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In the Mix
by Steve & Dave
Steve and Dave love music, and love making mixes and playlists. So each week (uh, for the most part) they get together, sometimes with a friend, and make a mix based around a theme. They talk about the music they love (or deeply hate) and whatever else is rolling around inside their skulls.
Episodes
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Like No One's Watching: Songs That Get You Hyped
The boys are back and trying to be a little less dour, so with the help of returning champ Jessie "Truck Yeah" McCormick we're talking about some of the songs that get us hyped up like no other. The songs that get us singing, dancing, screaming along in our cars, all of it. It's a journey that...
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Extended Play: Songs from EPs
Steve and Dave finally become self-aware and realize their episodes have been TOO LONG. So they tighten it up with a mix of favorite songs from EPs and make a shorter ep! Still kinda long though...
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Party Starter: Favorite Party Songs
We return with a fun, unwieldy episode about the power of partying! Max from the band We're Ghosts Now returns to talk parties, party tunes, and the different types of parties you can have. Rich person yacht parties, chill house parties, Matrix club parties, and much more! Grab your solo cup, hit...
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Making a Killing: Songs About Murder
Katie Wright returns to talk about songs that touch on a grizzly, gruesome topic: MURDER. Are these songs terrifying odes to violence, or silly make-believes written by little scamps? From Broadway showtunes to ambient indie, horror punk to 90s alternative, Johnny Cash to Tom Waits, what makes…
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Shitty Love: Bad Love Songs
It may be Valentine's Day but we're not here to help you seduce your loved one this year. We're going the other way and talking some of the worst, dumbest, most annoying and least sexy love songs ever put on record. How did one of the worst Billboard number one hits in history ever get made?…
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On the 1s and 2s: Favorite Producers
Joined by returning guest Bill Lambusta (Fake Pockets, The Great Albums), we discuss some songs produced by some of his favorite mixers, engineers and/or gurus along with some of Steve and Dave's favorite produced songs. From Blondie to Stone Temple Pilots, 90s industrial to 2000s emo, we're...
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Haterade: Popular Songs We Don't Like
We've been too positive lately about music, talking about things we enjoy. Not this week! This week we're gatekeeping and playing devil's advocate, steadfastly refusing to let you enjoy things. We talk about ten popular songs from the last 50+ years that we, for whatever petty reasons, just don't...
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MedicalCore: Songs from Medical Shows
Lenny and Andrew from the House of House podcast join the mixboys to examine, diagnose, and treat everyone's musical ailments by taking a listen to popular songs that graced everyone's 'favorite' medical shows. House of House Podcast
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Favorite Songs of 2022
As another year comes to a close, and in fact already came to a close, Steve and Dave bravely logged on one morning despite each being slightly under the weather to discuss their favorite songs of 2022. Listen in for some of the year's finest in hardcore, indie, pop, emo, country, and more!
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Santa Claus Comes Tonight: Horny Christmas Songs
It's the holiday season! In the past, we've talked good Christmas songs and we've talked bad Christmas songs. This year, with returning guest Chris Fox of Ruby Bones, we go in a bit of a different direction, gazing into the abyss that is horny Christmas songs. From coy jazz numbers to lusty slow...
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The Deep South: Songs From Little Nicky
We felt like although last week's episode was a rollicking good time, we're definitely rusty. It was necessary to shake that rust off with some topics we're very familiar with, so we combined two of our favorite topics together: Adam Sandler and nu-metal. We shuffled up some songs from the...
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Sad Hour: Drinking Songs
The boys are back! We're doing some more classic mixes this season, and had a big plan to start it off right by doing another power hour with our bud Dave Lynch. Unfortunately, a couple of us were ridiculously hungover at the time of recording and were in no shape for such a feat, so the three of...
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Favorite Albums Episode 10: ALFums
On today's episode, Katie Wright rejoins the boys to discuss the everlasting legacy of ALF and of course, music from Steve's favorite albums of all time.
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Favorite Albums Episode 9: 100 Girlfriends
Back again with some more of Steve's favorite albums tracks! Joined by returning favorite Devon Moore from Fake Pockets, we focus on more of a good vibes time after last time. Together, we take a trip to the Myspace era with some Hellogoodbye, examine the charming nostalgia of Something…
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Favorite Albums Episode 8: Beefface
After a winter break, we return to the favorite albums project for a low key episode with some downer songs. As Dave bravely muscles through a recording while being sick, the playlist brings us to discussions of the isolation of living alone, nostalgia for life events you didn't actually...
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The Christmas Shoes
For the past few years, our holiday episodes have been derailed by the same scourge: The Christmas Shoes. Because our friend Chris Dubrow can't stop playing the song whenever he's on our holiday episode, this year we did something a little different: we made him watch the 2002 The Christmas Shoes...
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Favorite Songs of 2021
It's the end of the year, so we're taking a short break from our season-long theme to do our usual end-of-year stuff. First up is our annual favorite songs of the year episode! What did we like this year in punk, indie, R&B, hip-hop, ska, dance, and even video game protest music?
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Favorite Albums Episode 7: The Bad Lil Boys
Your hosts return this week, still talking Steve's Favorite Albums, however, this episode has a lil twist. Dave was handed the keys and found himself ten lil songs from Steve's list that he has some serious questions about. Mostly of the 'this isn't an 8, it's a 9!' variety. Along the way, we...
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Favorite Albums Episode 6: Band is Books
It's just your hosts this week as we take a look at some of the tracks on the favorite albums project that were pleasant surprises. The result is a fun episode about a real bummer of a playlist, from an underrated Tracy Chapman deep cut to the tortured sorrows of American Football and Fleetwood...
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Favorite Albums Episode 5: Punk Rock Mario and Sonic at the Olympics
Along with returning favorite Jess McCormick, we have a loosey-goosey late night after hours episode as we continue deeper into the favorite albums project. Together, we bond over our love of Frank Turner, indulge in some of Bruce Springsteen's most writerly efforts, break down the genre of…
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Favorite Albums Episode 4: We're Nice Now
Steve and Dave are nice now as they continue deeper into this favorite albums project. With returning guest Lenny Burnham (Chapter Surfing, House of House), we discuss why Reel Big Fish's most pure radio rock song didn't get the success it deserved, trying too hard to hate Fall Out Boy as a...
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Favorite Albums Episode 3: Just a Puppy
In episode 3 of discussing Steve's favorite albums, we have already made the choice to go negative! We're talking 10 songs from these albums that just didn't feel up to par and wondering why. Why did The 1975 try to be Radiohead for a song? Why does it hurt so much when you find a Carly Rae…
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Favorite Albums Episode 2: Nookie is a Pinkerton Song (with Chris Dubrow)
This week we continue our season-long thread of trying to determine some of Steve's favorite albums. Joined by returning favorite (?) Chris Dubrow, we discuss whether Weird Al is the GOAT, embrace the Buffett vibes, explain why Oasis being assholes was actually pretty cool, and once again…
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Favorite Albums Episode 1
We're back with a brand new season, and a brand new season-long topic! This season, we'll be taking a look through a variety of tunes as Steve tries to determine his 100 favorite albums, from the most critically acclaimed classic albums to the least essential pop punk one-hit wonders. On the…
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Reevaluations: Big Money Hustlas
We end our season of reevaluations where we started: with the Insane Clown Posse. We bring back our friend Max to watch ICP's 2000 film Big Money Hustlas and see if, even though we can see the things that are bad with it, we can also find what's good. Turns out, there may be more to like than…
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Reevaluations: Disco Songs by Non-Disco Artists
Many factors caused the end of disco by 1980. One that isn't discussed as much: as the market went all-in on disco, established artists who never made even remotely disco music tried to cash in on the trend. Many of these songs were buried as a shameful part of pop music past, but how are they as...
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Reevaluations: Bro Country
On this week's episode, Dave and Steve are joined by friend and returning guest Jessie McCormick to give 'Bro Country' the ol' college try and see if there's any gold to be discovered amongst the trucks, coolers of silver bullets, and having a few beers before driving down some backroads (please…
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Reevaluations: Political Songs
On this week's episode of In the Mix, Steve and Dave are joined by another person named Dave to take a look at a spectrum of music from the 70s to now that encompass themes people would probably mark as being "political." Through good and bad, the trio dissect, deconstruct, and ponder on what…
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Reevaluations: Charity Songs
On today's episode of In the Mix, Steve and Dave take a dive into songs with a cause. From the 70s to now, many musicians took it upon themselves to create singles or records with the idea to make money for causes, organizations, or even individuals. Did they succeed in making good music as well?...
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Reevaluations: Swing Revival
What's up all you cool cats and dames. On today's episode of In the Mix, Steve and Dave are joined by old friend and past guest Matt to discuss the finer intricacies of that old horn tootin' and dancin' genre of yesteryear. 1990s yesteryear, at least. We're talking Swing Revival!
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Reevaluations: Jam Bands
On this week's episode, Steve and Dave are joined by friend of the show Zac Schaffner to discuss just what exactly is the deal with jam bands, is there something more there they have been missing, and if all that raw talent also equals 'good' music tunes.
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Reevaluations: Butt Rock
Butt rock, the watered down younger brother of grunge, ruled the rock radio airwaves in the 2000s with bands that became massive successes and cultivated massive fanbases that exist to this day. But it still gets made fun of for being unambitious, whiny, and aggravating. Is it? Steve and Dave...
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Reevaluations: Pure Moods
The Pure Moods series of CDs promised us pure moods, and left us to decipher what that means. So we decided to listen and see if Pure Moods is right for us as it takes us on a journey of new age, Celtic, ambient, and dance music... and TV theme songs. Along for the ride are Bill Lambusta and…
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Reevaluations: Jimmy Buffett
This week, Steve and Dave dive into the long career of Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band. Long maligned as corny boomer music, they instead find a lot of touching, meaningful story songs... as well as a lot of silly songs. Can the easygoing nature of the Buffett experience resonate with…
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Reevaluations: Failed Celebrity Music
We're trying to stay positive as we reevaluate all this music, but we're facing our toughest test yet. With returning guest and Chapter Surfing host Lenny Burnham, we take a look at some of the most notorious example of famous people who tried to become successful musicians and completely failed....
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Reevaluations: Christian Music
We continue our series of "Reevaluations" episodes of music often mocked or written off. This week, we take a trip to the alternate universe of Christian music. The classic genres of music you know... but Christian. As we listen to Christian rock, grunge, ska, , punk, hardcore, EDM, R&B, and...
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Reevaluations: Insane Clown Posse
For the rest of the season, we'll be sticking to one theme: Reevaluations. Bands, genres, musical movements and more that have a poor reputation: is that reputation actually earned, or is there more than we realize beneath the surface? We start this recurring theme the only way we knew how: by...
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Favorite Non-2020 Discoveries of 2020
2020 was a year to forget, so Steve and Dave decided to end the year forgetting it! We instead talk about some of our favorite discoveries of the year that was released in any year but 2020. In doing so, we take a look at how we've changed and who we've become in the past year. The weird pivots...
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Favorite Songs of 2020
Steve and Dave break down some of their favorite songs of 2020, looking at the best the year had to offer in punk, emo, dance, indie, country, hip hop, and something Dave calls "soviet doomer music." All this, plus discussions of what we think makes for good and bad pop music and what it feels…
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Holiday Songs in Other Styles
Holiday songs are boring. The only way to make them interesting is to either retool them or make new ones in your own style. So with the help of returning guests Devon Moore and Chris Dubrow, we examine the good and (mostly) bad of artists bringing their own aesthetic to the holiday season. We've...
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Wrong Generation: Terrible Songs From Our Childhood
Culture today may have its issues, but that doesn't mean that everything from the cultures of yesteryear was great. So we banded together in this, our season finale, to examine some of the worst songs from when we were growing up. We discuss bad attempts at being an R&B song, the scourge of butt...
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Apocalypse Soon: Songs for the End of the World
Nearly a year ago, we decided to record an episode of songs about the end of the world. Instead of being about fictional apocalypses, we talked depressingly about our concerns of a real life apocalypse. However, Steve's old computer overheated and damaged the episode beyond repair, and we never...
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Growin' Up: Songs About Getting Older
Getting older can suck. But it can also be a fun time, and there's a lot of good music that gets to the heart of this conflict. Joined by return guest and Chapter Surfing host Lenny Burnham, we discuss some of our favorite songs about aging. From 90s ska bands to the latest in European dance, we...
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Backyardigans: Backyard Songs
If you're lucky enough to have a backyard/patio/deck/fire escape/any means of getting some solitary fresh air during this pandemic, we've got you covered with music for the occasion. From some silky smooth Steely Dan to classic Beach Boys, weed rap to ska Sinatra, we've collected a group of songs...
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Alternative #1 Hits
We grew up as alternative rock kids, as did our guest, returning champion and We're Ghosts Now bassist Max Resnick. So we shuffled every song that ever went #1 on the Alternative songs Billboard chart (currently the Alternative Airplay chart) and discussed the first 10 that came up. How has...
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Punk Goes Pod
Steve and Dave embark on a solo episode this week in which they do a deep dive in the famous "Punk Goes" series of compilations. Going from different eras, from pop punk to emo pop to crunkcore and much more, we ask: what does it mean to have a good Punk Goes Pop song? What makes one worse than...
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Like My iPod Stuck on Replay: Songs You've Had On Repeat
Music fans love finding songs, falling in love with them and then listening to them until you can barely stand them anymore. Returning guest writer/actor/podcaster Katie Wright joins us to talk about some of our favorite songs we couldn't stop listening to throughout our lives. From depressed...
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Gone But Not Forgotten: Artists Who No Longer Make Music
NYC-based cinematographer Adam Kolodny joins us to talk about some artists we've enjoyed but who no longer make music. From classic 70s punk to 2010s indie, to folk artists who disappeared, we get into some great artists and why they stopped.
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Artists You Hate For Petty Reasons
Not every artist you dislike is disliked for a rational reason. So we decided to talk about the artists we refuse to give a chance for admittedly petty, nonmusical reasons, and to join us are returning guests Jessie McCormick and Avery Mandeville! Is a jam band's annoying fanbase enough of a…
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GOAT Cheese 3: The Reckoning
Steve and Dave return to a familiar well for some comfort: some of their favorite cheesy songs. What makes a song cheesy in a good way, as opposed to in a bad way? What made the 90s so conducive to classic cheesy tracks? What makes one corny Michael Buble song good as opposed to all the bad ones?...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Steve and Dave love music, and love making mixes and playlists. So each week (uh, for the most part) they get together, sometimes with a friend, and make a mix based around a theme. They talk about the music they love (or deeply hate) and whatever else is rolling around inside their skulls.
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Steve and Dave love music, and love making mixes and playlists. So each week (uh, for the most part) they get together, sometimes with a friend, and make a mix based around a theme. They talk about the music they love (or deeply hate) and whatever else is rolling around inside their skulls.
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