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Festivalgoers are passing around Katy Perry and a box/bag of piss. Sesame Street has a new Chappell Roan parody that can help adult music fans understand when they need to use the bathroom. Boy George, the self-appointed King of the Jews, is opposed by a man named Pontius. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit/posts/313-portal-potty-166040640
All of the latest stories in music are about pissing and shitting and farting. There's just no getting around it. Also The Hague is having a Shrek Rave, possibly to lure Netanyahu to the ICC with the type of lame rave Zionists love.Subscribe to Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/fortunekitJoin the Discord: discord.com/invite/HabqgJf
Muppets are predisposed to be bad musicians (not enough fingers) and waterpark line-skipper Boosie tried to buy a Trump pardon from Jacob Wohl.Correction: We offhandedly said Booise wore matching outfits with Diddy but that was Meek Mill. Fortune Kit regrets this error.Subscribe to Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/fortunekitJoin the Discord: discord.com/invite/HabqgJf
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The vulnerable narcissist. The shaved GOAT. The Zionist hologram. All this and more on today's Fortune Kit.Subscribe to Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/fortunekitJoin the Discord: discord.com/invite/HabqgJf
The Blue Wiggle tries to beef with Oasis and the Washington Post pivots to the least successful ragebait of all time.Subscribe to Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/fortunekitJoin the Discord: discord.com/invite/HabqgJf
Metallica has a whiskey that they blast with their own music to bring out the flavors more better. Soulja Boy has a brand new social media site that looks like 2007.Subscribe to Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5xLRYY_7rsJoin the Discord: discord.com/invite/HabqgJf
Recreate Jimi Hendrix's Last Meal Using This Canned Pantry Staple! Nobody Expected Fast Food to Be This Interesting in 2026! Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/301-dont-you-2nd-157080063
John Semley talks with Charles about his viral Geese article for Wired and why your favorite band is not actually a psyop.Subscribe to Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/fortunekitEnding song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YN7bJcchAYJoin the Discord: discord.com/invite/HabqgJf
Alex doesn't want Soulja Boy to get his penis burned by a hot baked potato. Pokemon cards should be currency in prison. Denzel Curry thinks aliens fuck with his music but realistically, there's a good chance that the first song aliens hear from humans will be A.I. generated.Subscribe to Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/fortunekitEnding song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YN7bJcchAYJoin the Discord: discord.com/invite/HabqgJf
Bob Dylan starts an AI slop Patreon and a Charlie Daniels hologram is set to play a Tennessee military base. Maybe Sharon Osbourne should make an Ozzy hologram that performs at Zionist events. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/154617893/
pals should have Grok write an Andrew Jackson musical and perform it at the Trump-Kennedy Memorial Center.Subscribe to Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/fortunekitEnding song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YN7bJcchAYJoin the Discord: discord.com/invite/HabqgJf
Vinnie Vincent has an incredible new album available for $2 million. Billy Joel should crash his car through the wall of a Hard Rock Cafe and leave it there so they can preserve it.Subscribe to Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/fortunekitEnding song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YN7bJcchAYJoin the Discord: discord.com/invite/HabqgJf
Ari Emanuel has a dope podcast with his 30-years-younger wife's best friend. And Lil Pump saw rappers doing witchcraft in order to get famous.Subscribe to Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YN7bJcchAYJoin the Discord: discord.com/invite/HabqgJf
We need microscopic goats to make the ultimate milk for Ringo Starr. All mainstream country should be about Minecraft since it's fundamentally about mining and farming and stuff. And kids should be able to buy vapes if they have good grades. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/294-microgoats-152406160
Soulja Boy should become a real estate agent. Sony's Tokyo HQ should get better toilet paper. We should follow Freddie Gibbs on tour in order to take a karate lesson before each show.Subscribe to Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBcgWQDKJhIJoin the Discord: https://discord.com/invite/HabqgJf
Pitbull invents a new world record to break and Jelly Roll's wife writes a book about doing pills with ex-boyfriends who were too lazy to focus on their rap careers. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitListen to Charles' new show Trouble in River City: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TroubleInRiverCity
at TP USA but it's sadly too globalist and woke.Subscribe to Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBcgWQDKJhIJoin the Discord: discord.gg/HabqgJfListen to Charles' new show Trouble in River City: www.patreon.com/TroubleInRiverCity
Noted sicko the Dalai Lama takes home his first Grammy and Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney are announced for Turning Point USA's Super Bowl halftime show (source: Facebook). Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/290-diddy-lama-150112918
Charles and Alex talk RXKNephew, Neil Young, Nathen Mazri, and the Pitchfork paywall.Subscribe to Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitJoin the Discord: discord.gg/HabqgJfListen to Charles' new show Trouble in River City: https://www.patreon.com/TroubleInRiverCity
Soulja Boy was the first rapper to complain about pronouns for non-ideological reasons. And it's crazy the devil hangs out at the crossroads when the cross is Jesus' main thing. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Soulja Boy wears ill-fitting shoes to the club, more artists bail on the Trump Memorial Center, and Morrissey finally releases his amazing songs that the industry doesn't want us to hear. Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekit
on it and Anne Geddes should be Trump's photographer. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Obama should have drank the water in Bikini Bottom to prove it's not irradiated. And Alex reveals he is now playing a Paul Stanley signature series guitar. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/285-semi-hollow-147255525
The power of AI has made Soulja Boy 100x more efficient. In the span of a week he started a clothing brand, dropped a song, joined a new streaming platform, and started a new crypto scam. Plus, Billy McFarland actually put on a music fest. Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txr__rDjZ-Q
was inspired by Cocomelon and Crazy Frog. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txr__rDjZ-Q
Imagine the debates they have in heaven: Socrates, Charlie Kirk, the Devil. It brings us no pleasure to report that the evil Blue Wiggle and his no-good nephew are at it again, promoting drug use to impressionable children. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/282-alexs-shroom-145155433
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Tour is named for his big fat ass. We also go on a journey to the year 2010, when Vladimir Putin sang Blueberry Hill and Drake got peed on (but it wasn't his fault). Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzKsQchRmTg
If Democrats decide that rapping was key to Zohran's success, Lin Manuel Miranda will become the highest-paid consultant in Washington. And is Chubby Checker's music too old even for people who go to casinos?Ending song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzKsQchRmTg
and $48 body wash. We also explore an artist adjacent to both Soulja Boy and Crazy Frog: 2000s ringtone sensation Gummibär. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/278-2025-flip-143067447
Is Palestine Radiohead's Yoko Ono? Plus, Bored Ape Yacht Club is making a comeback… as a Metaverse! …In 2025. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
How much is Snoop Dogg like Krusty the Clown? Sombr likes to call his teenage fans' toxic exes onstage, but what teenager would actually pick up the phone? And much like David Sirota, D'Angelo was puffing on Yoda. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Dee Snider's son has a cool Kickstarter for A.I. generated 432 Hz healing music that sounds like Imagine Dragons. Timbaland is doing some A.I. junk too. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Synyster Gates followed in the footsteps of his tech-savvy cousin Bill Gates by designing the first-ever guitar amp to be authenticated on the blockchain. The Nevermind baby tried to sue Nirvana for the millionth time and Ringo Starr used to have Kid Pix on his computer no diddy. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2kGgujxodI
Josiah and Miles drop by to discuss important questions in music. Is Machine Gun Kelly part alien? Was Kurt Cobain the first millennial? Was Josiah's music writing proto-slop? Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/273-life-is-like-140368073
A woman came up with an innovative scam to auction off Graceland and she was punished for it? Can we get a nostalgia tour performing the Voyager gold disk in full? And how come the guys on our money are a bunch of threes? Can't we get some hotter people on our dollars? Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekit
We should give free nukes as reparations to any place we nuked in the past like Christmas Island and Bikini Bottom. Also eTickets is generating dogshit AI images of every artist currently on tour. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE58hz8U0Ms
Alex's years-old prediction of Thin Lizzo has come true. Setlist FM shows that Justin Timberlake performed the hit jingle "I'm Lovin' It" live only once in Zurich. Flintstones animals liked to complain but in retrospect they had it pretty good. Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSfNUujzomI
The Blue Wiggle has been doing financial crimes so now the rest of the Wiggles need to do a Folsom Prison-style live album after they lock him up. And Jelly Roll needs to be careful that the Wiggles don't pull him back into a life of crime. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/138216396
Taylor Swift got engaged to a podcaster, Bob Dylan should make his own scam game console, and varispeed is musical bullet time. Fortune Kit on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S11etkih2h0
Charles and Alex dive into "Pac-Man Fever" hitmakers Buckner & Garcia, listening to deep cuts about Waffle House, Angry Birds, and Saddam Hussein. Plus, Brian Epstein's ghost should have visited John Lennon in 1969 and told him to put the damn suits and moptops back on. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSfNUujzomI
Machine Gun Kelly thinks he might be part alien. Jeff Bezos needs to send him and Tom DeLonge to space, unlike Katy Perry they have important research to do up there. Plus, Jeff Tweedy (I call him Greedy Tweedy) is throwing too many damn pitches for the NL Central.Lollicops (Charles' Version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSfNUujzomIFortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex listen to Crazy Frog deep cuts while exploring many issues. Was Soulja Boy the American Crazy Frog? Are Romanian ticks extra good at blood sucking cause they have to compete with Dracula? Do different blood types hit different to a Dracula? Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Drake, Eve Barlow, and Pat Boone pay tribute to Ozzy. And maybe we need to consider the possibility that Billy Joel was completely sober when he crashed his car through someone's living room. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/264-famous-be-135486152
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson should take over the development of Akon City. If Coldplay is using the kiss cam at the arena, why don't they use the scoreboard too? Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Musicians should start doing MLMs, selling fans merch in bulk for them to sell to each other. Plus, Jack White got his first cell phone. Now is the time to send your catfish DMs and ask for his Apple Pay. Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Oasis is serving burnt scran for 20 quid at the gig. The Velvet Sundown will never work because they could never be as late for their own show as Lauryn Hill. The handkerchief code applies to Weezer albums and your favorite color album denotes what you're into sexually. Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Pop stars should have Mousetrap-style Rube Goldberg devices onstage. Vince Neil falls for porn bots and a footwear startup is using the blockchain to generate an A.I. shoe design in space. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/260-beyonce-out-133366378
Eve Barlow memorializes Brian Wilson and Drake has the pass to accuse others of being goofs. Plus: Who wore it better? Will Smith or JoCat? Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Lil Wayne and Weezer linked up again to predictable results. Also, Bob Dylan should use a dick pic as his next album cover. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
We're the only people on earth covering the indie post-grunge band Puddle of Mudd. Plus, should we taxidermy Diddy? And how come we aren't making new mummies anymore? Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/257-kiss-machine-130869365
Blowback's Noah Kulwin (@nkulw) and Brendan James (@deep_beige) join Charles and Alex to make a more realistic version of Sympathy for the Devil. Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Tommy Lee's wife gets catfished by a fake Ronnie Radke, Meghan Trainor embraces a new kind of body positivity, and Gene Simmons pretends to drink cum for disinterested casino crowds. Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekit
The New York Times went backstage with Gene Simmons, and Remove Paywall Dot Com gave us the full scoop. Plus, Meghan Trainor has been featured on the Wikipedia front page a suspicious number of times and one Wikipedian has had enough.Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Puddle of Mudd debuts a new song during a Jiffy Lube oil change. The buried lede is that Wes Scantlin is responsible enough to get his oil changed. Plus, we should get rid of the Hollywood Walk of Fame and replace it with an ossuary full of all our best celebs' skeletons. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex debut "David Sirota" and run down the 10 most popular YouTube music videos of all time. Plus, who else remembers when we used to have breadcrumbs trails all over the ground?Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/252-money-should-127997622"David Sirota" on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Givy8DX0wJ0On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2oo5yoH3F4Nz0ni2mgrQIe?si=421847197a324cb9
Deadmau5 compromised the moral and spiritual integrity of Coachella by spraying silly string on people. The Romans would have killed so many Christians in the Sphere. And there's too many popes in Heaven. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Katy Perry is excited to learn more about STEM. Rivers Cuomo has a fucking Shakespeare sticker on his guitar and also the cops shot his bassist's wife. Shakespeare would have loved Spotify because there's so many "plays" on there. Does Robert Pollard ever do "cool teacher" stuff in his class, like bring in his guitar to sing songs about PEMDAS? Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Pete Best has retired. His old band the Quarrymen were on some Flintstones shit. The Beatles should have linked up with the Chipmunks in their prime, they were the two most famous varispeed bands basically doing the same shit. The Sgt. Pepper album cover was basically Fortnite just cramming a bunch of IP together.Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc3i9CKJzmI
Why do dumb tech guys keep buying Napster? Was Obama even the best presidential candidate in the Choom Gang? Has rap lost the white pillhead? Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/248-who-is-snake-125929909Charles's song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc3i9CKJzmI
Dan catches up with Charles about his latest adventures and JoJo Siwa tries to be Gene Simmons. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
The next Gene Simmons is probably a Kick streamer, Weezer should consider getting BBLs, and sadly in today's world the Winkster would be more popular than Barney. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Musicians are going crazy in space, and Imagine Dragons are getting a piece of the action. Maybe Elvis should have Spaceland on the moon. And maybe Offset needs a group with his nephew since he was the third wheel in Migos' nephew-uncle dynamic. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Was Mildred J. Hill's "Happy Birthday" what "Creep" is to Radiohead? Plus, the IRS is auctioning Tekashi 6ix9ine's Star of David pendant and Katy Perry is going to space. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/244-big-as-fuck-123859487
Imagine your german shepherd brings a dead Smurf to your doorstep. Plus, Will Smith is taking over the rap game with the Sunday Service Choir. Featuring Spencer (@TGOFV_Pod) and Cole (@aryanblackgirl). Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
This week: Boneless Thugs body horror, Mr. Bean Saudi Arabia luxury real estate, Bikini Bottom is a U.S. protectorate, and the government is removing our wisdom teeth to make us stupid. Fortune Kit on Partreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Veteran players should do senior pranks at the Super Bowl, and since Vince Neil has a jet he should get to do the Super Bowl flyover, since they're not letting geriatric rockers perform at halftime anymore. Plus, police in India try to stop Ed Sheeran from rocking. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Ringo Starr has never tried pizza, the Grammys completely snub Great White and Whitesnake, and Charles and Alex learn that Alvin and the Chipmunks were nominated for Record of the Year at the very first Grammys. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/121734020
Charles, Alex, and Dan talk about being in the navy—the British one and the Village People one. Plus, the downfall of the world's first—and now last—major-label NFT band. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex talk about Foo Fighters pinball, the Trump memecoin, and Lil Wayne's Joan Jett Signature Series Melody Maker. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex wonder if John D. Rockefeller would have turned into a whiny Elon-style baby if he had to listen to the Red Dead guys shit talk him all day online. Plus, Pitbull gets into the botanical disinfectant game and Gerard Way voices a D&D pinball machine. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex discuss IDF catgirls, Kelly Clarkson's DoD funding, and how the happy birthday song should be on the Billboard charts all year. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/119232351
Palma (@sweetxpalma) takes Charles and Alex through the early dad-rock years of Fleetwood Mac before their fateful pivot to mom rock. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitTracklist:If You Be My BabyOoh BabyAlbatrossStation Man (Live San Bernardino 1971)Future GamesDissatisfiedDid You Ever Love MeSecond Chapter (Danny Kirwan)Station Man (Live 1975)Hypnotized (Live 1975)
A New Jersey Democrat fakes his Springsteen bona fides, Elton John comes out against the scourge of marijuana, and we discover a Snoopy-themed '60s band that dropped an anti-Osama song in 2006. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Fights break out at Mariah Carey Christmas concerts, Ronnie Radke BANNED from the U.K., and the You Know I Had to Do It to 'Em Kid, finally, had to do it to 'em. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
The Village People singer denies "YMCA" is a gay anthem, the U.K. sends dumb Christmas novelty songs to the top of the charts, and Aerosmith's drummer can't find a good cup of coffee. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/117452381
Charles and Alex appraise Trump guitars and make an official endorsement in the special election in New York's 21st Congressional District. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Did George and Amal Clooney hijack Sammy Hagar and Guy Fieri's liquor trucks? Should we use Jerry Garcia's A.I. voice to insert new stage banter into old performances? Did Stevie Wonder have Kobe killed? Charles and Alex investigate. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex discuss pop punk typos, Alice Cooper's bombshell admission that he liked school, and Mariah Carey's lawyer's induction into the Rock Hall of Fame. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
On this episode of Chapo Trap House, Charles and Alex consider a world that consists of nothing but scams. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/115163666
Charles and Dan talk crypto PACs, Robert Smith, and bootleg merch. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex speculate that Heaven is a worse version of The Villages. Geriatric former slaveowners drinking 10 a.m. mai tais and crashing their golf carts. Plus, Green Day and Barney the Dinosaur make their 30-year nostalgia plays. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex check in on T.I.'s toy lawsuit, Coldplay on QVC, and a Zionist fact check of the new Godspeed album. Plus, bats are biting everybody at concerts nowadays. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex find out about the world's first Israeli-Palestinian boy band and Elon stealing Grimes' baby name idea to use with his mistress instead. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/224-problematic-113369032
Spencer (@TGOFV_Pod) and Cole (@RaceplayShawty) join Charles and Alex to discuss Billboard oddities and songs from Spencer's "the Gauntlet" playlist. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Josiah Hughes (@josiahhughes) joins Charles and Alex to question why the three bears' porridges were different temperatures and write a pop-punk song about the challenges of being a teen. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex check in on Linkin Park's scientologist singer, Weezer's community-theater-style production of the Blue Album, and T.I.'s lawsuit against the same toy company that made Poopsie Surprise dolls. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/111797823
Charles and Alex find out Coldplay has the highest-grossing rock tour ever, examine the DNC roll call songs, and listen to Falling in Reverse's cover of Papa Roach. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles, Alex, and Ohio's Very Own Dan Boeckner discuss the Tim Horton's musical and voice support for artist-run entities like Madison Square Garden and the U.S. State Department. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitListen to Charles' EP:https://open.spotify.com/album/1wsxKiIHqOzHBx8QOYMKMs?si=8Ja1fywQSa6eUaHj54Ty_Qhttps://solipse.bandcamp.com/album/more
Charles and Alex check in on Akon City, read a crypto guy's Eminem review, and argue that Bruce Springsteen should have to open for Steven Van Zandt reciting classic Sopranos lines. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109790344
Hot Dad (@hotterdad) joins Charles and Alex to share his favorite '00s Japanese rock bands.Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitListen to Banana Road: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/hotdad/banana-roadPlaylist:Quruli - Hana no MizudeppouQuruli - World's End Supernova (Live)Asian Kung-Fu Generation - SirenAsian Kung-Fu Generation - Kimi no Machi MadeAsian Kung-Fu Generation - Natsu no Hi, ZanzouCornelius - SmokeCornelius - Breezin'Supercar - White Surf Style 5 (Live)Supercar - Wonder Word
Raina (@RahRahRaina) joins Charles and Alex to discuss her time in Japan interviewing bands, shopping at Seven & I Holdings, and feeding cats outside of their designated feeding area. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitPlaylist:Sakanaction - WasurerarenainoCornelius - Chapter 8 Seashore and HorizonBoris - Heavy RainBuffalo Daughter - CyclicHitsuji Bungaku - AddictionAtarashii Gakko! - Tokyo CallingMass of the Fermenting Dregs - Sugar
Will Menaker and Katherine Krueger join Charles and Alex to cover this summer's hottest music festival—the RNC—and weigh the musical merits of the car crash king Billy Joel.Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitStream Charles' new song: https://open.spotify.com/track/4r6cxwLnd1eokkF8qUAvND?si=461221842bff414e
Charles and Alex discuss Joe Biden's audio engineering woes, Gerber's 1970s campaign to market baby food to adults, and Kid Rock's endorsement of an anti-American dessert: apple pie. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/107890816
Charles and Alex listen to Meghan Trainor's new pet food jingle. DUI king Billy Joel weighs in on Justin Timberlake. Alex calls him RuPaul Stanley because KISS are drag queens. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Evan Laffer (@evanlaffer) and Ian Grant (@ian__grant) of Jokermen (@JokermenPodcast) join Charles and Alex to discuss the career of Barney the Dinosaur, with an eye toward his criticually and commercially overlooked later works. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex wonder what baby Jesus did with his gold and discuss a story about artists like Ne-Yo and the Game scamming people through their official Instagram accounts. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles, Alex, and Dan discuss the recent spate of arena tour cancellations and check in on the world's youngest FORMER Garfield licensee. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/105775522See Dan on tour: www.subpop.com/artists/boeckner/tours
Charles and Alex read Rolling Stone's Kid Rock profile and realize that he needs to tour with Bruce Springsteen to heal America. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex want to do the drugs their favorite 80-year-old psychedelic rock artists are doing. Plus a check-in on Kanye's presidential campaign. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex discuss Da Band's very limited discography and check in on P. Diddy's whereabouts. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex catch up on Motley Crue, look at legislation congratulating musicians, and listen to a 1984 spoken-word album where the Transformers race in a car rally. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/103569650
Charles and Alex catch up with Kanye's latest blunders and listen to the 1982 Pac-Man Christmas album and some '80s McDonald's songs. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Hesse joins Charles and Alex to discuss oddball Sonic Youth songs, Jojo Siwa's car, and Chechnya banning music outside of a narrow tempo range. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles, Alex, and Dan realize that Peter Thiel wants to be Caligula and that Led Zeppelin was technically the first steampunk band. See Dan on tour: https://www.subpop.com/artists/boeckner/toursFortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Matthew Perpetua (@perpetua) joins Charles and Alex to discuss Pavement live shows, legacy band lineup changes, and Oasis hiring Ringo Starr's son. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/101774039
Lisa Vitale (@eyyitslisa) talks about meeting Dolly Parton, Charles is vindicated learning Neil Young's Pono player is a piece of shit, and Alex argues Radiohead isn't a real Britpop band cause the brothers don't fight in the press. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex think bands should steal shampoo and shower curtains from hotel rooms and sell them as merch. Plus Meghan Trainor has yet another song about That Bass and Neil Young returns to Spotify but is still on his bullshit. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Dan, Charles, and Alex talk about Dan's new album Boeckner! Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Palma (@sweetxpalma) drops by to show Charles and Alex some deeper cuts from Jerry Garcia's catalog. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitPalma's Playlist:01 - Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street (San Diego • Dec. 28,1978)02 - Grateful Dead - Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) (St. Louis, MO • March 17, 1971)03 - Grateful Dead - The stranger (Two Souls In Communion) (Frankfurt • Europe 72)04 - Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders - Save Mother Earth (Feb. 1972)05 - Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders - Imagine (Feb. 1972)06 - Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders - Keepers (Berkeley • Nov. '73)07 - Legion of Mary - What’s Going On (Jan. '75)08 - Jerry Garcia Band - A Strange Man (Feb. '76)09 - Reconstruction - Lovely Night for Dancing (May 18, 1979 • The Old Waldorf, San Francisco CA)10 - Reconstruction - Mohican and the Great Spirit (May 18, 1979 • The Old Waldorf, San Francisco CA)
Lil Jon phones in a meditation album, Meek Mill protests too much, and the world's richest cats list is dominated by nepo-cats. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/99547045
Josh Terry (@JoshhTerry) joins Charles and Alex for a not-that-strange trip through the music of the Grateful Dead. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex check out JoJo Siwa's half-assed tween pop group and Snoop Dogg's half-assed cereal brand. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex reveal the winners of the Grammy categories no one pays attention to, including the night's top award: Best Children's Album. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex look at meme coins worth a billionth of a cent and argue that babies should like shoegaze (cooing vocals, lots of playing with your own feet). Plus Alex assists Billy Joel in completing his new single. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/97726880
Nate Ruess joins Charles and Alex to discuss his collaboration with Connie Connecticut, Cheech and Chong's new vodka bong, and… Did Green Day get TOO political on their new one!? Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitConnie Connecticut's Greatest Hits is out now:https://open.spotify.com/album/052aPHp6dw3LzvlPoFmdit?si=1BZTbNQnQlyTw6AHPizQpAhttps://fortunekit.bandcamp.com/album/connie-connecticuts-greatest-hits
Zola Jesus joins Charles, Alex, and Dan to catch up on the world's most eccentric Garfield licensee and discuss how the collapse of Pitchfork reflects the collapse of the music industry more broadly. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles, Alex, and Branson perform a seance to speak with the spirits of dead musicians to find out where they got their ideas. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex listen to a mournful XL Bully rap and read a terrible SPIN review. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/95939564Listen to Alex's song "Atlantic Bilge" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3P28HCY5FkDqf9sXlVe5b7?si=6HzeFRDMTymyVBcImkPAZABandcamp: https://brockwinthrop.bandcamp.com/track/atlantic-bilge
Arcade Fire's Tim Kingsbury takes Charles, Alex, and Dan on a journey through the Christian artists he listened to as a kid. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex rank the Christmas classics and get mad about people from Liverpool having multiple wacky British demonyms. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex beef with Cher, remember the A-Teens, and sign a petition for KISS fans who feel the band owes them golden tickets. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex unveil the world's newest and greatest AI pop star and beef with aging has-been Anna Indiana. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/93903512
Charles and Alex conclude that the Beatles' early shit, like Let It Be, is better than the new shit. It also turns out that nobody has heard Garth Brooks' exclusive Bass Pro Shops album. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex compare the merits of Turdstock and ApeFest and consider a job posting from Rick Ross. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex feel an obligation to be the only people to discuss Puddle of Mudd's new album. Plus the devil attacks Jimmy Levy from the pits of Hell via a faulty phone charger. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/92230719
Charles and Alex contemplate the value of a dinner with Jay Z and speculate about Garth Brooks' new album available exclusively at Bass Pro Shops. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles, Alex, and Dan check in on the struggles of the world's youngest Garfield licensee and read some of the dismal editorial content at Songtradr. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex finally get their hands on Drake's poetry book. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Hesse (@ZeroSuitCamus) joins Charles and Alex to write a song paying tribute to their favorite gospel trio. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/90476434
Charles and Alex watch RZA make the worst beat of all time and Ted Nugent goes woke. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex take an exclusive sneak peek at Pixar's Sodas and contemplate the existential dimension of Pixar's Scratchers. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Seems like Christmas season starts earlier and earlier. Derek (@websitehomepage) joins Charles and Alex to listen to some festive Christmas favorites. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex ruin more Fleetwood Mac songs and check out the news on Country Thang Daily. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/88813273
Dan catches up with Charles and Alex about life in New Orleans. Charles shares his debut remix as a DJ. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Nate Ruess updates Charles and Alex about his progress learning guitar and we watch DJ Khaled clips. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex read Drake's poetry book and question the extent of Travis Scott's knowledge about Kelsey Grammer. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/87196749 Listen to Charles' album: https://tr.ee/Qc8LZOA4he
Charles and Alex drive to Florida with Tom, singing hit party songs along the way. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex evaluate Obama's summer playlist and speculate about Jason Aldean having diarrhea onstage. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex check out A.I. country music scams, a rapper who didn't realize GOAT is an acronym, and a few songs from old favorites.
Charles' single on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0J3mCBoXrZHmlicioyepij Charles' album on Bandcamp: https://solipse.bandcamp.com/album/morning-forms Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Retired podcaster Josiah Hughes (@josiahhughes) teaches Charles and Alex all about Mod Sun. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/85742388
Merseyside rock and roll, F.O.B. does Billy Joel, TX2, YouTube, Obama drinks 312, Shaq O'Neal L.A. Lakers, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Aaron Carter dead at 34, I can't take it anymore! Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex catch up on OK Go's cereal lawsuit, Rivers Cuomo's visit to the Rock Hall of Fame, and guys who still talk about Bored Apes every day. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex evaluate a bunch of rock'n'roll conspiracy theories. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex determine the objective score for all 19 of Barney the Dinosaur's albums. Plus a quick check-in on the Island Boys. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/84325042
John Semley (@johnsemley3000) joins Charles and Alex to evaluate Bob Dylan's '70s albums. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex debate the best instruments starting with Z and Alex goes track by track reviewing Lana Del Rey's latest album. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Alex Branson (@necrobranson) joins Charles and Alex in wondering whether Bob Dylan has a taste for exotic meats. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex catch up on the latest about Meghan Trainor's anatomy and consider the 15 best songs of all time according to an A.I.-written article. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/82563904
Julian Feeld (@julianfeeld) joins Charles and Alex to listen to presidential campaign themes from throughout American history. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex have a musical shootout to find the best version of the ABC song and listen to some of the hottest children's music in the game. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex find out that Motley Crue is feuding, Amazon sells cool hats, and the OK Go guy is making a Beanie Baby movie with Al Gore's daughter. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex learn about an opportunity to create a bonsai garden with Tommy Lee and find out whether Mick Fleetwood could go band for band with Pete Wentz. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/81089785
Charles and Alex worry that A.I. listicles may threaten the integrity of Eric Alper's prompts. Plus there is news of an 8-year-old rap god emerging in Pakistan. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Cameron Fetter (@nibiru_TRUTH) joins Charles and Alex to learn a lesson about molestation from '80s child sitcom star Webster. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit/
Acclaimed guitarist Nate Ruess (@NwistyOnline) joins Charles and Alex to listen to cartoon characters doing covers of classic rock songs. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex discover a song about pooping unicorn dolls and find out what killed Jock Jams. Full episode on Pateon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/79401156
Charles and Alex listen to a selection of pop songs from the 1890s to the 1930s. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex slog through an album from one of Elon Musk's favorite Twitter conservatives. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/78829971
Kurt Feldman (@icechoir) joins Charles and Alex to remix songs by Weezer, Zeppelin, Radiohead, and more. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex explore popular music from a time when every lyricist wrote like Ned Flanders. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/78375680
Pat Daugherty (@RotoPat) joins Charles, Alex, and the all-knowing AutoCritic A.I. to learn the true objective worth of every Radiohead album.
Charles and Alex imagine if Bob Dylan's motorcycle sounded like he does and bring out the AutoCritic A.I. to learn the objective scores for a bunch of Byrds songs. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Robin Hatch (@robinhatch) joins Charles and Alex to massacre classic songs and cook chicken cordon bleu. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/77061558
Charles and Alex check in on Akon City and finally reach the conclusion of Weezer's SZNZ EPs. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex listen to Soulja Boy's Limewire collab and read through Rivers Cuomo's A.I. generated tweets. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex talk about reactionaries reinventing old Beatles conspiracy theories and Bob Dylan faking signatures on his $600 book. More Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex listen to Hollywood Vampires and speculate about which musicians might be responsible for 9/11. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/75588898
Charles and Alex check out Snoop Dogg's new music for babies. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Arlen Thompson (@le_petit_trek) joins Charles, Alex, and Dan to discuss the perilous economics of touring and the changing nature of making a living as an artist. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex dream of becoming spokesmen for Gerber baby food and discover a bunch of unlicensed crap on Amazon. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/74403272
Charles, Alex, and Tom write a chart topping dance song to make the club go crazy. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles, Alex, and Dan read about 311's Q-pilled drummer, watch a sax performance from Bill Clinton's Inaugural, and check out a Barney superfan's collection. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex dig into The Wiggles' discography and wonder why Pitchfork's revised Best Albums of the '90s list doesn't include any music for babies. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/73016421
Charles and Alex read Metalhead Zone recaps of Twitter beef between 60-year-old men and check in on Weezer's Autumn EP. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex turn to the all-knowing A.I. to render its judgement on the entire Weezer catalog. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/72296996
Charles and Alex discuss musicians' reactions to the very timely passing of the Queen and wonder what's on Tommy Lee's OnlyFans. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Raina Douris (@RahRahRaina) and Julian Feeld (@julianfeeld) join us for marketing tips and Hollywood tales from the Garfield Eats founder's memoir. Full Episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/71433886
Raina Douris (@RahRahRaina) and Julian Feeld (@julianfeeld) join us as we delve into a memoir by the founder of Garfield Eats. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Kurt Feldman (@icechoir) joins Charles and Alex to talk about his production on E1's boy band song. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit/
Charles, Alex, and Dan try to recall the fable of the golden goose and examine whether America rocked hard enough against Trump. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/70111808
Charles and Alex dig into Weezer's 2020s albums. Plus Nicki Minaj goes Eric Alper and Akoin really does exist. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex check in on Akon's utopian crypto cities in Senegal and Uganda.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan outline a credible theory about who specifically got all these celebs into Bored Apes and talk about the new E1 album. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/68833327
Nick joins Charles, Alex, and Dan to make the case that Chris Martin is the new Barney.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan talk about Johnny Rotten spending over $15,000 on pay-to-win iPad games and take a 2000s indie rock quiz.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan redesign the American flag, imagine a venue with a swimming pool in the pit, and discuss Dan's pedalboard for Wolf Parade's recent Apologies shows. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/67305746
Charles, Alex, and Dan explore the tepid Bored Ape music scene. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex check in on the latest from country music Youtuber Buddy Brown. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/66212383
Charles, Alex, and Joel wonder if Future got hacked (turns out he didn't), check in on CryptoBatz, and discuss Joel's new album as Basement Family. Basement Family album on bandcamp: https://basementfamily.bandcamp.com/ BF on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3nsOUsEOK0x2R7ePydg62K Fortune Kit on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Dan tells Charles and Alex about his travels since joining Arcade Fire.
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Charles and Alex imagine a combination Taco Bell law firm and listen to Kid Rock's new album.
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Charles and Alex listen to fast-food themed music from Wendy's, Arby's, Hamburger Helper, and Justin Timberlake. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/64897421
Charles and Alex consider whether the King of Pop should be a hereditary title and discover Justin Timberlake's full-length song based on the McDonald's jingle.
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Charles and Alex go down a boy band wormhole.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan covet a Miller Lite guitar and discuss Epic's acquisition of Bandcamp.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan discuss Ozzy Osbourne's CryptoBatz NFTs and Kanye's Stem Player. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63377515
Charles, Alex, and Dan fix the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and contemplate an insufferable Indie Rock Hall of Fame.
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Charles and Dan enlist the all-knowing A.I. to judge a variety of trucker anthems.
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Big Dave (@exMalwa) joins Charles and Alex to defend Drake, shit on NFTs (except TopShots), and create his own caste system. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/62298332
Charles, Alex, and Dan listen to a selection of songs by Chief Kooffreh.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan test Raina Douris' Canadian music knowledge and read some interesting facts about her online.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan discuss new TV shows about Tommy Lee and Bored Apes then take a series of music quizzes. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/60864193
Charles and Alex run Radiohead vocals through Songsmith, get up to date on Tommy Lee, stumble onto the Krassensteins' latest grift, and discuss Sublime.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan enjoy a selection of Christmas songs from old favorites and new artists alike. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles, Alex, and Dan reveal their A.I. generated songs made with last week's A.I. lyrics. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/59481367
Charles' band Solipse is playing at the Hideout in Chicago on December 6. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/31nmvIA
Charles, Alex, and Dan explore the promise of A.I. music, generating song lyrics about Christmas, California, and poop.
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Charles and Alex figure out which substances give you the creativity to write specific songs and look forward to the supergroup of NFT apes hatched in a corporate boardroom. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles and Alex discuss which living musicians are actually dead and which dead ones are actually alive. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/58221213
When the album-reviewing A.I. (@necrobranson) comes to life on the playground, Charles, Alex, and Dan seek its wisdom to score many albums and music-related food items.
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Patrick Stickles (@TitusAndronicus) drops by Fortune House to jam a few songs and cook spaghetti bolognese with Charles, Alex, and Dan.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan answer music-related writing prompts designed for homeschooled kids. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57037917
Patrick (@lunch_enjoyer) joins Charles and Alex to watch Barney Goes to Space dubbed in Arabic.
Charles, Alex, and Dan sift through Clear Channel's list of songs not to be played on the radio after 9/11.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan listen to music made by CEOs, billionaires, and the Secretary of State.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan imagine bands selling college dorm posters as merch, discuss self-indulgent songs about being on tour, and remember that U2 album that was forced onto everyone's phones. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55647134
Palma (@sweetxpalma) presents a playlist of his favorite Brazilian tracks from the '70s to the present.
Tracklist: (Intro) Odair Jose - Nunca Mais (1976) 01. Helio Matheus - Eu, Réu, Me Condeno (1977) 02. Marcio Lott - Tema De Baby (1972) 03. Ana Mazzotti - Io Sono Io (1973-1978) 04. Don Burrows and the Brazilian Connection - Lembrando Ed Kleiger (1978) 05. Marcos Resende & Index - Vidigal (1978) 06. Altay Veloso - Débora (1983) 07. Brasil Show - Meu Retrato (1983) 08. Fabio Fonseca - Ladroes de Bagda Feat. Marina Lima (1992) 09. Junior Mendes - Toque Tropical (1978) 10. MC maha - Vou Entrar no BTS (2017) (Outro) Erasmo Carlos - Meu Mar (1972)
Other recommendations not included: Franco - Ei, Você, Psiu! (1972) Sonia Santos - Speed (1976) Grupo Arco-Yris - Coisas Da Vida (1973)
Charles, Alex, and Dan weigh the benefits of discovering bands 10 years late and fill out their ballots for Pitchfork's people's list. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Charles, Alex, and Dan revisit the very short-lived MTV series Band in a Bubble. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/54524101
Charles, Alex, and Dan round up recent articles and imagine ways to sabotage bands.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan stumble onto the unique musical legacy of Raymond Scott.
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Hether Fortune (@unhinged_adult) joins us to discuss "the Airbnb for gigs," listening to click tracks like songs, and getting angry onstage.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan try their best to provide earnest answers to Eric Alper prompts. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/53386451
Charles, Alex, and Dan explore some of the finest music ever written about LOLcats, manga, and gaming.
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Stereogum's Tom Breihan (@tombreihan) joins Charles, Alex, and Dan to reflect on getting ratioed by K-pop stans and consider what it would be like if Van Morrison and Tom MacDonald collaborated.
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Riley Quinn (@raaleh) joins Charles, Alex, and Dan for some baseless speculation about this year's Juno Award winners.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan explore the discographies of right-wing political bands from The Goldwaters in the '60s to The Right Brothers in the 2000s. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/52024070
Charles, Alex, and Dan explore the National Review's music writing, including their glowing review of the new Van Morrison album and a list of the greatest conservative songs of all time.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan do an episode that miraculously syncs up with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan discuss Danzig's fear of cancellation and dig up a 1993 Washington Post hit piece against Barney. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/50986578
Charles, Alex, and Dan discuss which Star Wars characters would be best to eat and catch up with Buddy Brown's latest material.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan check in on Tommy Lee's twitter and watch a documentary about how streaming is changing the music business.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan lament being blocked by Eric Alper and enjoy a full 1991 live set from Barney the famous dinosaur. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/49749109
Charles, Alex, and Dan wonder why Eric Alper is the way he is.
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Josiah Hughes (@josiahhughes) joins Charles, Alex, and Dan to explore the creative universe of the world's youngest Garfield and Scooby-Doo licensee. Charles' new album as Solipse is out March 24. Preorder/listen on Bandcamp: https://solipse.bandcamp.com/album/solipse
Charles, Alex, and Dan evaluate Grammy and Juno award nominees without any knowledge of the artists.
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Emily (@gayh0rney) and Derek (@derek8185338005) join Charles, Alex, and Dan to chronicle Emily's Weezer DM story, her evening with Danzig, and the time she met Paul Banks.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan discuss legacy artists selling their catalogs and likeness and imagine the viability of theme restaurants based on the Beach Boys, Metallica, and Bobby Pickett. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/48249588
Recording engineer and producer Howard Bilerman joins Dan, Charles, and Alex to discuss aging gracefully, his feud with Craisins, and, well, the Nazis.
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Matt Christman (@cushbomb) joins Charles and Dan to enjoy some politically charged country tunes delivered candidly from the back of a pickup truck.
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Walt Tremblay (@necrobranson) joins Charles, Alex, and Dan to rate Meghan Trainor's Christmas album and advise kids against using condoms. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/69-make-room-ft-47073302
Patrick Stickles (@TitusAndronicus) joins Dan, Charles, and Alex to imagine a world where Titus Andronicus signed to Waffle House's record label and discuss how Donald Trump needs to start a chain of megachurches.
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Nate Ruess (@nateruessmusic) and Charles consult the all-knowing A.I. to find out whether Nate's version of "We Are Young" is better than the Kidz Bop version. Nate recalls an encounter with Kanye West. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/46368884
The Tommy Lee Book Club finally reaches its conclusion with stories about Tommy's solo albums, his tattoo that says "tattoo," and Tommyland itself. (With guests Derek (@derek8185338005) and CJ (@TOS_violator)). Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit
Tommy Lee devotes an entire chapter to his Jagermeister machine, causing Dan to reflect on times when his bands crossed paths with brands like Camel and CNN. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/45857749
Derek (@derek8185338005) and CJ (@TOS_Violator) join Alex, Charles, and Dan to continue their discussion of Tommy Lee's autobiography Tommyland.
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Derek (@derek8185338005) and CJ (@TOS_Violator) join Alex, Charles, and Dan for the first part of a discussion of Tommy Lee's autobiography Tommyland.
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Michael S. Judge (@corpseinorbit) joins Dan, Alex, and Charles to discuss the CIA's relationship with music.
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Blowback's Noah Kulwin (@nkulw) and Brendan James (@deep_beige) join Charles, Alex, and Dan to discuss the music of the Iraq war.
Alex and Charles debate the merits of a Barney classic until the AI gives it a disappointingly low score. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/44668270
Charles, Dan, and Alex explore Halloween themed songs including a McDonald's spooky sounds cassette tape and Bobby Pickett's non-Monster Mash works.
Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/44588680
Derek (@derek8185338005) joins Charles, Alex, and Dan to discuss the life of "Monster Mash" writer Bobby Pickett, hear about the time Dan auditioned for the Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There, and take a preliminary peek at Tommy Lee's book Tommyland.
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Charles, Alex, and Dan examine the consumer choices that define modern country, learn about lesser known McDonalds mascots, and check out a new Halloween song from an old favorite.
Charles, Alex, and Dan reckon with their musical idol's horniness and delve into Trapt's social media world.
Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43504113
Hot Dad (@hotterdad) talks with Charles, Dan, and Alex about his brief career writing erotica and how nobody really knows how to succeed in digital media.
Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43332477
Charles, Alex, and Dan come up with schemes to boost album sales, discuss country songs with lyrics about Bud Light, and check in with boomer musicians on social media.
Hot Dad (@hotterdad) joins Charles, Alex, and Dan to discuss songwriting and synths and watch performances from his prized Beachfest DVD. Watch the Beachfest DVD here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ3aNiADBpM
Alex and Charles watch 9 minutes of Bob Dylan rehearsing vocals for We Are the World, revisit Akon City, and imagine an Iraqi city populated by expat Trump supporters who stocked up on dinar. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42294969
Music writer and podcaster Josiah Hughes (@josiahhughes) joins Dan, Alex, and Charles to talk about pop-punk, tuning guitars to Beck's Sea Change, and telling other local bands they had a great set.
Will Menaker (@willmenaker) joins Charles, Alex, and Dan to watch gospel performances on Jim Bakker's 1970s TV show and explore the music these artists inspired.
Pianist Robin Hatch (@robinhatch) joins Dan, Charles, and Alex to delve into the darkness of the Canadian music industry, recall a party hosted by the Canadian Epstein, and listen to The Piano Guys.
Host of NPR's World Cafe Raina Douris (@RahRahRaina) joins Dan, Alex, and Charles to talk about NPR voice, the monster mash, and bleak Canadian drives.
Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41248843
And Introducing host and Chapo Trap House producer Chris Wade (@saywhatagain) joins Alex, Dan, and Charles for another journey into CanCon comedy folk, subjecting everybody to gems from Moxy Fruvous and the Arrogant Worms.
Nate Ruess (@nateruessmusic) joins Alex, Charles, and Dan to clarify that interviews suck, share his experience working with Brian Wilson, and scheme up a way to profit from his son's nephew/uncle duo with Mark Ronson.
Britt Daniel (@brittdaniel from @spoontheband) joins Dan, Charles, and Alex to talk about pizza jingles and critique songs by some of Fortune Kit's favorite YouTube artists.
Alex and Charles wonder if Sonic Youth is a jam band, read up on the plot of 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, and take Metalhead Zone's '80s metal quizzes. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/40099955
Charles, Alex, and Dan dive once more into pro-Trump boomer DIY music, pondering some very unique audio-production choices along the way.
Alex, Dan, and Charles discuss QAnon's revolt against aging rockstars and explore a twice-failed rock’n’roll theme park in Myrtle Beach.
Charles, Alex, and Dan revisit Woodstock ’99 through the lens of its still-online message board. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/39174956
Joe Plummer (@joeplumdog), drummer for Cold War Kids, Modest Mouse, The Shins, and a bunch of others, joins Charles, Dan, and Alex to discuss being a drumset guy and browse headlines on Metalhead Zone.
Stereogum senior editor Tom Breihan (@tombreihan) joins Alex, Dan, and Charles to discuss Billboard #1 hits, music industry shifts, and whether Pitchfork has changed over the years.
Joel (@thevillainjoel) joins Alex and Charles to break down the history of butt rock, from proto-cockrock to third-wave butt. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/38274889
Ramsin Canon (@ramsincanon) joins Alex, Dan, and Charles to explore Blue Lives Matter Spotify playlists and discuss why cops don’t need unions.
Here’s Ramsin’s article that’s mentioned in the episode: http://midwestsocialist.com/2020/06/03/police-do-not-need-unions/
Ryan Kattner (@manmanbandband) joins Dan, Alex, and Charles to compare Woodstock festivals and explain why he wanted to play last year’s cancelled Woodstock.
Keith Buckley (@deathoftheparty) joins Charles, Alex, and Dan to talk about the future of touring, a movie starring the Microsoft paperclip, and drive-in Every Time I Die shows where the mosh pit is a demolition derby.
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Charles, Dan, and Alex talk about fake gear, real gear, insane amps, and how Godspeed You! Black Emperor shows should include wet t-shirt contests.
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Alex and Charles imagine lore in the Puddle of Mudd extended universe, examine Billy Joel’s history of not getting DUIs, and wonder whether Joe Biden enjoys music. Charles shares the instrumental “Wellspring.”
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Wolf Parade's Arlen Thompson (@le_petit_trek) joins Dan, Alex, and Charles for a journey through questionable Canadian rap and '90s rock.
YouTube links from the episode: Mr. Esquimalt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNJKGTQW1t8 Mr. Esquimalt Covid Exclusive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAtRVqUnQB8 Arnold Viersen conservative rap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXYzvxIy6Y “Gender Bender” rap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw20YuZ6dzo Eric Greitens ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-VfFi6Z14Q Moxy Fruvous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpGV1jOqk4I Moist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gEeMfYwtXk Theory of a Deadman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfnAOcBirAs Default: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAocvKHUidg
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Andrew (@intellegint) from Episode One joins Dan and Charles to talk about his experience as a nurse during the pandemic and the virtues of Laurel Halo’s “Quarantine.” Charles shares the ambient song “Superposition.”
Andrew’s ambient songs are found here: https://soundcloud.com/epogen
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Palma and Dan introduce Charles and Alex to the world of Yugoslavian punk, post-punk, and new wave. Palma made his signature terroristic threats (which were edited out) and accidentally put a bunch of reverb on his track (which could not be edited).
Check out Dan’s playlist of the artists discussed in the episode (and more): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0XlOva5FMPzz0dKe6ilFE3?si=xeoDN2jWQ967k5WUuAtu6g
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Dan, Alex, and Charles enjoy some music-themed marketing #content: Business Insider's sponsored writeup for the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, Denny’s Rockstar Menu, Dr. Pepper’s GnR giveaway, Boneless Thugs-n-Harmony, and the official lubricant of LiveNation.
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Keith Buckley (@deathoftheparty) joins Alex (@Lowenaffchen), Charles (@charlesraustin), and Dan (@DanBoeckner) listen to shredders like Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and Yngwie Malmsteen then get tested for the shredding virus.
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Kurt (@theicechoir) joins Dan (@DanBoeckner), Alex (@Lowenaffchen), and Charles (@charlesraustin) to talk about coronavirus, touring, and playing terrible shows at SXSW.
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Derek (@eedrk) joins Dan (@DanBoeckner), Alex (@Lowenaffchen), and Charles (@charlesraustin) to discuss Toronto’s gaudy El Mocambo renovation and share his song “New Victims.”
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Tom (@tom_on_here) joins Alex (@Lowenaffchen) and Charles (@charlesraustin) to sing some carpool karaoke and have a good night.
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Alex (@Lowenaffchen) and Charles (@charlesraustin) get the objectively correct score for every Beatles album from the most perfect AI algorithm.
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Alex (@Lowenaffchen) and Charles (@charlesraustin) enjoy rant-filled live videos from David Lee Roth, Puddle of Mudd, and Buckcherry.
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Charles and Alex talk to Dan, Spencer, and Arlen of Wolf Parade about their new album Thin Mind, rearranging old songs to play live as a three-piece, and designing set lists around drinking beers.
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Alex (@Lowenaffchen) and Charles (@charlesraustin) discuss musicians' entrepreneurial schemes, including will.i.am's tech, Soulja Boy's Soulja Box, Pitbull's charter school, and Akon's new city in Senegal. Charles and Kurt (@theicechoir) share the song "What Goes Wrong."
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Alex (@Lowenaffchen), Charles (@charlesraustin), and Dan (@DanBoeckner) dig through the MTV News archive to read 20 year old articles about Limp Bizkit and Crazy Town. Alex shares Quiet Riot's new album which has very peculiar production.
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Freelance writer Lior Phillips (@LiorPhillips) joins Dan (@DanBoeckner), Charles (@charlesraustin), and Alex (@Lowenaffchen) to discuss the music scene growing up in South Africa as well as her experiences with music in Israel and Chicago.
Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/32958065
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Freelance music writer Lior Phillips(@LiorPhillips) joins Dan (@DanBoeckner), Charles (@charlesraustin), and Alex (@Lowenaffchen) to discuss how music writing has changed in response to the incentives of digital media.
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Andrew (@intellegint) and Branson (@necrobranson) from Episode One stop by to help Charles (@charlesraustin) and Alex (@Lowenaffchen) write a song inspired by a sumptuous glass of wine. (featuring an opera cameo from @90sSlowJamz)
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Labor lawyer and writer Ramsin Canon (@ramsincanon) joins Charles (@charlesraustin), Alex (@Lowenaffchen), and Dan (@DanBoeckner) to discuss the economics of the music industry and Dan’s experience playing in Myanmar before Aung San Suu Kyi was freed.
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Labor lawyer and writer Ramsin Canon (@ramsincanon) joins Charles (@charlesraustin), Alex (@Lowenaffchen), and Dan (@DanBoeckner) to discuss what is or isn’t political about political music. Charles shares the song “The Other Way.”
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Chapo Trap House's Will Menaker (@WillMenaker) joins Alex (@Lowenaffchen) and Charles (@charlesraustin) to talk about the Episode One album, "King Dynasty: Rich Gods Saga: The Money Crusades," and watch videos from the #MAGAChallenge. Alex shares his MAGA Challenge contribution, "White Diamond and Silk."
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Nika (@ZolaJesus) joins Dan (@DanBoeckner), Charles (@charlesraustin), and Alex (@Lowenaffchen) to discuss exploitative corporate practices on Spotify and then mimic those practices to create an album of highly profitable relaxation music.
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Charles and Derek must come to terms with This Heat's Deceit getting a 2.7. (Twitter: @charlesraustin @eedrk)
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Charles, Alex, and Joel (E1 / Basement Family) hop on YouTube to explore classics including angry bald white rappers, crunkcore, and mistagged Napster novelty songs. Alex shares his song “Big Bird and Kermit Get High 2.” (Twitter: @Lowenaffchen @charlesraustin @thevillainjoel)
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Artist Xeecee joins Charles and Alex to talk about album covers and redesign the artwork for Weezer’s Blue Album, The Beatles’ White Album, and the Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. (Twitter: @charlesraustin @Lowenaffchen @XEECEEVEVO)
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The Tea Party movement and Trump presidency have inspired some really bewildering geriatric pop culture. Charles and Alex explore this world through the career of ‘50s/’60s songwriter turned Trump booster Trade Martin and wind up considering the political leanings of a future senile Keemstar. (Twitter: @charlesraustin @Lowenaffchen)
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Andrew (E1) stops by to help Alex and Charles figure out why the A.I. gave Interpol’s first album a 5.6 (Twitter: @Lowenaffchen @charlesraustin @intellegint)
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Pat Daugherty (RotoWorld) joins Alex and Charles for a rock band fantasy draft. (Twitter: @Lowenaffchen @charlesraustin @RotoPat)
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Alex, Charles, and Aaron revisit the golden age of ’80s musicians rehabilitating their careers through reality TV. (Twitter: @Lowenaffchen @charlesraustin @Bertovo)
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Will Menaker (Chapo Trap House) helps Alex and Charles figure out why the perfect algorithm gave Geto Boys’ “The Geto Boys” a 2.7 out of 10. (Twitter: @Lowenaffchen @charlesraustin @WillMenaker)
More AutoCritic episodes with Will available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/autocritic-1-on-29861021
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Charles and Alex enlist Tom and CJ (and the WikiHow guide to writing a hit song) to make a perfect song that has maximum money-making potential. (Twitter: @charlesraustin @Lowenaffchen @tom_on_here @futurevictim)
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Alex and Charles unveil their DoD-funded algorithm that can discern the objective correct score for every album. Palma stops by to discuss Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, and Brazilian songwriter Tim Maia’s Racional Vol. 1. Charles shares the song “Fortune Kit.” (Twitter: @Lowenaffchen @charlesraustin @sweetpaIma)
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Alex talks about writing and recording his songs as Brock Winthrop and revisits his cover of the viral hit “Three Second Rule.” (Twitter: @Lowenaffchen @charlesraustin)
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Charles, Alex, and Keith talk more about Kidz Bop Live. (Twitter: @charlesraustin @Lowenaffchen @deathoftheparty)
Full bonus episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/29413212
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Keith tells Charles and Alex about his experience at Kidz Bop Live. Alex shares “Dog Meat Car,” an innocent song about being a teen driving a T-bird to the malt shop. (Twitter: @charlesraustin @Lowenaffchen @deathoftheparty)
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Charles, Alex, Andrew, and Derek discuss bad cover songs ranging from Disturbed and Limp Bizkit to lazy piano covers in film trailers. Derek shares his goth/new-wave cover of the Friends theme song. (Twitter: @charlesraustin @Lowenaffchen @intellegint @eedrk)
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Charles, Alex, and Joel talk about shitty classic rock lyrics. (Twitter: @charlesraustin @Lowenaffchen @thevillainjoel)
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Charles, Dan, Alex, and Derek discuss Pitchfork’s “Live at the Village Vanguard” review, the article “Colonel Sanders at the Rave,” and the strange Canadian adoption of Confederate culture. (Twitter: @charlesraustin @DanBoeckner @Lowenaffchen @eedrk)
Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/28668910
Charles, Alex, Dan, and Andrew check out bands and vendors at Raytheon’s Reverse Fyre Fest. Spencer warns Dan not to go to the festival. (Twitter: @charlesraustin @Lowenaffchen @DanBoeckner @intellegint @KrugSpencer)
Charles, Alex, Nick, and Kurt weigh the merits of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Kurt shares a personal story where Anthony Kiedis looks like a fool. (Twitter: @charlesraustin @Lowenaffchen @JucheMane @theicechoir)
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Charles and Alex enjoy musical performances by Bill Clinton, Herman Cain, Richard Nixon, the Singing Senators, Nancy Reagan, and Donald Trump. (Twitter: @charlesraustin @Lowenaffchen)
Charles, Dan, Alex, and Derek discuss Pitchfork’s article “The Premature Indie Rock Nostalgia of Wolf Parade’s Comeback Show,” plus reviews of Sicko Mobb’s “Super Saiyan Vol. 2” and John Coltrane’s “Live at the Village Vanguard” (Twitter: @charlesraustin @DanBoeckner @Lowenaffchen @eedrk)
Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/28112112
Alex, Charles, and Felix get thrown in jail and discuss Five Finger Death Punch. (Twitter: @Lowenaffchen @charlesraustin @ByYourLogic)
Dan, Charles, and Alex discuss Operators' album Radiant Dawn. (Twitter: @DanBoeckner @charlesraustin @Lowenaffchen)
Charles, Alex, and Derek set out to discuss the song “Eternity” but mostly talk about the VG Cats webcomic. (Twitter: @charlesraustin @Lowenaffchen @eedrk)