Empty Checking with Derek Brink

This is a pretty serious episode. Please be forewarned that I openly discuss the subject of sexual assault/rape in regards to the Harvey Weinstein story. I do not describe anything in detail, but if the subject is a triggering event from you, you may wish to skip ahead. I also discuss pro-wrestling, because I have no idea how to smoothly transition between subjects. Then I close out the show bidding an emotional farewell to Gord Downie from The Tragically Hip. And more!

Introduction - 0:00

Discussion of Harvey Weinstein/Sexual Assault - 3:08

WWE Talk - 18:50

RIP Gord Downie - 33:00

I went to see an awesome punk rock show featuring the Descendents, The Get Up Kids, and Braddock. I also watched wrestling. I talked about both those things. Hurray!

This is a pretty low-key episode. I talk through my thoughts on the Las Vegas shooting. It's a more raw listen than usual. I talk about a couple of albums that helped me today; Aimee Mann's "Mental Illness" (which I realized during the upload I've already talked about on the show, but whatever) and the new album by Lowercase Noises, "The Swiss Illness." Mostly, I just needed to talk. Thought it might help me/others.

This week's episode is about an hour and twenty minutes of a conversation with my brother Dave. It was a good talk and a lot of fun. I'm downright giggly throughout and enjoyed myself a lot. :) We talk about a bunch of different music, a couple movies, etc.

Index of main topics discussed:

00:01 - Intro/Music

01:30 - Meeting Dave and Intro Stuff

03:50 - Review/Discussion of Living Colour's "Shade"

14:24 - A Text from Dad turns into a Tribute to Bobby "The Brain" Heenan

18:06 - Dave Tells Me About the Movie "IT"

27:06 - A Concert Review: Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, and Edgar Winter (we also end up talking about Saxon)

43:09 - Review/Discussion of the Foo Fighters' "Concrete and Gold"

50:24 - I Tell Dave About Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real's New Self-Titled Album

52:52 - Dave Tells Me About Steve Earle's New Album

54:09 - A Farewell to Jessi Zazu of Those Darlins

01:04:16 - Random Questions With Dave About Stuff He Likes (Favorite Albums, TV, Pro-Wrestling Memories, etc.)

In this week's episode, I've got a bad cold, so I talk about Tom Waits for about 15 minutes, then give my two-cents on Neil Young's "Hitchhiker." Short one this week! (As a fun-fact, I also uploaded this on 9/11/17, although it's not getting posted until Thursday. By the time the upload was complete around 10pm, my temperature was 100-degrees.)

In this episode I yell about it not making sense to call someone a sexist for saying something that isn't sexist, I come close to crying while talking about pro-wrestling, and I give my first (and possibly last) ever "pick of the week" to Ray Davies' new record "Americana." All that and more!

In this week's episode, I make an appeal for donations to the Red Cross then talk about music from Fishboy, Jason Isbell, Jade Jackson, Aimee Mann, Japandroids, and Big Star's Third. Also discussed books by Tana French and George Saunders. Then a lengthy talk about "new media" where I list my favorite shows on YouTube, my favorite podcasts, and a few Netflix titles. Jam-packed episode!

This week's episode is about 50% a tribute to the late, great Jerry Lewis. Then I talk about some TV and music stuff. And at one point I accidentally call Steven Wright "Steven Weber" so enjoy looking for that, too!

Episode 2 of Empty Checking. Reviewing books by Paul Auster and Denis Johnson, music by Manhester Orchestra, Father John Misty, and Big Star, and some TV in the form of WWE Wrestling and Broadchurch, to boot! Plus a personal appeal for RAINN, a personal favorite charity.

Episode one of the (relaunched) podcast "Empty Checking." I talk about stuff I've spent money on. In this episode: Doctor Who, George Saunders, Doctor Who, Glen Campbell (RIP), and more! Still working out the bugs, but excited to be doing this! My favorite part is where I did a retake at the end, said "ah, fuck" and didn't edit it out, remaining unaware of it until the next day.