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Creative writing teacher and contributor to The Onion, The New York Times Magazine, and elsewhere, Jean-Luc Bouchard returns to the show to talk about the Book deep cut "Wait Actually Yeah No". We attempt to make sense of the lyrics, hear some explanations straight from a Linnell podcast appearance on Full Album Fridays, and make a pitch  for this and more Book songs to be played live.

Visit Jean-Luc's website here.

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Ian Reynard returns to the show to talk about the Apollo 18 classic "Narrow Your Eyes." We dive into a bunch of live versions that span over 30 years, hear a bunch of custom covers, and try to decide just how "baroque" TMBG are.

Returning to talk about the TMBG cover of The Rose Garden's sole hit, Dawn Eden Goldstein shares her thoughts on it plus a few more fun and informative stories. 

Find Dawn's song "Alone With You" performed by Juniper here!

Here a version of it performed by The Anderson Council here!

Read her 2018 interview with TMBG for Angelus here!

TMBG's cover of The Rose Garden's one hit song, "Next Plane to London," was one of the earliest tunes to hit the brand-new Dial-a-Song service in 1984. Dawn Eden Goldstein, a canon lawyer and theologist who was formerly a rock music historian, regales us with personal stories about her history as a TMBG fan. She got hip to the band prior to even their demo tape, and once had John Flansburgh visit her dorm room and play her guitar. 

Her newest book: Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor 

Erin Rose O'Brien returns to the show to talk about "They Got Lost," with its different versions from Severe Tire Damage and Long Tall Weekend. We debate which is the superior version, discuss melody vs. story in songs, and dig into the background of our covers artists. 

Tara Trate returns to the show to talk about an early TMBG b-side, "The Biggest One." We discuss the song's importance in the band's early history, dirty diners, and songs with beats missing. 

Alex Nemeroff makes his debut on the show to talk about the chill cut "Your Own Worst Enemy" off of Factory Showroom. We discuss 70s soft rock bands, Friedrich Nietzsche, and weird old midi hardware. 

Alex Nemeroff makes his debut on the show to talk about the chill cut "Your Own Worst Enemy" off of Factory Showroom. We discuss 70s soft rock bands, Friedrich Nietzsche, and weird old midi hardware. 

Ben Byrd returns to the show to debate the merits of the Mink Car song "Finished With Lies." We explore a few different interpretations of ours, follow the song's journey from demo to album track, and hear a new We Are Number Three cover, which includes Ben himself. 

Podcaster and author Rob Harvilla of 60 Songs That Explain the 90s: The 2000s, is here to talk about the Apollo 18 classic "Spider". We attempt to deconstruct the song to guess the origins of its parts, comment on live versions from a 30 year span, and jam out to 4 amazing covers from our Covers Crüe. 

60 Songs That Explain the 90s: https://open.spotify.com/show/0njxeKJKFtoJhCRF1ShmL4?si=445ec35ace54452d