Hot Dad (@hotterdad) joins Charles and Alex to share his favorite '00s Japanese rock bands.

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Listen to Banana Road: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/hotdad/banana-road

Playlist:

Quruli - Hana no Mizudeppou

Quruli - World's End Supernova (Live)

Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Siren

Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Kimi no Machi Made

Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Natsu no Hi, Zanzou

Cornelius - Smoke

Cornelius - Breezin'

Supercar - White Surf Style 5 (Live)

Supercar - Wonder Word

Raina (@RahRahRaina) joins Charles and Alex to discuss her time in Japan interviewing bands, shopping at Seven & I Holdings, and feeding cats outside of their designated feeding area. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

Playlist:

Sakanaction - Wasurerarenaino

Cornelius - Chapter 8 Seashore and Horizon

Boris - Heavy Rain

Buffalo Daughter - Cyclic

Hitsuji Bungaku - Addiction

Atarashii Gakko! - Tokyo Calling

Mass of the Fermenting Dregs - Sugar

Will Menaker and Katherine Krueger join Charles and Alex to cover this summer's hottest music festival—the RNC—and weigh the musical merits of the car crash king Billy Joel.

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Stream Charles' new song: https://open.spotify.com/track/4r6cxwLnd1eokkF8qUAvND?si=461221842bff414e

Charles and Alex discuss Joe Biden's audio engineering woes, Gerber's 1970s campaign to market baby food to adults, and Kid Rock's endorsement of an anti-American dessert: apple pie. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/107890816

Charles and Alex listen to Meghan Trainor's new pet food jingle. DUI king Billy Joel weighs in on Justin Timberlake. Alex calls him RuPaul Stanley because KISS are drag queens. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

Evan Laffer (@evanlaffer) and Ian Grant (@ian__grant) of Jokermen (@JokermenPodcast) join Charles and Alex to discuss the career of Barney the Dinosaur, with an eye toward his criticually and commercially overlooked later works. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

Charles and Alex wonder what baby Jesus did with his gold and discuss a story about artists like Ne-Yo and the Game scamming people through their official Instagram accounts. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

Charles, Alex, and Dan discuss the recent spate of arena tour cancellations and check in on the world's youngest FORMER Garfield licensee. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/105775522

See Dan on tour: www.subpop.com/artists/boeckner/tours

Charles and Alex read Rolling Stone's Kid Rock profile and realize that he needs to tour with Bruce Springsteen to heal America. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

Charles and Alex want to do the drugs their favorite 80-year-old psychedelic rock artists are doing. Plus a check-in on Kanye's presidential campaign. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit