Look, we tried to have a sophisticated chat about interwar music (the stuff between the two big global scraps) but obviously, it devolved into a conversation about penis tattoos and whether or not Reddit is a valid academic source.

Dr. Sam brings the "knowledge" (mostly from books he is actually holding, for once), and Andrew tries to figure out how to eat a Scotch egg without a plate while pondering the sexual deviance of 1920s novelty songs. We cover Duke Ellington's Mood Indigo, the absolute filth hidden in "I'm Going to Bring a Watermelon to My Girl Tonight," and why Robert Johnson might have just practiced really hard instead of selling his soul to the devil. It is a rambling journey through jazz, folk, and German Marxist theatre that somehow ends with Woody Allen and a two-fingered guitarist.

Riffs of the week Dr Sam's Riff

• Dog Faced Hermans - Jan 9

Andrew's Riff

• Witch Post - Worry Angel

Dr Sam's track choices

1. Duke Ellington - Mood Indigo
2. Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm Gonna Bring a Watermelon to My Girl Tonight
3. Brecht - Instead-Of Song
4. Harlem Hamfats - Let's Get Drunk and Truck

Andrew's track choices

1. Laurel and Hardy - Trail of the lonesome pine
2. Robert Johnson - Crossroad blues
3. Woodie Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land (1940)
4. Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli - Minor Swing

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