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WEBVTT 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:05.120 I'm Christine. 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:06.480 And I'm Christina. 00:00:06.719 --> 00:00:09.279 In 2024, I moved to Texas from LA. 00:00:09.359 --> 00:00:14.640 And to keep in touch, Christine and I started a weekly game where we each pick a song that fits a chosen theme. 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:21.039 This game deepened our understanding of each other and the songs that shape us, inspiring the podcast you're listening to now. 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:25.280 Each week we share our pics, swap stories, and dig into tracks you might love. 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:27.600 And a lot of the time have never heard of. 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:32.320 Welcome to Stereothematica, your favorite atypical music podcast. 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:36.799 Christine, how's your memory? 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:39.840 Oh God, why do why do we have to talk about that? 00:00:40.159 --> 00:00:42.799 For some reason, I feel like you have a better memory than I do. 00:00:43.039 --> 00:00:47.600 You know, it's not so much that, and I know what you're getting at. 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:53.520 I think that sometimes these episodes thinking about music will jog my memory. 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:56.960 But I forget so much. 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:00.640 Names of people, words, names of movies. 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:02.240 I'm really bad with that. 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:03.359 I get that. 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:14.400 I think my struggle is like I can remember the lyrics, like every lyric to a song that I first, you know, heard when I was 13. 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:20.959 And yet I can't remember like large chunks of my childhood and adult life. 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:21.680 Yeah. 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:33.920 Well, the lyrics thing makes sense, and I have that definitely where I'm like constantly amazed when I find a song that I haven't heard in a long time and I know the lyrics almost perfectly. 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:39.280 But I think it's because like, especially when you're younger, it's your brain is just like absorbing all that. 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:43.040 But then to your point, why aren't we absorbing all those memories? 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:52.879 Then like we know these lyrics to these songs, that why not like a vivid image of what happened at the well, I was gonna say at the dentist. 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:55.359 Hi, you're in Dentist. 00:01:55.920 --> 00:02:01.359 Oh, this podcast is gonna have a lot of dentist fans at some point, anyway. 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:06.079 But but also I think the thing is with that, is that music makes things stick. 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:07.200 Yeah, that's true. 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:20.800 So yeah, I literally I was at an event once where they were using 45s as centerpieces, like they had put like the little 45 down and then put stuff on top of it. 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:24.319 And I picked up the one at my table and it was Mr. 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:25.360 S Sings. 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:33.520 And this was a record that my me and my sister and my cousins would put on in the basement of my cousin's house. 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:37.759 And I still, I was like, I know what this is, and I could remember the words before I even heard it. 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:39.360 And I went home that night and put it on. 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:42.560 It was that freaking it's from like the 70s or something. 00:02:42.639 --> 00:02:46.719 Yeah, like anyway, that's not what we're talking about today, but weird thing. 00:02:46.960 --> 00:03:00.960 I picked this theme last year a little after I had come back from my friend's birthday weekend, where I had heard a song, and it had been so many years, like over a decade, since I had heard that song. 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:10.159 And oddly enough, or probably like appropriately enough, the people who I was spending the weekend with were the ones who introduced me to the song in the first place. 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:28.719 And so we're listening to so much good music at this birthday weekend, and like that's one of the things I love is having friends like you, but like a lot of my friends who have excellent taste in music or like musicians, and they can not only play great music, but then introduce you to good music. 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:40.319 And so my friends, Kelly and Travis, it was their, you know, Kelly's birthday weekend, and they are both musicians, and I hear this song, and like I'm bopping around to it. 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:43.199 I'm just like, oh my gosh, I love that song, whatever. 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:47.360 Before I have time to shazam it, the song is over. 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:49.280 Like it's already changed to the next song. 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:54.400 And I don't feel like it's my place to go back and like skip the phone or whatever's playing. 00:03:54.479 --> 00:04:00.159 So I go up to Travis and I'm like, hey, what's that song that's like me, me? 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:05.039 And since I'm not very good at it, why don't we just listen to it together? 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:10.159 Here's Magnet by NRBQ from their 1972 album, Scraps. 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:18.160 I'm like a magnet. 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:23.360 You're like a piece of wood. 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:26.480 Take it together. 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:31.279 Don't make me feel so good. 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:33.360 Christine, did you know this song? 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:37.680 I remember when you shared it, I'm like, oh my god, I've I don't think I've ever heard this. 00:04:37.839 --> 00:04:38.639 I love it though. 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:39.920 Oh but oh good. 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:47.199 But as no, and and as since you've shared it, I've been listening to it more and I'm like, I feel like I do know this, but I don't know how. 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:48.480 Weird, right? 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:53.360 Like it's kind of like one of those ones where you're just like, how do I know this song? 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00:04:54.000 --> 00:05:00.639 And this is where, you know, luckily, when I hummed my horrible rendition to my friend Travis, he knew exactly. 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:02.079 Oh, thank you. 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:03.920 I mean, that was kind of spot on, right? 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:05.519 Listener, way in. 00:05:05.759 --> 00:05:06.079 Yep. 00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:14.079 But it I truly, I can't be sure, but I don't think I've ever heard this song outside of that friend circle. 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:14.720 Wow. 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:21.360 So when I discovered it again, I saved it, of course, and my Spotify likes. 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:25.680 And I've I've been putting it on from time to time when I want a little dancing around. 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:26.240 Yeah. 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:28.720 But it seems like a little bit of a deep cut. 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:40.000 So that's what I wanted to talk about, a rediscovery, especially because this was one I do not think it had probably been over a decade since I had heard the song and then heard it again. 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:46.639 And I wanted to learn more about this band and what's up with the song because the lyrics are a little bit funny, right? 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:47.759 Yeah, silly. 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:48.480 Yeah. 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:56.399 So anyway, NRBQ comes from New Rhythm and Blues Quintet, which they were originally called. 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:59.839 Although I feel like they always had four members. 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:01.920 So I don't know, maybe that was a joke. 00:06:02.079 --> 00:06:03.199 I could be wrong as well. 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:10.480 And the band formed in 1965 in Louisville, Kentucky, where a lot of my family calls, oddly enough. 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:15.120 And while this band appears to have a cult following, they never really made it big. 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:22.240 They had one song that made it to number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it's really bad, in my opinion. 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:24.800 It's not Magnet, you'll be happy to know. 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:28.800 It's a song called Get That Gasoline Blues. 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:36.399 And it's basically a parody of Danny and the Juniors at the Hop in the wake of the OPEC oil embargo. 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:37.040 Oh no. 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:41.519 And I will link to it, but again, it's not very good. 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:53.360 And I think the one thing that I've picked up on a little bit about this band is that they're kind of maybe a little bit cheesy, if you can imagine the get that gasoline blues. 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:53.839 Yep. 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:58.319 So that's where I was like, what is it about magnet that draws me in? 00:06:58.560 --> 00:06:58.800 Yeah. 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:08.160 And why couldn't I remember it like enough to have it in my my music awareness, my catalog after you know, so many years? 00:07:08.399 --> 00:07:12.319 I do like the the humor and the lightheartedness of this tune. 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:13.360 Very you, yeah. 00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:14.240 Oh, you think so? 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:15.279 Oh, yeah. 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:18.720 It's got that, you know, dancing around. 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:20.319 Yeah, very jaunty. 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:21.759 Yes, very jaunty. 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:25.519 The lively piano rhythm, a little snappy drum beat. 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:30.720 And then I think the thing that seals the deal for me is his funny singing style. 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:31.279 Yeah. 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:37.199 All of it together makes me just sway along to the music and just the way that you are you're intimating. 00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:42.000 And I think there's a special lyric for you, Christine, that you might like. 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:42.480 Oh, yeah. 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:43.759 I wonder if you caught it. 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:44.720 I did. 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:47.120 I'm like a robot. 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:51.279 You're like the Queen Mary. 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:56.079 I like how he breaks up Mary too. 00:07:56.480 --> 00:07:57.120 Sorry. 00:07:57.680 --> 00:07:58.480 No, it's perfect. 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:00.240 Thomas' probably gonna cut that. 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:01.680 No, he shouldn't. 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:03.519 I'm like a robo. 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:08.720 You're like the Queen Mary. 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:12.240 I play the tango. 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:17.199 You play the tangle. 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:20.959 He also mentions the tango. 00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:22.079 Oh perfect. 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:23.199 Is the song his favorite? 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:23.680 Yes. 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:24.319 I know. 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:29.439 It is funny that you're because wait, have we mentioned you getting married on the Queen Mary? 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:31.600 Um, or did you actually not get married there? 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:34.480 Well, okay, we we got yeah, with the reception. 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:36.240 We got married in in a church. 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:37.519 Well, in Long Beach, yeah. 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:38.639 Can I just ask? 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:39.120 Yeah. 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:43.919 Was the Queen Mary like a national thing back then? 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:47.200 Like, what's not not like you were getting married in the 70s, sorry. 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:51.039 Yeah, I'm not saying that, but like, okay, why do people know about it? 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:55.279 Because it was like used in the war. 00:08:55.519 --> 00:08:56.399 Oh, is that right? 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:56.960 Yeah, yeah. 00:08:57.120 --> 00:09:02.080 I think it's historical, I think it's it's a monument of some sort. 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:03.120 I think you are right. 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:03.440 Yeah. 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:06.080 Listeners, sorry, because this is Thomas, sorry. 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:07.279 Yeah, Thomas. 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:09.200
Thomas knows about the Queen Mary. 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:20.080 There is a big ass ship down in Long Beach called the Queen Mary, and just the fact that they mentioned it in this song is funny to me because it's I don't know. 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:24.879 To me, it feels niche, but I guess it's like people should know about big boats. 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:25.360 Yes. 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:33.679 Well, it's a historic retired ocean liner functioning as a floating hotel, museum, and tourist attraction located on Long Beach. 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:34.320 Queen's Highway. 00:09:34.960 --> 00:09:35.039 Yep. 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:35.279 Yep. 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:36.639 So well, I want to go. 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:37.919 I've ridden my bike down there. 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:38.320 Oh. 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:41.360 Anyway, back to my song. 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:52.320 I guess it's probably no surprise if our listeners aren't familiar with NRBQ, because like I said, Magnet's the only song I know, and I've only ever heard it from one source. 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:56.559 But again, this band has a cult following. 00:09:57.039 --> 00:10:09.279 While the band's membership has changed many, many times since their formation, according to Wikipedia, there are 14 past members and four current members, of which only Terry Adams is a founding member. 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:14.320 The band is known for their live shows, which they perform without a set list. 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:16.879 Do we do we think that's impressive? 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:22.720 I mean, don't you think they actually maybe it's not an actual paper, but that's they know what they're gonna play. 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:24.000 They know what they're gonna play. 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:26.399 It's kind of like, you know, if there's a house band. 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:27.120 Yeah. 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:32.960 They're not probably writing down a set list and being like, This is what we're doing tonight, bros. 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:33.360 No. 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:34.000 Anyway. 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:36.159 How many songs do they really even have? 00:10:36.559 --> 00:10:37.200 A lot. 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:38.879 They have a lot of songs. 00:10:39.919 --> 00:10:42.879 But you know, there's probably the faves that they perform live. 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:47.039 I always like it when you yell out a song at a show and then the band plays it. 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:54.639 Yeah, that's like right when, like, of course, they're gonna eventually play it, but at that moment when somebody calls it, that they do play it. 00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:55.279 Fun. 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:55.759 Yeah. 00:10:56.000 --> 00:11:00.000 Have you ever been to a show where they play a song twice? 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:02.000 No, I haven't either. 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:03.200 I think that would be really funny. 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:03.919 Okay. 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:04.240 Wait. 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:07.120
Did I ever tell you about the time that I went to a show? 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:08.960 And this is so embarrassing. 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:23.200 I probably have talked about on the podcast, but like it was a it's like a folky Canadian, like really low-fi band, which I loved, but I got fucked up and then yelled out for them to play a song that they had already played. 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:26.480 It would have been funny if they played it again for you. 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:27.200 I know, right? 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:29.679 And they'll be like, let's do a reprise. 00:11:30.080 --> 00:11:32.159 It's gotta happen from time to time. 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:33.360 I wish it would. 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:36.879 And I wish everyone would forget that I just shared that. 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:38.960 Anyway, I don't think you've shared that one before. 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:39.679 That's good. 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:40.000 Yeah. 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:55.279 So some of the most famous followers of this band or celebr celebrators, celebrities who like the band are Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, the replacements, Yo La Tango, and more. 00:11:55.519 --> 00:12:08.080 While a tribute cover album of their work was released in 2004 with such heavy hitters as Jay Maskis, Bonnie Raitt, Steve Earl, Los Lobos, and more. 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:09.200 Unbelievable. 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:11.200 You're not gonna believe this part. 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:18.480 On said cover album, there was a 17-minute Spongebob SquarePants audio cartoon. 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:21.360 And okay, that part I actually believed. 00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:23.279 Well, that's what's so odd to me. 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:32.159 So apparently, it was the Spongebob voice actors who did like a essentially uh a riff of four of NRBQ's songs. 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:34.960 Again, an audio cartoon, which is insane to me. 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:40.320 But this band was also like the Simpsons house band for several years. 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:41.440 I don't even know what they did. 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:42.559 How did you not know that? 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:49.440 I mean, you I know because I'm the one who went to see The Simpsons like live from Springfield at the Hollywood Bowl. 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:50.559 I wonder if they were there. 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:51.759 I'm gonna have to look that up. 00:12:51.840 --> 00:13:03.440 Yeah, but I will link to the Spongebob song and then like a little bit of an explainer because I listened to it today and I'm not really a Spongebob fan, but it was surreal. 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:04.159 I'll just say that. 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:04.639 Okay. 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:16.960 And speaking of Dylan, there's some internet lore, aka Reddit, that says NRBQ served as his backing band for some unreleased songs from under a red sky sessions. 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:18.480 So I don't know. 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:22.960 I pretty much everything after 1980, I was not that into. 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:24.399 I don't even know that one. 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:25.679 I've never heard of it. 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:29.120 And it's it's whatever it's like later, it's like around 1990. 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:30.240 And you know what? 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:44.799 I think that the joy of this song, Magnet, is that it's one of those things where I heard it and I just was like, this is for me, because I listened to the rest of Scraps, the album that Magnet appears on, and for the most part, it's not for me. 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:50.559 It's kind of goofy and not really my style, even though I know I'm a goofy goofy. 00:13:51.120 --> 00:14:06.960 But there were a couple of songs that I did like on there, one of which was only you, which is sweet, and kind of reminds me of The Beatles, and then Boys in the City, which reminds me of Paul Simon, and then maybe like almost a little on the nose, because like what city, New York? 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:10.000 It reminds me of Only Living Boy in New York, which I love. 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:14.159 Anyway, I wish I could have learned more about this band. 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:26.799 They're, you know, a little bit mysterious, but I would have liked to know more about their heyday because it seems like they had a really big impact, but so much is either like behind a paywall or just simply not available online. 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:29.759 So I did a little on-the-ground research. 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:33.200 I texted my aunt and uncle who live in Louisville to ask about them. 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:37.360 And my aunt said they were a big local band in her teens and twenties. 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:41.600 But honestly, based on those fans, it seems like the reach was much further. 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:42.320 Yeah. 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:50.559 So that is my rediscovery song and a little bit of a discovery about a band I didn't know anything about. 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:52.799 Can't wait to hear about yours, Christine. 00:14:53.039 --> 00:15:01.519 Well, first of all, I am curious, but even as much as I liked the song when you shared it, I wasn't that curious to learn more about them. 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:04.159 Because I'm like, this is just a nice song. 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:11.759 But I'm kind of glad with what you're telling me because I felt like, oh God, how did I have a like miss this gap in RBQ? 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:14.799 Like, geez, this is like me not knowing Steely Dan. 00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:17.600 And for the record, I know Steely Dan. 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:18.480 I just I'm not sure. 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:19.519 That would be Steely Dan. 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:21.759 Fine. 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:25.919 But no, that I mean, sometimes you just want a great song. 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:30.159 You don't need to have like the whole, like, I don't know, collection of officers. 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:31.039 Totally agree. 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:32.240 Yeah,
totally agree. 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:34.720 So yeah, it's a starred song for me. 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:35.360 Thanks. 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:36.399 Yeah, thank you. 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:42.639 Okay, so before I get to my rediscovery, I'd like to go back in time to my discovery. 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:44.000 Is that wordplay? 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:45.279 Yeah, kind of. 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:47.200 Disc C D. 00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:47.919 Okay. 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:55.840 So um, way back in the year 2000, I became a member of the iconic LA radio station, KCRW. 00:15:56.399 --> 00:16:03.840 And I credit that first donation to KCRW for today's rediscovery and really so much more. 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:04.639 Damn. 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:08.559 So I was 27 and I had just moved back to LA. 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:18.320 I was in the process of breaking up with my boyfriend, and KCRW was the soundtrack to my few months of being quasi-single. 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:25.679 I say quasi-single because we were technically together, but I just had moved out from our place in Huntington Beach. 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:26.000 Nice. 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:32.799 Anyway, so today, of course, anyone anywhere can listen anytime to KCRW from their computer, phones, whatever. 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:37.440 But back in the early 2000s, it was like an extra special experience. 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:41.360 And you'd have to tune in at a specific time to hear your favorite DJ. 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:48.000 We've talked about Garth Trinidad before, but just curious, do you have any other favorite DJs at KCRW? 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:54.159 Remember when you were like traumatized by the Bookworm uh theme song? 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:54.720 Yeah. 00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:58.240 I really loved that segment, and of course, I loved Bookworm. 00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:58.639 Yeah. 00:16:58.879 --> 00:17:02.159 The song by Sparks, in case anyone was wondering what I was talking about. 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:07.440 I actually I would just listen to KCRW mostly on my commute, like home. 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:12.240 Like on my way to work, I would listen to KXLU, and then on my way home, I would listen to KCRW. 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:13.039 I don't know why. 00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:14.720 Did I ever tell you about the fight? 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:18.640 It wasn't a real fight, but did I ever tell you about my thing with Steve Chiatecas? 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:19.279 No. 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:20.480 Wait, yes, yes. 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:21.359 But tell tell me. 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:25.920 Anyway, if you know who that is, you will know. 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:30.480 He was a little bit snappy with his co-host, and the woman's name is escaping me. 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:34.880 But I basically spoke truth to power and I called him out on it. 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:37.279 But I was a little bit drunk. 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:38.160 Oh man. 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:42.480 I feel like you mentioned this in yes, you have mentioned this. 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:44.960 Like, I I want to go back and find the episode. 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:47.119 We'll have to we'll have to do a deep dive. 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:47.359 Yeah. 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:49.279 Maybe Steve will come on the show. 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:50.079 I know. 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:50.880 Maybe not. 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:51.279 Okay. 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:53.440 But no, that's my answer. 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.079 Okay. 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:54.960 Oh, okay. 00:17:55.039 --> 00:18:00.880 Well, yeah, I I uh over the years, I mean Chris Doritas, Tom Schnabel was another one. 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:02.559 Oh, Cherry Glacer, obviously. 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:03.119 Yeah. 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:06.400 And then today, like, there's Novena Carmel is really good. 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:07.039 That's right. 00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:08.319 Jeremy Sowell. 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:10.720 But anyway, it's just they play a lot of good music. 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:17.039 Interestingly, though, Morning Becomes Eclectic with Jason Bentley, who's like big DJ. 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:19.599 I used to call it Morning Becomes Boring. 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:22.079 Because it is boring. 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:23.279 It's boring. 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:24.720 Snooze Faz. 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:25.519 Right? 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:27.440 Reach out, Jason. 00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:28.640 Sorry. 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:34.960 But anyway, but I I always loved their fun drives. 00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:44.559 Well, especially back in the day, not so much now, because you can get free CDs when you donate a few dollars, usually more than$30, I think it was. 00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:47.119 But yeah, you could like pick your premium. 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:54.319 They had coffee mugs, they had t-shirts, tote bags, maybe, but I always went for the CDs. 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:54.880 Nice. 00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:55.200 Yeah. 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:58.799 And I still listen to a lot of the music from those days. 00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:00.559 Do you listen to them on CD? 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:06.640 You know, I imported most of my music to iTunes, like it was 2004. 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:10.079 So I I got rid of a lot of CDs. 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:13.039 I kind of wish I did. 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:13.759 In my car. 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:16.720 Like I love listening to a CD in the car. 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:19.200 There's so many that I would still listen to. 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:20.640 No, I know. 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:23.039 When we moved, I got rid of a bunch of stuff. 00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:31.599 But one of those early discoveries was the album Juan Manuel, and that's by the Mexican band Plastelina Mosh. 00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:36.480 And what I liked about the album was that it was all over the place. 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:42.000 Like it was disco, electronic, kind of punk house, also very
silly. 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:44.079 I was listening to it a lot. 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:53.759 So much so that in March of 2001, when I signed up on match.com, my username was Plastilina. 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:56.720 Wait, what does that word mean? 00:19:57.039 --> 00:20:04.000 Well, okay, so they actually the band named themselves after the Spanish word for Plastocine. 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:05.279 Kind of like Play Doh. 00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:05.920 Okay. 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:06.720 Basically. 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:10.160 And and of course the mosh mosh for mosh pits. 00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:12.079 So yeah, so that was my name. 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:16.160 Match um yeah, at the time, like I think it was brand new. 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:22.559 My longtime friend, Christina, she was like, hey, there's this new website. 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:23.680 Maybe we should sign up. 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:28.160 She was in a similar situation as I was in, trying to get away from a boyfriend. 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:30.319 And we signed up on the same day. 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:34.559 Obviously, at this time, online dating, uncharted territory. 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:39.200 So naming myself after something that sounded like plastic felt appropriate. 00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:49.279 I also refused to put up a picture, partially because I didn't want to be subjected to the sadistic male gaze, but mostly because I didn't have a digital camera. 00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:49.920 Wow. 00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:50.319 Yeah. 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.359 Dude, it's 2000. 00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:52.720 2000, yeah. 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.359 Yeah. 00:20:53.599 --> 00:21:03.599 Now I know in other episodes I've talked about how I only went on one date and now I'm married to that person who is our editor, the infant Thomas Thomas. 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:08.240 Shout out Match.com for bringing this podcast together. 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:09.119 I know, right? 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:10.799 I mean, it it is kind of. 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:12.799 And reach out if you want to sponsor us. 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.119 Yeah. 00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:14.240 And KCRW. 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:18.960 So I will fast forward to last year when you proposed the theme. 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:23.200 I immediately shared my pick with you because I had just rediscovered it. 00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:26.960 Not on KCRW, but through my Apple Music Station. 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:31.279 And I was so happy when the song Boombox Baby came on. 00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:56.160 What did you say when I heard it? 00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:56.640 You remember? 00:21:57.279 --> 00:22:03.119 No, but I did when I Was listening to it again for this uh episode. 00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:07.599 I felt like it was so of an era. 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:09.440 Yes, definitely. 00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:15.920 You said this song is death giving 1999-2005. 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:19.119 Exclamation point three times. 00:22:19.359
--> 00:22:21.119 Can I admit something embarrassing too? 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.759 Oh, please. 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:23.279 I thought they were French. 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:25.119 Oh no, that's not embarrassing. 00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:25.519 Okay. 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:28.000 Because it felt like very French. 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:33.200 Yeah, it felt French and also like the, you know, they could have been hanging out with like Daft Punk. 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:36.000 And maybe they were contemporaries of them. 00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:37.119 No, I can see that. 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:42.880 And and sometimes, honestly, I think they would sing English and Spanish, but also French, sometimes Italian. 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:44.240 So you're you're not off. 00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:44.480 Okay. 00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:49.440 And they do have that sort of like Daft Punk, even like air. 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:52.640 Like there's they're all in that same yeah, same boat. 00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:53.359 Same boat, tied. 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.480 They're on the Queen Mary. 00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:54.799 Yeah. 00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.759 Exactly. 00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:59.119 So this is their second studio album. 00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:06.799 And even more than the song itself, I have just such fond memories of it because of everything surrounding it. 00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:26.079 And like between 1996 and 2000, I feel like I sort of had a musical reawakening starting with Ozomotli and then a lot of bands singing in Spanish, whether they were from LA like Ozomotle, or Mexico City, like Molotov, or Venezuela, like Los Amigos Invisibles. 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:28.880 Are you familiar with any of these groups? 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:30.720 I do know Ozomotli. 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:41.440 I've heard of Molotov and Los Amigos Invisibles, but I don't know that I like them super like I don't know that I can name any of their songs. 00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:49.440 Yeah, no, they were, I think for me that they were like kind of rising in like the late 90s, and it was like, oh, this is so different. 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:53.279 This is like so much better than the music they play on K rock. 00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:57.519 But okay, but yeah, and they were like all very fun to see in concert. 00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:59.119 I've I've actually seen all of them. 00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.599 Oh, cool. 00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:01.599 Ozomotli several times. 00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:06.160 Uh have you I I feel like that is very early 2000s, Ozomotli. 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:11.119 Yeah, I think I was probably learning about them later in the 2000s. 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.440 Yes. 00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.079 I think. 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:15.200 I mean, you were only 12 around 2000. 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:15.759 I know. 00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:20.880 And you know that like when I moved to Houston is when I started listening to music in Spanish, like independently. 00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:21.920 Yeah. 00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:22.880 No, it was. 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:27.119 I remember like first hearing Osamatli and like, oh my god, this is so much fun. 00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:33.200 Like listen singing along in Spanish, and it was just like, I don't know, it they really opened the door for me. 00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.160 That's so cool. 00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:34.799 Yeah. 00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:46.000 Um, but so Placellina Mosh came out of Monterey, Mexico in the late 90s as part of what was called the Avanzada Regia movement or the Monterey Vanguard. 00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:48.720 It's a wave of bands from Monterey. 00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:51.279 Regia is a person from Monterey. 00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:54.640 I didn't know that until researching for the podcast. 00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:58.400 But they kind of helped redefine Mexican alternative music. 00:24:58.559 --> 00:25:01.759 And it seemed to have all started with this band, Zerdok. 00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.640 Have you heard of them? 00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.119 No. 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:11.599 Okay, so they kicked it off in 1995 when they were the first non-Chilango band to win at a battle of the bands in Mexico City. 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:16.559 And non-Chilango, Christina, do you like someone from Mexico City? 00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:20.559 Yeah, so they were the first person, first band not from Mexico City to win. 00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:22.960 So that was kind of a big deal, got some attention. 00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.519 Cool. 00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.640 There's a few other bands. 00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:27.839 Kinky was another one from Monterey that I really liked. 00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:30.079 And and I'll share some of these links. 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:31.680 So it's good stuff. 00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:39.200 It's like it's weird because I'm not listening to it anymore, but it's it's again for the time, perfect. 00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:45.279 So Placina Moshe is the duo Jonas Gonzalez and Alejandro Rosso. 00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:47.359 And they formed in 1996. 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:51.680 Supposedly they met at a Walmart playing video games. 00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:54.480 But then they say that's not necessarily true. 00:25:54.720 --> 00:26:01.440 Anyway, yeah, they kind of just played around with funk and hip-hop, disco, bossa nova, psychedelic music. 00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:06.160 And as I mentioned, they sang in a few different languages. 00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:09.519 Basically, they were bending genres and having fun with it. 00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:15.920 And their first album, Aquamos, came out in 1998 and is probably their most well-known with Mr. 00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:18.559 Pimosh being their signature track. 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:23.759 It's even used in the FIFA 07 video game. 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.799 Oh shoot. 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:29.599 I do feel like I looked that one up after we saw this one. 00:26:29.839 -->
00:26:31.920 Or after you shared this song with me. 00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:33.680 And I was like Pimosh. 00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:37.680 Yeah, a few of their songs got into different video games. 00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:45.200 But that first album caught the attention of Coldplay producer Chris Allison, who then produced this album in 2000. 00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:51.920 And then Money Mark, unofficially the fourth Beastie Boy, has a co-writing credit on Boombox Baby. 00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:57.440 And then he produced a few other songs on the album, but this is the only one with co-writing credits. 00:26:57.680 --> 00:27:02.000 But I just love how Boombox is so lackadaisically disco and funk. 00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:05.440 It's like you said, very like 1999 to 2000. 00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:42.880 Now I do think you need to listen to it alongside the other 12 songs to fully appreciate the band. 00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.799 It's like the song is good. 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.440 I like it. 00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:49.119 I like it a lot, but it it's it's not life-changing. 00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:50.079 That's okay. 00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.759 Your s your song wasn't life-changing. 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.119 No, no, no, no, no. 00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.640 Just something to listen to. 00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:56.160 A nice song to listen to. 00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:56.559 Yeah. 00:27:56.799 --> 00:28:00.799 And now when I when I do listen to Boombox Baby, I don't just hear the song. 00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:09.039 I hear KCRW in like 2000, and I can see myself getting ready for my first and only internet date. 00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.599 Oh. 00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.079 Yeah. 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.119 That's so beautiful. 00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.720 So yeah. 00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:19.119 Anyway, I've enjoyed this having this time to like think about the song, bringing back these old memories. 00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:24.240 And I do think music has that like power to help jog your memory in a way. 00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.359 Yeah, definitely. 00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:36.960 I know we've talked about like to another place and how music can transport us, but it's also kind of funny when you have a revived memory because of a song that you like here again. 00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:38.880 And then you're like, oh my gosh, this. 00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:39.440 Yeah. 00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:40.559 So I love it. 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.920 Oh my god, I love yours. 00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.960 Yours is so good. 00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:46.319 And now I'm actually really excited to go listen to the rest of the album. 00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:46.640 Yeah. 00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:48.079 Because I think you like. 00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.920 I think I would probably like it too. 00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.799 It's fun. 00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:51.759 Sweet. 00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:54.799 Well, thanks for going on a little rediscovery journey with me, Christina. 00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:55.440 Thank you. 00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.319 Thank you for taking me. 00:28:56.559 --> 00:29:00.160 Can I just give you and everybody else some unsolicited advice real quick? 00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:00.799 I'd love it. 00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.759 I'd love it, please. 00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:04.240 Try painting a picture this summer. 00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.680 I know, scary. 00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:10.240 Because maybe you haven't done something like this since you mix colors in kindergarten. 00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:14.000 But don't you want to unlock the creative part of your brain? 00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:17.200 See if painting might be the thing that sparks joy for you. 00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:20.400 Dude, it's interesting how this idea is stressing me out. 00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:22.480 I might need a little more convincing, please. 00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:27.359 I know, because I bet some of our listeners are sitting there and thinking, this feels weird. 00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:31.039 And I actually agree with you and with you, Christine. 00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:35.920 I haven't picked up a paintbrush in years, but I'm challenging myself as well. 00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:38.160 So that I might feel what artists feel. 00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:43.599 Creativity, wonder, a sense of accomplishment, a sudden urge to cut off my ear. 00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.559 Is that too much? 00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.680 Oh wow. 00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:51.920 Um, no, but you know, I'm getting there. 00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:57.039 And I I do think the fact that I'm resistant to doing this makes me think I should probably give it a try. 00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.160 Yeah, you should. 00:29:58.319 --> 00:30:02.240 And if you do it and your painting sucks, that's all the better. 00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:07.200 I once took a beginner pottery class two times before I could even make a single mug. 00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:09.039 Failure is healthy. 00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:11.519 It's all about the journey to get there. 00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:17.200 And if you do it and your painting doesn't suck, or really, even if it does, send us a photo. 00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:19.279 We'd love to see the fruits of your labor. 00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.400 Advice over. 00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:26.480 Christine, do you have any hints for us for what we might be exploring next week? 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:30.559 I think we're going to warm into our listeners' ears. 00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.200 Ew. 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:35.440 Thanks for listening to Stereothematica. 00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:40.240 If you like what you're hearing, please consider a review, a rating, or share us with a friend. 00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:44.559 And follow us on Instagram where you can share a song you recently rediscovered. 00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:49.039 We also have our infinite Spotify playlist linked in our show notes. 00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:52.720 And visit stereothematica.com for more fun.
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