It's been a hell of a year. We've been through a lot and as our reward for surviving we get to sit back and revel in all of the great music released in the year 2023. To kick things off in our quest to remain current, despite our crippling old age, a new tradition is born. Our covers guru Dustin Prince is back along with our good friend Candi Bartlett for TOP TEN COVER SONGS OF 2023. Here in Part 1 we get the ball rolling with picks 10-6, a truly eclectic bunch of songs. Hope you enjoy them as much as we do.

If you feel you need more Candi Bartlett in your life, keep up with her goings on with our friend Noodle in their hilarious podcast Chacharone. It's art and politics, science and pop culture! Check it out:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chacharone/id1328177974

Be sure to bookmark the ATTT1000 playlists on Spotify and Youtube. They're growing all the time!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1dmYMmJDAAK1B6CxS9msYO?si=fc7b31ac9c5348a2
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Sj57_93sSc5g3NUhDTwU-_JBMJg385G

Was the year 2000 actually the pinnacle of western civilization? Can we only look back in awe and wonder at how few problems we had then? Best to not think about it. Instead, listen to Top Ten Songs From The Year 2000 Part 2. Sir Ryan Blake is on hand to help wrap things up in style with picks 5-1. Bonus shout out to the great Conan O'Brien who inspired us to take a look into the future and remember how much fun we had.

If you missed Part 1 listen up on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-592-top-ten-songs-of-the-year-2000-part-1-w-ryan-blake/id573735994?i=1000636643777

16 songs of excellence and variety make up the Top Ten Songs Of The Year 2000 Spotify playlist, bumper songs included ------->
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Jz8UBSDcwPFfjlLXC1ALG?si=0f7de5545d664a62

For further Blakeyness, consult Spotify and his album 'Silence In The Traffic':
https://open.spotify.com/album/1IaF1zB2qQ5sHbZONOtLnr?si=Ns8F4ukTTzaSCZZ1w26Z-A

Ah, the 'before times', back before international terrorism and plagues of the body and mind. A simpler time. In the year 2000 we partied, for the most part, and our music reflected that. Inspired by an ages-old bit from the Conan O'Brien show, we've decided to embark on a trip - to the future! In the year 2000 there were tons of great songs released to the world, and the Old Boy Himself Ryan Blake made his triumphant return to GoodList Studios to take a listen to some of the best. Top Ten Songs Of The Year 2000 Part 1 features picks 10-6, and a good solid chat with our buddy Ryblake.

In case you didn't know, the ATTT1000 is a playlist!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1dmYMmJDAAK1B6CxS9msYO?si=0256da2015b84e1a
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Sj57_93sSc5g3NUhDTwU-_JBMJg385G 

We have good news and bad news. The good news is this week's playlist is full of songs that everybody loves. The bad news is we don't. Joe and Amy help wrap things up in this hilarious episode that has bad things to say about songs you all love. Please forgive us.

If you missed Top Ten Rage-Inducing Songs We Hate That Everybody Else Loves Part 1, check it out here:
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/alltimetopten/episodes/2023-11-13T04_00_00-08_00

If you'd rather just hear the (mostly) great songs on this week's playlist, stream it now on Spotify and skip the long-winded gasbaggery from us:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/28NwzDQbmgBMnFhPLEKwqv?si=90acfe2f32b14a73

It's that time of year! Joe's holiday EP from Joe Lavelle's Brandy Sidecar is now available to stream and purchase at Bandcamp. You'll love these delightful tunes:
https://brandysidecar.bandcamp.com/album/the-christmas-3-ep

FInd Joe and Amy doing stuff on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/therealjoelavelle/
https://www.instagram.com/flamfoo/

At ATTT HQ it's a long-standing tradition. Once a year just for fun we like to turn our spotlight on the miserable, the subpar, the poor, the lame, the wrong and the downright terrible side of music. Usually these "Rage-Inducing" playlists are hard to listen to. Not so this time around! Even though yes we're playing music we despise, it's music that almost everybody else loves! Fan and host favorite Joe Lavelle is ready to get his rage on for the first time, and we are joined by our old pal Amy Wohlitz, who may be only known to long-long-long time listeners (her last show was in 2014), or perhaps she's known to fellow perusers of the archives. Either way we're so happy to have Joe and Amy join us for TOP TEN RAGE-INDUCING SONGS WE HATE THAT EVERYBODY ELSE LOVES! Picks 10-6 are highlighted here in Part 1.

The archives at Mixcloud are always there for you, with classic Joe Lavelle and Amy Wohlitz episodes and more:
https://www.mixcloud.com/beneisen/

We firmly believe that David Bowie will be one of a select few artists from modern pop music that scholars and fans alike will be enjoying 100 years from now. Not only was he a prolific pioneer, he also, on dozens of occasions, took the music genre of his choosing to unimaginable heights by simply giving it the Bowie treatment. Every record he released was an event and a singular achievement, and he did it for nearly 50 years. The honorable Gabe Scalone returns to help us wrap up our look at the great albums that Bowie gave us, for which we are forever grateful. Top Ten David Bowie Albums Part 2 breaks down the best of the best with picks 5-1.

If you missed Top Ten David Bowie Albums Part 1, start here or wherever you get your podcasts:
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/alltimetopten/episodes/2023-10-30T04_00_00-07_00

Clocking in at over 90 minutes of amazingness, the Top Ten David Bowie Albums Spotify playlist is the best deep dive you can get short of listening to the entire discography:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5MAI9bh9acLoJr0ZxXPcuA?si=97643136f7964cdf

Still can't get enough Bowie? Check out this episode Gabe joined us for way back in 2014 aka "the before times" - Episode 142 - Top Ten David Bowie Songs:
https://www.mixcloud.com/beneisen/episode-142-top-ten-david-bowie-songs-wgabe-scalone/?fbclid=IwAR2jVpBqvEjlRKTU8fOCoBC3aigVJioUTjEv2R8Q6PflpHLndxdOkF6N6BI

Thanks to everyone who has been following us on the socials, including Threads and BlueSky, which we plan to spend a lot more time on. Find us at those places and also Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
https://www.threads.net/@alltimetopten
https://bsky.app/profile/alltimetopten.bsky.social

Dive into the ATTT1000, the ever expanding playlist featuring the 1000 Greatest Songs We've Ever Heard. Listen and follow on Spotify and YouTube:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1dmYMmJDAAK1B6CxS9msYO?si=2a8d5d85d88141e6
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Sj57_93sSc5g3NUhDTwU-_JBMJg385G

As far as album artists that dominated the album era, the late great David Bowie is among the all-timers. From 1969 to 1980 he put out 13 albums, all of which had the critics blown away and audiences and the music listening public clamoring for more. And Bowie gave them more, continuing to put out mind-bending material all the way until his untimely death in 2016. Gabe Scalone is an ATTT favorite for many reasons, among them he tends to nerd out to the extreme, just like the best of us. Ben and Gabe both listened to David Bowie's entire catalog in preparation for TOP TEN DAVID BOWIE ALBUMS and we think we've put together a damn fine playlist highlighting songs from David's many masterpieces. Picks 10-6 are featured here in Part 1.

Thanks to everyone who has been following us on the socials, including Threads and BlueSky, which we plan to spend a lot more time on. Find us at those places and also Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
https://www.threads.net/@alltimetopten
https://bsky.app/profile/alltimetopten.bsky.social

Dive into the ATTT1000, the ever expanding playlist featuring the 1000 Greatest Songs We've Ever Heard. Listen and follow on Spotify and YouTube:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1dmYMmJDAAK1B6CxS9msYO?si=2a8d5d85d88141e6
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Sj57_93sSc5g3NUhDTwU-_JBMJg385G

Matt Dinan and Melanie Larsen, creators of the Bits & Bites Cartomb Show, are back for another round of shameless promotion of their super fun and funny YouTube show. We're happy to have their help in counting down picks 5-1 in Top Ten Songs That "Bite", a Halloween edition of our patented 'Songs That Have A Particular Word In The Title" series, with our favorite songs that 'bite', have 'bitten', or were 'bit'.

If you missed picks 10-6 and the hilarious banter featured in Part 1, go here first:
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/alltimetopten/episodes/2023-10-16T04_00_00-07_00

Behold the hilariousness! Bits & Bites Cartomb Show is on the air! On YouTube! Watch here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjWAPdF9m6Gnt0m16GVAPDfP0_xyD1Zhf

If you can't get enough biting, listen to the Top Ten Songs That "Bite" Spotify playlist, including bumper songs to sink your teeth into:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0KDwvoGbHAmIt6UVYA4sZW?si=7340ebbd925b40fb

You know the deal. It's October or "spooky season" as lameos like to say. Regardless, we're all about it as long time listeners know. Those same listeners know that we're gonna hear from Mr. Halloween Himself Matt Dinan, but this time around we have a special second guest with us, Matt's partner in crime, Melanie Larsen. Matt & Melanie have been busy making hilarious episodes of the animated YouTube series "Bits & Bites Cartomb Show", which features many voice talents you may recognize if you are a fan of the pod. It's in honor of this show, our favorite on the LA Frankenstein YouTube Channel, that we're undertaking another installment in our 'Top Ten Songs With A Particular Word In The Title' series. This time around we are counting down our favorite Songs That "Bite", using that particular word and variations of it to create a monstrous playlist with teeth. Picks 10-6 in Part 1 are featured here along with the requisite ridiculousness.

If you're not hip to the ever growing playlist of the 1,000 greatest songs we've ever heard aka the ATTT1000, get it here on Spotify and YouTube. Follow it to get the latest additions as they're added.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1dmYMmJDAAK1B6CxS9msYO?si=6b58eddc6dc8465c
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Sj57_93sSc5g3NUhDTwU-_JBMJg385G

Get access to everything LA Frankenstein, including all episodes of Bits N Bites Cartomb Show here:
https://www.youtube.com/@LA_Frankenstein

Dear people with ears and hearts, having your very own list of songs that you love, even though it's embarrassing to admit, is a beautiful thing! Often our guilty pleasure songs are ones that are very special to us, and that's something we should all embrace. Viva la Guilty Pleasures! Thanks again to the swellest of swell fellas Bryan Meyers who came through for us in style, bringing it home in Part 2 with picks 5-1.

If you missed Top Ten Guilty Pleasures Volume 2 Part 1, go back and get it here or wherever you get your podcasts:
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/alltimetopten/episodes/2023-10-02T04_00_00-07_00

Behold the majesty of the Top Ten Guilty Pleasures Volume 2 playlist, featuring the guiltiest "guilty" songs used as bumper tracks:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6tij5CSG1u9hnFHQAIEGcB?si=53556a8575494769

Bryan's hard-working cover band Guilty Pleasure Makers can be found making booties shake all over Southern California. Find out when and where by following them:
https://www.instagram.com/guilty_pleasure_makers/

More fun stuff Bryan is up to:
https://www.instagram.com/jennialpert/
https://www.instagram.com/deadmanspartyca/

For a deeper dive, listen to Top Ten Guilty Pleasures Volume 1 from over 10 years ago, starring the Numbers Girl's best friend Shannon Hurley:
https://www.mixcloud.com/beneisen/all-time-top-ten-episode-75-top-ten-guilty-pleasures-volume-1-wshannon-hurley/