Wake & Jake

Get ready to hear Jake talk to McBain while nobody else is around. He thinks it's cute, but it could also be annoying. Other topics include the Chicago Bulls’ only win of the season, and cooking.

Music recommendations are “Shields” by Grizzly Bear, “Nonlin” by Steve Hauschildt.

Jake talks about his love for pets, and reminisces about the creepy experience that led to him purchasing a turtle.

Music recommendations are “Rainbow Dome Musick” by Steve Hillage, and “FLY or DIE II: Bird Dogs of Paradise” by Jaimie Branch.

Jake talks about a great concert he saw and goes on a rant about starting pitchers being put in reliever situations.

Music recommendations are “Goes West” by William Tyler, and “Cleared” by Cleared.

It's a beautiful, brisk morning in Chicago, and Jake is recovering from a cramped leg after biking all over the city. The Art Institute makes Jake feel inspired to learn piano music by Debussy, and play the Dark Souls video games...again.

Music recommendation is “Pony” by Orville Peck.

Dalton keeps interrupting and standing on the recording equipment. Luckily, no technical errors, just talking to a cat. Jake talks about working out, and explains in great detail a snowboarding injury.

Music recommendation is “The Practice of Love” by Jenny Hval.

It's a movie kind of day. Jake talks about his love for the Criterion Collection, Universal monster movies, and the Michael Bay classic: Armageddon.

Music recommendation is “West Side Story” by Leonard Bernstein.

Sweet concerts, scary and classic Japanese films, and McBain refusing to speak into the microphone. Typical episode.

Music recommendation is “Colour Green” by Sibylle Baier.

Jake and Kate had two wild weekends in Minnesota, both of which get recapped in this week’s episode. Jake and his friends also left too much garbage out at a cabin, and potentially destroyed a hot tub. Meanwhile, Kate got stranded on an island inhabited by moose and inbred wolves!

Music recommendation is “Utility” by Barker.

Jake is now in Northern Minnesota for a bachelor party and recording from a sauna. He also poses what he thinks is an interesting question about records that people like.

UPDATE: This episode was originally uploaded with last week’s music. The file has now been corrected as of 2:15pm (CST) on 8/27. Episodes downloaded will not update with the correction unless deleted and re-downloaded.

--

Jake is a day late because the sheer power of his new effect pedal delayed the show. Jake talks about...his new guitar pedal. That's basically all he talks about. It's a guitar pedal enthusiast kind of episode. He also talks about the religious experience he had listening to drone metal in church, which he may have talked about in a previous episode as well.

Music recommendation is “Monoliths and Dimensions” by Sunn O))).