Podcast
All Our Pretty Songs
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Two poets overthinking the 90s rock canon.
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Spice Girls
Jun 14, 202401:27:28Tap to summarizeThis week, we discussed Spice Girls. We had a wide-ranging discussion that hit on Spice World, the concept of the blank slate, Pink Floyd's The Wall, feminist history, AI, Riot grrrl, Ars poeticas, "Girls to the front," The Electric Slide, math, horniness, wanting, sound poetry, sex vs. dancing, having sex with your friends, and, of course, above all else, friendship. Our theme song is by Golden West Service, featuring Shreddie Vedder.
Transcribe →Korn
May 30, 202401:22:13Tap to summarizeFor this special episode we brought back our esteemed guest, Korn historian and DJ Alanna "That's So" Raben. She led us in a discussion that touched on Beavis and Butthead, TRL, TikTok, sex positivity, sports, product placement, sequined jumpsuits, freaks, Coffee Coolattas, communicating with God, the "Zach Morris cell phone aesthetic," found language, nursery rhymes, horror, and, ultimately, the rejection of language. Our theme song is by Golden West Service, featuring Shreddie Vedder.
Transcribe →The Offspring
Feb 21, 202401:22:07Tap to summarizeThis time on AOPS, we discussed The Offspring in a wide-ranging conversation that touched on sincerity, unemployment, medical doctors, William Carlos Williams, fiscal conservatism, and—of course—self esteem vs. confidence. Our theme song is by Golden West Service, featuring Shreddie Vedder.
Transcribe →You Get Me Closer to Fine
Jan 7, 202401:01:12Tap to summarizeFor this episode, we discussed two 90s classics: "Closer," by Nine Inch Nails and "Closer to Fine," by the Indigo Girls. We touched on topics like God, the id, the ego, Rasputin, cafeteria cookies, "a port in a storm," Hélène Cixous, parabolas, and college. Our theme song is by Golden West Service, featuring Shreddie Vedder.
Transcribe →Sarah McLachlan
Oct 6, 202301:50:53Tap to summarizeThis week, we discussed the work of Sarah McLachlan, touching on Second-wave feminist naming conventions, "The Second Coming," The Rules, "Building a Mystery" poems, angel investors, shaving, the Garden of Eden, Andrea Dworkin, Christmas songs, Rock star on the road songs, Lifetime movies, and, of course, the ASPCA. Our theme song, as always, is by Golden West Service featuring Shreddie Vedder. Marisa's book, Diary.
Transcribe →1995
Jun 9, 202301:50:24Tap to summarizeWe've reached 1995 in our ongoing exploration of the top 20 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 for each year of the 90s, and this time the choices were REALLY impossible. Listen for our excellent discussion of some incredible songs, plus: crises of faith, freaks, "freak flags," school dances, personalized silk pajama sets, skin hunger, Fantasia, rollerblading, and a little something we like to call the "Advent Calendar of Loneliness." Our theme song, as always, is by Golden West Service featuring Shreddie Vedder.
Transcribe →Silverchair
Oct 17, 202201:00:17Tap to summarizeWe decided to tackle the '90s output of Silverchair. We discussed the simple wisdom of youth and gave Daniel Johns some constructive criticism about his hair. Our theme song is original music by Golden West Service & Shreddie Vedder.
Transcribe →1994
Sep 22, 202201:40:14Tap to summarizeThis week on the pod, we dove deep on the Top 20 songs of 1994's Billboard Hot 100, where we had to come to terms with our everlasting love for 1994 Ace of Base. Our theme song is original music by Golden West Service & Shreddie Vedder.
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The Most '90s '70s Songs
Jun 27, 202201:39:01Tap to summarizeOn this episode, we each chose our top three '90s songs of the '70s. We had a lot of different thoughts about what that could mean, and we explored as many of those as possible to arrive at the songs from the '70s that feel the most '90s to us. Our theme song is original music by Golden West Service & Shreddie Vedder.
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Poe
May 25, 202201:13:18Tap to summarizeThis week we discussed Poe while veering off into discussions about soap operas, hauntings, jokes, and much, much more. Our theme song is original music by Golden West Service & Shreddie Vedder.
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