Update On The Status of That Awful Sound
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Sadly, the show must not go on. I may be back in the future, and you can continue to hear me once a week on Minion Death Cult at miniondeathcult.com, but as of now the show is on hiatus. Thank you to everyone for listening and for supporting. If you're a Patreon supporter, I will honor whatever rewards you've donated towards, and I'm going to get a small batch of new shirts made. Thanks again. Hope to see you soon. Alexander
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Soul Is Wet (Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me)
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Welp, it's finally here. The episode where I let Cahn and Aimee yell at me about how good Dave Matthews Band is, while I yell at them about how insane these lyrics are. Seriously, folks, this episode is rotten with Dave Matthews' sexual scat and spore: Boys, Cum, Bondage, Upskirts, Cunnilingus, and a Bare Bone all make up the song your parents made love to in 1996. Music We Like: Kali Uchis - Isolation, Jeff Buckley - Grace, and
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Arkansasdomy (Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication)
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This week Shaina and Michael join me to revisit Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Californication," a mournfully chill song about how Californian culture is copulating with the rest of the world--to mixed results. How did Anthony Kiedis's "cleansing trip to Thailand" factor into the creation of this song? Do we have the strength of will to analyze all five verses? Can anyone but Californians enjoy this band responsibly? Plus: a music video featuring an RHCP-themed video game that doesn't exist and shouldn't, candid moments where we admit to liking parts of this song, and as usual, utterly deranged...
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Lie Back & Think of Nebraska (Uncle Kracker - Follow Me)
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Following in Kid Rock’s carpetbagging cowboy boot steps, Uncle Kracker released his debut album featuring this banal, confusingly confident single about: Heroin (duh you stupid idiot) Adultery Being Secretly Gay Being Openly Very Cool Also: a music video featuring characters fantasizing about better music, a Cracker with a stage performance like a tired sock, and an older woman in the comments section who tries to teach young boys the art of seduction.
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160 - Sad 9/11 Superman (Five For Fighting - Superman / It's Not Easy)
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This week I take on the sad superman song from 9/11. What more could you possibly need to know. Watch this video right now because it's incredibly dumb. Music I Like: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Sparkle Hard
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159 - Noice Noice (Offspring - Original Prankster)
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This week Michael Munoz brings his gringo expertise, and Leigh harnesses her SaNdLeR background to discuss a godawful song and video from The Offspring. It's a wretched reboot of Pretty Fly For A White Guy featuring a cringeworthy pastiche of latino culture (mostly women) and a prominent, nauseating Rob Schneider soundbite. Oh, the video also features high school Lolitas being molested by their principle... as a prank? Get bonus content including music we still like and tons of youtube comments at
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John Popper is Poly (Blues Traveler, JC Chasez, and 3OH!3 - Blow Up The Moon)
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3, 2, 1, Kaboom. This week I blow up the moon, and this podcast, by doing my first ever official solo episode. (I think I had a solo Grammys show like 3 years back, but we all know the Grammys don't actually matter) I'm here to dissect one of the more bizarre entries into That Awful Sound cannon: a collaboration between Blues Traveler, JC Chasez, and 3OH!3. Blow Up The Moon is the titular track from an album full of unwanted collaborations including Jewel, Rome without Sublime, and a guy from American Pie. Not bizarre enough, you claim? Well, the music video was generated using Grand Theft...
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157 - PS3 Owner (Eighteen Visions - Victim)
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This week we revisit early 2000's metalcore, and then flash-forward 6 years to when it got extremely bad, with Eighteen Visions' "Victim." We discuss the band's transformation over their career, from interesting and good to opening for Hinder. Music We Like: Touche Amore's Green, Daughters' Satan in the Wait, R'n'R, Doomriders, and Suicide File.
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156 - Western Waxing (Paula Cole - Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?)
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This week Leigh joins me to talk about not being allowed to listen to Alanis, not wanting to shave her armpits, and a song we both still kind of like: Paula Cole's "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? We go over the amazingly misinterpreted lyrics of this song, including anti-feminists misreadings by Spin Magazine, Rush Limbaugh, and former congressman Allen West. Music we still like: Swirlies - They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World of the Salons and Lisa Loeb's Silly Sing-along
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155 - FILM (Dashboard Confessional - Vindicated)
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Welcome back to the show! This week we're returning to mid-00's radio demo with Dashboard Confessional and Spider-Man 2. We cover the history of this song, including the fact that it was written in 10 minutes by an inspired Chris Carraba after a screening of Spider-Man 2. We also suss out the creepiness of these lyrics, one listener's overtly creepy interpretation of these lyrics, and Cohost Tony reminisces about carrying around a watercolor portrait of Chris Carraba in his three-ring binder. Music We Like: Thrice - The Grey, Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth, Zeta - L'antiteoria Del Todo
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