Pops on Hops

As part of our five-hour interview of Matt Carlson (Harborcoat, The Stick Arounds, The Pantones) featured on Friends Are Inclusive (Harborcoat & Bell's Brewery), we asked Matt to rank his top five R.E.M. albums.

We present that conversation to you here, approximately one year after we released our own R.E.M. album rankings on R(ank).E.M. (R.E.M. and Royal Palm Brewing Company).

Matt and Barry met as Patreon subscribers of Stand Up! with Pete Dominick.

Check out the playlist of Barry’s and Abigail’s favorite songs from their favorite R.E.M. albums.

We also created a playlist of Matt’s favorite songs from his favorite R.E.M. albums!

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

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Barry and Abigail discuss Diesel and Dust by Midnight Oil and sample Southern Style, Mini-Weights, Oh Snap! Crack! Pop!, Commodore Crunch, Burberry Baltic Porter, and Vine And Dandy from Intracoastal Brewing Company in Melbourne, Florida.

Barry saw Midnight Oil live at a Club 1235 in Miami Beach in June 1988 with his medical school classmate, Dr. Michael Franz.

Abigail heard the iconic first three notes of Beds Are Burning as very similar to the iconic first three notes of Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple.

Abigail associated Dreamworld with Can’t Get There From Here by R.E.M., although she couldn’t quite put her finger on why.

Androporosphere (which appears in Whoah) is a made-up word that is a play on anthroposphere.

Barry recommended Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson.

Abigail believes The Home Depot Beat may be a direct rip-off of Sell My Soul.

The double clap at the beginning of Sometimes reminded Abigail of this TikTok.

Up next… Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, submitted to our Jukebox by Jeff “Jafo” Shettler.

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

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Barry and Abigail discuss Lungs by Florence + The Machine and sample Scarlet King Red Ale, Well & Good, Lost In Oz Hazy Double, and Tall Pine Porter from Cypress & Grove Brewing Co. in Gainesville, Florida.

See the setlist of the performance that Barry and Abigail saw in 2011 when Florence + The Machine opened for U2.

Watch the available music videos for this album.

Kiss With a Fist reminds Barry of early music by The Pretenders, such as Pretenders, previously reviewed by us on Hoptenders (The Pretenders & Chapman's Brewing Co.). Kiss With a Fist saw an early incarnation as Happy Slap by Ashok, an earlier musical project of Florence Welch.

Florence + The Machine covered You Got the Love by The Source featuring Candi Staton.

The bonus track we reviewed was Swimming.

Up next… Diesel and Dust by Midnight Oil

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

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Barry and Abigail discuss KICK by INXS and sample Island Paradise, Jalapeño Honey Blonde, Lichtenhainer (German Smoked Sour Ale), and Caramel Apple Pie from NOBO Brewing Company in Boynton Beach, Florida.

Read about the mysterious death of Michael Hutchence, the frontman of INXS, and read this list of songs inspired by his life and death.

Barry went through the exercise of resequencing this album as Kicked Again.

The chorus of Devil Inside reminds Abigail of the chorus of You Really Got Me by The Kinks.

Wild Life reminds Barry of Apache by The Sugarhill Gang.

Mystify reminds Abigail of Fever by Peggy Lee.

What is Frühschoppen?

Tiny Daggers reminds Abigail of You Crack Me Up by Huey Lewis and the News.

Up next… Lungs by Florence + The Machine

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe, who we featured on this week’s parody cover!

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Barry and Abigail discuss In 3-D by “Weird Al” Yankovic and sample AvoVino, Carambola Wine, Guava Wine, Passion Fruit, and Lychee Wine from Schnebly Redland’s Winery in Homestead, Florida.

Barry saw “Weird Al” in July 1996 at The Fonda Theater in Hollywood, California during The Bad Hair Tour. Years later, in August 2015, Barry surprised Abigail with tickets to see “Weird Al” at The Broward Center for the Performing Artsduring The Mandatory World Tour.

JP, our wine tour guide from Schnebly, recommended pairing several of the wines with locally-produced smoked fish dip from What Are We Smokin'?

Eddie Van Halen played the guitar solo in Beat It by Michael Jackson. Rick Derringer of The McCoys (who produced In 3-D) recreated the guitar solo on Eat It by “Weird Al.”

Don Pardo of Saturday Night Live fame appears on I Lost on Jeopardy, “Weird Al”’s parody of Jeopardy by The Greg Kihn Band.

The Egg Scrambler is a real product advertised by Ron Popeil that was referenced by “Weird Al” in Mr. Popeil. Ron’s sister Lisa Popeil was one of the backup singers in “Weird Al”’s Mr. Popeil!

Up next… KICK by INXS (for real this time)

Jingles (and the "Dorks on Corks" theme song) are by our friend Pete Coe.

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Barry, Abigail, and special guest Jack Cornell discuss Jack’s album One in Wins and sample Octopus Backyard and Hundreds of Babies from Tripping Animals Brewing Co. in Doral, Florida.

Jack and his friend Terry Anderson have been musical partners for over 40 years and have collectively formed the rhythm section of The Fabulous Knobs, The Woods, and, most recently, Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin Team (or the O.A.K. Team).

The musical genealogy of the North Carolina music scene is complex, and we do a lot of name dropping in this episode. For a more detailed explanation of the cast of characters we reference, we recommend reading The Fabulous Knobs Wikipedia page or visiting our website to read the extended edition of these show notes.

Jack contributed a cover of You’re So Rude by Faces to Be Good to Yourself, an album featuring original songs and performances by North Carolina artists to benefit musicians battling addiction and depression.

Jack volunteers with the Novick Cardiac Alliance, a charity that provides total cardiac care to children in low- and middle-income countries.

Abigail matriculated Jack into the Abigail Hummel School of Speaking Smartly About Music by comparing his song The Man to Stop Stop by The Black Keys.

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

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Barry and Abigail discuss Modern Love by Matt Nathanson and sample Pompano Pale, Galaxy Skate, and Liquid Abstract from 26˚ Brewing Co. in Pompano Beach, Florida.

Matt Nathanson has released two cover albums, Pyromattia (Def Leppard covers) and Achtung Matty (song-by-song covers of Achtung Baby by U2), and recently released Junk Life, a single with Brett Dennen, who was previously reviewed on See the Gourd (Brett Dennen and Pumpkin Beer Samples).

Barry thought Room @ The End of the World sounded like Fred Astaire by Jukebox the Ghost, previously reviewed on Racing Due South (Jukebox the Ghost & Due South Brewing Company).

Barry put in another plug for A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs.

Up next… KICK by INXS

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

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Barry, Abigail, and guest Todd Sider (Abigail’s uncle and Barry’s brother-in-law) discuss Todd’s Jukebox submission, Pretenders by The Pretenders, and sample Harvester, Undaunted, Dr. Jekyll Low Cal Hazy IPA, and Mr. Hyde High Cal Imperial IPA from Chapman’s Brewing Company in Angola, Indiana.

Abigail's only knowledge of The Pretenders prior to reviewing this album was their Christmas song 2000 Miles.

Other woman-led punk rock bands of this era mentioned were Pat Benatar, Heart, and Blondie.

Try listening to Eminence Front by The Who or Where’s the Orchestra by Billy Joel with only one headphone in!

This album includes a cover of Stop Your Sobbing, originally by The Kinks.

Read more about Saltwater Brewery's Eco Six Pack Rings made from spent hops. You can also buy Beer Mutts dog treats made from spent grain.

Barry put in another plug for A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs.

Up next… Modern Love by Matt Nathanson

Our next Jukebox episode will be Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, submitted by Jeff Shettler in Santa Barbara, California, releasing on May 27, 2022.

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Barry and Abigail discuss So by Peter Gabriel and sample Waimea Red, Pono Life, and POG Hazy IPA from Maui Brewing Co. in Kihei, Hawaii.

Barry’s first exposure to this album was the music video for Sledgehammer.

Abigail’s knowledge of Phil Collins and Genesis comes from the Tarzan soundtrack, which Phil Collins wrote.

Barry incorrectly remembered that Sussudio by Phil Collins was knocked out of the Billboard Hot 100 #1 spot by Sledgehammer; in fact, it was Invisible Touch by Genesis that Sledgehammer replaced.

Mercy Street was dedicated to Anne Sexton and inspired by her poem 45 Mercy Street.

Read more about Stanley Milgram’s experiments, or listen to a very nuanced debunking of the experiment’s cultural narrative by You’re Wrong About, one of Abigail’s favorite podcasts.

Up next…our first Jukebox episode! Pretenders by The Pretenders, submitted by Todd Sider.

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Barry and Abigail discuss Death Won’t Send a Letter by Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons and sample Tropical Acres - Guava, Passion Fruit, Mango, Sour Scoop, and Stereo Sets Vol. 2 Low End Theory from 3 Sons Brewing Co. in Dania Beach, Florida.

Guy Fieri visited 3 Sons Brewing for the food on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

Barry heard Peter Gabriel, Elvis Costello, and Jakob Dylan in Cory Chisel’s voice.

Abigail’s favorite Cory Chisel song is Home in the Woods off of the EP Cabin Ghosts.

Up next… So by Peter Gabriel

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Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

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