For this year's Q&A episode, we asked you guys what artists and albums you'd like to hear us cover on the show, and you did not disappoint! We got literally hundreds of suggestions, and we did our best to narrow them down but we still ended up having to split this episode into two parts. Part 1 is right here, and you'll hear Part 2 next week. We had a great time talking about everything from Bob Dylan to Dennis Wilson, and we hope you enjoy it too.

Cohosts: Everybody

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This week, we don our lederhosen and celebrate the return of our compilation series dissecting "Weird Al" Yankovic's polka medleys, on which he rounded up and lovingly lampooned the chart music of the day. Originally released on his 1996 album Bad Hair Day, "The Alternative Polka" was Al's attempt to catalog the emerging radio format of alternative rock, though the artists in this batch cover so much stylistic ground as to suggest that maybe, just maybe, the whole "alternative" label was just a marketing gimmick. Whether it's a real genre or not, we've finally reached the radio hits our hosts grew up listening to, which makes for a fun discussion with a healthy dose of '90s nostalgia.

Tracks:

• Beck - Loser
• Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing
• Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
• Nine Inch Nails - Closer
• R.E.M. - Bang and Blame
• Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know

Other clips:

• Beck - The New Pollution
• Beck - Soul Suckin' Jerk
• Beck - Get Real Paid
• "Weird Al" Yankovic - Wanna B Ur Lovr
• Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
• "Weird Al" Yankovic - Syndicated Inc.
• Michael Jackson and Sheryl Crow - I Just Can't Stop Loving You
• Sheryl Crow - All Kinds of People
• Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy
• Sheryl Crow - Soak Up the Sun
• "Weird Al" Yankovic - Germs
• Nine Inch Nails - Terrible Lie
• David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans (Nine Inch Nails remix)
• R.E.M. - Crush with Eyeliner
• Talking Heads - The Lady Don't Mind
• "Weird Al" Yankovic - We All Have Cell Phones (live)
• Alanis Morissette - Too Hot
• Alanis Morissette - No Return

By the late 60s, Harry Nilsson’s songs had a way of showing up everywhere, from TV and movies to other people’s hit records. However, it was 1971’s Nilsson Schmilsson that finally scored him a bona fide hit album, spawning three hit singles and a Grammy win. The record holds the unique status of being Harry’s most focused and disciplined album while still featuring an idiosyncratic range of styles including hard rock, power ballads, and oddball novelties. All of these genres are effortlessly held together with one of the best voices in the business. Join Dan, Amanda, and Rich as they put the lime in the coconut and discuss the man, the legend, and the group himself.

Cohosts: Dan Watkins, Rich Bunnell, Amanda Rodgers

Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/174-harry-nilsson-nilsson-schmilsson-1971

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It's time for a release from the Patreon vault! In this one, originally released in October 2025, we're talking about one of the best percussion instruments: handclaps! From the doomiest metal to the sunniest pop, handclaps add an interesting new layer to anything.

P.S. Mike is aware that he mixed up the two singers on Napalm Death’s Scum: Justin Broadrick sings on the first side and Lee Dorrian sings on the second. In his defense, they both sound exactly the same.

P.P.S. Turns out it was Rich who noticed the Moody Blues similarity.

P.P.P.S. Buy Ben's book!! https://www.amazon.com/Come-Safari-Me-Listening-Beach-ebook/dp/B0FTJGDK79

The songs:

• Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Conga
• Cathedral - Midnight Mountain
• The Rolling Stones - Carol
• Laufey - Lover Girl
• Steve Reich - Clapping Music
• Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap
• Outkast - Hey Ya!
• Tortoise - Seneca
• The Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
• Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
• Miles Davis - Black Satin
• The Beach Boys - I Do

Cohosts: Mike DeFabio, Ben Marlin, Amanda Rodgers

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Ready for action, nip it in the bud, we’re never relaxin’, this podcast is everlasting! In this episode, Rich has somethin’ to say about OutKast, the Atlanta duo consisting of Antwon “Big Boi” Patton and André “3000” Benjamin, who conquered hip-hop in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s before quietly parting ways. The most fascinating characteristic of OutKast is the duality between Big Boi’s extroverted, in-your-face gangsta persona and Andre’s introverted, quiet philosopher poet persona, a contrast they thoroughly explore on their 1998 album Aquemini, whose title is a portmanteau of their astrological signs. The duo emerged from Atlanta at a time when Southern hip-hop was struggling to be taken seriously amid the dominant West Coast/East Coast narrative, and on this album OutKast proudly make an argument for themselves as masters of the genre with music that’s both overwhelmingly colorful and layered with history and cultural subtext, all in a way that’s distinctly Southern. So if you’ve been on the fence about getting into hip-hop, Aquemini may be the album that helps you get the hump up out your back now.

Cohosts: Rich Bunnell, Mike DeFabio, Amanda Rodgers

Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/173-outkast-aquemini-1998

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Today we're wrapping up the first disc of The Wrecking Crew! In this episode: the surprise return of a Discord & Rhyme hero, an all-time great that deserves revisiting, and possibly the worst Jan and Dean song ever.

Today's tracks:

• Chris Montez - Let's Dance
• The Mamas & the Papas - Monday, Monday
• The Teddy Bears - To Know Him Is To Love Him
• The Sandpipers - Guantanamera

Cohosts: Rich Bunnell, John McFerrin, Ben Marlin

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Big Star are your favorite eighties band’s favorite band; but while you've heard their influence, you may not have heard their music. In the early 1970s, this Memphis-based band recorded two albums filled with jangly power-pop and yearning balladry that should have been huge but that had to settle for being mysterious and legendary. Ben found those albums on his 19th birthday, and he's loved them ever since. Joined by Rich and Phil, he explores the band’s sparkling debut album, #1 Record.

Cohosts: Ben Marlin, Rich Bunnell, Phil Maddox

Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/172-big-star-1-record-1972

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Episode 2 of our Wrecking Crew series features one of the best pop songs of all time followed by one of the worst, with some okay ones in between! Try not to get too excited as we discuss how these incredible musicians could work with just about anything.

Today's tracks:

• The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
• The Fifth Dimension - Stoned Soul Picnic
• The Routers - Let's Go (Pony)
• Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Deep Purple
• Ritchie Valens - Donna

The "Let's Go" montage:

• Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
• Ramones - Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
• John Fogerty - Centerfield
• Slade - Give Us a Goal
• The Cars - Let's Go
• Hoodoo Gurus - Like Wow - Wipeout!
• Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon - Dog Show
• The Seatbelts - Doggy Dog
• England FanChants - England (Clap)

Cohosts: Rich Bunnell, John McFerrin, Amanda Rodgers

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