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- Phish - The White Tape (w/ Mitchy Dee)
Ready to get faaaaar out, #stoppies? This week's adventure has us whoodly-doodling away with some reheated jams courtesy of everyone's* favorite psychedelic Dads, Phish! Originally recorded in 1986 and inexplicably re-released twice in 1998 and 2006, "The White Tape" is a dizzying and deeply misdirected spectacle of unnecessary fuzz pedals, non-sequiters about hamburgers, synthetic keyboards and songs about stepping in literal dog shit. Unsurprisingly, the 16 song collection of disconnected wank-offs is a big misstep even for the most devoted of fans. We brought our old friend from UMass Mitchy Dee, a local musician and proud Phish enthusiast to help us figure out whether Phish is a cult, why Mike Gordon seems to hate us, and what the hell they were thinking releasing "Minkin". We still haven't figured out the answer to that one.
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1 hr 39 min - Dee Dee King - Standing in the Spotlight (w/ Hayley Valencia)
Our latest exploration of mid-life crisis inspired genre experimentation leads us to Dee Dee Ramone aka Dee Dee King's 1989 punk-rap flop Standing In The Spotlight. Replete with climaxless tales of surfing and wrestling, as well as cringeworthy chronicles of his failing marriage, all delivered in a cartoonish tenor recalling hip-hop classics like "The Monster Mash", Standing In The Spotlight is undoubtedly one of the most head-scratching entries into the Make It Stop ouvre. Joining Mike and Heather to try to make sense of it all is Hayley Valencia, bassist of all-trans queercore punk powerhouses WIMP and resident Dee Dee King expert of the Greater Boston Area. How does it stack up against the rest of the ill-conceived rap projects we've covered in our few short months as a podcast? Find out this week on Make It Stop!
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1 hr 29 min - Worst of PrincePrince Rogers Nelson, better known as Prince, is one of the most prolific artists and songwriters of all time, having released 39 studio albums and penned literally thousands of songs before his untimely death in April 2016. With nearly 20 tracks hitting the top 10 of the Billboard 100 chart, including "When Doves Cry", which peaked at #1 for five straight weeks, Prince is renowned for his vision and hitmaking prowess. However, as with any artist with such a prolific output, a handful of songs will inevitably miss the mark. On this week's episode of Make It Stop, Mike and Heather fly solo to go in depth into the bottom 10 worst songs of Prince's career. From the cheeseball ballads to the preachy opuses to an inexplicable fifteen minute long fat jokes, these songs run the full gamut from perplexing to irritating to downrighht disgusting. With such a smorgasbord of garbage, even the most devout followers of The Purple One are sure to be screaming "Make It Stop".
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1 hr 42 min - Kid Cudi - Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven (w/ Alex Dunn)
Mike's brother Alex Dunn joins Make It Stop to discuss Kid Cudi's Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven. Where to start with Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven? How can we possibly distill this recondite opus into a mere blurb? Seems impossible, but let's give it a shot:
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1 hr 37 min - KISS - Music From "The Elder" (w/ Hugh Beckett)Will you take The Oath? Will You Sacrifice? This week on Make It Stop we're just barely putting up with Music From "The Elder", the biggest blunder of KISS's career. Powerslut bassist and vehement KISS hater Hugh Beckett joins us to ponder the themes and lessons explored within the "immersive" sci-fi fantasy world of "The Elder". Based on a thin story outline by Gene Simmons, this ambitious concept album tells the gripping tale of a boy named "The Boy", who becomes a man, then reverts to being a boy, then becomes a man again, and pretty much nothing else happens. You'll be on the edge of your seat with all the twists and turns in this unfathomably cheesy monstrosity. #ShowUsTheReceiptsGene
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1 hr 22 min - Insane Clown Posse - Bang! Pow! Boom! (w/ Squallie Greenthumb)WHOOP WHOOP. This week on Make It Stop it's All in the Family, as we invite local Tinder Famous musician Squallie Greenthumb to discuss his favorite group Insane Clown Posse. The album we've chosen to discuss is Bang! Pow! Boom!, which includes the group's most infamous song and the #1 meme of 2009, "Miracles". We talk in depth about the Juggalo subculture, the Joker Cards, and how exactly magnets work. After 17 tracks of murder, mayhem, zombie dances, corpses with mouths filled with pizza rolls, and Juggalo islands, what is Mike and Heather's consensus on ICP? The answer may surprise you.
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1 hr 32 min - Eminem - Revival (w/ Tawanda Gona)
The conversation runs long this week on Make It Stop as comedian and music critic Tawanda Gona joins Heather and Mike to feast on a stale cracker. In 2017, after a lengthy string of disappointing releases, Eminem released Revival, arguably his most despicable album yet. With a bloated 80+ minute runtime, and a smorgasbord of tryhard slant rhymes, outdated edgelord humor, and convoluted double entendres, Revival may just be the least enjoyable album any of us have ever heard. To soothe the pain, we try to make sense of Eminem's place in today's world. Is he more like The Simpsons or The Undertaker? Whatever the case, they all need to just Make It Stop.CW: We discuss Eminem's lyrics, many of which are misogynistic, homophobic, ableist, and contain references to r*pe.
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1 hr 56 min - Mötley Crüe - Theatre of Pain (w/ Angela Sawyer)
This week's episode finds us sliding knee deep into glam metal, braving the murky waters of post-vehicular manslaughter Motley Crue. Our guest, local renaissance woman (comedian/musician/record store owner) Angela Sawyer tells us tales about her 15 year old self hiding passionate Motley Crue love poems behind her suburban waterbed and why she thought they "smoked pee". Why does Vince Neil sound like a cartoon rat? What were they thinking name checking protestant reformation activist "Martin Luther" in a terrible ballad? Did they actually smoke pee? Find out on this week's episode of "Make it Stop"!
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1 hr 40 min - The Simpsons Sing the Blues (w/ Ben Stein)Alright #Stoppies, it's time for yet ANOTHER round of soulless white boy blues pap, this time courtesy of your beloved childhood heroes, the Simpsons! How much sax does one album need? Is it #ImTooSaxy or #IWantToSaxYouUp? Will anyone write a 5 paragraph essay about Hinder? Why are we threatening our audience with death? Why does Mike Dunn find joy in torturing his friends on his birthday? Find out all of the answers by listening to our latest episode!Check us out on www.makeitstoppodcast.com, and like and Subscribe to us on iTunes so we can keep the hits coming!
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1 hr 41 min - Hinder - Extreme Behavior (w/ Patrick and Lee of Jukebox Zeroes!)
Stoppies, we like you so much we're even willing to try Butt Stuff. Rather than easing our way in for our first foray into the putrid realm of Butt Rock, we're taking a full plunge, discussing Hinder's downright detestable debut Extreme Behavior. Joining us are fellow tastemakers of trash Lee Martin and Patrick SB from the Jukebox Zeroes podcast. Along the way we moan and groan and generally try to steer the conversation as far from the subject at hand as possible, but just when we think we're out, Hinder pulls us back in. "Blower" indeed.
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About Make it Stop: A Bad Music Podcast
From the publisher's feed
Make it Stop is a podcast dedicated to dissecting terrible albums. Hosted by musicians Heather Mack and Mike Dunn and featuring a variety of quirky guests from the Boston arts and music scene, Make it…
Stop braves the putrid depths of the worst albums ever made. By the end, you'll be begging them for more...while screaming "make it stop!" Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.