Pops on Hops

By Barry Hummel and Abigail HummelMusic Music Commentary

Pops on Hops episodes

October 08, 2021 Bonus: Friendship Induced Pod (Ian Rees)
Barry and Abigail interview family friend Ian Rees to discuss his latest project, a solo album called Panic Induced Love.
Ian discusses many of his musical influences along the way, including The Beatles, Yes, Primus, Radiohead, Sigur Rós, Animal Collective, and Steve Vai.
Ian also discussed composer Bruce Broughton, who worked with his father on Disneyland Paris’s CinéMagique attraction, as an influence on his decision to pursue a career as a soundtrack composer.
Abigail describes Panic Induced Love as an “edgier version of Owl City.”
Ian shared that the track Reasons (A Love Song) was inspired in part by Sleepyhead by Passion Pit.
Ian also shared that the track Feathers was inspired in part by Phone Call, a track from the soundtrack to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Everyone discussed their fascination with depressing, complex lyrics that are masked bouncy music, including Jumper by Third Eye Blind. Or just depressing but powerful lyrics like the album Hospice by The Antlers.
Ian plays every instrument on every track. If you don’t believe us, check out his YouTube channel and watch clips from his Building A Song Series!
Also, check out his Bo Burnham-inspired video Why Do I Eat So Much Cheese?
Ian’s other solo EP, Anxious, is also available on Spotify.
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1 hr 15 min
October 01, 2021 Consumers of the Barley (The Raconteurs and Burial Beer Company)
Barry and Abigail discuss Consolers of the Lonely by The Raconteurs and sample Prophetmaker, A Canvas of Fragmented Memoirs, A Space For Sacrilege, and Of A Fading Season from Burial Beer Company in Asheville, North Carolina.
Learn more about Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies in the OMNIBUS! entry dedicated to the topic.
Watch Abigail’s “Uncle” Steve Moore toast Barry and Momma Darbs at their wedding.
As a reminder, Abigail thinks Salute Your Solution by The Raconteurs sounds like Canary in a Coalmine by The Police.
Barry thinks Pull This Blanket Off by The Raconteurs sounds like Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones...
...He also thinks Carolina Drama by The Raconteurs is reminiscent of Tweeter and the Monkey Man by The Traveling Wilburys.
Up next… The Nylon Curtain by Billy Joel
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1 hr 21 min
September 17, 2021 Bar’n Sider (Paul Simon and Barn Door Ciderworks)
Barry, Abigail, and special guest Darby “Momma Darbs” Sider discuss Graceland by Paul Simon and sample Rusty Coat, Yardbird, Pasture Pippin, and Straight Up from Barn Door Ciderworks in Fairview, North Carolina.
Barry’s high school literature teacher introduced him to Richard Cory and I Am a Rock by Simon & Garfunkel.
The intended Simon & Garfunkel reunion, Hearts and Bones by Paul Simon, was a commercial flop.
Hear us speculate as to why the UF Fightin' Gator Marching Band frequently plays You Can Call Me Al outside of Abigail’s office.
Paul Simon is in the SNL Five-Timers Club!
Up next… Consolers of the Lonely by The Raconteurs
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1 hr 31 min
September 03, 2021 Where’d Your Civility Go? (The Mowgli’s and Civil Society Brewing)
Barry and Abigail discuss Where’d Your Weekend Go? by The Mowgli’s and sample Juice, Tricked Out Golf Cart, and Weapon of Choice from Civil Society Brewing in Jupiter, Florida.
Abigail’s favorite song of all time: San Francisco by The Mowgli’s
Alone Sometimes by The Mowgli’s has a similar vibe to Growing Pains by COIN.
Up next… Graceland by Paul Simon
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1 hr 17 min
August 20, 2021Funkatta Buddhatta (The Police and Funky Buddha)
Barry and Abigail discuss Zenyatta Mondatta by The Police and sample Passionfruit Sour Meringue, Chardonnay Barrel Aged Undefeated Saison, Huzzah! Irish Chocolate Stout, and Hoptagon Double Hazy IPA from Funky Buddha in Oakland Park, Florida.
Salute Your Solution by The Raconteurs
Reprises in The Police and Sting lyrics:
Voices Inside My Head (Zenyatta Mondatta) > Too Much Information (Ghost in the Machine)

Every Little Thing She Does is Magic (Ghost in the Machine) > O My God (Synchronicity)

Every Breath You Take (Synchronicity) > Love is the Seventh Wave (The Dream of the Blue Turtles)

If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (The Dream of the Blue Turtles) > We’ll Be Together (...Nothing Like the Sun)
Teenage Pregnancy by CAKE
Up next… Where’d Your Weekend Go? by The Mowgli’s
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1 hr 23 min
August 06, 2021 Pods from a Gose Town (Trampled by Turtles and Hourglass Brewing)
Barry and Abigail discuss Songs from a Ghost Town by Trampled by Turtles and sample a flight of four beers (Cantaloupe Gose, NOM NOM Blueberry Cobbler, Gingerbread Sour, and Enamel Eater) from Hourglass Brewing in Longwood, Florida.
Palomino by Trampled by Turtles
Up next… Zenyatta Mondatta by The Police
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1 hr 14 min
July 23, 2021 Drinking as Usual (Men at Work and Oviedo Brewing Company)
Barry and Abigail discuss Business as Usual by Men at Work and sample a flight of four beers (Melon Mambo NE IPA, Yeah, But Is It Hazy?, Red Bug Red, and Moon Raven) from Oviedo Brewing Company in Oviedo, Florida.
Follow Colin Hay on Instagram and/or Facebook, or better still, check out Men at Work Mondays and hear the backstory on several Men at Work tracks discussed during this podcast.
Read more about Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree by Marion Sinclair and the copyright dispute with Down Under.
The true meaning of yonnies in the wind
Man @ Work by Colin Hay
Up next… Songs from a Ghost Town by Trampled by Turtles
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1 hr 13 min
July 09, 2021 Magnitides and Magnitudes (Tides of Man and First Magnitude Brewing Company)
Barry, Abigail, and special guest Matt Marder discuss Young and Courageous by Tides of Man and sample three beers (Square Lager, Once Bitten Twice Chai, and Invasive Species) from First Magnitude Brewing Company in Gainesville, Florida.
Tides of Man’s first two full-length albums (before the departure of their vocalist) are Empire Theory and Dreamhouse. We sampled Salamanders and Worms on the podcast.
Barry liberated a truth: the first album that he bought as a teenager was Jaws (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by John Williams!
Up next… Business as Usual by Men at Work
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1 hr 31 min
June 25, 2021 Racing Due South (Jukebox the Ghost and Due South Brewing Company)
Barry and Abigail discuss Off to the Races by Jukebox the Ghost and sample a flight of four beers (Very Vanilla Caramel Cream Ale, Midnight Marauder, Mexican Standoff, and Ghost Ship) from Due South Brewing Company in Boynton Beach, Florida.
Many thanks to Joe Latona, taproom coordinator of Due South Brewing Company, for speaking with us and for allowing us to invade the taproom for an afternoon!
You can follow Due South Brewing Company on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Synchronicity II by The Police... because there is more to life than going to work and going home.
Fred Astaire’s famous ceiling dance: Try this backwards and in high heels, Ginger Rogers!
Are you feeling it now, Mr. Krabs?
Up next… Young and Courageous by Tides of Man
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1 hr 26 min
June 18, 2021 Bonus: Atlantic City Meets the Beatles
The Beatles performed before 18,000 fans at the Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on August 30, 1964. Among those in attendance were Barry's aunt, Carole Hummel, and family friends Carol "Cris" Crisafulli Johnson, Joan Bacon, and Marie Falzone. Despite the fact that Barry has been a huge Beatles fan since high school, he finally found out about this while discussing our recent Tripping Walruses episode with his aunt!
The night before the concert, they stayed at the Lafayette Motel. At 2:15 PM, they left in the back of a fish truck, and a short distance from the Convention Hall, they switched to their waiting tour bus.
The Beatles performed their standard 12-song set: Twist And Shout, You Can’t Do That, All My Loving, She Loves You, Things We Said Today, Roll Over Beethoven, Can’t Buy Me Love, If I Fell, I Want To Hold Your Hand, Boys, A Hard Day’s Night, and Long Tall Sally.
After the show, The Beatles left the venue in a laundry truck, as their limousine was too conspicuous. That night, they stayed at the Marquis De Lafayette Hotel in nearby Cape May, where they stayed for a few days prior to their September 2nd concert in Philadelphia.
During their stay in Atlantic City, John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote two songs for the Beatles For Sale album: Every Little Thing and What You’re Doing.
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30 min