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The National-style electro-rock, with an old Timbaland "Woo" sample ontop - what could go wrong?

One half Kinks, one half "The Epic of Gilgamesh".

Our first single in 4 years - about when the potential becomes kinetic.

I've unfortunately been in the hospital over the last week, so didn't have time to put together this week's episode - BUT. There will be a special episode next week :-)

The culmination of my debatably healthy Radiohead obsession - "Replica" is my journey of influence through the worlds of Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood.

1/2 Cormac McCarthy, 1/2 Jock Jamz Volume 4

A velvet lined, fully appointed 1970 Plymouth Barracuda rolls down the Vegas Strip, looking for a date for the evening

A song about my friend Steve - honestly, I think a pretty dang good song about my friend Steve.

This song sucks. In this episode, I'll say why - we'll talk about Marshall McLuhan, butchering French, and how I should trust myself to make things that are weirder.

I grew up against a background of casual racism. It was a background heartbeat, a constant ostinato - so socially normalized that it was practically imperceptible. And while I never felt like I was actively part of the problem, I definitely wasn't an active part of the solution. I think of the jokes that shouldn’t have been laughed at, but were - or the off-handed comments that were ignored, instead of challenged. And I recognize a complacency - a blithe ignorance.

"Black and Blue" is about Tyre Nichols, about the color of bruises, and about the stains that can't be washed out.