In the Distance, Oblivious

Big Al Hammond and Phoebe Fowler

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In the Distance, Oblivious

Big Al Hammond and Phoebe Fowler invite you to listen as they select songs for their odd and varied music playlist.

JAN 14

Greatest Hits Volume Five

Every eleven months, we go through our previous playlists and pick out the favorites of our favorites. Plot twist: Phoebe can only submit songs that were originally Al’s, and vice versa. So we end up with not only eleven great songs, but eleven songs that both of us feel a deep connection to. In this special bonus episode of our podcast, we’ll talk about these songs, why we love them, and what makes a song good enough to be a “Greatest Hit”. Show notes from our Greatest Hits Volume Five Spotify Podcast: For our Greatest Hits playlists, Phoebe submitted ten songs that were originally Al’s, and vice versa. We narrowed those submissions down and eventually ended up with these eleven songs… Song notes (Quotes are from song lyrics): This month’s special Greatest Hits playlist was recorded in room 17 of the Blue Heron Motel in Nags Head, North Carolina. During our show, we also talked about some other music that didn’t get included in our official, finished playlist. If you want to listen to some of that, you can check those out here. Thanks to Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey for help in recording this…

52 min
JAN 1

January 2025

Where in the podcast universe can you find Vic Chesnutt, Howlin’ Wolf, Lemoncello, and Doeschii, all in the same episode? You’re lookin’ at it! Our first playlist of the new year brings a great variety of artists… seven returning ones, and four great new additions too! Show notes from our January 2025 Spotify Podcast: We started with Phoebe’s ten submissions and Al’s ten submissions, We narrowed those submissions down and eventually ended up with these eleven songs… Song notes (Quotes are from song lyrics): Both our Spotify playlist and our podcast are updated and released around the first of each month. We’re recorded monthly in the warm and cozy hug of the OML Studios in lovely downtown Manchester, Richmond, Virginia. During our show, we also talked about some other music that didn’t get included in our official, finished playlist. If you want to listen to some of that, you can check those out here. We talked a good bit about Doechi, and we wanted to include some links about her here. Doechii Talks “Alligator Bites Never Heal”, The Rolling Stone article that featured her and Brittany Howard, Her performance on Colbert, The Breakdown, Interview with…

50 min
12/01/2024

December 2024

This month’s additions feature six new artists to our playlist, and five acts who are back for their second appearance. (And one new version of a previously heard song). Also, this month we’re changing our format around a little… a little less of the playlist play-by-play, and a little more general talking about various music stuff. We’re still loving making our Spotify playlist every month, but wanted to shake things up a little here on “the pod”. Hope you enjoy! Show notes from our December 2024 Spotify Podcast: We started with Al’s ten submissions and Phoebe’s ten submissions. We narrowed those submissions down and eventually ended up with these eleven songs… Song notes (Quotes are from song lyrics): Both our Spotify playlist and our podcast are updated and released around the first of each month. We’re recorded monthly in the warm and cozy hug of the OML Studios in lovely downtown Manchester, Richmond, Virginia. During our show, we also talked about some other music that didn’t get included in our official, finished playlist. Here are a few of the other songs we mentioned, as well as the Lowell George documentary that we talked about. And…

41 min
11/01/2024

November 2024

After bringing you a bunch of returning artists last month, Phoebe brought all new musicians to her submissions for our November playlist. Al contributed some new ones too, as well as new releases from our two most honored artists. We hope you enjoy these eleven songs. Show notes from our November 2024 Spotify Podcast: We started with Phoebe’s ten submissions and Al’s ten submissions, but our finished, 11-song playlist is put in an order that we think makes sense musically. Which is not same same order that we pick the songs during the picking ceremony heard during our podcast. Song notes (Quotes are from song lyrics): Both our Spotify playlist and our podcast are updated and released around the first of each month. We’re recorded monthly in the warm and cozy hug of the OML Studios in lovely downtown Manchester, Richmond, Virginia. Thanks to Gentleman Jack Double Mellowed Tennessee Whiskey for help in recording this month. Theme music is from “Red Eye” by E’s Jammy Jams, accordion music by Andrew Huang. Tarte Tatin by Blue Dot Sessions. Molly Molly by Blue Dot Sessions. TJ Elwood by Blue Dot Sessions. Featured image: The Chicken of Feats’…

59 min
10/01/2024

October 2024

October brings us lots of returning artists to the playlist. Beirut, Harry Nilsson, and the amazing Allison Russell are among the seven returnees we’ve got for you this month. This is might not the most cohesive collection we’ve presented. We don’t care. Here are eleven good songs for you… Show notes from our October 2024 Spotify Podcast: We started with Big Al’s ten submissions and Phoebe’s ten submissions, but our finished, 11-song playlist is put in an order that we think makes sense musically. Which is not same same order that we pick the songs during the picking ceremony heard during our podcast. Song notes (Quotes are from song lyrics): Both our Spotify playlist and our podcast are updated and released around the first of each month. We’re recorded monthly in the warm and cozy hug of the OML Studios in lovely downtown Manchester, Richmond, Virginia. Thanks to Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey for help in recording this month. Theme music is from “Red Eye” by E’s Jammy Jams, accordion music by Andrew Huang. Basketliner by Blue Dot Sessions. Trois Gnossiennes 3 by Blue Dot Sessions. Our Only Lark by Blue Dot Sessions. Lahaina…

54 min
09/01/2024

September 2024

Sad to say that Frank, your favorite podcasting primate, is missing from our ceremony yet again. This has resulted in embarrassing monkey impersonations and much recrimination against Phoebe, who again forgot to bring him when we recorded this episode. Somehow in spite of this adversity, we managed to come up with yet another damn good playlist and podcast for you. A few returning artists, a bunch of new and obscure artists (though maybe fewer great videos this month?). It’s what we do for you. Show notes from our September 2024 Spotify Podcast: We started with Phoebe’s ten submissions and Al’s ten submissions, but our finished, 11-song playlist is put in an order that we think makes sense musically. Which is not same same order that we pick the songs during the picking ceremony heard during our podcast. Song notes (Quotes are from song lyrics): Both our Spotify playlist and our podcast are updated and released around the first of each month. We’re recorded monthly in the warm and cozy hug of the OML Studios in lovely downtown Manchester, Richmond, Virginia. Thanks to Buffalo Trace Bourbon Whiskey for help in recording this month. Theme music is…

47 min
08/01/2024

August 2024

August brings us to the 50th monthly version of the In the Distance, Oblivious Playlist! And with summer in full force here, Phoebe and Al have never been more hot and humid with their music choices. They’ve settled on a few returning artists, a bunch of new artists, a new attitude, some cicadas, and a dose of happy pills! Show notes from our August 2024 Spotify Podcast: We started with Al’s ten submissions and Phoebe’s ten submissions, but our finished, 11-song playlist is put in an order that we think makes sense musically. Which is not same same order that we pick the songs during the picking ceremony heard during our podcast. Song notes (Quotes are from song lyrics): Both our Spotify playlist and our podcast are updated and released around the first of each month. We’re recorded monthly in the warm and cozy hug of the OML Studios in lovely downtown Manchester, Richmond, Virginia. Thanks to Eagle Rare Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey for help in recording this month. Theme music is from “Red Eye” by E’s Jammy Jams, Contrarian by Blue Dot Sessions, Accordion music by Andrew Huang, Chopin – Mazurka Op6No2 by Blue Dot…

49 min
07/01/2024

July 2024

Frequent Obliviites know that we sometimes take our show on the road to record in odd places like beach motel rooms or state park campgrounds. This month we carried our laptops, mascots and various sounds effects up to the roof of the OML Studios for our July episode. So listen up as we bring you you eleven great songs, plus bonus sirens, traffic, train horns, jet flyovers, and other general city sounds! We always try and keep it entertaining for you, and remember, “this is not a professional podcast”. Show notes from our July 2024 Spotify Podcast: We started with Phoebe’s ten submissions and Al’s ten submissions, but our finished, 11-song playlist is put in an order that we think makes sense musically. Which is not same same order that we pick the songs during the picking ceremony heard during our podcast. Song notes (Quotes are from song lyrics): Both our Spotify playlist and our podcast are updated and released around the first of each month. We’re recorded monthly in the warm and cozy hug of the OML Studios in lovely downtown Manchester, Richmond, Virginia. Thanks to American Ace Blended Bourbon Whiskey for help in recording…

48 min
06/01/2024

June 2024

June brings you another one of our themed playlists! Even in our regular playlists, we love finding more obscure and under-the-radar music, so all the artists we’re featuring this month had to be under 100,000 monthly listeners on Spotify (and never featured in our playlist before). We think we found you some good ones that you’ve (hopefully) never heard before? Let us know what you think! Show notes from our June 2024 Spotify Podcast: We started with Al’s ten submissions and Phoebe’s ten submissions, but our finished, 11-song playlist is put in an order that we think makes sense musically. Which is not same same order that we pick the songs during the picking ceremony heard during our podcast. Song notes (Quotes are from song lyrics): Both our Spotify playlist and our podcast are updated and released around the first of each month. We’re recorded monthly in the warm and cozy hug of the OML Studios in lovely downtown Manchester, Richmond, Virginia. Thanks to Redemption Rye for help in recording this month. Theme music is from “Red Eye” by E’s Jammy Jams, accordion music by Andrew Huang. Lumber Down by Blue Dot Sessions, Our Only Lark…

55 min
05/01/2024

May 2024

Four of our artists this month (Madison Cunningham, Prince, Fiona Apple, and Imaginary Future) have been in our playlist before. The other seven are new. We hope you enjoy them all. Which are your favorites? Show notes from our May 2024 Spotify Podcast: We started with Phoebe’s ten submissions and Al’s ten submissions, but our finished, 11-song playlist is put in an order that we think makes sense musically. Which is not same same order that we pick the songs during the picking ceremony heard during our podcast. Song notes (Quotes are from song lyrics): Both our Spotify playlist and our podcast are updated and released around the first of each month. We’re recorded monthly in the warm and cozy hug of the OML Studios in lovely downtown Manchester, Richmond, Virginia. Thanks to Cooper’s Craft 100 proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey for help in recording this month. Theme music is from “Red Eye” by E’s Jammy Jams, accordion music by Andrew Huang. Trod Along by Blue Dot Sessions. TJ Elwood by Blue Dot Sessions. Dino De Deus by Blue Dot Sessions. Chopin – Mazurka Op6No2 by Blue Dot Sessions. Featured image: Sunset at the Blue Heron…

50 min
04/16/2024

April 2024

April’s playlist brings us a few returning artists, a few brand new artists, as well as some people who have should have been in our playlist a lot who we’ve overlooked over the years. What do you think? Show notes from our April 2024 Spotify Podcast: We started with Al’s ten submissions and Phoebe’s ten submissions, but our finished, 11-song playlist is put in an order that we think makes sense musically. Which is not same same order that we pick the songs during the picking ceremony heard during our podcast. Song notes (Quotes are from song lyrics): Both our Spotify playlist and our podcast are updated and released around the first of each month. We’re recorded monthly in the warm and cozy hug of the OML Studios in lovely downtown Manchester, Richmond, Virginia. Thanks to Knob Creek Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey for help in recording this month. Theme music is from “Red Eye” by E’s Jammy Jams, accordion music by Andrew Huang. Lahaina by Blue Dot Sessions. Country Butter by Blue Dot Sessions. Molly Molly by Blue Dot Sessions. Featured image: An intense and beautiful ocean for some intense and beautiful songs. If you have…

45 min

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Big Al Hammond and Phoebe Fowler invite you to listen as they select songs for their odd and varied music playlist.

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Big Al Hammond and Phoebe Fowler
Years Active

2023 - 2025
Episodes

11
Rating

Explicit
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