Aug 8, 2025
I'm joined for this episode by my close friend Kate Riley! We each contributed songs whose lyrics strike us as very funny and don't seem to be a joke on purpose (i.e. unintentionally funny). Send us your picks for songs on this theme! Buy Kate's amazing debut novel "Ruth", out 8/19/25!
Songs discussed in this...
Jun 22, 2025
Back again with more songs that have the same titles but otherwise have nothing in common!
Songs discussed in this episode:
Dion & The Belmonts - A Teenager In Love (1959)
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - A Teenager In Love (2009)
Arthur Alexander - Soldier of Love (1960)
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010)
Wye Oak - Holy...
Jun 14, 2025
This is a pretty flimsy theme BUT all the songs are good so let's all just cool it. The theme is prepositions. Songs that have prepositions in the title. That's it. Anyway, they're good songs.
Songs discussed in this episode:
Viagra Boys - Down In The Basement (2018)
Klaus Johann Grobe - Between The Buttons...
Mar 8, 2025
We're all gonna die someday! Also it's almost spring, and that's nice.
Songs discussed in this episode:
Arthur Lee - Everybody's Gotta Live (1972)
Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July (2015)
William Onyeabor - Try And Try (1979)
Yard Act - 100% Endurance (2022)
Tol-Puddle Martyrs - Time Will Come (1967)
Viagra Boys - Worms...
Feb 21, 2025
This is the 50th episode of this podcast! I'm joined by friend Eric D. Johnson (Fruit Bats, Bonny Light Horseman) to talk about handclaps. We talk about handclaps in the songwriting and recording process, play some of our favorite songs featuring handclaps, and also have a bunch of digressions about other stuff.
Songs...