Is This Music? / This Is Not Music

ITM #10: Where have YOU been?

with guest host L. David Hesler https://www.ldavidhesler.com/

and special guest Zach!

Songs covered this episode:

“Dance Monkey” — Tones and I

“Blinding Lights” — The Weeknd

“Hot Girl Bummer” — blackbear

“Adore You” — Harry Styles

“Salvation” — The Strumbrellas

“Raging Fire” — Phillip Phillips

“Magic (Oh Oh Oh)” — Mozella

“Ever Again” — Andrew W.K.

“My Friend Peter” — Alkaline Trio

“Necrotizing Fasciitis” — Becoming The Archetype

“Fear, Pain, Chaos, Suffering” — Sepultura

“Stridig” — Ihsahn

“Phones” — Andy Rehfeldt https://bit.ly/3bHRrTA

L. David Hesler returns to guest host the ninth entry of Is This Music? / This Is Not Music

ARTISTS COVERED:

Lil Nas X, Lizzo, Tank and the Bangas, AJR, Of Monsters and Men, Half*Alive, Local Natives, Paramore, The Ting Tinges, Barns Courtney, Clean Bandit, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Russian Circles, and recent guest Cody Craft

Joe proves to be as big a hypocrite as he is a cynical douchebag. Guest Cody brings some outre rap that neither can appreciate, they both dismiss some pop music, and then Cody shares a near-finished song he’s been working on recently.

items discussed:

Kid Buu — “Momma”

City Morgue — “Shinners13”

Kendrick Lamar — “Humble”

Plini Roessler-Holgate — ??

Billie Eilish — “Ocean Eyes” & “Xanny”

Regina Spektor — “Don’t Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas)”

ED SHEERAN IS TERRIBLE

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and

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CODY fucking CRAFT’s metal debut

and then also

Northlane — ??

Death — “Leprosy”

art credit to Michael Roy (Birdcap)

In Charlesanne’s absence, Joe is again joined by author & musician, L. David Hesler. As usual, Joe attempts to talk himself through broadening his pallet, and he again gives up in less than ten minutes. Come for the failure, stay for the pop quizzes and rabbit holes.

Music discussed:

“Middle Child” — J. Cole

“Old Town Road” — Lil Nas X

“Superposition” — Young The Giant

“Saw Lightning” — Beck

“In The Shadows” — Foreign Air

“Stay In The Dark” — The Band Perry

Caleb Canatheviphth

Deveykus

“Phthisis” — Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

“Dance The Night Away” — Van Halen

Pop Quiz culled from:

https://digitaldreamdoor.com/mobile/jokes/funny-band-names.html

https://m.riverfronttimes.com/foodblog/2010/02/16/20-unholy-recipes-dishes-so-awful-we-had-to-make-them

https://www.buzzfeed.com/ariannarebolini/truly-upsetting-vintage-recipes

This episode's guest is Chillicothe, Missouri's own L. David Hesler!

https://www.ldavidhesler.com/

https://soundcloud.com/bemega

https://soundcloud.com/badnotespodcast

SONGS COVERED:

“Sweet But Psycho” — Ava Max

“13lack 13alloons” — Denzel Curry

“Ready To Let Go” — Cage The Elephant

“Medicine” — Bring Me The Horizon

“This City (Is Bound To Do Us In)” — The Break and Repair Method

“Faster” — Matt Nathanson

“Clockwork” — Easton Corbin

“Dream 12” - Scale The Summit

This episode includes a road trip pop quiz, avoiding Drake salad, and Charlesanne actually liking a helicopter full of chainsaws for once.

Artists covered:

Mac Miller

Halsey, Bennie Blanco & Khalid

Amy Shark

Mary J. Blige

Zed & Ellie Duhey

Charlie Puth

Ella Mai

Gorillaz

Bastille

Shinedown

Madonna

Olivia Holt

Jess Glenn

JB Cooper

Brojob

Extremity

Alien Weaponry

bonus material

Episode 5 will be posted soon

This installment finds Charlesanne lecturing Joe on the history of prog rock, Joe baring his deep biases against country music, and cats that keep stealing our cookies.

Artists reviewed include:

Lil Uzi Vert, xxxTentacion, Guy Clark, Ariana Grande, Marshmello & Anne Marie, Camila Cabello, Gorillaz, Florence + The Machine, Panic! At the Disco, Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer, The Alan Parsons Project, Maroon 5, Cheat Codes, Danny Gokey, Entombed, and Leo Moracchioli

Recording on Father's Day, Joe engages in some dad breathing while Charlesanne yells at him for never having listened to Yes.

While Joe edits Episode 3, listen to us bullshit about movies for 20 minutes.