Mixtape Episode 35: Art Art, Baby
This week, the guys discuss the glorious cinematography that came out of 1991’s “Cool As Ice,” Greg’s standard of approval for well-covered songs, doing math in your head, why you shouldn’t apply...
View ArticleMixtape Episode 36: Guy Fleaman
This week, the guys the 90s film “Mother Night,” Sam Rockwell, the Jaded Hearts Club band, and music that makes you feel. Tracks covered this episode: The Los Sundowns – Al Final de la Tarde [17:00 –...
View ArticleMixtape Episode 37: Lightspeed Through Cleveland
It’s the end of Season 2! We look back on 10 years of Nanobot Rock and share some of those memories. Topics covered include video game imagery, needy Tamagotchis, Corvallis vs. Eugene, and what makes...
View ArticleMixtape Episode 38: Flags at Half Yorke
Welcome to Season 3! We kick off asking U2’s The Joshua Tree: Over/under/laterally rated? Where will music be in the next 5-10 years and should you go full Yorke? We hang out in the UK for this weeks...
View ArticleMixtape Episode 39: La Brea Bayou
This week, the guys reminisce about Treefort (it’ll be back!). Things go sci-fi with talk about synthesizers, robots, time travel, and F-Zero. Soundtrack provided by: Zenith Volt – Supercomputer [6:00...
View ArticleEpisode 40: So-Called Critics
This week, the guys ask “why people feel the need to pick sides?” And discuss metaphoric bass lines with songs by: Giant Sky – Snow [14:45 – 23:56] The Trees the Trees – When It’s Over [23:57 – 34:15]...
View ArticleMixtape Episode 41: Untether the Cheetos
This week we talk about Tina Turner, reminisce about the days of the record store, the universal love of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, the different ways you can pronounce “palladium,” and the pitfalls of...
View ArticleMixtape Episode 42: There’s Our Pauls
This week we discuss two music festivals occurring within six months, breakbeat, the light at the end of the longlonglong darkness, and a little Barry Allen. Tracks we dive into: Pocket Protection –...
View ArticleMixtape Episode 43: Dieter Meier’s Flugelhorn
It’s the Ska Episode! This week the guys discuss Chuck Mangione, the Year That Shall Not Be Named, Pick It Up! – Ska in the 90s, Bad Time Records, and “Skaboom!: An American Ska and Reggae Oral...
View ArticleMixtape Episode 44: Stacking Humans
This week we take on the challenge of discussing bands in the “lower print” of music festivals, and Greg gives his “dos and don’ts” of concert behavior. We ask: Can you really play the “what bands do...
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