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I skim through a few recent albums, including stuff from Carly Rae Jepsen, Frankie Cosmos, and Bruce Springsteen. I also express some dismay for a new Luke Bryan single and share a few country artists that are way better than him and his worthless garbage.

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I’m looking for times when an artist or group made one soundtrack ever. I get Curtis Mayfield to work out and talk about Jimmy Page and some Eddie Vedder and Roberta Flack, too. And more!

I think I spend about 10 minutes saying that sometimes Tom Petty hits lower notes. So stay tuned for that insightful commentary.

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On May 15, 2001, Weezer, Missy Elliott, and more put out new albums. So Rob takes a look around the cultural landscape and gives some of those new albums a listen.

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We’re a totally independent network of homemade podcasts. No celebrities. No ads. Just a guy making stuff to love, hate, and celebrate life with curiosity, creativity, and compassion…kind of…sometimes. At Low-Effort Content, okay is okay, good enough is good enough, and easy does it.

Felix—the Kid—loves Gorillaz, so Rob—that's the Dad one—made a bracket of great Gorillaz songs. We pick a winner one match-up at a time to pick the best Gorillaz song, then see if it can take down our reigning champ. 

At low-effort content—where okay is okay—we make stuff and share it with you to celebrate life with curiosity, creativity, and compassion...kind of...sometimes.

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Make Mine a Double Feature, where Rob & Ellen have a few drinks and tell each other movie stories in all kinds of ways—like backwards or in the form of letters or from the POV of a side character.

Kid. Dad. Songs. Yeah!, where Rob & Felix talk about music.

Trivial Television, where Ellen & Rob recap TV episodes while sprinkling in facts, fictions, and trivia questions.

Booyah 90s Now, where Rob & Joe break down what it’s been like to live under the influence of 90s media.

Trading Up!, where Rob loses a bunch of money trying to become a good stock trader.

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Rob presents Felix with a bracket of rap songs that he's loved over the last 30 years or so. And Felix picks winners until we have a new contender for reigning champ. Plus, some talk about what we've been listening to—Fable Cry & Lana Del Rey—and what we're gonna listen to soon—Demi Lovato & Open Mike Eagle.

Songs in this bracket in no particular order:

Lupe Fiasco - "Words I Never Said"
Kanye West - "Monster" & "Power"
Open Mike Eagle - "Cobra Commander"
Immortal Technique - "The 3rd World"
Geto Boys - "Yes, Yes, Y'all"
Luniz - "I Got 5 On It"
Warren G - "Regulate"
Busdriver - "Me Time"
Goodie Mob - "Cell Therapy"
Eazy-E - "Real Muthaphuckkin G's"
Kendrick Lamar - "Backseet Freestyle"
Blackstreet - "No Diggity"

By the way, this kid's about as tall as me now. He's handled all this COVID school stuff like a champ. And he's making some cool music himself. Really proud of him.

At low-effort content—where okay is okay—family and friends hang out, make stuff, and share it with you to celebrate curiosity and creativity in all kinds of ways. We’d love to hear from you. And you can hit our merch page to get things and support us. 

Here are some of the shows you can listen to from low-effort content.

Make Mine a Double Feature, where we have a few drinks and tell each other movie stories in all kinds of ways—like backwards or in the form of letters or from the POV of a side character.

Trivial Television, where we recap TV episodes while sprinkling in facts, fictions, and trivia questions.

Booyah 90s Now, where we break down what it’s been like to live under the influence of 90s media.

Trading Up!, where Rob loses a bunch of money trying to become a good stock trader.

Thanks for hanging out. Thanks for listening to this.

Take care.

Felix made a bracket of songs from the 2006 Hot 100, and Rob picks the winners, round by round.

We got Shakira, Gnarls Barkley, Panic! at the Disco, Nelly Furtado, and more & Boyz II Men waiting to defend their spot as our reigning champ. 

You can contact or support us over at synopsish.com & check out all the other stuff we’re making: 

Make Mine a Double Feature, where we have a few drinks and tell each other movie stories in all kinds of ways—like backwards or in the form of letters or from the POV of a side character.

Kid.Dad.Songs.Yeah!, and his dad talking about music, where a kid and his dad talk about music, usually by having songs battle it out in a bracket.

Trivial Television, where we recap TV episodes while sprinkling in facts, fictions, and trivia questions.

Booyah 90s Now, where we break down what it’s been like to live under the influence of 90s media.

Plus, we have shows on bananas, pop culture lists, the internet, and other stuff in our low-effort content feed. 

Thanks for hanging out. Thanks for listening to this.

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Look, that's just a title and a basic subject for this bracket. I went with only solo artists, and I didn't include everyone I could have while also including people I probably shouldn't have. But I gave some thought to each musician and song I chose. 

And then Felix got to pick the winners round by round.

You can contact or support us over at synopsish.com & check out all the other stuff we’re making: 

Make Mine a Double Feature, where we have a few drinks and tell each other movie stories in all kinds of ways—like backwards or in the form of letters or from the POV of a side character.

Kid.Dad.Songs.Yeah!, and his dad talking about music, where a kid and his dad talk about music, usually by having songs battle it out in a bracket.

Trivial Television, where we recap TV episodes while sprinkling in facts, fictions, and trivia questions.

Booyah 90s Now, where we break down what it’s been like to live under the influence of 90s media.

Plus, we have shows on bananas, pop culture lists, the internet, and other stuff in our low-effort content feed. 

Thanks for hanging out. Thanks for listening to this.

Take care.

Felix made a bracket of songs from the 1981 Billboard Hot 100, and Rob is picking the winners from acts like Hall & Oates and Sheena Easton, Dolly Parton, REO Speedwagon, John Lennon and more. 

Drop by synopsish.com to check out all the stuff we're making with family and friends, playing around with pop culture & sharing it with you in podcasts and blog posts.

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Rob turned the track listing of Sgt. Pepper's into a bracket, and Felix picks the winners of each match up until we have his favorite song from the album.

Then we see if that song can supplant our reigning champ, "On Bended Knee."

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Drop by synopsish.com for podcasts and blog posts about all kinds of pop culture. Like this stuff, for example:

Having drinks and telling movie stories on Make Mine a Double Feature

Sprinkling facts and trivia into TV recaps on Trivial Televisions 

Interrogating what it's like to have grown up soaked in 90s media on Booyah 90s Now

Plus some low-effort content to help you keep in mind that — in life and in podcasting — easy does it.

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Rob was 7 in the summer of 1989 and listened to Oldies and 80s Pop. Felix was 7 n the summer of 2014 and listened to some uplifting songs and at least one sad one. On this episode of KDSY, we talk each have five songs that would make up the soundtrack to those summers. Heads up: Felix laughs until he cries about a certain The Who album title.

At synopsish.com, we make all kinds of podcasts and blog posts where we hang out, play around with pop culture, and share it with you. Hope you'll take a look at some of this stuff:

Booyah 90s Now. Two guys talk about how growing up immersed in 90s movies and TV kind of messed them up forever.

Trivial Television. Brother and sister recap TV shows while sharing some true information, making up less-than-true information, and asking each other trivia questions.

Low-Effort Content. Friends and family hanging out to talk about the internet, play trivia games, make lists, or celebrate bananas. Things like that. Okay is okay around here.

There's other stuff, too. Hope you'll take a look.

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