Why Tho? A Personal Journey Through my Record Collection

Benjamin H Jacobs
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  1. 12/22/2025

    Episode 24: Eighteenth Century Flute Duets (volume 1), performed by Julius Baker and Jean-Pierre Rampal

    This episode has three charismatic characters: Julius Baker, Jean-Pierre Rampal, and The Flute. Valuable contributions made by the editor, Aurora. References: The Album: https://youtu.be/hN1pYya4aUs?si=dxIKz-mq0xCxvkPc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    31 min

  2. 09/25/2025

    Episode 23: Not Fragile by Bachman Turner Overdrive

    In today's episode we discuss many things: Overdrive gears, the 1934 Telecommunications Act, Chad Allen. But one thing is more important than all the others. We made it to letter B! Not Fragile by BTO:  https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTAVb1bdOBgCQr3yqX37Zd6WXNsa7dS4&si=5faw2lCoW22FM0SM Sounds of the 80s: Husker Du: https://youtu.be/lWRX6uKjKUw?si=opAMjEb6nD3O_3Xb The Minute Men: https://youtu.be/AB2xvXlNPt8?si=yTWioX5VyqQsC432 Fugazi: https://youtu.be/Og7u3sKuegM?si=O1K9EIqZbb_sra9C MMBT: https://youtu.be/gmOmAuhAQbE?si=G_ELNGtIEoYguavc 1970s Top 40: The Beatles studio years: https://youtu.be/3J5QnNV09i8?si=UD3w7cvxQdUoJKe3 The Village People: https://youtu.be/CS9OO0S5w2k?si=nUqRF5QTePv2ZRDD Disco Duck: https://youtu.be/97RjuC9YeXg?si=KfriwcGJa6r_Ufh8 Chicago: https://youtu.be/Zv0OwvsP0ek?si=kdOndrpYXNXUuX1e Trucker Country: https://youtu.be/wHbGhEfnh2E?si=DbZWXUUYWCPC4oRs https://youtu.be/Sd5ZLJWQmss?si=OUIDbwwzQcaHzPm_ https://youtu.be/10pqRbYlx9Y?si=69F0ff2Jsp9LspY5 Bands of Manitoba: Willie Nelson: https://youtu.be/3IB7Xj1-2oo?si=fRpboRQzOk51AQD9 The Crash Test Dummies: https://youtu.be/eTeg1txDv8w?si=y74bEGD8DHmLCPQI Red Rider: https://youtu.be/sTFVMMCwsss?si=AMb9HzJuuh3rlQNx Propaghandi: https://youtu.be/n6Uk615UpAw?si=bMXwukTbIhzuEsE1 CHad Allen and the Expressions: https://youtu.be/ZQYtkPizcpg?si=kgE_GgNc72v5n4Wi The Guess Who: https://youtu.be/UzWHE32IxUc?si=lURZMCVFspOmgRUv  Early Metal Comparison: Black Sabbath: https://youtu.be/bc5Nk1DXyEY?si=KLDIBvo9zHT0idTN Coven: https://youtu.be/ukxvJAHzaMI?si=Yxl_wtoEx0iuayUM Iron Claw: https://youtu.be/eSRZz13YiqI?si=5BgT0SH157Y45YE5 The Kinks: https://youtu.be/fTTsY-oz6Go?si=MbheR5KGtR-7SbH5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    51 min

  3. 06/30/2025

    Episode 22: Attention! Blah Blah Blah - Atom and His Package

    In today's episode we discover what an early internet video game has to do with the Palestinian Genocide. Spoilers: Very little. But not nothing! Atom and His Package: Attention! Blah Blah Blah: https://youtu.be/ifyujfDnYsc?si=3LBf2T3LMUE4tkrE The Metric System https://youtu.be/B6F_EQ0k_EQ?si=kJC6VYl0MZgDgiGV Happy Birthday Ralph: https://youtu.be/PB1rat6lcaw?si=w3Xcd8Npf7RhDWUw Punk Rock Academy: https://youtu.be/1Lz94ijZbQE?si=2Qm6YNMp_dELYPHv Other Stuff Mentioned: The Emo Game: https://flashmuseum.org/emo-game/ Dashboard Confessional: https://youtu.be/aO0ktZBu7jE?si=gqyeqORKXpCloRGe At the Drive In: https://youtu.be/7NYbojdoAQE?si=BxD1vp00C9Ec5KM9 Deathcab: https://youtu.be/3iV_1ESMHaI?si=EZmw6ZkRz6NgKTua Math The Band: https://youtu.be/MODhTJwebz8?si=w8UNP8JcE4a30jBI MC Chris: https://youtu.be/QqFuqybfk6A?si=9OpH7_q6Z-h0PTjA Net Time: Not Fragile - Bachman Turner Overdrive https://youtu.be/SqRDTZwhNAs?si=__tYJZ7flkDdLpFJ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    22 min

  4. 04/23/2025

    Episode 21: The Association - Insight Out

    I apologize in advance for this episode being 2 hours long and having some audio issues. But it was a lot of fun to record with Di again, and this time we discuss the rise of Rockism, band goals vs public expectations, and how the Beatles made serious music like Yellow Submarine. Show Notes: Main Album: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjb5kMzP2zomAIziK9LerOzNnRik_QOYa&si=YGlsRu1bPT2PocOT Album for next month: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiw9eqvcU7xYJRIJ4lzFIO_AE7hcYACUE&si=WyhGt9I2vbhUAZWH Along Comes Mary: https://youtu.be/0RaLEVmuM4o?si=6vnhHKhvhWmFNbOt Ruthane Friedman: https://youtu.be/MJaPZxctg3k?si=e-nyXTnbSgh6DKTt The Turtles: https://youtu.be/mRCe5L1imxg?si=RHgq-qamIwu8SwtW The Mamas and The Papas: https://youtu.be/N-aK6JnyFmk?si=uB6mutyDwaCcL3N7 Tiny Tim: https://youtu.be/zcSlcNfThUA?si=3krJeTdacP0dMLic Harpers Bizarre: https://youtu.be/VuRBynDwo60?si=ncvj2LGEGINUWgP4 Belle and Sebastian: https://youtu.be/f0EKLA_GCQY?si=ZQ1XPsazw9bGLRla Moody Blues: https://youtu.be/v3jJpGw_K2Y?si=FoZVnSeJYpksZpcD 13nth Floor Elevators: https://youtu.be/fHLInOudgew?si=TnDU8YiclaA2Nmi7 Disco Tex and the Sex O’lettes: https://youtu.be/FdkhViXqnSk?si=5W3-zbFRuBRlOE4u The Bee Gee, featuring one of the best bass lines of all time: https://youtu.be/fNFzfwLM72c?si=fjcx2e9U7BPujAbQ Early Disco acts: https://youtu.be/gSP_Jqn5eUM?si=CIqlo9byXqP4btiv https://youtu.be/BXIBEW5MLuU?si=aLnxb8YOfBojvpjp https://youtu.be/qchPLaiKocI?si=Rw8n2qZCdtN2eG24 https://youtu.be/LHTLIuNRB2Y?si=FlfMwfi9HZuxbN7f Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 56m

  5. 12/09/2024

    Episode 20: Karel Ancerl Conducting Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex

    In a very special episode I finally get back on track with my project of listening to my own records. Helping me out is Nic from Totalus Jeffianus, a trained music person. Show Notes: Totalus Jeffianus: https://shows.acast.com/totalusjeffianus Stravinsky, Titular Recording: Leonard Bernstein Version: https://youtu.be/Iksi83ct2ow?si=5Zh-T5GiNZe0nycs Karl Ancerl Version: Prologue and Act 1 - https://youtu.be/r3XbbXNA2Hg?si=9dew4ZVu7ETZMFQW Act 2 and Epilogue - https://youtu.be/BrLw73GgHaA?si=To7OQ9Q5q_JBdeUP Stravinsky, other mentioned works: The Firebird - https://youtu.be/kd1xYKGnOEw?si=VibpeZ9-ajtFGk0v Rites of Spring - https://youtu.be/a9M2oTHa3GM?si=4_IdJITp2q4LxcBJ Rite of Spring, The, Punk Band https://youtu.be/fXID4RvSLz4?si=J4gf_T0P-Fbnj5nj Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 27m

  6. 07/31/2024

    Episode 18: Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming

    In this episode we discuss an Adam and the Ants Album. No, we did not fall into a time warp, I just went shopping last year for my birthday. Adam Ant - Prince Charming, Full Album: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n6eVeZg_38mSrv_Q5xP8bDs7IFVFNZPSw&si=JsH7m1QBER9ckku0 The video for Stand and Deliver: https://youtu.be/4B2a6l6wM2k?si=VTdB-Brat3aSz8BY Ramones - She’s the One https://youtu.be/g7KrBgnjaLY?si=8-K7meiyOt3WL3k8 Soft Cell - Tainted Love https://youtu.be/XZVpR3Pk-r8?si=a0lwbUnnR7_CsNUe New Order - Blue Monday https://youtu.be/9GMjH1nR0ds?si=NCkmBbnojPb6BAtd Black Flag - Rise Above https://youtu.be/Fsbvo5GVK10?si=d6BG6MH1MYr2HJee Public Image Ltd - Rise https://youtu.be/jPj-8_wOZcA?si=Kn8jUnbT40Ah_mNs Human League - Don’t You Want Me https://youtu.be/uPudE8nDog0?si=WdX2_JSKGzHxZdVX Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart https://youtu.be/zuuObGsB0No?si=SuXuzPjTi81WV82y Adam Ant Documentary https://youtu.be/tIiM2wXKcnI?si=Ri2GjNAP_jKbM-3- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    31 min

  7. 11/27/2023

    Episode 17: XL Coast to Coast - Alien Crime Syndicate

    Alien Crime Syndicate - XL From Coast to Coast https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n2O0iDDnK6mCQ5D1cMVUteihsVNkf5-Us&si=nfuT3FvSALKE8i5K Ur Power Pop The Beatles Paperback Writer https://youtu.be/yYvkICbTZIQ?si=FSVP7pXdVPmt8NT3  The Who - The Kids are Alright https://youtu.be/afam2nIae4o?si=rVSJkQtpOZAeHwU2 The Raspberries - Go All The Way https://youtu.be/rtp8WSAzrGw?si=xwOyCJ6xPt82MMYE  Gen 2 Power Pop Cheap Trick - Come On Come On https://youtu.be/9wbehw-bOho?si=u_arcex_R0N3owSx The Jam - Boy About Town https://youtu.be/NAAxBCjjWtY?si=dCvAzbZRCduS0xPN  The Romantics - What I Like About You https://youtu.be/Rqnw5IfbZOU?si=afj5a4HE8gwIh_In Weezer Weezer - In the Garage https://youtu.be/wTlOIQHwtJU?si=7E9ux9PCLRFtMfkZ Weezer - Buddy Holly https://youtu.be/cQzMHhRCTYw?si=9WCiHzZnVQKJW6W1 Weezer - Photograph https://youtu.be/l57dQbmDqmw?si=w3cBi-bFJKE8kp_Q Third Wave Power Pop The Stranglers - Straighten Out https://youtu.be/vqZq9uUAmDo?si=Of-lZgF7wmOmCXXZ The Knack - My Sharona https://youtu.be/uRLuIm2Bjgk?si=yL0r5vC1pU_4-alT Teenage Fanclub - The Concept https://youtu.be/Er_JOsnwzcI?si=KtbY6Qm5aVYLBLDV 90s Alternative / Power Pop? Semisonic - Singing in my Sleep https://youtu.be/zhS3YP04Fjk?si=ax1Iaza-py-hguhb Marcy Playground - Poppies https://youtu.be/uRcP7CxJYxc?si=j0RLJYs3GvsxJHB5 Nine Days - Bob Dylan https://youtu.be/Acv5PP4QqBI?si=drdAnTYIMw_1y37U SR-71 - Fame https://youtu.be/U6EN9h-crcE?si=9C3xvh5pulz3lcFI 00s and Later Fountains of Wayne - Leave the Biker https://youtu.be/_ormzGxuXLU?si=4siFfWymaGk6ltMF The Bigger Lovers - Brought Your Ghost https://youtu.be/MdZOwZ3yZa0?si=90aJK33BwMCovtAH Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    20 min

  8. 10/06/2023

    Episode 16: Pick It Up Pig Boy - The Stuff

    A short meditation on amazing music and impermanence and rat masks. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mt_Diu1-oy8s4vnZbGBflw4cc18KO7eh4&si=72SDGlPJPyQKtz1m https://youtu.be/E93FLiJwc8M?si=o-sGUaEXSOtL2vLU Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    13 min
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