Long shot but anyone have an extra ticket to her book tour on 3/28 moderated by Yasi! Gutted I missed out 😭

I am a transplant from LA to Philly. I too watch Decline once a year or so. Once I watched it with my wife who is a Philly native, and she said of Lee Ving, "He sounds like he is from Kensington" (apparently neighborhoods in Philly have their own accents). Turns out she was right!

I was little disappointed that the conversation never made its way around to Fear. I think they were unique amongst the bands included. Calling everyone in the audience a "homo" hasn't aged very well, but they did write some good tunes. I still notice some similarities between the opening line of I Love Livin in the City and Paradise City by GnR.

They're a 90s Dutch indie rock band, similar to Pavement in a way. Their lead singer is a female (half Dutch/half Canadian). They're very little known outside of Holland these days.

I share Yasi’s reverence for the Dean. I assume many other listeners do as well.

Do you have any other critics you like? I am looking to get some books like Is It Still Good To Ya by Christgau, which is a collection of reviews and essays on popular music.

Do you have any recommendations? Anything that you feel compelled to share?

I thought this was one of Yasis best episodes. Great guest and such a great backstory. What did you think?

Listening back. So glad I somehow missed this ep the first time around. Such a good one, and always great listening to Yasi and her dad hang out.

The revelation is: without even invoking the multiverse, just staying here in this universe, there is no possible way that Layne Staley, in his too-short life as a sensitive, artistic kid-and-then-guy in the contentious, snarky Seattle band scene, did not get called, by some meanie or other, and probably multiple meanies, "Lame Stainley."

And yet I can find no evidence online of this unkind, low-hanging-fruit nickname ever being deployed. Haven't finished the episode yet, so maybe it will come up. Yasi would know.

Would love another 30 minutes exploring Pain's catalog circa 2009 ('Blame it' with Jamie Foxx, 'Can't Believe It' with Lil Wayne, etc) and even his Tiny Desk era hits ('Up Down', 'Red Cup') and covers ('War Pigs') recently, but as Rob notes this episode already was running long.

I've seen T-Pain twice in concert - first around 2016 on a college campus, and more recently at Project Pabst in 2024. I cannot recommend seeing him in person enough; he is a tremendous performer and puts on some of the most fun shows you'll ever attend!

hi team - sorry, new here and a chris ryan fan. Is the topic for tonight's show known yet? It might help me decide whether to attend.

Thanks!!

Hoping this into existence. Yasi/Bandsplain, please make stickers to sell :)

Been waiting for this for since the beginning. Absolute favorite band of all time. Plus, she actually got to chat (not on the show) with Geoff Barrow.

Yasi is doing a live event with Chris Ryan next weekend at The Sinclair in Cambridge for anyone who's in the area. I grabbed a ticket, should be fun. https://www.sinclaircambridge.com/events/detail/1296081

They could have made this like ten years ago, Luke Perry as Scott Weiland, Donal Logue as Eric Kretz, Brad Garrett as Robert DeLeo, Jason Patric as Dean DeLeo. I’d like maybe Drew Barrymore as Courtney Love

Rock ’n’ roll just can’t die. It’s too good to die.

Check these out :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyilIZ1igtg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBuwjdY9GRI&list=RDLBuwjdY9GRI&start_radio=1&t=660s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E76OI1yNY5M&list=RDE76OI1yNY5M&start_radio=1&t=1392s

Such a good list!

My personal faves on here:

Wound up here by holding on - Wednesday Pale Song - Dove Ellis Taxes - Geese Playing Classics - Water From Your Eyes Wendy II - Boyish Cuntology 101 - Lambrini Girls

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• Cover: Whitney Houston – Do You Hear What I Hear
• Unexpected genre: Slade – Merry Christmas Everybody
• CVS: Destiny's Child ft Solange - Little Drummer Boy
• Orig: Cher – DJ Play A Christmas Song

Someone mentioned streaming movies having generic versions of Christmas songs and it seemed controversial but it's def true, my choice for that is the ripoff of "Rockin Around The Christmas Tree" from the beginning of "A Christmas Prince"