This episode marks our 1-year podiversary, so we're doing duets.  Just two guys taking turns talking tunes performed by two people together.  We start with Billy Joe and Norah and then work our way through the years.

"Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_VrTdsVhZSdQbGxiCG13xFkYMk&trackAsin=B0BD3HYRSL

Foreverly - Billy Joe Armstrong, Norah Jones - https://open.spotify.com/album/7lkScvsKOs3isiwn8bXFos?si=fHO3uJOQSYibEG_HErFQZw

"Picture" - Kid Rock (featuring Sheryl Crow) - https://open.spotify.com/track/69j0KoPJuwpnbGWrfn7Yll?si=ec5022de828d4d42

Goodbye Jumbo - World Party - https://open.spotify.com/album/0NHOAAAuzEglpm88igZi1a?si=K44jyyj0SdS4jkvc_oeuwg

Wherein we discuss the podcast Valley Heat, go off on a tangent about 70s/80s rock bands, and of course arrive home with conversation about music that is a guilty pleasure.  And oh so much more.

"Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_VrTdsVhZSdQbGxiCG13xFkYMk&trackAsin=B0BD3HYRSL

Valley Heat - Doug Duguay - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/valley-heat/id1530344328

 Brian's the one who has listened to "something new lately," and it's going to be a bit of a feisty podcast. Kevn Kinney lives! But maybe Feist's Let It Die should stay dead.  Then there's all those songs from commercials. No guests. No rules. Just right. 

"Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_VrTdsVhZSdQbGxiCG13xFkYMk&trackAsin=B0BD3HYRSL

So, this [is] the thing that we do. This is a podcast for listeners by listeners. We've said this before ... [we] don't really create or produce anything worth listening to, BUT we consume a lot of stuff. We really like to listen to things.  Almost every time we sit down to talk, we have something new we've listened to ... this episode is The Weakerthans' Reconstruction Site!

"Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_VrTdsVhZSdQbGxiCG13xFkYMk&trackAsin=B0BD3HYRSL

Reconstruction Site by The Weakerthans https://open.spotify.com/album/14gpuI6JNy9gekaT0p6m9N?si=TibYbeQKQ4a2RAwyYv5rqQ

In this episode Brian Uses big words.  The guys discuss the podcast Crime in Sports, and after their rather "subdued" opinion is expressed they move onto one of the top 30 new indie albums of 2023 Wishes to Fulfill by Another Michael.  Brian really digs deep to describe who these artists remind him of.  Matthew Sweet is mentioned?  They talk Saviors, but there's nothing to report, and then of course no podcast would be complete without an in depth discussion of Memphis infrastructure.  Check it out.

"Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_VrTdsVhZSdQbGxiCG13xFkYMk&trackAsin=B0BD3HYRSL

Crime in Sports - a Podcast with James Pietragallo and Jimmie Whisman - https://open.spotify.com/show/5Mve0zKmB5EbtUvrvvYSZh?si=2c46d58e720d4d59

Wishes to Fulfill by Another Michael - https://open.spotify.com/album/6A1t4yDc9o7dBxWe7pkpce?si=VQVJDewiTbyOtMadm1xZVQ

Girlfriend by Matthew Sweet - https://open.spotify.com/album/0SZjTgnyODlELJWopuCt8w?si=tvdGeUPnTeu3z6eYOC2MRQ

Do you remember that Off-Broadway percussion/dance show that came around in the 90's? No, not Blue Man Group! The other one.  The dudes with the brooms and trashcans! STOMP!  Yeah, this episode has nothing to do with that. Join Brian and Cort for a conversation about the rapidly ascending musical star of Noah Kahan.  There's some holiday recapping to be done, because who doesn't love a good holiday recap, and also a teensy tinsy mea culpa from Cort.  Join us, cuz we've got magic to do, and we'd love some company, even if we don't love "Company" (jumbled Broadway references will all be made clear if you'll just listen)!

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"Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_VrTdsVhZSdQbGxiCG13xFkYMk&trackAsin=B0BD3HYRSL

Noah Kahan - Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever) - https://open.spotify.com/album/1pb3je8gXTs5dpRRTKhHRC?si=aWa4isywQDyYY8_fqvOoWA

Jazz.  Animated movie music. New Year's. What more need be said?

"Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_VrTdsVhZSdQbGxiCG13xFkYMk&trackAsin=B0BD3HYRSL

Masterpieces By Ellington - Duke Ellington - https://open.spotify.com/album/4knin4mUVXdOknjQ3DtVvt?si=I5NBfF-HSba-vD5qAe-1Bg

Randy Newman Live - https://open.spotify.com/album/4QhijFJQbhGN4z6O967cBX?si=n1fU5C-vR7imvfz8epK3Mw

I this Episode Brian just barely pulls out of a nosedive.  The guys talk about Elvis Perkins in Dearland.  Their friendship ends. Again.  Cort’s Spotify Wrapped is all kinds of weird in 2023.  They talk Mike Duncan’s Revolutions.  But that's not all! There’s a nude Shrek and the Grinch’s salty nuts.

"Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_VrTdsVhZSdQbGxiCG13xFkYMk&trackAsin=B0BD3HYRSL

Elvis Perkins in Dearland (eponymous) - https://open.spotify.com/album/66JpoWb15MS9BKhp7XBKCj?si=LZAEtMEYSGmoO8C9jb6QMg

Revolutions by Mike Duncan - https://open.spotify.com/show/05lvdf9T77KE6y4gyMGEsD?si=fd4d4c9d9bb9407b

Listeners, we're really working hard for y'all, 'cause this is like … I don't know what you want to describe the experience as, but it's kind of like the blowing up of the greatest balloon ever, and then you “poke the balloon” – loose translation, “oh! but you gotta do it again because you suck and you forgot to hit record.” It’s one of those kind of episodes.  But still! Billy Joel.  Scared to Death. Passenger List.  AND so much, much more!

"Cyrus Oh Cyrus" - The Flying Scrub Jays - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BD2HJ21S?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_VrTdsVhZSdQbGxiCG13xFkYMk&trackAsin=B0BD3HYRSL

Billy Joel, Songs in the Attic, https://open.spotify.com/album/2Vf4bohoWVk1YlPR2uNOFd?si=_1xdBXZOTEeyC_PxXgEUCA

Elton John, Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, https://open.spotify.com/album/7y0I0jpXSxe3XxCAvYECEI?si=7MYWd4c8S96_1UWDX4f7Tg

Scared to Death, https://open.spotify.com/show/0ROR5DBcqHUQIiY2AQgdAh?si=67bed3c17a774168

Passenger List, https://open.spotify.com/show/2TevVBfS0JReKn1MMeNkv2?si=d817869fb9844d81

The Guys are 50.  It seems like years since they hung out and caught up, so there is a lot for them to discuss.  They start off with Cort’s assignment, Everything is Alive presents The Animals, and flow from that into a discussion about The Lazy Genius Podcast and the audiobook of Andy Weir’s novel Project Hail Mary.  Everything closes out with some discussion of how things are over in England based on Brian’s visit.  As always there is a Random Podcast Generator podcast.

Everything is Alive presents The Animals: Melissa and Joseph, Kangaroos, https://open.spotify.com/episode/0zG7ViZRxu1iwhqIVbjb48?si=7be6fd21430341b7 ; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-is-alive-presents-the-animals/id1388419519?i=1000628529008

Connor Ratliff, The George Lucas Talk Show, https://www.youtube.com/@TheGeorgeLucasTalkShow

Blank Check with Griffin & David, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blank-check-with-griffin-david/id981330533

The Lazy Genius Podcast, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lazy-genius-podcast/id1111796513

The Lazy Genius Podcast, How to Lazy Genius Division of Labor, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/337-how-to-lazy-genius-division-of-labor/id1111796513?i=1000632258732

Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary [Audiobook], https://www.audible.com/pd/Project-Hail-Mary-Audiobook/B08G9PRS1K?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp

Neal Stephenson, Seveneves, https://www.audible.com/pd/Seveneves-Audiobook/B00WNBF0RM?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp

Billy Joel, Songs in the Attic, https://open.spotify.com/album/2Vf4bohoWVk1YlPR2uNOFd?si=_1xdBXZOTEeyC_PxXgEUCA

Scared to Death, https://open.spotify.com/show/0ROR5DBcqHUQIiY2AQgdAh?si=67bed3c17a774168

Passenger List, https://open.spotify.com/show/2TevVBfS0JReKn1MMeNkv2?si=d817869fb9844d81