Theory For Turntables (TFT) Podcast

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Episode 94: Experimental Beach Collective Feb 12, 2014

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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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Syllabus

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

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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

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Matt and Ryan celebrate the 15th anniversary of Britney Spears’s …Baby One More Time.

[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/tft092/tft092.mp3]

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Syllabus

“…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

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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

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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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Syllabus

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

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Matt and Ryan continue Total Request Taped with a consideration of 65daysofstatic, Protest the Hero, and Sleigh Bells.

[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/tft089/tft089.mp3]

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Syllabus

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

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Matt and Ryan start Total Request Taped with a consieration of Arctic Monkeys’ AM, Bleached’s Ride Your Heart, and the band Kitten.

[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/tft088/tft088.mp3]

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Syllabus

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

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Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Bright Eyes A Christmas Album, and Matt does his best to ruin Christmas.

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Syllabus

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

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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)]