Episode 13 – #38 – My Favourite Fictional US President

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This episode, we suffer from a short recording turnaround, and would both have liked longer than the four days we had with these albums. We begin what will become an ongoing discussion on the worst band names in history, drop a pen into the abyss, and postpone niceties.

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Episode 13 – My Favourite Fictional US President

Transcript coming soon.

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Albums Discussed in this Episode

1. Glen’s choice: Goo Goo Dolls – Dizzy up the Girl (Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube).
2. James’ choice: Ray Lamontagne and the Pariah Dogs – God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise (Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube).

Countdowns So Far

You can also see how we rank each other’s albums here. Note that this is up to and including the latest published episode, so will contain spoilers if you are not up-to-date.

Rank	James	Glen
#50	Tim Minchin – Matilda, the Musical	Horse the Band – R. Borlax
#49	The London Symphony Orchestra – Classic Rock	Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells
#48	Remy Zero – The Golden Hum	Nile – Annihilation of the Wicked
#47	Harry Secombe – Bless This House	Nick Drake – Pink Moon
#46	Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come a Long Way Baby	The Reindeer Section – Son of Evil Reindeer
#45	Dr Dre – 2001	Elbow – Asleep in the Back
#44	Lauren Daigle – Look Up Child	Gomez – Bring it On
#43	The Baseballs – Strike!	Ben Howard – Every Kingdom
#42	Tom Jones – Reload	Foreign Slippers – Farewell to the Old Ghosts
#41	Black Lace – Party Party	Opeth – Ghost Reveries
#40	Nell Bryden – Shake the Tree	Maximum the Hormone – Bu-ikikaesu
#39	The Torero Band – Lennon and McCartney, Tijuana Style	Jimmy Eat World – Clarity
#38	Ray Lamontagne and the Pariah Dogs – God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise	Goo Goo Dolls – Dizzy up the Girl

Our current theme is an arrangement of Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin (written by John Bonham, Willie Dixon, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant) using (at James’ request) harpsichord, bassoon, and triangle, made by Glen.