - Ayonha (1983-88)

Saada Bonaire - You Could Be More As You Are (1984)

Marika Hackman - So Long (2017)

Yeasayer - O.N.E. (2010)

Susanne Sundfor - Delirious (2015)

Arctic Monkeys - Fluourescent Adolescent (2007)

Linkin Park - Crawling (2000)

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991)

Fiona Apple - Under The Table (2020)

Cast of "Encanto" - We Don't Talk About Bruno (2021)

"Quebec" by Ween - with Brett Morris Dec 06, 2023

Show notes

Brett Morris (CBB World, Screw It We're Just Gonna Talk About The Beatles, a million other podcasts) joins me to talk about Ween's 2003 album "Quebec"! We go pretty long here, including a lengthy tangent about Radiohead.

Other Ween songs I recommended to Brett after recording:

I'm In The Mood To Move, Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down), Roses Are Free, Voodoo Lady, What Deaner Was Talking About, Piss up a Rope, The Mollusk, I'll Be Your Jonny on the Spot, Waving My Dick in the Wind, Ocean Man, Exactly Where I'm At, Bananas and Blow, Gabrielle, Learnin' To Love, Your Party, Woman And Man.

These were just intended as a broad sampling, obviously there are lots of other great Ween songs!

Three Favorites Dec 01, 2023

Show notes

This episode is short, but ALL THREE SONGS ARE GREAT. These are three of my favorites, I'm talking about them today because it's upsetting me that I haven't yet. I want everybody to listen to these songs.

Songs Discussed In This Episode:

The Left Banke - Pretty Ballerina (1967)

Bridget St. John - The Pebble And The Man (1971)

"Blue" Gene Tyranny - Next Time Might Be Your Time (1977)

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