Pops on Hops

Barry and Abigail discuss Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette and sample Fall Harvest from Ginger’s Revenge in Asheville, North Carolina; Daftoberfest from Daft Cow Brewery in Alachua, Florida; Clash Of The Pumpkin from Glasstown Brewing Company in Millville, New Jersey; and A Pumpkin In Sheep's Clothing (2023) from Toll Road Brewing Company in Ocoee, Florida.

Listen to Alanis Morissette’s most recent album, the storm before the calm, from 2022. She will be touring throughout 2024 with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Morgan Wade.

Abigail only knew the TikTok parody lyrics to Hand in My Pocket before being assigned this album.

Watch the music videos for Ironic and Hand in My Pocket.

Up next… He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, submitted to our Virtual Jukebox by Derek Hummel, Sr.

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Barry and Abigail are joined by special guests “Uncle” Steve Moore and Jamie Queli, founder and CEO of Forgotten Boardwalk Brewing Company in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, to discuss Steve’s can design work for the brewery. We also sample The Cops Finally Busted Madame Marie, The Shucker, and Wednesday Is From Westfield.

Follow Steve on Instagram, or check out his blog, for more of his work!

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We realize the limitations of this particular episode in an audio medium! Each of the labels that we discussed can be found on our episode blog.

Forgotten Boardwalk occupies the space previously held by Flying Fish Brewing Co., now located in Somerdale, New Jersey.

The Cops Finally Busted Madame Marie is a reference to 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) by Bruce Springsteen.

The Shucker is a collaboration with Barnegat Oyster Collective in Barnegat Township, New Jersey.

Read more about the history of pinball becoming illegal in the United States.

Food Network named Wednesday Is From Westfield one of the top nine pumpkin beers of 2023!

Learn more about the FemAle Brew Fest in Fort Lauderdale, Florida!

Jamie’s business partner, Seth, successfully donated his kidney to his mother 17 years ago. Coincidentally, Steve animated a video to raise awareness about kidney donation, called Kidney Stuff with Neff and Nuff: Share Your Spare.

Up next… Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

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Barry and Abigail discuss Astoria by Marianas Trench and sample Vernal Equinox, Rose City Sour, and Sang Rosé from Cascade Brewing in Beaverton, Oregon.

If you are interested in some of the backstories behind these songs, we recommend you read through the Genius entries for this album!

Josh Ramsay, the lead vocalist and songwriter of Marianas Trench, co-wrote and produced Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen. This is referenced in the Marianas Trench song POP 101!

Abigail first heard this album while traveling back from The Mowgli’s concert in 2019. Listen to our episode on The Mowgli’s, Where'd Your Civility Go? (The Mowgli's & Civil Society Brewing).

Astoria (the song) reminded Abigail of both Jumpstarted by Jukebox the Ghost and Band on the Run by Paul McCartney and Wings.

Yesterday was written as a tribute to Footloose by Kenny Loggins

Abigail believes the percussion in This Means War sounds like I Just Can’t Wait to Be King from The Lion King soundtrack.

Up next… Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

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Barry and Abigail discuss Screemers and sample Dead Guy Pilsner, Dead Guy Ale, Dead Guy Pale Ale, and Dead Guy IPA from Rogue Ales in Ashland, Oregon.

The interstitial Bob and Ray sketches on this album come from Bob and Ray Throw a Stereo Spectacular, an album intended to show off the wonders of stereo recording. Watch these two examples of Bob and Ray’s comedy.

The Jabberwock is a creature referenced in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll. Watch these two clips of Jack Palance performing as the Jabberwork in the TV movie Alice Through the Looking Glass.

Drac the Knife is a parody of Mack the Knife that originally appeared on Dracula’s Greatest Hits by Gene Moss and Fred Rice. Watch Bobby Darin perform Mack the Knife on the Ed Sullivan show.

Watch Bobby Pickett perform The Monster Mash and The Monster Swim.

The Green Bee is inspired by Flight of the Bumblebee.

Up next… Astoria by Marianas Trench

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Barry, Abigail, and special guest Lory Willard discuss RKS by Rainbow Kitten Surprise and sample Lime Agave from Ginger’s Revenge in Asheville, North Carolina; Cheerwine Ale from NoDa Brewing Company in Charlotte, North Carolina; Blue Ridge Haze from Boojum Brewing Co. in Waynesville, North Carolina; and Dreamhuntress from Burial Beer Co. in Asheville, North Carolina.

Shout out to the staff at Tobacco Road Burley & Brew for suggesting several of the beers we sampled today, and many others still sitting in our fridges!

Ginger’s Revenge created a character for each of their four core beers. Meet the members of the band and check out each of their customized Spotify playlists!

The band Rainbow Kitten Surprise is from Boone, home of Booneshine Brewing Company! You can hear our review of several Booneshine beers on Bellyshine (Jellyfish and Booneshine Brewing Co.).

Meet the members of Rainbow Kitten Surprise!

As a comparison to Cold Love, Barry played a sample of Homeless by Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo off of Paul Simon’s Graceland. You can hear our review of Graceland on Bar'nSider (Paul Simon & Barn Door Ciderworks).

Cheerwine Ale is a collaboration between NoDa Brewing and Cheerwine!  You can hear more about this beer during an episode of Beer Guys Radio featuring Chad Henderson, NoDa’s co-founder and head brewer.

Up next… Screemers

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Barry, Abigail, and special guest Todd Sider (Abigail’s uncle and Barry’s brother-in-law) discuss Todd’s Jukebox submission, Thriller by Michael Jackson, and sample LingLing Lager, Lil Slice of Hefen, Buxom Blonde Ale, Queen Sour, and Sitting In Limbo from lot 9 brewing co. in Bluffton, South Carolina.

Many thanks to Walter Trifari, brewmaster at lot 9 brewing co., for sitting down with us to chat about the brewery… and then staying on to chat with us about Thriller! Best surprise ever! You can find lot 9 on Facebook, X, and Instagram! lot 9’s website is also worth a look, especially the Beer 101 page!

Listen to Todd’s previous Jukebox episode, our first ever Jukebox episode, Hoptenders (The Pretenders & Chapman's Brewing Co.)!

Listen to our sister podcast discuss the “Weird Al” album which parodies Beat It on Dorks on Corks on 4-1 ("Weird Al" Yankovic and Schnebly Winery). We also briefly discussed Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, which you can watch for free on The Roku Channel!

Farrah Fawcett died on the same day as Michael Jackson. We briefly discussed her famous poster.

Abigail submitted Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ to the Abigail Hummel School of Speaking Smartly About Music with a comparison to Don’t Stop the Music by Rihanna.

Walter brought to our attention One Bite Pizza Rankings.

Thriller features Vincent Price, an American character actor who appeared in many horror films. Watch the famous music video for Thriller.

Watch the music video for Beat It. The music video for Eat It is a shot-for-shot remake.

Todd compared The Lady in My Life to Bill Murray’s Nick the Lounge Singer sketch on Saturday Night Live.

Our next Jukebox episode will be He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, submitted by Barry’s brother and Abigail’s uncle, Derek Hummel, Sr. This episode is scheduled to drop on December 8, 2023.

Up next… RKS by Rainbow Kitten Surprise

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Barry, Abigail, and special guest Jack Cornell discuss the newest single from Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin Team (or the O.A.K. Team), Chainsaw Repair Shop. We also sample Oktoberfest from 3 Sons Brewing Co. in Dania Beach, Florida, and Buzzfest from Infinite Ale Works in Ocala, Florida.

A detailed history of Jack’s musical projects and collaborators is available in our episode Bonus: Friendship Wins (Jack Cornell and Tripping Animals Brewing).

Buy Chainsaw Repair Shop, or pre-save it on Spotify!

The genesis of this episode was Abigail sharing Had Me at Get Lost with Dave Z on our last episode, 62: Dave Z on Pops on Hops (The Smithereens & Chicagoland Beers).

Clips shared on this episode are:

1. Willie Mays by Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin Team (Barry’s favorite song off of National Champions)

2. Fat Lady in the Stands by Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin Team

Chainsaw Repair Shop debuted on Mojo Nixon’s The Loon in the Afternoon on SiriusXM Outlaw Country.

Barry once again brought up A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs during a discussion of Leon Russell. Two episodes discussed Russell’s early work as a session pianist, including Episode 153: Heroes and Villains by The Beach Boys.

Jack recommended Brave Combo, a genre-bending, accordion-heavy band from Texas.

Up next… Thriller by Michael Jackson, submitted to our Virtual Jukebox by Todd Sider.

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Barry, Abigail, and special guest Dave Zalatoris of the Beer in Front podcast discuss Smithereens 11 by The Smithereens and sample several Chicagoland beers of Dave’s choosing! We both taste WayBird Hazy IPA from Half Acre Beer Company and Arcade-Hero from Revolution Brewing Company. Abigail also tastes Hala Kahiki from Lake Effect Brewing Company and Barry tastes Vanilla Deth from Revolution Brewing Company.

Listen to our appearance on Beer in Front!

The Smithereens were one of the first artists to perform on MTV Unplugged, in December of 1989.

Abigail entered Blues Before and After into the Abigail Hummel School of Speaking Smartly About Music with a comparison to Had Me at Get Lost by Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin Team…

…And then Barry entered Blue Period - Acoustic into the Abigail Hummel School of Speaking Smartly About Music with a comparison to In My Life by The Beatles.

Abigail felt the same way about Cut Flowers as she did about She Talks to Angels by The Black Crowes. Meanwhile, Barry compared it to a modern Eleanor Rigby.

Barry once again brought up A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs, specifically Episode 61: “That’ll Be the Day” by The Crickets, which tells the first part of Buddy Holly’s story, and Episode 74: “It Doesn’t Matter Any More” by Buddy Holly, which references the story behind Maria Elena.

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Up next… Thriller by Michael Jackson, submitted to our Virtual Jukebox by Todd Sider.

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Barry and Abigail discuss Four by Blues Traveler and pour our own flights at Hopportunities in Delray Beach, Florida. We sample Butter Beer from Spanish Marie Brewery in Miami, Florida; Lumen from Grimm Artisan Ales in Brooklyn, New York; Tripping Through Maine (2022) from Barreled Souls Brewing in Saco, Maine (in collaboration with Tripping Animals Brewing Company in Doral, Florida); and Amorphia from Hudson Valley Brewery in Beacon, New York.

Christmas by Blues Traveler is a Hummel family favorite Christmas song.

Watch the music video for Run-Around, which was one of Barry’s first exposures to the music of this album.

Barry compared the story structure of Price to Pay to that of Carolina Drama by The Raconteurs and the lyrical structure to that of Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band.

Watch the meta music video for the very meta Hook.

Up next… Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (Music from the Original Motion Picture) by Bryan Adams and Hans Zimmer.

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Barry and Abigail discuss We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. by Jason Mraz and sample Lucky Strikes, Echoes of Sacrificial Voices, and Basking In the Glow from Petty Thieves Brewing Co. in Charlotte, North Carolina. We want to thank Barry’s college and medical school colleague, Dr. Michael McCrohan, for helping us obtain this fabulous beer, and for his “contribution to the arts.”

Lucky Strikes is a collaboration with Cabarrus Brewing Co in Concord, North Carolina.

The names of the beers we sampled today reminded Abigail of the names of the beers we sampled at Burial Beer Company in Asheville, North Carolina: Prophetmaker, A Canvas of Fragmented Memoirs, A Space For Sacrilege, and Of A Fading Season. Listen to our full episode at Burial, Consumers of the Barley (The Raconteurs and Burial Beer Co.).

We make a lot of comparisons to Andy Grammer by Andy Grammer, which we reviewed in our episode Mind Your Grammer (Andy Grammer and Deadwords Brewing).

Watch one of the TikToks Abigail referenced poking fun at artists including “raw audio” in their songs. Your Love is My Drug by Kesha is a great example of this phenomenon.

Lucky features Colbie Caillat, whose song I Do appears on our family playlist of favorite love songs from 2011. Abigail’s choice on that playlist was The Bird and the Worm by Owl City, and Barry's was Maybe I'm Amazed by Paul McCartney.

Abigail contends that Butterfly is no more explicit than Swimming In Your Ocean by Crash Test Dummies. Listen to our full discussion of Crash Test Dummies, Pops Shuffled His Feet (Crash Test Dummies and Toll Road Brewing).

Details in the Fabric features James Morrison. We shared a little bit of his song Under the Influence.

Up next… Four by Blues Traveler

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Barry and Abigail discuss our next Jukebox submission, Oracular Spectacular by MGMT and sample Oggy, Passionfruit Mochi, and Peanut Brother from Great Notion Brewing in Portland, Oregon. This album was submitted to our Virtual Jukebox by Paul Zawacki [The Procession, previously discussed on Musique Marécageuse (The Procession & Swamp Head Brewery) and interviewed on A Dozen Updates (The Procession Reunion Special)].

Oggy is named after Ogopogo, a lake monster said to inhabit Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, Canada.

Listen to Paul’s previous Jukebox episode, Abigail Battles the Pink Goblets (The Flaming Lips).

Read the jambands.com article about MGMT’s performance on the Live on Letterman concert series, which introduced Paul to the band!

Of Moons, Birds & Monsters reminds Abigail in mood and tone of Space Oddity by David Bowie and The Commander Thinks Aloud by The Long Winters. There is a fantastic episode of Song Exploder focused on The Commander Thinks Aloud, which was written about the Space Shuttle Columbia.

Our next Jukebox episode will be Thriller by Michael Jackson, submitted by Todd Sider. This episode is scheduled to drop on September 29, 2023.

Up next… We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. by Jason Mraz

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Barry and Abigail discuss God Shuffled His Feet by Crash Test Dummies and sample The Crowd Pleaser, Lowest Common Denominator, Mike's, St. Pete Parkour, and Sun Ryes from Toll Road Brewing Company in Ocoee, Florida.

Many thanks to Duane Morin and David Strickland, co-owners and brewers at Toll Road Brewing, for sitting down with us to chat about the history and future of the brewery!

Toll Road features two offerings, Choose Your Own Adventure (a hard seltzer) and Kayfabe (a Berliner Weisse) that can be customized with different flavors using beverage infusions!

Barry recommended Superman’s Song from Crash Test Dummies’ first album, The Ghosts That Haunt Me.

View the setlist of the performance that Barry saw in 1994 when Crash Test Dummies opened for Elvis Costello, and view this Variety review of the concert.

Canities subita, also called Marie Antoinette syndrome or Thomas More syndrome, is an alleged condition of hair turning white overnight due to stress or trauma.

This Los Angeles Times article from April 1994 discusses how the success of Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm as a single drove the success of the entire album.

Crash Test Dummies reference David Byrne in When I Go Out with Artists. Listen to our review of Byrne’s Uh-Oh, Byrned-Again (David Byrne and Lincoln & South Brewing).

Up next… Oracular Spectacular by MGMT, submitted to our Virtual Jukebox by Paul Zawacki.

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Barry and Abigail discuss Andy Grammer by Andy Grammer and sample Bridge, Proeza, Soft Pivot, and Harvest Moon from Deadwords Brewing in Orlando, Florida.

Many thanks to Jack Henning, brewpub manager at Deadwords Brewing, for sitting down with us to chat about all the fun things going on at the brewery.

Abigail played a sample of Honey, I’m Good. from Grammer’s second album to demonstrate the continuation of the misogyny displayed in his lyrics on this album.

Abigail had her “Let’s Dance” moment with this album. Listen to our episode Let's Drink (David Bowie and Cultured Collective Brewing) to learn what exactly we mean by that!

Barry heard Eric Clapton’s Change the World in The Pocket.

Watch the music video for Biggest Man in Los Angeles.

Our bonus review was for Underberg, a digestif made with herbs from 43 countries.

Up next… God Shuffled His Feet by Crash Test Dummies

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Barry and Abigail discuss Flight of the Cosmic Hippo by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones and sample The Brangus, Bull Ring, Sour Patch Kegs - Watermelon Sour, and Brambles BlackBerry Hazy IPA from Daft Cow Brewery in Alachua, Florida.

Barry first heard Flight of the Cosmic Hippo on an episode in the third season of Northern Exposure called Jules et Joel.

Barry stunned Abigail with the information that Steve Martin is a GRAMMY-winning banjo player for his album The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo. He has two albums with Edie Brickell, Love Has Come for You and So Familiar.

Abigail heard We Three Kings in Star of the County Down. Béla Fleck and the Flecktones have a Christmas album called Jingle All the Way, but, unfortunately, We Three Kings does not appear on it.

Many thanks to Scott Brown, owner and brewer (and professional glass-washer!) of Daft Cow Brewery, for sitting down with us to chat about the history of the brewery and the San Felasco Tech City where it resides.

Up next… Andy Grammer by Andy Grammer

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Barry and Abigail discuss The World from the Side of the Moon by Phillip Phillips and sample Sticky Puddles - Pineapple Upside Down Cake, Blissful Ignorance, Unchecked Hedonism, and Polarnattens Paradis from Lupulin Brewing Company in Big Lake, Minnesota.

Barry had previously heard Home when the Florida Panthers used the song in their 2012-2013 fan video.

Barry thought Tell Me a Story sounded like Dave Matthews Band, whereas Abigail thought Get Up Get Down sounded like Dave Matthews Band.

Shout out to our friend Dave Zalatoris from the Beer in Front podcast! Check out his podcast, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube for more beer-related content. As Dave says, “sometimes the Beer In Front of you is the best one yet!”

Up next… Flight of the Cosmic Hippo by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

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Barry and Abigail discuss Uh-Oh by David Byrne and sample Wheel Man, Afterglow, and Island Drive from Lincoln & South Brewing Company in Hilton Head Island, Florida.

Barry and Abigail spoke briefly about Renée Richards while discussing Now I’m Your Mom. Renée is a transgender woman who competed professionally in tennis in the 1970s. She also fought and won a landmark case in transgender rights in the New York Supreme Court after being barred from numerous women’s tennis competitions in 1976 for refusing to take a genetic test to verify her chromosomes. Barry recalled Renée’s story as being one of the first instances of widespread media coverage of transgender issues.

Abigail heard vague similarities between Girls on My Mind and various songs from The Raconteurs’ Consolers of the Lonely (most notably Old Enough).

David Byrne performed at the Oscars for his nominated co-written song from Everything Everywhere All at Once, This Is a Life. Read more about the performance.

Please take a moment to check out What Am I Making, a multimedia creative endeavor by friend of the podcast Matt Carlson. Barry and Abigail appeared on his sixth podcast episode; listen here!

Monkey Man reminded Abigail of 14 Arms by Crash Kings.

Up next… Mutemath by Mutemath, submitted to our Virtual Jukebox by Frances Walton.

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Barry and Abigail discuss Crash Kings by Crash Kings and sample Polyjuice Porter, Weathercaster, and The Blackthorn #8 W/ Guajillo Chile from King Maker Brewing in Jacksonville, Florida.

Barry compared various vocal and musical styles on this album to Jack White, Freddie Mercury, and Jukebox the Ghost (whom we reviewed in our episode Racing Due South [Jukebox the Ghost & Due South Brewing Co.]).

Barry and Abigail briefly discussed Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s Oblique Strategies. Learn more in the Omnibus entry dedicated to the topic.

Barry and Abigail were divided in their opinions on Raincoat, but mentioned Bus Stop by The Hollies and Umbrella by Rihanna, respectively, as examples of songs with similar metaphors.

Up next… Uh-Oh by David Byrne

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Barry and Abigail discuss The Masked Marauders by The Masked Marauders and sample Blueberry Moscato and Sunshine State Berry Sangria from Island Grove Wine Company in Hawthorne, Florida.

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Abigail first learned of this “prank” album from the Ridiculous Crime episode The Battlin' Fleetwood Macs. The Masked Marauders band was made up of members from the Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band. Chicken on a Unicycle has an amazing illustration of the genealogy and history of these two bands.

Read the original fake review of The Masked Marauders that appeared in Rolling Stone on October 18, 1969!

Abigail shared that she recently watched Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, which has a similar backstory to that of The Masked Marauders. The Wikipedia entry for the movie and the original Funny or Die trailer that inspired the movie are both worth a look. You can watch the film for free on The Roku Channel!

I Can’t Get No Nookie, featuring a Mick Jagger impersonator, frequently gets mislabeled as an outtake from The Rolling Stones’ Jamming with Edward sessions.

The version of I Am the Japanese Sandman (Rang Tang Ding Dong) that appears on The Masked Marauders is a cover of The Cellos’ Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am the Japanese Sandman) (and includes the same racist music and lyrics). In trying to locate the origins of the song, we also played Paul Whiteman’s The Japanese Sandman (instrumental) and Nora Bayes’ The Japanese Sandman (with lyrics).

Listen to The Truncated Marauders, our “resequencing” of this album.

Up next… Crash Kings by Crash Kings

Theme song, jingles, and dramatic reading by our friend Pete Coe.

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Barry and Abigail discuss Hollywood Town Hall by The Jayhawks and sample The Meredith Palmer Effect, Mango Blood Orange, Apeiron, and German Chocolate Oatmeal Stout from Infinite Ale Works in Ocala, Florida.

Abigail heard similarities in the openings of Waiting for the Sun and Mary Jane’s Last Dance by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

It turns out she wasn’t alone. Read this article on the 30th anniversary of Hollywood Town Hall for an interesting explanation of the similarity!

Abigail and Barry both entered Sister Cry into the Abigail Hummel School of Speaking Smartly About Music: Abigail with a comparison to Wrong for That by Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin Team, and Barry with a comparison to Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones.

Check out this article from Rolling Stone on the latest album by the Jayhawks, XOXO.

Up next… Crash Kings by Crash Kings

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Barry and Abigail discuss Sounds Like This by Eric Hutchinson and sample Fortescue Fisherman's Ale, It’s A Wonderful Ale 2022, Sparkles Sky Dancer Strawberry Short Cake, and Into the Dankness from Glasstown Brewing Company in Millville, New Jersey.

Many thanks to the owners and staff of Glasstown Brewing Company, including the dynamic sister-brother duo Jenifer Simmons and Mike Rossi, for speaking with us and for opening the taproom early to allow us to record!

Read about the history of glassmaking in South Jersey!

Abigail plugged Lolita Podcast by Jamie Loftus in reference to Outside Villanova.

Barry recognized some elements of U + Ur Hand by P!nk in Rock & Roll.

Barry compared Oh! to It’s My Job by Jimmy Buffett.

Barry and Abigail were admiring James Jamerson basslines in three videos sent to Barry by friend of the pod (and bassist) Jack Cornell.

Up next… Hollywood Town Hall by The Jayhawks

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Barry, Abigail, and special guest Greg Jong [The Procession, previously discussed on Musique Marécageuse (The Procession & Swamp Head Brewery) and interviewed on A Dozen Updates (The Procession Reunion Special)] discuss Greg’s Jukebox submission, Xanadu by Olivia Newton-John and ELO. We also sample London Pride from Fuller's Brewery, Morland Old Speckled Hen from Greene King, and Newcastle from Lagunitas Brewing Company.

Barry once again brought up A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs, specifically Episode 160: “Flowers in the Rain” by the Move.

Greg referenced an advert for John Smith’s beer featuring a jingle about a widget.

Check out Greg’s website, and buy his new album with Pure Reason Revolution, Above Cirrus!

Listen to ReduXanadu, which has this album’s songs resequenced in the order in which they appear in the film.

Our next Jukebox episode will be Mutemath by Mutemath, submitted by Frances Walton. This episode is scheduled to drop on May 12, 2023.

Up next… Sounds Like This by Eric Hutchinson

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First up is “The Christmas Song” performed by Connie and Nick Martino (feat. Daphne Martino). Nick will be joining us next season to discuss his work with New York Funk Exchange.

Our second entry is from Matt Carlson of Harborcoat. Matt produced a new Christmas single for 2022, a cover of Valley Winter Song by Fountains of Wayne. Listen to Matt’s interview in our episode Friends are Inclusive.

Up next is Jack Cornell, who shared an old Olympic Ass-Kicking Team song, “Christmas on the Faces.” Listen to Jack’s interview in our episode Friendship Wins.

Rounding out our special is a song by Grammy-winning artist Jon Carroll, formerly of Starland Vocal Band. Jon shared his recording of Going Home For Christmas, a song he has long played at the Annual Jingle Jam Concerts in Leesburg, Virginia, to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Listen to Jon’s interview in our episode Today (With Jon Carroll).

We will see everybody when season three begins in March 2023. We will kick things off with a discussion of Xanadu by ELO, submitted to our Virtual Jukebox by Greg Jong of The Procession. This episode will be released on March 3, 2023.

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It’s time for “Pop’s Pop on Pops on Hops!” Barry, Abigail, and special guest Barry Hummel, Sr. (Barry’s pop and Abigail’s pop-pop) discuss A Christmas Album by The Platters and sample three Christmas beers: Merry Monkey from Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, Pennsylvania; St. Nikolaus Bock from Penn Brewery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Peppermint Porter from Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. in Lexington, Kentucky.

Barry put in a plug for A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs’ Episode 31: “Only You” by the Platters.

Barry, Sr.’s favorite song by The Platters is My Prayer, as canonized in our series of Hummel family favorites albums. (His favorite Christmas song is The Greatest Gift of All by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton.)

Barry loves The Beach Boys’ version of Auld Lang Syne. The Platters included a version of For Auld Lang Syne on their original Christmas record.

The Platters appeared multiple times on American Bandstand, music-performance and dance television program that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989. Watch their Bandstand performance from 1959 and their Bandstand interview from 1967.

Up next… Xanadu by ELO, submitted to our Virtual Jukebox by Greg Jong of The Procession. This episode will be released on March 3, 2023.

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

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Barry and Abigail discuss Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos and sample Gardens Gold, Papa Pump, and Beer:30 from Twisted Trunk Brewing in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Before her solo career, Amos was in a band called Y Kant Tori Read. Their eponymous debut album was a commercial failure and the band disbanded shortly after. However, Amos still had to comply with her six-record contract. Early versions of Little Earthquakes were rejected by the record company before the album was reworked with a new producer and eventually released.

Abigail heard elements of My Same by Adele in Happy Phantom.

Beer:30 features the experimental YQH-1320 hop!

Up next… A Christmas Album by The Platters

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

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Barry, Abigail, and special guest Jeff “Jafo” Shettler discuss some Pink Floyd songs and some beers that were “left over” after Jafo’s Jukebox episode, Wish There Were Beer. We sample Uncertainty Reigns and Sweet Zombie Jesus from brewLAB in Carpinteria, California, as well as one of Jafo’s own homebrew creations, Ukrainian Imperial Stout.

At the time of recording, Wish There Were Beer was tied for our fifth-most-listened-to episode.

Tracks we discuss include Hey Hey Rise Up, a single featuring Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Ukrainian band BoomBox. The vocals are lifted from a viral video of “Khlyvnyuk singing Oi u luzi chervona kalyna (Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow)”, a Ukrainian patriotic march written in 1914 to honor the Sich Riflemen. Proceeds from the single support the charitable organization Ukraine Humanitarian Fund.

We also discuss When the Tigers Broke Free and What Shall We Do Now?, two tracks that appear in the film Pink Floyd: The Wall but do not appear on the album The Wall by Pink Floyd.

Pink Floyd, the main character in Pink Floyd: The Wall was played by Bob Geldof of The Boomtown Rats. He later wrote Do They Know It’s Christmas? by Band Aid and organized the Live Aid concert held simultaneously in London, England, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Up next… Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

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Barry and Abigail discuss Songs About Jane by Maroon 5 and sample “leftover” beers from previously reviewed breweries: Eau Melon from Intracoastal Brewing Company in Melbourne, Florida; Fall Shakecation from Mastry’s Brewing Co. in St. Pete Beach, Florida; and Double Vanilla Scoop Shake from 3 Sons Brewing Co. in Dania Beach, Florida.

Abigail and Barry recognized similarities in the stories told in This Love and Twice as Hard by The Black Crowes.

Abigail compared the chorus of The Sun to some of the lyrics in What I Did For Love from the musical A Chorus Line.

The imagery in Must Get Out reminded Abigail of Love Comes Tumbling Down by Matt Nathanson.

Double Vanilla Scoop Shake was a collaboration with Mikkeller, a brewery based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and featured Mostra Coffee (based in San Diego, California) as an ingredient.

Up next… Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

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Barry and Abigail discuss Hindu Love Gods by Hindu Love Gods and sample Porch Pineapple, ...and There's Your BFF, Enough Space - Collab With Hilton Head Island Coffee Roasters, and Rocket Emoji from Side Hustle Beer Company in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Hindu Love Gods was a side project of Bill Berry, Peter Buck, and Mike Mills of R.E.M. with Warren Zevon (whose most famous song is Werewolves of London).

This album contains a cover of Battleship Chains, a song written by Terry Anderson for The Woodpeckers. We covered this story in detail during our interview with Jack Cornell, Friendship Wins (Jack Cornell and Tripping Animals Brewing). The Woods’ recording of Battleship Chains is not available on the internet, but The Georgia Satellites’ recording is.

Bill Berry’s first musical group since R.E.M., The Bad Ends, recently released a single (All Your Friends Are Dying) ahead of their debut album to be released in January.

The only two other Hindu Love Gods songs available are Gonna Have a Good Time Tonight and Narrator, the latter of which was written by Bill Berry.

Up next… Songs About Jane by Maroon 5

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

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Barry, Abigail, and special guest Jon Carroll (Starland Vocal Band) discuss Jon’s musical past, present, and future and review three of his recent singles: Today (Not Tomorrow), (You Gotta) Stand Up!, and Rich Man’s Daughter.

Jon and Barry met in the wonderful Patreon community of Stand Up! with Pete Dominick.

Jon recalled some of his favorite tracks from his youth: Mahalia Jackson’s If I Can Help Somebody and The Chimes’ Let Your Hair Down, and the track that made his mother appreciate soul music: Brook Benton’s Rainy Night in Georgia. Jon also remembers where he was the first time he ever heard Dire Straits’ Money For Nothing.

Jon suggested we listen to Harry Nilsson’s Nilsson Sings Newman… so we added it to our Virtual Jukebox!

Jon listened to our episode on The Black Crowes! He thought we should have compared the Crowes to Faces or Humble Pie instead of to The Rolling Stones (no one is safe!).

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We closed with Jon Carroll’s Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love), a Bob Dylan cover.

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

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Barry and Abigail discuss Oktoberfest ist Wunderbar by Jimmy Horzen and sample three German festbiers: Weihenstephaner Festbier from Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan, Oktoberfest Märzen from Hacker-Pschorr, and Oktoberfest Märzen / Original Münchner Märzen from Paulaner Brauerei.

Read the Untappd article that inspired Barry’s beer choices for this episode, including information on the “big six” Munich breweries that can use the Oktoberfest label on their beers.

Watch as the wonderful Latvian-born accordionist Ksenija Sidorova introduces her instrument as part of Classic FM's new video series Discover Instruments.

Watch Anders Flanderz One Man Band perform the Harry Potter Theme (featuring an accordion!).

Watch relative of the pod Zachary “Def Poppa” Hummel play the tuba.

Schnitzelbank is a cumulative song that reminded Abigail of Children Go Where I Send Thee (the version she is most familiar with is by Natalie Merchant).

Why do beer steins have lids?

Up next… Hindu Love Gods by Hindu Love Gods

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

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Barry, Abigail, and guest Derek Hummel, Sr. (Abigail’s uncle and Barry’s brother), discuss Make Yourself by Incubus and sample Sap Tap, Mabel's Monster Mangos, AIS Chief, and Smoked Pumpkin Habanero from Hell 'n Blazes Brewing Company in Melbourne, Florida.

Three Incubus songs were on Abigail’s core musical rotation in high school: Drive, Megalomaniac, and Anna Molly.

Sap Tap reminded Abigail of Blueberry Maple Gose by Pompano Beach Brewing Company.

Privilege reminded Abigail of the music of RENT (especially the titular song Rent).

The “mental piracy” mentioned in When It Comes reminded Abigail of the themes in Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5.

Listen to Remake Yourself, our resequencing of this album.

Up next… Oktoberfest ist Wunderbar by Jimmy Horzen

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

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