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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?

  1. 4d ago

    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

  2. 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

  3. Jul 10

    Episode 86: Oozing Positivity

    Cort reports back on World Party's Goodbye Jumbo, an album he somehow already knew by heart despite being convinced he'd never heard it before. Brian makes the case for Karl Wallinger as one of pop music's great overlooked craftsmen, and the conversation wanders into college radio, movie soundtracks, and whether some albums simply refuse to age. From there: TV recap podcasts, comfort television, the strange appeal of The Big Bang Theory's ever-expanding universe, LeBron's next destination (obviously Memphis), the triumphant return of the missing "E" in the Elvis sign, Fox's purchase of Roku, and why some things are just... oozing positivity.  Brian’s Last Assignment to Cort: Goodbye Jumbo, World Party https://open.spotify.com/album/0NHOAAAuzEglpm88igZi1a?si=ky9Vz4aWS-K_EGFteXaBYw Cort’s Next Assignment to Brian: The Age of the Understatement, The Last Shadow Puppets https://open.spotify.com/album/2y3Rm0cT1xbf2NoTQwKv99?si=u7DCZPL7R-CojeASyerW7g Theme Song: Cyrus Oh Cyrus, The Flying Scrub Jays https://open.spotify.com/track/3S9T5HUS4cwky1922WhF1J?si=6fcad8771f724492

    Episode 86: Oozing Positivity

  4. 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?

  5. 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

  6. May 29

    Episode 83: Remarkably Mostly About Xfinity

    The assignment was American Football’s LP4. The episode is, somehow, four days of Brian having no internet, a severed wire, a locked neighbor’s gate, and a customer satisfaction survey that would not let him rate the one person who actually helped. We promise we talk about the album too. Briefly. Before the rant takes the wheel. Somewhere beneath the Comcast fury lies a real, perhaps even earnest, conversation about Midwest emo, math rock, the Kinsella brothers, and whether Morrissey accidentally possessed an Ohio band’s lead singer. Also somewhere in there we cover: Memphis movie geography, King Sorrow, Scream 7, Send Help, the Dennis Miller-to-Bill Maher pipeline, and a randomly generated podcast Apple has apparently classified as “cricket.” Last Assignment: American Football (LP4) https://open.spotify.com/album/3fhKJU3nUfduKj9YhEAoGf?si=ATD7kNzIQ5e6N1p4intVXw New assignment: Mount Joy, Hope We Have Fun. https://open.spotify.com/album/3r5ik8QohUa56zacmEyAdb?si=bqneLkeVQl-7lxMzEloJ-Q Theme Song: Cyrus Oh Cyrus, The Flying Scrub Jays. https://open.spotify.com/track/3S9T5HUS4cwky1922WhF1J?si=6fcad8771f724492

    Episode 83: Remarkably Mostly About Xfinity

  7. May 15

    Episode 82: May Madness, Part 2

    May Madness reaches its conclusion. But before the bracket chaos resumes, Cort reports back on GOLDSTAR by The Sophs. The album slowly wormed its way into his brain through catchy hooks that took their sweet time arriving, strange charm, and lyrics that demanded he actually pay attention. Brian, meanwhile, continues his campaign to promote emotionally damaged (or damaging) indie bands to the masses. Which brings us to… Noah Kahan’s new album The Great Divide, family dysfunction as musical genre, and Cort’s emerging theory that too many modern albums are hiding their best material in the back half like they expect listeners to complete a homework assignment before earning the payoff. Then there’s the unfortunate return to a certain marriage podcast, which we cannot name because we genuinely do not remember the name even though Brian actually listened to it. And then: the bracket. May Madness Part 2 finally crowns the greatest band with a color in its name. The Sweet 16 becomes the Elite Eight, then the Final Four, as Cort makes a series of deeply subjective rulings that are nevertheless final, binding, and entirely within his sole discretion. Some decisions are carefully reasoned. Others may qualify as crimes against music history. All of it leads to a shocking conclusion that may haunt this podcast forever. By the end, one band survives. Whether justice was served is another matter entirely. Theme Song: Cyrus Oh Cyrus by The Flying Scrub Jays https://open.spotify.com/track/3S9T5HUS4cwky1922WhF1J?si=6fcad8771f724492 Brian’s Assignment to Cort: GOLDSTAR by The Sophs https://open.spotify.com/album/7mTtyluyCS8hY97tqZDpoc?si=byI8fTtWSc23BLFvdF-oHA Cort’s Next Assignment to Brian: American Football (LP4) https://open.spotify.com/album/3fhKJU3nUfduKj9YhEAoGf?si=ATD7kNzIQ5e6N1p4intVXw

  8. May 1

    Episode 81: May Madness Part 1

    What starts as a routine assignment check-in quickly builds into something far more Earth shaking: a fully fleshed-out, 100% opinion driven, completely unnecessary, and yet thoroughly discussed bracket to determine the greatest band with a color in its name. Before the madness begins, Brian reports back on The Black Crowes’ A Pound of Feathers,  and his verdict is … less than glowing. Meanwhile, Cort elaborates on his current obsession with the Dead Eyes podcast and finally checks a major box by finishing Band of Brothers, which sparks a brief but earnest detour. Then the main event arrives. Introducing May Madness: a four-region, 36-band bracket (yes, really) featuring everything from Green Day and Pink Floyd to Indigo Girls, Black Sabbath, and some choices that may raise eyebrows. Cort is tasked with making every call as the sole arbiter of musical truth, leading to early upsets, strong opinions, generational divides, and at least one philosophical crisis. This is Part 1 of the bracket, covering play-in games and the opening round. By the end, the field is narrowed and the stage is set for a Sweet 16 that promises even more questionable judgment and heated debate. Conclusion: Maybe some bands should stop making albums, but these guys should never stop making episodes. Their “extremely ordinary media consumption habits” are indeed a public service, if not the spark that lights the next cultural firestorm. The May Madness Bracket Brian’s Assignment: The Black Crowes, A Pound of Feathers https://open.spotify.com/album/417zi1WN5yAK4u3VOjZh13?si=J0NSNYP_S9CrqBMzMdAB-g   Next episode: the bracket continues, alliances crumble, and reputations are on the line. Cort will report back on The Sophs, GOLDSTAR https://open.spotify.com/album/7mTtyluyCS8hY97tqZDpoc?si=FVxvyX5eRkKIKSo3HKjJNg 🎶 Theme Song: Cyrus Oh Cyrus, The Flying Scrub Jays https://open.spotify.com/track/3S9T5HUS4cwky1922WhF1J?si=6fcad8771f724492

    Episode 81: May Madness Part 1
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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?

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    Listeners Like You
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    2023 - 2026
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