Episode 39: On Rotation - Wesley Joseph & Elise Hayes

Episode 39: On Rotation - Wesley Joseph & Elise Hayes

Episode Discussion Topics: – What Robbie & James have been listening to lately.  – Repetition in music.  – Artists who deserve more recognition.  Tracks: Wesley Joseph’s’ “If Time Could Talk [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuVnparR7bU]” Elise Hayes’s “Dive In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqcBrNZ6skQ&list=RDdqcBrNZ6skQ&start_radio=1]”  Further Listening/Reading: Wesley Joseph Forever Ends Someday [https://open.spotify.com/album/7GVpOkI5do8Hb8NOtqb39y?si=GrG2Q2xyRNyNFCDXNv_gHQ], 2026 Sid Sriram’s Sidharth [https://open.spotify.com/album/5sLDE06hTPUsBajUxNN8tM?si=tkVYjE9RT12nd3NzGAiwJA], 2023 Jill Christman’s The Heart Folds Early [https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496246790/the-heart-folds-early/]University of Nebraska Press’s American Lives Series [https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/search-results-grid/?series=une17-american-lives]Grimes [https://open.spotify.com/artist/053q0ukIDRgzwTr4vNSwab?si=mEn8mkAdR3S7w2eDTo300A]The Black Angels [https://open.spotify.com/artist/0VNWuGf8SMVU2AerpdhMbP?si=YpVijInJTNmUScWlPLaNsw]The Chameleons’ Script of the Bridge [https://open.spotify.com/album/0b8KChWO3kRpVRZNdNxms3?si=0qu6hprpS8ax3HosgbB9hg], 1983 Freddie Gibbs You Only Die 1nce [https://open.spotify.com/album/11iqEmiRj6IJ0eXj4VrhQq?si=h0nA63PgSJymSDA1GUylmw], 2026 Taylor Swift’s Folklore [https://open.spotify.com/album/1pzvBxYgT6OVwJLtHkrdQK?si=y7aAHYQQSBKEndpDqxs4iQ], 2020 Baby Keem’s The Melodic Blue [https://open.spotify.com/album/5Co3CGD9lBQVNnn7q0px1g?si=vzihneClRCeGshUnouWZSA], 2022 Robbie and James Episode 14: Introducing… [https://open.spotify.com/episode/7xSgVOZZtcNQowcj62l5me?si=oNUSFqYgQnKxobj3Uf156A]Love Is Blind, Season 10 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_Blind_season_10] Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7322224/], 2022 Tobias Wolff [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_Wolff] Playlists: Ongoing Pod Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4EEppKLonhZRgJzOXHtbNQ?si=7urkZdODQsqFGHilgb_n0w] Episode 39 Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4WthNhE5EJRZNIoG2tNTbq?si=WgoA7euhQz6dQVi6kc8x0g]

Episode 38: EPs - Pixies & Flea

Episode Discussion Topics: – What Robbie & James have been listening to lately.  – The purpose of violence in media.  – The violence of systems.  Tracks: Pixies’ “Caribou [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQEkLOxFZoQ&list=RDyQEkLOxFZoQ&start_radio=1]” Flea’s “Lovelovelove [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuaX14i9Qgo&list=RDtuaX14i9Qgo&start_radio=1]”  Further Listening/Reading: Pixies [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6zvul52xwTWzilBZl6BUbT?si=aL_oYh68RvKpjrZxLVdGgw]Pixies’ Come On Pilgrim [https://open.spotify.com/album/79CvxovoFgGNuAMvQp9wul?si=t6apfyB5Q-OXJ4tXg01tmg] (1987) David Fincher’s Fight Club [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/] (1999) Lana & Lilly Wachowski’s The Matrix [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/?ref_=fn_t_1&newac=true] (1999) Pixies’ Bossanova [https://open.spotify.com/album/0BK1LxNNcaNUtAqTBQAOR8?si=nhEcqOrUR5SCJ_Hi2vPj0w] (1990) The Cure’s Disintegration [https://open.spotify.com/album/6vQB3ZBxnQPP3jQcGV2qzg?si=7ILISM62RKCJc4X5GEttzA] (1989) Kendrick Lamar’s GNX [https://open.spotify.com/album/0hvT3yIEysuuvkK73vgdcW?si=066lMe-6R0echNFzXVyKxQ] (2026) MF DOOM’s Madvillainy [https://open.spotify.com/album/19bQiwEKhXUBJWY6oV3KZk?si=_GdxeDxgT6mK_WjLtTJa6Q] (2004) Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl [https://open.spotify.com/album/1W57oNaAkGObOQKBTxg4e9?si=Ln8HVKucSvamEep-8_WZMw] (2025) Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6751668/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_parasite] (2019) Flea [https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Xl5J6iOgiQHFqgri7TF8j?si=4KV3cOYLQ3uC9t92WOEh6Q]Flea’s Helen Burns [https://open.spotify.com/album/2M4Qvhza9K5AmXGoX8LRX1?si=jwCcwwnKRdiqotavH80a2Q] (2012) Flea’s “333 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmCv7lqUJwY&list=RDDmCv7lqUJwY&start_radio=1]” (2012) Flea’s “333 Revisited [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs_Mi0Gf5jY&list=RDBs_Mi0Gf5jY&start_radio=1]” (2012) Flea’s “Helen Burns [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVkoiwJKLJQ&list=RDcVkoiwJKLJQ&start_radio=1]” (2012) Jason Magabo Perez’s “I walk in historiographies of my mother as embodied theory of complex refusal which may or may not generate a syntax of possibility for expansive underfuturities wherein my mother shall walk walk walk against the state” [https://www.interimpoetics.org/384/jason-magabo-perez] at Interim Poetics. Jason Magabo Perez’s This Is For the Mostless [https://rep.club/products/this-is-for-the-mostless?srsltid=AfmBOor2NQzKQl-t6ev5BSxkzoHA-a0gxEahVkAQsHsOJfjbCErKgm4d] (2017) Playlists: Ongoing Pod Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4EEppKLonhZRgJzOXHtbNQ?si=7urkZdODQsqFGHilgb_n0w] Episode 38 Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5IoXK9BVLTbBuu6Rgzgfmx?si=9_KIP_DYToinb9yN3PculA]

Episode 37: Christmas II - Bleachers & Sufjan Stevens

Episode Discussion Topics: – Christmas music.  – Love Actually facts.  – Artist credibility & Christmas albums.  Tracks: Bleachers’ “Merry Christmas, Please Don’t Call [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBpYk9vuneE&list=RDaBpYk9vuneE&start_radio=1]” Sufjan Steven’s “Christmas in the Room [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29v-7IFq_Zs&list=RD29v-7IFq_Zs&start_radio=1]”  Further Listening/Reading: Bleachers [https://open.spotify.com/artist/2eam0iDomRHGBypaDQLwWI?si=m95WGzfXRX2HdwHHNvuWcQ]Richard Curtis’s Love Actually [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314331/] (2003) Sufjan Stevens [https://open.spotify.com/artist/4MXUO7sVCaFgFjoTI5ox5c?si=hRmeAvopRpqfM6-Ew6xbBA]Sufjan Stevens & Lowell Brams’ Aporia [https://open.spotify.com/album/1juVCzBeCE5Nzx0iqXZ8kU?si=BuGbs1cCRxCKVdCJWnnDsA] (2020) Sufjan Stevens’ Songs for Christmas [https://open.spotify.com/album/2cuvGy1kWrtB3vX04Irpis?si=chkH2zwyQCWkssOO3FAEvA] (2006 Sufjan Stevens’ Silver & Gold [https://open.spotify.com/album/44F2QKfMCpbLH8qvQLEVTw?si=_2ckR0-FRpmYhkanWkrEVA], 2012 George Saunders’ “Chicago Christmas, 1984 [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/12/22/chicago-christmas-1984],” The New Yorker (2003) Playlists: Ongoing Pod Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4EEppKLonhZRgJzOXHtbNQ?si=7urkZdODQsqFGHilgb_n0w] Episode 37 Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7J5XRNUowhvJ6ivLb6ecLS?si=oQdK-W9CQeqpJttBL-e8Ew]

Episode 36: Christmas I - The Oh Hellos & Run–D.M.C.

Episode Discussion Topics: – Christmas music.  – When we listen to Christmas music. – The history of Christmas music.  – Die Hard facts.  Tracks: The Oh Hellos’ “Mvmt I: “Rejoice! Rejoice!” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sSPFx9_6mQ&list=RD5sSPFx9_6mQ&start_radio=1]” Run–D.M.C.’s “Christmas In Hollis [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR07r0ZMFb8&list=RDOR07r0ZMFb8&start_radio=1]”  Further Listening/Reading: The Oh Hellos [https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Fe3pszR2t4TOBVz41B1WR?si=AS-RI0S7TwyffbieFDQtJA]“Joy to the World [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_to_the_World]” “Coventry Carol [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Carol]” “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hark!_The_Herald_Angels_Sing]” The 2025 Essay Daily Advent Calendar [https://www.essaydaily.org/p/the-essay-daily-advent-calendar.html]Run–D.M.C. [https://open.spotify.com/artist/3CQIn7N5CuRDP8wEI7FiDA?si=pLmTVpy3Tm-XjJCQ9rJEYw]John McTiernan’s Die Hard [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/] (1988) Nadia Khomami’s "British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie, [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/01/die-hard-not-christmas-movie-home-alone]" The Guardian (2025) David Mickey Evans’ The Sandlot [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108037/] (1993) Playlists: Ongoing Pod Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4EEppKLonhZRgJzOXHtbNQ?si=7urkZdODQsqFGHilgb_n0w]  Episode 36 Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ecGxWJ5qiK4EaY3r3fp2w?si=d3euCPKZS4-ImLn1ifmvWQ]

Episode 35: Punk - Geese & Wire

Episode Discussion Topics: – The historical timeline of Punk music.  – The aesthetic of Punk music.  – The impact and legacy of Punk music.  – Post Punk & New Wave Tracks: Geese’s “Trinidad [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT43dsYhw0k&list=RDnT43dsYhw0k&start_radio=1]” Wire’s “Pink Flag [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgEYF8od2Ck&list=RDBgEYF8od2Ck&start_radio=1]”  Further Listening/Reading: Ramones [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1co4F2pPNH8JjTutZkmgSm]Patti Smith [https://open.spotify.com/artist/0vYkHhJ48Bs3jWcvZXvOrP]Sex Pistols [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1u7kkVrr14iBvrpYnZILJR]The Clash [https://open.spotify.com/artist/3RGLhK1IP9jnYFH4BRFJBS]The Damned [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6VeL8VhaMjHTPc5uovFl3h]Geese’s Getting Killed [https://open.spotify.com/album/0eeXb23yMW6EaIgm63xxPC]Mike Nagel’s “Orientation [https://therumpus.net/2025/07/17/orientation/]” at The Rumpus [https://therumpus.net/], Oct. 2, 2025 Mike Nagel’s Duplex [https://autofocusbooks.com/store/p/duplex-mike-nagel], 2022 Mike Nagel’s “Culdesac [https://autofocusbooks.com/store/p/culdesac],” 2024 Autofocus press [https://autofocusbooks.com/]Michael Wheaton [https://www.mwheaton.net/], writer Little Engines [https://www.littleengines.pub/] magazine Adam Voith [https://www.adamvoith.com/], writer  Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/], 1982 Phillip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? [https://bookshop.org/p/books/do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep-the-inspiration-for-the-films-blade-runner-and-blade-runner-2049-philip-k-dick/718ef0ab48ecf273?ean=9780345404473&next=t], 1996 New Order [https://open.spotify.com/artist/0yNLKJebCb8Aueb54LYya3]The Cure [https://open.spotify.com/artist/7bu3H8JO7d0UbMoVzbo70s]The Chameleons [https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HLWX9kzfraiCsTvrxJEXm]Depeche Mode [https://open.spotify.com/artist/762310PdDnwsDxAQxzQkfX]Talking Heads [https://open.spotify.com/artist/2x9SpqnPi8rlE9pjHBwmSC]The Rolling Stone’s 2003 Top 500 (#412) [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/jackson-browne-for-everyman-38302/] vs. The Rolling Stone 2020 Top 500 (#310) [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/wire-pink-flag-2-1062923/]Chuck Klosterman’s book But What If We're Wrong? [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/533521/but-what-if-were-wrong-by-chuck-klosterman/]Alex Cox’s Sid and Nancy [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091954/], 1986 Penelope Spheeris’s The Decline of Western Civilization [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082252/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_4_nm_4_in_0_q_The%2520Decline%2520of%2520Western%2520Civilization], 1981 Playlists: Ongoing Pod Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4EEppKLonhZRgJzOXHtbNQ?si=7urkZdODQsqFGHilgb_n0w]  Episode 35 Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5YmPIQS4KJCjH8CkWZJmkr?si=aggFN9zYT2yM2UpFpcIqJA]