The Play me Tape podcast

Heavy D serves up a tasty dish of 5 of his favorite movie soundtrack songs.  Jake comments on them. Talk of Aircraft and the Vietnam war and Bubba and twenty-something romance and fat bald guys.  And with FULL -Length songs! Holy Toledo Batman, this must be some kind of New Years Spectacular! To the Batmobile...

The Doods talk about the fleeting nature of fame and the impact one song can have on the pop-culture landscape. Which is better? The dizzying highs of chart-topping success? Or toiling away in pop obscurity… but hey, at least you can still do your own shopping? The Doods ponder this as they talk about music you’ve never heard. No, seriously. Don’t even try to front like you’re some kind of long time fan of Moon Martin or the Stanky Brown Group, because we don’t buy it.

This week the guys discuss a pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau that stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal. William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. No wait, that’s the French Connection. This week is about the Muppet’s Rainbow Connection and how it saddens Jakey, my bad.

I think it’s fair to say that this week, the doods gush. Yeah, they gush, all right. How can they not when talking about the opening track of one of the greatest albums ever recorded? Yeah, they said that. They really said that. GOAT. What song? The doods discuss Only Shallow, the opener from My Bloody Valentine’s classic 1991 album Loveless. So yeah, it just turned 30. Sadly the doods did not. They’re a skosh older than 30. So that means they’re all wise and junk, right? Well, about this they are. If you haven’t heard this song or this album, the doods say you need to change that right smartly. Do people still say “right smartly?” Or is that entirely an old person thing? Pffffft, whatever. The doods don’t care about staying relevant, but they do want you to trust them when they say you should listen to Loveless.

[email protected] While the doods agree the 70s were a pretty groovy time, it wasn’t all platform shoes, macrame vests, and porn mustaches. There were negatives to the 70s as well. One of the low points may well have been this week’s song. Maybe you should be the judge. Does it ooze 70s charm? Or does it just ooze? You know, like an open sore? Oh, the doods also discuss TV. A lot.

[email protected]  mix·tape | \ ˈmiks-ˌtāp  \ Definition of mixtape A recording on a cassette tape, CD, or digital medium, consisting of music or songs selected by a single person: My girlfriend made me the greatest mixtape for my birthday. ... a recording consisting of blended or recombined tracks, or a series of tracks with smooth transitions, especially one created by a DJ. Yep, the boys did it.  In a tribute to the original "Play me Tape" anal retentive British kid, Darren puts together a mixtape that defines him and Jake is droppin' knowledge. Send us yours!! and maybe we'll feature it.  

[email protected] Can a song about death be beautiful? The doods wrestle with that one. Can a song about death be funky? The doods wrestle with that one too. You wouldn’t think so, but wait until you hear it. The doods also take a look back at the song that derailed an entire episode. Yeah. That happened. They’re as shocked as you are. So come and listen to the doods talk blues, and don’t forget to stick around for the funk. The doods make their funk the P. Funk. They wants to get funked up.

[email protected] Jake and Darren ask if that truly is, all you got.  And don't even think of selling out man, cuz the boys is gonna call you on that yo. This weeks song is fun with a capital B and may change your mind forever regarding a couple of different genres of music.  Open up your mind and heart, dust off your paddle and go at it.  Its time to GET HYPED. HYPA HYPA!

[email protected] The Doods reminisce about cartoons. Can you blame them? Cartoons are awesome. If you’ve never seen the Harlem Globetrotters cartoon then I hate to tell you, but your life might be incomplete. Ditto Fat Albert. Ditto Scooby Doo. Ditto Superfriends. Ditto Dungeons & Dragons. Look, we could be here all day, so let’s skip ahead and point out that the Doods also talk music... as it relates to cartoons, anyway. Schoolhouse Rock Rocks, yo. You can’t front on that.

[email protected] Jake can’t wait to share his first great music obsession. A band he has counted among his favorites almost as far back as middle school. A band which has been in his life longer even than many of his closest friends. What will Darren’s reaction be? Will Darren love it on first listen? Or will Darren’s negative opinion crush Jake and rattle him to his very core, leaving him shaken and unfocused for the rest of the episode? Oh... perhaps I’ve said too much. Ignore that last bit. Assume that the doods agree as they usually do on this week’s song. Yeah. Yeah, that’s it, that’s the ticket. Yeah.