You Want Mora? Podcast

Episode 3: Doug and Smashley break the ice in this episode with a new segment that is still seeking a permanent name. We’ll get to that when the time is right. The Bonnies is going to put on one of those shows you remember forever. Based on the absurdist 1966 Czech New Wave film, Daisies (Daisies Trailer) which I have not seen but will watch on one of the streaming services that I happen to have. It’s showing at the Northwest Film Forum on February 18th and 19th but I can’t make it those days. I’ll definitely be here:  I’m on Fire, You’re on Fire, We’re on FireI’ve been building mixes designed for running and I found that Hot Chip’s cover of “Dancing in the Dark” is a great first song. This is an example of what I’m looking for in a cover. It’s a different, unique take on an existing great song. This video is fun. The music starts a minute in:  Hot Chip - Dancing in the Dark. Hot Chip is playing at the Nectar Lounge in Seattle on February 26th.

Shane joins Doug and Smashley to talk about life, the universe, and everything but especially the Sounders and the upcoming season. We have some big sportsballs for you! I would only recommend “House of Games” to those who like to spot Seattle in films. I saw this in a listicle about underrated movies. Trust me, I’m only halfway through it but  this one was probably rated just fine. Check out the trailer here and see if you can spot the Port of Seattle cranes: House of Games.  Doug music keeps coming out. It is almost a legit musical genre of its own. Deary has an album coming out this year, “Birding,” and the single “Seabird” is just the beginning: Deary - Birding

Episode 1: We are kicking off the second season by getting back into the groove. We had an equinox special a few weeks ago that turned out to be the season finale. We’re planning a season one celebration; meanwhile, welcome to 2026!  Apologies for two f words that were in a clip (8:26 to 8:29), but if you can handle that and ultraviolence, you might enjoy Aranofsky’s “Caught Stealing.”  Caught Stealing TrailerSometimes a book makes you appreciate good writing. If you want a head-smacker with the most inept CIA operative in fictional history, you can give this a try: https://camcatbooks.com/Books/T/The-Wayward-Spy.   Found Space, from Portland, has released a few singles that are firmly in the “Doug Music” zone. I’m loving it all so far: https://foundspacemusic.bandcamp.com/Smashley got some artgasms from this song, R3HAB x Lia Marie Johnson - The Wave. It’s catchy with nice vocals and a hint towards techno. Is this Smashley Music?14/48, The World’s Quickest Theater Festival, is back! I can’t stress is it enough, this is a good time and you should go. https://www.the1448projects.org/ This runs for two weekends as usual; January 9th and 10th, and January 16th and 17th.

Episode 46: Welcome to an extra long season finale episode recorded on the winter solstice, made just for you to reflect back on the highlights of 2025 to help you make it through the long dark nights. Doug and guest Funk get together with Smashley to go back over the highlights from 2025. What a great (micro) and terrible (macro) year!  Listen to the end to hear this outro music, “Goldenseal” by Aureumbra. It’s available on Bandcamp: Aureumbra - Goldenseal.    Hazel English made a song that is perfect for drinking a cup of tea and staring out the window and watching the raindrop races. Hazel English - Never Going Home (Acoustic Version)  Have you seen “Strange Brew”? It’s silly Canadian fun. Take off, eh! Strange Brew - TrailerEd Zitron hosts a podcast, Better Offline, and has a newsletter. Funk’s reading it so we should take a look. Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz sounds like so much fun! It came out in August of 2025. I have this on hold at the library and I’m looking forward to reading it. Recommended by Mrs. Funk! The philosophy of stoicism still has much to offer in our world: A Guide to the Good Life - The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy. Smashley liked it a lot. I can see how it would help prepare for the bad days and appreciate the good ones. You can go back over the old episodes and relive the magic as much as you want: https://linktr.ee/YouWantMora. Hopefully this holds you over until season two, coming at you in 2026.

Episode 45: Doug and Smashley go over some older music and movies in this episode. There’s a lot of good new music and film but it’s nice to go back over some oldies and watch some movies from the watchlist.  The Muffs played that good old rock and roll back in the 90s. This has a backbeat, which I can neither describe nor define, but it’s there. You can start your journey here: The Muffs - Oh Nina. Do you like songs that build in intensity up to an explosive climax? Silversun Pickups has one of my favorites that does just that. Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye The Murderbot Diaries starts with “All Systems Red” by Martha Wells. My journey has begun. It’s a fun read: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. “Fifty First Dates” has elements of Adam Sandler infantile humor with a little bit of heart, and some of the gags don’t hold up, but Drew Barrymore elevates it. It’s a fun romcom, just don’t dig too deeply into it or you’ll quickly get to “yeah, this isn’t even close to realistic” pretty quickly.

Episode 44: Ecca Vandal’s song “Molly” does that thing where the song builds and pops, delivering both the rock and the roll. Ecca Vandal - MOLLY I like how this song has this sense of anticipatory tension. It’s like we are waiting for something, and regardless of whether it’s good or bad, let’s get to it. You have just a few more days to vote for your top ten albums. https://www.kexp.org/countdowns/best-of-2025/Here’s my 2025 Top Ten Album Voter Guide:Hatchie - Liquoriceshe's green - Chrysalis EPdottie – intention (write-in)The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieObongjayar – Paradise NowDeep Sea Diver - Billboard HeartNight Tapes - portals//polaritiesSea Lemon - Diving For A PrizeWet Leg - moisturizerWolf Alice - The ClearingI’ve seen “Eddington” on some top movies of the year lists. I think it captured a lot of the themes from the pandemic. This is a good one, but I don’t know if it will be among my favorites in a such a solid year for movies: Eddington - Official Trailer  You are running out of time to sign up for Season Four of Olympia Blunders chess! Do it here: https://linktr.ee/OlyBlunders. Are we not entertained by “Dungeon Crawler Carl” by Matt Dinniman? The whole series might take me a while, but I’m happy to be on this journey (unlike the protagonist and his girlfriend’s cat): Dungeon Crawler Carl Series.

Episode 43: We’re a couple days late but feeling better. I recommend avoiding being on the receiving end of a faceful of devil’s club. We skip spinning the globe, skim over some business business, but let’s be real: it’s the time of year to catch up on movies. There is a lot of good stuff coming out in theaters and it’s nice to stay in for movie night.  “Shiva Baby” got a lot of buzz when it came out in 2021 and now I know why. This trailer might draw you in: Shiva Baby Trailer. Rachel Sennott is brilliant in this film; she’s also in a new HBO Max series called “I Love LA,” which I probably will not watch. We used the time machine twice, once to go back to 2005 and watch “Just Like Heaven” starring Mark Ruffalo, Reese Witherspoon, and Jon Heder (who played Napoleon Dynamite). Just Like Heaven Trailer The second use of the time machine was a jump to 1986 via 2010 using the cinematic masterpiece “Hot Tub Time Machine.” This is a guy move. If anyone asks, I didn’t recommend it. Hot Tub Time Machine Trailer “The Gorge” delivers action, if not snappy dialogue. Anya Taylor-Joy is always pleasant to watch. The Gorge Trailer Signups for Olympia Blunders Season Four is now open! Get in there, play chess, have fun! https://linktr.ee/OlyBlunders

Episode 42: Smashley is having artgasms! We talk about those, remember some Covid travel disruptions, and talk sportsballs.   Vote for your favorite albums of 2025! KEXP will count the top vote-getters down at the end of the year. https://www.kexp.org/countdowns/best-of-2025/Is Hazel English a musician or a model? How about both? If you like 1970s airline aesthetic, you’ll like this video. If you like dreampop, you will like this song. If you’re not sure, watch this and find out! Hazel English - Gimme“Come See Me in the Good Light” will get your feelings in motion. This film captures the joy, connection, mortality, strength, and vulnerability in the last days of Andrea Gibson’s and Megan Falley’s life together. The trailer: Come See Me in the Good Light

Episode 41: Doug and Smashley are diving into the rainy season, with all sorts of arts and community activities that make the dark days the best of the year. We have lots of clips in this episode, celebrating the release of Hatchie’s album, “Liquourice.” Yes, she stands alone as a singular musical genius with a voice like no other, but she is also part of a long tradition of shoegaze and dreampop that includes greats like The Cocteau Twins. Subscriptions for the Velocity Dance Center 2026 season are available now! https://velocitydancecenter.org/season-2026/. I’ve mentioned Bridge Project and Out There in previous episodes; those are continuing next year in addition to some top-tier artists. You will hear more about specific shows in future episodes.  More chess shenanigans are coming soon! Here is where you can find all sorts of useful links: https://linktr.ee/OlyBlunders.

Episode 40: Back to back time shifts (jet lag, then clock changes) make Doug dopey. Not drunk, just a little out of it (did I say “destroy the whole family” in reference to annihilating the planet with a nuclear bomb?). We’re so topsy turvy that we start with Sportsballs this time! The Washington Center for the Performing Arts has great sound and lighting, with excellent shows throughout the year. Smashley bought tickets to some upcoming events: https://www.washingtoncenter.org/. Next up, “Uptown: A Celebration of Motown and Soul.” 12 Minutes Max is one of the greats; a way to see some of the best developing work. https://thisisbase.org/12minutesmax. It’s so great that BASE is keeping this going! I am still learning about futbol history but from what I can tell, most people don’t know about this inspiring tournament that took place in Mexico City back in 1971. Sports documentaries can be pretty good but this is one of the best I’ve ever seen: https://releasing.dogwoof.com/copa-71, I just love this song and video by The HU: Wolf Totem. We talked about throat singing in episode 39. Here is a good example of it, and the video is just beyond cool. Hatchie’s album, “Liquourice,” is available on Friday!!!  Of course I pre-ordered it. Based on the three singles that have come out, this is going to be the album of the year!

Episode 39: Spinning the globe isn’t always about headlines. Doug talked to some young people while in Plovdiv and Sofia to get their takes on Europe, Bulgaria’s transition to the Euro, and oppression happening in Europe. Cover your ears for Artgasm because we have some Bulgarian metal that might make them bleed. The skill in that musicianship is amazing; even if it’s not what you're into, you gotta recognize. 

Episode 38: In this episode, recorded remotely from Sofia, Bulgaria, Doug shares the secret to unlocking the cyrillic alphabet. He also talks to Smashely about the latest Gen Z revolution, Norwegian music, the fascinating story of Bulgaria’s transition from the Lev to the Euro, and some sportsballs and artgasms. We didn’t get into the Hamarsby match in the EUFA game in Bergen, but we’ll get to that in corrections in episode 39. You can experience Astrid S and Norwegian pop on YouTube: Astrid S - Romantisk. 

Episode 37: Doug is gearing up for his next trip to Europe. Alas, we won’t be able to get a ground level view of the chaos in France, which is spinning as they churn through prime ministers, because the destination is Bergen, then on to Sofia, and Plovdiv in Bulgaria.  Hazel English has a nice, new dreamy pop song out: Calgary. Hatchie dropped the second single from her highly-anticipated album, “Liquorish.” There will be a third single coming out on the day the album is released (November 7th, but it should already be marked on your calendar). The video and song: Only One Laughing. (Note, our robot overlords censored where I said 6/8 time for some reason.)   Nicolas Cage continues to crank out movies. “Pig” came out in 2021 to much acclaim but I just now had the chance to see it. What powerful emotions is he just barely holding back in this one? Anger, sadness, regerts. Set in Portland, so it would be fun to watch just for that, but I think this is a thoughtful and well-composed adaptation of the Orpheus and Eurydice story. The preview: Pig Trailer # 1.

Episode 36: New audio equipment is making for an adventure as we figure this out. The sound quality might be better but you can expect the same questionable content: some news, some arts, some sports, maybe even some factually accurate statements! We’ll make corrections in 37 if needed. This song by Anna von Hausswolff, “Stardust,” is really standing out lately: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpMHH_W8G9s. This isn’t Doug music but it has some elements of it. She is so weird! I love weird. I can’t say that I recommend “Forever Young” but it features a young Elijah Wood and Jamie Lee Curtis. It’s so early 90s in so many ways: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIEHuEFDgac. The second week of Out There at Velocity promises to go beyond the edge of edginess. I’m going on Friday: https://velocitydancecenter.org/events/out-there-2025/

Episode 35: We’re back to our goal of 22 minute episodes with this one, saving time by not spinning the globe. Olympia Blunders Season 3 playoffs are happening and it’s getting wild! We cover that and more in Sportsballs, in addition to some Artgasms. Sign up for the Olympia Duck Chess Open, taking place on November 15th! Olympia Duck Chess Open. Links to more chess madness are here: https://linktr.ee/OlyBlundersDottie rereleased a cd, confusingly titled “single”: dottie - single. This is Doug music. Neko Case’s new album “Neon Grey Midnight Green” has some gems on it, amidst some sing-song: https://nekocaseofficial.bandcamp.com/album/neon-grey-midnight-green.

Episode 34: Just a nice conversation as we celebrate the end of a fantastic summer and welcome my favorite season. Spoiler alert: your phone camera might be augmenting your pictures with AI. Do I want to know that, or are the illusions sometimes helpful? Another spoiler: if you are reading this, you aren’t being raptured. Spinning the globe gets us back to Nepal, with more info and an in-depth article in the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/nepals-violent-gen-z-uprising. So, what comes next after this particular revolution?  The Night Tapes album comes out on September 26th. The singer hits the high notes, but probably within Smashley’s range. I see a karaoke night in the future. Meanwhile, you can listen to and buy the album on Bandcamp: portals//polaritiesVelocity’s Out There festival will deliver some really out there dance. The most experimental, wildest, boundary pushing; this is what I really like (in addition to the gold old traditional ballet): OUT THERE 2025 | Velocity Dance Center.

Episode 33: We spin the globe for the first time in a while. Tibet is in chaos and the French government collapsed again. Oy vey! Hinds has a nice cover of a Charli XCX song, featuring lorde.The video is a fun compilation from their tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4LeHZxq6TM. All kinds of singles are popping up and tons of new albums by musicians are scheduled to be released in the next couple of months! But it’s all about Hatchie for me.  Velocity’s “Out There” is going to push some dance boundaries and show how innovative the Seattle scene is. We have some brilliant creative people making great dance works. More info: https://velocitydancecenter.org/events/out-there-2025/There is quite a bit that I don’t agree with in this essay but it does activate my brain: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/abundant-delusion/684124/. Good improv is hard but it can be so fun and rewarding! I had a good time at Unexpected Productions’ Mixtape show: https://www.unexpectedproductions.org/event/mixtape-an-improvised-playlist/2025-09-19/.

Episode 32: Worlds are realigning, on the macro and the micro. The artgasms and sportsballs are more important than ever to give me inspiration, hope, and let’s be honest, distraction from the horrorscape that this timeline has become. I could mainline pure, distilled Hatchie all day and all night. Get a quick fix of some of the new stuff here while we count the days until the release of “Liquorice”: https://hatchie.bandcamp.com/album/liquorice. If you like the visuals to go with the first single “Lose It Again” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_43o-pDRJc

Episode 31: Ethan Coen, of Coen brothers fame, made this one with co-writer Tricia Cooke. It's a fun neo-noir film, briskly paced, and the second in a planned trilogy. It’s like a live action dimestore novella that delivers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzr6pHIZAI0 “Adult Romantix” by Winder just came out. We heard the single “Without You” a few episodes back and I love the whispery, breathy singing on that track. The whole album includes a range of sounds, centering around those vocals and bringing in some feats. Some of the songs have a very 90s/early 2000s feel, some are dreampop and shoegaze. You can listen and buy it now on Bandcamp: “Adult Romantix” by Winter. Spinning the globe is a lot more fun when it’s about travel. I’m going to see this show in Sofia in October: https://nationaltheatre.bg/en/play/khipotetichno

Episode 30: Warning, we have a few verbal slips that we’d bleep if we had the skills and energy (at 3:22, 9:34, and 11:112). Pretend you don’t hear them. Macro and micro worlds are out of sync right now. The good news is, she’s green has a new album out, “Chrysalis,” available on Bandcamp. Maybe more Doug music will tilt the macro towards better shape: https://shesgreen.bandcamp.com/album/chrysalis. You might not get smacked in the face with a million different sounds that all work together, but you’ll get the dreamy vocals that make this within the range of Doug Music.  “Hummingbirds” is a documentary about teenager’s lives in Laredo, Texas. You can stream the full film on PBS’ website: https://www.pbs.org/pov/films/hummingbirds/. I love how it captures a sense of connection to a community in spite of not quite feeling right in it. Enjoy your public media while it’s still available.  We will probably get some more singles before it releases, but if you like what you have heard so far, Just Mustard’s album “We Were Just Here” is available for pre-order on Bandcamp. Let’s see if all of the songs hit like the recent single: https://justmustard.bandcamp.com/album/we-were-just-here. I need to see “Weapons” (trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpThntO9ixc) before reading this: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/08/weapons-julia-garner-witches/683847/.