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Season 3: Two musical idiots from Minneapolis talk about great albums. S2: the same idiots talk about the early songs of St. Vincent. S1: Same, but every song from the seminal alt-country band Uncle Tupelo
Further podcasts by Chad Cook and Keith Pille
Podcast on the topic Musikrezensionen
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3.13 The Great Destroyer from 2022-03-24T14:29:07
The gents talk about a great, if heavy, album that emanated from the depths of Lake Superior
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3.12 Singles Going Steady from 2022-02-24T16:46:10
Deep focus on the album/compilation that served as “Meet the* Buzzcocks?” Seminar on punk history and theory? Meditation on the word “the” in band names? Why not all of the ...
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3.11a Achtung Baby, part 2 from 2021-12-07T22:35:12
The parts of the discussion that were just too hard core for our server to allow you to hear them
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3.11 Achtung Baby from 2021-12-07T15:26:38
Journey into the heart of, well, something. NOTE: the episode got truncated by the server, so the last third or so of the conversation appear in a second episode
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3.10 U.F.O. from 2021-09-28T14:15:56
The idiots follow some strange lights out into the desert and find Jim Sullivan’s abandoned car. Also, somehow, Wolverine.
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3.9 Singles Soundtrack from 2021-08-18T02:33:57
Chad and Keith come back from the dead to pass judgment on Gen X and its alleged jams.
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3.8 Electric Ladyland from 2021-02-23T13:49:54
A sixth-grade music homework assignment finally pays off as the idiots confront the Hendrix Enigma
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3.7 Parallel Lines from 2021-01-21T16:15:47
The idiots make the very belated realization that Blondie was a very good band.
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3.6 El Corazon from 2020-12-08T15:29:43
The newly-crowned Kings of Canada listen to Steve Earle’s landmark mix tape
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3.4 Hunky Dory from 2020-10-20T16:33:48
The idiots get kooky, get replaced by homo superior, search for life on Mars, and all that as they dig into David Bowie’s first great album.
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3.3 Van Lear Rose from 2020-09-24T15:39:04
The idiots head up into the hollow/holler to talk about Loretta Lynn’s 2004 collabo with Jack White, Van Lear Rose
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3.2 The Soft Bulletin from 2020-08-19T15:27:29
Things get tttttripppppy as the idiots try to get a handle on the Flaming Lips’ controlled (and then not) psychedalia on The Soft Bulletin (1999)
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3.1 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back from 2020-08-05T15:18:50
New era, new format for the idiots as they stumble around the Covid wasteland and take turns picking albums to examine in depth. First up: Public Enemy’s landmark It Takes a Nation of Million...
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2.5 I Was in the Wardrobe and the Lion Spoke to Me from 2020-03-06T03:19:27
The idiots close out Actor and digress a little more then usual. Ever wondered how to tell what gender a kitten is? Covered: “Just the Same But Brand New” and “The Sequel.”
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2.4 They Have Champagne on Tap from 2020-02-01T18:09:59
The idiots confront hard truths about transitional albums, and tell the tale of the time Annie Clark made Omaha weird. Covered: “Marrow,” “The Bed,” and “The Party....
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2.3 Bill Hicks Was the Name from 2019-12-16T13:11:10
Somehow Van Halen keeps coming up, and is 100% relevant each time. Also, the idiots run into the first great St. Vincent song. Covered: “Actor Out of Work,” “Black Rainbow,”...
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2.2 Pitchforks and Torches for (2009) Pitchfork from 2019-11-29T14:59:29
Some unfortunate microphone problems can’t stop the idiots from exposing the truth about the first 3 songs on Actor. The truth is that they’re good. Songs: “The Strangers,” ...
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2.1 Spewing Out Bowie Signifiers Left and Right from 2019-10-28T17:49:59
Chad and Keith kick off Season 2 with an overview of St. Vincent and a wide focus on her first album, Marry Me. Also: a surprising amount of somehow-on-topic discussion of James Bond.
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1.20 This Weird, Beautiful, Passive-Aggressive Thing from 2019-09-05T12:09:32
Chad and Keith rank the Beatles. And talk about the end of Uncle Tupelo. What’s next? Songs covered: “High Water,” “No Use in Lovin’,” and “Steal the Crumbs.”
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1.19 The Fate of All (Good) Punk Bands Is to Stop Playing Punk from 2019-08-08T23:34:04
The idiots prepare to start landing the plane, both with Anodyne and Uncle Tupelo. Also: being Zappa-Curious. Songs covered: “Anodyne,” “We’ve Been Had,” and “15...
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1.18 Clearly, the Cocaine Is Male from 2019-07-19T15:06:26
Into the throbbing heart of Anodyne! Uncle Tupelo’s creative peak, plus carrot juice and who’s ride or die for Dune (1984). Songs covered: “Give Back the Key To My Heart,” &...
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1.17 I Grew Up Surrounded by Chew Culture from 2019-06-12T01:26:53
Anodyne time! With a minute or two of missing audio and a clarification: Roy Acuff appeared on Hee Haw, but wasn’t a regular. Songs covered: “Slate,” “Acuff-Rose,” and...
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1.16 I Like This Gin! from 2019-06-01T02:26:29
The idiots close out March 16-20 by wading through the B-sides and bonus tracks. LISTEN ALL THE WAY TO THE END! Songs covered: “Take My Word,” “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” “...
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1.15 Like a 22-Year-Old Dude Growing a Mustache from 2019-04-25T22:33
IMPORTANT: KP’s beef is with band stickers on guitars, not in any way with the Clash, who rule. Songs covered: “Fatal Wound,” “Sandusky,” and “Wipe the Clock....
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1.14 You Can Only Have So Much Misery from 2019-04-08T18:31:13
Three Christian, non-UT songs on the back side of March 16-20: “Atomic Power,” “Lilli Schull,” and “Warfare.”
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1.13 By Definition Everything Jay Farrar Plays Is a Form of Shoegaze from 2019-03-07T02:08:51
Convenient sequencing in the middle of March 16-20 1992: an OK song, a great song, and, uhhhhhh… Also: screw harmonicas. Songs covered are “Black Eye,” “Moonshiner,” a...
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1.12 Even the Ones That Aren’t Famous Are Probably Douches from 2019-02-12T14:46:04
Some odd truths about March 16-20 1992 are revealed as Chad and Keith move forward. Also: unfortunate intros to bands and a theory of midwest punk. Songs covered are “Criminals,” “...
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1.11 Eating Bulldog Gravy in Fist City, Hiding from Maoists from 2019-01-13T20:40:44
New Day, New album, same old idiots as Chad and Keith venture into March 16-20 1992. Barebones production is praised, and a longterm planned cat prank is revealed. Songs covered are “Grindsto...
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1.10 It Wasn’t Built for People But Instead to Protect the Dregs of Capitalism from 2018-12-17T20:43:06
Chad and Keith close out Still Feel Gone, realizing that they’ve talked themselves into not really liking it. Also: legacy bands, hating Eric Clapton, and “honest” covers. Songs c...
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1.9 Nobody Puts Jay Farrar in a Corner from 2018-12-03T15:08:14
It’s home stretch time on Still Feel Gone, as Chad and Keith battle a restless puppy to talk about Uncle Tupelo and what it feels like to be too hard core for the Beastie Boys. Songs covered ...
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1.8 Mike Watt Would Never Sue Someone for Copyright Infringement from 2018-11-10T16:20:03
Chad and Keith travel further up the river into the dark jungles of Still Feel Gone. There’s light chatter, but up ahead looms a giant statue of the Minutemen. Songs covered are “Punch ...
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1.7 There Are a Lot of Negative People in My Life from 2018-10-21T19:30:29
Chad and Keith dig deeper into Still Feel Gone and if you listen closely, you can hear some terrible realizations being made about this album. Also: accordions, and what email was like back in the ...
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1.6 On the Perversion of a G Chord from 2018-09-30T18:05:35
Chad and Keith venture into Still Feel Gone and encounter one of the great Uncle Tupelo 1-2 punches. But has Chad lost the faith? It’s pistols at dawn. May they fall down easy. Songs: “...
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1.5 Reading Playboy for the Articles from 2018-09-06T16:36:36
Chad and Keith close out No Depression and work through some bonus tracks. Producers: threat or menace? Same question for harmonicas and banjos. And R.E.M., Sebadoh, and Dinosaur Jr elbow their way...
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1.4 Twenty Dollars’Worth of Pull Tabs, or Extremely High-Stakes Drinking from 2018-08-10T15:08:38
Chad and Keith hit the home stretch of No Depression, and the resulting discussion is about as funny as a screen door on a submarine, to Chad's chagrin. Also, the honor of Rush (band, not Limbaugh)...
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1.3 A Beer in Each Hand and a Smile in Between from 2018-07-23T12:16:49
Chad and Keith go deeper into No Depression, pondering the issues of Jay Farrar’s beef with English grammar, what’s up with trains, and where the damned mando tabs are. Also, if you lik...
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1.2 Liquor and Guns! from 2018-07-07T16:38:53
Chad and Keith continue their exploration of Uncle Tupelo's first album, opening up the whiskey bottle and finding it full of weird laughter. Discussions include the business models of a shop that ...
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1.1 Graveyard Shift, That Year, and Before I Break from 2018-06-21T01:29:07
Chad Cook and Keith Pille, two idiots from Minneapolis, begin their song-by-song walk through the catalog of seminal alt-country band Uncle Tupelo by talking about the first three songs on the albu...
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