We crack open year two with a reflection of the iconic artistic movement der Voorman Versteckte, a very early Magical Mystery Word, some discussion of our early days listening to indie rock, the introduction of our guest Travis Shettel from the rock band Piebald, who Piebald is and what the band has been up to in recent years, some more Magical Mystery Words, Golden Girls and Springsteen t-shirts, the beauty of a good diss track, asking Kurt Ballou from Converge to play your guitar solos when you can't, the Beatles role in the Chapel Hill punk scene of the 1990s, pogoing for three hours every night, impeccable dress shirts, a song that comes out Birdsy at first, some more Magical Mystery Words, Frank Sinatra's bird, Cynthia Lennon's bird, Mick Jagger's bird, an uncovering of meaning in the lyrics we've heard a million times, artists falling out of touch, saying the title of a Beatles song right after you do a shot, and the guitarmony-laden Revolver song "And Your Bird Can Sing."
As you will hear in this episode, Travis lamented that there wasn't a list of what he considered to be the greatest Piebald songs. After the episode, we asked him to correct that error. If you aren't familiar with Piebald, we recommend that you listen to Blotto Beatles Presents: Travis Shettel's Guide to Piebald.
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See the canonical, argument-ending list of Beatles songs we are assembling here: https://www.blottobeatles.com/list; listen to it on Spotify here.
Please remember to enjoy Blotto Beatles responsibly. You will note that Travis agrees heartily with this sentiment at the end of our episode.
Peace and Love.
Hosts: Becker and Tommy
Executive Producer: Scotty C.
Guest: Travis Shettel (IG: @totallytravis; @piebald)
Additional Musical Supervision: RB (@ryanobrooks)
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