Pretty Good Vibrations

As my guest (Joe Greenetz of Sherwood) explains, for two glorious years in the mid-late 1990s, the Music Television channel put out compilation albums of new songs by breaking artists, most of them firmly in the rock/alternative realm. And, frankly, the people deserve to know definitively which of the two volumes is the superior collection. So we had no choice but to test out a new episode style/game, basically a soccer penalty kick-type "shootout," track competing against track. No one cares about these compilations anymore, but plenty of people still adore these songs, including tracks by Counting Crows, Cake, Stone Temple Pilots, Nada Surf, and more.

Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5pB7ndl7dl8Tt249xYYWUS?si=004099359adf4780

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** This is Part 2 **

If you know, you know. And if you don't know, the chances that you will be glad that you found out are pretty slim! Artists include Pierce the Veil, Sason, Silverstein, Hawthorne Heights, Underoath, Emery, Chiodos, and more. Jed Payne (Church and Other Drugs) is my fantastic co-host for this one!

Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Gi1fs63mkkVz2XexnLrRd?si=9cc0b7d94ce24ba5

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If you know, you know. And if you don't know, the chances that you will be glad that you found out are pretty slim! Artists include Pierce the Veil, Sason, Silverstein, Hawthorne Heights, Underoath, Emery, Chiodos, and more. Jed Payne (Church and Other Drugs) is my fantastic co-host for this one!

Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Gi1fs63mkkVz2XexnLrRd?si=9cc0b7d94ce24ba5

Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library

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** This is part 2 -- start at Part 1 **

Do you have what it takes to become Chief Rudeboy?! Grab your passports and your time machines as Chris Cron (Melee) and I take you back to 1960s Jamaica and 1980s England. First Wave and 2-Tone ska artists will duke it out in a winner-takes-all tournament.

Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1GSiMy9phtwtmltmkJjXRh?si=d95f746d316b4ef4

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Do you have what it takes to become Chief Rudeboy?! Grab your passports and your time machines as Chris Cron (Melee) and I take you back to 1960s Jamaica and 1980s England. First Wave and 2-Tone ska artists will duke it out in a winner-takes-all tournament. The actual tournament starts around the 29:00 mark if you'd like to skip our throat-clearing and personal ska stories.

Don't worry -- eventually we will get around a to a Third Wave ska-punk tourney! Part 2 drops next week.

Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1GSiMy9phtwtmltmkJjXRh?si=d95f746d316b4ef4

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** This is part 2 -- start last week for part 1 **

Do you stop at Pinkerton? The Green Album? Or do you celebrate the guys' entire catalog? Original member of the Rebel Weezer Alliance (and high school bandmate of mine) Roman Honeycutt joins me as seemingly every single idea Rivers Cuomo has ever had dukes it out in a 16-album tournament! I come to some important realizations here, both as a result of prepping for this episode and recording it. On=W=ard!

Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3gdIn0CxihMl1v2pbxmTHt?si=431d1f8f295c463f

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** This is Part 2 -- start at last week's Part 1 for context **

I met my guest and friend Jeff Martin on tour in 2005; both Sherwood and his band This Day & Age were opening up for The Rocket Summer. Over the years, we have stayed in touch, and this week and next we will be talking through our favorite tourmates from those years, including Hellogoodbye, Say Anything, The Format, Copeland, and many more. We also talk about the role that many years on the road has played in our development and how that time reverberates in our careers and lives to this day.

Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Oo7jRodXdnbQRve1ofpbe?si=8198ce8f396f4524

Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library

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I met my guest and friend Jeff Martin on tour in 2005; both Sherwood and his band This Day & Age were opening up for The Rocket Summer. Over the years, we have stayed in touch, and this week and next we will be talking through our favorite tourmates from those years, including Hellogoodbye, Say Anything, The Format, Copeland, and many more. We also talk about the role that many years on the road has played in our development and how that time reverberates in our careers and lives to this day. Part 2 drops next week!

Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Oo7jRodXdnbQRve1ofpbe?si=8198ce8f396f4524

Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library

Email Dan: [email protected]

IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/

Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/

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** This is Part 2 -- start last week with Part 1 **

Summer approaches. Days grow longer. You forget to wear sunscreen, but you never forget your first musical love -- and mine was The Beach Boys. Jason Holstrom (United State of Electronica, Sunstrom Sound) joins me for a massive 32-album tournament, a winding journey through the entirety of their catalog. This part is 2 hours long, with another 3 hours and change to come next week, but with so much good stuff to talk about, can you blame us? The playlist is extra worth a listen for these episodes, with so many buried gems! And yes, that is Jason's version of "Don't Worry, Baby" (mentioned in Part 1) in the outro.

Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6vfWEzlDSk4E7bk1Uyak18?si=087f915aded54915

Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library

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