This video is late, and by late I mean three months late. I intended to do it first thing after vacation and I just kept getting sidetracked -- by other projects, by a broken camera, by an unexpected visit from my parents, by the fact that the script fucking sucked and I kept having to rewrite it -- I worry that this has rotted on the vine, afte...
2023-11-17 00:08:07 +0000 UTC View PostAh ha ha my ancient camera that I should've replaced a billion years ago (we partially filmed Suburban Knights on it. It's old.) won't let me get the goddamn files off of it because both the USB port and the SD card reader stopped working. So it's in the shop! I've been trying to get this episode done since, no joke, before I went on summer vaca...
2023-11-03 17:19:31 +0000 UTC View Post
There’s a viral Tumblr post, pretty well-known by now, where Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” is rewritten so that Jolene is some unspeakable, Lovecraftian monstrosity who portends the apocalypse. You know it; “We cower here beneath your gaze, that sets the earth and sky ablaze, have mercy at the end of days, Jolene.” People have added what m...
2023-11-01 00:11:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Does this count? I say it does... not. But I did it anyway. Happy Halloween!
As always, check my editing for me please. And as always, please vote in the Song vs. Song poll. We're doing The Foo Fighters' "My Hero" vs. The Smashing Pumpkins' "Bullet with Butterfly Wings." 2023-10-12 22:11:34 +0000 UTC View Post
I was supposed to be doing actual things for work but I got sidetracked with a perpetually updating supercut. I'm not charging for this since it's not an actual episode; now I have to put the actual episode I was working on on hold because I have to work on the Halloween episode now. (The Spooktacular returns! Stay tuned)
Anyway, I'm looki...
2023-10-07 15:38:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Kelly Clarkson is divorced, y’all. I saw her in Vegas, right at the start of my vacation, and she may be one of the most divorced women I’ve ever seen. Not in an unpleasant or bitter way or anything, the night was a blast. But she was promoting her long-awaited divorce album, so the topic was naturally gonna come up, and yes, there ...
2023-10-01 00:22:50 +0000 UTC View Post
First off, here's the Song vs. Song poll. We're doing Mariah and Boyz II Men's "One Sweet Day" vs. Elton John's "Candle in the Wind '97." https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-one-day-89146508
Secondly, please check my work. I'm back! I guess.&...
2023-09-12 07:52:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Yet another I somehow haven't done. I think there's a movie coming out or something. Sorry for the bad upload earlier, couldn't fix it right away.
Oh and please catch my errors.
Oh and please vote in the Song vs. Song poll. We're doing something timely this time: "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus" vs. "vampire" by Olivia Rodrigo: 2023-07-20 07:46:37 +0000 UTC View Post
“Ramble On” is just a feature I came up because with I wanted more money, and I needed to give people a reason to subscribe to this Patreon. But I found it’s been helpful for me, to help me get out my thoughts on things that in a little more thoughtful, deeper way than I do with my whole “YouTube snark douche” routine. But sometimes I ...
2023-07-03 19:01:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Welp. Yes, that "Fast Car."
As always, please tell me if you see any major errors.
And as always, please vote in the Song vs. Song poll. We're doing "Come On Eileen" vs. "Take on Me." But the ska versions. Save Ferris vs. Reel Big Fish. ...
2023-07-03 18:34:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Ringo!
Anyway: Please vote in the Song vs. Song poll where we're doing "Born in the USA" vs. "Rockin' in the Free World": https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-born-in-84763700
And as always: If you see any errors, lemme know.
2023-06-18 18:51:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, so here’s my issue: Killing people is weird. I mean, yes, I know it’s wrong, that’s the main thing, but also, it’s weird, right? Have you ever thought about that? How weird killing people is? Most people don’t do that! I just did a Google search and the first site I read said that probably only about 48 people in a million have e...
2023-05-31 19:32:59 +0000 UTC View Post
I wish I worked a little bit quicker.
Anyway, as always, please lemme know if you see any errors. Also: of course, please vote in the Song vs. Song poll! This week, inspired by last month's coronation, we are arguing over "Anarchy in the UK" vs. "London Calling"! ...
2023-05-18 19:45:49 +0000 UTC View Post
I had a conversation once with a friend about which pop stars would make it into the pop-averse Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Mariah Carey? Almost definitely – she’s a powerhouse vocalist, she wrote most of her songs, her music is enough in the soul/r&b tradition that the traditionalist rock hall writers would approve. George Michael? Th...
2023-05-01 17:08:15 +0000 UTC View Post
I got this done. Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop.
I'm sure this is full of errors (I'm so tired), but please check them for me.
And speaking of classic hip-hop, please vote in this Song vs. Song poll where we argue about "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" vs. "Gangsta's Paradise"! 2023-04-29 16:28:17 +0000 UTC View Post
We're doing Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" vs. Talking Heads' "Burning Down the House." Vote now! https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-vs-down-81490989
Anyway, I swear I'm trying to get this video done this month. The month got away from me, p...
2023-04-23 06:23:33 +0000 UTC View Post
My deep dark secret is that I’ve never been much bothered by Kid Rock, or at least the vast majority of his career. I still like “Bawitdaba” and “Cowboy” as much as I did in junior high. I’ve never found “All Summer Long” particularly objectionable. The rhyme of “things” and “things” doesn’t bother me. Disliking Kid Roc...
2023-04-05 06:26:40 +0000 UTC View Post
This was supposed to be done by the end of February but other projects, personal shit and illnesses got in the way. Here it is! Help me out and catch any errors.
And please vote in the Song vs. Song poll! Next one we're doing is "Glamorous" by Fergie vs. "Jenny from the Block" by Jennifer Lopez. 2023-03-30 17:24:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Welp.
Anyway, please vote in the Song vs. Song poll, we're doing "It's Tricky" by Run-DMC vs. "No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn" by the Beastie Boys. https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-its-vs-79799829
And as always, if you see any errors, you kno...
2023-03-12 18:51:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt's Creed's "With Arms Wide Open" vs. Nickelback's "How You Remind Me." Exciting! https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-with-vs-79073692
I hate posting things without a video attached but this month I think I am getting out two episodes....
2023-03-03 18:41:12 +0000 UTC View Post
The curse of the white woman is to be disadvantaged in some ways and privileged in others, so that when they talk about serious women’s issues it can sound like they’re ignoring the vast amounts of advantages they do have – hence the rise of the term “white feminism” as a pejorative. And to be fair, the term doesn’t come from nothing...
2023-02-23 23:51:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Ugh, getting back into the groove after those exhausting top tens is always hard. I'm back, all right, I managed to finish a video. (This one is also a gift to someone who found me part of a missing Behind the Music.) As always, if you see any errors, lemme know.
And as always, we have a Song vs. Song, one where we get funky! Please vote o...
2023-02-17 18:30:35 +0000 UTC View PostI hate putting up the poll when I don't have a new video out yet but this one is IMPORTANT. It's our 100th episode!!!! We're doing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" vs. NIN's "Closer" so please please please vote now!
Martin Johnson is the frontman of Boys Like Girls, one of many emo-pop also-rans who lit up the mid-to-late 2000s with high-pitched vocals and lyrics about getting out of “this town.” Kirin J. Callinan is a musical shitposter ...
2023-01-31 17:29:22 +0000 UTC View Post
It's very late and I need to go to bed. When I wake up I'm sure you all will have caught many mistakes I made. Thanks so much.
And as always don't forget to vote in the Song vs. Song poll. We're doing "Whip It" vs. "Cars." https://www.patre...
2023-01-20 10:09:37 +0000 UTC View Post
The first time I heard Elvis sing “Trouble” it knocked my fucking teeth out. I don’t remember where or when it was – I was a kid, I know that, and I remember it was on TV. Probably one of my parents watching an Elvis retrospective on PBS or something. I’m gonna guess it was from the ’68 Comeback Special, which I’ve never actually w...
2023-01-03 00:54:33 +0000 UTC View Post
/edit: Now with ending! As most of you pointed out, it ended up abruptly about a minute early. I am fixing this as we speak. If the video is not working right now, that's because it's still converting; just check back in ten or twenty minutes, or possibly a little bit longer because the video is humongous and will take a bit to upload 2022-12-22 09:10:51 +0000 UTC View Post
As always, I will need your help in getting the votes up for SvS, where we are doing a doozy, "As It Was" by Harry Styles vs. Taylor Swift's "Anti-Hero." Is this a hint for the best list or worst list? Who knows? https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-poll-as-it...
2022-12-14 20:44:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Fun fact: I don't give out requests anymore, but someone found me a copy of an obscure hip-hop documentary I'd been looking for, so I gave them a request out of gratitude. Here we go!
As always, catch my errors!
And as always, please vote in the Song vs. Song poll. We're doing "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" vs. "Jingle Bell Rock...
2022-12-01 04:58:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the dumbest thing I've ever made. Sometimes you just gotta follow your muse. (Direct link here: https://vimeo.com/769325472/9e127e6b05)
Anyway, please catch any mistakes I made, because stupidity is no excuse for sloppiness. And as always vote in t...
2022-11-10 08:14:34 +0000 UTC View Post