Sign on the Window

"Talent borrows, genius steals." 

This week Daniel and Kelly dive into the playlist (2:00). They go deep on Savage Garden, Bear Vs. Shark, of Montreal, mewithoutYou, Rage and Tom Morello as a guitarist, Minus the Bear, Strung Out, Screaming Females, Cake, Baths, modern hip hop, The Hotelier and “Weathered,” and the Animals/Dylan/Dave van Ronk nexus — plus some bonus Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. Then we look at our recommendations for the week (35:50): Arcade Fire as a total entity, Free Throw, and two interviews - Waxahathee at The Ringer and Billy Bragg on Fresh Air.

 As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

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“Words I can hear, and remember, and sing back!” 

This week, Daniel and Kelly listened to and now discuss "Man Gave Names to All the Animals," off 1979's Slow Train Coming. In addition to most of the episode being animal facts, they also didn't really hate the song as much as it maybe begs for. Gather up two of every bear, cow, bull, pig, sheep, snake?, legless lizard, orangutan, zebra, water buffalo, lemur, ibex and tapir, then meet us on the other side. 

As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

Next week: Rent's due!

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Let us commence Ellaria/Jaime Dungeon Watch 2017! 

This week, Kelly and Daniel put Bob aside once again to talk Season 7, episode 3, "The Queen's Justice." They try to wrap their heads around what's gotten into Littlefinger, Bran and Jaime. They pour out some poisoned wine for the Queen of Thorns. They muse on the epoch-defining first meeting between Dany and Jon, and how Dany, still playing Cersei's old game, is unwittingly winning when she lets Jon get dat dragonglass! Stayed tuned to the end for a damn good prediction. 

If you're looking to go more regionally specific: Dragonstone (2:00), King’s Landing (15:00), Winterfell (22:00), Old Town (30:45), Casterly Rock (33:00), Highgarden (37:00). 

As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

See you Monday for "Dear Landlord" and here next Friday for our takes on "The Spoils of War."

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"Are you receiving my prayers through the noise and cosmic static?" 

We went a bit long but there's lots to talk about and lots of music to play. We dug into our week's playlist, divided out by Clothes (3:00), Lines (10:10) and Sagas (18:13). Then the stars aligned as Kelly got to nerd out on NIN's Add Violence (31:25) and Daniel got to nerd out on Propagandhi's latest track, "Victory Lap" (41:00). They close with Moodpaint and Yellow Straps (45:50) and Nicole Atkin's "Goodnight Rhonda Lee" and the values of recording live (49:40). 

As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

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"Folk songs were the underground story. If someone were to ask what’s going on, 'Mr. Garfield’s been shot down, laid down. Nothing you can do. That’s what’s going on. Nobody needed to ask who Mr. Garfield was, they just nodded, they just knew.” - Bob Dylan 

This week Daniel and Kelly listened to "Clothes Line Saga" off the The Basement Tapes. They talked about the recording process, the history of laundry and how to connect with this classic in a present tense. 

We are a real podcast! As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

Next week: do you like animals?

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"Conquering Sign on the Window would be easy for you, but you are not here to be queen of the ashes." 

Welcome to Mixed Up Confusion's Game of Thrones special, Episode 22b: "Stormborn." In this episode Kelly and Daniel delve into Dragonstone (2:30), Winterfell (18:50), King's Landing (33:25), Old Town (35:20), Arya's journey (38:30) and the final ship battle (43:30). 

As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

Next week: "The Queen's Justice"

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On this short episode - as Episode 21's "Woogie Boogie" essentially served as Mixed Up Confusion - we talk our recommendations, final thoughts on the week and talk Chester Bennington and the Queen on the Damned soundtrack. 

As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

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"Hit that Boogie Woogie button!" 

Join Daniel and Kelly as they talk, ever so briefly, about Bob Dylan's instrumental from 1970's Self Portrait, then at length about boogie-woogie music and artists. 

As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

Next week: laundry drama!

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Three times longer than this week's playlist Mixed Up Confusion, Kelly and Daniel go deep on the first episode of Game of Thrones' 7th season, "Dragonstone." There is at least 1 Dylan reference, I promise. Next week there will be two. Game of Thrones has dragons, but we've got vague allusions to Robert Zimmerman. New episodes every Monday, Mixed Up Confusions on Thursday. 

As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

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This week, Daniel and Kelly deconstruct "I Want You" through other songs as well as get into Miles Davis and joke about the upcoming season of Game of Thrones taking over their life. (Although it has, and Mixed Up Confusion 20b is a testament.)

As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

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