Listeners Like You

Listeners Like You

Brian Faughnan & Cort Winsett get together biweekly and start talking with each other (and with you the listener) about what they’ve been listening to lately. But they’ve got opinions on so. many. things. And not necessarily the opinions you’d always expect from two middle-aged white guys. Unasked for. Unnecessary. Unstoppable?

  1. 4d ago

    Episode 90: The Meryl Streep Chum Challange

    Episode 90: The Meryl Streep Chum Challenge This week, Cort reports back on Cannonball, the debut album from Man/Woman/Chainsaw. We get into a band that seems determined not to sound like the same band from song to song, the proper deployment of a violin in indie rock, rotating lead singers, and an unexpectedly competitive field of things named “Cannonball,” including The Breeders and Damien Rice. From there, a discussion of wild horses and the American food supply raises questions that nobody particularly wanted raised, and Mitch McConnell once again meanders into the conversation, because apparently we have accidentally given him recurring-character status. In the non-listening portion of our listening podcast, we return to sharks. Specifically, Chum, a movie with a title that turns out to be extremely literal and dialogue so ambitious that we arrive at the question: could the world’s greatest living actress make this shit work? Netflix’s The Last House gets subjected to the kind of practical scrutiny its characters probably could have used, including questions involving a criminally underutilized skunk. We also check back in on Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, mourn Bonnaroo just as Brian figured out how to watch it from home, and make quick stops at new music from Weezer, Phoebe Bridgers and the Afghan Whigs. We close it out and say G’Day to this week’s random podcast generator suggestion.   Brian’s last assignment to Cort: Man/Woman/Chainsaw – Cannonball https://open.spotify.com/album/1yN1NPr6d4TvVJyUyuMHpK?si=D5942BnIQw6H3kfXabVq6A Cort’s next assignment to Brian: Sawyer Hill – Everybody’s Home, Nobody’s Happy https://open.spotify.com/search/Sawyer%20Hill%20Everybody%27s%20Home%20Nobody%27s%20Happy 🎶 Theme Song: "Cyrus Oh Cyrus" by The Flying Scrub Jays https://open.spotify.com/track/3S9T5HUS4cwky1922WhF1J?si=6fcad8771f724492 Also check out The Flying Scrub Jays new album A Ship of Seasons https://open.spotify.com/album/5S53Tfm6WmpYLreFegqbXj?si=cYwfT9dLQ66hs0SuQwc0Ew 📧 listenerslikeyou2023@gmail.com 📱 @listenerslikeyoupod

  2. Aug 21

    Episode 89: Defamation Train

    This week, Brian reports back on Ariana Grande’s new album Petal, an assignment that somehow leads us to Train covering Led Zeppelin, the limits of musical talent, and the question everybody should be asking: if you can sound like Led Zeppelin, why would you choose to sound like Train? From there, we return to the watermelon podcast. I’ve got this little bonne mot for you: AI uses for weedkiller dissemination. The Defamation Train leaves the station with a check in on Mitch McConnell. We discuss the fact that Chinese fortune cookies may be interfering in Tennessee elections. Some might speculate about Cort’s method of advance preparation for this recording because he goes off on a rant. Brian seeks Zen. In the non-listening section of our podcast Brian reports back from Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. This prompts serious discussion of Matt Damon’s abs, the logistical shortcomings of the Trojan Horse, Robert Pattinson’s qualifications as a douche, and whether a 3,000-year-old story really needed to wait until the final act before the hero started kicking ass. Brian makes an assignment and has even provided specific listening instructions, because apparently simply pressing play is no longer sufficient. Finally, we meet this week’s randomly generated show, and it’s bloody disgusting. Cort’s last assignment to Brian: Ariana Grande – Petal https://open.spotify.com/album/2k4FmEtXR0WiDW0Ac2QArT?si=-aKmFSiFQ4CNv_-gOBcjmw Brian’s next assignment to Cort: Man/Woman/Chainsaw – Cannonball https://open.spotify.com/album/1yN1NPr6d4TvVJyUyuMHpK?si=D5942BnIQw6H3kfXabVq6A 🎶 Theme Song: "Cyrus Oh Cyrus" by The Flying Scrub Jays https://open.spotify.com/track/3S9T5HUS4cwky1922WhF1J?si=6fcad8771f724492 📧 listenerslikeyou2023@gmail.com 📱 @listenerslikeyoupod

  3. Aug 7

    Episode 88: Everything everywhere all at once

    This week, Brian sends Cort down the Spoon rabbit hole with both a greatest hits collection and a fan-curated playlist, because apparently one assignment wasn't enough. The result? A discussion about indie rock, gateway albums, and the eternal question: is "pretty good" the same thing as "Will I ever voluntarily listen to this again?" From there, we wander through new releases from The Strokes and Michigander, the increasingly impossible idea of a universal "Song of the Summer," the cinematic value of terrible shark movies, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, and why some people should really think twice before arguing mythology on the internet. We also spend a little time with horror movies and great books becoming movies.  In a new bit Cort likes to call, “How did Memphis get slighted this week?” we discuss a slight to Memphis barbecue. Finally SPOILER ALERT we finish out with a shocking revelation that there is, in fact, a podcast devoted to the watermelon industry. Brian’s last assignment to Cort: Spoon - Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon https://open.spotify.com/album/5E4CY0Z7SxuIbsviGBhW4L?si=2iZ8hqOgQZOsGXUjfjf2Ow Bonus Assignment: All the Weird Kids Up Front (More Best of Spoon) (Spotify playlist) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/60iWAXiwBBUw6kvNz3rcaC?si=6431252835f34b4a (Amazon Playlist) https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/5257a2ae50224cfca211dab339f643e9sune?ref=dm_sh_X2oaC3LYzdtUdgJgET0ASicZ1&referrer=dm_sh_messages Cort’s next assignment to Brian: It’s a surprise! But here’s the link: https://open.spotify.com/album/2k4FmEtXR0WiDW0Ac2QArT?si=-aKmFSiFQ4CNv_-gOBcjmw 🎶 Theme Song: "Cyrus Oh Cyrus" by The Flying Scrub Jays https://open.spotify.com/track/3S9T5HUS4cwky1922WhF1J?si=6fcad8771f724492   📧 listenerslikeyou2023@gmail.com 📱 @listenerslikeyoupod

  4. Jul 24

    Episode 87: Bacharach n Roll

    Brian reports back on The Age of the Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets, discovering that Alex Turner's side project sounds less like Arctic Monkeys and more like the soundtrack to a 70s or 80s spy film. The discussion wanders through David Bowie, spaghetti westerns, supergroups, and the unposed question: is being called "background music" a bad thing? Then things take a turn. Brian unveils the next "impromptu" game dedicated to the guys' apparent inability to correctly identify famous people named Moore. Mistakes were made and hopefully corrected. From there it's on to Memphis radio nostalgia, why podcasts have apparently become television, Lionel Messi's remarkable World Cup run, the economics of MLS, and Brian assigns Cort a double spoonful of Spoon. Cort's Last Assignment to Brian: The Age of the Understatement — The Last Shadow Puppets https://open.spotify.com/album/2y3Rm0cT1xbf2NoTQwKv99?si=u7DCZPL7R-CojeASyerW7g Brian's Next Assignment to Cort: Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon https://open.spotify.com/album/5E4CY0Z7SxuIbsviGBhW4L?si=2iZ8hqOgQZOsGXUjfjf2Ow Bonus Assignment: All the Weird Kids Up Front (More Best of Spoon) (Spotify playlist) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/60iWAXiwBBUw6kvNz3rcaC?si=6431252835f34b4a (Amazon Playlist) https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/5257a2ae50224cfca211dab339f643e9sune?ref=dm_sh_X2oaC3LYzdtUdgJgET0ASicZ1&referrer=dm_sh_messages 🎶 Theme Song: Cyrus Oh Cyrus — The Flying Scrub Jays https://open.spotify.com/track/3S9T5HUS4cwky1922WhF1J?si=6fcad8771f724492

    Episode 87: Bacharach n Roll
  5. Jun 26

    Episode 85: Wait … Kid Rock? Twice?

    Brian reports back on Gigi Perez's At the Beach, In Every Life, and the verdict lands somewhere between appreciation and exhaustion. Which songs are keepers? Which songs leave Brian and Cort wondering whether they've accidentally wandered into an entirely different album. Along the way they discuss what is possibly Spotify's most baffling artist bio, and Brian develops a strange guilt complex for the most Brian of reasons. There's also a discussion of music fans. Has fandom become a soulless, bullying soufflé of entitlement? Cort gives a genuinely heartfelt tribute to the late Anthony Stewart Head (yes, Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and that leads to an unexpected detour through Chess, "One Night in Bangkok," and the surprisingly musical Head family. The conversation wraps with World Cup fever, hydration breaks, the foreign team receiving the most American experience while visiting America, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Bonnaroo, and a new assignment from Brian that he boldly declares to be a genuine masterpiece. Oh! And the Random Podcast Generator bit may have finally paid off. Theme Song: Cyrus Oh Cyrus - The Flying Scrub Jays https://open.spotify.com/track/3S9T5HUS4cwky1922WhF1J?si=6fcad8771f724492 Gigi Perez's At the Beach, In Every Life - https://open.spotify.com/album/4fULdU3VoqC0M1IHhVTAQ4?si=qooSV-rTRoKrU1M-xdcDgA Brian's Assignment to Cort: Goodbye Jumbo - World Party https://open.spotify.com/album/2V2L3lPqjL9L2bS3tqvZ4S

    Episode 85: Wait … Kid Rock? Twice?
  6. Jun 12

    Episode 84: Had Fun? We Hope We Did.

    Cort reports back on his assignment, Hope We Have Fun by Mt. Joy, and, thankfully, the answer appears to be yes. The album sends the guys down a rabbit hole of favorite tracks, genre-hopping bands, Nathaniel Rateliff connections, and the increasingly rare experience of finding an album that simply makes life a little more enjoyable. From there, things proceed exactly as they always do. Mt. Joy leads to Winnie the Pooh, which leads to copyright infringement which leads to setting aside Jerry Rafferty somehow, and that of course leads to an extended detour into profanity, and whether some words are more useful than others. Meanwhile, Brian gives us the skinny on Chelsea's latest footballing misery, which of course just leads the guys back to one of their favorite topics, the ongoing reality television arms race between Survivor, The Amazing Race, The Traitors, and whatever fresh nonsense producers are cooking up next. Along the way: turkey burger recipes, soccer jerseys, Huey's burgers, emotional intelligence podcasts, Russian folklore, and the unsettling realization that these two guys can spend nearly an hour talking without ever once staying on topic. In the end, Cort assigns Brian At the Beach, In Every Life by Gigi Perez, proving once again that no matter where the conversation wanders, the assignments must go on. 🎶 Theme Song: Cyrus Oh Cyrus — The Flying Scrub Jays https://open.spotify.com/track/3S9T5HUS4cwky1922WhF1J?si=6fcad8771f724492 Last assignment: Hope We Have Fun by Mount Joy https://open.spotify.com/album/3r5ik8QohUa56zacmEyAdb?si=bqneLkeVQl-7lxMzEloJ-Q Cort's Next Assignment to Brian: At the Beach, In Every Life by Gigi Perez https://open.spotify.com/album/4fULdU3VoqC0M1IHhVTAQ4?si=oOOhuqGrQLWRKBsU_wEeuw

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Brian Faughnan & Cort Winsett get together biweekly and start talking with each other (and with you the listener) about what they’ve been listening to lately. But they’ve got opinions on so. many. things. And not necessarily the opinions you’d always expect from two middle-aged white guys. Unasked for. Unnecessary. Unstoppable?