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This Side of the Mic
Episodes
162 episodes
Under the Covers "Lithium" & Pork Rind Silly Sauce
In which Tommy shares a Nirvana cover arranged for mandolin and Galen leads us in a game that is either an old family tradition, or... something else entirely.
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Demo "PDMMPTLKR" & Blind Ranking
In which Galen shares a song about a disappointed political supporter who just can't get behind Kid Rock and Jimmy challenges the others to a Blind Ranking.
Demo "For a Minute" & There's a Song in That
In which Tommy shares his frustrations with a soul song he tried to write and then challenges the guys to do their best Wayne Brady impression.
Lil' Sumthin' "Blue Ridge" & Hindsight 2020
In which Jimmy shares a very Jimmy song about a road trip and hurt feelings, and Galen leads us on a quiz to see if we can remember what happened in the early days of the podcast.
Demo "Holy Man" & Name That Tune!
In which Galen shares a song with many layers (Holy? Holey?! WHOLLY?!?!) and Jimmy challenges us to name popular songs with new lyrics written about Galapagos sea creatures.
Under the Covers "The Parting Glass" & Blind Top Ten
In which Tommy shares a demo of an old Scotch-Irish standard and challenges the boys to rank his musical preferences.
Lil' Sumthin' "Half-Sat on Kevin" & Music Trivia!
In which Jimmy shares a song about the perils of water taxis and Galen challenges us to music trivia.
Demo: "Crocodile On My Head" & MASHUPS!
In which Galen shares a new children's song and Jimmy leads us on a round of MASHUPS!
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!
Demo "Animal" & #1 Hits Trivia!
In which Tommy shares a sexy Motown single and Galen leads us to discover fun facts about #1 hits.
"Which Santa Is It?" & Christmas Karaoke!
In which Galen shares some Christmas jazz, and Tommy challenges the guys to a Christmas sing-along.
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.
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?
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'"!
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.
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?!?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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!
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?
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.