Andrew, Trevor, Zang, and Wedge pretend Allison doesn't exist for a few hours and talk about all 9 of Radiohead's studio albums. They talk for so long, in fact, that this is just the first half of the conversation. The other half exists in part 2.

This episode contains discussions of Pablo Honey through Kid A. For discussion on Amnesiac through A Moon Shaped Pool check out Part 2.

00:00 - Trevor’s famous friend

01:52 - Why are we here?

04:15 - Pablo Honey

11:31 - Andrew is too poor for karaoke

12:22 - Jonny and Philip in Harry Potter

15:27 - Harvey Weinstein signs Radiohead

16:46 - Thom’s eye gets fixed at the MTV Beach House

17:45 - The Bends

28:14 - Does Thom hating High and Dry mean we have to?

33:04 - OK Computer

36:06 - Radiohead or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Be the New Beatles

39:47 - If you skip Fitter Happier you’re a bitch

43:13 - Andrew’s completely reasonable hatred for the 33 1/3 on OK Computer

49:34 - The importance of proper track sequencing

55:15 - Lift

58:52 - Trevor is fed up with music meme communities

59:58 - Kid A

1:05:03 - Radiohead (feat. Pearl Jam)

1:12:12 - Nardwuar interviews Thom Yorke

1:20:14 - What we hope happens when we die

1:21:07 - Pitchfork’s review of Kid A

Allison, Andrew, Trevor, and Zang return to intensely arguing about things they don't give a shit about

BRACKET: Chairs

Andrew, Allison, Zang, and Trevor (and also Wedge for a few minutes at the end) consider the merits of a Japanese movie (though none of them are Japanese), a black, Muslim poet and cultural critic's collection of essays (though none of them are black or Muslim), and a gay woman's identity-obsessed Americana album (though none of them have come out of the closet yet)

MOVIE: My Neighbor Totoro by Hayao Miyazaki

BOOK: They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

ALBUM: By the Way, I Forgive You by Brandi Carlile

00:00 - We aren't done shitting on Dreamland

00:19 - Trevor didn't know we'd changed the name of the podcast and has been getting it wrong for the last 2 episodes

00:57 - My Neighbor Totoro

07:52 - Andrew relates to little Japanese girls

19:52 - Subs vs. Dubs

24:02 - The strategy of picking discussion topics

25:18 - They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

29:52 - Trevor rants about hope

52:54 - Trevor and his oldest sister have a difficult relationship

56:04 - Do we give out too many 10's?

59:45 - The characters in Jaws give their own movie a 10

1:00:03 - By the Way, I Forgive You

1:01:50 - This album makes Zang revert to his high school self

1:04:03 - The time this album broke Andrew emotionally

1:12:13 - Trevor's thesis on Brandi Carlile's obsession with identity

1:26:09 - *enter Wedge!* *Wedge give opinion!*

1:27:35 - Our favorite songs

1:30:03 - Trevor controls Allison and Andrew's scores

1:34:21 - Recommendations for next time

Trevor and Allison hog the couch, eat pizza, and talk Taylor Swift. Zang and Andrew stay home and listen to Katy Perry instead.

listen to the set list they ended up with (more enjoyable with a broken heart and red scarf to cry into): https://open.spotify.com/user/tdwood44/playlist/4wzFNidE8pHaABvGVbgFsf?si=MXhlg5SIQF-zvkHoK5Bt4A

intro - 00:00

our respective histories with tay-tay - 2:23

setlist parameters - 11:09

the essential songs - 15:09

the setlist - 19:38

Allison, Andrew, Trevor, and Zang return from their COVID-forced hiatus to talk about how great Zang and Trevor's taste is and how bad Allison's taste is

BOOK: In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien

01:20 - Welcome Back

02:40 - Stuff we liked while we were away

14:53 - In the Lake of the Woods...which Zang didn't finish

40:28 - Andrew explains South Side of Chicago all-boys catholic high school humor (also 9/11 jokes, World War 1 jokes, and making fun of Germany)

45:30 - Jaws

1:20:24 - Andrew didn't understand Seventh Samurai

1:21:24 - Dreamland

Wedge, Andrew, Trevor, and Zang hop on Discord to bust a fat one over the British heartthrobs known as Arctic Monkeys. We miss you Allison! Don't catch the ‘Rona!

listen to the playlist we ended up with:

00:00 - The Radiohead Public Library

01:34 - Meet Wedge

02:09 - How a trip to Taco Bell made Allison hate Arctic Monkeys forever

6:30 - Andrew's Tranquility Base favorites

07:45 - Setlist parameters

10:31 - If they don't play these songs we riot

16:16 - What makes the ideal setlist?

18:18 - We're sluts for deep cuts

21:40 - Covers?

23:45 - Album by album...I promise we start actually doing the setlist soon

36:30 - THE SETLIST

1:26:06 - Which song would be most likely to get you arrested for indecent exposure if you went to this hypothetical show

Allison, Andrew, Trevor, and Zang finally admit that they need to watch their collective weight

BRACKET: Frozen Pizza Brands

Andrew, Allison, Zang, and Trevor bear the threat of a new pandemic to talk about a socially conscious action-thriller, a psychedelic titty-fest, and some old-school(?) hip-hop...in that order

MOVIE: Snowpiercer by Bong Joon-Ho

00:17 - The Conductor Joke

08:29 - Snowpiercer

35:44 - The Auteur: President's Day

50:05 - Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)

Allison, Andrew, Trevor, and Zang open up about being little bitches

BRACKET: Irrational Childhood Fears

Allison, Andrew, Trevor, and Zang discover a love for ASMR

BOOK: The Institute by Stephen King

00:30 - The Institute

28:07 - Gorillaz

57:20 - Her