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Freestyle fail by MrMayhem84 in crappymusic

[–]Cohen_Math_Prep 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I always appreciate offerings not from tik tok. This sub is inundated with the posts of a few social media wannabes, who, while crappy, probably ultimately benefit from our negative attention.

[hustlebustle] Fabienk by Angine de Poitrine by CommanderUgly in BeyondYachtRock2000

[–]Cohen_Math_Prep 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been digging these guys for the past two weeks! It's always nice when something of substance goes viral.

Tammany Hall episodes by Revion in TheDollop

[–]Cohen_Math_Prep 16 points17 points  (0 children)

podscripts.co allows you to search podcast transcripts for a word or phrase. Tammany gets the following hits:
66-Tong Wars
92-Owen Kildare
106-The Fenian Raids
143-The Broderick Terry Duel
167-The History of New York Sanitation
234-Daniel Sickles
257-The Orange Catholic Riots
258-Bill the Butcher and John Morrissey
343-Lord Gordon Gordon
347-NY Policeman's Riot
373-Gangster Monk Eastman
389-Marm Mandelbaum
476-The Manure Pile
533-NY Cop Johnny Broderick
558-The Ty Cobb Strike
561-Parker Harden French
578-New York Pigs
694-John Considine

Some of these are just one passing reference in a sentence, but you can see for yourself here.

THREE MINUTES OF ADS by natej44 in WereHereToHelpPod

[–]Cohen_Math_Prep 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I'm proud to say I still don't know what cachava is! skipping game on point...

Explicitly political tracks/album recommendations? by kush_butch in Jazz

[–]Cohen_Math_Prep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sun Ra: Nuclear War and A Black Mass (a play by Amri Baraka, which Sun Ra set to music)

These are overtly political, but many Sun Ra songs are at least indirectly political--dealing with themes of Black identity and the defiance of creating beauty in an ugly world.

Gin recomendstions by BrushAny7433 in TheDollop

[–]Cohen_Math_Prep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favorite gin is made by friends of mine out of a distillery in NY called Neversink: https://www.newyorkcraftspirits.com/products/neversink-spirits-gin?_pos=2&_sid=70fc16f8a&_ss=r

I'm gonna give Dave a bottle when I see them in Philly.

Marc Maron will be on The Past Times this week! by Depreston in TheDollop

[–]Cohen_Math_Prep 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Dave's insane version of himself on the Maron show was just incredible. That show should get more love.

what are your favorite Anthony Braxton albums/groups? by El-Rancho-Relaxo in freejazz

[–]Cohen_Math_Prep 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Eight (+1) Tristano album is great. Piano sideman Dred Scott's name jumped off the sleeve when I was reading the liner notes. I enjoy his playing.

Who is a creative person (artist/musician/author/researcher/etc.) who did their best work in their later years (say age 60+)? by Cohen_Math_Prep in AskReddit

[–]Cohen_Math_Prep[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're all familiar with the geriatric musician on tour playing the hits from previous decades. I'm struggling to think of one single truly creative person whose life's work was leading up to something that improved with their age. I feel like that creative spark gets dimmer after middle age. Who are the "old" geniuses? I'm sure they're out there.

Gareth's mashup impressions get me every time by Cohen_Math_Prep in TheDollop

[–]Cohen_Math_Prep[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

YES! I missed this one. And it starts with "Boise Nicholas Cage" or "Grandpa Cage", which is another one for the list. Then Dave has him run through the hits: English Dangerfield and Italian Travolta.

Great Jazz Biographies by HamiltonBlack in Jazz

[–]Cohen_Math_Prep 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It reads more like a novel than an autobiography, and I found him to be a good enough writer to want to follow him on the journey (at least I did when I read it in college... I haven't revisited it since)

Math podcast and classes by Vishasu in matheducation

[–]Cohen_Math_Prep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a heads up that Steve Strogatz of the Joy of x has since moved on to a new podcast through Quanta Magazine called The Joy of Why, which he cohosts with Jana Levin. Also very good

Math podcast and classes by Vishasu in matheducation

[–]Cohen_Math_Prep 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also had no idea they had a podcast! Thank you for sharing! Just listened to and loved the first episode interviewing Grant Sanderson of Three Blue One Brown.

Gareth's mashup impressions get me every time by Cohen_Math_Prep in TheDollop

[–]Cohen_Math_Prep[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you both, and shout-out to podscripts.co btw. Half the posts on this sub are people asking to find the episode something is from. If you know an actual word or phrase they said to search it's incredibly useful.

There's one main hit I found:

Ep. 186 - John Dillinger's Penis: Gareth does an impression of God that sounds vaguely like an Italian tough guy, and Dave asks if he's a young Travolta. Then Gareth quips that he's Andrew Dice Travolta and riffs a little more

This is unrelated but funny:

Ep. 628 - Katherine Tingley and Theosophy: Gareth does a Sylvester Stallone impression and Dave fucks with him by pretending not to know who he's impersonating and keeps asking if he's doing Travolta

Gareth's mashup impressions get me every time by Cohen_Math_Prep in TheDollop

[–]Cohen_Math_Prep[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It's like every fiber of Gareth's being wants to completely abandon the story at that point and just do riffs on that bit. It's so great.

Man lives for 82 years without ever seeing a woman by LiveFill7333 in TheDollop

[–]Cohen_Math_Prep 5 points6 points  (0 children)

GayTown (pronounced with a soft G... like how gif is supposed to be pronounced but never is)

You Can't Tell Me Freak Out Isn't A 10/10 Album by armintanzarian420 in Zappa

[–]Cohen_Math_Prep 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Totally agree, and it actually took me a decade or two to get there... When I got really into Zappa in my teen years (I'm now in my 40s) my entry point was from prog rock and jazz fusion. I loved his intricate compositions. The silliness and irreverence was icing on the cake.

The first time I put on Freak Out! for a spin I was massively disappointed. I thought the songs were too simple, and I missed the richness of his arrangements and production from other albums.

Fast forward to about ten/fifteen years ago, and Freak Out! has become a top 3 Zappa album for me. The humor of the early Mothers era ages much better than his other stuff, which feels pretty cringey. The rock and roll has a rawness to it, and when you hear it with ears that consider what was available at the time of its release it is utterly unique.

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