Earbuds And Earworms

This episode is all about chilling with some background music that isn’t too obtrusive but interesting enough to warrant a “Hey, who is this band?” Playing card games, sharing some drinks, just doing homework with some buddies, or racing around a video game track all needs a soundtrack and here we have that soundtrack.Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837)Email: eandepod@gmail.comMusic:Jhfly - Squid Ethics The Deli - 5:32PMBooker T & The MGs - Time is TightKamasi Washington - Street Fighter Mas. 1Chris Zabriskie - That Kid in Fourth Grade Who Really Liked the Denver BroncosFour Tet - Teenage BirdsongAmon Tobin - Easy MuffinCrocodiles - Groove is in the Heart/California GirlsJulie Fowlis - Ribinnean Riomhach (or Beautiful Ribbons)Clams Casino - Kali YugaDance with the Dead - DiabolicKhruangbin - Maria Tambien

In probably one of our most Christmassy of Christmas song shows, the Earbuddies brought some of the best tunes yet! Mitchell and Amy tell their shared story of what they think Epiphany means and the epic Van Halen/Billie Eilish “controversy” even gets a shout-out! Mitchell also took over the board and solved all the problems.Go buy stuff for your friends: http://www.eandepod.com/amazon Music:Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Let’s Boogie to the Elf Dance! Fishbone - Slick Nick, You Devil YouMarvin Gaye - Purple Snowflakes Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)They Might Be Giants - Santa’s BeardAlien Sex Fiend - Stuff the TurkeyChain Restaurant - March or MayWeird Al Yankovic - Christmas At Ground ZeroJethro Tull - Ring Out Solstice BellsVulfpeck - Christmas in L. A.

There are weeks when everything is just too much for a theme to encapsulate and that is when say “grab bag” and whatever is on your turntable, CD player, or iPod, is acceptable. Turns out that Matt Patton can move anybody to swooning and doom metal has been around since the late 1970s (like, for realz.) Still goofing around with a soundboard and it isn’t perfect but we aren’t as fuzzy as episode 164. Three cheers for audible improvement!Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837)Email: eandepod@gmail.comMusic:The Birthday Massacre - Kill the Lights https://youtu.be/HzhLj8UMOkEMr. Gnome - Melted Rainbow MusicFireworks - DemitasseOliver Tree - Do You Feel Me?Tapes ‘N Tapes - In HoustonPurling Hiss - Learning SlowlyPom Pom Squad - Cherry BlossomMondo Cane - Il Cielo In Una StanzaThe Skull - RavenswoodWilco - How to Fight LonlinessBattles feat. Shabazz Palaces - IZMFresh Young Fellows - Sittin’ On a Pitchfork

This week is all about the worker condition because everybody needs those dollah dollah bills to eat, sleep, and if we have time, be merry. Musicians write quite a bit about money, which Amy and Mitchell discuss. Also, fun fact, the two podcasters attempted recording a different way and well, much like all experimentation, it doesn’t always work perfectly the first time. Think of this as the punk rock distortion guitars of podcasts (just the vocals though, the music is as balanced as normal.)Music:Frank and Maury - Money TalksBarrett Strong - Money (That’s What I Want)Pink Floyd - MoneyNefarious Damn Thing - MoneySkeleton$ - STEPPER a.k.a. WorkCalloway - I Wanna Be RichAloe Blacc - I Need a DollarAgainst Me! - Money Changes EverythingZZ Top - Just Got PaidThe Comsat Angels - Ju Ju MoneyThe Equals - I’m a Poor ManLouis Cole - Money

Sometimes Amy completely takes over the idea making and writes a prompt that isn’t as clear as she thinks it might be. Mitchell bears with her as she confuses Flock of Seagulls and Built to Spill. Much like the prompt, Amy is wandering around in what can only be a haze of a simple cold and meanders around the topic. The amazing tunes totally make up for the tangents. Also, listen thoroughly to know what kind of Mastodon fan you are. (Also, Amy gets some facts wrong on this episode, just tweet at her, she knows what she said wrong.)Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837)Email: eandepod@gmail.comMusic:Asaf Avidan - The Labyrinth SongMalinky - Billy TaylorCountry Teasers - Reynard the FoxFleet Foxes - Sim Sala BimSpiral Dance - The Goddess and the WeaverBuilt of Spill - Cortez the KillerGordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund FitzgeraldMastodon - Blood and ThunderSenses Fail - The Priest and the MatadorBilly Joel - The Ballad of Billy the KidThe Amoeba People - The Trial and Death of Socrates

This week is all about the introductions! The tunes that led you to new bands, new genres, or just introduced you to new stuff! It’s all about the late night radio shows, random CDs discovered, and new ear frontiers. Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837)Email: eandepod@gmail.comMusic:Built to Spill - Randy Described EternityHusker Du - Something I Learned TodaySonic Youth - Teenage RiotOpeth - The Drapery FallsLess Than Jake - All My Best Friends are MetalheadsNothing. Nowhere. - I’ve Been Doing WellMargot and the Nuclear So & So’s - Skeleton KeyBassnectar - BoomboxBoyz II Men - MotownphillyHum - StarsThe Homeless Gospel Choir - ArmageddonWhy? - Dumb Hummer

There are a ton of songs about love and happiness that this show has given lots of love to but this week is all about those songs of jealousy, anger, and downright negativity. Mitchell and Amy reflect on when their dads told them they weren’t “angry, just disappointed” and what exactly jealousy is. The Earbuddies bring all the negativity to great effect and this is a really cathartic episode.Music:The Soft Boys - Insanely JealousMegadeth - Angry AgainThe O’Jays - Back StabbersSilverchair - Israel’s SonEartha Kitt - I Want to Be EvilThe Everly Brothers - I’m Not AngryBilly Lewis Jr. - JealousyTrio - Out in the StreetsBlood for Blood - Piss All Over Your Hopes and DreamsJoe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With HimType O Negative - Unsuccessfully Coping with the Natural Beauty of Infidelity

This is an especially tangent filled spooky episode where the mystery of the bass drum blankie is explained as well as a dubious claim that the piano is a percussion instrument. Mitchell and Amy discover new things about metal concept albums about grandmas and what Ryan Gosling does in his free time.Email the ShowCall the Show: 731-400-BUDS (2837)Music:TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me Deadmau5 ft. Rob Swire - Ghosts N Stuff https://youtu.be/h7ArUgxtlJsAshnikko - HalloweenieZombi - Surface to AirFirst of October - 31st of OctoberAlice Cooper - Skeletons in the ClosetCarl Douglas - Witchfinder GeneralEivør - TrøllabundinMGMT - I Love You Too, DeathKing Diamond - The Invisible GuestsDead Man’s Bones - In the Room Where You SleepSchool of Seven Bells - iamundernodisguise

Time could be a flat circle, or like, there are a couple of planes of time. Who even knows? Mitchell and Amy contemplate what even the heck time is and if it dilates or not, while the Earbuddies bring some tickers and tockers to the table. Big exciting times ahead!Music:Madi Diaz - TimeKenny & the Kasuals - Journey to TymeSeal - Fly Like an EagleBen Folds - TimeCommon Holly - If After AllMarshall Crenshaw - You’re My Favorite Waste of TimeMatthew Sweet - If Time PermitsIron Chic - Time Keeps on Slipping into the (Cosmic) FutureDeftones - RosemaryChastity Belt - 5amYou, Me, and Everyone We Know - The Next 20 MinutesThey Might Be Giants - Older

In this meta beyond meta episode, this music podcast focuses on music about music. Yes, it hurts to even think about the layers but dang is it great! Lots of giggling from a sleep deprived Amy who learns how to pronounce a new word and won’t just let it go. Bless Mitchell, for he knows all the chords.Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837)Email: eandepod@gmail.comMusic:Mary Timony - Musik and Charming MelodeeKiller Mike - R. A. P. MusicThe Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums Pretty Girls Make Graves - Speakers Push AirShonen Knife - Pop TuneThe La’s - Timeless MelodyLego Movie 2 - Catchy SongCursive - Sink to the BeatAmorphis - My Kantele (Acoustic)Wild Cherry - Play that Funky MusicMGMT - Brian EnoJeffrey Lewis and the Voltages - LPs

This week is all about that quiet time that one either enjoys or totally doesn’t enjoy. Mitchell and Amy celebrate the wanted or unwanted isolation in which to make weird instruments and funky paintings in Sweden.   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Roger Miller - The Last Word in Lonesome is Me Boz Scaggs - We’re All Alone Brenda Lee - All Alone Am I Dan Reeder - I Don’t Really Want to Talk to You Florist - Still Microwave - Lighterless Bjork - Hyperballad Days N’ Daze - Misanthropic Drunken Loner Queens of the Stone Age - Vampyre of Time and Memory Tommy James and the Shondells - I Think We’re Alone Now Love - Alone Again Or Weedeater - Alone

In an attempt to tie one episode thematically to the previous, Mitchell and Amy attempt modern/ first world problems like having the mill break down. It gets reminiscent of the hopeful days in October 2016, but also tackles why ladies don’t want to date you (Dose is so cute). Amy makes weird sounds and Mitchell knows the complete history of Why?.   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music:   Beck - Modern Guilt Childish Gambino - This is America  The Killers - Land of the Free Who? - Women Eye “No” Alex Cameron - Bad for the Boys Propaghandi - Adventures in Zoochosis The Growlers - Problems III Heems - Soup Boys The Police - Synchronicity II Bloc Party - This Modern Love Weird Al Yankovic - First World Problems

There are simply so many questions. Questions about life, love, and is that the guy who punched me in the face? Amy pushes through her morning voice while Mitchell reminisces about the coffee he left in the car while crafting this show that is all about questions.   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Hank Williams - Why Don’t You Love Me Bob Mould - Who Was Around Stabbing Westward - What Do I Have to Do Ween - Is This What Deaner Was Talkin’ About sir Was - ‘Can We Be More Kenn Kweder - What Am I Talking About Barenaked Ladies - Who Needs Sleep The Move - Do Ya Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe - What’s A Matter With the Mill Silver Jews - How Can I Love You (If You Won’t Lie Down) Soft Cell - Where Did Our Love Go Joanna Gruesome - Do You Really Want to Know Why Yr Still in Love With Me

It’s an exploration of the olfactory sense through song. Amy has opinions on rotting fruit and Mitchell is convinced Amy’s cat is not the most evil thing on the planet. That  sentence does make sense, we assure you.    Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music:  Bob’s Burgers - Oil Spill Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell Suzanne Vega - Caramel Melvins - Creepy Smell Marina - Orange Trees Blind Melon - Wilt Incubus - Aqueous Transmissions Georgia White - Hot Nuts (Get ‘Em From the Peanut Man) Shishir Bhanot - Smelly Cat Tool - Stinkfist The Dambuilders - Smell Del the Funky Homosapien - If You Must

Pretty much all the songs are about a mood, but this week is all about Mitchell, Amy, and the Earbuddies explaining the moods they get from certain songs. Expect to feel all the feels!   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Kid Cudi ft. MGMT - The Pursuit of Happiness Nine Inch Nails - Hurt Ween - I’m in the Mood to Move Mates of State - Goods (All in Your Head) Patternist - I’ve Got It! Sharon Von Etten - Jupiter 4 Bill Withers - Use Me Black Marble - A Great Design FKA Twigs - Two Weeks Cursive - Staying Alive Tragedy - The Point of No Return Bill Wurtz - At the Airport Terminal

Since evading the theme of drugs for nearly three years, Mitchell and Amy finally tackle one of the Earbuddies favorite themes (ya’ll sure had a lotta songs in your pockets). There is plenty of giggling and conversations about stereotypes. If you missed listening to terrible selections from Amy, this is the show for you.   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Five Finger Satellite - Massive Cocaine Seizure Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman Dick Justice - Cocaine Panda Bear - Cosplay Bizarre and King Kymera - D.R.U.G.S Janko Nilovic - Drug Song The Monkees - Salesman Sturgill Simpson - Just Let Go Afroman - Because I Got High Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Morning Coming Down Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) John Hartford - Holding

Amy had to go to a class this week and has decided to get dorky so Mitchell and Amy get songs from the Earbuddies about CPR, heart stuff, and generally “stayin’ alive.” There was actual research from Amy that happened on more than one song. Added bonus, Mitchell sings quite a bit on this one.   Music: Bee Gees - Stayin Alive Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On The Cars - Heartbeat City Herman’s Hermits - Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat The Torn ACLs - Two Four Six Eight Nine Inch Nails - We’re In this Together P.O.D. - Alive Hurl - Forget to Breathe Metric - Help I’m Alive The Magnetic Fields - Epitaph for my Heart Cave In - Reanimation

Much like a game show, Mitchell and Amy ask the listeners to start a dance party with one song. Turns out, Amy just wants to sway lightly and Mitchell has all the alien dance moves that David Byrne may be able to compete with. There may be some infuriating forgetting of a certain possible punk’s first band’s name. You know, like normal.   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Rilo Kiley - Breakin’ Up  The Five Du-Tones - Shake a Tail Feather MIA - Paper Planes (DFA remix)  Talking Heads - Life During Wartime LIVE Melanie Martinez - Mad Hatter Billy Idol - Dancing with Myself LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge Information Society - What’s on Your Mind (Pure Energy) Morris Day and the Time - Jungle  Ashley O - On a Roll Slow Magic - Youth Group Was (Not Was) - Walk the Dinosaur

From washboard wrestling to tubular bells, this week’s song selections remind us that hey, we are are making it and getting better at whatever it is! No matter how many times we miss the green light by just a smidge, there is always a brighter side.   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music:   Genesis - It’s Gonna Get Better Le Tigre - Keep On Livin’ Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better Best Coast - Feelin’ Okay Olivia Lane - Make My Own Sunshine Blood Like Wine - Not Today Cast - Alright The Young Rascals - I’ve Been Lonely Too Long The Wonder Years - Came Out Swinging Bill Conti - Gonna Fly Now David Cook - Heartbeat Grandaddy - Now It’s On

Some songs are meant for kids and some songs just sound like they are for kids but maybe aren’t. Earbuddy Brandon suggested that Mitchell and Amy should tackle unexpected and alternative children’s songs. Amy uses her easily available small expert to get the child’s take and well, Ru holds no punches. Music:  Flight of the Conchords - Albi the Racist Dragon Ren and Stimpy - The Log Song  Sarah Silverman - Poop Song They Might Be Giants - Dr. Worm Veggie Tales - I Love My Lips Barenaked Ladies - 7 8 9 Sweet Stavin Chain - Teddy Bear’s Picnic Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs The Flaming Lips - Christmas at the Zoo Peter Bjorn and John - I Wish I Was a Spy Kimya Dawson - Alphabutt Ages and Ages - Divisionary (Do the Right Thing) Ween - Ocean Man The Free Design - Kites are Fun