What a beautiful face we have found in this place - it's Josh Tyson's face, specifically!
Josh is an actor and sometime musician based in NYC and he has joined us in all his effervescent glory this week to make his case for one of the ultimate nerdy white guy albums: Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over the Sea. In The Aeroplane..., with its jangling guitar, warbling vocals from lead singer and songwriter Jeff Mangum, and dark, at-times grotesque lyrics, has become a touchstone of late 90s indie rock. Josh spins one hell of a yarn himself, tracing his love for this album all the way back to his first encounters with "oldies" radio and his own attempts at songcraft over the years. We jam on how deceptively simple these songs are and how, at the end of the day, the power will always rest with how personal you can make your art. Oh, and Josh sings a lot in this episode! It's a hoot.
Will his case cut the mustard and earn Mr. Mangum a spot in the pantheon? You know how to find out.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Michael mentions at one point how he believed Neutral Milk Hotel played on the last episode of The Colbert Report, as Stephen Colbert is quite the NMH fan. Turns out they didn't actually play live but "Holland, 1945" did play over the closing credits. So they were there in spirit.
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It’s Scorpio season, and all Michael wanted for his birthday this year was the chance to nominate another album to join the pantheon. Well who are we to deny people their wishes? Especially in this economy. So this week Michael is nominating a downtempo classic from the early aughts - “Simple Things” by Zero 7 - and we’ve enlisted former guest and TTRPG enthusiast, The Bad Spot's own Matt Risby, to serve as co-host and adjudicator. It’s an album that doesn’t sound like the rest of Michael’s angsty guitar-soaked favorites. It made a much bigger splash across the pond, and it may owe a lot to bands like Massive Attack and Air. We also have some things to say about Zero 7’s inclusion on the “Garden State” soundtrack, and well, there may or may not be a Mystery Science Theater 3000 style episode ahead of us. It’s the most chill way we could think of to celebrate Michael’s birthday. Tune in to see if he gets his wish.
Check out Matt playing VOID 1680 AM (with a special appearance from Tyler).
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Don’t tell our moms, but we’ve got another stranger on the pod. (And a foreigner no less.) This week we’re talking to Rich Hammond - musician, mental health advocate, and author of the blog Record Reconstructor - about a shoegazey little gem from the early aughts: “Asleep in the Back” by the UK band Elbow. So it was really just an excuse for us to talk about ALL the amazing music coming out of the UK during that time period by bands like Muse, Doves, and…another band that may have gotten their start in Oxford. The music might be a bit melancholy, but our guest sure isn’t. And he’s only a few weeks away from completing his quest to listen to 1000 albums before the end of 2025! Will he succeed? We don’t know, because the year’s not up yet. Will his album choice go to 11? Guess you'll have to listen to find out.
Learn more about Rich’s quest and read all his musings on music at Record Reconstructor.
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The leaves are fallin', the pumpkins are spicin', and we can't think of a better way to celebrate autumn than to finally welcome the one and only Lauren Robinson onto the pod!
That's right, Tyler's one and only sister has brought us a little taste of the Northeast with Noah Kahan's megahit album "Stick Season (Forever)". We dive into Lauren's emo roots, her dedication to the art of the mixtape, and, of course, do a little reminiscing on Lauren and Tyler's shared musical souls. What more could you want??
But will Lauren do her family proud and gain entrance into the pantheon for "Stick Season (Forever)"? Tune in to find out. (For the record, Lauren always does her family proud.)
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You might say this week’s guest is one smooth operator. We’re talking to the ridiculously talented actor and playwright Paul Oakley Stovall. He’s taking us all the way back to the early days of VH1 with the second album from Sade, Promise. And before you start relegating this music to the aisles of CVS or to those late-night smooth jazz radio stations, you better listen to what Paul has to say. He even invokes James Baldwin! The fact is that this band - led by singer Sade Adu - has made an album with pure honest poetry, genuine beauty, and downright audacity. Dare we call it the sweetest taboo?
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This week's episode is alllllll vibes, baby!
Like, it actually is all about "Vibras" by J Balvin. So it is LITERALLY all vibes. I'm not kidding.
We welcome Tyler's dear friend Marcy Barbeau onto the pod this week to tell us exactly how and when to implement "Vibras", because she's an expert. Marcy and Tyler got their starts in the theatre together in high school (another LHS Flyer representing on the pod) and Marcy has gone on to design lights for theater and opera all over the world. She's really really good at it. In building her case for the perfection of "Vibras", Marcy brings us back to sun dappled barbecues and a season of bilingual romance. She sheds a little light on exactly why you should add "Vibras" to your rotation, if you haven't already.
Will her case have what it takes to gain "Vibras" a spot in the pantheon? You know what you gotta do to find out.
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Brush up your Irish brogues, y'all. This week Kerstin Vaughn is taking us to church as she makes a case for the 2014 eponymous debut album from Hozier. It's an album that may have caused her to wrestle with her Christian upbringing, and to that we say, "Welcome to group!" She talks about her family's eclectic listening habits, her transition from band geek to theatre geek, and her love for the poetry of this "fae king." Just don't ask her what her favorite U2 song is.
Special thanks to Luke and Tom at Chicago Podcast Studio and Creator Space for making us look and sound so good!
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Go ahead, you can laugh all you want. We were never cool in school, but we sure as hell hope you remember us. We are back, booked, blessed, and in the same room together for our first episode of season 9! And we're talking with OUR favorite piano man - Aaron Aptaker - about HIS favorite piano man and the eponymous debut album from Ben Folds Five. (Which might not really be an eponymous album, if Aaron's theory is correct). It's not the first time we've invoked Mr. Folds's name on the pod, and it probably won't be the last.
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Get your earholes AND your eyeballs ready! We're doing video all season long. Starting September 16th.
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One more look back (but certainly not in anger) before we officially break for the summer! This week, Tyler shares a bit of what he loved most about the first 100 episodes, presents some curated back catalog clips, and calls out the albums he think you need to listen to right now.
Cheers to y'all once again, thanks so much for listening. Onward and upward, I say.
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Before we go on hiatus for the summer, we're each looking back on the first 100 episodes. This week it's Michael's turn, and he's taking you on a walking tour of Canton, New York, as he remembers some of his favorite moments on the podcast.
Also, and this is totally unrelated, did you know he likes Pearl Jam?
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In Part 2 of the celebration of our 100th episode, we get up to more hijinks with our buddy Ashlyn Lozano! We look to the future and discuss our vision of where we’d like to go next with the pod. There might also be some mention of a few of our dream guests?? And we officially, jointly nominate Queens of the Stone Age’s “Songs for the Deaf” for inclusion in the pantheon. Ash is a loyal listener and rock aficionado, so she puts us through our paces as we make our case for this gem of 00’s desert rock. Will she rubber stamp our pick? Only one way to find out.
And finally, we close out our episode by sharing the truly amazing messages of congratulations we received from many of our former guests. We feel so lucky to have friends like y’all. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you all. Much LOVE.
Don’t miss this one! Here’s to a hundred more!
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Man, it’s a milestone day! 100 freaking episodes. Time really has flown since we started chatting music with y’all. We’ve loved every minute so far.
As such, we are marking the occasion with our very first VIDEO EPISODE. Your boys are catching up with the times. I’m no Thelma Schoonmaker so goodness knows the video editing will be a little rough around the edges. But fear not, I intend to sharpen those skills post-haste.
We also decided to flip the script on ourselves even further and are welcoming our dear buddy, and fan favorite friend-of-the-pod, Ashlyn Lozano on as our guest host! It really could only be Ash, right?
In Part 1 of our 100th Episode Extravaganza, Ashlyn leads us on a walk down memory lane. We dive into the origins of this project, some of the defining moments for each of us, and reveal which one of us has designs on launching another pod??
We couldn’t be more grateful to y’all for joining us on this journey and we hope you enjoy this week’s celebration of the little community we have sprouting up around us. Let us know if there are any memorable moments from our first 100 episodes that have stuck with you!
And make sure to come back next week when Michael and I jointly nominate the 100th album to enter the This One Goes to 11 pantheon!
We love ya, friendos.
Xoxox, Michael & Tyler
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On this week’s very special episode of This One Goes to 11, Michael and Tyler welcome DJ Jeff Tammy into the virtual living room. You do not want to miss this one.
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We just couldn't make it to episode 100 without covering one more musical. We're theatre boys, after all. So we invited Mike's dear college friend Madelaine Strickland to make a case for the soundtrack to a very contemporary musical - Lempicka by Carson Kreitzer and Matt Gould. Never heard of it? Not surprised. It didn't last 2 months on Broadway. But Madelaine thinks it deserved better, and she's making a case for it to join the pantheon and have a little more life.
The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely Madelaine's own and do not reflect the views of her employer.
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We've been covering quite a few female artists this season, but finally, at long last, we have arrived at the Queen of Lilith Fair herself - Sarah McLachlan - and her early 90s masterpiece "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy." (Which is NOT the one with the song that plays in all those commercials with the neglected puppies.) Our guest? Arguably better than ice cream. It's Chicago-based musician, music educator, and Erykah Badu fan Tim Fawkes, who is now the first person to invoke Meredith Brooks' name on the pod. Do we talk about Lilith Fair? Of course we do. Do we consider her place in the pantheon of talented Canadian singer-songwriters? Yes indeed. Do we connect the experience of listening to this album with an obscure SNL commercial parody? Guess you're going to have to listen to find out.
Also because we are committed to truth in journalism, we have a bit of fact checking on this episode: Michael and Tim did not see The Futureheads at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Philadelphia. They saw Gomez at the TLA. Glad that's all cleared up.
Check out Tim's band Midnight Hour Soul on Instagram and IRL at Montrose Beach this summer.
And learn more about that SNL sketch here.
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We're back with some bonus content. This time we're talking with Mars Wolfe about the album that kicked off the pandemic for so many music enthusiasts out there - "The Slow Rush" by Tame Impala.
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Well hello there, ya made it back for another edition of This One Goes to 11, did ya? We’re darn glad ya did. We quite enjoy making this piece of podcasting for you. It’s a good thing in my life. This is Tyler, btw! Michael and I split up editing duties and I edited Mars’s episode. (Michael’s better at editing than I am, for surrrre. I’m not mad about it! He's a wizard.)
But I digress. MARS WOLFE.
Full stop.
That should be all the convincing you need to join us for this episode. But that’s not all…
SOLANGE.
Name a more iconic duo, I dare ya.
Mars brought their prodigious talent to this week’s meeting of the tribunal. Arguing with the lightest touch and the sharpest wit for the perfection of Solange’s 2016 gem “A Seat at the Table”. A truly remarkable piece of music that blends all of Solange’s best qualities into a statement of singular artistic intent. It’s remarkable. Truly amazing.
But is it “perfect”? Will Mars stick the landing and earn a spot for Solange in the pantheon? Pull a chair up. You know we’ve got room for ya.
Keep yourself apprised of all Mars’s doings on their digital platform: marswolfe.com
And Solange has one of those too! Here is St. Heron: saintheron.com
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It took us 95 episodes, but at long last, we're tackling a country album. Or are we? Who cares, y'all? Because we've got the Spotify-proclaimed dancing queen herself - the hilarious Julianne Lang - and she's here to talk about The Chicks' "Wide Open Spaces." She's also here to deliver a stirring rendition of the bridge of her standout track, to tell you the correct number of times to see "Wicked" in theaters, and to take all those jukebox musical producers to task for their lack of originality. Did we devolve into giggles by the end of the conversation? We sure did. But did this album make it into the pantheon? We'll never tell. So listen to the episode already.
If you're in Los Angeles, go see Julianne at Upright Citizens Brigade as part of the Lasers team on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. Or just follow her on Instagram.
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Our newest segment is back! This week Krissy Vanderwarker has a thing or two to say about the deliciously queer cotton candy of Chappell Roan's "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess."
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