Song vs. Song with Todd In The Shadows

BONUS EPISODE: "FLCL" (ft. Jacob Chapman)

A month late but we're back and rolling, and we welcome resident anime expert Jacob Chapman to help us understand what the hell you made us just watch. We totally got this out late for medical reasons (we have a note!) and not because we dragged out feet to this, and yes we will get the other bonus episode out this month.

New poll! "Hotel California" vs. "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"

It's our vaguely Halloween episode! We've got two extremely haunted classics of '70s rock, so pick your guitar-solo-heavy anthem of 1976, Eagles' "Hotel California" or Blue Öyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) the Reaper"!

PICK OUR OCTOBER BONUS EPISODE!

You may notice that we haven't put out our September bonus episode yet, but we will, we promise. This has been a weird month where we've been both been a little sidelined for medical reasons. But we'll get it done! We'll also get out our October bonus episode, as soon as you pick it:

New poll! "Memory" vs. "I Dreamed a Dream"

NOW we're on vacation, for September. But for when we get back in October, one for the theater nerds!! What is your favorite heartbreaking showstopping showtune of the '80s, "Memory" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats" or "I Dreamed a Dream" from Claude-Michel Schonberg's "Les Miserables"?

PICK OUR SEPTEMBER BONUS EPISODE!

Whoops, because of some last minute adjustments to our schedule this poll is going up a tiny bit late, that's our bad. Also, depending on Lina's recovery time for surgery, we don't actually know if this will TECHNICALLY be going up in September but we promise we'll do it!

BONUS EPISODE: "The Sound of Music"

When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when the lonely goatherd goes yodelayeeyodelayee, the hills are alive and baby it's time to think because how do you solve a problem like a female deer

NEW POLL! "Fire and Rain" vs. "Both Sides Now"

Okay, we're gonna get our singer/songwriter on for a moment here, we're going to reflective and somber and maybe a little Blue but are we gonna rockabye with Sweet Baby James or get lost in the Clouds with Joni? You're going to help us decide the best classic singer/songwriter tune, James Taylor's "Fire and Rain" or Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now"?

BONUS EPISODE: "Woodstock '99: Peace, Love and Rage"

We actually watched both major documentaries! We have differing thoughts on them. Also, shoutout to our audio producer Paw who tells us that he did not know there was a Woodstock after Woodstock '94

PICK OUR AUGUST BONUS EPISODE!

Hmmm...

NEW POLL: "Everybody Hurts" vs. "Runaway Train"

It's 1993, and Alternative Rock Cares. They care about you! Two bands want you to feel better, you lonely lonely boy, so which one lifts your soul more, R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts" or Soul Asylum's "Runaway Train"?

New poll! "Jump" vs. "Here I Go Again"

Hard rock! Now with synthesizers! Help us pick the best chart-topping hair-metal (or at least hair-metal adjacent) smash of the '80s, "Jump" by Van Halen vs. "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake!

BONUS EPISODE: "Help!"

Help. I need somebody. Help. Not just anybody. Help... seriously, please help us try and describe what the hell this movie is about

New Poll! "Fortunate Son" vs. "All Along the Watchtower"

The shit that happened here, man... you wouldn't believe it. Vote for the Official Vietnam War Anthem, Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son" or Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower"!

PICK OUR JULY BONUS EPISODE!

Multiple choice, pick as many as you want!

New poll!! "Chop Suey!" vs. "Down with the Sickness" (sorry, please vote again!)

/edit Okay so I screwed up the last poll and we have to redo it, please bear with us folks and please vote again! Please please please

OOH AHAHAH. We're gonna get down with some crazy-ass moments in nu-metal history up here, so WAKE UP and why don't you just vote in this poll? We're doing System of a Down's "Chop Suey!" vs. Disturbed's "Down with the Sickness"! Open up this poll and let your votes into me! You wanted to!

New poll!! "Chop Suey!" vs. "Down with the Sickness"

OOH AHAHAH. We're gonna get down with some crazy-ass moments in nu-metal history up here, so WAKE UP and why don't you just vote in this poll? We're doing System of a Down's "Chop Suey!" vs. Disturbed's "Down with the Sickness"! Open up this poll and let your votes into me! You wanted to!

New poll! "Feel Good Inc." vs. "Paper Planes"

All I wanna do is reminisce about that moment in the mid-2000s when alt-rock discovered this thing called "hip-hop." But we need you to vote on the best, so is everybody in? We're doing "Feel Good Inc." by Gorillaz vs. "Paper Planes" by M.I.A.!

BONUS EPISODE: "This Is Me...Now"/"The Greatest Love Story Never Told"

"I did really find the beauty and the poetry and the irony in the fact that it's the greatest love story never told, and if you're making a record about it... that seems kind of like telling it."

Wow, this was an absolute doozy. What was Jennifer Lopez thinking?

PICK OUR JUNE BONUS EPISODE!

Some new picks, a lot of old picks, let's see what happens

NEW POLL: "(I've Had) the Time of My Life" vs. "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"

Let 'em say we're crazy, but we're gonna do another movie theme poll. Yes, I swear, it's the truth. This time we're heading off to the magical year of 1987, when mannequins came to life and no one put baby in a corner. But only one can see off our end credits, so which one will it be, Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes' "(I've Had) the Time of My Life" or Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"?

PATREON BONUS EPISODE: "Tár"

Terrible news being reported right now by TMZ about Lydia Tár. This is awful. I'm shocked.

NEW POLL: "Brown Eyed Girl" vs. "Happy Together"

Now here's some simple love songs that have stood the test of time! Maybe '60s pop was as good as the Boomers say it is. Which is the better pop song of the late '60s, Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" or The Turtles' "Happy Together"?

CHOOSE OUR MAY BONUS EPISODE

Boy, let's see what wins this month. Some regulars still hoping for your support, give them a thought! But also some new weird ones. Let's see!

NEW POLL: "It Was a Good Day" vs. "Regulate"

I am tweaking into a whole new era, and I didn't even have to use my AK. I gotta say it is a good poll we have for you today, two absolute G-funk bangers and not a jacker in sight. So mount up and vote, which is the better smooth feel-good anthem of '90s hip-hop, Ice Cube's "It Was a Good Day" or Warren G and Nate Dogg's "Regulate"?

BONUS EPISODE: "The Greatest Night in Pop"

They were the world. They were the children. They were the ones who had to record a seven-minute song in one night or it was never going to get done. Behold, the making of "We Are the World," a mammoth undertaking that, whether you like it or not, was an absolute miracle that it got made at all. But Is the documentary about "We Are the World? any good? Listen now and find out!

NEW POLL! "Smack That" vs. "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')"

2007 created me. Great year. Anyway, pick the best r&b pop hit of the year, Akon ft. Eminem's "Smack That" or T-Pain ft. Yung Joc's "Buy U a Drank"

CHOOSE OUR APRIL BONUS EPISODE!

Hmm.. wonder what will win this month

NEW POLL: "Teen Age Riot" vs. "Where Is My Mind"

The dawn of alternative! Well not the dawn exactly but the dawn of alt-rock as we knew it in the '90s began in the late '80s, and in particular two dissonant bands who loved feedback and quiet loud choruses. Name which one you love more, "Teen Age Riot" by Sonic Youth or "Where Is My Mind" by The Pixies!

NEW POLL! "Last Nite" vs. "Fell in Love with a Girl"

The year is 2000, meet me in the bathroom because we've found the new defining sound in rock! But which of the Y2k garage band anthems is the song of the year, "Last Nite" by The Strokes or "Fell in Love with a Girl" by The White Stripes?

BONUS EPISODE: "Camp Rock" (and "Camp Rock 2"!)

Why on Earth did you make us watch this?? Join us as we try and find a point to yet more half-assed Disney Channel bullshit