Earbuds And Earworms

Two folks who are kinda awkward (or shy) with first dates make a show about first date songs. Amy makes the worst singles ad after tripping over her own words and Mitchell declares that he is slightly shy (what?).  This show reveals all the Earbuddies’ first date tactics and feels but also gives a huge variety to add to that first date playlist! Thank You, Kaylah, for the ideas list!   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: The Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather The Cure - Friday I’m In Love Turnover - Dizzy on the Comedown Ratboys - Charles Bernstein Sleepwalkers - In My Dreams Seam - Rafael Jane’s Addiction - Classic Girl Pulp - Something Changed Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend The Replacements - I Will Dare Seratones - Gotta Get to Know Ya Ellis Paul - Drive In Movie

In this week’s grab bag, it was a free for all in which Mitchell perfectly described music, Amy tripped on rather simple words, and Soren Kierkegaard made up words. There are songs that sound like acid trips (allegedly) and songs that make rainbow flatus. At least one Furby was harmed in the making of this show.   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Nightmare Fuel   Music: Peter Gabriel - Come Talk to Me Weekend Nachos - Snowball Fight Corvettes - Beware of Time Hookworms - Form and Function Taylor Swift - You Need to Calm Down The Pogues - I’ll Love You ‘til the End Deftones - Knife Party Makthaverskan - Antabas John Frusciante - The Mirror Adam Again - River on Fire F**ked Up - Police The I.L.Y.’s - Wash My Hands Shorty  

Got a personal philosophy but as a song? This is the week for you! Personal anthems are songs that represent that philosophy that is you are gets you to strive to keep on keeping on. Both Mitchell and Amy hadn’t come across a song before this week and hilarity ensues after some seriousness.   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Tame Impala - Be Above It Harlem Shakes - Strictly Game Cheap Trick - Reach Out Tweak Bird - Bunch O Brains Logic ft. Alessia Cara and Khalid - 1-800-273-8255 Le Cassette - Arms of Mine Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes - Juggernaut Fiona Apple - Daredevil John Cale - Fear is a Man’s Best Friend The Flaming Lips - Feeling Yourself Disintegrate Men Without Hats - Safety Dance Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

Revisiting an older theme again this week with weather but a totally different collection of songs. Weather as metaphor and even songs about fog and snow! Amy was really sleep deprived and tangented more than normal. Mitchell points out how they are both indoor kids and it is likely why they like the rain so much.    Music:  John Maus - ...And the Rain  The Wiggles - I Love it When it Rains Hank Williams III - Thunderstorms and Neon Signs  Yonder Mountain String Band - New Horizons Haliewa - Foggy Bananarama - Cruel Summer Tonstartssbandht - Little April Showers Noah and the Whale - Blue Skies Tom Waits - Rains on Me The Beta Band - Dry the Rain The Cowsills - The Park, The Rain, and Other Things Low - Last Snowstorm of the Year

This week is all about moving the story forward with song and dance. Let’s do some swirls and tap dancing while giving some exposition while remaining in tune! Finger snaps and triumphant swells included!   Music: Sweeney Todd - A Little Priest  Wicked - Defying Gravity  Rocky Horror Picture Show - Time Warp  Avenue Q - Schadenfreude  Phantom of the Opera - Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again The Book of Mormon - You and ME (But Mostly Me) Grease 2 - Reproduction Cabaret - Mein Herr Hedwig and the Angry Inch - The Origin of Love West Side Story - Maria Three Amigos - My Little Buttercup Lipps, Inc - Funkytown Mulan - I’ll Make a Man Out of You

In this listener suggested episode (Thanks, Kaylah!), we explore the experiences that have made us a little more prepared for the next round. Some excellent stories and we got gifted in our feedback!   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Julia Jacklin - You Were Right Quarterflash - Harden My Heart Dolorean - My Grey Life (Second Chances) Ben Folds - Landed Poppy - Time is Up Shotgun Messiah - Living Without You Ani DiFranco - Untouchable Face Bright Eyes - Take It Easy (Love Nothing) Royal Headache - Garbage Tailgunner - Backstabber Future Islands - Long Flight Tasa - Truly Jaded

Some themes are worth returning, and Soup of Try to Podcast gave us a good reason to return to what songs we would like at our funeral. The submissions this week were thoughtful, playful, and celebratory. It’s a good day for building a funeral playlist!   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Frederic Chopin - Marcha Funebre Sparks - The Number One Song in Heaven Norma Tanega - You’re Dead Explosions in the Sky - First Breath After a Coma Rufus Wainwright - Agnus Dei The 6ths - The Dead Only Quickly Decay Les Miserable - A Little Fall of Rain They Might Be Giants - Dead Sunn - My Wall Peggy Lee - It’s a Good Day Flying Lotus - Coronus, the Terminator Breaking Benjamin - Ashes of Eden

Yacht Rock has a definitive meaning (which can be blue-eyed soul but not all blue-eyed soul is Yacht Rock). Mitchell dons his Vans and Amy dons her Topsiders to step afloat the waves (which are not on the Styx). There is an abundance of Earbuddy feedback! And we have the next two weeks planned out on themes because of Soup and Kayla! Big Thanks to Soup from Try To Podcast for evangelizing about us! And after you binge our 140 episodes again, go listen to Try To Podcast!   Contact us! 731-400-BUDS eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Al Stewart - Year of the Cat Boz Scaggs - Lowdown Pablo Cruise - Good Ship Pablo Cruise Toto - Rosanna Mac DeMarco - On the Level Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin’ The Blue Jean Committee - Catalina Breeze Thundercat - Show You the Way Chris Rea - Fool If You Think it is Over Steely Dan - The Caves of Altimira Robbie Dupree - Steal Away Breaking Benjamin - Ashes of Eden Tasa - Truly Jaded Airplay - Nothin’ You Can Do About It

There is a lot going on this week, least of which are the tangents. Mitchell and Amy hit pretty early on the importance of Off!™ during any Mississippi Delta get together and the true explanation of three different “rocks” occurs. So many rocks! Sit back on the porch swing with your adult beverage and some salad called “jazz cabbage.”   Reach Out to Us: eandepod@gmail.com 731-400-BUDS   Music: Slowdive - Altogether Luxury Elite - All Night Belle and Sebastian - I’m a Cuckoo Best Coast - The Sun Was High (So Was I) Ionnalee - Open Sea The Strokes - Barely Legal Cayucas - A Summer Thing Bonobo - Kong Zac Brown Band - Toes White Reaper - Judy French Roosevelt - Montreal Dresses - Catch

Have you ever wanted to hear Tennesseans mangle French while bringing absolutely lovely songs from France to your ears? It is your lucky day! Amy muddles around and Mitchell attempts to save her from her own pronunciation while having thoughtful conversation about some really sweet musical acts. Also, did you know M83 was French?   Music: Nana Mouskouri - Plaisir d’amour Stéphane Golmann - Actualités Laurent Garnier - Flashback Amesoeurs - Heurt YELLE - Ici et Maintenant (Here and Now) Michel Polnareff - La poupee qui fait non Camille - Quand je marche Erlen Meyer - Rouge Cardinal Cortex - Huit Octobre 1971 Saint Privat - Poisson rouge Jacques Dutronc - Hippie Hippie Hourrah M83 - Midnight City

Amy and Mitchell spend this week checking out the dumpster offerings and curbside pick-up to find treasure underneath the used cat litter and soggy couches. They take their mother’s advice and only try to say nice things. Metal Johnny finds a way to gross even Amy out and Mitchell finds ways to compliment horrible songs against his better judgement. Music: Corey Feldman - Ascension Millenium Bo Daddy Harris - Queen of my Heart IceJJFish - On the Floor Greta Van Fleet - When the Curtain Rises Fall Out Boy - Uma Thurman The Very Nice Interesting Singing Man - Trash Collector Man Crazy Town - Butterfly Michelle Branch - Everywhere Stryper - To Hell With the Devil Lee Greenwood - God Bless the USA Benny Mardones - Into the Night From First to Last - The One Armed Boxer vs. The Flying Guillotine

While they come across as sweet innocent podcasters, Mitchell and Amy are carrying some bitter, sarcastic, snarky grudges that don’t seem to be dying anytime soon. In this magnificent example of how great the songs made out of bitterness, Amy cusses quite a bit and Mitchell admits how much he loves this theme.   Music: Charlotte Cardin - Main Girl Carly Simon - You’re So Vain Fiona Apple - Get Gone Magnetic Fields - Meaningless Hannah Grace - The Bed You Made Cee Lo Green - F*** You L7 - S*** List Shellac - Prayer to God Loretta Lynn - Fist City PUP - If This Tour Doesn’t Kill You, I Will Shannon and the Clams - Point of Being Right They Might Be Giants - When Will You Die

This week is all about the tunes that we are slapping on repeat and listening to over and over again. The Earbuddies present all sorts of songs that keep us wanting to relisten and contemplate how the musicians constructed the songs.   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road Lizzo - Juice Utada Hikaru - Simple and Clean Angel Du$t - Biggest Girl Scarlett Johansson - Fannin Street Consider the Source - Enemies of MagicK Milli Vanilli - Girl I’m Gonna Miss You Tongue Party - Is It Really That Good Drugdealer - Fools The Mekons - Club Mekon Wednesday Campanella - Alladin Bill Wurtz - Just Did a Bad Thing

We are somber this week and ask that all hold close the memories we have of those we have lost.   Music: Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song Negro Terror - Voice of Memphis Peter Tosh - Till Your Well Runs Dry Chinese Connection Dub Embassy - Heavy Meditation Tenacious D - Wonderboy Doubting Thomas - Father Don’t Cry Julie Fowlis - To Calum Pale Saints - Marimba Walter Schreifels - Open Letter to the Scene The Long Winters - The Commander Thinks Aloud A Flock of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) The Band - I Shall Be Released

This week was a little punchy with Mitchell and Amy getting in the weeds about the mechanics of self-cooling and headbanging. There was surprisingly little harpsichord and waltzes but a wide range of instrumentations. Theremin (maybe) makes an appearance and Amy confuses a vibraphone with a guitar.   Music: The Fountain - Death is the Road to Awe Aphex Twin - Girl/Boy Song Moderat - A New Error Boards of Canada - ROYGBIV Sean Murphy - Pulse Persona 5 - Blooming Villain Earth - Engine of Ruin Dysrhythmia - Sleep Decayer Secret Chiefs 3 - The End Times Santo and Johnny - Sleepwalk The Mercury Program - Chez Viking Deerhoof - Rainbow Silhouette of the Milky Rain

In this episode featuring songs about the night life, Mitchell and Amy realize that the Earbuddies are probably not raving as hard as previously thought. Enjoy this collection of thoughtful musing on what happens while we are awake at night (and it is not sipping exctasy).   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Alicia Bridges - I Love The Nightlife The Strangeloves - Night Time Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night Slaughter - Up All Night Lady Lamb - Vena Cava Bill Withers - Harlem Black Flag - Annihilate This Night Boom Boom Satellites - Lay Your Hands on Me Tove Lo - Habits (Stay High) The Districts - Nighttime Girls Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle Scissor Sisters - Night Work

While Amy tried to make this an all ska all the time episode, this is actually about those brassy, brassy horns (and totally includes saxophones but not flutes). Mitchell, as usual, brings all the knowledge and maybe, just maybe, has legit trumpet roots while not marching in marching band with all the cool kids in high school. Horns, horns, and more horns.   Email: eandepod@gmail.com Phone: 731-400-BUDS   Music: Leningrad - Zvezda Rock N Rolla Lucky Boys Confusion - City Lights Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Summertime Ben Folds Five - Army Mustard Plug - The All-Nighter Earth Wind and Fire - Shining Star Sloan - Everything You’ve Done Wrong Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 The English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom Dredg - Whoa is Me Fear - New York’s Alright if You like Saxophones 8-Bit Orchestra - Lonely Rolling Star

This week is all about one of Mitchell’s favorite musical elements (not the la la la’s but the other element). Layered vocals creating harmonies all over the place over here. Amy also learns which band Iggy Pop was not in.   Music: Brian Wilson - Heroes and Villains Bjork - Lionsong Brian Eno and John Cale - One Word Big Jesus - Lock & Key Wallows - Sidelines Animal Collective - Who Could Win a Rabbit Iaian Matthews - Seven Bridges Road Low - (That’s How You Sing) Amazing Grace Alice in Chains - Got Me Wrong The Byrds - Have You Seen Her Face The Beach Boys - All I Wanna Do The Mae Shi - Book of Numbers

The album opener is the song that just opens up the door to the album and this week is all about those songs. Some songs are just an eclectic choice and some songs set the mood for the entire album. Even though this is a normally quite eclectic podcast, this week really shows off how eclectic the Earbuddies can be.   Music: M83 - Intro Brian Eno - Sky Saw David Bowie - Speed of Life Big Business - Just as the Day was Dawning Monument Valley 2 - Impossible Worlds The Pixies - Debaser Massive Attack - Angel The Police - Synchronicity 1 Incubus - Privilege Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock Starflyer 59 - The Contest Completed Best Coast - Boyfriend

This week is all about the ladies but in the opposite way as that creepy dude on Instagram who slides into the DMs. This is a celebration of talent and joy and music made for, by, or about women as our way of marking Women’s History Month (which is apparently March much to Amy’s surprise.)   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: The Beths - Future Me Hates Me Imogen Heap - Goodnight and Go Feist - I Feel It All HAIM - Want You Back Mitski - My Body is Made of Crushed Little Stars S. Girls - Rage of Plastics The Pink Tiles - Time for Love Ex Hex - Tough Enough Those Darlins - That Man Bleach - Wasted on You G.L.O.S.S. - Outcast Stomp Adventures - Supersonic Home