Picking Up Something Good

Nicky Flowers and Echo Vessel are two best friends with a lifelong love of music. They also happen to have an infrequent podcast about it. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Steely Dan's output, all Dancember... er, Danua... Debruary long. Darch. It's Steely Darch now not another month. Here we go - welcome to the finale of Steely Dancember. It's been a long month.

Nicky Flowers and Echo Vessel are two best friends with a lifelong love of music. They also happen to have an infrequent podcast about it. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Steely Dan's output, all Dancember... er, Danua... Debruary long. This week, holy crap it's Steely Debruary. So sorry. Alex Riggs and Rose are back. One more to go.

Nicky Flowers and Echo Vessel are two best friends with a lifelong love of music. They also happen to have an infrequent podcast about it. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Steely Dan's output, all Dancember... er, Danuary long. This week, we're sorry for taking so long to put out the Aja episode. Alex Riggs and Rose join us to talk the Big One. This was recorded just after Xmas. Nicky's got some Glup Shittos in this one. We promise we'll get to Gaucho next week. Happy Steely Danuary.

Nicky Flowers and Echo Vessel are two best friends with a lifelong love of music. They also happen to have an infrequent podcast about it. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Steely Dan's output, all Dancember long. This week, we recognize that many of our listeners are actively listening to other bands. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of bands besides Steely Dan on Picking Up Something Good. Listen to 1976's The Royal Scam with us. We'll also answer some questions from the PUSG mailbag.

CONTENT WARNING: We discuss a song on Katy Lied that is impossible to talk about without delving into general creepiness and discussion of a pedophile. This was uncomfortable for us to cover and is likely uncomfortable for some to listen to. The segment happens from 01:26:58 - 01:31:16. Please exercise caution when listening. Nicky Flowers and Echo Vessel are two best friends with a lifelong love of music. They also happen to have an infrequent podcast about it. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Steely Dan's output, all Dancember long. This week, Zac Emerson of Doom Trip Records joins us to talk about some Major Dude Music - 1974's Pretzel Logic. After the break - a return to Skunk Corner and a trip through 1975's Katy Lied. Sorry for hating.

Nicky Flowers and Echo Vessel are two best friends with a lifelong love of music. They also happen to have an infrequent podcast about it. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of... huh!? SURPRISE - We're back! Escape the bleak cold of the 2022 holiday season and come with us to the halcyon days of the early 70s, where two guys could just pump out jazz rock bangers without a care in the world. This is the first episode of our brand new mini-season - welcome to STEELY DANCEMBER!

Nicky Flowers has never listened to Radiohead. Meys has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. THIS IS THE AUDIO VERSION OF THE EPISODE. This version of the episode won't make any sense to you and is extremely meandering - more so than usual. We really intend for you to watch the video version! It's a fun Let's Play! Watch it here! This week, we're live for the season finale. We're closing out PUSG Season 2 by exploring the original catboy museum, KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION, and discussing KID A MNESIA(E). It is absolutely crawling with little guys. Learn more and play the game for yourself at https://kida-mnesia.com.

Nicky Flowers has never listened to Radiohead. Meys has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. This is an EMERGENCY WEEZER BULLETIN. We are covering Weezer's new LP OK Human. We consider this album an existential threat to our podcast. I'm not even going to tell you what we cover. Jesus christ.

Nicky Flowers has never listened to Radiohead. Meys has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. Whoa, hey, what did we miss? We're back with our second to last episode of Season 2 - this week, we're covering Ed O'Brien's solo album as EOB, Earth. That's right - we're talking about the 'yob. We spend a lot of time talking about a puzzle that had just come out at the time, as well as the worst cover of "Creep" we've ever heard. Meys also explains the plot of Death Stranding to Nicky. This is also an episode about Paul McCartney somehow. And Catholic mass. AND there's some massive news at the end of this episode!!! Wow, that's a ton. We'll never leave you for this long again.

Nicky Flowers has never listened to Radiohead. Meys has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. This week, Bran from The Children's Television Workshop and New Nintendo Podcast XL joins us to talk Thom Yorke's 2019 solo album Anima. Come check out our loops! Also: an unbearably long review of 2019's Anima screening, Hollywood's Thom Yorke Denny's, and a quick review of the w.a.s.t.e. store.

Nicky Flowers has never listened to Radiohead. Meys has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album.This week, al riggs and Dustin Britt join us to discuss Suspiria (1977) and Suspiria (2018). Don't worry! Thom Yorke did the score for the latter film so this is thematically appropriate to the show. Mamma mia! Also: more bad accents, Italian Thom Yorke, and the grand conspiracy concerning Billy Joel.

Nicky Flowers (@yiffpolice) has never listened to Radiohead. Meys (@echovessel) has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. This week, Sean Barry (@thatSeanBarry) joins us once more to speak for two uninterrupted hours about 2016’s A Moon Shaped Pool. Also: WALL•E, Bald Thom Yorke, and an averted bad future for “Identikit”.

Nicky Flowers (@yiffpolice) has never listened to Radiohead. Meys (@echovessel) has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. This week, we’re giving… Him… another chance. It’s Phil Selway’s 2014 album Weatherhouse. Let’s go. Also: Quarantine, a Star Trek argument, and the story of They Might Be Giants. Stay inside. Wash your hands. Nicky and Meys have new music out, too! Go check out suffer comfort and Hyperreality.

Nicky Flowers (@yiffpolice) has never listened to Radiohead. Meys (@echovessel) has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. This week, we’re discussing Thom Yorke’s 2014 album Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes. We have a new theme song by Nicky Flowers this week. We’re gonna spend the rest of the episode getting hella divorced.

Nicky Flowers (@yiffpolice) has never listened to Radiohead. Meys (@echovessel) has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. This week, we’re discussing Atoms for Peace’s 2013 album Amok. Also: Flea vs. Michael, Wild Hogs, Star Trek: Picard (spoilers!), and Thom’s big threat. Theme music: “Protofunk” by Kevin MacLeod License: CC BY

Nicky Flowers (@yiffpolice) has never listened to Radiohead. Meys (@echovessel) has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. This week, we’re discussing Phil Selway’s 2010 solo album Familial, I guess. Also: a look at the American Football house, 2010, and the results of a British poll about space. Theme music: “Who Likes to Party” by Kevin MacLeod License: CC BY

Nicky Flowers (@yiffpolice) has never listened to Radiohead. Meys (@echovessel) has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. This week, we’re back and covering 2011’s The King of Limbs! We’ll learn a couple of behind the scenes album tidbits and also hear Nicky’s essential on-location report from Midwest Furfest. We’re so glad to be back.

Nicky Flowers (@yiffpolice) has never listened to Radiohead. Meys (@echovessel) has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. This week, we’re closing out the first season of Picking Up Something Good by covering B-sides and other odds and ends from the 2000s. We’re taking a short break after this and will be back in a couple of weeks! Don’t forget about us. Please god don’t forget about us.

Nicky Flowers (@yiffpolice) has never listened to Radiohead. Meys (@echovessel) has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys will run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. This week, Nick Pitman from Hard Pass, Bot Garden, sometimes Continental Shelf, and For Everest joins us to talk about 2007’s In Rainbows. We talk about Radiohead memes made by Radiohead, Thom calls in with some heartbreaking news, and we get absolutely fucking sidetracked by an immensely hot picture of Jonny Greenwood. This one’s unedited and almost two full hours long. Buckle up.

Nicky Flowers (@yiffpolice) has never listened to Radiohead. Meys (@echovessel) has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys will run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. This week, David of Tuning Fork and The Stick joins us to talk about Thom Yorke’s 2006 solo album, The Eraser. For more information, please visit our website at ThomYorkeTheEraserAlbumCover.com.

Nicky Flowers (@yiffpolice) has never listened to Radiohead. Meys (@echovessel) has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys will run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. This week, we’re just about blasting through 2003’s Hail to the Thief. Who is the Thief? Is it George W. Bush? Is it Tony Blair? No need to speculate – we find out by the end of the episode. Mission Accomplished!

Nicky Flowers (@yiffpolice) has never listened to Radiohead. Meys (@echovessel) has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys will run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. This week, we discuss many things including but not limited to 2001’s jazz classic Amnesiac. Meys learns who Paul Simon is, Nicky says the word “oeuvre” again, and special guest al Riggs reminisces about almost capsizing on “it’s a small world”.

Nicky Flowers (@yiffpolice) has never listened to Radiohead. Meys (@echovessel) has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys will run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. No new content this week. Instead, Meys reads Brent DiCrescenzo’s infamous review of Kid A on a park bench in Pasadena. See you next week.

Nicky Flowers (@yiffpolice) has never listened to Radiohead. Meys (@echovessel) has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys will run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. This week, we’ve finally made it to Radiohead 2 on 2000’s Kid A. Also: Thom explains “Morning Bell”, the eternal battle between Praxy and Banksy, and the shocking secret truth behind LMFAO. This week’s theme music is a… very special cover of “Idioteque” by @Ceasepool.

Nicky Flowers (@yiffpolice) has never listened to Radiohead. Meys (@echovessel) has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys will run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. This week, we’re taking it real easy and covering select b-sides released from 1993 to 1997, from “Pop is Dead” to “Talk Show Host” to “Lift”. If you thought an hour on Pablo Honey was a stretch, wait ’til you hear our five to ten minutes on “Pop is Dead”.

Nicky Flowers (@yiffpolice) has never listened to Radiohead. Meys (@echovessel) has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys will run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. This week, we’ve got our first guest: Sean Barry of RadIsh! We’ve got way too much to say about 1997’s OK Computer. Also: Thom calls in, segue innovations, and Idiot, Slow Down. Cold open music: “Carpe Diem” by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under CC BY

Nicky Flowers (@yiffpolice) has never listened to Radiohead. Meys (@echovessel) has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys will run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. This week, we’re tackling Thom’s bends on 1995’s The Bends. Also: ahhhh, #FindThePabloHoneyBaby, and Ballad Talk.

Nicky Flowers (@yiffpolice) has never listened to Radiohead. Meys (@echovessel) has. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys will run through all of Radiohead’s output, album by album. We’re starting off with 1993’s Pablo Honey, a real freaky and real creepy album. Also: PUSG: Origins, baby covers, Thom’s Corner.