Theory For Turntables (TFT) Podcast

Episode 314: What to Expect When You’re Expecting the Son of God Dec 25, 2020

In a year where so many traditions are disrupted, we are sticking with one that brings us comfort and joy: ruining Christmas through music.

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Syllabus

Wikipedia Links: Dolly Parton, Chilly Gonzales, Tori Amos, Phoebe Bridgers
Amazon Links: A Holly Dolly Christmas, A Very Chilly Christmas, Christmastide, If We Make It Through December
Ecommerce Links: Xmas Socks
St. Michael and the Mary Line

Episode 314: What to Expect When You’re Expecting the Son of God originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 313: If Gritty Has His Way, Everyone Will Be Upsot Dec 24, 2018

What, did you think that Ryan and Matt wouldn’t be back to ruin Christmas?

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Wikipedia: Tyler the Creator, The Monkees, William Shatner, Old 97’s
Fear (punk band)
Little Drummer Boy Game (#ldb)
“William Shatner’s Holiday Album Features a Military Christmas Song” on Military.com
Beat Bugs
“I Wish It Was Christmas Today” on SNL

Episode 313: If Gritty Has His Way, Everyone Will Be Upsot originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 312: The Cardi B Manifesto** Apr 26, 2018
Ryan and TFT Punk Correspondent Rachel D discuss *Invasion of Privacy*, the debut album from our next president, Cardi B.

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Cardi B, *Invasion of Privacy*

*Invasion of Privacy*: Amazon, Apple Music

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Cardi B, *Invasion of Privacy, Love and Hip Hop: New York*

Reviews: P4k

The Cardi B *Love and Hip Hop* Supercuts: Season 6, Season 7

NPR: “The Business of Being Cardi B”

Episode 312: The Cardi B Manifesto originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 311: If Fine is Everything Then Everything is Fine** Apr 18, 2018
Ryan, Matt, and Rachel D make their contribution to this scam with an episode on Jean Grae and Quelle Chris’s *Everything’s Fine*.

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Jean Grae x Quelle Chris, *Eerything’s Fine*

*Everything’s Fine*: Amazon, Apple News*

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Wikipedia: Jean Grae, Quelle Chris, *Everything’s Fine*

Reviews: P4k

Episode 311: If Fine is Everything Then Everything is Fine originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 310: Ain’t I a Stinker?** Apr 11, 2018
Ryan, Matt, and TFT Punk Correspondent Rachel D talk about “In A Poem Unlimited” by U.S. Girls.

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Syllabus: U.S. Girls, *In A Poem Unlimited*

*In A Poem Unlimited* Amazon, Apple Music

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Wikipedia: U.S. Girls, *In A Poem Unlimited*

Review: P4k

US Girls Blogger Blog

Harold Bloom

*Hamlet*, Act II Scene 2 on Genius (!)

“Duck Amuck”

U.S. Girls Van Tour

Last week, U.S. Girls hosted the ‘In A Poem Unlimited’ van tour, stopping at infamous sites in New York City that embody themes of the new album. From the apartment where Norman Mailer stabbed his wife ('Velvet 4 Sale') to the subway grate where Marilyn Monroe was famously photographed ('Incidental Boogie') and the War Resisters League, home to the oldest secular pacifist group in the country ('Mad As Hell') – the tour gave riders a NYC translation of the universal themes that inspire U.S. Girls' music.‘In A Poem Unlimited’ is out now: http://smarturl.it/InAPoemUnlimited

Posted by 4AD on Friday, February 16, 2018

Episode 310: Ain’t I a Stinker? originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 309: Punking Alone** Apr 04, 2018
Ryan and TFT PCRD (Punk Correspondent Rachel D) return to 2018 to discuss *POST–*by Jeff Rosenstock.

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Syllabus: Jeff Rosenstock, *POST–*

*POST–* Amazon, Apple Music

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Wikipedia: Jeff Rosenstock, POST–

Reviews: P4k

*Bowling Alone*

Episode 309: Punking Alone originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 308: Every Unhappy Destiny’s Child Boyfriend is Unhappy in His Own Way** Mar 28, 2018
Rachel leaves her man at home, and Ryan and Matt leave their girl with her friends. It’s 11:30, and the podcast is jumpin’, jumpin’.

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Syllabus Destiny’s Child, *The Writing’s on the Wall*

*The Writing’s on the Wall*: Amazon, Apple Music

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Wikipedia: Destiny’s Child, *The Writing’s on the Wall*

P4k retrospective

Belshazzar’s Feast, Daniel 5

Episode 308: Every Unhappy Destiny’s Child Boyfriend is Unhappy in His Own Way originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 307: Christina Aguilera is in a Power Pose** Mar 21, 2018
Ryan, Matt, and Rachel D try to figure out what a girl wants, what a girl needs. On *Christina Aguilera*, the singer’s self-titled debut album, it turns out she doesn’t even know herself—until she does.

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Syllabus: Christina Aguilera, *Christina Aguilera*

*Christina Aguilera*: Amazon, Apple Music

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Wikipedia: Christina Aguilera, *Christina Aguilera*

*So Real*, Mandy Moore

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Episode 307: Christina Aguilera is in a Power Pose originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

The cover of Britney Spears's "…baby one more time." — **Episode 307: Christina Aguilera is in a Power Pose** Mar 21, 2018
Ryan, Matt, and Rachel D try to figure out what a girl wants, what a girl needs. On *Christina Aguilera*, the singer’s self-titled debut album, it turns out she doesn’t even know herself—until she does.

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Syllabus: Christina Aguilera, *Christina Aguilera*

*Christina Aguilera*: Amazon, Apple Music

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Christina Aguilera, *Christina Aguilera*

*So Real*, Mandy Moore

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Episode 307: Christina Aguilera is in a Power Pose originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 306: THAT Guy Knows What I’m Talking About** Mar 14, 2018

Ryan and Matt tread the fine line between bromance and the bro-trayal as they consider *Through Being Cool* by Saves the Day and *Something to Write Home About* by The Get Up Kids.

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Syllabus: Saves the Day, *Through Being Cool* and The Get Up Kids, *Something to Write Home About*

*Through Being Cool*

Amazon, Apple Music

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Band, Album

*Something to Write Home About*

Amazon, Apple Music

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Band, Album

Review: P4k (2.0) (for reference: P4k on Death Cab’s *We Have the Facts…* and it’s 7.5)

Episode 306: THAT Guy Knows What I’m Talking About originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 305: Man, It’s a Hot One** Mar 07, 2018
Ryan, Matt, and TFT Punk Correspondent Rachel D listen to the psychedelic Latin rock and the highly-marketable fusion-pop of Santana’s *Supernatural*.

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Syllabus: Santana, *et al.*, *Supernatural*

*Supernatural*: Amazon, Apple Music

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Santana (band), Carlos Santana, *Supernatural*

Guiro

Episode 305: Man, It’s a Hot One originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 304: 30-Something Sunday Vibes** Feb 28, 2018
Ryan, Matt, and Rachel D consider The Dismemberment Plan’s *Emergency & I* (1999), an album about which Pitchfork wrote, “If you consider yourself a fan of groundbreaking pop, go out and buy this album right now. Now. Get up. Go.”

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Syllabus: The Dismemberment Plan, *Emergency & I*

*Emergency & I*: Amazon, Apple Music

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Wikipedia: The Dismemberment Plan, *Emergency & I*

Reviews: P4k Original, P4k Reissue

Episode 304: 30-Something Sunday Vibes originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 303: One Foot in the Grave, and the Other on the Dance Floor** Feb 21, 2018

Ryan and Matt return once again to the music of their youth, and find that it is also the music of their middle age on Beck’s *Mutations* (1998) and *Midnite Vultures* (1999).

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Syllabus: Beck, *Mutations* and *Midnite Vultures*

*Mutations*

Amazon, Apple Music

Lyrics

*Midnite Vultures*

Amazon, Apple Music

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Beck, *Mutations*, *Midnite Vultures*

Episode 303: One Foot in the Grave, and the Other on the Dance Floor originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 302: George Clinton Palate Cleanser** Feb 15, 2018
Ryan and Matt bring their buddy act to bear in considering another buddy act, Andre 3000 and Big Boi, and OutKast’s 1998 album *Aquemini*.

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Syllabus: OutKast, *Aquemini*

*Aquemini*: Amazon, Apple Music

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Outkast, *Aquemini*, Astrology: Aquarius and Gemini

“The Death Of The MC: From Lyrics and Flow to Ad-Libs and Swagger”

“Rap Genius Can’t Explain Rakim’s Genius Rapping” on Overthinking It

Episode 302: George Clinton Palate Cleanser originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 301: The Sixth Bestselling Vinyl Record of 2008** Feb 07, 2018
Ryan and Matt listen to the album that launched a thousand handlebar moustaches—an album they both love but can’t quite say why—Neutral Milk Hotel’s 1998 *In tThe Aeroplane over The Sea*.

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Syllabus: Neutral Milk Hotel, *In the Aeroplane over the Sea*

*In the Aeroplane over the Sea*: Amazon, Apple Music

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Neutral Milk Hotel, *In the Aeroplane over the Sea*

“Radiohead, Neutral Milk Hotel Help Vinyl Sales Almost Double In 2008” from Rolling Stone

P4k (10), Christgau, Pop Matters

Episode 301: The Sixth Bestselling Vinyl Record of 2008 originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 300: Mutually Assured Creative Destruction** Jan 31, 2018
Matt and Ryan conjure up that Viking funeral spirit for the 300th episode of the TFT Podcast as they consider John Darnielle’s 2002 album *Tallahassee*.

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Syllabus: Tallahassee

*Tallahassee*: Amazon, Apple Music

Lyrics

“New Chevrolet in Flames”

Wikipedia: The Mountain Goats, *Tallahassee*

I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats

Episode 300: Mutually Assured Creative Destruction originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 299: Nothing or Everything or Whatever You Want** Jan 24, 2018
Ryan and Matt explore the beauty and the bitterness on plentiful display in Elliott Smith’s XO, his major-label debut from 1998.

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Syllabus: Elliott Smith, XO

XO: Amazon, Apple

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Elliott Smith, XO

Reviews: P4k contemporary, P4k Retrospective, Christgau

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, Jon Brion, Chamberlin, T-Pain and AutoTune

Episode 299: Nothing or Everything or Whatever You Want originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 298: Great Meaning in the Telephone Book** Jan 18, 2018
Ryan and Matt swim through Ani DiFranco’s *Little Plastic Castle*, her delightfully confounding and immensely listenable 1998 album of late 9

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Syllabus: Ani DiFranco, *Little Plastic Castle*

*Little Plastic Castle*: Amazon, Apple Music

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Wikipedia: Ani DiFranco, *Little Plastic Castle*

Reviews: Rolling Stone, AV Club, Christgau

Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, *Live at Luther College*

Episode 298: Great Meaning in the Telephone Book originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 297: Everything is Everything is Everything is Everything** Jan 10, 2018
Ryan and Matt spell the word L-O-V-E and wonder what it means as they consider Lauryn Hill’s solo masterpiece *The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill*, her only studio album but one which defies the passage of time to remain eternally relevant and prophetic.

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Syllabus: Lauryn Hill, *The Miseudcation of Lauren Hill*

*The Miseducaton of Lauryn Hill*: Amazon, Apple Music

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Lauryn Hill, *The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill*

Reviews: P4k (contemporary), P4k (retrospective), Christgau

How to Freestyle Rap on Udemy

Episode 297: Everything is Everything is Everything is Everything originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 296: Man is Justified by ARF and ARF Alone** Jan 03, 2018
Ryan and Matt compete to see who can bark most like a dog as they consider DMX’s 1998 major label debut, *It’s Dark and Hell is Hot*.

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Syllabus: DMX, *It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot*

*It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot*: Amazon, Apple

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Wikipedia: DMX, *It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot*

*Paradise Lost*, Book IV

*It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot* on Kendrick Lamar’s 25 Favorite Albums

Review: P4k

Episode 296: Man is Justified by ARF and ARF Alone originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 295: Buñuel on the Dance Floor** Dec 28, 2017
Ryan and Matt have a fever dream. And the only cure is more cowbell! Or maybe the cure is LCD Soundsystem’s 2017 album *American Dream*.

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Sylabus: LCD Soundsystem, *American Dream*

*American Dream*: Amazon, Apple

Lyrics

Wikipedia: LCD Soundsystem, *American Dream*

Review: P4k

*The Phantom of Liberty*, Luis Buñuel (1974)

Episode 295: Buñuel on the Dance Floor originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

A scene from "The Phantom of Liberty." — **Episode 295: Buñuel on the Dance Floor** Dec 28, 2017
Ryan and Matt have a fever dream. And the only cure is more cowbell! Or maybe the cure is LCD Soundsystem’s 2017 album *American Dream*.

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Sylabus: LCD Soundsystem, *American Dream*

*American Dream*: Amazon, Apple

Lyrics

Wikipedia: LCD Soundsystem, *American Dream*

Review: P4k

*The Phantom of Liberty*, Luis Buñuel (1974)

Episode 295: Buñuel on the Dance Floor originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 294: Nativity Bangerz** Dec 20, 2017
Do you like Christmas music? Well, how about you eat *all* the Christmas music? Ryan, Rachel D, and Matt ruin Christmas for 2017.

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Syllabus: TFT Christmas Death March 2017

Bing Crosby, *White Christmas*: Amazon, Apple

Elvis Presley, *Elvis’ [sic] Christmas Album*: Amazon, Apple

Barbara Streisand, *A Christmas Album*: Amazon, Apple

The Salsoul Orchestra, *Christmas Jollies*: Amazon, Apple

Various Artists, *A Very Specail Christmas*: Amazon, Apple

Hanson, *Snowed In*: Amazon, Apple

Josh Groban, *Noël*: Amazon, Apple

Pentatonix, *A Pentatonix Christmas*: Amazon, Apple

Wikipedia: “Faith of our Fathers”, *Hygge*

Episode 294: Nativity Bangerz originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 293: Jagged Little Pills Pills Pills** Dec 13, 2017
Ryan and Matt down a Jack and Clark as they consider St. Vincent’s *Masseducation*.

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Syllabus: St. Vincent, *Masseduction*

*Masseduction*: Amazon, Apple Music

Lyrics

Wikipedia: St. Vincent, *Masseduction*

Reviews: P4k

Press: NYer, Buzzfeed

Episode 293: Jagged Little Pills Pills Pills originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 292: The Music of Cities in Transition** Dec 06, 2017
Ryan, Matt, and Rachel stick the unused Beretta in the Fendi as they consider cities in transition: Milan in the late 70s, New York in the late nineties, and contemporary Los Angeles, home to Daniele Luppi, the host of the theme party that is 2017’s *Milano*, featuring playing by Parquet Courts and some singing by Karen O.

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Syllabus: Daniele Luppi, *Milano*

*Milano*: Amazon

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Daniele Luppi, Parquet Courts, Karen O, *Milano*

Wikipedia: Milan, Italian Design, Memphis Group

Review: Adequate New Music

Episode 292: The Music of Cities in Transition originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 291: The Bird-y Flutes and the Flute-y Synths and the Synth-y Flute Birds** Nov 30, 2017
Ryan, Matt, and Rachel D show Björk some emotional respect as they consider the purified Utopia of her new album *Utopia*, wondering why a flute has to play a flute, and whether the self-described “Tinder album” is actually like online dating.

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Syllabus: Björk, *Utopia*

*Utopia*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Björk, *Utopia*

“Forest Bathing” on Quartz

“The Possibility of Björk’s Utopia
“ by Katie Alice Greer of Priests

Cute

Episode 291: The Bird-y Flutes and the Flute-y Synths and the Synth-y Flute Birds originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

A small alligator on top of a larger alligator. — **Episode 291: The Bird-y Flutes and the Flute-y Synths and the Synth-y Flute Birds** Nov 30, 2017
Ryan, Matt, and Rachel D show Björk some emotional respect as they consider the purified Utopia of her new album *Utopia*, wondering why a flute has to play a flute, and whether the self-described “Tinder album” is actually like online dating.

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Syllabus: Björk, *Utopia*

*Utopia*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Björk, *Utopia*

“Forest Bathing” on Quartz

“The Possibility of Björk’s Utopia
“ by Katie Alice Greer of Priests

Cute

Episode 291: The Bird-y Flutes and the Flute-y Synths and the Synth-y Flute Birds originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 290: You Can’t Step into the Same Miley Cyrus Twice** Nov 22, 2017
Matt is joined by Jordan (you’re not him!) to discuss Miley Cyrus’s return to country-ish music.

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Syllabus: Miley Cyrus, *Younger Now*

*Younger Now*: Amazon, iTunes

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Wikipedia: Miley Cyrus, *Younger Now*

Reviews: P4k

Nudie Suits

Episode 290: You Can’t Step into the Same Miley Cyrus Twice originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 289: We Have Always Been at War with Kanye** Nov 15, 2017
Ryan and Matt are joined by Rachel D to discuss Taylor Swift’s reputation and Taylor Swift’s *reputation*.

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Syllabus: Taylor Swift, *reputation*

*reputation*: Amazon, iTunes

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Wikipedia: Taylor Swift, *reputation*

Reclaiming the Snake

#reputaylurking #reputation pic.twitter.com/JhZNUZ7MxK

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) November 14, 2017

#reputaylurking #reputation pic.twitter.com/pOEpn6Dk5p

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) November 14, 2017

Episode 289: We Have Always Been at War with Kanye originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 288: I’m a Mother-Having Woman** Nov 08, 2017
Ryan and Matt are joined by Rachel D to consider Kesha’s return to recording on *Rainbow*, and wonder if this is the most Kesha Kesha album that Kesha can Kesha. They also offer a typology of piano ballads, and a diagnosis of karaoke pathologies.

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Syllabus: Kesha, *Rainbow*

*Rainbow*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Kesha, *Rainbow*, Pebe Sebert

Reviews: P4k

Episode 288: I’m a Mother-Having Woman originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 287: The Plato Form Factory** Nov 01, 2017

Ryan and Matt wonder if they’ve been stealth Antonoffed, but the answer is decidedly no: They are listening to *Native Invader*, the latest from Tori Amos, and the album that brings her into the Three Episode Club, an honor she shares with The Mountain Goats. They talk about the album’s delightful lyrics, its distinctive sound, it’s sneakily paradoxical politics. They’re wide awoke, it’s morning.

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Syllabus: Tori Amos, *Native Invader*

*Native Invader*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Tori Amos, *Native Invader*

Review: P4k

Episode 287: The Plato Form Factory originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 286: Circle of Malcontents** Oct 25, 2017
Ryan and Rachel D lace up their plimsolls and head into the dream punk mosh pit with *Antisocialites*, the sophomore album by Alvvays.

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Syllabus: Alvvays, *Antisocialites*

*Antisocialites*: Amazon, Apple

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Alvvays, *Antisocialites,* Plimsolls, Madeira Cake

Reviews: P4k

Episode 286: Circle of Malcontents originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 285: Pretty Tame for a Wolf Band** Oct 18, 2017
Wolfman Ryan and Wolfman Matt survey the Wolf Band landscape, and settle upon Wolf Parade’s latest album, *Cry Cry Cry*, an exploration of dreams and kings.

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Syllabus: Wolf Parade, *Cry Cry Cry*

*Cry Cry Cry*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Wolf Parade, *Cry Cry Cry*

Review: P4k

Episode 285: Pretty Tame for a Wolf Band originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 284: What’s in That, Man? What’s in That Mall Juice?** Oct 11, 2017
Ryan, Matt, and Rachel gather in the parking lot of the ghost town which used to be a mall and talk Modest Mouses’s *The Lonesome Crowded West*. The record may only sort of be “real country music,” but at least Cowboy Dan is on hand to help navigate the cowboy scene.

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Syllabus: Modest Mouse, *The Lonesome Crowded West*

*The Lonesome Crowded West*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Modest Mouse, *The Lonesome Crowded West*

Re-release reviews: P4k, Stereogum

Episode 284: What’s in That, Man? What’s in That Mall Juice? originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 283: Poetry in Banal Things** Oct 04, 2017
Ryan, Matt, and Rachel D time-travel back to the 90s-00s taint (the Starr Report through 9/11 period) to listen to Pavement’s *Brighten the Corners*.

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Syllabus: Pavement, *Brighten the Corners*

*Brighten the Corners*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Pavement, *Brighten the Corners*

Review: P4k

Episode 283: Poetry in Banal Things originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 282: Panatlanticism** Sep 27, 2017
Ryan and Matt crank the volume in their jeep and cruise to the polyglot heteroglossia of Wyclef Jean’s solo debut, *Wyclef Jean presents The Carnival featuring Refugee Allstars*, his follow-up to 1996’s smash hit Fugees record, *The Score*, and which they decide is simultaneously ahead of its time and a lost treasure.

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Syllabus: Wyclef Jean, *Wyclef Jean presents The Carnival featuring Refugee Allstars*

*The Carnival*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipeida: Wyclef Jean, *The Carnival*

Unlikely (?) reviews: Pitchfork, Christgau

Episode 282: Panatlanticism originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 281: First, Do Harm** Sep 20, 2017
Ryan is joined by Rachel D and Jordan to discuss *Dr. Octagonecologyst*, the debut album by Dr. Octagon, who is definitely an extraterrestrial surgeon from Jupiter and not a hip hip trio made up of rapper Kool Keith, producer Dan the Automator, and turntablist DJ Qbert.

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Syllabus: Dr. Octagon, *Dr. Octagonecologyst*

*Dr. Octogonecologyst*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Dr. Octagon, *Dr. Octagonecologyst*

Episode 281: First, Do Harm originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 280: The Special Technique of Emotional Shadowboxing** Sep 13, 2017
Matt and Ryan explore the many levels of irony of non-networked self on one of the best rap albums of the nineties. IN other words, they are talking about Fiona Apple’s seminal 1996 debut, *Tidal*.

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Syllabus: Fiona Apple, *Tidal*

*Tidal*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Fiona Apple, *Tidal*

Review: P4k Retrospective

*Prozac Nation*

Episode 280: The Special Technique of Emotional Shadowboxing originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 279: Sometimes You Just Need Zigazig Ha** Sep 06, 2017
Ryan and Matt have a conversation about the multi-platinum *Spice*, the 1996 debut from the Spice Girls, which is frankly shocking in its sincerity. *Spice* advocates for pro-social, emotionally adaptive, and mature relations among groups of friends, between lovers, and with oneself. Indeed, it seems that everything we learned about love, we learned from the Spice Girls.

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Syllabus: Spice Girls, *Spice*

*Spice*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipeida: Spice Girls, *Spice*

*Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed* by James C. Scott

Episode 279: Sometimes You Just Need Zigazig Ha originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 278: More a Hop that Trips than a Trip that Hops** Aug 30, 2017
Ryan and Matt are separated by Punk Correspondent Rachel D and special guest Theorist Jordan Stokes as they discover Bristol trip-hop pioneer Tricky’s debut album *Maxinquaye*.

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Syllabus: Tricky, *Maxinquaye*

*Maxinquaye*: Amazon

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Tricky, *Maxinquaye*, Trip hop, Bristol

Episode 278: More a Hop that Trips than a Trip that Hops originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 277: The Best Tambourine Album of the 90s** Aug 23, 2017
Ryan and Matt revert to a rivalry every bit as antagonistic as Noel and Liam Gallagher, whose breakthrough second album *(What’s the Story) Morning Glory* is the subject of this episode.

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Syllabus: Oasis, *(What’s the Story) Morning Glory*

*(What’s the Story) Morning Glory*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Oasis, *(What’s the Story) Morning Glory*, Britpop, Schenkerian Analysis

“Dueling Potato Brothers: The Collected Oasis Fights and Insults” from P4k

Episode 277: The Best Tambourine Album of the 90s originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 276: Garbage In, Garbage Out** Aug 18, 2017
Ryan and Matt are joined by punk correspondent and hot Garbage enthusiast Rachel to discuss the quartet’s 1995 debut, an album that synthesized every trend in two decades of rock music except the one you’d most expect.

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Syllabus: Garbage, *Garbage*

*Garbage*: Amazon, iTunes

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Wikipedia: Garbage, *Garbage*

Episode 276: Garbage In, Garbage Out originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 275: It’s Third-Wave Ska but Second-Wave Feminism** Aug 09, 2017
Is ska dead? Is ska a word? Is ska punk? Is ska reggae? Is ska coming back? These questions and more as Ryan, Matt, and punk correspondent Rachel examine No Doubt’s commercial breakthrough, *Tragic Kingdom*. Slip into your bondage pants and find the sweet spot on the grind/mosh continuum: we meet this album’s energy with a great deal energy of our own.

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Syllabus: No Doubt, *Tragic Kingdom*

*Tragic Kingdom*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: No Doubt, *Tragic Kingdom*, Ska, Ska Punk

Episode 275: It’s Third-Wave Ska but Second-Wave Feminism originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 274: You Left This Mess. Bless This Mess.** Aug 02, 2017
Ryan and Matt are joined by Rachel D to listen to Alanis Morissette’s hit debut album *Jagged Little Pill*, which is either more or less surprising than you recall.

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Syllabus: Alanis Morissette, *Jagged Little Pill*

*Jagged Little Pill*: Amazon, iTunes

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Wikipedia: Alanis Morissette, *Jagged Little Pill*

Episode 274: You Left This Mess. Bless This Mess. originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Bless this Mess. — **Episode 274: You Left This Mess. Bless This Mess.** Aug 02, 2017
Ryan and Matt are joined by Rachel D to listen to Alanis Morissette’s hit debut album *Jagged Little Pill*, which is either more or less surprising than you recall.

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Syllabus: Alanis Morissette, *Jagged Little Pill*

*Jagged Little Pill*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Alanis Morissette, *Jagged Little Pill*

Episode 274: You Left This Mess. Bless This Mess. originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 273: The Fitness Instructors of Social Consciousness** Jul 26, 2017
Ryan, Matt, and Rachel D clip in for a fitness class in social consciousness, led by Fugazi and their pivotal album *Red Medicine*.

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Syllabus: Fugazi, *Red Medicine*

*Red Medicine*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics, especially the annotations on “Fell, Destroyed”

Wikipedia: Fugazi, *Red Medicine*

Christgau on Fugazi

“Towards a Grand Unified Theory of Butt Rock” from Overthinking It

[#diy](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/diy/) on Instagram

diy on Tumblr

Herbert Marcuse on Wikipedia

Episode 273: The Fitness Instructors of Social Consciousness originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 272: Spoonmen of the World, Unite** Jul 19, 2017
Ryan and Matt *Superunknown*, trying to make sense of its off-kilter aspects and its relentless despair.

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Syllabus: Soundgarden, *Superunknown*

*Superunknown*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Soundgarden,

Reissue Review: P4k

*Rock Swings* by Paul Anka

Episode 272: Spoonmen of the World, Unite originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 271: #Adulting Contemporary** Jul 12, 2017
Ryan and Matt rekindle the bromance, but their profound bond is nowhere near the near-telepathic connection shared by the sisters of Haim, whose album *Something to Tell You* they discuss.

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Syllabus: Haim, *Something to Tell You*

*Something to Tell You*: Amazon iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Haim, *Something to Tell You*

Review: P4k

“Haim Break Down Every Single Song on Their New Album” from P4k

Episode 271: #Adulting Contemporary originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 270: Band Practice Jul 08, 2017

Matt and Mark bust out the piano and the guitar and give a history of the last decade in pop music through one of its leading lights, Taylor Swift.

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Episode 270: Band Practice originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 269: Beowulf: The Musical** Jul 01, 2017
Matt is joined by special guest Jordan, who has a crazy idea: let’s listen to the songs from Disney’s *Frozen* and *Moana* as though they were two EPs of pop (?) songs.

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Syllabus: *Frozen* and *Moana*

*Frozen*: Amazon, iTunes

*Moana*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics: *Frozen*, *Moana*

Wikipedia: *Frozen*, *Moana*

Overthinking It Podcast 440: “The Moana-Myth”

TFT Podcast 189: “Cell Phones Aren’t Phones” (on mixtapes)

Episode 269: Beowulf: The Musical originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 268: After the Party It’s Crying in the Taxi** Jun 21, 2017
Ryan, Matt, and Rachel follow Lorde through the *Melodrama*, and come out the other side knowing the true party is within.

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Syllabus: Lorde, *Melodrama*

*Melodrama*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Lorde, *Melodrama*

Review: P4k

“Lorde Just Confirmed That She Is Onion Rings Worldwide And I’m Shook”

Supercut of Grunts

Episode 268: After the Party It’s Crying in the Taxi originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 267: The Johnny B. Goodiverse** Jun 14, 2017
Ryan and Mark listen to and discuss Chuck Berry’s *Chuck*, with the aid of Mark’s six string teaching tool.

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Syllabus: Chuck Berry, *Chuck*

*Chuck* Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics (partial)

Chuck Berry, *Chuck,* “Johnny B. Goode”

Reviews: Christgau, *P4k*, *Consequence of Sound*

Episode 267: The Johnny B. Goodiverse originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 266: The Sorrows of Young Halsey** Jun 07, 2017
Ryan, Rachel, and Matt find something to appreciate about Halsey’s *hopeless fountain kingdom*, even outside the notional spin studio of the mind.

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Syllabus: Halsey, *hopeless fountain kingdom*

https://www.instagram.com/p/BU0y9BaD1M2/

Halsey, *hopeless fountain kingdom*: Amazon, Apple

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Halsey, *hopeless fountain kingdom*

Reviews: NY Times, RS,

Christgau on *Badlands*

“In Lorde’s Wake, a Groundswell of Female Rebels in Pop”

Episode 266: The Sorrows of Young Halsey originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 265: Orca, Please** May 31, 2017
Ryan and Matt determine once and for all who is the professor and who is the text in a head-to-head match-up of break albums from exes and ex-collaborators David Longstreth (*The Dirty Projectors*) and Amber Coffman (*City of No Reply*).

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Syllabus: The Dirty Projectors, *The Dirty Projectors*; Amber Coffman, *City of No Reply*

*The Dirty Projectors*: Amazon, iTunes

*City of No Reply*: First Listen, Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics: *Dirty*, *City*

Wikipedia: Dirty Projectors, *Dirty Projectors*, Amber Coffman

Review: P4k

Profiles: New York Times, P4k, Vulture (interview), Vulture (handjob puff piece)

“Amber Coffman Called Leaving Dirty Projectors ‘a Loss’ But a ‘Healthy Choice’”

Episode 265: Orca, Please originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 264: Die Goth or Live Trying** May 24, 2017
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss *Goths*, the latest from John Darnielle and The Mountain Goats, an album with “NO COMPED VOCALS. NO PITCH CORRECTION. NO GUITAR.”

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Syllabus: The Mountain Goats, *Goths*

Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia

The Mountain Goats, *Goths*

Andrew Eldritch, The Sisters of Mercy, Gene Loves Jezebel

Reviews: P4k (correct), AV Club (incorrect)

Inteview: NPR

Publicado por the Mountain Goats em Quarta, 22 de fevereiro de 2017

Episode 264: Die Goth or Live Trying originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 263: Accepting All Those Things That You Were** May 17, 2017
Ryan and Matt make it through three decades of the Magnetic Fields’ *50 Song Memoir*, an intimate yet ironic look at each year of songwriter and lead singer Stephin Merritt’s life.

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Syllabus: The Magnetic Fields, *50 Song Memoir*

*50 Song Memoir*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: The Magnetic Fields, *50 Song Memoir*, Stephin Merritt

Reviews: P4k, Christgau, *The Guardian*

“It’s Only Time” (Exclaim)

Episode 263: Accepting All Those Things That You Were originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 262: Keep Calm, Carry On, and Love Your Robot Overlords** May 10, 2017
Ryan and Matt analyze the human/robot dystopia of Jonathan Coulton’s *Solid State* and examine his turn from novelty act to indie singer/songwriter.

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Syllabus: Jonathan Coulton, *Solid State*

*Solid State*: Amazon, iTunes, JoCo’s Website (includes the graphic novel)

Lyrics

Wikipeda: Jonathan Coulton, *Solid State*, Miss Susie (schoolyard rhyme)

Episode 262: Keep Calm, Carry On, and Love Your Robot Overlords originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 261: An Indie Rock Room of One’s Own** May 03, 2017
Ryan, Matt, and special guest Amanda let the #vibes of Feist’s latest album, *Pleasure*, wash over them.

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Syllabus: Feist, *Pleasure*

*Pleasure*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Feist, *Pleasure*, Broken Social Scene

Review: P4k

Eileen Fisher

PJ Harvey’s “Who The Fuck?”

Episode 261: An Indie Rock Room of One’s Own originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 260: Make Your Own Hope** Apr 26, 2017
Ryan and Matt thwart expectations by *not* trolling each other talking about *Hope*, Shamir’s follow up to 2015’s smash hit *Ratchet*.

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Syllabus: Shamir, *Hope*

*Hope* on Soundcloud

Lyrics (partial)

Wikipedia: Shamir

Review: P4k

Zoom Flash Recorders on Amazon

Episode 260: Make Your Own Hope originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 259: Ready to Live** Apr 19, 2017
Ryan and Matt tackle the only thing on the Internet this week, Kendrick Lamar’s follow up to 2015’s *To Pimp A Butterfly*, *DAMN.*

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Sullabus: Kendrick Lamar, *DAMN.*

*DAMN.*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Kendrick Lamar, *DAMN.*

Reviews: Metacritic (97 at the time of recording); P4k

Episode 259: Ready to Live originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 258: If You Have a Lot of Vanilla Ice Cream to Consume** Apr 13, 2017
Matt doesn’t even have to leave the office to talk about Adult Contemporary superstar Aimee Mann and her latest sketchbook style album, *Mental Illness*.

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Syllabus: Aimee Mann, *Mental Illness*

*Mental Illness*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Aimee Mann, *Mental Illness*

Episode 258: If You Have a Lot of Vanilla Ice Cream to Consume originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 257: No Market is Truly Super** Apr 05, 2017
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss *Nothing Feels Natural* by D.C. punk quartet Priests, and discuss its critique of late capitalism, its communitarian ethos, and its deconstruction of the boundary between the personal the political.

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Syllabus: Priests, *Nothing Feels natural*

*Nothing Feels Natural*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: NONE!

Reivews: P4k (Best New Music), SPIN

Episode 257: No Market is Truly Super originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 256: When Courtney Love Leans In** Mar 29, 2017
Ryan and Matt are joined by punk correspondent Rachel to talk about Hole’s second album and first crossover success, *Live Through This*. Spoiler alert: Courtney Love is trolling us.

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Syllabus: Hole, *Live through This*

*Live through This*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Hole, Courtney Love, *Live through This*

Riot Grrrl

Reviews: Rolling Stone, SPIN, Christgau

Episode 256: When Courtney Love Leans In originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 256: When Courtney Love Leans In** Mar 29, 2017
Ryan and Matt are joined by punk correspondent Rachel to talk about Hole’s second album and first crossover success, *Live Through This*. Spoiler alert: Courtney Love is trolling us.

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Syllabus: Hole, *Live through This*

*Live through This*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Hole, Courtney Love, *Live through This*

Riot Grrrl

Reviews: Rolling Stone, SPIN, Christgau

Episode 256: When Courtney Love Leans In originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 255: Step 1: Bite Lip. Step 2: Close Eyes.** Mar 22, 2017
Matt and Ryan are joined by Greg (@wymer), who was “a 20 something reality-bites type guy” in 1994, to discuss *Dookie* by Green Day, the prolegomenon to any future Emo.

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Syllabus: Green Day, *Dookie*

*Dookie*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Green Day, *Dookie*

King Missile, “It’s Saturday”

Episode 255: Step 1: Bite Lip. Step 2: Close Eyes. originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

The Notorious B.I.G., "Ready to Die" — **Episode 254: The Biggie SWOT Chart** Mar 15, 2017
Ryan, Rachel, and Matt discuss the ironically underexposed *Ready to Die*, the 1993 debut of the Notorious B.I.G.

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Syllabus: Notorious B.I.G., *Ready to Die*

*Ready to Die*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: The Notorious B.I.G., *Ready to Die*

Reviews: The Source, Rolling Stone, P4k, Christgau

*David Copperfield* Chapter 1: “I am Born”

“Rap Genius Can’t Explain Rakim’s Genius Rapping” and “Poetics of Rap: Lil’ Wayne and, um, kenning” from Overthinking It

Episode 254: The Biggie SWOT Chart originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 253: Long Beach Gangsta Quilt** Mar 08, 2017
Ryan and Matt discuss the West Coast sound, the aspect of epic myth making and identity anxiety, and wonder about the generative dynamics of partying as they discuss Snoop Dogg’s solo debut, *Doggystyle*.

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Syllabus: Snoop Doggy Dogg, *Doggystlye*

*Doggystyle*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Snoop Dog, *Doggystyle*

Legend (2016) music video

Episode 253: Long Beach Gangsta Quilt originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 252: Represent, Represent… Earth** Mar 01, 2017
Ryan and Rachel are joined by John to discuss Nas’s 1993 debut album, *Illmatic*.

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Syllabus: Nas, *Illmatic*

*Illmatic*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Nas, *Illmatic*

Reviews: P4k, Christgau

Episode 252: Represent, Represent… Earth originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 251: The News From the Far Off Land of Shaolin** Feb 22, 2017
Ryan and Matt are joined by Rachel as they hit the poopypants trifecta in this episode on the Wu-Tang Clan’s debut album, *Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)*.

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Syllabus: Wu-Tang Clan, *Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)*

*Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Wu-Tang Clan, *Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)*

Reviews: Rolling Stone, Christgau, The Source

*The Wu-Tang Manual*

Episode 251: The News From the Far Off Land of Shaolin originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Counting Crows, August and Everything After Cover — **Episode 250: The Lead Instrument is Adam Duritz’s Voice** Feb 15, 2017
Ryan and Matt achieve peak boner revisiting the longings of their adolescence as they listen to and discuss Counting Crows’ *septuple* Platinum debut album, *August and Everything After*.

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Syllabus: Counting Crows, *August and Everything After*

*August and Everything After*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Counting Crows, *August and Everything After*

*The Very Hungry Caterpillar*

*The Song Machine: Inside The Hit Factory* by John Seabrook

Christgau on *August…*

Episode 250: The Lead Instrument is Adam Duritz’s Voice originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 249: Time is the Great Smasher of All Pumpkins** Feb 08, 2017
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss *Siamese Dream* by The Smashing Pumpkins in all senses of “smashing”: participle, gerund, and adjective.

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Syllabus: Smashing Pumpkins, *Siamese Dream*

*Siamese Dream*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: The Smashing Pumpkins, *Siamese Dream*, Billy Corgan, Butch Vig

Reviews: Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Christgau, P4k on the reissue

Merchandise Mart

Robert Moses

*Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed* by James C. Scott

“Is the New Smashing Pumpkins Bassist on the Cover Of ‘Siamese Dream’?” (cf. “Betteridge’s law of headlines”)

Episode 249: Time is the Great Smasher of All Pumpkins originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 248: Jump In and Get Sticky** Feb 01, 2017
Ryan and Matt are joined by TFT Punk Correspondent Rachel, who can decide who she likes better: The Pixies or the Breeders, whose *Last Splash* we listen to and discuss.

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Syllabus: The Breeders, *Last Splash*

*Last Splash*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: The Breeders, *Last Splash*

P4k review, and Christgau

Symbolism

Episode 248: Jump In and Get Sticky originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 247: The Way to Get It Up is to Remember How Good It Used To Be** Jan 25, 2017
Ryan and Matt are joined by Overthinker Matt Belinkie to discuss Meat Loaf’s 1993 follow up to his smash hit *Bat out of Hell*, *Bat Out Of Hell II: Back into Hell*.

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Syllabus: *Bat Out Of Hell II: Back into Hell*

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Lyrics

Wikipedia: Meat Loaf, *Bat Out Of Hell II: Back into Hell*, Jim Steinman

Music Videos: “Objects…”, “Rock ’n’ Roll Dreams Come True’ ”, “I Would Do Anything for Love”

Episode 247: The Way to Get It Up is to Remember How Good It Used To Be originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 246: How High, Kris Kross?** Jan 18, 2017
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Kris Kross’s chart-topping 1992 album, *Totally Krossed Out*. As Ryan says, “This is a good record.”

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Syllabus: *Totaly Krossed Out*

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Wikpedia: Kris Kross, *Totally Krossed Out*

Reebok Pump

Another Bad Creation

Episode 246: How High, Kris Kross? originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 245: Just Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll** Jan 11, 2017
Matt is joined by Jordan to discuss Alice in Chains’s *Dirt*.

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Syllabus: Alice in Chains, *Dirt*

*Dirt*: Amazon, iTunes

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Wikipedia: Alice in Chains, *Dirt*

Reviews: Christgau, Entertainment Weekly

“Alice in Chains: To Hell and Back”

“Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Episode 245: Just Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

tori-amos-little-earthquakes-cover — **Episode 244: An Alternative To Rock** Jan 04, 2017
Ryan sends Matt to secular heaven as the two of them head back to the early nineties to listen to and discuss *Little Earthquakes*, Tori Amos’s 1992 solo debut.

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Syllabus: Tori Amos, *Little Earthquakes*

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Wikipedia: Tori Amos, *Little Earthquakes*

P4k review of the reissue

*Y Kant Tori Read* cover art

**Playing Piano: A Comparative Study** (click for Google image searches)

Episode 244: An Alternative To Rock originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Tori Amos, "Y Kant Tori Read" - Cover — **Episode 244: An Alternative To Rock** Jan 04, 2017
Ryan sends Matt to secular heaven as the two of them head back to the early nineties to listen to and discuss *Little Earthquakes*, Tori Amos’s 1992 solo debut.

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Syllabus: Tori Amos, *Little Earthquakes*

*Little Earthquakes*: Amazon, iTunes

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Wikipedia: Tori Amos, *Little Earthquakes*

P4k review of the reissue

*Y Kant Tori Read* cover art

**Playing Piano: A Comparative Study** (click for Google image searches)

Episode 244: An Alternative To Rock originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 243: Ten Shares of Gun and Fist Ltd.** Dec 29, 2016
Ryan and Matt raised the gun and the fist with delight when they discovered that Killer Mike had come down the chimney on Christmas night to deliver *Run the Jewels 3*, the third album from Mike and El-P.

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Syllabus: Run The Jewels, *Run the Jewels 3*

RTJ3: Free, Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Run The Jewels, *Run The Jewels 3*

TFT Episode 136: *Run The Jewels 2*

RTJ official website

Episode 243: Ten Shares of Gun and Fist Ltd. originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 242: Eggnog Latte Season** Dec 21, 2016

Ryan, Rachel, and Matt carry on the annual TFT podcast tradition as they attempt to ruin Christmas through the power of song.

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Syllabus: Jimmy Buffett, *’Tis The SeaSon*; Kacey Musgraves, *A Very Kacey Christmas*; She & Him, *Christmas Party*

The Music

Jimmy Buffett, *’Tis The SeaSon*: Amazon, iTunes

Kacey Musgraves, *A Very Kacey Christmas*: Amazon, iTunes

She & Him, *Christmas Party*: Amazon, iTunes

Wikipedia: Jimmy Buffett, Kacey Musgraves, She & Him

*Lulu’s Kitchen* from Jimmy Buffett’s sister Lucy Buffett

Mele Kalikimaka: “‘Mele Kalikimaka’: A Holiday Humblebrag”, “Why Do Hawaiians Say ‘Mele Kalikimaka’ on Christmas?”

The Mysteries of ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’

Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville Multimedia Empire

Drake Christmas Sweater on Etsy

Episode 242: Eggnog Latte Season originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 241: Started from the Bottom, Now We’re Founding Fathers** Dec 14, 2016
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss *The Hamilton Mixtape*.

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Syllabus: *The Hamilton Mixtape*

*The Hamilton Mixtape*: Amazon, iTunes

Mixtape Lyrics, OBC Lyrics

Wikipedia: *Hamilton* (musical), Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alexander Hamilton

P4k Review (bloodbath)

Episode 241: Started from the Bottom, Now We’re Founding Fathers originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 240: There is Nothing to Instagram** Dec 08, 2016
Ryan and Rachel are joined by special guest D.J. Bean to discuss Childish Gambino’s *“Awaken, My Love!”*

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Syllabus: Childish Gambino, *“Awaken, My Love”*

*“Awaken, My Love”*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

*“Awaken, My Love!”*

Reviews: P4k, *Vulture*

“Member Chewbacca Again?” on YouTube

*Community*: The Complete Series

Episode 240: There is Nothing to Instagram originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

DJ Bean on the TFT Podcast — **Episode 240: There is Nothing to Instagram** Dec 08, 2016
Ryan and Rachel are joined by special guest D.J. Bean to discuss Childish Gambino’s *“Awaken, My Love!”*

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Syllabus: Childish Gambino, *“Awaken, My Love”*

*“Awaken, My Love”*: Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

*“Awaken, My Love!”*

Reviews: P4k, *Vulture*

“Member Chewbacca Again?” on YouTube

*Community*: The Complete Series

Episode 240: There is Nothing to Instagram originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 239: I For One Welcome Our New Robot Weeknd Overlords** Dec 01, 2016
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss The Weeknd’s new album, *Starboy*.

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Syllabus: The Weeknd, *Starboy*

*Starboy* (affiliate links): Amazon, iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: The Weeknd, *Starboy*

P4k Review

“The Weeknd Just Broke a Huge Spotify Record”

Episode 239: I For One Welcome Our New Robot Weeknd Overlords originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 238: The Max Martin You Forgot to Take out of Your Pocket** Nov 24, 2016
Matt and Jordan listen to and discuss *Slugger*, released by Sadie Dupuis as Sad13.

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Syllabus: Sad13, *Slugger*

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Wikipedia: Sadie Dupuis

P4k Review

“Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis on how movies brought her record to life” on the AV Club

Episode 238: The Max Martin You Forgot to Take out of Your Pocket originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 237: Quest: The Tribe** Nov 16, 2016
Ryan, Rachel, and Matt are initiated into A Tribe Called Quest, and consider their new album *We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service*.

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Syllabus: A Tribe Called Quest, *We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service*

Buy *We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service* on Amazon or iTunes

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Reviews: The AV Club (“There isn’t a bad track in the Tribe catalog; there isn’t even a bad *verse*.”), Stereogum, Rolling Stone, The Guardian

All imma say is Yes. Yes. Yes. I didn't wanna do the privilege stuntin brag move. w/o spoiler alerting I'll just say 3 things: 1) I miss the group esthetic in hip hop especially in mc'n—like this ain't a "ok this my 16, then hook then your 16, then let's do his 16"—-nah this some Run DMC/Beastie Boys/Furious 5 collaborative tug-of-war-rhyming (just putting it out there: if #Andre3000 joined @ATCQ this would be the best most welcome move in music prolly since JG joined NE or maybe Edwards came to the Temptations) 2) the last time I was so pleasantly surprised at someone's hidden skill performance was when @djmaseo came out of nowhere kickin ass and takin names on #DeLaSoulIsDead—but man all I'm left wonderin was what if @jarobiwhite had barz on the OTHER tribe records! Which leads to my last point: 3) this is an excellent high note to end on but this is only telling me that the gas in #ATCQ'S tank is NOWHERE near empty. Like this album is it's own lane: it fulfills and itches so many scratches I've been jonzin for: tempos I love (95-100 bpms) the random scattered bomb squad production tactics of classic albums like #AmerikkkasMostWanted & #FearOfABlackPlanet (16 songs running through you like bullets at the speed of sound, a bowl of stew made by @chefludo and his zany chefs at @troismecla all in tune with each other knowing the RIGHT amount of spices to throw in)–I mean it's feels vintage in its musicality but is such a 2016 record. And it's timing could really really truly couldn't be like—better because it's topical. This is so needed right now. Come midnight tonight you will be HAPPY AS HELL. Matter of fact? (Forgot it's Thursday) tonight at #BowlTrain I'm spinning ALL TRIBE! why? I wanna hear #ThankYouForYourService on loud ass speakers! See y'all tonight after @talibkweli's @brooklynbowl concert. It's gonna be an amazing night of hip hop I'll tell you that much.

A photo posted by Questlove Gomez (@questlove) on Nov 10, 2016 at 7:39am PST

Episode 237: Quest: The Tribe originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

david-bowie-blackstar-cover — **Episode 236: If You’re Listening To This, I’m Already Gone** Nov 09, 2016
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss David Bowie’s final album, ★ *Blackstar*.

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Further Reading: David Bowie, ★ *Blackstar*

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Wikipedia: David Bowie, ★ *Blackstar*

Reviews: P4k

John 11 (KJV)

*’Tis Pity She’s a Whore*

Episode 236: If You’re Listening To This, I’m Already Gone originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 235: I’m Leonard and You’re God, and I’m Outta Heeeeeeere** Nov 02, 2016
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Leonard Cohen’s *You Want It Darker*.

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Syllabus: Leonard Cohen, *You Want It Darker*

*You Want It Darker* (affiliate links)

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Wikipedia: Leonard Cohen, *You Want It Darker*

“Leonard Cohen Makes it Darker” on The New Yorker

MontBlanc Meisterstuck Platinum Line Classique Ballpoint Pen – Black

Episode 235: I’m Leonard and You’re God, and I’m Outta Heeeeeeere originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 234: 3-7-2-6** Oct 26, 2016
Ryan, Rachel, and Matt listen to and discuss D.R.A.M.’s debut LP, *Big Baby D.R.A.M.*, and wonder whether he’s trying to be funny, what he has to say about releationships, and where this fits into this year’s canon of Serious R&B Albums.

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Syllabus: D.R.A.M., *Big Baby D.R.A.M.*

*Big Baby D.R.A.M.* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

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Wikipedia: D.R.A.M., *Big Baby D.R.A.M.*

“Album Of The Week: D.R.A.M. *Big Baby D.R.A.M.*” from Stereogum

Episode 234: 3-7-2-6 originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 233: Long Attention Span Theater of Sound** Oct 19, 2016
Ryan, Matt, and Rachel listen to and discuss Solange’s latest solo album, the chart-topping *A Seat at the Table*.

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Syllabus: Solange, *A Seat at the Table*

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Wikipedia: Solange Knowles, *A Seat at the Table*

P4k Review

Episode 233: Long Attention Span Theater of Sound originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 232: Odd Future Home Companion** Oct 12, 2016
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Frank Ocean’s long-awaited second studio album, *Blonde*.

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Syllabus: Frank Ocean, *Blonde*

*Blonde* (affiliate links)

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Wikipedia: Frank Ocean, *Blonde*

P4k Review

“How Frank Ocean Uses His Obsession With Cars to Explore Identity, Growing Up & Self-Perception on *Blonde*” on Billboard

Episode 232: Odd Future Home Companion originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 231: Boyz II Androids** Oct 05, 2016
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Bon Iver’s *22, A Million*.

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Syllabus: Bon Iver, *22, A Million*

*22, A Million* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

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Bon Iver, Justin Vernon, *22, A Million*

P4k Review: 9.0, Best New Album

Bon Iver in *The Guardian*: Interview, Review

“Bon Iver Listening Parties Played 22, A Million on a Boombox”

@whoisbonniebear

“Bon Iver, meet Bonnie Bear: Grammy confusion spawns meme”

Episode 231: Boyz II Androids originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 230: Michael Jackson’s Unified Theory of Social Problems** Sep 28, 2016
Matt and Rachel talk about the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, and his pathbreaking 1991 pop-punk-industrial-New Jack Swing album, *Dangerous*.

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Syllabus: Michael Jackson, *Dangerous*

*Dangerous* (affiliate links)

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Wikipedia: Michael Jackson, Dangerous

Michael Jackson, Dangerous, and the Reinvention of Pop from Pop Matters

Episode 230: Michael Jackson’s Unified Theory of Social Problems originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 229: The Naked Baby is Now an Uber Driver** Sep 21, 2016
Matt and Ryan discuss the poetic pop punk of Nirvana’s *Nevermind*.

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Syllabus: Nirvana, *Nevermind*

*Nevermind* (affiliate links)

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Wikipedia: Nirvana, *Nevermind*

*Nevermind* on P4k

*Nevermind* on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums List

Episode 229: The Naked Baby is Now an Uber Driver originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 228: “I’ll Just Take the Cassette Single of ‘November Rain’, Thanks.”** Sep 15, 2016
Ryan, Matt, and Mark get in the ring to discuss the epic, pretentious, magnificent, ridiculous 1991 double-release by Guns N’ Roses: *Use Your Illusion I* and *Use Your Illusion II*.

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Syllabus: Guns N’ Roses, *Use Your Illusion I* & II

*Use Your Illusion I* (affilate links)

Amazon

iTunes

*Use Your Illusion II* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics: I, II

Wikipedia: Guns N’ Roses, *Use Your Illusion I*, *Use Your Illusion II*

“The Supernatural Slash” from Overthinking It

“Revisiting the Magnificent Excess of Guns N’ Roses’ Use Your Illusion Video Trilogy”

“The Continuum of Movie Theme Songs”

Episode 228: “I’ll Just Take the Cassette Single of ‘November Rain’, Thanks.” originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 227: If the Theory is Correct, Then This Album Should Sound Awesome** Sep 07, 2016
Ryan and Rachel discuss A Tribe Called Quest’s *The Low End Theory*.

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Syllabus: A Tribe Called Quest, *The Low End Theory*

*The Low End Theory* (affiliate links)

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Wikipedia: A Tribe Called Quest, *The Low End Theory*

‘End of Discussion: Why A Tribe Called Quest’s “Midnight Marauders” Is Better Than “The Low End Theory”’

“A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg: 10 Lyrics That Prove His Prowess”

Episode 227: If the Theory is Correct, Then This Album Should Sound Awesome originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 226: Shoes are What We Turn Down For** Aug 31, 2016
Ryan, Matt, and Rachel gaze just past their navel to their shoes as they consider the pathbreaking and influential album *Loveless* from My Bloody Valentine.

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Syllabus: My Bloody Valentine, *Loveless*

*Loveless* (affiliate links)

Amazon

Loveless – My Bloody Valentine

Lyrics

Wikipedia: My Bloody Valentine, *Loveless*

Articles: An Open Love Letter to My Bloody Valentine’s *Loveless* (Wired), How a Classic Is Created: My Bloody Valentine and the Making of *Loveless*

Episode 226: Shoes are What We Turn Down For originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

pearl-jam-ten-cover — **Episode 225: A Failure of Social Institutions as Represented by the Recess Lady** Aug 24, 2016
Matt is joined by Pete and Mark to discuss what makes grunge grunge, how Pearl Jam destoryed their early fame, and what exactly Eddie Vedder was so mad at.

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Syllaubs: Pearl Jam, *Ten*

*Ten* (affiliate links)

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Ten – Pearl Jam

Lyrics

Pearl Jam, *Ten*, Grunge

Episode 225: A Failure of Social Institutions as Represented by the Recess Lady originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 224: America Is Hangry** Aug 17, 2016
Ryan and Matt reunite to discuss *Metallica*, and nothing else matters.

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Syllabus: Metallica, *Metallica* (The Black Album)

Metallica, *Metallica* (“The Black Album”)

Amazon

iTunes

Wikipeida: Metallica, *Metallica* (“The Black Album”)

“Towards a Grand Unified Theory of Butt Rock” on Overthinking It

“Putting Metallica’s ‘Black Album’ in Perspective 25 Years Later”

*Some Kind of Monster* (film) on Wikipedia

Episode 224: America Is Hangry originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 223: “March of the Pigs,” Which Is Bacon Three Ways** Aug 10, 2016
Matt and Jordan discuss Nine Inch Nails’ seminal debut *Pretty Hate Machine*, talking about what makes music industrial, the four ingredients in the NIN sound, whether the lyrics on this record are any good, and what exactly, you deserve.

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Syllabus: Nine Inch Nails, *Pretty Hate Machine*

*Pretty Hate Machine* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails, *Pretty Hate Machine*

Industrial Music

Episode 223: “March of the Pigs,” Which Is Bacon Three Ways originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 222: Sexy Whispering and Scary Screaming** Aug 03, 2016
Ryan and Rachel are joined by DJ Bean to discuss *Doolittle* by Pixies.

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Syllabus: Pixies, *Doolittle*

*Doolittle* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Pixies, *Doolittle*

Episode 222: Sexy Whispering and Scary Screaming originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

DJ Bean is a guest on Overthinking It Podcast 372. — **Episode 222: Sexy Whispering and Scary Screaming** Aug 03, 2016
Ryan and Rachel are joined by DJ Bean to discuss *Doolittle* by Pixies.

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Syllabus: Pixies, *Doolittle*

*Doolittle* (affiliate links)

Amazon

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Lyrics

Wikipedia: Pixies, *Doolittle*

Episode 222: Sexy Whispering and Scary Screaming originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 221: Girl Talk and Three Pitbulls** Jul 27, 2016
Ryan and Jordan discuss *Paul’s Boutique* by The Beastie Boys.

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Syllabus: Beastie Boys, *Paul’s Boutique*

*Paul’s Boutique* (affiliate links)

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iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Beastie Boys, *Paul’s Boutique*

Beastie Boys’ ‘Paul’s Boutique’ at 25: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review

P4K on the 20th Anniversary Reissue (10)

Paul’s Boutique Samples and References List

Episode 221: Girl Talk and Three Pitbulls originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 220: Enemying in Public** Jul 20, 2016
Ryan and Matt discuss joining the Party for Your Right to Fight, whether the Public Enemy should be Privatized, and whether Flava Flav detracts from Chuck D’s political message. (Hint: no.)

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Syllabus: Public Enemy, *It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back*

*It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

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Wikipedia: Public Enemy (band), *…Nation of Millions…*

Reviews: Christgau (WTF?), 1988 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll, P4k (10/10)

The Logic of Collective Action by Mancur Olson, Jr.

Episode 220: Enemying in Public originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 219: Productive Daydreaming** Jul 13, 2016
Ryan and Matt are joined by TFT Punk Correspondent Rachel to discuss Sonic Youth’s “Dream Punk” album *Daydream Nation*.

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Syllabus: Sonic Youth, *Daydream Nation*

*Daydream Nation* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Sonic Youth, *Daydream Nation*

P4K Review of the “Deluxe Edition” 20th Anniversary release

Christgau: Original Release, and the Deluxe Edition

“Dusting ’em Off: Sonic Youth — *Daydream Nation*”

Episode 219: Productive Daydreaming originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 218: The Best Laid Uplift Mofo Party Plans of Mice and Men** Jul 06, 2016

Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss *Blood Sugar Sex Magik* and *The Uplift Mofo Party Plan* by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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Syllabus: Red Hot Chili Peppers, *The Uplift Mofo Paty Plan* and *Blood Sugar Sex Magik*

*Uplift Mofo Party Plan* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

*Blood Sugar Sex Magik* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics: *UMPP*, *BSSM*

Wikipedia: RHCP, *The Uplift Mofo Party Plan*, *Blood Sugar Sex Magik*

Episode 218: The Best Laid Uplift Mofo Party Plans of Mice and Men originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 217: Local, Organic Chili Peppers** Jun 29, 2016
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ latest release, *The Getaway.*

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Syllabus: Red Hot Chili Peppers, *The Getaway*

*The Getaway* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

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Wikipedia: RHCP, *The Getaway*, Danger Mouse

Reviews: P4k (mostly negative), Vulture (mostly positive)

RHCP Carpool Karaoke

Episode 217: Local, Organic Chili Peppers originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 216: Tumblr Feminism: Share If You Agree** Jun 22, 2016
Ryan and Matt are joined by listener Cat to discuss Meghan Trainor’s new album *Thank You*.

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Syllabus, *Thank You* by Meghan Trainor

*Thank You* (affiliate links)

Amazon

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Wikipedia: Meghan Trainor, *Thank You*

Reviews: EW, AV Club

mclusky – To Hell With Good Intentions on YouTube

Episode 216: Tumblr Feminism: Share If You Agree originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 215: Carl Sagan’s Diarrhea Cosmos** Jun 15, 2016
Ryan and Matt are joined by Mark to discuss Diarrhea Planet’s *Turn to Gold*.

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Syllabus: Diarrhea Planet, *Turn to Gold*

*Turn to Gold* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyric (one song)

Diarrhea Planet on Pitchfork

A Hitchhiker’s Guide To Diarrhea Planet

“Diarrhea Planet Bows Down to Marnie Stern” on Pitchfork

Diarrhea Planet on Seth Meyers

Exit/In

Cumberland

Episode 215: Carl Sagan’s Diarrhea Cosmos originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

chance-the-rapper-coloring-book-cover — **Episode 214: A Hip Hop Figure on a Gospel Background** Jun 08, 2016
Ryan and Matt talk Chance the Rapper’s *Coloring Book*, touching on its genre (album or mixtape?), its literary qualities, Chance’s construction of identity, WTF 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne, and Bieber are doing there, and how to bridge the gap from Gospel to Hip-Hop.

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Syllabus: Chance the Rapper, *Coloring Book*

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Chance the Rapper, *Coloring Book*

P4k Review

Episode 214: A Hip Hop Figure on a Gospel Background originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 213: Death Grips Me Once, Shame On You; Death Grips Me Twice, Shame On Me** Jun 01, 2016
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss *Bottomless Pit* by Death Grips.

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Syllabus: Death Grips, *Bottomless Pit*

*Bottomless Pit* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Death Grips, *Bottomless Pit*

P4k Review

Some News: “Death Grips Enlist Primus’ Les Claypool on New Song ‘More Than the Fairy’”; “Death Grips Release *Bottomless Pit* Stems for Free Download”

Piss Christ, Metallica’s *Load*

Episode 213: Death Grips Me Once, Shame On You; Death Grips Me Twice, Shame On Me originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 212: Like a Benevolent Sky Daddy** May 25, 2016
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss *HOPELESSNESS* by Anohni.

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Syllabus: ANOHNI, *HOPELESSNESS*

*HOPELESSNESS* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: ANOHNI, *Hopelessness*

P4k Review

“Anohni Finds Hope in Hopelessness” on P4k

“Why I Am Not Attending the Academy Awards” by Anohni

Episode 212: Like a Benevolent Sky Daddy originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 211: Elect a New Radiohead** May 17, 2016
John and Emily join Ryan and Matt to discuss Radiohead as a political band, how Radiohead has changed since OK Computer, the difference between a Radiohead of government and a Radiohead of state, and the songs old and new that make up the band’s latest release, *A Moon Shaped Pool*.

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Syllabus: Radiohead, *A Moon Shaped Pool*

*A Moon Shaped Pool* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Radiohead, *A Moon Shaped Pool*

P4k Review

*How Radiohead Became, For a Time, the World’s Biggest Political Band* on P4k

Episode 211: Elect a New Radiohead originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

weezer-white-album-cover — **Episode 210: Historic Weezer Preservation Commitee** May 11, 2016
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Weezer’s latest album, their fourth self-titled work known as *The White Album*.

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Syllabus: Weezer, *The White Album*

*The White Album* (affilaite links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

WeezerPedia: Weezer, “Weezer (The White Album)”

P4k Review (and, just for fun, the review for *Make Believe*)

Not sure how you feel about Rivers Cuomo? Read this and this.

Episode 210: Historic Weezer Preservation Commitee originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 209: Cheese-Drake Factory** May 04, 2016
Only Ryan and Matt dare to ask the question, “Was Drake always sad?”

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Syllabus: *Views* by Drake

*Views* (affiliate links)

Amazon (CD-only)

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Drake, *Views*, Noah “40” Shebib

P4K Review

“Views From the 6: Inside Drake’s Toronto” from P4k

The London, NYC

Episode 209: Cheese-Drake Factory originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

beyonce-lemonade-cover — **Episode 208: A Dissertation on Infidelity** Apr 27, 2016
Ryan and Rachel D listen to, watch, and discuss Beyoncé’s *Lemonade*.

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Syllabus: *Lemonade* by Beyoncé

*Lemonade* on tidal

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Beyoncé, *Lemonade*

“Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ Lyrics Entangle Two Rachels” from the New York Times

Articles: Breaking Down Beyoncé’s *Lemonade* Samples and “Father John Misty Tells Two Stories About Beyoncé Collaboration: One Real, One Fake” on Pitchfork

Context: “Beyoncé Producer Boots Explains Animal Collective Credit on ‘6 Inch'”, “Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig Explains How His Tweet About the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Became a Beyoncé Song”, and Beyoncé’s Lemonade Collaborator MeLo-X Gives First Interview on Making of the Album from Pitchfork

warsan versus melancholy (the seven stages of being lonely) on Bandcamp

“A Top ranking Diplo Dub” by m-larabee@hotmail.com on SoundCoud

“M.I.A. and Diplo – Piracy Funds Terrorism, vol. 1” on YouTube

Episode 208: A Dissertation on Infidelity originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 207: Frankie Cosmos’s Haircut Is an Inside Job** Apr 20, 2016
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss *Next Thing* from Frankie Cosmos.

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Syllabus: *Next Thing* by Frankie Cosmos

*Next Thing* (affiliate links)

Amazon

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“Frankie Cosmos Is Ready to Be Herself”

Review: P4k

Episode 207: Frankie Cosmos’s Haircut Is an Inside Job originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

The Life of Pablo on the TFT Podcast — **Episode 206: Let There Be Ultralight** Apr 13, 2016
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss *The Life of Pablo* by Kanye West.

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Lyrics

Wikipedia: Kanye West, *The Life of Power*

#1 on the Billboard 200: Chart and Article

"Inside the Kanye West Think Tank from P4k

Review: P4k

“Erotic Scene (*La Douceur*)” by Pablo Picasoo

Episode 206: Let There Be Ultralight originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 205: Rakim is Good at Rapping** Apr 07, 2016
Ryan and Jordan listen to and discuss Eric B. and Rakim’s *Paid in Full* and *Follow the Leader*.

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*Paid in Full*

Amazon

iTunes

*Follow the Leader*

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics: *Paid in Full*, *Follow the Leader*

Wikipedia: Eric B. & Rakim, *Paid in Full*, *Follow the Leader*

“The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed”

“The Death of the MC: From Lyrics and Flow to Ad-Libs and Swagger”

“16 Life Lessons We Learned From Rakim’s Lyrics”

Episode 205: Rakim is Good at Rapping originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 204: Dinosaur the Third** Mar 30, 2016
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Dinosaur Jr.’s *You’re Living All Over Me*

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*You’re Living All Over Me* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Dinosaur Jr., *You’re Living All Over Me*

Walk the Dinosaur

The Dirty Girls

Toad’s Place

Reviews: Christgau, P4K

Episode 204: Dinosaur the Third originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 203: Wherever You Go, There You INXS** Mar 23, 2016
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss *Kick* by INXS.

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That these silly middlebrow hacks should hang in long enough to become stars is the usual biz fable. That they should do so with danceable rock and roll that sounds smart in the background is one more sign that the world is coming to an end.

—Robert Cristgau

*Kick* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: INXS, *Kick*

Reviews: Cristgau

Tuner Podcast

Always Already Podcast

Episode 203: Wherever You Go, There You INXS originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 202: Guns Vs. Roses is a False Dichotomy** Mar 16, 2016
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss *Appetite for Destruction*, the debut album of Guns N’ Roses.

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*Appetite For Destruction* (affiliate links)

Amazon

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Lyrics

Wikipedia: Guns N’ Roses,*Appetite for Destruction*

“Sentimental Ballad” on Wikipedia and “21 Best Power Ballads” from The Telegraph

Episode 202: Guns Vs. Roses is a False Dichotomy originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 201: Huey Lewis Stockholm Syndrome** Mar 09, 2016
Ryan and Matt nearly get a divorce over the horrifically inoffensive music in Huey Lewis’s chart-topping 1986 album, *Fore!*.

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*Fore!*

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Huey Lewis, and the News, *Fore!*

Episode 201: Huey Lewis Stockholm Syndrome originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 200: The Mid-Life Crisis of Modernity** Mar 03, 2016
Ryan and Matt celebrate the 200th episode of the TFT Podcast by discussing Paul Simon’s 1986 album, *Graceland*.

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*Graceland* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Paul Simon, *Graceland*, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba

Commentary: The Guardian, Paul Simon on Nelson Mandela in the *New York Times*

Episode 200: The Mid-Life Crisis of Modernity originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 199: A Musical Mad Scientist** Feb 24, 2016
Ryan and Matt talk with Ahmet Zappa about his father Frank Zappa’s Grammy-winning 1986 album, *Jazz from Hell*.

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Our Guest: Ahmet Zappa

Ahmet Zappa works to further the musical legacy of his father Frank Zappa through the Zappa Family Trust.

@ahmetzappa on Twitter

zappa.com for all things Zappa

Syllabus

*Jazz from Hell* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Wikipedia: Frank Zappa, *Rolling Stone*

Synclavier

Utility Muffin Reseach Kitchen (picture)

Episode 199: A Musical Mad Scientist originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Ahmet Zappa appears on the 199th episode of the TFT Podcast. — **Episode 199: A Musical Mad Scientist** Feb 24, 2016
Ryan and Matt talk with Ahmet Zappa about his father Frank Zappa’s Grammy-winning 1986 album, *Jazz from Hell*.

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Our Guest: Ahmet Zappa

Ahmet Zappa works to further the musical legacy of his father Frank Zappa through the Zappa Family Trust.

@ahmetzappa on Twitter

zappa.com for all things Zappa

Syllabus

*Jazz from Hell* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Wikipedia: Frank Zappa, *Rolling Stone*

Synclavier

Utility Muffin Reseach Kitchen (picture)

Episode 199: A Musical Mad Scientist originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 198: I Want 20 Dollars and a Ride to Hot Topic** Feb 17, 2016
Ryan and Matt discuss teen angst, grown-up angst, and Morrisey angst while listening to and discussing The Smiths’ *The Queen is Dead*.

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*The Queen is Dead* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: The Smiths, Morrissey, *The Queen is Dead*

“To the horror of Morrissey, Morrissey stars in a new ad campaign for Supreme” on Consequence of Sound

Episode 198: I Want 20 Dollars and a Ride to Hot Topic originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 197: Birth of a Rhythm Nation** Feb 10, 2016

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*Control* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Janet Jackson, *Control*

Episode 197: Birth of a Rhythm Nation originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 196: The Drum is The Instrument of Love** Feb 03, 2016
Ryan, Matt, and Pete listen to and discuss Phil Collins’s *No Jacket Required*.

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*No Jacket Required* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Phil Collins, *No Jacket Required*

Gated Reverb

Episode 196: The Drum is The Instrument of Love originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 195: Pop Parsimony** Jan 27, 2016
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss *Psychocandy* by The Jesus and Mary Chain.

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*Psychocandy* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: The Jesus and Mary Chain, *Psychocandy*

L.H.O.O.Q.

Episode 195: Pop Parsimony originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 194: Arrr, The Sea Hounds of Love be Hunting Me** Jan 20, 2016
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Kate Bush’s *Hounds of Love*.

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Syllabus: Kate Bush, *Hounds of Love*

*Hounds Of Love* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Kate Bush, *Hounds of Love*

Episode 194: Arrr, The Sea Hounds of Love be Hunting Me originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 193: Swim like a Salmon against the Rhythm** Jan 14, 2016
Ryan and Jordan listen to and discuss Grace Jones’s classic album *Slave to the Rhythm*.

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Syllabus: Grace Jones, *Slave to the Rhythm*

*Salve to the Rhythm* (affiliate links)

Amazon

Slave to the Rhythm – Grace Jones

Wikipedia: Grace Jones, *Slave to the Rhythm*

Episode 193: Swim like a Salmon against the Rhythm originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 192: Meta-Madonna** Jan 06, 2016
Ryan, Rachel, and Matt discuss Madonna’s *Like a Virgin*, talking about its influence, whether it’s really an album, whether all material girls are Marxists, and the difference between being “over” and being “over and over.”

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Syllabus: Madonna: *Like a Virgin*

*Like A Virgin*

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Madonna, *Like a Virgin*

Episode 192: Meta-Madonna originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 191: To Pimp a Butterfly: It’s Not the Album of the Year, It’s the Record of the Year** Dec 30, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Kendrick Lamar’s *To Pimp a Butterfly*, naming it not the Album of the Year, but the *record* of the year.

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Syllabus: Kendrick Lamar: *To Pimp a Butterfly*

*To Pimp a Butterfly* (affiliate links)

Amazon

To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Kendrick Lamar, *To Pimp a Butterfly*

Appreciations: P4K, Jezebel

Pirkei Avot

Episode 191: To Pimp a Butterfly: It’s Not the Album of the Year, It’s the Record of the Year originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Kendrick Lamar at the 2015 BET Awards — **Episode 191: To Pimp a Butterfly: It’s Not the Album of the Year, It’s the Record of the Year** Dec 30, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Kendrick Lamar’s *To Pimp a Butterfly*, naming it not the Album of the Year, but the *record* of the year.

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Syllabus: Kendrick Lamar: *To Pimp a Butterfly*

*To Pimp a Butterfly* (affiliate links)

Amazon

To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Kendrick Lamar, *To Pimp a Butterfly*

Appreciations: P4K, Jezebel

Pirkei Avot

Episode 191: To Pimp a Butterfly: It’s Not the Album of the Year, It’s the Record of the Year originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 190: Christmas Freud** Dec 23, 2015

Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Christmas albums from Cassie Ramone (*Christmas in Reno*) and Ariana Grande (*Christmas & Chill*).

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Syllabus: Cassie Ramone, *Christmas in Reno* and Ariana Grande, *Chrismtas and Chill*

*Christmas in Reno* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

*Christmas & Chill* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Wikipedia: Cassie Ramone, Ariana Grande, Christmas & Chill

*Christmas & Chill* Lyrics

Reviews: *Christmas & Chill*: PopCrush; *Christmas in Reno*: P4k

Freud’s *The Interpretation of Dreams* on Wikipedia and in PDF

Episode 190: Christmas Freud originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

erykah-badu-caint-use-my-phone-cover — **Episode 189: Cell Phones Aren’t Phones** Dec 16, 2015
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Erykah Badu’s *But You Caint Use My Phone*.

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Syllabus: Erykah Badu, *But You Caint Use My Phone*

No Affiliate Links—it’s not on Amazon or iTunes!

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Erykah Badu, *But You Caint Use My Phone*

Reviews: P4k

Episode 189: Cell Phones Aren’t Phones originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Peaches's Rub on the TFT Podcast — **Episode 188: The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Pride Week** Dec 09, 2015
Matt is joined by Jordan and Amanda; they listen to and discuss Peaches’s *Rub*.

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Syllabus: Peaches, *Rub*

*Rub* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Peaches, *Rub*

Reviews: P4k

Episode 188: The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Pride Week originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 187: Enya is the Chorus of Humanity** Dec 02, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Enya’s *Dark Sky Island*.

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Enya, *Dark Sky Island*: Syllabus

*Dark Sky Island* (affiliate links)

Amazon

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Wikipedia: Enya, *Dark Sky Island*, Sark, the Dark Sky Island

Reviews: P4k

The Keys to Enya’s Kingdom

Episode 187: Enya is the Chorus of Humanity originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 186: Adele Has Phoned Home** Nov 25, 2015
Ryan, Matt, and Rachel D listen to and discuss Adele’s 25.

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25 (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Adele, 25

Reviews: P4k

Episode 186: Adele Has Phoned Home originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 185: Adult Onset Bieber Fever** Nov 18, 2015
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Justin Bieber’s *Purpose*.

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*Purpose* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Justin Bieber, *Purpose*

Reviews: Billboard

“The Deep End” (Bieber interviewed in *Complex*)

Episode 185: Adult Onset Bieber Fever originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 184: let grimes be grimes bb** Nov 11, 2015
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Grimes’s *Art Angels*.

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*Art Angels* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Grimes, *Art Angels*

Reviews: P4K

“Meet Wendy Carlos, the Trans Godmother of Electronic Music”

Lyrics: “Be Aggressive”, Faith No More

Episode 184: let grimes be grimes bb originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 183: Experimental White Noise Collective** Nov 04, 2015

Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss *Depression Cherry* and *Thank Your Lucky Stars* from Beach House.

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*Depression Cherry* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

*Thank Your Lucky Stars* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Wikipedia: Beach House, *Depression Cherry*, *Thank Your Lucky Stars* ASMR

Reviews: P4K on *Depression Cherry*, P4K on *Thank Your Lucky Stars*

Assateague Island National Seashore

Episode 183: Experimental White Noise Collective originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 182: Eat Harp Love** Oct 28, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Joanna Newsom’s *Divers*.

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*Divers* (affiliate links

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Joanna Newsom, *Divers*, Harp

Reviews: P4K, CoS

Interviews: Rookie, NPR, LA Times

Videos

Episode 182: Eat Harp Love originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 181: Offering the Bottle** Oct 21, 2015
Ryan and Rachel D listen to and discuss Fetty Wap.

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*Fetty Wap* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Reviews: P4k

Wikipedia: Fetty Wap, *Fetty Wap*, Paterson, New Jersey

The Cognac Maniac Reviews Remy Martin 1738

Videos

Episode 181: Offering the Bottle originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 180: ESM – Electronic Sad Music** Oct 14, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss The Weeknd’s *Beauty Behind The Madness*, and talk with Luke Temple of Here We Go Magic.

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TFT EP: Luke Temple

Luke Temple is the singer and songwriter for Here We Go Magic. Their new album, *Be Small,* comes out on October 15 on Secretly Canadian. Our conversation with Luke starts at the 3:25 mark in the episode.

Here We Go Magic

@herewegomagic

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Syllabus

*Beauty Behind the Madness* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: The Weeknd, *Beauty Behind the Madness*, PBR&B

Reviews: P4k, Vulture, New Yorker, Metacritic

Saturday Night Live: The Hills (ft. Nicki Minaj), Can’t Feel My Face

The Coldest Story Ever Told: The Influence of Kanye West’s 808s and Heartbreaks

Videos

Episode 180: ESM – Electronic Sad Music originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

luketemple-2013-01 — **Episode 180: ESM – Electronic Sad Music** Oct 14, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss The Weeknd’s *Beauty Behind The Madness*, and talk with Luke Temple of Here We Go Magic.

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TFT EP: Luke Temple

Luke Temple is the singer and songwriter for Here We Go Magic. Their new album, *Be Small,* comes out on October 15 on Secretly Canadian. Our conversation with Luke starts at the 3:25 mark in the episode.

Here We Go Magic

@herewegomagic

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Syllabus

*Beauty Behind the Madness* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: The Weeknd, *Beauty Behind the Madness*, PBR&B

Reviews: P4k, Vulture, New Yorker, Metacritic

Saturday Night Live: The Hills (ft. Nicki Minaj), Can’t Feel My Face

The Coldest Story Ever Told: The Influence of Kanye West’s 808s and Heartbreaks

Videos

Episode 180: ESM – Electronic Sad Music originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 179: Slap Bass in the Face** Oct 07, 2015
Ryan and Jordan listen to and discuss Carly Rae Jepsen’s *Emotion*, and we talk with Christopher Guanlao of Silversun Pickups.

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TFT EP: Christopher Guanlao

Christopher Guanlao is the drummer of Silversun Pickups. Their new album, *Better Nature*, is out now.

Silversun Pickups

@SSPU

Buy the Album

Syllabus

*E•MO•TION* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Reviews: Pitchfork, New York Magazine

Wikipedia: Carly Rae Jepsen, New Jack Swing, Blue-eyed Soul, Dev Hynes, Rostam Batmanglij, Ariel Rechtshaid

Episode 179: Slap Bass in the Face originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Christopher Guanlao is a guest on the TFT Podcast. — **Episode 179: Slap Bass in the Face** Oct 07, 2015
Ryan and Jordan listen to and discuss Carly Rae Jepsen’s *Emotion*, and we talk with Christopher Guanlao of Silversun Pickups.

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TFT EP: Christopher Guanlao

Christopher Guanlao is the drummer of Silversun Pickups. Their new album, *Better Nature*, is out now.

Silversun Pickups

@SSPU

Buy the Album

Syllabus

*E•MO•TION* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Reviews: Pitchfork, New York Magazine

Wikipedia: Carly Rae Jepsen, New Jack Swing, Blue-eyed Soul, Dev Hynes, Rostam Batmanglij, Ariel Rechtshaid

Episode 179: Slap Bass in the Face originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 178: Real People Have Arena Rock Feelings** Sep 30, 2015
Matt, Ryan, and guest D.J. Bean discuss Chvrches’s *Every Open Eye*, and we talk with Craig Finn about his early love of The Bay City Rollers, Kiss, and Styx.

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Craig Finn

Best known as the front man of The Hold Steady, Craig Finn (@steadycraig) has just released his second solo album, *Faith in the Future.*

Our conversation with Craig starts at the 3:55 mark in the episode.

Get *Faith in the Future* now

D.J. Bean

D J Bean is a sportswriter and pop culture enthusiast. Check him out on WEEI and on Twitter @dj_bean.

Syllabus

*Every Open Eye* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Chvrches, Every Open Eye

Reviews: P4K, Consequence of Sound, Billboard, AV Club, NPR Metacritic

Episode 178: Real People Have Arena Rock Feelings originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 177: Journey to the Center of the Turducken** Sep 23, 2015
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Lana Del Rey’s *Honeymoon*.

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*Honeymoon* (affiliate links)

Amazon

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Lyrics

Wikipedia: LDR, *Honeymoon*

Reviews: P4K, *Rolling Stone*, *The Guardian*

Episode 177: Journey to the Center of the Turducken originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 176: Collective Rocking** Sep 09, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Run D.M.C.’s debut album and their follow-up, *King of Rock.*

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*Run-D.M.C.* (affiliate links)

Amazon

itunes

*King of Rock* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics: Run-D.M.C., King of Rock

Wikipedia: Run-D.M.C., *Run-D.M.C.* (album), *King of Rock*

Reviews: P4k, Christgau, Billboard

“Serene, for All Its Hop-Hop Cred” (the Times is on it)

Episode 176: Collective Rocking originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 175: Plato’s Sexytime Shadow Theatre** Sep 02, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Depeche Mode’s *Some Great Reward*.

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*Some Great Reward* (affiliate links)

Some Great Reward

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Depeche Mode, *Some Great Reward*

Depeche Mode: 101 concert film by D. A. Pennebaker

Personal Jesus (Single Release) Anniversary August 29, 1989

Tavi Gevinson

Episode 175: Plato’s Sexytime Shadow Theatre originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 174: I’ll bet Donald Trump is a Huge Van Halen fan** Aug 26, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Van Halen’s *1984*.

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*1984* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Van Halen, *1984*

Reviews: *Rolling Stone*, Christgau

“It’s Van Halen vs. the Cops in This Excerpt From a Book on the Band’s Wild Early Days” from Vulture

“Eddie Van Halen on Surviving Addiction, Why He’s Still Making Music and What He Really Thinks of David Lee Roth”

Episode 174: I’ll bet Donald Trump is a Huge Van Halen fan originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 173: The Butt Rock of the 70s, 80s, 90s, and Today** Aug 19, 2015
Ryan and Jordan listen to and discuss Quiet Riot’s *Metal Health*.

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Metal Health (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Quiet Riot, Metal Health, Randy Rhoads, Cum on Feel the Noize, Slade, Gilles Deleuze, Mikhail Bakhtin

Towards a Definition of Butt Rock: Houston Press, Ultimate Metal Forum, Ultimate Guitar Forum

Reviews: *A.V. Club, Metal Assault*

Episode 173: The Butt Rock of the 70s, 80s, 90s, and Today originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 172: Bono Mumbo Jumbo** Aug 12, 2015
Ryan, Rachel, and Matt listen to and discuss U2’s *War,* and interview special guest Zella Day.

In the interview, Zella discusses her musical influences, compares making music in small towns versus big cities, and the secret shame of being a fan of Sublime’s *40 Oz. to Freedom.* Listen to the interview segment below and check out her new album, *Kicker*.

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Our Guest

Zella Day Official Site

Kicker (Affiliate Link)

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*War* (affiliate links)

Amazon

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Lyrics

Wikipedia: U2, War, “Sunday Bloody Sunday”

Reviews: P4k, *Rolling Stone*

Episode 172: Bono Mumbo Jumbo originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

azelladay — **Episode 172: Bono Mumbo Jumbo** Aug 12, 2015
Ryan, Rachel, and Matt listen to and discuss U2’s *War,* and interview special guest Zella Day.

In the interview, Zella discusses her musical influences, compares making music in small towns versus big cities, and the secret shame of being a fan of Sublime’s *40 Oz. to Freedom.* Listen to the interview segment below and check out her new album, *Kicker*.

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Zella Day Official Site

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*War* (affiliate links)

Amazon

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Lyrics

Wikipedia: U2, War, “Sunday Bloody Sunday”

Reviews: P4k, *Rolling Stone*

Episode 172: Bono Mumbo Jumbo originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 171: First Take Fun, Then Take Freedom** Aug 05, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Cyndi Lauper’s *She’s So Unusual.*

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*She’s So Unusual* (affiliate links)

Amazon

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Lyrics

Wikipedia: Cyndi Lauper, “She’s So Unusual”

Reviews: *Rolling Stone* by Kurt Loder, Christgau

Naomi Wolf, “Young women, give up the vocal fry and reclaim your strong female voice” (The Guardian), Ann Friedman, “Can We Just, Like, Get Over the Way Women Talk?” (The Cut)

The Blue Angel (1930)

The Unusual Story of Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” on Yahoo! Music

Music on YouTube: Robert Hazard’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”, The Brains’ “Money Changes Everythign, Helen Kane, “He’s So Unusual”

Episode 171: First Take Fun, Then Take Freedom originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 170: Literally Pretentious** Jul 29, 2015
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss R.E.M.’s *Murmur*, and interview Jason Hammel of the indie pop band Mates of State.

Get the new EP from Mates of State, *You’re Going to Make It*.

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*Murmur* (affiliate links)

Amazon

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Lyrics

Wikipedia: R.E.M., *Murmur*

Reviews: P4k, Rolling Stone, Christgau

Episode 170: Literally Pretentious originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 169: The New Order is a Tetherball Pole** Jul 21, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss New Order’s *Power, Corruption & Lies*.

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*Complexion* by Dinowalrus

TFT listeners get a bespoke, artisanal, one of a kind sketch of the Dinowalrus when they buy *Complexion* on Vinyl and use the code TFTSENTME in the “Notes to Seller” field. Supplies are limited, so hurry!

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New Order play a show

Syllabus

*Power, Corruption & Lies* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics: *Power, Corruption & Lies*, “Blue Monday”

Wikipedia: New Order, *Power, Corruption & Lies*

Reviews: *P4k*, *Rolling Stone*

Adelman, Jeremy and Stephen Aron, “From Borderlands to Borders: Empires, Nation-States, and the Peoples in between in North American History” *The American Historical Review*, Vol. 104, No. 3 (Jun., 1999), 814–841.

Episode 169: The New Order is a Tetherball Pole originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

New Order in concert — **Episode 169: The New Order is a Tetherball Pole** Jul 21, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss New Order’s *Power, Corruption & Lies*.

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*Complexion* by Dinowalrus

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New Order play a show

Syllabus

*Power, Corruption & Lies* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics: *Power, Corruption & Lies*, “Blue Monday”

Wikipedia: New Order, *Power, Corruption & Lies*

Reviews: *P4k*, *Rolling Stone*

Adelman, Jeremy and Stephen Aron, “From Borderlands to Borders: Empires, Nation-States, and the Peoples in between in North American History” *The American Historical Review*, Vol. 104, No. 3 (Jun., 1999), 814–841.

Episode 169: The New Order is a Tetherball Pole originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 168: Guys are Hugging, Mothers are Crying, People are Way Too Happy** Jul 15, 2015
Matt, Ryan, and our guests from Yacht Rock Revue listen to and discuss *Toto IV*.

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*Complexion* by Dinowalrus

TFT listeners get a bespoke, artisanal, one of a kind sketch of the Dinowalrus when they buy *Complexion* on Vinyl and use the code TFTSENTME in the “Notes to Seller” field. Supplies are limited, so hurry!

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Syllabus

*Toto IV* (affiliate link)

Amazon

iTunes

Wikipedia: Toto, *Toto IV*, “Africa” (song), AM Gold, Jeff Porcaro

“Africa” lyrics

Steve Almond on Toto

Elisabeth Wood

Episode 168: Guys are Hugging, Mothers are Crying, People are Way Too Happy originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 167: Selfie of the Artist as a Young Girl** Jul 08, 2015
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Ryn Weaver’s *The Fool*.

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*The Fool* (affilaite links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Reviews: New York Times, Pitchfork

Wikipedia: Ryn Weaver, *The Fool*, “OctaHate”

Press: “Ryn Weaver on Girl Power, Queer Sexuality, Selfies” (The Cut), “Artist To Watch: Ryn Weaver” (Stereogum)

`ryn_weaver` on Instagram, rynweaver on Soundcloud, @RynWeaver on Twitter

“The One Word Men Never See in Their Performance Reviews”

Episode 167: Selfie of the Artist as a Young Girl originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 166: Run the Pageants** Jul 01, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Kacey Musgraves’s *Pageant Material*.

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*Complexion* by Dinowalrus

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*Pageant Material* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

P4k: Review, “Jason Isbell, Kacey Musgraves, and the ‘Duality of the Southern Thing’”

Wikipedia: Kacey Musgraves, *Pageant Material*

Golden, TX and the Alba-Golden Panthers

*Winesburg, Ohio* (novel)

“Follow Your Arrow” Lyrics

“Kacey Musgraves, country music’s new real deal”

“Arcade Fire’s ‘Reflektor’: Still devoid of wit, subtlety and danger, now with bongos”

Episode 166: Run the Pageants originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 165: Raging with the Machine** Jun 24, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Florence + The Machine’s *How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful* and discuss the podcast No Effects with Jesse Cohen of Tanlines.

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Jesse Cohen and No Effects

No Effects Podcast

Tanlines website

@tanlines on Twitter

Syllabus

*How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful* (affiliate links)

Amazon

iTunes

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Florence + The Machine, Florence Welch, *HBHBHB*

Reviews: P4k, The Guardian

Robert Ballard on wikipedia

Episode 165: Raging with the Machine originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 164: The Corporate Strategy of Diplo, Inc.** Jun 17, 2015
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss “Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü” and Major Lazer’s “Peace Is the Mission.”

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*Peace Is the Mission*: Amazon, iTunes (affiliate links)

*Skrillex & Diplo Present Jack U*: Amazon, iTunes (affiliate links)

Lyrics: Jack Ü, *Peace Is the Mission*

Wikipedia: Peace Is the Mission, Major Lazer, *Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü*, Jack Ü, Diplo, Skrillex

When Will The Bass Drop? on YouTube

Diplo: Bounce in New Orleans on Vimeo

PVRPLE, An Intro to Chicago Bop, Sicko Mob’s *Super Saiyan Vol. 2* on P4k

1000 True Fans

Episode 164: The Corporate Strategy of Diplo, Inc. originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 163: The xx-Axis** Jun 10, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Jamie xx’s *In Colour*.

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**Buy The Album** on Amazon or iTunes (affiliate links)

Lyrics

Wikipedia: *In Colour* (Jamie xx album), Jamie xx, The xx, Abstract Expressionism, 4′33″

P4k: *In Colour*: 9.3, Best New Music

“Song of Summer 2015”

Roland TR–808 – Famous Drum Beats on YouTube

Chicago Footwork on YouTube

Rothko’s Paintings on Google Image Search

Episode 163: The xx-Axis originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 162: Don’t Let The Sun Come Up on Me** Jun 03, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Shamir’s *Ratchet*.

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Ratchet (affiliate link)

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Shamir

Urban Dictionary: Ratchet, THOT

*Ratchet* reviewed on P4k

“The Charmed and Charming Life of Shamir Bailey” on P4k

Episode 162: Don’t Let The Sun Come Up on Me originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 161: Arrested Adolescence Contemporary** May 27, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss *Kintsugi* by Death Cab for Cutie.
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Kintsugi (affiliate link)

Lyrics

Wikiepdia: Death Cab for Cutie, *Kintsugi* (album), kintsugi

P4k Review

“Across the Sea” by Weezer: Lyrics

Episode 161: Arrested Adolescence Contemporary originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 160: Spoiler Alert: Jesus Dies** May 19, 2015
Matt and special guest Jordan listen to and discuss Sufjan Stevens’s *Carrie and Lowell*.

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Carrie & Lowell (affiliate link)

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Sufjan Stevens, *Carrie & Lowell*, Psychoanalysis, and Sigmund Freud

P4K: Review, Interview

“I Am Sitting In A Room” on Wikipedia, on YouTube

Episode 160: Spoiler Alert: Jesus Dies originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 159: A Rally of the Broken and the Rejected** May 12, 2015
Matt and Ryan discuss The Mountain Goats’ *Beat the Champ.*

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The Mountain Goats, *Meet The Champ*: Liner Notes. Click to enlarge.

*Beat the Champ* (affiliate link)

Lyrics

Wikipedia: The Mountain Goats, *Beat The Champ*

*Transcendantal Youth* Review at Pitchfork

“W.T.F.” (South Park)

“Styrofoam Plates” by Death Cab for Cutie on YouTube

“Dance Music” by The Mountain Goats on YouTube

Episode 159: A Rally of the Broken and the Rejected originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

The Mountain Goats' "Meet The Champ" Liner Notes — **Episode 159: A Rally of the Broken and the Rejected** May 12, 2015
Matt and Ryan discuss The Mountain Goats’ *Beat the Champ.*

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The Mountain Goats, *Meet The Champ*: Liner Notes. Click to enlarge.

*Beat the Champ* (affiliate link)

Lyrics

Wikipedia: The Mountain Goats, *Beat The Champ*

*Transcendantal Youth* Review at Pitchfork

“W.T.F.” (South Park)

“Styrofoam Plates” by Death Cab for Cutie on YouTube

“Dance Music” by The Mountain Goats on YouTube

Episode 159: A Rally of the Broken and the Rejected originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 158: First Apartment Problems** May 06, 2015
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Waxahatchee’s *Ivy Tripp*.
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regram from @goddamnboltman // SUPER limited "ivy tripp" cassettes available at stupidbagrecords.storenvy.com //get them while you can! // check out other high-quality releases available via stupid bag !

A photo posted by k a t i ec r u t c h f i e l d (@waxa_katie) on May 2, 2015 at 1:11pm PDT

Ivy Tripp (affiliate link)

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Waxahatchee, *Ivy Tripp*

“First-Person Singular” by Kelefa Sanneh, from The New Yorker

“Waxahatchee’s Wandering Spirit And Grungy Sound”

Episode 158: First Apartment Problems originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 157: Ironic Clown Posse** Apr 29, 2015
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Courtney Barnett’s *Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit*.

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Coffee Equipment

Hario V60 Coffee Dripper (Filters)

Cafe Solo Coffee Maker

Frieling Polished Stainless Steel French Press

6-Cup Stainless-Steel Coffee Percolator

Baratza Virtuoso Coffee Grinder

Syllabus

Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (affiliate link)

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Courtney Barnett, *Sometimes I Sit and Think…*, Coffee Percolator

“FOGO Is The New FOMO” by Alexis Swerdloff on The Cut

Episode 157: Ironic Clown Posse originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 156: #80sThrowback** Apr 22, 2015
Matt, Ryan, and special guest Nick Alt of VNYL listen to and discuss Lower Dens’ *Escape from Evil*.
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Escape From Evil (affiliate link)

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Lower Dens, Jana Hunter, Escape from Evil

“To Die In L.A.” Official Video

P4K Review

Jana Hunter: Reddit AMA, “On Spotify and Music Consumption”

Episode 156: #80sThrowback originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 155: Glorious Pop Revolution** Apr 14, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Michael Jackson’s *Thriller*.
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Thriller (affiliate link)

Lyrics

Wikipedia: *Thriller* (album), “Thriller” (song), *Michael Jackson’s Thriller* (music video), Michael Jackson

Hobbes: *Leviathan* (book, Locke: “Two Treatises of Government”, Rousseau: *Discourse on Inequality*

Charles Tilly, “War Making and State Making as Organized Crime”

Episode 155: Glorious Pop Revolution originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 154: Martians Among Us** Apr 08, 2015
Matt, Ryan, and Rachel D. listen to and discuss Misfits’ *Walk Among Us*.
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Walk Among Us (affiliate link)

Misfits Lyrics (all of them)

Song and Name Information on Misfits Central

Wikipedia: “Misfits (band)”, *Walk Among Us*

Robin Wood

Robin Wood, *Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan*

*The Americans*

Episode 154: Martians Among Us originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Glenn Danzig and Misfits — **Episode 154: Martians Among Us** Apr 08, 2015
Matt, Ryan, and Rachel D. listen to and discuss Misfits’ *Walk Among Us*.
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Walk Among Us (affiliate link)

Misfits Lyrics (all of them)

Song and Name Information on Misfits Central

Wikipedia: “Misfits (band)”, *Walk Among Us*

Robin Wood

Robin Wood, *Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan*

*The Americans*

Episode 154: Martians Among Us originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 153: Sonic Design Within Reach** Apr 01, 2015
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss *Dare* by The Human League.
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Dare (affiliate link)

Wikipedia:

Lyrics

The Human League, *Dare* (album), Second British Invasion

Roderick on the Line and the John Roderick Origin Story podcasts

Overthinking It on YouTube

Pedal Tone on Wikipedia

Episode 153: Sonic Design Within Reach originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 152: Privatized Image, Ltd.** Mar 24, 2015
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Rush’s *Moving Pictures*.
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Moving Pictures (affiliate link)

Wikipedia: Rush, *Moving Pictures*,

Lyrics on Genius

*I Love You, Man* on IMDb

Manhatta on YouTube and On Wikipedia

Episode 152: Privatized Image, Ltd. originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 151: Revel in The Haunting Awfulness of It All** Mar 17, 2015
Ryan, Matt, and guest, drummer Russell Simins of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, listen to and discuss Public Image Ltd’s “Second Edition.”
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Our Guest

Russell Simins (official FB)

The new album: Freedom Tower – No Wave Dance Party 2015

Syllabus

Second Edition (affiliate link)

Lyrics

Public Image Ltd, Metal Box, John Lydon

Milano’s Bar, NYC

Episode 151: Revel in The Haunting Awfulness of It All originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 151: Revel in The Haunting Awfulness of It All** Mar 17, 2015
Ryan, Matt, and guest, drummer Russell Simins of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, listen to and discuss Public Image Ltd’s “Second Edition.”
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Russell Simins (official FB)

The new album: Freedom Tower – No Wave Dance Party 2015

Syllabus

Second Edition (affiliate link)

Lyrics

Public Image Ltd, Metal Box, John Lydon

Milano’s Bar, NYC

Episode 151: Revel in The Haunting Awfulness of It All originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 150: A Student of Sound** Mar 10, 2015
Ryan, Matt, and guest Taylor Berrett listen to and discuss Paul Simon’s 1980 album and film *One Trick Pony*.
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Taylor Berrett Official Site

*Great Falls*, releasing March 10 (affiliate link)

Get social: Facebook, Twitter, SoundCloud

Syllabus

One Trick Pony (affiliate link)

Wikipedia: Paul Simon, *One Trick Pony* (album), *One Trick Pony* (film)

Lyrics

Reviews: Christgau Hates Paul Simon, Rolling Stone

Episode 150: A Student of Sound originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 150: A Student of Sound** Mar 10, 2015
Ryan, Matt, and guest Taylor Berrett listen to and discuss Paul Simon’s 1980 album and film *One Trick Pony*.
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Our Guest

Taylor Berrett Official Site

*Great Falls*, releasing March 10 (affiliate link)

Get social: Facebook, Twitter, SoundCloud

Syllabus

One Trick Pony (affiliate link)

Wikipedia: Paul Simon, *One Trick Pony* (album), *One Trick Pony* (film)

Lyrics

Reviews: Christgau Hates Paul Simon, Rolling Stone

Episode 150: A Student of Sound originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 149: Regard the Shards** Mar 04, 2015
Matt and Ryan talk listen to and discuss Siouxsie and the Banshees’ *Kaleidoscope*.

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Kaleidoscope (affiliate link)

Lyrics (from vamp.org)

Wikipedia: Siouxsie Souix, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Kaleidoscope (album), Kaleidoscope, Gothic Fiction

Episode 149: Regard the Shards originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

freaks-and-geeks-punk — **Episode 149: Regard the Shards** Mar 04, 2015
Matt and Ryan talk listen to and discuss Siouxsie and the Banshees’ *Kaleidoscope*.

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Kaleidoscope (affiliate link)

Lyrics (from vamp.org)

Wikipedia: Siouxsie Souix, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Kaleidoscope (album), Kaleidoscope, Gothic Fiction

Episode 149: Regard the Shards originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 148: The Rock and the Mirror** Feb 25, 2015
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Billy Joel’s *Glass Houses*.
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Glass Houses (affiliate link)

Wikipedia: Billy Joel, *Glass Houses*

Lyrics

Christgau on Billy Joel (it’s a bloodbath)

Rolling Stone’s review archived on the Wayback Machine

“With *Glass Houses*, Billy Joel attempted to overhaul his image”

The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition (Galaxy Books)

Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Blank Generation

Episode 148: The Rock and the Mirror originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 147: TFT Live** Feb 18, 2015
Ryan and Matt discuss Prince’s *Purple Rain* in front of a live audience in Boston, MA.

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Purple Rain (affiliate link)

Episode 147: TFT Live originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 146: Inside of a Björk** Feb 10, 2015
Ryan, Matt, and special guest Rachel D. listen to and discuss Björk’s *Vulnicura*.

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Vulnicura (affiliate link)

Lyrics: Digital Booklet, Genius

Wikipedia: *Vulnicura*, Björk

The Cover: Open and Closed

The Album Announcement on Facebook

Reviews: P4K (8.6, best new music); The Washington Post; NPR; Billboard on the diss track

“The Invisible Woman” on Pitchfork

We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History (Council on Foreign Relations Book)

Episode 146: Inside of a Björk originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 145: A Gritty, Nauseous Time** Feb 06, 2015
Ryan and special guest Rachel D. listen to and discuss X’s *Los Angeles*.
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Theory for Turntables Live

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Syllabus

Los Angeles (affiliate link)

Lyrics

Wikipedia: X, *Los Angeles* (Album)

Bret Easton Ellis, Less Than Zero

Episode 145: A Gritty, Nauseous Time originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

TFT Podcast Live Taping: Saturday, February 7, 2015 — **Episode 145: A Gritty, Nauseous Time** Feb 06, 2015
Ryan and special guest Rachel D. listen to and discuss X’s *Los Angeles*.
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Theory for Turntables Live

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Syllabus

Los Angeles (affiliate link)

Lyrics

Wikipedia: X, *Los Angeles* (Album)

Bret Easton Ellis, Less Than Zero

Episode 145: A Gritty, Nauseous Time originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 144: A Terminally Fey 17-Year-Old Is You!** Jan 28, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss The Decemberists’ *What a Terrible World, What A Beautiful World*.

Title Credit: Our friends at Kingdom of Loathing.
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Theory for Turntables Live

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Syllabus

What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World (affiliate link)

Lyrics

P4K’s unfair review

For Common Things: Irony, Trust, and Commitment in America Today by Jedediah Purdy

The Downton Abbey Water Bottle

Episode 144: A Terminally Fey 17-Year-Old Is You! originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 143: The Periodic Table of Indie Rock** Jan 22, 2015
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Sleater-Kinney’s *No Cities to Love*.

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Syllabus

No Cities To Love (affiliate link)

Wikipedia: Sleater-Kinney, *No Cities to Love*

*No Cities to Love* Lyrics

NYT Piece on the recording of the album

P4K Review

“No Cities To Love” video

Meredith Graves’s blog post on Sleater-Kinney

Episode 143: The Periodic Table of Indie Rock originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 142: Excellence in Navigation** Jan 15, 2015
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Ariana Grande’s *My Everything.*
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Syllabus

My Everything (Deluxe) (affliate link)

Lyrics

P4K Review (better than this one)

Wikipedia: Ariana Grande, *My Everything*

Black Mirror on Netflix

Episode 142: Excellence in Navigation originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 141: Inability to Sustain a Revolution** Jan 08, 2015
Matt and Ryan discuss Future Islands’ album *Singles*.
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Syllabus

Singles (affiliate link)

Wikipedia: Future Islands, Sic Et Non, Vibraphone, Depeche Mode

*Singles* lyrics

The Letterman appearance: Lyrics and GIF

Episode 141: Inability to Sustain a Revolution originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 140: Black Messiah: Verse, Verse, Verse… Explosion** Dec 31, 2014
Matt, Ryan, and special guest Josh Gondelman, co-creator of Modern Seinfeld and a writer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, listen to and discuss D’Angelo’s *Black Messiah*.

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Syllabus

Black Messiah (affiliate link)

“Lyrics”

Wikipedia: D’Angelo, *Black Messiah* (album)

Pitchfork Review

The Making of D’Angelo’s ‘Black Messiah’: A Q&A With Engineer Russell Elevado

Alternative Titles

When Is Black Messiah?

Deliberate Simulteneity

The Black Messiah Is Collective Action

Alright, Listen Up…

Organically Meta

The Band Is The City And The City Is The Band

Post-Soul

Not Tidy

There Are Some Things You Just Can’t Shake Off

Soak In The Sickness Of The Beat

You Don’t Just Listen To Black Messiah Once

Indie Tipping Point

D’angelo Reminds Me Of Mozart

No Kokomo

Buying Back In

Creative Relativity

There’s Nobody That Doesn’t Put Out Albums Like D’Angelo

Episode 140: Black Messiah: Verse, Verse, Verse… Explosion originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 139: You Can Always NOT Make A Christmas Album Dec 23, 2014

Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss three Christmas Albums: Mark Kozelek’s Mark Kozelek sings Christmas Carols, Los Campesinos!’s A Los Campesinos! Christmas, and A Very Very Decent Christmas from Mad Decent.

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Los Campesinos! and A Los Campesinos! Christmas (lyrics)
Diplo
Mark Kozelek

Episode 139: You Can Always NOT Make A Christmas Album originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 138: Unironic Discotheque** Dec 16, 2014
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Charli XCX’s *Sucker*.

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Syllabus

Sucker (affiliate link)

Lyrics

Wikipedia: Charli XCX, *Sucker*

P4K Review

NPR Interview

Charli XCX on SNL (video) via P4K

https://twitter.com/charli_xcx/status/542483282613780481

Robert Palmer, “Addicted to Love” (video)

The Death Set, “Negavive Thinking”

Episode 138: Unironic Discotheque originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 137: Everyone Knows The Indie Rules** Dec 10, 2014

Matt and Ryan discuss Sun Kil Moon’s *Benji* and The War On Drugs’s *Lost in the Dream*.
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Syllabus

*Benji* and *Lost In The Dream* (affiliate links)

Lyrics: *Benji*, *Lost in The Dream*, “War On Drugs: Suck My Cock”

P4K reviews: *Benji*, *Lost in the Dream*

The Beef:

“Mark Kozelek Trash Talks the War on Drugs During Ottawa Folk Festival Set”

“Here It Is: Sun Kil Moon’s Song ‘War on Drugs: Suck My Cock’”

“The War on Drugs Responds to ”Douche“ Mark Kozelek: ‘I Don’t Have Time for Idiots’”

“Mark Kozelek Responds to the War on Drugs With ‘Adam Granofsky Blues’”

“Sun Kil Moon Yells At Cloud: ‘War On Drugs: Suck My Cock’ and the Language of Male Violence”

Episode 137: Everyone Knows The Indie Rules originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 136: Everything that Follows is the Ballet** Dec 03, 2014
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss *Run the Jewels 2* from hip-hop duo Run the Jewels.
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Syllabus

Run the Jewels 2 (affiliate link)

*Run the Jewels 2* Lyrics

Wikipedia: RTJ, *RTJ 2*, El-P, Killer Mike

*Run The Jewels 2* Review (P4K): 9.0, Best New Music

“Rap’s poetic (In)justice” in USA Today

Episode 136: Everything that Follows is the Ballet originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 135: District 13 is Not All About That Bass** Nov 26, 2014

Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1*, curated by Lorde.
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Syllabus

Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 (affiliate link)

Wikipedia: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, and the old soundtracks: The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Mockingjay Album Lyrics

TFT-shirt 001: Generic Indie Band T-Shirt Limited Edition 1 of 50

Episode 135: District 13 is Not All About That Bass originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 134: You Want It to Be One Direction, But It’s The Other** Nov 19, 2014
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss One Direction’s new album, *Four*.
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Four (affiliate link)

*Four* Lyrics, “Change Your Ticket” lyrics

Wikipedia: “1D”, “*Four* (One Direction album)”, “Boy band”, “Lou Pearlman”

OTI Primers: “1DThinkingit: An Introduction to One Direction” and “One Direction’s Musical Influences, by Way of their T-Shirts”

Reviews: *Rolling Stone*, *AV Club*, *Billboard*, and *The Guardian*

Details on One Direction’s Secret Financial Investment in 5 Seconds of Summer

“You want it to be one way.”

Episode 134: You Want It to Be One Direction, But It’s The Other originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 133: You Cannot Call Me Queen B** Nov 11, 2014
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Leighton Meester’s “Dream-Pop” album *Heartstrings*.
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Our Inspiration

Thanks to @TreyLaLa.

@tftpodcast In case you missed it, Leighton Meester will be releasing an album on October 28th. http://t.co/o4LOFhZPv1

— Dead Gay Trey (@TreyRSD) October 17, 2014

Spotify Playlist

Syllabus

Heartstrings (affiliate link)

Wikipedia: Leighton Meester

*Heartstrings* Lyrics

Promotion in the Press: The Atlantic, Refinery29

Videos: Leighton Meester sings Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams”

Gossip Girl: The Complete Series (affiliate link) or on Netflix

“Entangling Alliances” by David Fromkin, from *Foreign Affairs*

Episode 133: You Cannot Call Me Queen B originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 132: There’s No Then There** Nov 05, 2014
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Jenny Lewis’s *The Voyager*.

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Backwards Jenny Lewis Discography

Syllabus

The Voyager (affiliate link)

Wikipedia: Jenny Lewis, *The Voyager*, Rilo Kiley, Voyager Program

*The Voyager* Lyrics

Reviews: P4K

“Jenny Lewis’ *The Voyager* Has Its Own Wine” on P4K

Jenny Lewis interviewed on NPR

“One of The Guys” music video:

Episode 132: There’s No Then There originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 131: Taylor Swift is the Greatest Rapper Alive** Oct 29, 2014
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Taylor Swift’s *1989*.
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1989 (affiliate link)

Wikipedia: Taylor Swift, *1989*

*1989* Lyrics

Reviews: NME, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post Style Blog and “White Noise” reviewed by The Atlantic

TFT Episode 50: Chivy League

Andy Warhol Celebrity Polaroids

New Romanticism on Wikipedia

Title Short List

“New York Waits for No One”

“Swiftian Assumptions”

“Non-Generative Visionary”

“Brill Building Tumblr”

“Taylor Swift is in the Empire Business”

“Imperial State of Mind”

“Self-Creating Documentation”

“This Is Taylor Swift’s First Rap Album”

“Pop, Synthed”

“A Clash of Queens”

“Billboard Battlefields”

“Two Lordes Diverged in a Yellow Wood"

“Pop Conglomerates"

“Peak Heartbreak”

“Parsing the Synthpop”

“Taylor Swift Truther”

Episode 131: Taylor Swift is the Greatest Rapper Alive originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 130: Album Oriented Pop** Oct 21, 2014
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Swedish electro-pop artist Tove Lo’s debut LP *Queen of the Clouds*.
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Swedish Pop Primer Playlist

*Queen of the Clouds* Playlist

Syllabus

Queen of the Clouds (affiliate link)

Tove Lo, “Queen of the Clouds on Wikipedia

*Queen of the Clouds* lyrics

“Habits (Stay High)” video

“Tove Lo: A Swedish pop star in waiting” from BBC News — scroll to the bottom for how to pronounce her name

Reviews: P4K, Forbes (?!)

“On and On” lyrics

Episode 130: Album Oriented Pop originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 129: Lean in to the Ukelele** Oct 15, 2014
Matt and Ryan celebrate one year of Theory for Turntables by comparing Lorde and Meghan Trainor.

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Spotify Playlist

Syllabus

Pure Heroine (affiliate link)

*Pure Heroine* Lyrics and on Wikipedia

The first episode of *Theory for Turntables*

Meghan Trainor on Wikipedia

Episode 129: Lean in to the Ukelele originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 128: Authenticity Sediment** Oct 07, 2014
Matt, Ryan, and speical guest Cognac listen to and discuss The Clash’s *London Calling*.
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London Calling (affiliate link)

*London Calling* lyrics on Rap Genius

Wikipedia: The Clash, *London Calling*,

*London Calling* 8-track on Ebay

“matter” from the Online Etymology Dictionary

Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy by Robert Farris Thompson

Michael Denning, “Wageless Life” from New Left Review

“Six Punk Bands We Don’t Need To Talk About Anymore”

Episode 128: Authenticity Sediment originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 127: Because The Fence Says there Must Be Order** Oct 01, 2014
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Joy Division’s *Unknown Pleasures*.
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Unknown Pleasures (affiliate link)

Wikipedia: Joy Division, *Unknown Pleasures*, Ian Curtis

*Unknown Pleasures* Lyrics

Reviews: Rolling Stone, Cristgau, P4K

“Temporary Ground” from *Lazaretto*: Lyrics

Episode 127: Because The Fence Says there Must Be Order originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 126: The Professor and the Librarian** Sep 23, 2014
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Elvis Costello’s *This Year’s Model*
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This Years Model (affiliate link)

Wikipedia: Elvis Costello, The Attractions, *This Year’s Model*

Lyrics on Rap Genius

Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts by James C. Scott

*This Year’s Model* Album Cover on Wikipedia

Episode 126: The Professor and the Librarian originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 125: Norm Overload** Sep 16, 2014
Ryan and special guest Cognac (@likecognac) listen to and discuss Talking Heads’s *More Songs about Buildings and Food*.
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More Songs About Buildings And Food (affiliate link)

Wikipedia: Talking Heads, *More Songs about Buildlings and Food*

Reviews: Rolling Stone and Christgau

“Psycho Killer” on YouTube

Lyrics (Finally! An album too indie for Rap Genius.)

Episode 125: Norm Overload originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 124: She was Just The Right Amount of Cool for School** Sep 09, 2014
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Blondie’s *Parallel Lines*.
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Parallel Lines (affiliate link)

Wikipedia: Blondie (band), *Parallel Lines*, New Wave Music

Lyrics

F***ed Up World (NSFW) on YouTube

Episode 124: She was Just The Right Amount of Cool for School originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 123: They Used to Send Rockets, Now They Send Krautrockets** Sep 02, 2014
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss David Bowie’s *Heroes*.

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Syllabus

Heroes (affiliate link)

Wikipedia: David Bowie, *“Heroes”*

Lyrics

Inspiration for the Album Cover

The cover of the single “Beauty And The Beast”

*Helvetica* documentary

Episode 123: They Used to Send Rockets, Now They Send Krautrockets originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 122: Bound Jams** Aug 26, 2014
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss *Marquee Moon* by Television.
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Marquee Moon (affiliate link)

Television (band) and *Marquee Moon* on Wikipedia

*Marquee Moon* Lyrics

Reviews: Christgau, Rolling Stone, P4K’s 10.0 on the re-release

“Is the scene still alive?”

Episode 122: Bound Jams originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 121: Be The Anarchy You Wish to See in The World** Aug 20, 2014
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss *Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols*.
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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols (affiliate link)

Sex Pistols and *Never Mind the Bollocks…* on Wikipedia

Lyrics on Rap Genius

West Berlin on Wikipedia

Episode 121: Be The Anarchy You Wish to See in The World originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 120: The Quietest Moment of the Softest Rock** Aug 13, 2014

Matt is joined by special guest Pete to talk about Fleetwood Mac’s *Rumours*.

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Rumours (affiliate link)

Fleetwood Mac and *Rumours* on Wikipedia

Album Cover

Lyrics

Pitchfork on the reissue, which includes a concise history of the band

Reviews: Rolling Stone, Christgau

Episode 120: The Quietest Moment of the Softest Rock originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 119: Punk Judge, Punk Jury, and Punk Executioner** Aug 05, 2014
Matt and Ryan discuss The Ramones’ debut album *Ramones* and *Rocket to Russia*.
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Ramones and Rocket to Russia (affiliate links)

The Ramones (band), Ramones (album), and Rocket to Russia on Wikipedia

Lyrics to Ramones and Rocket to Russia on Rock Genius

An early press release for The Ramones

Episode 119: Punk Judge, Punk Jury, and Punk Executioner originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 118: All Hail West Rhineland** Jul 30, 2014
Ryan and Matt are joined by Jordan Stokes to discuss Schumann Op. 48, *Dichterliebe*.
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Schumann: Dichterliebe / Wunderlich, Giesen

Dichterliebe: Texts and Translations; Score (PDF)

TFT Episode 114: Neil Young Made Me a Mixtape

Episode 118: All Hail West Rhineland originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 117: Is Marvin Gaye an Indie Band?** Jul 23, 2014
Matt and Ryan discuss Marvin Gaye’s *What’s Going On*.
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This is the “super-deluxe” version of the record with multiple mixes and historical curiosities.

Syllabus

What’s Going On (affiliate link)

Lyrics

*What’s Going On* Album Cover

Marvin Gaye and *What’s Going On* on Wikipedia

Episode 117: Is Marvin Gaye an Indie Band? originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 116: We Can Get To Anywhere From Here** Jul 16, 2014
Listen slowly and see: Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss The Velvet Underground’s “The Velvet Underground & Nico.”
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Syllabus

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Wikipedia: Velvet Underground (Band), *The Velvet Underground & Nico*,

Lyrics

The “Loop” experimental noise recording by Cale, and Reed’s own 1970s Experimental Noise Album

Reviews: Allmusic, Rolling Stone, Christgau, P4K

Warhol and The Factory on Wikipedia

Warhol’s screen tests of Reed, Nico, and Edie Sedgwick and Dylan

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction on Wikipedia (Full Text)

Episode 116: We Can Get To Anywhere From Here originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 115: We’re Trying to Hammer the Wind** Jul 09, 2014
Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Bob Dylan’s *The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan* and *Highway 61 Revisited*.
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The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan and Highway 61 Revisited (affiliate links)

Bob Dylan on Wikipedia

*The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan* (lyrics) and *Highway 61 Revisited* (lyrics) on Wikipedia (lyrics from Rap Genius)

Some of the singles: “Blowin’ in the Wind”, “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall”, “Like a Rolling Stone”, “Highway 61 Revisited”

“England in 1819” by Percy Bysshe Shelly

Electric Dylan Controversy, and an excerpt from the controversial Newport performance

“New Morning: Indie rock’s reigning poet-prince” by Sasha Frere-Jones on The New Yorker

Highway 61 on Wikipedia and on The Rock Map

Episode 115: We’re Trying to Hammer the Wind originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 114: Neil Young Made Me a Mixtape** Jul 02, 2014
Matt and Ryan kick off a new quarter of TFT devoted to a look back at popular music history with Neil Young’s *Harvest* as well as his recently-released *A Letter Home*.
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Harvest and A Letter Home (affiliate links)

*A Letter Home* Limited Edition

Harvest and A Letter Home on Wikipedia

Harvest Lyrics at (*sigh*) Rap Genius

The Third Man Record Booth and vintage Voice-o-graph ads

A journalist records a song in the Third Man Record Booth

Pono Player

Episode 114: Neil Young Made Me a Mixtape originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 113: Analog in a Digital World** Jun 25, 2014
Matt and Ryan discuss Jack White’s *Lazaretto*. Because someone said we couldn’t.

@tftpodcast Hey I have a suggestion for the syllabus: Jack White's Lazaretto. For some reason I think you guys are not into him, though…

— Julia Mathias (@thejuliamathias) June 6, 2014
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Playlist: Lazaretto

Syllabus

Lazaretto (affiliate link)

*Lazaretto* lyrics on (*sigh*) Rap Genius

Vinyl Special Features on YouTube

CD and Vinyl Sales on FiveThirtyEight

“Lazaretto” music video on YouTube

P4K review, Billboard Review, an interview on NPR, and coverage on Billboard

Musique concrète on Wikipedia; Dripsody

*It Might Get Loud* film website

Marnie Stern, “Patterns of a Diamond Ceiling” on YouTube

Episode 113: Analog in a Digital World originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 112: The Novelty Industrial Complex** Jun 18, 2014
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Chromeo’s *White Women*.
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Playlist: White Women

Syllabus

White Women (affiliate link)

Chromeo and “White Women” on Wikipedia

“White Women” lyrics on (*sigh*) Rap Genius

An sympathetic interview, an unsympathetic review, and the P4K review that mentions “schtick”

Novelty acts: Lonely Island, Weird Al, Jonathan Coulton, The Darkness

HUGS (feat. Pharrell) on YouTube

So over: Red Medicine (LA) and Luksus (NYC)

The new hotness: Montana’s Trail House (Bushwick)

Ironic Porn Purchase Leads To Unironic Ejaculation

Alternative Titles

Brought to You by Johnny Appleseed Hard Cider

The Novelty Wears Off

There is Just More Conversation

Standing on the Shoulders of Appropriating Giants

It’s *all* Novelty Music

An Archipelago of Artistic Achievement in An Ocean of Novelty

Canaries in the Cool Mine

Discursive EZ-Pass

Get Into Jail Free Card

I am the one who “Shots”

My Fair Sexy Socialite

Pygmalion Complex

Episode 112: The Novelty Industrial Complex originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 111: A Theory of Fanciness Jun 11, 2014

Matt and Ryan discuss Iggy Azalea’s The New Classic.

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The New Classic Lyrics on Rap Genius
The cultural commentary is pretty hostile: The Guardian, Slate, Gawker, and NPR

Playlist: Iggy Azalea’s Influences

Episode 111: A Theory of Fanciness originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 110: Keep Austin Normal Jun 04, 2014

Matt and Ryan talk about authenticity, the personality of cities, and Real Country Music.

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“The McRib: Enjoy Your Symptom” from The Atlantic; links mass production to molecular gastronomy
Duende on Wikipedia
“Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills Music”
K-HOLE trend reports

Episode 110: Keep Austin Normal originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 109: Who’s Buried in Grant’s Tomb’s Wikipedia Page?** May 28, 2014
Ryan and special guest Pete Fenzel discuss St. Vincent’s recent self-titled album.

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St Vincent (affiliate link)

St. Vincent on Wikipedia

St. Vincent Review on Pitchfork

St. Vincent Lyrics on Rap Genius

St. Vincent on SNL: Birth in Reverse, Digital Witness, and The Twitter Response

Digital Witness Music Video

Peter Gabriel, Sledgehammer Music Video

Carl Sandburg, Cool Tombs

The Talking Heads, Once in a Lifetime Music Video

Devo, Jocko Homo Live Video (but not the 45 minute version)

Alternative Titles

Sledgehammer-esque

A Singer-Songwriter who is not a singer-songwriter

Come to my window because I’m wearing relaxed fit jeans

The Uncanny Valley of Identity

Consumption-oriented pseudo-humans

There’s some St. Vincent-ness to that

Take out the garbage, Masturbate!

Can I get a digital witness?

Give us all of your mind

Episode 109: Who’s Buried in Grant’s Tomb’s Wikipedia Page? originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 108: Pure Geraldine** May 23, 2014
Matt and Ryan discuss Tori Amos’s *Unrepentant Geraldines*.

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Unrepentant Geraldines (affiliate link)

Tori Amos on Wikipedia

Unrepentant Geraldines Lyrics

Reviews: Time, AV Club, The Guardian, and All Music

“Geraldine” by Daniel Maclise

Paul Cezanne, “The Black Marble Clock”

Oil Spill from YouTube

*Exclusive:* Tori Amos: What’s In My Bag?

Episode 108: Pure Geraldine originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 107: Check Your Pitchfork** May 16, 2014
Matt and Ryan discuss Lily Allen’s *Sheezus*
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*Sheezus* (affiliate link)

Sheezus Lyrics on (sigh) Rap Genius

Kayfabe

Episode 107: Check Your Pitchfork originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 106: The Letterpress and The Sharpie** May 07, 2014
Matt and Ryan discuss tUnE-yArDs’ Nicki Nack.

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nikki nack (affilate link)

tUnE-yArDs on Wikipedia

Nicki Nack Lyrics on Rock Genius

*Nicki Nack* Reviews on Pitchfork and NPR

“Tune-Yards: politics, pop and Pee-wee’s Playhouse” from The Guardian

Bosendorfer Model 290 Imperial

SweetWater Letterpress on Etsy

Robert Farris Thompson on Wikipedia; Professor of Mambo from Yale Alumni Magazine

Rent Too High? Move to Singapore from the NY Times Magazine

Episode 106: The Letterpress and The Sharpie originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 105: They Taint From Brooklyn and They Taint from Seattle** Apr 29, 2014
Matt and Ryan discuss Tweens’ eponymous debut album.
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*Tweens* debut album on Amazon (affiliate link)

Tweens on Bandcamp

The *Tweens* album cover

Tilt (band) and L7 (band) on Wikipedia

P4K Are Not Amused

Some videos: Be Mean; Forever

Tweens Live at The Bitch Nest

“I’m Gonna Steal Your Boyfriend” performed by The Teardrops on YouTube

Episode 105: They Taint From Brooklyn and They Taint from Seattle originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 104: They Have Chosen Their Illusion** Apr 23, 2014
Matt and Ryan are joined by Mark Lee to discuss The Hold Steady’s *Teeth Dreams*.
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*Teeth Dreams* on Amazon (affiliate link)

*Teeth Dreams* Lyrics on Rock Genius

*Sprechgesang* on Wikipedia

The Waffle House

Episode 104: They Have Chosen Their Illusion originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Perfect Pussy Say Yes To Love Album Cover — **Episode 103: Open Faced Sandwich** Apr 16, 2014
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss “Say Yes To Love”, the debut LP from Syracuse noise-punk band Perfect Pussy.
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Perfect Pussy on Wikipedia

“I have lost all desire for feeling” on Bandcamp

Perfect Pussy Live on YouTube

“Say Yes to Love” Reviewed on Pitchfork

Wall of Sound on Wikipedia

Paintings of Mosh Pits

Pioneering NYC: The Mountain Goats honor the Ramones

Negative Capability

“Perfect Pussy Release Vinyl LPs Containing Singer Meredith Graves’ Blood” on Pitchfork

Perfect Pussy, “Say Yes To Love”: Lyrics

Episode 103: Open Faced Sandwich originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 102: First World Tools Apr 09, 2014

Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Frankie Cosmos’s debut studio album, “Zentropy.”

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Ingrid Superstar (a.k.a. Frankie Cosmos) on Bandcamp, where you can stream Zentropy for free
Pitchfork Interview
Pitchfork Album Review
K Records on Wikipedia
Beat Happening on Wikipedia

Alternative Titles

Live From The Center Of The Cremaster Field
The Curation Of Identity
The Representation Of Self
Continuous And Hyperdimensional
A Nail In The Coffin Of The Great Man Theory Of History
I’m The Kind Of Girl That The Zombie Necromancers Splash With Rain
Your Faraday Cage Of Noninterference Rests On A Pyramid Of Human Skulls
Raucous Gauntlet
First World Tools
These Are The Kind Of Songs That Get Stuck In My Head

Episode 102: First World Tools originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 101: Jenny Humphrey Died For Your Sins Apr 02, 2014

When Matt and Ryan decided to focus on The Pretty Reckless’s Going to Hell for this episode, they thought they were playing an April Fools Joke. What happens next will astound you.

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The Pretty Reckless and Going To Hell on Wikipedia
Taylor Momsen on Wikipedia
The Pretty Reckless Lyrics
Taylor Momsen Fulfils Her Telos (NSFW) and Album Art
Billboard Hard Rock Charts for 4/5/14
The Darkness, and Steel Panther
Razor and Tie Official Site and Wikipedia Entry
Videos on YouTube
- Heaven Knows
- Make Me Wanna Die
Whitesnake Album Covers
- Slide It In Front and Back
- Lovehunter
Butt Rock on Wikipedia, Ultimate Guitar, Ultimate Metal

Episode 101: Jenny Humphrey Died For Your Sins originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 100: A Grand Unified Theory of West Texas Mar 26, 2014

Ryan and Matt celebrate this milestone TFT Podcast with a look at one of their personal favorite albums, The Mountain Goats’ All Hail West Texas.

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All Hail West Texas on Wikipedia
Lyrics on This Site
Official (?) Site
Live Performance of “Best Ever…”
John Darnielle interviewed on NPR, on WTF, on Bullseye, and on Video by the AV Club
Album Cover, Back, and Liner Notes
Panasonic RX-FT500
Marantz PMD 222
Tiny Telephone, John Vanderslice’s recording studio in SF
The Mountain Goats cover “Boxcar” by Jawbreaker
“900 Cubic Cenimeters of Raw Whining Power. No Outstanding Warrants for My Arrest.” on Ryan’s former blog, At Home He Is A Tourist (first incarnation, second, and third)
Grand Unified Theories of West Texas
As well, the couple in Fault Lines (and perhaps Riches and Wonders and Mess Inside) bears some resemblance to the Alpha Couple from the Talahassee album (and many other songs).

Episode 100: A Grand Unified Theory of West Texas originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Bruce Springsteen on the covers of Time and Newsweek, October 27, 1975. — **Episode 99: I’m Bruce Springsteen and I Approve This Message** Mar 18, 2014
Matt and Ryan continue their historical march along the roots of indie pop music with a look at Bruce Springsteen’s *Born to Run*
[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/tft099/tft099.mp3]
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On Overthinking It

Mark Lee on Jungleland and on Clarence Clemons’s sax solo

Mark’s textual analysis of the album (along with NWA and Taylor Swift)

John Perich’s Born In the USA: Our Most Misappropriated Patriotic Song

Born To Run on Wikipedia

Lyrics on Rock Genius

Pitchfork’s Perfect 10 Review of the album’s reissue

Robert Christgau’s Original Review

Points of reference:

“Be My Baby” (produced by Phil Spector)

"I Think We’re Alone Now

“Runaway”

Christgau on the 30th Anniversary Reissue

Christgau on Springsteen’s relationship with the 70s Rock-Critic establishment

Greil Marcus’s Rolling Stone Review

“And then He Kissed Me”

“Only the Lonely”, The Roy Orbison song name-checked on “Thunder Road,” on YouTube and on Wikipedia (see the bit near the bottom that talks about the song’s influnence on “Born to Run”)

A Slate piece on the making of *Born to Run* and its early reception

By fusing the pop sounds of the 1950s and 1960s to the generational desires of the 1970s, it defined its time and transcended it.

Steven Van Zandt on Wikipedia

Jane Mansbridge discusses Democratic Theory on YouTube

Episode 99: I’m Bruce Springsteen and I Approve This Message originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 98: I Said, “I’m Wigglin’ My Fanny.” Mar 12, 2014

Matt and Ryan are joined by Jordan to discuss Betty Davis’s eponymous debut album.

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Betty Davis (with a “y”) on Wikipedia
Betty Davis (album) on Wikipedia
Reviews: Pitchfork (positive), Slate (negative), Robert Christgau (mixed?)
I. Miller Shoes: Brief Orientation, and some secondary sources: The New York Times and Gilt
Apophasis on Wikipedia
Tim Harrington (singer) (photo) from Les Savy Fav

Episode 98: I Said, “I’m Wigglin’ My Fanny.” originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 97: Synthesizing the Synthesizers Mar 05, 2014

Matt and Ryan continue the historical overview of pop music by opening up Stevie Wonder’s talking book.

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Stevie Wonder on Wikipedia
Talking Book on Wikipedia
Counterbalance No. 111: Stevie Wonder’s “Talking Book” with Jason Mendelsohn and Eric Klinger on PopMatters
Stevie Wonder perfoms “Superstition” on Sesame Street on YouTube
Stevie and Grover on Sesame Street on YouTube
Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams ft. Stevie Wonder at the 2014 Grammys on YouTube
Reviews: Rolling Stone and Robert Christgau
Groove and Flow: Six Analytical Essays on the Music of Stevie Wonder a Ph.D. dissertation by Timothy S. Hughes
The TONTO Synthesizer on Wikipedia and where it is now
Keyboard Instruments and Synths: Hohner Clavinet, Fender Rhodes, and Moog Synthesizer
Talk Box on Wikipedia

Episode 97: Synthesizing the Synthesizers originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 96: The Tapestry Sausage Feb 26, 2014

Matt and Ryan continue the historical overview of pop music with a look at Carole King’s Tapestry.

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Tapestry on Wikipedia
Carole King’s Monumental Tapestry Album on PBS.com
Troubadours: Carole King / James Taylor & The Rise of the Singer-Songwriter on PBS
Rolling Stone’s Review of Tapestry
Robert Christgau’s Review of Tapestry
“I Feel the Earth Move” live performance on YouTube
Some YouTube Videos: “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” performed by the Shirelles, “Natural Woman” performed by Aretha Franklin , and the “Natural Woman” shampoo commercial

Episode 96: The Tapestry Sausage originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 95: Gloriously Dumb Feb 18, 2014

Matt is joined by special guest Mark Lee to talk about Cameron Crowe’s semi-autographical film Almost Famous (2000), and the power and meaning of “classic” rock.

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Almost Famous on Wikipedia
The Baby Project

Episode 95: Gloriously Dumb originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 94: Experimental Beach Collective Feb 12, 2014

Ryan and Matt continue their march through the history of American pop and rock music with a consideration of The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds.

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Pet Sounds on Wikipedia
Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture by Clifford Geertz
The Intentional Fallacy by W.K. Wimsatt, Jr., and Monroe C. Beardsley
Portlandia: “The Studio” on YouTube
Pet Sounds Review on Pitchfork
Pet Sounds Review (1972) on RollingStone.com

Episode 94: Experimental Beach Collective originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 93: The Endogenous Dynamics of Beatlemania Feb 05, 2014

Ryan and Matt celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Beatles appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show by listening to and discussing With the Beatles and A Hard Day’s Night, and considering the confluence of factors that lead to Beatlemania and These Screaming Teenagers.

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Tell Me Why: The Beatles: Album By Album, Song By Song, The Sixties And After on Amazon (affiliate link)
Annus Mirabilis by Philip Larkin

Articles on The Daily Beast

Episode 93: The Endogenous Dynamics of Beatlemania originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 92: The State of the Teenybopper Union Jan 29, 2014

Matt and Ryan celebrate the 15th anniversary of Britney Spears’s …Baby One More Time.

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“…Baby One More Time” Lyrics on Rock Genius
“…Baby One More Time” Credits on Rock Genius
Pop music on Wikipedia
Don Philips X Factor Audition on Perez Hilton
Sonny and Cher, “The Beat Goes On” (1967) on YouTube
“The Beat Goes On” (1967) lyrics
“The Beat Goes On” (1999) cover lyrics
“Soda Pop” lyrics

Episode 92: The State of the Teenybopper Union originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 91: The Infrastructure of Identity Jan 22, 2014

Matt and Ryan apply their current research question, “Is this for real?” to their own lives with a consideration of the process of moving house.

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Episode 91: The Infrastructure of Identity originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 90: Whatever Everyone Says I Am, That is What I Am Jan 14, 2014

Matt and Ryan conclude this edition of Total Request Taped with a consideration of two pop music “failures,” Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP and Lana Del Rey’s Born to Die.

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The topic comes from @DentalFaust in this tweet

Beyoncé’s Beyoncé reviewed on Pitchfork
Lana Del Rey official site
Born To Die reviewed on Pitchform
Other Bad Reviews on Pitchfork
- Jet: Shine On
- Black Kids: Partie Traumatic (after this review of their ep made the band blow up)
Critical Reception
Justice: Cross on Wikipedia

Alternative Titles

Blood Sugar Sex Artpop
Artpop Is The Orb That Lives in Your Crotch
Do What U Want to My Body of Work
Time traveling Lorde in her Buzz Stealing Tardis

Episode 90: Whatever Everyone Says I Am, That is What I Am originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 89: It’s a Very Fine Line between Beck and Fred Durst Jan 07, 2014

Matt and Ryan continue Total Request Taped with a consideration of 65daysofstatic, Protest the Hero, and Sleigh Bells.

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65daysofstatic in a tweet by @tetrarchangel, Protest the Hero in a tweet by @ArdenSedlins, and Sleigh Bells in a comment by Tulse on TFT #80.

Math Rock on Wikipedia
Steve Reich
Come Out (Reich) on Wikipedia
Come Out on YouTube
I Am Sitting In A Room on Wikipedia
I Am Sitting In A Room recording on YouTube
Dripsody by Hugh LeCaine on YouTube
Drumming on YouTube
Dan Deacon Official Site and on Wikipedia
Woody Woodpecker by Dan Deacon on YouTube
Gilles Deleuze on Wikipedia
Sleigh Bells (band) on Wikipedia
Mellow Gold, One Foot in the Grave, and Stereopathetic Soulmanure on Wikipedia
Limp Bizkit and Fred Durst on Wikipedia
Lorde Interviewed by Tavi Gevinson in Rookie Magazine
Cock Rock Commitment by Ryan on Overthinking It

Other Titles

It’s Not a Tuber
Horse eLyrics
Sleigh Bells Are Going To Kill Lorde
The Demon Voice Unlocks the Portal of Agency

Episode 89: It’s a Very Fine Line between Beck and Fred Durst originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 88: Indie Rock in The City of Angels Dec 31, 2013

Matt and Ryan start Total Request Taped with a consieration of Arctic Monkeys’ AM, Bleached’s Ride Your Heart, and the band Kitten.

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Bleached’s Ride Your Heart from Chris Morgan in a tweet, Arctic Monkey’s AM from Julia Mathias in a comment, and Kitten from @MrKA_LA in a tweet.

The Arctic Monkeys Official Site
The Anthology of Rap from Yale University Press
How Ya Like Me Now: Does rap’s suspended adolescence keep it from serious consideration? from Poetry Magazine
Word: Jay-Z’s “Decoded” and The Language of Hip-Hop
Key & Peele: LMFAO’s Non-Stop Party on YouTube
Yes, Healthful Fast Food Is Possible. But Edible? from The New York Times Magazine
Bleached official Tumblr and Twitter
Bleached on The Weezer Cruise
Kitten official site
Kitten Frontwoman Chloe Chaidez on Their Upcoming Debut Album (Plus, Watch An Exclusive Video Performance!) from Teen Vogue
Kitten at SXSW on YouTube (or jump straight to Purple Rain)
I Drink Your Milkshake on YouTube
Lorde Sounds like Teen Sprit from NPR

Episode 88: Indie Rock in The City of Angels originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 87: Christmas Was Always Already Ruined Dec 24, 2013

Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Bright Eyes A Christmas Album, and Matt does his best to ruin Christmas.

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Bright Eyes A Christmas Album review on Pitchfork
Bright Eyes on Wikipedia
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Santa Baby – Ariana Grande feat. Liz Gillies on YouTube
John Roderick on Kelly Clarkson from The Talkhouse
A Visit from Saint Nicholas in the Ernest Hemingway Manner

Episode 87: Christmas Was Always Already Ruined originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 86: All Music Is Now Beyoncé Dec 18, 2013

Ryan and Matt watch and discuss Beyoncé.

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Episode 86: All Music Is Now Beyoncé originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 85: Emotion Recollected in Tranquility Dec 11, 2013

Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss Seattle band Chastity Belt.

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No Regerts by Chastity Belt

Chastity Belt on Bandcamp
21 Painfully Awkward Band Photos
No Regerts Review on Pitchfork
Black Sail Review on Pitchfork
Regert Nothing from The Stranger
Chastity Belt: No Joke from Seattle Weekly
Chastity Belt in Far Out Magazine
Dead Kennedys official Website
Sleater-Kinney on Wikipedia
James Dean on Wikipedia
James Deen on Wikipedia
Television (band) on Wikipedia
Fugazi on Wikipedia
Q and not U on Wikipedia
Preface to Lyrical Ballads (1800)

Episode 85: Emotion Recollected in Tranquility originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 84: M.I.A. is the Katniss Everdeen of Hip Hop Dec 03, 2013

Ryan and Matt consider M.I.A.’s Matangi, discussing why music I like is always already “indie,” why the backlash to Matangi makes us want to like the album more, the library of norms of a pop music listener, song structure in pop music, the Matangi leitmotif, the library of fuxing, why M.I.A.’s critics are tools of the man, how structural power really works, and what you should do with the poop on your plate.

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Matangi by M.I.A. on Rap Genius
Matangi Review on Pitchfork
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) on Amazon
Blueberry Boat by The Fiery Furnaces on Amazon
Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone by The Unicorns

Episode 84: M.I.A. is the Katniss Everdeen of Hip Hop originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 83: Leaders and Followers Nov 20, 2013

Ryan and Matt consider Kanye West’s Yeezus, in the form both of the album and of the live show.

We didn’t get to talk about the video for Bound 2 on the show, but you should check it out.

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Matt and Ryan consider Kanye West’s Yeezus, in both album and tour form.

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Yeezus on RapGenius
New Slaves Lyrics on RapGenius
Google Image Search for “Yeezus Masks Margiela”
Afrika Bambaataa – Planet Rock on YouTube
The Notorious B.I.G. – “Mo Money Mo Problems” on YouTube
N.E.R.D. – Lap Dance (NSFW) on Vimeo
Kanye West – Through The Wire on YouTube
Maison Martin Margiela
“Can I talk my shit again?” video from Kanye’s show in Boston
Overview of Kanye’s Show in Boston with social media

Episode 83: Leaders and Followers originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 82: These Frolicking Tourists** Nov 12, 2013
Ryan and Matt take a walking tour of New York, talking about their immediate impressions of the city and revisiting some old thoughts about Gossip Girl.
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Episode 82: These Frolicking Tourists originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 81: A Darkness of White Nov 06, 2013

Ryan and Matt consider The Arcade Fire and their latest album, Reflektor.

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Reflektor Arcade Fire Site
Reflektor music video on YouTube
Review: Reflektor on Pitchfork Media
Review: Reflektor in The Washington Post
Save the Album: Tim Harrington (Les Savy Fav)
Best and Worst Double Albums on The Unified Scene
Sweat and Suit by Nelly on Wikipedia
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness on Wikipedia
Structure Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences by Jacques Derrida
Course in General Linguistics on Wikipedia
Simulacra and Simulation on Wikipedia

Episode 81: A Darkness of White originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 80: The Chvrch of The Chemical Brothers of Latter Day Saints Oct 30, 2013

Ryan and Matt consider Chvrches and their debut LP The Bones of What You Believe, addressing songs vs. pieces of music, the blasphemy of mixing genres, and the importance of sucking for a long time.

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chvrch.es website with their logo
The Mother We Share video on YouTube
Chvrches Cover Haim’s “Falling” on Pitchform
Chvrches Talks Technology (And ‘Ghostbusters’)

Episode 80: The Chvrch of The Chemical Brothers of Latter Day Saints originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 79: Hip Hop Ouroboros Oct 23, 2013

Ryan and Matt consider “Tumblr-core” rapper Kitty (formerly Kitty Pryde).

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Kitty on Bandcamp
R.R.E.A.M. Lyrics on Rap Genius
Give Me Scabies Lyrics on Rap Genius
Okay Cupid Lyrics on Rap Genius
Prosperity and Violence by Robert Bates
@KimKierkegaardashian on Twitter
Rookie Mag

Episode 79: Hip Hop Ouroboros originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 78: I’ll Bet Mr. Haim Makes Great Waffles Oct 16, 2013

Ryan and Matt consider Haim’s debut album Days Are Gone.

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Haim on Wikipedia
Days are Gone review on Pitchfork
Forever by Haim on YouTube
Falling by Haim on YouTube
Perfect Girl by The Valli Girls on YouTube
Don’t Gotta by The Valli Girls on YouTube
Wrecking Ball covered by Haim on YouTube
Hold On by Wilson Phillips on YouTube
4 by 4 by Miley Cyrus feat. Nelly on YouTube
Jean Baudrillard on Wikipedia
America by Jean Baudrillard on Amazon

Episode 78: I’ll Bet Mr. Haim Makes Great Waffles originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 77: Manifest Destiny Oct 08, 2013

Ryan and Matt consider the discourse of authenticity that attends Lorde’s new album, Pure Heroine, and offer a close reading of the elegiac, anxiety-ridden track “We Can’t Stop” off of Miley (née Destiny Hope) Cyrus’s Bangerz.

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Tennis Court by Lorde
We Can’t Stop by Miley Cyrus
The Musical Talmud: Party in The USA from Overthinking It
Ambiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria by Lisa Wedeen

Episode 77: Manifest Destiny originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 76: The Fraggle-Cave of our Unconscious Oct 02, 2013

Ryan and Matt return with a look at Lorde’s “Royals” off The Love Club EP, and her new album Pure Heroine, and set the cognitive agenda for the post-baccalaureate phase of TFT.

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Please examine these works before our next meeting.

Royals by Lorde
Listen To This Teen Singer From New Zealand Right Now from BuzzFeed
Gucci Gucci by Kreayshawn
Okay Cupid by Kitty (formerly Kitty Pryde)
Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus
Ni**as in Paris by Jay-Z and Kayne West
Britney Spears’ ‘…Baby One More Time’ Anniversary: 15 Little-Known Facts
Wikipedia Entries for Lorde, Kreayshawn, Kitty, and Ariana Grande

Not mentioned in the episode but also worth a look:

Episode 76: The Fraggle-Cave of our Unconscious originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 75: Petit Bourgeois-face Jan 13, 2013

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather consider the entire first season of Lena Dunham’s Girls, focusing on misguided critical backlash, the phenomenon of petit bourgeois-face, the show’s unique economic situation and artistic merits, and all the damn nudity.

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Episode 75: Petit Bourgeois-face originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Gossip Girl Series Finale — **Episode 74: Gossip Girl God Mode** Dec 18, 2012
Lonely : Gossip :: Boy : Girl

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather analyze the final episode of Gossip Girl, examining the implications of the big reveal and the ways in which it provides a fitting end to a series.

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References

Shiela Jasanoff

Mancur Olson

Robert Bates, Prosperity & Violence: The Political Economy of Development, 2 ed.

Episode 74: Gossip Girl God Mode originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 73: Bart Bass Built This Dec 15, 2012

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather count down to the final episode of Gossip Girl, and a revelation that will certainly change everything IN this episode, they consider: the diverse molds of adolescence presented by GG and other TFT shows like Friday Night Lights; adults in the GG aristocracy as types of adolescents (all except Bart Bass); “Chivy Antibodies” and the pathogen model of social infiltration, the Trojan Corucopia, and the ontology of the “bump in,” and the necessary ulteriorly of GG third acts.

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References

Posner, R., “Enforcement of Private Property Rights in Primitive Societies”

Episode 73: Bart Bass Built This originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

**Episode 72: Lady Gossip, I Presume** Dec 01, 2012
Sheely and Wrather count down the Gossip Girl episodes to the antepenultimate, penultimate, and ultimate, considering what range of series finales would be meaningful, what has changed over the arc of the whole series, and and the meaning of art as an economic and socio-cultural signifier in the world of the show.

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**References**

Accessable Art’s Gossip Girl Tag

Episode 72: Lady Gossip, I Presume originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 71: The Kickstarter Triangle Trade Nov 19, 2012

Sheely and Wrather ponder three of the few remaining Gossip Girl episodes, focusing on generational sexual confusion, the duct taped nipples of anarchy, penetration of the formal organs, the Joseph Campbell-worthy “Chuckquest”, critical sex junctures in path dependent social situations, and the yonic darkness of one’s parentage.

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References

Mason & Dixon: A Novel by Thomas Pynchon
Constructing the World Polity: Essays on International Institutionalisation and others by John Gerald Ruggie
The Frontier in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner [wikipedia]

Episode 71: The Kickstarter Triangle Trade originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 70: The Naked Mole Rat with Two Backs Oct 23, 2012

Sheely and Wrather return, and so does Gossip Girl, for its final season.

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Episode 70: The Naked Mole Rat with Two Backs originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 69: Tripling the System Sep 22, 2012

Sheely and Wrather return again (again!) with Tim Swann, host of the Psycomedia Podcast, to consider the UK’s Misfits, Series 2, Episodes 5 through 7, focusing on bodily fluids, why Misfits is not Downton Abbey, tripling oneself and tripling the system, and the interesting genre questions around Misfits.

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Episode 69: Tripling the System originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 68: Loners with Boners Sep 08, 2012

Sheely and Wrather return again with Tim Swann, host of the Psycomedia Podcast, to consider the UK’s Misfits, Series 2, Episodes 1 through 4, focusing on serialization and equilibrium, immigration and assimilation, mental health, the community center and the possibility of a true public space in post-industrial society, and whether there are any true “fits.”

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Episode 68: Loners with Boners originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 67: The One Hundred Meter Trolley Problem Jul 15, 2012

Sheely and Wrather return with Tim Swann, host of the Psycomedia Podcast, to consider the UK’s Misfits, Series 1, Episodes 4 through 6, focusing on the show’s conflicting ethical universes, the problem of isolation in post-industrial society, and the many threats to pluralism in British culture.

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Episode 67: The One Hundred Meter Trolley Problem originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 66: Nathan Doesn’t Die Jun 12, 2012

Sheely and Wrather welcome actual British person Tim Swann to discuss Misfits Series 1, Episodes 1-3.

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Episode 66: Nathan Doesn’t Die originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 65: Mami and Dadi Business May 26, 2012

Sheely and Wrather realize they were always living in a devil town as they finish Friday Night Lights Season 1. An early digression (why does Sheely say “effing” and not “fucking”?) leads to a whole new theory of the effing teenager continuum, with a discussion of the effing/fucking teenager as engaged in a type of social, personal, and relational experimentation in mami and dadi business.

Continuing the discussion for TFT Summer School. What should be on the syllabus? Leave a comment below.

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Episode 65: Mami and Dadi Business originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 64: The Lava Lamp of Society May 19, 2012

Sheely and Wrather mark the little death of Gossip Girl season 5, focusing on the cyclical aspects of the finale, sociology’s individual vs. society chicken and egg problem, heteroglossic discourse, and more.

We’re taking suggestions for TFT Summer School. What should be on the syllabus? Leave a comment below.

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Episode 64: The Lava Lamp of Society originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 63: The Teat and The Spear May 12, 2012

Sheely and Wrather return to Friday Night Lights Season 1 Episodes 13–17, covering: the controversial Time Magazine Cover and attachment parenting; paternalism and agency; the political science of Dillon, TX; navigating the prerogatives of overlapping group membership; and the endless battle between the teat and the spear.

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References

Attachment Parenting on Wikipedia

These Suckling Toddlers

Some Other TIME Cover Options

Esther Duflo on “Human Values and the Design of the Fight against Poverty”

James C Scott, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

James C Scott, The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia

I Say This As a Durkheimian, Not As An Angry Teenager T-Shirt

The Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf

The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan

Food Politics by Marion Nestle

Style in The Wire on Vimeo

Episode 63: The Teat and The Spear originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 62: Bart Lives May 01, 2012

Sheely and Wrather reunite and welcome guest poster Cognac for the first episode of TFT recorded in person (following the first episode of Gossip Girl that Sheely and Wrather have ever watched together), covering Season 5 Episodes 19, 20, 21 and 22 (the “It Girl”, “Salon”, “Jack Is My Father”, and “Roving Harlotry” episodes), covering the return of Bart Bass as well as certain aspects of corruption, surveillance, and the control of information.

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Episode 62: Bart Lives originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 61: Testater Hater Apr 09, 2012

Special guest TFT podcaster Cognac (@likecognac) returns to set Wrather straight on The Hunger Games, then tackle Gossip Girl’s plot to deny Ivy Cece’s estate.

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References

The Trolley Problem on Wikipedia

Episode 61: Testater Hater originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 60: Reasons not Rules Mar 29, 2012

Sheely and Wrather return to Gossip Girl, address the possibility of change in the social order, and consider whether The Hunger Games is a TFT-worthy franchise.

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Episode 60: Reasons not Rules originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 59: Make It Drizzle Mar 24, 2012

Sheely and Wrather return to provide a prolegomenon to any future effing teenagers: A reasoned, sober, sincere account of what TFT actually is and why they’re doing it.

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References

Merlin Mann on Wikipedia, and his show Back to Work on the 5by5 Network

Pressfield, S., The War of Art

King, G. et al., Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research

Jasanoff, S., States of Knowledge: The Co-production of Science and the Social Order

Episode 59: Make It Drizzle originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 58: The Georgina Sausage Feb 28, 2012

Special Episode!

Sheely and special guest Cognac discuss the post-wedding, Valentines Day, and #cecedies episodes of Gossip Girl. Topics include surveillance and legitimacy, the anatomy and change of institutions, subcultural knowledge, inheritance law, and real vs. enacted grief.

Includes spoilers for Downton Abbey Season 2 and the Wire.

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References

Levi et al: Conceptualizing Legitimacy, Measuring Legitimating Beliefs

Madison: Federalist 51

North, Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)

The Law and Order Database

Subcultural Handshakes: Rao: Peak Attention and the Colonization of Subcultures

Delta Parameters: Ostrom and Crawford, “A Grammar of Institutions”

Episode 58: The Georgina Sausage originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 57: Freude Feb 11, 2012

Ryan Sheely, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather discuss Friday Night Lights, with topics including the multiple meanings of Nirvana, Graph Theory, and Christian Hardcore Punk. What do you think?

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Episode 57: Freude originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 56: Spoilers for The Princess Bride Feb 02, 2012

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather discuss the revelation of Gossip Girl’s identity and whether this actually portends a change for the show. Digressions into the essential conservatism of the world of Gossip Girl, the gratifying reappearance of Wallace Shawn, and competing views of romantic love.

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References

Milgrom, et al., “The Role of Institutions in The Revival of Trade”
Sanjek, ed., Fieldnotes: The Makings of Anthropology
Emerson, et al. Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (2 ed.)

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Episode 56: Spoilers for The Princess Bride originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 55: Salient Cleavage Jan 28, 2012

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather return to Friday Night Lights, discussing season 1 episodes 9 and 10, covering edited volumes, the perks of organizing conferences, what lies east of Dillon, and why it’s different for girls.

References

The Political Salience of Cultural Difference by Daniel A. Posner

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Episode 54: Pascal’s Wager Jan 22, 2012

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather resume watching Gossip Girl after the hiatus of that show (and this one). Topics include Engaged and Underage, religion, melodrama, and thermodynamics.

References

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Episode 53: Chekhov’s Bag Of Peas Jan 06, 2012

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather return to Friday Night Lights, discussing season 1 episodes 8 and 9 and focusing on the thematic unity of FNL episodes—with reference to The Wire (drink), Gossip Girl and Glee—problems of group membership, and the creation of class difference.

References

Mancur Olson, “Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development“: Stationary Banditry
Charles Tilly, War Making and State Making as Organized Crime in Bringing the State Back In, ed. Peter Evans et al.

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Episode 52: Closed Pep Economy Dec 23, 2011

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather return to Friday Night Lights, discussing season 1 episodes 5 through 7 and focusing on conflicts between the social and the moral and normative order, the extreme variability of social capital, the tension between authenticity and artifice in the visual style of the show, the ethnography of the pep rally, drilling Tyra for oil, access to capital, and competing social orders and uses of violence.

References

Laura Mulvey and the Male Gaze
No Country for Old Men the film
No Country for Old Men the book
There Will Be Blood
The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else by Hernando De Soto
Max Weber
Vicent Ostrom and the compound republic

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Episode 51: Felt Goatees for Everybody Dec 16, 2011

Ryan Sheely, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather consider Community’s Christmas episode as a parody of Glee, as well as the other musical numbers in the show.

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Episode 50: Chivy League Dec 08, 2011

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather take Gossip Girl through the Season 5 winter finale, focusing on the ChIvy intruder plot as well as the revelation of (the) Gossip Girl’s sources.

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Episode 49: Voodoo Smash Nov 18, 2011

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather consider Friday Night Lights Season 1 Episodes 3–4, focusing on ritual actions and social expectations, the difference between narrative and thematic spoilers, violence as the continuation of sex by other means (homosociality and the ookie convertible), the nature of power (individual vs. discursive, Voodoo vs. Smash).

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Episode 48: The Futility Condition Nov 11, 2011

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather consider the latest episode of Gossip Girl, expressive utility, taking the robots apart, and the New York Media Landscape.

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Episode 47: Men Are Coming To Destroy You Nov 03, 2011

Ryan Sheely, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather call an audible and dive into Friday Night Lights Season 1. They attempt to situate the show within the discourse already in progress; digress into the education of East African cattle pastoralists; consider combat, sublimated combat, and really sublimated combat; draw parallels between football players, battle rappers, French troubadours, and Masai warriors; and consider the Rally Girls’ social theater.

Next week: We return to Gossip Girl.

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Episode 47: Men Are Coming To Destroy You originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 46: Novel Idea Oct 28, 2011

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather return to consider Season 5 of Gossip Girl, Friday Night Lights, and, of course, The Wire.

Links of Note

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Ryan's Notes, Page 1 — **Episode 45: That Most Turgid of Sciences** Jul 01, 2011
Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather consider the last few episodes of Gossip Girl Season 4, including Charlie, surveillance, the principal agent problem, and the merits of whiteboards vs. chalkboards.

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Episode 45: That Most Turgid of Sciences originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 44: Dead Air Jun 25, 2011

Ryan Sheely, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather ought to hire a writing staff, like Glee did after the craptacular end to the second season.

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Episode 43: Post-Modern Royalty Apr 21, 2011

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather experience an Anabaptist rebirth of love and respect for TFT Podcast listeners while discussing the Modern Royalty episode of Gossip Girl.

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Episode 42: Deaths Big and Little Mar 31, 2011

Jordan Stokes and Matthew Wrather discuss the After School Special episodes of Glee, including the Alcohol and Sex episodes. It’s a remarkably calm, civil, clear-headed episode. I wonder what made the difference?

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Episode 41: I Know All The Songs Mar 24, 2011

Ryan Sheely, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather discuss the “Regionals” episode of Glee, including forays into originality, Theodor Adorno, Harold Bloom, noise rock, and the differences between Depeche Mode and Pearl Jam.

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Episode 40: Despite Our Best Efforts Mar 17, 2011

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather return, despite their best efforts, to overthink Gossip Girl and Glee, including epi-kiss-temology, Brechtian alienation, the use of the freeze frame, and sexual orienteering for the non-oriented.

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Episode 39: Dictator Tots Jan 30, 2011

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Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather discuss the premiere of MTV’s Skins and begin the 2011 Spring Semester of Gossip Girl.

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Episode 38: More or Loesser Jan 09, 2011

Ryan Sheely, Jordan Stokes and Matthew Wrather almost get around to discussing the marriage, sectionals, and Christmas episodes of Glee.

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Episode 37: Funny Hats and Shoulder Pads Dec 08, 2010

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather return to discuss recent episodes of Gossip Girl, wrapping up the Ben/Juliet/Serena plot with a consideration of structural and personal revenge, answering listener email, and looking forward to Lily Van Der Woodsen-Bass-Humphrey’s reign as a super-villainess.

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Episode 36: Trigynorite Nov 22, 2010

Ryan Sheely returns with Matthew Wrather to discuss the past two episodes of Glee and one of Gossip Girl, focusing on granting and taking away agency and the relationship/sex matrix, with detours into the straight-edge movement and the semiotics of Breadsticks. (Hint: It’s a weiner.)

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Episode 35: Stewardess of the Mind Nov 11, 2010

Ryan Sheely returns with Matthew Wrather to discuss the past three episodes of Gossip Girl, focusing on the casualization of academic labor, the priority of social orders, the place of education in Gossip Girl, Weberian vs. Marxian conceptions of modernity, and the film language of alliances and and shifting

Required reading for next time: Armstrong, Elizabeth A., et al. “Is Hooking Up Bad for Young Women?” Contexts 9.3 (2010): 28–32.

Also, Wrather’s shameless plug for his show.

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Episode 34: Pompadullet Oct 29, 2010

Jordan Stokes joins Matthew Wrather to consider recent episodes of Glee: Britney Spears, Grilled Cheesus, Duets, and the Rocky Horror Glee Show. They are not universally admiring.

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Episode 34: Pompadullet originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 33: Cheap Talk Oct 13, 2010

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather discuss the latest two episodes of Gossip Girl (“French Whore” and “Serena Solicits Sex from a Professor”), focusing on long-form games, the aims and agency of Gossip Girl, social networks and mediated sociality, public and private information, symmetrical and asymmetrical warfare, and the impending return of ol’ Raccoon Eyes.

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Episode 33: Cheap Talk originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 32: Georgina ex Machina Oct 04, 2010

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather welcome Glee back with a consideration of the three-dimentional gender/power/assertiveness continuum in light of Coach Bieste, the many meanings of Britney Spears, spirit animal, and a slightly dispirited look at developments on Gossip Girl.

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Episode 32: Georgina ex Machina originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 31: Social Work Sep 18, 2010

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather celebrate the Gossip Girl New Year, considering the cremaster field of Paris, the self-righteousness of bad parenting, and whether anybody in New York City is truly “middle class.”

Next week, we consider the return of Glee!

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Episode 30: Rerebirth Sep 09, 2010

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather wrap up TFT Summer School and Skins Series 2, focusing on the Effy, Jal, Cassie, and finale episodes. Themes include the ultimate meaning and worldview of Skins, the privileged position of Effy within the narrative, Jal’s second-order performance, the profound weirdness of Cassie, and necrosociality.

Next Week: The return of Gossip Girl!

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Episode 29: Inception to Bone Aug 28, 2010

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather discuss Skins series 2 episode 5 (“Chris”) and 6 (“Tony”), focusing on the function and commercialisation of education (the Brits are rubbing off on us), the relationship of the small social order to the larger societal and economic order, a visitors guide to Pride Rock, the travesty of Milton-less English Literature programs, and the psychological meaning of self-boning.

They also answer the backlog of listener emails and voicemails, falling under the sway of the mellifluous voice of Professor Dave. We’re getting to the end of the summer session…keep the reading responses coming!

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Episode 28: USOB Aug 14, 2010

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather discuss Skins series 2 episode 4 (“Michelle”), focusing on liminality, English poetry, whether a house is a home, revelation of the body, the nature of the self (again), and the search for “the one.”

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References

The English Romantics:
• M. H. Abrams, The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition
• M. H. Abrams, Natural Supernaturalism: Tradition and Revolution in Romantic Literature
• John Keats, “Ode on a Grecian Urn” and “Ode On Melancholy”

“Konstantine” by Something Corporate

Henry V, Act II Scene 3

Elinor Ostrom, Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action

J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

Kenneth Waltz, Theory of International Politics

Episode 28: USOB originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 27: The Idea of Order at Bristol Aug 06, 2010

Ryan Sheely, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather discuss Skins series 2 episode 3, focusing on the strange domestic tragedy and stranger sex-farce of Sid’s family, nationalism, Sid’s likability, gender politics and agency, and the role of music in Skins.

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References

Charles Rosen, The Romantic Generation

Tricky, “Evolution Revolution Love”

Tricky, Maxinquaye

Crystal Castles

Magnolia

Episode 27: The Idea of Order at Bristol originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 26: Boom Box Aug 01, 2010

Jordan Stokes and Matthew Wrather consider Sketch, episode 2 of Skins series 2, focusing on Sketch’s pursuit of Maxxie, the horror of female sexuality, and the many meanings of the musical and ending with a long stretch of navel-gazing.

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References

Delmore Schwartz, “The Heavy Bear Who Goes With Me”

Milton, Areopagitica

Stanley Fish, There’s No Such Thing As Free Speech: And It’s a Good Thing, Too and Is There a Text in This Class? The Authority of Interpretive Communities

Aqualung, “Good Times Gonna Come”

An example of Post Rock

Christopher Guest, dir., Waiting for Guffman

“A Streetcar Named Marge” [IMDb] [wiki] from The Simpsons – The Complete Fourth Season

Episode 26: Boom Box originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 25: Accoded Jul 23, 2010

Ryan Sheely returns from Africa and joins Matthew Wrather to discuss Skins Series 2 Episode 1. There’s so much to say that they don’t even get to the second episode: a number of comparisons to Glee and Gossip Girl; the depiction of injury and disability; urbanism and diversity; a typology of class and geographic dynamics in teen soaps; and a typology of man-on-man action.

Also, Ryan invents a new word, which earns Matt a PhD.

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References

Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Charles Tilly, Cities and states in Europe, 1000–1800

piece of Chicken

Five Napkin Burger

Skins Fanfiction (much of which features the second generation)

Episode 25: Accoded originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 24: Vengeance Is Mine! Jul 15, 2010

Stokes and Wrather finish out Skins Series 1, beginning with listener feedback and continuing through the Michelle, Effy, and finale episodes, touching on the nature of Tony’s advances toward Maxxie, the gendered aspects of American swearing, Tony as artist, the limits of his artistry and control, the horrifying spectre of sexual violence, some good reasons to get religion, and the many meanings of the truck.

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References

Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

Episode 24: Vengeance Is Mine! originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 23: Heaven is Other People Jul 03, 2010

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather, on hiatus from Gossip Girl and Glee, discuss Skins Series 1, episodes 5 and 6, focusing on the 20th century social history of coming of age stories, E4 and Sixth Form, false autonomy, Soviet and post-Soviet Russia, the social institutions of liberal democracies, realist and transnational views of the international system, and child brides.

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References

Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison

The Gossip, Standing in the Way of Control

Lucy Walker (dir.), Devil’s Playground

Steven Mazie, Consenting Adults? Amish Rumspringa and the Quandry of Exit in Liberalism

The Hold Steady, Heaven Is Whenever

Paul Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers

John Gerard Ruggie, Constructing the World Polity: Essays on International Institutionalisation

Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

Christopher Morris, Four Lions

Episode 23: Heaven is Other People originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 22: Thin Crust Pizza Jun 24, 2010

Ryan Sheely, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather continue TFT Summer School, discussing Skins series 1 episodes 3 and 4, focusing on sex, drugs, and hip-hop, with occasional digressions back into Glee and Gossip Girl.

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References

Jean-Luc Godard, Cahiers du Cinéma: The 1950s: Neo-Realism, Hollywood, New Wave and Breathless and Everything Else

“Postmodernism is like a thin-crust pizza.” from Semiotic Development of Youth Anti-Litter Campaigns

Jean Renoir, Grand Illusion and The Rules of the Game

Jacques Derrida, “Structure Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences” in Writing and Difference

Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction, Vol. 2: The Use of Pleasure, and Vol. 3: The Care of the Self

Yung Joc, Hustlenomics

John Coltrane, Giant Steps (Though it doesn’t have the cover I remember, it’s a fantastic album and you should buy it.)

Episode 22: Thin Crust Pizza originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 21: After School Commons Jun 18, 2010

Ryan Sheely, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather begin TFT Summer School by starting on British TV series Skins, covering Series 1, episodes 1 and 2, including: race, class, Britain and America; accents; Tony’s political style; art and audience; the moral responsibility of art; and (shock!) The Wire.

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References

Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

Chester I. Barnard, The Functions of the Executive

Neil LaBute, The Shape of Things: The Play and The Movie

Zadie Smith, White Teeth: A Novel

Slate Magazine, My Dad Lives in a Downtown Hotel: The Subtle Brilliance of After School Specials

Harmony Korine: Kids, Gummo, and The Trash Humpers

Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs Du Mal

Aristotle, Poetics

Karl Marx and Frederich Engels, The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx, Das Kapital: Volume 1 and Volume 2

Episode 21: After School Commons originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 20: Pointillist Causality Jun 10, 2010

Ryan Sheely (skyping live from Nanyuki, Kenya 0°01′N 37°04′E) is joined by Jordan Stokes and Matthew Wrather to overthink the season finale of Glee, touching on Kenyan politics, nostalgia and repetition, virginity and sexual initiation, Marx Lite, love as a battlefield, Bohemian Rhapsody, and pointillist causality.

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References

KTN Kenya

Nakumatt

Jeff Koinage

Heraclitus of Ephesus

Nick Clegg

Marx Lite

Chariman Mao, Quotations

Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen Music Videos, Part 1 & Part 2

Elliot Fratkin, When Nomads Settle

James Scott, The Art of Not Being Governed

Episode 20: Pointillist Causality originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 19: Ought White Boy to Play That Funky Music? Jun 05, 2010

Matthew Wrather is joined by Jordan Stokes to overthink the funk episode of Glee. Topics covered including the re-Africanization of popular music, music as a mark of group membership, otherness and identity, the unwed mothership connection, territory, class and crappy jobs, and the instrumental value of sexual agression.

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Recommended Reading

Arthur Bartow, Training of the American Actor

Parliament, Chocolate City

Slavoj Zizek, “The depraved heroes of 24 are the Himmlers of Hollywood” (The Guardian, Jan 10 2006)

Episode 19: Ought White Boy to Play That Funky Music? originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 18: Shatter May 28, 2010

Sheely and Wrather discuss Gossip Girl and Glee, touching on listener feedback, shipperdom, set theory, technology, the meaning of Gaga, and Rachel’s mama drama.

(We’re still figuring out what to do when Glee goes on hiatus. Email us your thoughts about what we should do with the show over the summer.)

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Recommended Reading

Samuel Beckett, Krapp’s Last Tape

Overthinking It Podcast, Lost Supplement: Unplugging the Island

David Simon, et al., The Wire, Season 2

Urban Dictionary, “Shipper”

Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

Pierre Bourdieu, Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste

Wikipedia, “Set Theory”

Kid Cudi, Kanye West and Common: Make Her Say (Poke Her Face)

Episode 18: Shatter originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 17: The Cremaster Field (or, Chuck Dies) May 20, 2010

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather overthink the season finale of Gossip Girl and the Joss Whedon/Neil Patrick Harris episode of Glee, focusing on self-overhearing, homosociality, intersubjectivitiy, projective identification, the Cremaster cycle, an Empire State Building of Mind, cell phones, virtual social gestures, the Wire Season 5, Dr. Dunbar and his number, and what you’re going to do on your summer vacation.

(Email us your thoughts about what we should do with the show over the summer.)

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Recommended Reading

Harold Bloom, Shakespeare: The Reinvention of the Human

Melanie Klein, Envy and Gratitude

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire

Matthew Barney, The Cremaster Cycle

David Simon, et al., The Wire, Season 5

R. I. M. Dunbar, Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language

“New David Simon Project To Investigate Happy, Upper-Middle-Class Streets Of Wilmette, IL”, The Onion, 46.19 (May 15, 2010)

Episode 17: The Cremaster Field (or, Chuck Dies) originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 16: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out May 14, 2010

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather consider the latest episodes of Gossip Girl and Glee, focusing on the obligations of rulership, the selectorate, opting out of the social order, the wheel of fortune, and inter- vs. intra-subjective conceptions of the self.

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Recommended Reading

On the Selectorate Theory: Bueno de Mesquita et al., The Logic of Political Survival

On Social Constraints on Rulers: Chester Barnard, The Functions of the Executive

On Opting Out: Albert Hirschman, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States

On Misreading: Harold Bloom, The Anxiety of Influence and A Map of Misreading: With a New Preface

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Episode 16: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 15: Santorum Apr 30, 2010

Ryan Sheely returns with Matthew Wrather to overthink Glee and Gossip Girl, including Glee’s Parent Trap plot, Santorum, lack of thematic unity, the difference between explanation and rationalization, and what can and can’t break up a happy couple. Bonus coinage of jargon: “Doin’ it on the deuce!”

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Episode 15: Santorum originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 14: Cobra Kai Mentality Apr 25, 2010

Matthew Wrather is joined by guest host Jordan Stokes to overthink Glee: The Power of Madonna, considering the crazy awesome sex montage, gender expectations, the many meanings of virginity, legitimate and illegitimate motives for losing it, the permeable boundary between public and private, the difference between serialization and storytelling, and the nature of identity.

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Episode 14: Cobra Kai Mentality originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 13: Non-Oriented Sexuality Apr 16, 2010

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather overthink the return of Glee and the latest episode of Gossip Girl, talking about narrative stability and serialization, authenticity and identity, cognitive agenda setting, Jessie St. James, the many meanings of Los Angeles, non-oriented sexuality, the sociology of college admissions, and the relationship of the ruling class to the help.

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Episode 13: Non-Oriented Sexuality originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 12: La Règle du Jeu Apr 08, 2010

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather review the rules of the game, talking about sublimated violence, the former Soviet Union, and the narrative, political, and sexual games and meta-games in the latest episode of Gossip Girl.

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Episode 12: La Règle du Jeu originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 11: Cattle in the Marketplace Apr 02, 2010

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather return to examine the intellectual foundations of Gossip Girl, concentrating on Vampire Weekend and mutual appropriation, Columbia as the antithesis to NYU, Blair’s social network, trust & trustworthiness, and the target audience of Gossip Girl.

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Episode 11: Cattle in the Marketplace originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 10: The End of Hipstery Mar 26, 2010

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather return to examine the intellectual foundations of Gossip Girl (Glee being still on hiatus), discussing the characters’ romantic entanglements, the dramaturgy of missed calls, discursive power, and meaning of virginity, transnationalism and the origins of diplomacy, the myth of the sovereign state, the cultural significance of Europe, and the comforts of elitism.

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Episode 9: I Consider Concision to be One of My Principal Virtues Dec 18, 2009

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather consider what Gossip Girl is “about” (as well as the metaphor of aboutness itself) with reference, of course, to The Wire. Also: Are these teenagers really f***ing? (This is a long episode, so strap in.)

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References

The Prisoner’s Dilemma
The Prince, Machiavelli
Writing and Difference, Derrida [Erratum: The essay “Strucutre, Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences” is actually collected here, not in Speech and Phenomena. The podcasters sincerely regret the error. —Ed.]
Nausea, Sartre
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, Bloom

Episode 9: I Consider Concision to be One of My Principal Virtues originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 8: Glee: Implications for Behavioral Economics Dec 04, 2009

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather return from hiatus to overthink Glee and Gossip Girl, with detours into the narratology of farce, middlebrow thinking, irrationality and behavorial economics, consequentialism, and intertextuality.

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Episode 8: Glee: Implications for Behavioral Economics originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 7: OM3 Nov 16, 2009

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather overthink Gossip Girl and Glee, focusing on Jenny’s debutante ball and Dan/Olivia/Vanessa threesome. As a bonus, you will learn why democracies are richer than dictatorships.

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Episode 7: OM3 originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Episode 6: Experimental Noise Collective Nov 05, 2009

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather alienate and confound the listenership taking their calls, mocking them, and discussing the sociological implications of Gossip Girl and Glee.

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Episode 5: Gossip Girl – Implications for Public Policy Oct 31, 2009

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather consider the sociological implications of Gossip Girl and Glee, with reference to the political philosophies of Hobbes, Rosseau, and Bentham, the uses of terror, and the interplay of structural institutions and individual agency. Also The Wire.

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Episode 4: The Requadranting of America Oct 24, 2009

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather address the profound sociological implications of Glee and Gossip Girl, this time by mocking listener feedback, taking Belinkie to task, considering the merits of Sonic Youth as a wedding band, and generally being jerks.

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These F***ing Teenagers: Gossip Girl, Glee, and the Sociology of Teen Soaps Oct 09, 2009

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather return to discuss Gossip Girl, Glee, and the sociology of Teen Soaps. This week, they take up the Glee backlash on this very website, create a typology of celebrity cameos, discuss depictions of work, and mock a listener. (They are assholes.)

Also, Ryan’s girlfriend dies of consumption in the background. (They live in a studio apartment.)

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Podcast Supplement: These F***ing Teenagers Sep 30, 2009

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather overthink the latest Gossip Girl and Glee, including micro- and macro-storytelling and whether Glee hates women.

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Podcast Supplement: Gossip Girl, Glee, and the Sex Lives of Teenagers Sep 23, 2009

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather finally realize a long-held dream when they train their overthinking on Gossip Girl, Glee, and other shows about the sex lives of teenagers in this pilot episode of what may turn out to be a new podcast.

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