Tunnel vision!

Content Warning: Several references to sexual assault, plus we criticize the band Sublime.

Put your skeletons in jail.

Links:

• Switched on Pop: No Country for Old Town Road

Take a good look at it. Look at it now.

Who stole Thom's vodka cup?

Jake is a Phish fan. Matthew is a Phish skeptic. Naturally they're tackling the Phishiest possible release, 1994's A Live One, which features a 30-minute song.

Special Guest Rich McLaughlin (Sirius XM, I Heart Radio, WFUV, Amazon Music) joins us on a journey through “Time.” On this month’s Hidden Jukebox, we discuss REM’s Out of Time (1991) as well as what made the band great, what made the band fall apart, and why Rich is so damned obsessed with these guys.

Special Guest: Rich McLaughlin.

Links:

• An Inaugural Day Message via the Words of R.E.M.

Snoop Doggy Dogg, 1993

In 1992, a new video debuted on MTV, and suddenly America couldn’t stop talking about two things: cars that bounce, and a cornrowed rapper with a lovable lazy drawl and the improbable name of Snoop Doggy Dogg. We can't stop talking about him either.

Green Day’s Dookie (1994) was punk rock your parents could enjoy in the car. Deceptively upbeat (until you listen to the lyrics), Dookie’s strong hooks and clever lyrics brought punk to a mass audience—and is still loads of fun today.

Maria, carry a rifle.

We should be okay and we won't get in a muddle.