Episode 90: The Meryl Streep Chum Challenge

This week, Cort reports back on Cannonball, the debut album from Man/Woman/Chainsaw. We get into a band that seems determined not to sound like the same band from song to song, the proper deployment of a violin in indie rock, rotating lead singers, and an unexpectedly competitive field of things named “Cannonball,” including The Breeders and Damien Rice.

From there, a discussion of wild horses and the American food supply raises questions that nobody particularly wanted raised, and Mitch McConnell once again meanders into the conversation, because apparently we have accidentally given him recurring-character status.

In the non-listening portion of our listening podcast, we return to sharks. Specifically, Chum, a movie with a title that turns out to be extremely literal and dialogue so ambitious that we arrive at the question: could the world’s greatest living actress make this shit work? Netflix’s The Last House gets subjected to the kind of practical scrutiny its characters probably could have used, including questions involving a criminally underutilized skunk. We also check back in on Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, mourn Bonnaroo just as Brian figured out how to watch it from home, and make quick stops at new music from Weezer, Phoebe Bridgers and the Afghan Whigs.

We close it out and say G’Day to this week’s random podcast generator suggestion.

Brian’s last assignment to Cort: Man/Woman/Chainsaw – Cannonball https://open.spotify.com/album/1yN1NPr6d4TvVJyUyuMHpK?si=D5942BnIQw6H3kfXabVq6A

Cort’s next assignment to Brian: Sawyer Hill – Everybody’s Home, Nobody’s Happy https://open.spotify.com/search/Sawyer%20Hill%20Everybody%27s%20Home%20Nobody%27s%20Happy

🎶 Theme Song: "Cyrus Oh Cyrus" by The Flying Scrub Jays https://open.spotify.com/track/3S9T5HUS4cwky1922WhF1J?si=6fcad8771f724492

Also check out The Flying Scrub Jays new album A Ship of Seasons https://open.spotify.com/album/5S53Tfm6WmpYLreFegqbXj?si=cYwfT9dLQ66hs0SuQwc0Ew

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