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Welcome to the 29th installment of the show that talks about you on purpose! This time around, things get a little weird as we discuss your feedback on a wide variety of topics, including but not limited to, Dorthia Cottrell's Death Folk Country, poseurs, contrarians, the horrors of seasonal depression, our dream of an official TRAPPO cook book, the importance of voting, recurring equipment failure, crippling shame, Frank Zappa controversy, and a whole bunch of other stuff that probably won't make any sense to anybody. So enjoy it!

Would you like to join this crazy conversation? Probably not, but you're more than welcome to take part. All you have to do is visit the official TRAPPO blog (CLICK HERE) and leave some comments on the post of your choosing. Tell us what you think of the state of modern pop culture in our dying world! We'd love to know your opinions! You could also send those complicated thoughts in a long and rambling email (CLICK HERE), and we'll probably respond to you at some point in the future.

We're also on social media, if by "social media" you mean Instagram and Threads. Come Thread with us (CLICK) or 'gram with us (CLICK) at your leisure! We'd love to bombard you with a bunch of our inane banter on a semi-regular basis, so please join us on social media! Or don't. Either way, we're cool.

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TRAPPO has heard you loud and clear, dear listener! You wanted another quiz, and now you've got it! Welcome to the inaugural episode of "The Quiz That Never Ends"!

It's a quiz, but it does have an ending, so don't freak out or anything. It's only called "The Quiz That Never Ends" because it feels like it will go on forever. Join your host Dustin as he leads his contestant Ky on a journey through a battered and broken pop culture landscape in search of non-existent prizes! It's gonna be a blast!

Join the conversation! Tell us what you thought of the latest episode, or just share potential topics for future episodes by visiting the official TRAPPO blog (CLICK HERE) and leaving a comment! If you're feeling more verbose and would like to get something off your chest, feel free to share those thoughts in a bloated email (CLICK HERE) and we'll be glad to read whatever you send us!

TRAPPO is also on social media. Mostly Threads (CLICK) and maybe on Instagram (CLICK) from time to time, but that's pretty much it. Come to Threads and hang out with us! Follow us on Instagram if that's your kink. We don't judge. Just as long as you have a good time without hurting anybody, TRAPPO is cool with it.

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Hello, Horror Heads!

This week on TRAPPO, we're trying something a little different. Ky decided out of the blue that he wanted to test Dustin's horror movie knowledge with a physical quiz he acquired somehow, so now it's an official episode of the show that talks about stuff on purpose, and that's all there is to it. So how well does Dustin do? And how much tangential rambling in between questions will there be?You'll have to listen to find out!

Here's a cool idea, dear listener! Why don't you play along? Grab a pencil & paper and keep score, then when the quiz is over head on over to the official TRAPPO blog (CLICK HERE) and leave us a comment telling us how you fared. We'd love to know your scores. While you're there on the blog sharing your own scores, tell us other things. Do you like this whole quiz thing? Would you like us to try this out again sometime? Maybe you'd like to tell us how much you hate this particular episode and that we should never try this again. That's perfectly fine. Just tell us some stuff!

And if you'd like to tell us more stuff than can be contained by the confines of a blog comment, you are in luck! There's this new thing we call email, perhaps you've heard of it? You can send us an email. You can send us several emails. Tell us a whole bunch of stuff in emails, friends. CLICK RIGHT HERE to do that, if it's the kind of thing you're into.

Do you like social media? We don't! But we're out there, trying our best to convince strangers that our show is actually worth their valuable time! You can follow us there on social media if you want. CLICK HERE to visit us on Instagram, which we update regularly, or CLICK HERE to find us on Threads, where we hang out all the time and actually engage with others. So basically just come on down to Threads and chill with the TRAPS. That's where all the cool kids are, after all.

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TRAPPO is back with another New Music Showcase! This time, we're discussing I Am The Dog, the debut album of Vermont indie rockers Sir Chloe! If you'd like to check out the music, which we strongly suggest you do, just CLICK HERE to check out Sir Chloe's Bandcamp!

Since this is a New Music Showcase, that means it's time for you to vote! Just CLICK HERE to visit our blog and decide the fate of I Am The Dog right now! Do you think SIr Chloe's debut album belongs in the TRAPPO Essentials Can(n)on? Then CLICK HERE to vote and make your voice heard!

While you're hanging out on our official blog, you might as well scroll down a bit and leave a comment, since it doesn't cost you a thing. Tell us what you think about Sir Chloe's music, clue us into Vermont's indie music scene, or just share some of your family's cherished recipes. Just CLICK HERE to leave us come lovely comments. If you're feeling a bit more verbose, feel free to share your thoughts in a long-winded email. CLICK HERE to do just that. We'd sure love to hear from you.

TRAPPO is also all over social media, if by "all over" you mean Instagram and Threads, because that's where we are. Do you want to 'gram with the TRAPS? CLICK HERE to 'gram with us! Do you want to Thread with TRAPPO? CLICK HERE to tie some knots, or whatever it is we're supposed to do with thread. I don't know. Just follow us on social media, kids. We'll probably follow you back.

That's it for now, dear listener. Visit the blog, vote in the poll, leave us some comments and send us some emails, and follow us on Instagram and Threads.

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(There are some audio issues in this episode that are inherent to the recording and while we've tried to mitigate the issue as much as possible, anomalies occasionally pop up)

We're back with a brand-new episode of the show that talks about you on purpose! On this very special edition of TRAPPO's Mail Bag, we're discussing the fallout from our fabulous BLACK SUMMER month back in August of last year. We got a fair amount of opinions on our Black Metal coverage, and we manage to discuss most of them on this episode. We also throw down a little trivia regarding the song "Unbelievable" from EMF. It has nothing to do with Black Metal, so that's just pretty par for the course regarding our track record with the musical genre. Santa Claus also puts us on the naughty list for some reason.

Would you like to join this incredibly productive conversation, dear listener? If so, then may I direct your attention to the official TRAPPO blog? Just CLICK HERE to visit that lovely little blog and leave a comment on the post of your choosing. Do you have any recommendations to share? Maybe you'd like to give us some of your beloved family recipes? Either way, just CLICK HERE to leave a comment. If you're feeling a bit more verbose, you could always send us an email. We love reading your emails. CLICK HERE to do just that.

We're also all over social media, by the way. Of course, our definition of "all over" social media really just means Instagram and Threads, so just CLICK HERE to 'gram with us and CLICK HERE to Thread with us. We'll probably follow you back.

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We're back with another one of those super popular New Music Showcase things that you all seem to love so much! This time around, we're discussing Afternoon X, the latest offering from UK psychedelic pop outfit Vanishing Twin! You can check out the music RIGHT HERE if you're interested, and you should be very interested.

And don't forget to vote in our latest poll! If it's a New Music Showcase, that means it's up to you, dear listener, to decide the final fate of Afternoon X. Does Vanishing Twin's latest release belong in the illustrious TRAPPO Essentials Can(n)on? It's your call! CLICK HERE to visit our blog and make your choice!

Join the conversation! Tell us what you think of Vanishing Twin and their new album, or just tell us whatever is on your mind. We're not picky. If you've got any suggestions for future episode topics, if you want to share some beloved family recipes, or maybe you just want to tell us about your plans for the weekend, just CLICK HERE to visit the official TRAPPO blog and let us know. And if you'd like to share those thoughts in a more long-winded fashion, you can always CLICK HERE to send us a delightful email, which we always appreciate.

We're also all over that social media scene, if that's how you get your kicks. Just follow us on Instagram (CLICK) and Threads (CLICK) for the complete TRAPPO experience. What is the complete TRAPPO experience? You have to follow us to find out. Is it worth your time and effort? Absolutely not, be we'll probably follow you back. So come Thread with the TRAPS at your earliest convenience! You'll be glad you did.

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The show that talks about you on purpose is back, dear listener! This particular episode (which was culled from a once-lost recording made in June of 2023) is a bit of a strange one, if we're being honest. Things start off well enough. We discuss feedback regarding the music of Art d'Ecco and Kim Gordon, which is fine. Then a whole bunch of other stuff happens. Bad jokes are shared. Ramblings occur. Museums are visited. Machines rise. Paranoia rears its ugly head. And a whole bunch of people really dislike Skinamarink. Buy the ticket. Take the ride.

Would you like to have a conversation, dear listener? Because there's a conversation going on right now, if you can believe it, and we would love you to be a part of that conversation. Just CLICK HERE to visit the official TRAPPO blog and leave a comment. Tell us what you think about stuff. About things. Have you seen any good movies recently? Are you willing to share any cherished family recipes? Whatever's going on in your life, feel free to share it with us. We want to know what's happening. CLICK HERE to visit the blog and tell us what's happening. You could also tell us what's happening with an email, if that's something you feel like doing. CLICK HERE to do that.

TRAPPO is also all over the social media landscape. We're not necessarily doing anything interesting on social media, but we're there. And by "all over", I mostly just mean Instagram (CLICK) and Threads (CLICK), a subsidiary of Instagram. Do you 'gram? Is that a thing? Because if you 'gram, you could always 'gram with the TRAPS. Let's 'gram together, dear listener! CLICK HERE to 'gram with us! And CLICK HERE to Thread with TRAPPO and feel complete for the first time in your life!

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This week on the show that talks about stuff on purpose, we're shining a spotlight on 1981's fantasy cult classic DRAGONSLAYER, the delightful story of a beleaguered sorcerer's apprentice who bites off more than he can chew when he decides he's ready to do battle with a very old and very angry dragon that's made an uneasy peace with a nearby kingdom. It's a tale as old as time, a fairy tale for the ages, but this particular tale puts a fascinating spin on the old fantasy tropes with which we're all so familiar.

So join us on this spectacular journey into a distant past that never was, a time of myth and legend, of powerful wizards and foul monsters, an epic age of heroes and kings! Join us as we celebrate the one, the only... DRAGONSLAYER.

Join the conversation! Just CLICK HERE to visit the official TRAPPO blog and tell us what you think of DRAGONSLAYER. You could also send those thoughts in a long-winded email if you're feeling more verbose. You can CLICK RIGHT HERE to do that. We're also all over the social media scene, if that's the kind of thing you're into. Follow us on Instagram (CLICK), BlueSky (CLICK) and Threads (CLICK) if you're looking for the complete TRAPPO experience.

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(This recording was rife was audio-related issues. Some of these issues could be edited around, and some simply couldn't. We apologize for the frequent problems you will encounter while listening, but these issues were out of our control and we don't think they greatly detract from the overall episode.)

It's time for another New Music Showcase! This week, we're taking a closer look at Anatomy Of Sight, the latest release from MALKA, also known as multi-talented Scottish musician Tamara Schlesinger. You can check it out for yourself RIGHT HERE.

What did you think of Anatomy Of Sight? Do you think it's worthy of inclusion in the TRAPPO Essentials Can(n)on? It's time for you to make the final decision! We've got a poll posted over at our official blog, and we want you to vote, vote VOTE! Just CLICK HERE to visit the post and vote in our lovely poll, which will remain live until our next episode is unleashed! Remember, CLICK HERE to vote!

While you're hanging out at our official blog (CLICK HERE), go ahead and keep the conversation rolling along by leaving a comment or two. Tell us what's on your mind. Have YOU listened to any cool music recently? Seen any good movies? Maybe you checked out a really neat book at your local library and want to tell somebody all about it, but none of your friends seems all that interested? TRAPPO is interested. Tell us all about the cool stuff you like, and who knows? We might end up talking about it on a future episode. Stranger things have happened.

Like emails, for example. People sometimes send us emails. They tell us all about a lot of different things. One time a listener informed us all about their surprisingly busy schedule of sexually charged pagan ceremonies. We're not asking you to share such candid details, of course. But we're not not asking. So if you have any cool stories you want to share with complete strangers on the internet, just go ahead and direct those missives RIGHT HERE and send us an action-packed email! You'd be a lot cooler if you did.

Speaking of cool, people sure do love that social media stuff, don't they? TRAPPO is al over the social media, in case you were wondering. We're camped out on Instagram (CLICK), BlueSky (CLICK) and Threads (CLICK), so if you want to follow an obscure, surly pop culture podcast on those platforms (and ONLY those platforms), feel free. We'll be your friends for life. Or at least until we lose interest and cancel TRAPPO, which could honestly happen any day. We never have any concrete plans, after all. We just fly by the seat of our threadbare pants.

Thanks for listening, and thanks for voting!

(Did you forget about the poll? CLICK HERE to vote!)

Our friends Gore & Carey, "The Gruesome Twosome", over at 66.6 KTRP, are hosting the 2023 TRAPPO Music Awards! The music world's premiere awards show is back, celebrating the greatest artistic achievements of the year that was. Dear listeners like you picked the winners in 21 exciting categories, and now you get to find out who won alongside a live studio audience! Congratulations to all our winners for earning their place in the illustrious TRAPPO Essentials Can(n)on!

We want to know what you thought of the show! Just CLICK HERE to visit our official blog and leave us a comment! Tell us what you think about the winners. Tell us what you thought of the ceremony. We can't wait to hear from you. If you'd like to share your thoughts in a well-composed email, you can CLICK HERE to do that. And don't forget to follow us on Instagram (CLICK), BlueSky (CLICK) and Threads (CLICK) for the complete TRAPPO experience!

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