Punch Up The Jam

You know that feeling when you wanna say something really respectful, that recognizes someone’s personhood and beauty both inner and outer? Akon had that feeling, and it ended badly. Andrew and Evan bring in Actual Music Podcaster Justin Richmond to help figure out this completely insane song, and on their journey they find similarities to Point Break, suspiciously strong similarities to this one 80s hit, and similarities to how your history paper turns out when you try to do it all in one night. 

Guest: Justin Richmond

Walk-in music: 'Ode to Joy (Banjo)' by Carter Burwell from the Raising Arizona ending credits; 'Hit 'Em Up' by 2Pac; 'Big Sur' by The Thrills

Listen to Justin's podcast, Broken Record, on Pushkin

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Evan and Andrew alchemically transmute this very podcast into High Art, thanks to a secondhand exposure to the Icelandic witch that humans know as Björk. With the help of known witchcraft expert Negin Farsad, they plumb the depths of not just Björk’s lyrics & music, but her otherworldly powers.

Guest: Negin Farsad

Walk-in music: 'The Entertainer' by Chet Atkins; 'Music Is My Hot Hot Sex' by CSS; 'Beautiful Day' by U2

Listen to Fake The Nation every Thursday on Headgum

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Toxic relationships: they suck, we can all agree. Or DO we??? Gaby Dunn (Bad With Money) joins Evan and Andrew to get to the bottom of WHY for Jiminy Cricket’s sake does Diana Ross respectfully choose to stay with this dude?! Well the answer will SHOCK you.

Walk-in Music: 'Shame' by Evelyn "Champagne" King; 'Love Like This' by Faith Evans. 

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Our intrepid hosts explore the sub-sub-sub genre of pop-punk songs about high school love triangles by Berklee College of Music graduates. There’s a lot to unpack! Jazz chords, Miley Cyrus’s thanksgiving plans, and screaming the word NINTENDO, for starters. Along the way, Evan and Andrew use their intimate knowledge of loving but occasionally antagonistic brotherly relationships to ingratiate themselves with their boss.

Guest: Jake Hurwitz

Walk-in music: ‘Divided Sky’ by Phish (the guitar solo duh); ‘Narcolepsy’ by Third Eye Blind; ‘Are You for Real’ by Nino Moschella

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Evan and Andrew delve into the deep philosophical meanings & mysteries of Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler," a song in which technically more dying than gambling transpires. Meanwhile, while staring out the window of their podcast, they stumble upon a shocking secret that will turn the music industry on its head...and turn Punch Up The Jam into a true crime podcast forever...

Walk-in Music: 'Holy Touch' by Foxy Shazam; 'Sirius' by The Alan Parsons Project.

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Just what was it that made Tom Petty so afraid that he had to shout from the rooftops, “I Won’t Back Down??” Well, we got into it, and okay, it’s pretty bad. It’s a real heartbreaker. But a butterfly flaps its wings over an intentionally set house fire in Los Angeles, and 30 years later, it brought us together with Kristen Bartlett (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee) and Jason Gore (The Best Show) to deliver a punch that is so shocking it may have converted this show into a True Crime pod??

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The wheels are flying off the car as guest Amir Blumenfeld invites *himself* into the punch like an 80s bully crashing the party, where all the nerds are just trying to have a good time drinking Brass Monkey. Hoo boy, Evan and Andrew try to make nice but it gets TENSE. Plus we discover that the song 'Brass Monkey' is so problematic that the Beastie Boys later disowned it.

Walk in songs:

'2021' - Vampire Weekend

'Bank Account' (short song) - Louis Cole

'Crazy in Love' - Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z

And hey, check this out, a big thanks to handsome and clever fan @thekylemarshall who is tracking all the walk-in songs in these handy playlists you can follow!

Spotify Walk In Music — Punch Up the Jam

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Gloria: Come on, everybody, do the conga

Me: You can’t tell me what to do Gloria Estefan!! I’ll conga IF and WHEN I please!!

Gloria: You can’t control yourself any longer

Me: Okay FINE, I’ll DO it.

Miami native Jiji Lee joins Evan and Andrew to put the sound in Sound Machine. Along the way, they discover this one little known fact about the piano player that makes doctors furious!

Walk-in Music: 'Late For The Sky' by Jackson Brown; 'Party Up' by DMX.

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In a rare and dangerous maneuver, Evan and Andrew decide to punch up a chart-topper so recent that they could topple from its vertiginous heights. Unfortunately after listening to 'Deja Vu' dozens of times, they still cannot parse the references to a little known indie rock band named Billy Joel. To rescue the punch, they called in expert witnesses Tim and Tom from The Complete Guide to Everything podcast. Thankfully, they know about everything. Resulting in probably the best punch up of 2022. So far.

Check out Tim and Tom's Headgum podcast, The Complete Guide to Everything.

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Because a butterfly flapped its wings in Kamchatka, global wind patterns shifted, causing the accursed demon Simon Cowell to arise, which backfired for the agents of hell when his reign led to the ascent of the verified seraphim Kelly Clarkson, because of which we now have the song "Because Of You." Evan and Andrew are joined by old friend Akilah Hughes to unpack the many causal relationships in this tragic tune.

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