Today Terry asked to talk about morality in arts and culture. Whether intentionally or not, Russ dodged and deflected that topic almost entirely and instead casually wove an analogy of biscuit making as artistic production. Try to enjoy, and go grab a cat head while you listen!

14m 57s Terry confirms that country music phenomenon Jelly Roll “is on things.” In the sense that he is known, not in the sense that he is recreationally medicated.

18m 28s Kid Rock tearjerkers

20m 12s Autotune is a trade name for automatic pitch correction. Songs that sound “overproduced” often come out that way because each piece of the song is meticulously, digitally fiddled with in search of perfect timing, tone, inflection, etc. That is in contrast to even a well-rehearsed live performance of a song, although on-the-fly digital processing is certainly making it possible to play live music that sounds more like the final studio product.

24m 0s It’s probably worth re-reiterating that a large language model like the ones that AI assistants ChatGPT and Bard work off of are not actually designed to give correct answers. They are designed to give answers that sound like a person wrote them.

29m 16s Buttermilk biscuits. Or if you’re from certain parts of Kentucky, cat heads.

37m 57s Andy Warhol finally comes up. It was inevitable.

49m 37s Intent vs. aesthetics with respect to art and Red Lobster cheddar biscuits.