Stereothematica

Do you remember your first radio request? Is this something that people still do? 

This week on Stereothematica, Christina and Christine talk about yet another formative experience in their lives as music lovers: their first radio request (that they remember)! 

Videos:

Outkast: B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) (2000)

Eddie Murphy: Party All the Time (1985)

Extras: 

A Look at Eddie Murphy's Musical Career

KXLU 88.9 Fundrazor (April 4-12, 2025)

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This week on Stereothematica, Christina and Christine dive into the elusive concept of the "Perfect Album,” an album so stellar, you'd never dream of skipping a track. As they explore what musical perfection means and reveal their ideal songs from their ultimate no-skip albums, they also uncover insights into their own musical (and personal!) psychology along the way.

Videos:

Pescado Rabioso, Cantata de Puentes Amarillos (1973)

Tea for the Tillerman (reimagined by Yusuf in 2020)

Extras:

Pitchfork review of Harold and Maude soundtrack

Harold and Maude trailer

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Ever love an album so much, you'd call it perfect—if it wasn't for that one skippable track? This week, Christina and Christine reveal the single songs they'd remove from a couple of their favorite records to create their ultimate no-skip albums.  

Videos:

Beach House: L’Inconnue,  7 (2018)

David Bowie: Andy Warhol, Hunky Dory (1971)

Extras:

Pitchfork album review of “7”

L'Inconnue de la Seine

Reddit thread of L’Inconnue favs 

Dana Gillespie singing “Andy Warhol”

Bowie in Basquiat (1996)   

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In honor of International Women’s Day (March 8!) and Women’s History Month, we are talking protest songs! When words and feelings fail us, music comes to the rescue to help us shout, plead, or sometimes even ask nicely for the change we want to see in the world. 

Videos:

Joni Mitchell: Big Yellow Taxi (1971)

Pussy Riot: Make America Great Again (2016)

Extras:

Joni Mitchell Archives

KCRW’s Lost Notes Podcast 

New Yorker piece on Rachel Carson

Pussy Riot visited the Texas capitol to demand abortion rights  

Big Yellow Taxi Animation from the Sonny & Cher Show (1971) 

The 50 Worst Songs of the 'OOs

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Straightforward, right? And yet...

But really, what constitutes a hit? Isn’t that subjective? 

Should Christina and Christine have stricter parameters when playing this game? 

Is it even a game at this point?  

Or is this really just an excuse to share some mind-blowing music? 

Videos:

Air: La Femme D’argent (1998)

Emahoy Tsegye-Maryam Guebrou: Homeless Wanderer (1960s)

Extras:

Korg demo

Honky Tonk Nun (BBC Sounds)

Ethiopique: Revolt of the Soul 

Emahoy Tsege Mariam Music Foundation 

Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band’s “Egyptian Strut”

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How well do Christina and Christine know each other's musical tastes? 

How well do you think you know theirs? Too soon to tell?  

This week they predict what song they have in their respective music libraries that the other person will also have in theirs. 

Here’s the catch: the other person is supposed to like the predicted song a lot more because it’s supposed to be more up their alley.

If this sounds convoluted that’s because it is! But why would you expect anything typical from this wacky duo?

Videos:

Sam Evian: Jacket (2024)

Reyna Tropical: No Me Quieres (2018)

Extras:

Boz Metzdorf: Sails Across the Sea (1979 - Originally on Signs of Seasons)

Drugdealer: End of Comedy (2016)

Liner Notes Debate on the Vintage Obscura Reddit

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Does family drama make music better? There are too many bands with siblings to mention here, though Christina and Christine talk about a few of them–drama and all. 

This week's episode features songs that showcase the transcendent tunes born from the complicated nature of working with your blood.

Videos:

The Beach Boys: God Only Knows (song:1964/video: 2022) 

Las Grecas: Te Estoy Amando Locamente (1974)

Extras:

Love and Mercy trailer

Love and Revolution/Te Estoy Amando Locamente trailer 

Duendeando Podcast - Las Grecas 50 Años de Gipsy Rock

Rosalía cover of Te Estoy Amando Locamente 

Dance scene from “Las Leyes de la Frontera”

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These are not your go-to karaoke songs. 

Even if you don’t like karaoke, if you’re listening to Stereothematica, you must love music, and therefore, you must have a song you fantasize about singing to a captive audience. 

Videos:

Lola Flores: A Tu Vera (song: 1962/ video: 1971)

Kate Bush: Wuthering Heights (1978)

Extras:

Rosalía singing A Tu Vera in Dolor y Gloria

Theory and Play of the Duende

Pat Benatar's cover of Wuthering Heights

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In addition to revealing their ages to their listeners, this episode gave Christina and Christine a chance to think about their birth years through the lens of their favorite songs from that very year.

Videos:

Tracy Chapman: Fast Car (1988)

Stevie Wonder: Don’t You Worry ‘bout a Thing  (1973 - album /1974 single)

Extras:

Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs 2024 Grammy’s Performance 

Tracy Chapman: Give Me One Reason (1995)

Luke Combs: Fast Car (2023)

Pitchfork’s Review of Innervisions

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Who hasn’t thought of their life as a movie and imagined what song would be playing as their character first appears on screen? And if you haven’t thought about this, today is your chance to be a music supervisor for your own life’s hypothetical movie.

Videos:

Talking Heads: Psycho Killer (1977) 

Brenton Wood: Oogum Boogum (1967)

Extras:

Talking Heads: Psycho Killer Featuring Arthur Russell on Cello (with additional lyrics!)

Wet Leg’s Psycho Killer cover is a banger! 

David Byrne | Radio (sharing thematic playlists since 2013!)

Byrne’s Interview with Terry Gross

Brenton Wood has died since we recorded this episode. RIP BW!

"L.A. in a Minute" TikTok about Brenton Wood.

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