Picking Up Something Good

Echo Vessel and Nicky Flowers

Nicky Flowers and Echo Vessel are two best friends with a lifelong love of music. They also happen to have an infrequent podcast about it. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of a specific artist's output, from humble beginnings to the present day.

  1. 04/12/2023 · BONUS

    STEELY DARCH VI: Two Against Nature / Everything Must Go

    Nicky Flowers and Echo Vessel are two best friends with a lifelong love of music. They also happen to have an infrequent podcast about it. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Steely Dan's output, all Dancember... er, Danua... Debruary long. Darch. It's Steely Darch now not another month. Here we go - welcome to the finale of Steely Dancember. It's been a long month.

    1h 40m

  2. 02/14/2023 · BONUS

    STEELY DEBRUARY V: Gaucho

    Nicky Flowers and Echo Vessel are two best friends with a lifelong love of music. They also happen to have an infrequent podcast about it. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Steely Dan's output, all Dancember... er, Danua... Debruary long. This week, holy crap it's Steely Debruary. So sorry. Alex Riggs and Rose are back. One more to go.

    1h 57m

  3. 01/12/2023 · BONUS

    STEELY DANUARY IV: Aja

    Nicky Flowers and Echo Vessel are two best friends with a lifelong love of music. They also happen to have an infrequent podcast about it. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Steely Dan's output, all Dancember... er, Danuary long. This week, we're sorry for taking so long to put out the Aja episode. Alex Riggs and Rose join us to talk the Big One. This was recorded just after Xmas. Nicky's got some Glup Shittos in this one. We promise we'll get to Gaucho next week. Happy Steely Danuary.

    1h 43m

  4. 12/19/2022 · BONUS

    STEELY DANCEMBER III: The Royal Scam / PUSG Mailbag!

    Nicky Flowers and Echo Vessel are two best friends with a lifelong love of music. They also happen to have an infrequent podcast about it. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Steely Dan's output, all Dancember long. This week, we recognize that many of our listeners are actively listening to other bands. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of bands besides Steely Dan on Picking Up Something Good. Listen to 1976's The Royal Scam with us. We'll also answer some questions from the PUSG mailbag.

    1h 19m

  5. 12/12/2022 · BONUS

    STEELY DANCEMBER II: Pretzel Logic / Katy Lied

    CONTENT WARNING: We discuss a song on Katy Lied that is impossible to talk about without delving into general creepiness and discussion of a pedophile. This was uncomfortable for us to cover and is likely uncomfortable for some to listen to. The segment happens from 01:26:58 - 01:31:16. Please exercise caution when listening. Nicky Flowers and Echo Vessel are two best friends with a lifelong love of music. They also happen to have an infrequent podcast about it. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Steely Dan's output, all Dancember long. This week, Zac Emerson of Doom Trip Records joins us to talk about some Major Dude Music - 1974's Pretzel Logic. After the break - a return to Skunk Corner and a trip through 1975's Katy Lied. Sorry for hating.

    1h 48m

  6. 12/05/2022 · BONUS

    STEELY DANCEMBER I: Can't Buy a Thrill / Countdown to Ecstasy

    Nicky Flowers and Echo Vessel are two best friends with a lifelong love of music. They also happen to have an infrequent podcast about it. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of... huh!? SURPRISE - We're back! Escape the bleak cold of the 2022 holiday season and come with us to the halcyon days of the early 70s, where two guys could just pump out jazz rock bangers without a care in the world. This is the first episode of our brand new mini-season - welcome to STEELY DANCEMBER!

  7. 11/22/2021

    KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION (Catboy Museum)

    Nicky Flowers has never listened to Radiohead. Meys has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. THIS IS THE AUDIO VERSION OF THE EPISODE. This version of the episode won't make any sense to you and is extremely meandering - more so than usual. We really intend for you to watch the video version! It's a fun Let's Play! Watch it here! This week, we're live for the season finale. We're closing out PUSG Season 2 by exploring the original catboy museum, KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION, and discussing KID A MNESIA(E). It is absolutely crawling with little guys. Learn more and play the game for yourself at https://kida-mnesia.com.

    1h 47m

  8. 02/04/2021 · BONUS

    OK Human (Cry Me Some Rivers, Cuomo)

    Nicky Flowers has never listened to Radiohead. Meys has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. This is an EMERGENCY WEEZER BULLETIN. We are covering Weezer's new LP OK Human. We consider this album an existential threat to our podcast. I'm not even going to tell you what we cover. Jesus christ.

    1h 22m
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Nicky Flowers and Echo Vessel are two best friends with a lifelong love of music. They also happen to have an infrequent podcast about it. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of a specific artist's output, from humble beginnings to the present day.

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  • Creator
    Echo Vessel and Nicky Flowers
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2023
  • Episodes
    28
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026
  • Show Website
    Picking Up Something Good