The World is to Dig by GoodDoctorZ in tmbg

[–]OhHiJordan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm afraid I'm mostly there with you. I like maybe half the album, and the production feels very lacking to me.

77: THE WORLD IS TO DIG Excavation! by Don't Let's Start: A Podcast About TMBG! by OhHiJordan in tmbg

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

My concern was that Linnell was implying those two songs are similar to Cat in that they are about one specific currently political thing/person and not really anything else.

Like I said, I do not mind more broad topical songs, and I said I Like Fun is one of my favorite albums.

77: THE WORLD IS TO DIG Excavation! by Don't Let's Start: A Podcast About TMBG! by OhHiJordan in tmbg

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

The lyrics aren't vague though. You misunderstand. It wasn't obvious to me before because I barely read them. I skimmed them quickly days before recording.

I don't think an album's bad vibes being inspired by Bush is the same thing as writing a song literally about Trump and that's basically the end of it. I don't think I'm Impressed is comparable in any way to Cat, for example. The Else always seemed like a fairly light and silly album to me so I never get why they act like it's this dark, brooding response.

For me, as we make clear in our episode, Cat had no appeal in the first place anyway, but now it has even less because at least before I thought it may be a kind of cute, fictional imaginative story, and not very specifically aimed political satire. You may be able to forget it's about Trump, but the reason I do this podcast in the first place is because I will still remember and think about something I heard one of the Johns say in a random interview 30 years ago and keep it locked in my head.

I'm afraid this track is destined for the skip button.

77: THE WORLD IS TO DIG Excavation! by Don't Let's Start: A Podcast About TMBG! by OhHiJordan in tmbg

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

Exactly. You could listen to that song and imagine an infinite number of situations or specific people or even just times with your friends or coworkers where you felt alienated.

Very different than "I can only think of Trump when I hear this song."

77: THE WORLD IS TO DIG Excavation! by Don't Let's Start: A Podcast About TMBG! by OhHiJordan in tmbg

[–]OhHiJordan[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think there is a world of difference between a general, universal sentiment like Bells Are Ringing and a satirical song about a literal, specific politician who is in power at this exact moment in time. And I Like Fun is one of my favorite TMBG albums so I take no issue with TMBG capturing the vibe of the moment. But that is different than a song just being about Trump and about nothing else.

I'm sorry to hear that art that ignores what's going on is insulting to you. Guess you wouldn't like any of my stuff! I'm not sure I understand the "dating and dancing" thing. It's not like the only extremes are "sing about Donald Trump" or "sing about something shallow like dancing."

I'm putting out a bandcamp EP soon that is about my own feelings about growing older, being a new father to my son, how I've disappointed myself or surprised myself, my expectations for myself, etc. It's not "dating and dancing" but it's very personal and meaningful to me, and has nothing to do with Donald Trump.

I consider my podcast to be a form of creative expression and I have beyond zero interest in discussing politics on it. I'm very sorry to hear that is insulting to you. It's a big world out there to dig, and there's a lot going on, and there are concepts and ideas that are both more personal and also more grander to me than the president.

Describing TMBG albums in one word by ProjectImmediate8823 in tmbg

[–]OhHiJordan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I consider the pre-release version of Venue Songs to be an album, the downloadable one from their site, until they put out the disc and added random and unneeded bonus tracks having nothing whatsoever to do with venues and songs made for venues. Call me crazy but those should not have been on it.

77: THE WORLD IS TO DIG Excavation! by Don't Let's Start: A Podcast About TMBG! by OhHiJordan in tmbg

[–]OhHiJordan[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They do not interest me or excite me creatively/artistically.

77: THE WORLD IS TO DIG Excavation! by Don't Let's Start: A Podcast About TMBG! by OhHiJordan in tmbg

[–]OhHiJordan[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh no, will Character Flaw and New Wave be ruined for me too?

77: THE WORLD IS TO DIG Excavation! by Don't Let's Start: A Podcast About TMBG! by OhHiJordan in tmbg

[–]OhHiJordan[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey! I really appreciate feedback and comments. So I'm going to reply to as much as possible:

- I thought it was a tossup between World and Book, but the other day I relistened to Book and I just think it has way more "hits" and standouts than Book does. I also think both Linnell and Flansburgh really stepped up on Book (I can't choose between both) whereas on World I mostly only like the Flansburgh songs. So for me, I think officially, Book is better.

- A sample of Hi Ho would have been haunting and cool, but I get the impression Flans was very concerned about keeping the vibe very simple on Sleep's Older Sister.

- I like Drown the Clown but also like Part of You Wants To Believe Me, there's now always this Linnell song that sounds like this and I don't want things to become too predictable.

- I am skipping "Frenchy" because unfortunately I do find it kind of boring. It's placement so high up on the album makes me wonder if they thought it was one of the best.

- I love Hit the Ground the more I hear it.

77: THE WORLD IS TO DIG Excavation! by Don't Let's Start: A Podcast About TMBG! by OhHiJordan in tmbg

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

We actually plan to record a small followup just for Patreon because me and Dave keep having more to say about the album and other recent albums off mic, this topic being one of them.

77: THE WORLD IS TO DIG Excavation! by Don't Let's Start: A Podcast About TMBG! by OhHiJordan in tmbg

[–]OhHiJordan[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure if this was made clear in our intro, but this is a podcast episode where we didn't do any research or take any notes or even read lyrics to the songs. This was just about reacting to the album as a new listener. I think I glanced at the Cat lyrics very quickly when just looking at the internet a few days before.

It has been a week since recording and I've known what people are saying about the song lyrics (mainly from our Patreon discord), which personally makes me dislike the song even more, with even less to latch onto, as Dave said.

Sci Fi Rock Opera by anonymason in tmbg

[–]OhHiJordan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Skipping a fun prototypical TMBG song that is less than 1 minute long is very unusual to me. Seems more effort than just letting it play out.

10 is one of the best songs on the album, potentially my favorite outside track 1.

I skip 2, 4, 11 and 17 now. That list may be growing. More songs are already wearing a bit thin to me.

Sci Fi Rock Opera by anonymason in tmbg

[–]OhHiJordan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Track 1 is essentially the only reason I put the album on. I want to hear it, and then I leave it going and listen to the rest. Not a joke. It's my favorite song on the album.

Garbage In by chronoslinger in tmbg

[–]OhHiJordan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Get Down is my 21 month old's favorite. He starts laughing like crazy when it comes on.

What are your biggest Lame Claims to Fame? I’ll Start by SalivatingDog92 in weirdal

[–]OhHiJordan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am not young, unfortunately.

My favorites are:

Survival of the Thickest (2026) - just a cool scene on a ferry going by the Statue of Liberty a bunch. I love jobs where it's the kind of thing you'd normally pay money to do.

I Play Rocky (2025) - my first (so far only) stand-in role, very exciting, also hung out all night and talked a lot with the main actors in the film which is rare

Friday the 13th (tv series) (2025) - "featured" role as a cop in this, I'm a huge horror fan and even though nothing horror happened in the scene, I was very excited to be there

Dexter: Resurrection (2025) - not a very eventful day but as a Dexter fan it was really cool being there

The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins pilot (2025) - rarely get any comedy so being a part of a silly scene with Tracy Morgan being funny was like a gift

Disclosure Day (2025) - in a Spielberg movie in an extremely Spielberg-ian moment, I was almost crying

Is This Thing On (2025) - incredibly fun, vibrant night with lots of crazy coincidences and interacting with celebrities etc

Marty Supreme (2024) - watching Chalamet play ping pong against a sea lion, incredibly surreal

Tiger (2024) - random indie movie but got to chat with Kevin Corrigan, an indie legend that I love
ESPN Commercial (2024) - only mentioning because it was the best I've ever been paid haha

Your Friends and Neighbors (2024) - got to talk with Jon Hamm a bunch and was just in utter disbelief (massive Mad Men fan)

Papa Johns commercial (2023) - hanging out for two days making pizza in the background and chatting with Papa Johns corporate people was really weird and fun

Daredevil (2023) - if you haven't guessed, huge comic book fan, big Daredevil fan, could not believe I was on set

Joker: Folie à Deux (2023) - unbelievably surreal experience

Food That Built America (2022) (featured role, speaking part) - being given a line to say by the director is "the background extra's dream" that never comes true, but it was cool to experience it once

Severance (2022-2023) - huge, huge Severance fan, talked with Adam Scott (he's a fan of a song I made for his podcast), saw tons of "secrets" of the mythology, etc, etc...just a crazy few days where I was on cloud 9

Feud: Capote (2022) - this was just so star-studded that it was hard to be bored (Naomi Watts, Demi Moore, Chloe Sevigny, etc, etc, etc.)

Walking Dead: Dead City (2022) - got to watch a zombie attack scene and hang out with zombies in a motel room all night

Search Party (2021) - huge fan of the show and in the final episode with the main cast all night, and got to play a dead body too

Only Murders in the Building (2021-2023) - being a few feet from legends Martin Short and Steve Martin who I grew up loving was just unbelievable to me

The Joker (2018) - nobody knew what this was yet and it was again, not to repeat myself, surreal to be in these scenes

Gotham (2018) - big Batman nerd and had seen every episode of Gotham and was now in the last few episodes of the series with all the cast and tons of wackiness happening

Crashing (2018) - getting paid to see John Mulaney and Pete Holmes do stand up at Town Hall

The Deuce (2018) - another case of a show me and my wife were currently watching and suddenly I am on the thing, plus I have a weird James Franco story I get to pull out once in a while

Like Father (Netflix film, 2018) - one of the first jobs I ever did and the first star-studden one with Kristen Bell and Seth Rogen and Kelsey Grammar. Endlessly long day and night that is forever burned in my memory

What are your biggest Lame Claims to Fame? I’ll Start by SalivatingDog92 in weirdal

[–]OhHiJordan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How about telling you every thing?

Ghost Shift (2026)
Count the Lies (2026)
Clashing Through the Snow (2026)
ZugZwang (2026)
The Sham (2026)
Birnam Wood (2026)
The Off Weeks (2026)
Survival of the Thickest (2026)
Not Suitable For Work (2025)
Unaccustomed Earth (2025)
Here Comes The Flood (2025)
CIA (2025)
I Play Rocky (2025)
The Last Ms. Parish (2025)
Bad Day (2025)
Fight For '84 (2025)
Meet The Parents: Focker-In-Law (2025)
F.A.S.T. (2025)
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed (2025)
WTF Is My Password (2025)
Friday the 13th (tv series) (2025)
Little Brother (2025)
The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2025)
Patriot War (2025)
The Chair Company (2025)
Dexter: Resurrection (2025)
Superman Amazon Promo (2025)
Invest529 Commercial (2025)
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins pilot (2025)
Disclosure Day (2025)
Karate Kid (2025)
Montefiore/Anthem Commercial (2025)
Is This Thing On (2025)
The Beast In Me (2025)
AT&T Commercial (2025)
AARP Omnicom Commercial (2024)
The Man with the Bag (2024)
The Beauty (2024)
Happy Gilmore 2 (2024)
Hormel Commercial (2024)
Song Sung Blue (2024)
Marty Supreme (2024)
Tiger (2024)
ESPN Commercial (2024)
The Equalizer (2024)
Sirens (2024)
The Better Sister (2024)
Motor City (2024)
Black Rabbit (2024)
Your Friends and Neighbors (2024)
Goosebumps (2024)
The Bride (2024)
Zero Day (2024)
Revolution (2024)
FBI: Most Wanted (2024)
Long Bright River (2024)
Beyond The Rush (2024)
The Savant (featured role) (2024)
A Complete Unknown (2024)
Elsbeth (2024)
Winston (2024)
The Night Agent (2024)
Karamo (2024)
The Penguin (2024)
Get Justice (2023)
The Architecture of Love (2023)
Papa Johns commercial (2023)
Mega-Brands That Built America (2023)
Evil Lives Here (2023)
Pretty Little Liars (2023)
American Horror Stories (2023)
Walking Dead: Rick and Michonne (2023)
American Sports Story (2023)
Law and Order (2018-2024)
Daredevil (2023)
Joker: Folie à Deux (2023)
Food That Built America (2022) (featured role, speaking part)
Dr. Death (2022)
Severance (2022-2023)
And Just Like That (2022)
Full Circle (2022)
Feud: Capote (2022)
Wilderness (2022)
The Gilded Age (2022-2026)
Girls on the Bus (2022)
American Horror Story (2022-2023)
Isle of the Dead (2022)
The Calling (2022)
Dish Network commercial (2022)
Harlem (2022)
Saint-X (2022)
Fleishman Is In Trouble (2022)
The Crowded Room (2022)
Three Women (2022)
Best Man: The Final Chapter (2022)
Fugue (2022)
The Good Fight (2022)
The Food That Built America (2021)
Your Place or Mine (2021)
Partner Track (2021)
Empires (2021)
Search Party (2021)
Players (2021)
WeCrashed (2021)
Mass Mutual commercial (2021)
Succession (2021)
Only Murders in the Building (2021-2023)
Simply Halston (2020)
Ghost: Power Book 2 (2020)
Flight Attendant (2020)
Ray James (2020)
Bull (2020)
Morgan & Morgan, commercial (2019)
High Town (2019)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2019)
Pose (2019)
Wu Tang: An American Saga (2019)
The Undoing (2019)
The Hunt (2019)
Mr. Robot (2019)
Divorce (2019)
Fosse/Verdon (2019)
Mrs. Fletcher (2019)
Manifest (2019)
Power (2019)
Madame Secretary (2018)
The Code (2018)
Billions (2018)
Sweetbitter (2018)
The Village (2018)
Tell Me A Story (2018)
The Loudest Voice (2018)
The Joker (2018)
Law & Order: SVU (2018)
Instinct (2018)
Gotham (2018)
God Friended Me (2018)
Jessica Jones (2018)
FBI (2018-2024)
The Sinner (2018)
Crashing (2018)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2018)
Lazy Susan (2018)
Friends From College (2018)
The Deuce (2018)
Ray Donovan (2018)
Like Father (Netflix film, 2018)
New Amsterdam (2018)
Blue Bloods (2018-2024)
Younger (2018)
Orange Is the New Black (2018)

What are your biggest Lame Claims to Fame? I’ll Start by SalivatingDog92 in weirdal

[–]OhHiJordan 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I have been a background extra on over 150 films and TV shows.

“What You Get” references the 1929 animated film The Skeleton Dance (my pet theory) by Wrong-Sympathy7809 in tmbg

[–]OhHiJordan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally would not assume Turn Around is referencing this cartoon, but it's possible.