Episodes
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Iowan Rachel Jones makes her first appearance on the show to talk about the weird little old TMBG rarity "Birds Fly". We dig around to try and figure out the true age of this song, unearth the one and only live performance of the song, and get two custom covers including Rachel's own cover from the Purple Toupee comp!
This episode (and the next 5) is edited and mixed by the amazing Avren Keating of the Waves Breaking podcast, because I'm in Spain!
Thursday May 26, 2022
Thursday May 26, 2022
Joel Yalowitz, known around TMBG cover communities as Guest/Host, is here to talk about the More Murdered Remains tune Prepare. We talk about the tragedy that song got booted from Nanobots, dissect what makes it so cool, and listen to a few awesome covers, one by Joel himself.
Friday May 20, 2022
Friday May 20, 2022
Meredith Pryce makes her debut on the show to talk about this beloved early b-side. We talk about the 80's children's book and how John Linnell is lying that he never heard of it, we talk about what makes this song the best b-side in their entire career and we find a million great covers in a million styles.
Saturday May 14, 2022
Saturday May 14, 2022
Adam Goren aka Atom & His Package returns to the show to talk about the song we covered for the Purple Toupee compilation, "Alphabet of Nations" from Here Come the ABCs. We have a ball talking geography, teaching, this rad song obviously, and also learn about his awesome new band Dead Best.
Monday May 09, 2022
Monday May 09, 2022
New friend Lydia Snow makes her first appearance to talk about her young journalism career and communicating with TMBG management leading to writing an excellent BOOK review, then we get to the song to break it all down, and hear the only cover yet in existence.
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Greg Behan appears on the show after long last to talk about the Lincoln banger "Where Your Eyes Don't Go." Fellow Gregs always deliver, and boy howdy do we get into it with this classic, breaking down every element of its greatness, playing tons of great live clips spanning decades, and curating the best covers out there... plus a cover from each Greg!
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Old friend of the show Dana Williamson returns to the show to talk BOOK and specifically the bangin' opener Synopsis for Latecomers. We get into the weeds with music theory elements of the songs so you all know the genius of JL, and try to decode the frightening scenario of the lyrics. We also play a couple of custom covers from the crew for you all to enjoy.
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Join me, poet and podcaster Avren Keating and photographers Eve Gasse and Ian Hutchings to discuss Brian Karlsson's photography and Paul Sahre's typography in the book of BOOK.
Thursday Apr 14, 2022
Thursday Apr 14, 2022
New friend of the show and speed-listening champion Ben Byrd is here to lawyer all of our asses about TMBG's cover of Yeh Yeh from Mink Car. The song has a long winding history before it even made it to the Giants, so step on into that jury box and get ready for our opening statements on this lengthy trial of the century.
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Old friend of the show Mari Morton makes their triumphant return to talk about Book and its second single I Broke My Own Rule. We talk much music theory, Linnell's kitchen rules, mental health, and play three custom covers.