Happy Thanksgiving! King Harvest has surely come and we're heading Across The Great Divide to celebrate with The Band! Their self-titled sophomore album builds on everything that made Big Pink great. Expect lots of characters, evocative lyricism, jug-band style jams, and harmonious ballads. We'll get into their award-winning, iconic Last Waltz concert, a feast that included literal tons of food, an elephant mishap, Garth Hudson's toilet seat preferences, and their instrumental round-robins! Whether you're Up On Cripple Creek or reminiscing on The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down... Keep an open mind.

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Welcome! This week we're wild about the third record by the Nashville-based folk string trio The Arcadian Wild! With an innate sense of rhythm, a knack for tight vocal harmony, and raw instrumental talent, the band takes their skills to new heights on Welcome to put a spring in the step of sentimentality. We'll go all the way from ancient Greece to Big Sky, MT as we learn about cherry gardens, pinball wizardry, ACTUAL wizardry, and dinner parties. Can we unplug from Dopamine, decode the Fable Of The Times, and determine which of the Two Kinds of people we are? There's a little something for everyone on this record and in this episode that you don't want to miss. Connor will remember that.

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Hello, Younkers! This week we're rhapsodizing about the marvelous Queen Of Jazz herself, Ella Fitzgerald! Her 1957 album Like Someone In Love features songs from a wide range of contemporary songwriters that give us another glimpse into the Great American Songbook. We'll follow her rise to legendary status from the streets of New York all the way to the White House and learn about her improvised Grammy-winners, her heavy medals, and more. The Mixtaper has tales of what's allegedly one of her worst songs ever, and what's gonna work? Teamwork. Pour yourself a tall glass of milk and gaze at the Midnight Sun.. Then we'll be tired of this album.

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Attention all planets of the Solar Federation! We have assumed control, and this week we're talking about Rush's iconic record 2112! Designed to be a defiant last-ditch middle finger at their record label, this album features a 20-minute sci-fi prog opera as its first side. James and Connor will talk about this timeless tale of triumph over tyranny and learn a lot along the way, from new words like "scraunch" to fun ways to smack plywood. Plus, find out about Neil Peart's cameo in one of our very niche favorite movies! This prog rock record is truly out of this world.. tune in to see if Connor has learned his Lessons or if he leaves James in Tears.

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Happy Mixtober! Connor's out of town so this week we're letting The Mixtaper take over and share his playlist of the 13 best Halloween songs to get you in the spirit (pun intended) of the season! From movie soundtracks to hit singles to novelty songs, this dastard has brought every trick in his arsenal to make this episode unforgettable. Join James as he opens three surprise mystery gifts from The Mixtaper and play along as we try to guess each entry on the countdown with some (mostly) true facts about each song! Recorded live on our Twitch channel (@SpinItPod). Be sure to check out our socials for all the graphics, present pics, costumes, and more!

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Kveðja vinir! Mixtober continues with a very Icelandic episode about Kaleo, whose blues-rocking 2016 debut record A/B took the world by storm! You might know songs like No Good and Way Down We Go from any number of TV shows, movies, or video games. James and Connor are getting to the heart of this powerful, atmospheric album with a sum greater than each of its intriguing halves. Our favorite villain is bringing elvish advice, mosquito bites, and Wolverine to Fact Or Spin, and this time he's really done his Mixtaper research (which is just like normal research, but it's wearing a mask). This episode is absolutely full of surprises... Tune in to hear Connor try to pronounce all sorts of words and more!

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Forgive our Northern Attitude, but this week we're headed to Vermont with Noah Kahan's breakout folk-pop record Stick Season! This album takes a few general ideas and distributes them to a wide range of relatable situations- songs of change, loneliness, growth, and perspective provide a bit of nostalgia for a place you've never been but already know intimately. The Mixtaper is giving us All His Love with an unforgettable new challenge and facts about geckos, dry shampoo, and a record-ranking dog! We sure have a New Perspective on The View Between Villages.. Grab a frosty and yearn with us on a journey through the season of the sticks this Mixtober!

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You best Protect Ya Neck! This week we're heading into an auditory kung fu movie with another listener recommendation: it's the revolutionary hip-hop debut Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by the Wu-Tang Clan! We'll talk about the group's unique blend of influences and their expert sample selection, and we'll go behind the scenes to learn how these songs came to be. Who had to rap battle for a solo track? What is Chessboxing? How many flavors of Tang are there? Can you be a juggle-hating juggler? All these questions and more will be answered as we move through the 36 chambers. Can It All Be So Simple? With us, it never is. Dollar dollar bills, y'all.

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Royalty returns to the podcast this week as we celebrate the King Of Country Music: George Strait! This former Texan Of The Year's sophomore album Strait From The Heart features some of the greatest country singles of all time, including Amarillo By Morning and Fool Hearted Memory. James and Connor are getting familiar with a voice as smooth as chocolate cake and learning about a whiskey made of crustaceans! Plus, the Mixtaper is taking us down a shocking (nearly unimaginable) Opry tangent. George Strait is A Fire We Can't Put Out, and you'll love this episode (even if you can't see Texas from here)! Aliens, look no further!

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She was a girl, we were a podcast. Could I make it any more obvious? We're talking about Sk8r Girl Avril Lavigne's 2002 debut album Let Go! After grappling with her signature sound for years, this collection of angsty tracks gives a glimpse into the life of a skateboarding, hockey-playing Canadian teen. From Losing Grip to Unwanted, this record is Anything But Ordinary. The Mixtaper is making things Complicated with facts about a sneaky prize, a forgotten classic film, and mislabelled shirts that will send you down the rabbit hole. Get ready to throw this album on repeat, because with Avril Lavigne enough is never enough!

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