🎧 Episode 101 – Mr. Mister, Pages, Holiday Chaos & A Quincy Jones Reset

After the milestone celebration, Curtis and Jonathan are back to their usual two-man musical mischief for Episode 101. Jonathan kicks things off with an underrated gem from Mr. Mister, diving into that pristine ’80s studio-pop sheen the show loves. Curtis follows with a smooth, early-era deep cut from the first Pages album, bringing West Coast AOR energy back into the room where it belongs.In the category songs, Jonathan delivers a delightfully over-the-top Burnt To A Crisp Christmas selection—equal parts seasonal and unhinged—before Curtis restores balance with a warm, soulful #1 In Our Hearts moment from Quincy Jones’ The Dude era. Consider it the perfect palate cleanser.It’s classic WITSHFY: immaculate harmonies, questionable holiday choices, pristine session-player worship, and two friends wandering happily through the deep-cut wilderness.Curtis Gross is a self-employed video editor.Jonathan Workman is an adult learning consultant based in Wichita, KS.---Make sure you are subscribed to Why Is This So Hard For You. Type Why Is This So Hard For You in your podcast provider, hit that subscription button, and leave us a five-star review. This will make it easier for other podcast listeners to find the podcast.---The intro music is the first 30 seconds of the Ornette Coleman tune "Song X" fed into AI software that attempts to output the song to a solo piano transcription. The outro music is the first 30 seconds of Sonny Rollins' version of the tune "St. Thomas" fed into the same software.