I gave myself an early Christmas present a few weeks ago and bought a pair of AirPods. I use them every time I walk my dog, among other things. That gives me roughly an hour a day to fill with audio.
Over the several weeks I've had them, I pretty quickly exhausted my normal podcast rotation. I listen to NPR's Up First every day, but that's only a 15-minute tour of the day's news. All my other usual fare is less frequently updated, like Men in Blazers or 99% Invisible or Dan LeBatard's South Beach Sessions (which is a good listen - LeBatard is an excellent interviewer).
And so I found myself needing new material, which led me (indirectly via a recommendation by 99pi's Roman Mars) to Song Exploder. I'm pretty sure at least a couple of you have commented about it in the past, but I'd never taken your recommendation. Because you're all a little fucked up, if we're being real.
Man, do I have some catching up to do. I just got done walking the pup while I listened to the episode about Run the Jewels' JU$T, and it's some mind-bending distillation of genius, from El-P's initial inspiration to Killer Mike's exploration of both sides of capitalism, to Zack de la Rocha fire-spitting contribution to Pharrell's understanding of RTJ's whole deal. I can't recommend it enough.
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Killer Mike is the shit. Heard him on a podcast and came away even super-impressed.
Dog walks are guilty pleasures for me. I bring ear buds and, sometimes, a drink. Makes for a nice 30 minutes of isolation.
Less so when I am not paying attention and my dog craps in a neighbor's yard and there are a million leaves and I have no idea where the feces is and I have to go through the motions and do a fake pick-up with the doggy bag to avoid looking like the kind of guy who lets his dog crap in others' yards (even though I am at that moment).
At least you're trying TR. Many dog owner just stare off into oblivion, with no apparent clue as to what sort of business their pet is doing.
now that I'm teaching from home, I'm wearing out the dog. I listen to a lot of podcasts and Spotify playlists-- and obviously rob has listened to none of my recs.
song exploder is hit and miss-- I love the rivers Cuomo one and the bob's burgers episode. and so many good Joe rogan episodes, if you find three you like you can listen all month!
https://sentenceofdave.blogspot.com/2020/11/of-podcasts-and-analogies.html
I'm also stealing a lot of rocks from the park.
i’ll be unavailable for a while. too many jokes about dave ‘wearing out the dog’ to process.
Is stealing rocks from the park a euphemism for something?
I'm about to go home and spatchcock my turkey and get it in the brine.
Hoping for the best for my hands, as I have an hour long livestream on Sunday evening, and getting my fingers back in to actual guitar playing shape has been arduous.
Rootsy, what’s the story with the livestream? Available to the masses to purchase a ticket?
Can we discuss why Dave is stealing rocks from the park?
Damn Autocorrect. Should have been “Feeling cocks in the park”
Soaking corks ina da park?
Rootsy, circulate a link to the show.
I’ll try to share a link. It streams through farcebook and instygram. Venue is called The Spot on Kirk. Sunday at 7.
In other news, the nice young farmer couple I bought our turkey from raised a sturdy ass bird. That was a fucking battle. But I’m unscathed, and it fit in the bag.
ROOTSY LINK:
https://www.thespotonkirk.org/cal/scott-baldwin-live-stream
did rootsy face a turkey in single combat?
bam adebayo getting paiiiid. yessir.
One man turkey wrecking crew here. My wife likes to eat it, but isn’t too keen on the whole snapping bones tip.
Snapping necks and cashing checks.
I’ve been an RTJ fan since the jump. I’ve followed El-P since his Company Flow days and Killer Mike since he was introduced by the Dungeon Family. Even skipped my daughters second birthday (it was a Monday night and the party was the following Saturday) to see them live in Orlando after RTJ2.
RTJ4 is their masterpiece thus far. Walking In The Snow and PU$H back to back is an all timer combo.
JU$T-PU$H. Whatever. It’s a banger.
So much to process here.
1) Rootsy buys live turkeys and kills them, calling it “spatchcocking”?
2) Mark plants the stake on RTJ4? 2 and 3 are amazing. I am intrigued.
In different news, Big Boi was a tremendous guest on Men in Blazers.
I didn’t kill the turkey TR, but I did remove it's very stout backbone. I did joke with my kids that the giant bird was actually the rooster we sent away to a farm recently.
If I had the stomach for it, I’d have killed and spatchcocked that rooster. Instead, he’s on a farm with a harem of hens. I’m sure my neighbor across the alley doesn’t miss the crowing.
Spatchcock sounds like a descriptive term for a schmuck-off winner.
you’re trying to tell me that rootsy dons a luchador mask and fights crime and turkeys? renaissance man.
the episode where rootsy catches dave stone-handed is gonna be awesome. boffo ratings.
No luchador mask, but a classic fedora at a rakish tilt. I feel like the mention of spatchcocking really took this discussion off the rails.
RIP Diego Maradona.
Marco Rubio doesn't like Biden's cabinet because they all went to Ivy League schools and have strong resumes. No, really.
https://tinyurl.com/y2wjunfv
I’m off today and sitting around watching college basketball. Most of the games aren’t very compelling but it’s nice to have it back.
Marco Rubio is a spineless turd and a stain on his university.
Ohio State’s uniforms are AWFUL.
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