Podcasts by Leave That Thing Alone

Episode 14 - Presto from 2019-03-29T21:47:38

Presto? More like "Depresssed Tho". Heh. It's a joke. And not entirely accurate, as J. W. likes a lot of this album, although the general tone of this episode is somewhere between "retroactive d...

Episode 13 - Hold Your Fire from 2018-08-16T03:29:27

Hold it. HOLD IT. HOLD IT! Absolutely do not send us any emails or tweets or Facebook messages about "when is the next episode of the Rush podcast coming out", cuz the answer is "right now."

Episode 12 - Power Windows from 2018-06-08T01:24:18

We were gone for a real long time, but now we're back, and this time we're talking about the synthiest of Rush's "synth-era" records, "Power Windows".

Get ready for good times that devolv...

Episode 11 - Grace Under Pressure from 2017-08-05T01:56:43

It's the album you probably forgot exists! We both did. Here's the thing though -- while J. wishes he could have permanently erased it from his memory, Collision exhibits a bit of a soft spot fo...

Episode 10 - Signals from 2017-06-21T21:42:21

It's time to enter the most controversial period of Rush's existence, the much-aligned "synthesizer era". This means that J. is super-happy, Collision is sort of on the fence, and 95% of the mus...

Episode 09 - Moving Pictures from 2017-05-06T04:17:57

One of us loves this record. The other does not. OH MY GOODNESS, it's controversy. Tune in as we literally tear each other limb from limb as we discuss the album that contains classics like "Lim...

Episode 08 - Permanent Waves from 2017-03-30T03:32:52

Permanent Waves is Rush's first obvious attempt to dial back some of their maximalist prog rock tendencies, their first release with a breakout hit single everybody on the planet has heard, and ...

Episode 07 -- Hemispheres from 2017-02-28T23:08:15

ah yes, hemispheres. a half-forgettable album with exactly four songs on it that somehow inspires no end of "no true scotsman" arguing between men with black t-shirts and unkempt ponyta...

Episode 06 -- A Farewell To Kings from 2017-02-09T22:22:30

It's time for a big first -- Here's a Rush album that both J. and Chris think is pretty friggin' good! It's concise, energetic, and contains several songs that are less than five minutes long (w...

Episode 05 -- 2112 (Side B) from 2017-01-26T05:59:18

Side B of 2112 is five songs that definitely exist. Maybe. I forgot two of them already. It's almost unavoidable that the back half of a record would be a little flat when the first hal...

Episode 04 -- 2112 (Side A) from 2017-01-13T06:58:54

This time around, we're joined by Party World Rasslin's Tim Faust as we embark on the first of a two-part excursion through Rush's fourth studio album, 2112. T...

Episode 03 -- Caress of Steel from 2016-12-30T03:50:17

It's always darkest before the dawn, and while next episode's album will showcase Rush in the act of defining their legacy, this time around we're dealing with a glaring misstep that even the ba...

Episode 02 -- Fly By Night from 2016-12-16T00:26:02

"Fly By Night" is Rush's second album and includes a lot of lyrics about elves and elf shit. There's also some hobbits. Tune in for all the hottest elf and hobbit-related discussion in the world...

Episode 01 -- Rush (s/t) from 2016-12-03T01:46:35

This episode is somewhat non-canonical; an introduction to the show and a review of 1974's almost-Rush debut album, misleadingly entitled "Rush", despite sounding like a completely different ban...