Don't put that cloak of elvenkind away just yet, there's a round of DND to be had with Semisonic. Explore the boys' strange, fine feelings about these sophisticated industry plants, then stick around to find out how many Nicolas Cage movies there are!

New listener contest: Tell us if there's anything to say about "The Way" by Fastball! Please! Anyway, if you wanna skip to the charts, we understand; the podcast vaunteth not itself.

1998, baybee!  The boys start the year with a Cloak Encounter of the Elvenkind.  Join St. Joe on the bus and ride to the Marcy Playground, where there are bogbeans for all.

This week on the pod, it's Beck II: Revenge of the Beckmen! Grab a hot dog and pop a NoDoz as the boys look back on a wildly silly album. Then, stick around for a rare and extended look beyond the usual purview of the pod and into the forbidden world of Spring 2000 featuring an unforgettable tale of romance and some tasty nu metal.

The three Beckmen take on their first of two Beck albums. Is this bong load his Kid A or his Amnesiac? Godrich only knows.

We Know What You Watched on the CW Last Summer, so join us on a Canadian carnival ride with lots of drum talk, kazoo breakdowns, and distant Chicago transit noise.

The boys do two full hours on the Final Fantasy VII soundtrack First a 1997 fantasy draft results in the creation of fine bands such as Bullet with Buffalo Wings. Then we talk annual podcast stats and our top 5 albums of the year. It's real long, so if you wanna cheat: :00 Fantasy album game, 28:40 Memories of 97, 33:17 97 season statistics, 45:23 Top 5 album lists, and finally 1:55:50 announcement of hiatus episodes

(Duh duh duh duh duh duh) Yeah! The boys close out 1997 with ear candy, drum fills, and confessional lyrics from Art Alexakis & co. Chart talk gets very spirited with Ben Folds, The Cure, G Love, and more OK Computer talk.

This episode is a rerun, but you probably forgot all about it anyway!

The boys humbly request that you sanction their buffoonery as they discuss this unique, non-album U2 single. Download the episode, listen to it, kiss it, kill it.

This week on Tub Me All Your Thumps on Pod, we check out the 1997 hit from Chumbawumba, “Tubthumping” from the album Tubthumper. On the charts, we head back to middle earth where Al narrates an orc-estration of his own bittersweet symphony.