Pod Insights DISGRACELAND Bonus Episode: Punk Albums By Artists Who Weren’t Punk, and Rolling Stone Rage Baits All Punk Rockers Everywhere, and Weezer is coming to Disgraceland Bonus Episode: Punk Albums By Artists Who Weren’t Punk, and Rolling Stone Rage Baits All Punk Rockers Everywhere, and Weezer is coming to Disgraceland DISGRACELAND
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About this episode Sonic Youth and the new Rolling Stone Magazine list of 100 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time has us asking about what the definition of punk rock even is—plus a preview of our upcoming Weezer episode—and your voicemails, texts, DMs and more.
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1:15 Jake Brennan? Hey, Discos. Need a little more DisgraceLand in your life? Just a touch to get you through? Yeah, me too. This is the podcast that comes after the podcast. Welcome to DisgraceLand: The After Party.
1:42 Jake Brennan? Welcome to the DisgraceLand bonus episode, a little thing we like to call the after party. This is the show after the show, the party after the party, the bridge to get you from one full episode of DisgraceLand to the other, the backyard to dig into the dirt. Our mission: to uncover the truth and to confront the myth and to reclaim the story. On this bonus episode, Sonic Youth, the definition of punk, a Weezer episode preview, and an update on our May Madness sitcom music slugfest. Plus... Your voicemails, texts, emails, comments, DMs, and as always, a whole lot of Rosie. This is the podcast for the musically obsessed, the outsiders, the independent thinkers who know that the best history is the history that gets buried. Disgrace Land is where I tell the stories they didn't want told, the kind you'll end up telling someone else.
2:27 Jake Brennan? All right, discos, let's get into it.
2:43 Jake Brennan? So I'm writing about Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth this week. It's for an upcoming episode, obviously, and the episode is less about one of the coolest rock and roll couples to ever take the stage together, though it's partly about their relationship, but it's more about the true crime at the heart of the Sonic Youth album cover for "Goo," one of the coolest album covers of all time. And cool, the concept of cool, it came up over and over again in the Sonic Youth research and in the research for the crime photo depicted in the album's art. Cool as in cool sound, cool look, cool attitude, cool as in cool way of living your life,
3:28 Jake Brennan? cool as in being cool to each other, to your fans, to your wife, cool thing, all of that. Okay, Sonic Youth were the coolest and then they weren't. Thurston Moore lost his cool, but you can't take away from what that band was, from what they created, from the impact that they had. I did a podcast interview last week on a show with some friends of mine, a show called Stuff They Don't Want You to Know. It's not out yet, but it'll be out soon. And they asked me to describe Sonic Youth and I said that the band was a mix of East Coast no wave and West Coast hardcore. And I suppose that that's just the music historian's half cute way of describing their music.
4:12 Jake Brennan? In describing Raymond Pettibone, the artist who created the artwork for Sonic Youth's "Goo," Greg Ginn from Black Flag's brother, Pedabon, the dude who created all those great Black Flag album covers, SSD flyers. You recognize his stuff. I described Pedabon in the following way. This is when I was writing about the episode yesterday, by the way, not in the podcast interview, but I wrote the following. In a word, Pedabon's work is punk. Here are some other words. Pedabon's art is subversive. It's dangerous, larcenous, and again, totally unique. Like real punk, no matter the context, 70s, 80s,
4:56 Jake Brennan? East Coast, West Coast, UK, US, you know it when you hear it. With Pedabon's art, you know it when you see it. Now about Sonic Youth, I wrote, "When Sonic Youth began back in 1981, they weren't punk. Punk was dead. They weren't new wave. They were no wave. They weren't just loud. They were noise. And they weren't your typical rock and roll band setup. There was a girl in the band, and her name was Kim, Kim Gordon, and she was a badass, not some cutesy ornament, not some sultry front woman. She was gorgeous, sure, but beyond stereotyping. Her beauty seemed to spring from her strength, not polish." So in trying to describe the coolness of this band,
5:40 Jake Brennan? the coolness of the artist Raymond Pedabon that they collaborated with, the coolness of the Goo album cover, I kept coming up against the word punk. And Sonic Youth was heavily influenced by 70s punk rock. Thurston Moore was there at nearly every important late 70s, early 80s, New York City punk moment. Yet Sonic Youth, they're not really thought of as a punk band. They're thought of as something else, and that's fine. I don't really care, only so much as a matter of my own intellectual curiosity. How do we categorize this band, or any band from the 80s or 90s who came out of the influence of punk? Again, back to what I said, like real punk, no matter the context,
6:23 Jake Brennan? 70s, 80s, East Coast, West Coast, UK, US, you know it when you hear it.
6:30 Jake Brennan? Now, have you ever heard Jerry Lee Lewis's Live at the Star Club album from 1964? If that is not punk rock, I don't know what is. How about the Sonics album, Here are the Sonics from 1965? Also, way punk. These albums are punk in sound, if not attitude. But what about Miles Davis's On the Corner, that record from 1972? Or John Lennon's Sometime in New York City, also from 72? The attitudes expressed by these artists on these albums, they're about as subversive as you'll find on anything by the Ramones or The Clash. But punk rock as a musical term, it didn't come into play until after Jerry Lee Lewis and the Sonics and Miles and John.
7:13 Jake Brennan? It didn't come into play until 1972, when Lenny K. used the phrase punk rock in his liner notes to his excellent Nuggets compilation. Now, Merriam-Webster, the dictionary, defines punk rock as "rock music marked by extreme and often deliberately offensive expressions of alienation and social discontent." So by that definition, all of the albums I mentioned, Jerry Lee Lewis's Star Club, the Sonics, Here are the Sonics, the John Lennon Sometime in New York City album, even Miles Davis's On the Corner, all of these by that definition could be considered punk rock. But they're not. And I kind of get it.
7:55 Jake Brennan? Again, to me, the first punk rock album is the Ramones album, the self-titled album from 1976. All these albums came before. And there's a whole host of other albums that are punk in attitude and in sound, but aren't considered punk. So what are they? What albums by which artists are punk in attitude, even in sound, but are not considered punk rock? Johnny Cash, At San Quentin, LCD Sound Systems, Dance Yourself Clean, Peaches, The Teaches of Peaches, Paul McCartney's Ram, Tori Amos's Strange Little Girls, Zappa, Massive Attack, Beefheart. What albums by which artists are punk in attitude by your estimation?
8:39 Jake Brennan? Even in sound, but are not considered punk rock. What do you got? Let me know. 617-906-6638 voicemail and text. This is a fascinating question that I'm hoping we can dissect and debate here in the after party over the coming, coming weeks and coming episodes. Again, 617-906-6638. Let me know which albums are not considered to be punk rock, but that are. Now, none of the albums or artists that I just mentioned are listed on the new Rolling Stone list of 100 greatest punk rock albums of all time. This list, um, I refuse to get upset about it. I can no longer emotionally attach myself to the monsters at Rolling Stone magazine
9:24 Jake Brennan? who, who create these godforsaken lists. This one released two days ago has been called, uh, among other things, absolute chaos. And you know, that's for, for those of us who are, you know, less emotionally centered than I am, I guess, uh, and less susceptible to complete and total rage bait, which, which goddamn this list, the fall over Circle Jerks, Turnstile, above Johnny Thunders, Green Day above Minor Threat. This list will drive you nuts, but I'm not going to let it drive me nuts. I'm not. Now Zedd and I are going to get into this list and we're going to, we're going to discuss the insane thinking around punk rock over at Rolling Stone, um, in the exclusive section of this after party.
10:07 Jake Brennan? And we're also going to get into the mechanics, a little bit to the, into the mechanics behind these lists, how they're put together. We talked about that, that great New York Times list a couple of weeks ago about the greatest living American songwriters. We have some information about how that list came to be, some behind the scenes action. We're going to talk about that, all coming up, like I said, in the exclusive section of the after party. Go to disgracypod.com to sign up to become an all access member and unlock exclusive content like this, plus ad free content. Now, in the feed this week, our new episode on Christina Grimm from The Voice and her terribly sad and inexplicable murder.
10:47 Jake Brennan? And what happened to her, it's just, it's just awful, but it's an episode worth listening to. So check that out. We're going to hit upon that a little bit later in the after party here. Coming up this weekend in the rewind slot, our classic episode on Anthony Bourdain. Okay. Speaking of punks who weren't punk, Bourdain wasn't a musician either, but he was a rock star. So I had to tell this story and I can't wait for you guys to hear this episode. If you have not already, it's more of a tribute than it is an expose, but trust me, you're going to find it revelatory. You're going to try to find it revealing in ways that you won't believe, even if you've seen every no reservations episode, or if you've read all of Bourdain's books, there's a lot of meat on this bone, pun intended.
11:30 Jake Brennan? Now that's coming up on Sunday. All right. You can listen while you're getting Sunday dinner together. Okay. You know, seems seemed apt, right? Cook, listen to the Bourdain disgraceland episode. Sunday is my day to cook, by the way, and to listen to stuff. I find it to be very relaxing, but I'm getting off topic. Listen, next week, in our next new episode, this one is going to be on Weezer. That's right, Weezer. Now, what true crime is there possibly to tell about Weezer? That's what you're asking yourself right now. Is it Rivers Cuomo's belief in the algorithm? Is it his complicated relationship with massage parlors? What about a bass player who lived that debaucherous rock and roll lifestyle a little too fully?
12:11 Jake Brennan? All the way to an early grave? Yes, that happened. Or perhaps it's about a shootout with the cops. How about it's about all of this and more. This is the Weezer story like you've never heard it before. So do not sleep on this upcoming new episode of disgraceland on Tuesday. My favorite Weezer album, by the way, is Pinkerton, and not just because it was recorded right down the street from the apartment I was living in at the time, but because it is heavy, H E A V Y. But it was a flop as well. Commercially a flopped, and it's probably Rivers Cuomo's least favorite Weezer album. Anyway, you look at it, Pinkerton is a departure from what we've come to know and expect Weezer to sound like. So when you're listening to the Weezer episode of disgraceland next week, be thinking about
12:56 Jake Brennan? what your favorite album is. By a band that is a total outlier of an album, okay? That is totally different from anything else in their catalog. Albums like Pink Floyd's Metal, or Neil Young's Shocking Pinks, or Paul McCartney's Run Devil Run, Metallica's Lulu even. Let me know, 617-906-6638. That's going to be the question of the week for next week. Voicemail and text at disgracelandpod on the socials, [email protected] . You want to email me? I'll be back right after this to hear from you guys, to hear from you on text, your voicemail, et cetera. Back in a flash.
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14:51 Jake Brennan? So I'm doing this thing where I'm doing this intermittent fasting thing every day. I stop eating at like 8 o'clock at night, and I don't eat again until noon the next day. It's now, as I record this, 8 minutes to noon. It's 11:52. And what happens is typically... Come 11 a.m. I'm, I'm ready to just kill somebody. I'm so angry because I'm so hungry. But then, you know, and then I'm going to eat at 12. That's the plan. But then 12 comes and my hunger goes away. It's crazy, crazy. And I'm hitting that phase right now, right now as
15:34 Jake Brennan? we're talking. I don't know why I thought you'd find this interesting, but I did. Anyhow, there you have it. I'm back. I'm in the phone booth. It's the one across the hall. You know what I'm doing, even though I'm hungry, or maybe I'm not hungry anymore. I can't tell. I'm hanging on the telephone. Let's hear from you guys. All right. Let's hear from Dee in the 214 on, you guys still want to talk about this? And that's fine. You want to keep talking about the Mount Rushmore of Gone Too Soon artists. I'm here for it. This is Dee's take.
16:01 Speaker 06 Hey Jake, it's Dee from Dallas and I'm right getting in with my Gone Too Soon Mount Rushmore. And that is Amy Winehouse, Chris Cornell, Chester Bennington, and of course Kurt Cobain. Also, have you ever done an episode on the conspiracy theory behind the Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington, uh, air quotes suicides? Maybe you should. Bye.
16:41 Jake Brennan? All right. Thank you, Dee. Thanks for checking in. Thanks for giving us your list. I haven't done anything on the air quotes, uh, end of life stuff there with Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington. I have looked into it. I can't find anything credible that supports the conspiracy theory. And I know that it is kind of sort of somewhat in a roundabout way connected to Anthony Bourdain. So, uh, and like I said, that episode is coming up in the rewind slot in a couple of days. And again, I, I looked into it, didn't find anything credible. If you found anything credible, key word credible, by all means, send it to me and I'll look at it with fresh eyes. Thanks, Dee. All right, let's see what Rick's doing in 317.
17:27 Speaker 07 Hey Jake, it's Rick from 317. Love your show. It's awesome. I've been listening to it for years. And usually what I'm doing is just having a cocktail and sitting back and being informed, but keep doing what you're doing. I was gonna ask if you were gonna do a show maybe on a well-hired conspiracy with John McCain, who had ties in with Monster Magnet, ties in with Queens and Stone Age. So I don't know how much debauchery going on that, but with those names, there's gotta be something, right? All right, man, you take it easy. Robert Wilkins.
18:01 Jake Brennan? All right, let's check out Scott in the 516.
18:07 Speaker 07 Hey Jake, my name is Scott. I listen to every one of your episodes. I am a quadriplegic that goes to the gym daily, and I always listen to all your episodes. You speak so fast. It took me a while to write down your number, to type it into my phone. I'm just saying, I'd like to tell you, one of the greatest heist films I've ever seen, and I'm sure you've seen it, is The Italian Job. I wrote you a text and I want to know what you think about it. Again, my name is Scott. I'm calling from Staten Island, New York, 516 area code. You can use my name, and I can't wait to hear the next one you drop. And greatest car trace movie? The Blues Brothers. No doubt about it. Bye Jake.
18:50 Jake Brennan? Scott in the 516, appreciate you, man. Good job on going to the gym every day. Jealous. I don't have that kind of dedication. Um, okay, Scott, I'm sorry, dude. I haven't seen The Italian Job. I have not seen the original, nor have I seen the remake from the early 2000s. Which one are you referring to, though? The original, right? Guys, Scott's referencing a conversation that Zeph and I have over in the Hollywoodland feed. On, he's talking about greatest heist movies. We're recommending, we're recommending songs that are, that were heist songs. You can check that out if you're subscribed to Hollywoodland. Sorry to let you down here, Scott,
19:32 Jake Brennan? but thank you because now you're prompting me to watch this. Who stars in the original? Who is it? Is it, uh, my guy there?
19:42 Jake Brennan? Michael Caine? I think it is, or am I thinking of something else? I should look it up. I'm not gonna, I'm gonna keep rolling through here. Let's do some texts. We had our Diddy episodes in the rewind slot a couple of weeks ago. This text comes from the 530. Do I believe Diddy did it? My logical mind says, how could I not? I still haven't seen any evidence that proves he didn't. He didn't. Proves that he didn't do it. She hasn't seen any evidence that proves that he had it. Okay. She goes on to say, all we see and hear about is the overwhelming damning evidence against him. So yeah, he did it. His mammoth sized ego couldn't shut up about it. Ha ha. What a douche. Keep up the good work, Jake. Love your podcast. Danny C, I tend to agree with you. Last week, we were talking about this David story that's developing out,
20:26 Jake Brennan? or the court case is developing out in Los Angeles, D4VD. And the 713 writes in, the David episode bonus. I read the indictment and then looked up cadaver bags on Amazon. $13.99 and I was worried I would be on a list. Why can you buy this without a special license? I don't know. I don't, I don't have an answer for you there, 713, but I appreciate it. And I can't wait to tell this story. I can't wait till this court case wraps. 541 writes in, Jake, Tom from the 541 here. What do I do while listening to your podcast? Farming, growing vegetables and flower seeds and fresh produce for the people here in the lovely mountains of Southern Oregon. Love the show. Rock on.
21:11 Jake Brennan? Peace. Tom. Tom! That's exciting. You know, I can't think of anything more heavenly than farming or gardening. It just seems to be, it's like, it's like a fantasy of mine to be able to do that every day, to be completely disconnected from the technological, modern aspects of life that have their fucking talons in me 24/7. It seems, hey, I'm going off track here. 405 texts in, hey, disgraceland, I know I'm late. How could you leave Randy Rhoads off the list? He was a trained classical guitarist who was about to leave Ozzy to pursue a career dedicated to that style of play. Yeah.
21:53 Jake Brennan? You know, and if I'm being honest, I made my list of great Mount Rushmore guitarists. Pretty subjective in Randy Rhoads. Gripped me as a young child when that tribute to Randy came out. Incredible. I got in a lot of trouble because of that album. I don't know if I want to tell it here on this podcast because my kids might someday listen to this when they're still kids and I don't want them to hear this story. So, you know, I don't know. 617-906-6638. Hit me up on text. Maybe I'll tell you over text. You can also leave me a voicemail. We might play it here on the after party. [email protected] . You want to send me an email. At disgracelandpod on the socials.
22:36 Jake Brennan? Gonna let you guys know something real quick. Zeth and I are getting ready to film a new episode of our video podcast, This Film Should Be Played Loud. And in this episode, this episode is going to be all about Wes Anderson's film, The Royal Tenenbaums and the music, the incredible soundtrack. That episode is going to drop next Wednesday over in the disgraceland all access feed on Patreon. Now, if you're not an all access member, now is a good time to sign up. Our monthly and annual memberships for the Sound and Fury tier, that's the tier where you get the video. That's the tier where you get the This Film Should Be Played Loud, Royal Tenenbaums episode and our other episodes on Goodfellas and Boogie Nights and High Fidelity.
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25:07 Jake Brennan? All right, we're back and I'm not going to delay anymore. I know why we're all here. We are here with bated breath waiting for our sitcom theme music, Mayapalooza, May Madness, whatever the hell we're talking about this. The Sitcomtronic 2000 is helping it. What I can't remember what Matt calls this thing. Matt, get in here, give us the update.
25:29 Speaker 07 Yeah, Jake, you're talking about the May Madness sitcom theme tournament that we've got going on and you're talking about the Sitcomtron 2000, which is this advanced technology that we have to help us run this tournament. As of today, we've narrowed the field down to the Elite Eight. If you go onto Patreon. com/disgraceland you can see the matchups for the elite eight round and you'll also see where to go to vote to see who's gonna go through into the final four voting for the elite eight closes on Monday at 1159 PM Eastern Time so if you want to get in and
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26:19 Jake Brennan? all right Matt thank you as always for this very important update we appreciate it guys get over to disgracelandpod.com sign up for our Patreon get in and vote you don't even have to be a paid member to get in here and access all this hot nostalgic sitcom action all right now I mentioned earlier the conversation that Zeth and I were having about musical heists over in the Hollywoodland feed this week we got into perhaps an even more interesting musical conversation over in the rap party in Hollywoodland this week when we were talking about great car music and that's because we get Steve McQueen happening in Hollywoodland this week and man I could have talked about this for
27:04 Jake Brennan? I mean we're supposed to come with three recommendations three song recommendations I had I think seven written down and I could have gone I could have kept going something about cars and rock and roll and a lot of you probably don't know this I wouldn't say I'm a car guy but I love cars and I love car culture I'm not part of a car club or anything like that but I was kind of part of an unofficial one in high school with my buddies so this stuff is in my DNA and any excuse I get to talk about Jeff Tweedy and Wilco's passenger side is a good one Matt give the people a little taste of what they might be missing if they're not subscribed over in the Hollywoodland feed
27:48 Speaker 00 Brennan teenage Jake Brennan driving around in.
27:50 Jake Brennan? 1968 Plymouth Barracuda, straight six engine, white red top that I bought for 800 bucks off my friend Dutch, who drove, who bought, I'm sorry, who sold me the Barracuda so that he could buy his 64 Dodge Dart. We had cool fucking cars and some of it was, some of it was our own taste and some of it was like our, our dad's, not mine, well, my dad, but that was why I had my car. Some, some of my friends, like my friend Billy, his dad ran a gas station. So he, he was gifted a cherry red 67 Camaro when he got his license bastard. We had to pay for ours.
28:29 Jake Brennan? But we had cool fricking muscle cars and car culture was part of our, our world in this small town that we grew up in.
28:36 Speaker 00 Interesting.
28:36 Jake Brennan? This song in particular, when Ministry released, Jesus built my hot rod. It was like our minds exploded because it was everything. It was everything. And I didn't know until today that that was Gibby Hang singing that song from Butthole Surfers. Did you know that?
28:52 Speaker 00 No, I didn't know that.
28:53 Jake Brennan? I didn't know that either, man. I did not know that. And I thought that was like some old, old movie sample at the beginning that I just read to you. That soon I discovered that this rock thing was true.
29:04 Speaker 00 Right.
29:04 Jake Brennan? Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil and Jesus was an architect prior to his career as a prophet. All of a sudden I found myself in love with the world. I think you could put that on my headstone, dude. And it would be like, perfect. This sums up everything about me. All right. That's a Hollywood land feed. Make sure you are subscribed to Hollywood land on Apple podcasts or the iHeart radio app or wherever you get your podcasts. 617 906 6638. You want to hit me up on voicemail or text [email protected] . If you want to send me an email on any of these topics that we've been discussing. Dan Simpson writes, hey, I think the death of Dave Brockie of Guar would make for a good episode.
29:45 Jake Brennan? Dan, I don't know anything about this. Nothing. I know of Guar, of course. I almost went to see them a couple of times with my friends, but I didn't for whatever reason. And yeah, you're absolutely right. That would make for a great episode. Tom G emails us what appears to be video from inside Aleister Crowley's home. Is that what this is?
30:11 Jake Brennan? Only one of your three videos will open, my man, and I'm trying to put some context to this. Hit me back, Tom. Trying to piece this together. This one comes from Peter Guger. I hope I'm pronouncing that correctly. Peter writes in, hi, Z and J. That's Zeth and Jake. Firstly, thanks, Zeth, for the heads up on Quantum Criminals. I didn't know about the book, so it goes without saying that it's now on order. I also checked out John Lemay's online store. Thanks for giving me the Albert King rabbit hole to go down, Jake. I knew a little about this somewhat mysterious character and self purported half brother of BB King. I especially love the chat between you guys on The Hunter and the appropriations the
30:52 Jake Brennan? song has been subject to. Led Zeppelin I is the album of theirs that I've listened to the least, so I was unaware of the directly ripped section of that Hunter song in how many more times? If I was, I would have recognized it immediately as Pacific Gas and Electric's version of The Hunter. It was a minor hit here in Australia back in 1969. I don't even know about Pacific Gas and Electric. All right, anyways, Peter goes on. I can actually remember listening to it on my friend's mother's car radio. I was only 10 at the time, so I didn't know about Albert King's original and certainly wouldn't have known what a love gun was. And then he includes an article here on Pacific Gas and Electric.
31:34 Jake Brennan? Peter, thanks so much. [email protected] . I don't know anything about this version of The Hunter. I don't, like I said, know anything about Pacific Gas and Electric, but I'm excited to dig into this. Looks like they were an inspiration on both Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page, all from Peter's email. Thank you, Peter. [email protected] . If you guys want to email me about anything, get at me. [email protected] , 617-906-6638. Voicemail and text disgracelandpod@gmail, at disgracelandpod on the socials. All right, guys, as promised, Zeth and I are about to get into our conversation on punk rock and
32:15 Jake Brennan? Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest punk albums of all time, but more importantly, The Mecha Nations behind the making of these lists by Rolling Stone, by The New York Times, et cetera, these lists that we've been discussing a lot here. Pretty interesting conversation. You're not going to want to miss it. Go to disgracempod.com to sign up if you're not already an All Access member.
32:49 Jake Brennan? All right, let's recap, shall we? We talked a lot about a bunch of punk bands in this episode. The Clash, Sex Pistols. We have two episodes on the Sex Pistols in our archive, another on The Clash, and we've got a great John Lennon episode from the time that he made some time in New York City. Matt will have the episode information in the show notes of this page so that you guys can navigate through our archive to find those stories, should you be inclined. All right, listen, number one, this week, our new episode on Christina Grimm. That is available for you right now. Number two, our rewind episode coming up this Sunday on Anthony Bourdain. That'll be there for you. Don't miss that. Number three, next week, brand new episode on Weezer. Zest giving you all those Hollywood
33:33 Jake Brennan? and crime vibes in the Hollywoodland feed, so make sure that you are subscribed. Our next, this film should be played loud. That's coming next week on the Royal Tenenbaums. And now is your time to get 20% off becoming an All Access member. Go to disgracempod.com to sign up. Number six, 617-906-6638. Your voice keeps us digging into the dark corners of music history, so keep calling, keep texting, giving us your answers to this week's question of the week, or with whatever else you want to talk about. Number seven, do not forget this goes, this isn't just content, it's a community, a community of the obsessed, and no one cares about music, books, records, and the crime and grime. It ties them all together like you do, and well, that's a disgrace. Back on June 10th, 2016, singer
34:14 Jake Brennan? in The Voice contestant Christina Grimm was shot down and murdered, and this was what America was listening to on that day. Number one, Love Yourself, Justin Bieber. Number two, Sorry, Justin Bieber. Number three, One Dance, Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla. Number four, Work, Rihanna featuring Drake. Number five, Stressed Out, Twenty One Pilots. Number six, Panda, Designer. Number seven, Hello, Adele. Number eight, Don't Let Me Down, The Chainsmokers.
34:56 Jake Brennan? Number nine, Can't Stop the Feeling, Justin Timberlake. Number 10, Close, The Chainsmokers. Number 11...
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