This Side of the Mic
This Side of the Mic is a podcast by folk-rock harmony band The Currys where they talk seriously about songs and un-seriously about everything else.
Episodes
154 episodes
Lil' Sumthin' "Don't Sweat It" & Hot Seat "M"
In which Jimmy shares a little song by intergenerational affection and gets placed on the Hot Seat to solve our riddle-questions!
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Episode 154
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27:14
Demo "Animal" & #1 Hits Trivia!
In which Tommy shares a sexy Motown single and Galen leads us to discover fun facts about #1 hits.
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Episode 153
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55:57
"Which Santa Is It?" & Christmas Karaoke!
In which Galen shares some Christmas jazz, and Tommy challenges the guys to a Christmas sing-along.
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Episode 152
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47:06
Lil' Sumthin' "Christmas Time" & Wikipedia Game: Christmas Edition!
In which Jimmy shares a new seasonal original and Tommy reveals Jimmy and Galen's ignorance of holiday artists.
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Episode 151
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48:26
MAILDROP - Milestone Episode
In which Galen opens the mailbag and is truly, genuinely, honest-to-God shocked to find where it leads us...PLUS: What's new... with Jim?
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Episode 150
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1:18:28
Demo "Meant 2 Be a Luvver" & Draft: Thanksgiving Dinner!
In which Galen shows us a Prince-inspired song of sexual forwardness and we draft our favorite Thanksgiving dishes!PLUS: Tommy challenges the others to music trivia in an installment of "To 'The' Or Not To 'The'"!
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Episode 149
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49:28
Lil' Sumthin' "Rathmell" & Name That Lyric!
In which Jimmy shares a new draft of an old song and Tommy reads lyrics as unmusically as possible.
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Episode 148
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34:14
Demo "Awful Big" & I'm Gonna Tell You Somethin'
In which Tommy offers a dopey, bouncey, not quite angry folk song, and Galen tell us some things.PLUS: Jimmy recommends two Irish authors, one of whom wrote... his all-time favorite book?!?
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43:10
Demo "A Thousand Golden Eagles" & Top 5: Our Lady Peace
In which Galen shares a song challenge collab and Jimmy leads a close reading of "Somewhere Out There" by Our Lady Peace.PLUS: School! We solve a probability puzzle and correct some misunderstandings regarding Venn diagrams.
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Episode 146
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43:54
Demo "Lonesome, Not Alone" & Mashups!
In which Jimmy shows us a song about barflies, and Tommy challenges the others to name a portmanteau of artists from song title clues.PLUS: Galen pits himself against various foes in theoretical bouts of physical combat.
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Episode 145
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36:33
Lil' Sumthin' "Good Grief" & Birthday Cake Game
In which Tommy shares a new sad song and Galen hosts the Birthday Cake Game for August... in September.BONUS: What's new... with Jim?
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Episode 144
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43:17
Demo "Basketball For Jesus" & Name That Tune: Back To School!
In which Galen shares a story of sport and the Holy Spirit and Jimmy changes the lyrics to popular songs (or does he?).PLUS: Tommy hews to the conventional wisdom on Wicked.
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Episode 143
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39:18
Lil' Sumthin' "A Minute" & What In the World: Peculiar Instruments!
In which Jimmy shares his shortest song yet, and Tommy quizzes the guys on exotic musical contraptions.PLUS: Celebrity Hunt!
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Episode 142
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34:16
Demo "Don't Sweat" & Blind Top Ten
Tommy shares the best thing he's ever written, and a blind ranking--this time from Galen!PLUS: That eternal query... what's new, Jim?
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Episode 141
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53:44
Demo "AAWTFTBWYF" & Top 5: LFO!
In which Galen shares an acronym (initialism?) song for kids and Jimmy reminisces about "Summer Girls".PLUS: Tommy takes us down a scary AI rabbit-hole... of music.
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Episode 140
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40:24
Demo "GTFU" & Name That Lyric!
In which Jimmy shares an expl*cit song and Tommy pits the guys against one another to guess which songs go with which lyrics.ALSO: Galen presents some delightful "Would You Rather..." conundrums.
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Episode 139
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32:12
Lil' Sumthin' "Bullsh*t Waltz" & Cousins Say the Darndest Things
In which Tommy shares a silly song and Galen uses our own words against us in a battle of memory and type-casting.PLUS: What's new... with Jim?
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Episode 138
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43:36
Demo "Mostly Love Now" & Name That Tune: Hot Summer!
In which Galen shares a new George Saunders-inspired demo and Jimmy pits the other two against one another in a round of Name That Tune!BONUS: Tommy steals one of Jimmy's favorite songs and says it's actually pretty good actuall...
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Episode 137
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44:08
Lil Sumthin' "Paris Song" & Blind Ranking
In which Jimmy shares a honeymoon tune and Tommy asks the guys to describe his musical preferences. BONUS: Galen posits some riddles...
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Episode 136
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54:46
Lil' Something "All the Time" & ... Two-Hit Wonders?
In which Tommy adds a song to Tommy's Folk Album, and Galen asks us to investigate two-hit-wonders!BONUS: What's new with Jim's... wedding ring???
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Episode 135
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46:18
134. Demo "I'd Be Nothing Without You" & Hot Seat "O"
In which Galen presents a pop song featuring an economy of words, and Jimmy takes the hot seat!BONUS: Tommy book recommendations, including: An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain PearsThe Heart of Darkness...
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Episode 134
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43:52
Lil' Something "Nervous Faces" & Mashups!
In which Tommy describes the "dobby border", Jimmy shares a new song, and Galen and Jimmy put their heads together to solve some Mashups!
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Episode 133
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42:20
Lil' Something "Winter of the Heart" & Classic Galen Trivia Lists
In which we have a false start and Tommy shows us a folk song he's been working on and Galen makes Tommy and Jimmy answer a bunch of his classic trivia lists. Hope you know a lot about amphibians. ALSO BONUS we find out what's new w...
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Episode 132
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49:53
Demo "Slippery Slope" & Name That Tune
In which Galen shows us a demo for a new tune called "Slippery Slope" and Jimmy leads a soccer themed round of Name That Tune!ALSO for bonus, Tommy teaches us some number theory. Access bonus content by becoming a patron: www.patreon.com...
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Episode 131
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39:24
Lil' Something "Little White Lies" & Wikipedia Game
In which we talk about dentistry and Jimmy shows us a lil' tune he's working on that features a couple Jimmys and Tommy leads us through another riveting round of the Wikipedia Game!and in the BONUS content, we play a little extra Wikipe...
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Episode 130
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48:00