Bruce Springsteen Sings the Alphabet: Recent Episodes
Rob Carmack
Bruce Springsteen Sings the Alphabet is a podcast that explores every Bruce Springsteen song in alphabetical order.
We're back with a new episode and talking about Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit's 2017 masterpiece The Nashville Sound!
Movies
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Spider-Man: No Way Home
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Judas and the Black Messiah
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The Harder they Fall
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Bad Trip
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Dune
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Don’t Look Up
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Rayah
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The Last Duel
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14 Peaks
TV Shows:
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Reality TV with JB
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Yellowjackets
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Search Party
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We Are Ladyparts
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WandaVision
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Succession
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I Think You Should Leave
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Reservation Dogs
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For All Mankind
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The Beatles: Get Back
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Ted Lasso
Music
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Preacher’s Kid - Semler
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In These Silent Days - Brandi Carlile
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The Million Masks of God - Manchester Orchestra
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Stand for Myself - Yola
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Without People - Donovan Wood
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I Don’t Live Here Anymore - The War on Drugs
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Drama - Rodrigo Amarante
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Pressure Machine - The Killers
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Backslider - David Ramirez
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The Moon and Stars - Valerie June
We discuss four more songs from Jason Isbell's masterpiece. Songs discussed: "Flying Over Water," "Different Days," "Live Oak," and "Songs that She Sang in the Shower"
Today we're talking about the first four tracks on Jason's 2013 masterpiece 'Southeastern'!
This week, we explore the first five tracks from Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit's 2011 album, Here We Rest!
Today we're talking about the first half of Jason Isbell's debut solo album--2007's Sirens of the Ditch!
Today we're talking about the final four songs that Jason Isbell wrote and performed with the Drive-By Truckers: "Easy On Yourself," "Daylight," "TVA," and "When the Well Runs Dry."
Jason Isbell released three albums with the band the Drive-By Truckers. In this episode, we talk about the first two albums--Decoration Day and The Dirty South--and specifically, the six songs Isbell wrote and sang for those albums: "Outfit," "Decoration Day," "The Day John Henry Died," Danko/Manuel," "Never Gonna Change," and "Goddamn Lonely Love."
Show notes:
MOVIES
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (05:34)
Mank (10:46)
Palm Springs (13:27)
Eurovision (18:15)
Boys State (20:50)
Greyhound (24:09)
The Old Guard (27:45)
Onward (31:40)
The Vast of Night (33:50)
Bacurau (36:30)
TV
The Good Place (39:06)
Lovecraft Country (45:39)
9-1-1 Lone Star (49:04)
Superstore (51:40)
Ted Lasso (53:50)
Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet (59:55)
The Good Lord Bird (01:01:50)
The Last Dance (01:05:00)
Mrs. America (01:11:33)
Better Call Saul (01:14:51)
The Mandalorian (01:16:40)
MUSIC
‘Fetch the Bolt Cutters’ by Fiona Apple (01:20:30)
‘Long Violent History’ by Tyler Childers (01:25:30)
‘Gigaton’ by Pearl Jam (01:28:56)
‘Punisher' by Phoebe Bridgers (01:34:00)
‘Lamentations’ by American Aquarium (01:37:24)
‘Without People’ by Donovan Woods (01:40:25)
‘Songs for Our Daughter’ by Laura Marling (01:43:09)
‘You and I’ by O Brother (01:45:00)
‘Cuttin’ Grass, Vol. 1’ by Sturgill Simpson (01:48:54)
‘That’s How Rumors Get Started’ by Margo Price (01:52:14)
BOOKS
‘How to Write One Song’ by Jeff Tweedy (01:55:03)
‘This Isn’t Happening’ by Steven Hyden (01:56:46)
‘Why Fish Don’t Exist’ by Lulu Miller (01:59:00)
‘All Adults Here’ by Emma Straub (02:03:12)
‘Apartment’ by Teddy Wayne (02:05:00)
‘Native’ by Kaitlin B. Curtice (02:05:55)
‘Devolution’ by Max Brooks (02:09:05)
‘The Resisters’ by Gish Jen (02:12:30)
‘The Cactus League’ by Emily Nemens (02:14:34)
‘Hard to Handle’ by Steve Gorman (02:16:20)
GAMES
City Skylines, The Last of Us 2, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Transport Tycoon, etc. (02:20:00)
COMEDY SPECIALS
‘End Times Fun’ by Marc Maron (02:24:55)
‘Jackie’ by Rob Delaney (02:27:55)
‘Middleditch & Schwartz’ (02:29:40)
‘Quarter Life Crisis’ by Taylor Tomlinson (02:32:50)
‘Nate’ (02:34:10)
PODCASTS
‘Fake Doctors, Real Friends’ with Zach Braff and Donald Faison (02:38:00)
‘Working It Out’ with Mike Birbiglia (02:40:18)
‘Political Beats’ (02:42:35)
‘Single Podcast Theory’ (02:44:10)
‘Majority 54’ with Jason Kander (02:45:25)
‘In the Bubble’ with Andy Slavitt (02:46:20)
‘Lovett or Leave It’ with Jon Lovett (02:47:08)
This is our final episode of Season 2. Stay tuned until the end of the episode to hear our plans for Season 3!
JB and Rob have LOTS of very strong opinions as they discuss Bruce's 2006 tribute album to folk legend Pete Seeger.
THE RISING is Bruce Springsteen's 2002 concept album, made in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. Get some tissue and listen.
In 1998, Bruce Springsteen released a four-disc CD box set called TRACKS. For the next four weeks, that's what we're talking about.
JB had finals this week, so instead of having no episode at all, Rob and his wife Caroline recorded a mini-episode to talk about what they've been watching, reading, and listening to during quarantine.
JB and Rob share recommendations and pop culture goals for their social distancing time.
Today we pump our fists in the sky and talk about Bruce Springsteen's 1984 mega-hit, BORN IN THE U.S.A.
Today JB and Rob talk about the first half of Bruce Springsteen's first (and so far, only) double album!
Today we're talking about Bruce Springsteen's 1978's album DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN!
Also, there will be no new episode next week. We'll be back on February 24 with THE RIVER!
On this week's bonus episode on the Patreon feed, we are listing our Top 5 Albums from the 1970's. If you want to listen, you can go to www.patreon.com/springsteen to become a supporter of the show.
Today we're talking about Bruce Springsteen's sophomore album from 1973! Also, in our Patreon feed, you can listen to our bonus episode about our favorite sophomore albums of all time!
Album Season! Episode 1! Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ was Bruce Springsteen's debut album, released in January 1973 from Columbia Records!
In our annual final episode of the year, we discuss our favorite movies, TV shows, music, podcasts, books, and comics of the year! Show notes: Bruce Springsteen Sings the Alphabet: 2019 All-Media Overload
MOVIES
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (00:04:15)
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Avengers: Endgame (00:11:08)
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Spider-Man: Far From Home (00:14:45)
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Knives Out (00:17:00)
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Marriage Story (00:19:31) 6. Parasite (00:26:15) 7. Jojo Rabbit (00:30:00) 8. Booksmart (00:33:12) 9. Fyre Fraud AND Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (00:35:04) 10. My Favorite Shapes: Julio Torres (HBO Comedy Special) (00:39:03) TV SHOWS 1. The Mandalorian [Disney+] (00:42:15) 2. Fleabag [Amazon Prime] (00:47:13) 3. Watchmen [HBO] (00:48:56) 4. The Boys [Amazon Prime] (00:55:00) 5. Succession [HBO] (00:57:30) 6. Modern Love [Amazon Prime] (01:02:52) 7. Shrill [Hulu] (01:05:10) 8. Catastrophe [Amazon Prime] (01:10:16) 9. True Detective [HBO] (01:12:25) 10. When They See Us [Netflix] (01:15:42) MUSIC 1. The Highwomen [The Highwomen] (01:19:24) 2. Texas Piano Man [Robert Ellis] (01:25:45) 3. On the Line [Jenny Lewis] (01:28:18) 4. I Am Easy to Find [The National] (01:32:30) 5. Better Oblivion Community Center [Phoebe Bridgers & Connor Oberst] (01:37:20) 6. Young Enough [Charlie Bliss] (01:42:06) 7. Pony [Orville Peck] (01:45:32) 8. Morbid Stuff [Pup] (01:48:14) 9. Good Luck, Kid [Joseph] (01:51:33) 10. Heard It In a Past Life [Maggie Rogers] (01:52:58) PODCASTS 1. Reply All (01:54:45) 2. Lovett or Leave It (01:57:34) 3. Black Men Can’t Jump in Hollywood (02:02:02) 4. Blank Check with Griffin and David (02:08:21) 5. Finding Fred (02:10:28) 6. Good One: A Podcast About Jokes (02:14:42) BOOKS 1. “A Friend is a Gift You Give Yourself,” by William Boyle (02:16:23) 2. “Catch and Kill,” by Ronan Farrow (02:19:23) 3. “Talking to Strangers,” Malcolm Gladwell (02:22:42) 4. Walk This WayGeoff Edgers (02:30:06) 5. “The Birth of Loud,” by Ian S. Port (02:33:54) 6. “Pure,” by Linda Kay Klein (02:37:20) COMICS 1. “American Carnage” [Vertigo], by Bryan Edward Hill & Lelandro Fernandez (02:39:46) 2. “Star Wars" [Marvel] (02:41:55) 3. “The Punisher” [Marvel] (02:46:20) 4. “Return of Wolverine” [Marvel] (02:49:10) 5. “Deadly Class” [Image Comics], by Rick Remender & Wes Craig (02:50:21)
We talk about all the Springsteen events of 2019, including the release of Western Stars (the album and the film), Blinded by the Light (the film), what's up with the E Street Band members, and we share our average scores from the past four years' worth of podcasting!
*Technical note: When we start talking about the spreadsheets, Rob's microphone quality changes. We don't know why. Sorry.
Lori Pierce joins us to discuss which Bruce Springsteen songs might sound different if imagined through the eyes of a black narrator.
Richard Beck's newest books is called Trains, Jesus, and Murder: The Gospel According to Johnny Cash. You can order the book here: https://smile.amazon.com/Trains-Jesus-Murder-Gospel-according/dp/1506433766/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VG41TCTYL2MR&keywords=trains+jesus+and+murder&qid=1574292720&sprefix=trains+jesus%2Caps%2C180&sr=8-1
We have reached the end of the alphabet. Be sure and stay tuned until the end for an announcement about the future of the podcast!
Bruce works for the county out on 95.
ANNOUNCEMENT: We are going on hiatus for a few weeks so JB can spend time with his new baby girl. We will be back in your feeds soon with "Worlds Apart"!
Once Bruce spent his time playing tough guy scenes, but he was living in a world of childish dreams.
CORRECTION: At the end of this episode, we say that the next song will be "TV Movie," but that is incorrect. The next song is "Turn! Turn! Turn!"