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Thor/Thad is the most memorable Wurster character in a loooong time. The voice modulator twist at the end was great payoff to an ancient running gag.
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I wish the first part of the call went on forever. It reminded me of when Tom challenged the Zodiac Killer.
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May 10, 2017 17:03
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apropos of nothing I think "you sound bald" is a top 10 Wursterism for me.
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May 10, 2017 17:20
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I'll gladly take three straight hours of Jessica from Ithaca and Kat from Raleigh IN STUDIO before I ever want to hear another forgettable garage rock band on the show again. Just a void of charisma and interesting conversation.
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May 10, 2017 18:09
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Transistor Rhythm posted:I'll gladly take three straight hours of Jessica from Ithaca and Kat from Raleigh IN STUDIO before I ever want to hear another forgettable garage rock band on the show again. Just a void of charisma and interesting conversation. IDK man, any Jon Spencer/Pier Platters convo has me instantly enthralled. Also reminds me Tom enjoys music beyond the 70s. e: when Tom got all excited about Stones Throw and Quas and PBWolf it was so exciting, but dude was such a snooze ManoliIsFat fucked around with this message at 20:24 on May 10, 2017 |
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May 10, 2017 20:10
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Transistor Rhythm posted:I'll gladly take three straight hours of Jessica from Ithaca and Kat from Raleigh IN STUDIO before I ever want to hear another forgettable garage rock band on the show again. Just a void of charisma and interesting conversation. Thor?
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May 11, 2017 00:00
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Who was the guy from the band who was riding his bike around to decommissioned nuclear silos in new jersey. That was a good call.
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May 11, 2017 01:49
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Transistor Rhythm posted:I'll gladly take three straight hours of Jessica from Ithaca and Kat from Raleigh IN STUDIO before I ever want to hear another forgettable garage rock band on the show again. Just a void of charisma and interesting conversation. Sunshine and the Rain have played at Pat's live shows pretty often and they're one of the few halfway decent bands working out of Jersey City at the moment, so I'm not surprised they popped up now that their record's out. I happened to see them play twice this past weekend without meaning to.
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May 11, 2017 02:19
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I don't mind when Tom has garage and punk bands on because I like a lot of those bands (A Giant Dog etc.) but the interviews usually suck. I also don't really like Sunshine and the Rain. I'll just skip that chunk, whatever
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May 11, 2017 04:30
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Transistor Rhythm posted:I'll gladly take three straight hours of Jessica from Ithaca and Kat from Raleigh IN STUDIO before I ever want to hear another forgettable garage rock band on the show again. Just a void of charisma and interesting conversation. I've always thought it was weird and kind of frustrating how even though Tom knows a lot about music and seems to have good taste, the stuff he plays and the bands he has on the show are largely just as you say, forgettable garage rock bands. If I wanted to listen to that poo poo I'd just tune into my college's radio station.
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May 11, 2017 06:55
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The only good music nowadays comes from small indie bands who are willing to give Tom free stuff.
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May 11, 2017 07:10
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I think it's more that they actually give him permission to play their stuff? Tom's not on the radio anymore, if he plays Led Zeppelin and Abba every week he'll get sued.
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WrathOfBlade posted:I think it's more that they actually give him permission to play their stuff? Tom's not on the radio anymore, if he plays Led Zeppelin and Abba every week he'll get sued. Ya streaming and podcasts are brutal vis a vis RIAA. They make it onerous for the licensing and such, so most will only play independent bands. But also, much contemporary indie that isn't garage rock/garage punk absolutely loving sucks and it's some of the only promising rock left. I mean Tom still plays Destroyer records.
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May 11, 2017 17:59
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ManoliIsFat posted:Ya streaming and podcasts are brutal vis a vis RIAA. They make it onerous for the licensing and such, so most will only play independent bands. Is that true? I listen to at least two podcasts that have a patreon and use licensed music without licensing (near certain on this). Maybe it's just a matter of exposure/how big the podcasts are?
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May 11, 2017 18:24
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Rock music is dead so of course Tom can't find anything to play on the show. Guitars in 2017 are like playing a clarinet in 1992.
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May 11, 2017 18:48
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It's a grey area for shorter snippets of songs, but Tom starts off with three or four songs at the top of the show. He'd be screwed if they did not edit full songs. It would be file sharing.inferis posted:Rock music is dead so of course Tom can't find anything to play on the show. Guitars in 2017 are like playing a clarinet in 1992. Modern rock is on-par with civil war reenactments.
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Seltzer posted:Is that true? I listen to at least two podcasts that have a patreon and use licensed music without licensing (near certain on this). Maybe it's just a matter of exposure/how big the podcasts are? I worked in college radio for years and we had an FFC lic and a stream so I like to think I'm fairly well versed in it, but that was also many years ago, so the landscape might be different today. IDK if it's a legal reason they don't put the songs on the podast, or if that's just a sweetener to get people to listen live. But it's much easier to get caught with MP3s sitting online than during your ephemeral streaming. (not that I think Merge or Goner would ever come after him). Earwolf podcasts you'll hear talking about keeping music shorter than 15 seconds, but that's particular to soundclouds enforcement of RIAA stuff as far as I know. Music for comedic/parodic effect seems the most clearcut "fair use" in my mind, but who wants to go to court?
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May 11, 2017 19:14
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Even the WFMU podcasts edited the songs out because of ASCAP fees etc.
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May 11, 2017 20:39
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Seeing Hollywood Handbook with Tom next weekend at Vulture Festival.
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May 12, 2017 00:19
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I would say that was not one of the better Wurster calls. Staking the bit on a big punchline at the end like that doesn't work as well as a steady stream of jokes and the Wurster character getting laser whipped or whatever.
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I agree that it was way over-telegraphed. I was hoping for an additional twist where Thor actually was a complete badass.
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May 14, 2017 00:54
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I finally got Stroszek on Bluray. Anyone know if there's still a way to get the Tom/AP Mike commentary track?
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May 17, 2017 07:54
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The kazoo guy at the very end of the show was really nuts, I was kind of shocked that Tom let him go as long as he did but it ended up being pretty funny overall
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May 17, 2017 08:22
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It felt like someone opened a portal to hell and all the weird mutant WFMU callers came back. I loved it.
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May 17, 2017 17:24
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The guy who listened to every episode is talking like he's about to snap and murder someone.
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het posted:The kazoo guy at the very end of the show was really nuts, I was kind of shocked that Tom let him go as long as he did but it ended up being pretty funny overall It was for real such a joy. Tom was clever to let it go, and the caller really kept up his end of the deal. Great ep. Gregg Gethard call made the last few weeks of Gallagher stories worth it. Solid Wurster call.
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May 18, 2017 00:28
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Is everyone from Ithaca naturally terrible on the radio?
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OH MY GOD KAZOO DUDE.
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Kazoo man, singing man, and fake kazoo man are all heroes. The last hour of this episode is loaded with great calls. Plus the great Gregg Gethard call earlier on. What a show.
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May 18, 2017 22:50
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Seltzer posted:Is everyone from Ithaca naturally terrible on the radio? At least they mostly seem to have quality phone lines. I'll put up with a lot from callers that at least have the decency to call from a phone that isn't a buzzing hot mess, and it seems like Tom is mostly on that program as well.
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I'm listening live for the first time in a while and I thought Tom was sick but then I realized he just sounds slower because I listen to the podcast at 1.5x speed. He started the episode off talking about Nick DiPaulo so that seems like a good sign 
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May 24, 2017 02:24
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I started listening to the show at 1x because Tom leaves so much dead air on the show and it contributes to the pacing imo
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May 24, 2017 04:21
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Why would you listen to a podcast at 1.5x speed
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Seltzer posted:Why would you listen to a podcast at 1.5x speed I do this for all my not-comedy and not-music podcasts. For news and current affairs stuff it owns.
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May 24, 2017 04:28
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Yeah all my hockey and tech podcasts are sped up and most of the comedy and music are at 1x.
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Seltzer posted:Why Because I can listen to more podcasts in less time.
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I cracked up at Holden being a little poo poo to Tom last night, especially about Rocket/Rocky Raccoon
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Seltzer posted:Why I have a friend who listens to a lot of business/financial advice audiobooks and podcasts and stuff at 1.5x and he says it's for "productivity" or some such bullshit. He's done it so much it's started creeping into his normal life where he sometimes talks like the Micro Machines man and I hate it.
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CaptainPsyko posted:Because I can listen to more podcasts in less time. Yeah it's not that complicated. I listen to most podcasts at 1.2x but news or info podcasts I listen to at a higher speed. I just find Tom does a lot of clicking his pen and sitting around so I like listening to the show at a faster speed.
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