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Happy Hellworld, everybody! 2025 is over but we can't return 2026 to the store, unfortunately.We briefly touch on a couple of music news bits that interested us before delving into the meat of the program: our top 5 records of 2025. We hope that if you haven't taken the time to listen to the music we've recommended thus far to give it a try. There have been some truly amazing pieces of music that came out in 2025 and even though the world is in flames, music works as a salve.If you have a bone to pick with us for something, surprise!SOCIAL MEDIALive For This on FacebookLive For This on InstagramLive For This on BlueSkyEmail us at liveforthispod@gmail.com

Happy New Years, folks.2025 is finally over. Great year for music, which is great for us! Bad year for... almost everything else for us here at LFT, but did you see? It's over. We survived.We dig in to some light news and then break down our set-up: albums 10-6 of our favorites will be discussed this episode. Next one is 5-1. It's a darn fun time and maybe you'll find something you like! Or get blood red mad at us! And you know what you can do with that extra energy?SOCIAL MEDIALive For This on FacebookLive For This on InstagramLive For This on BlueSkyYou mad bro? liveforthispod@gmail.com

2025 has been a great year for music with a lot of very difficult decisions looming as to what is our favorites. Today, we touch on a little bit of music news and talk about our criteria for what makes our best of lists. We talk about albums and works that *just* falls outside of our respective top ten albums. We're almost to a new calendar year and some of your favs have already released best of lists. Best Albums, Best EPs, Best (Insert Genre Here) of 2025, Worst lists even! We do not take that approach here.So sit a spell, listen up, and let's all enjoy the remainder of the holidays!SOCIAL MEDIALive For This on FacebookLive For This on InstagramLive For This on BlueSkySend us an email! liveforthispod@gmail.com

After an unexpected hiatus (shout out highway department!) we're back. Just getting caught up on the past few weeks, talking about ladies in music, creation from the created, top 40, dated album covers... brother. Or sister. Friend: We had a good time. Paul had too much fun with his microphone being moveable and won't do it again.Social MediaLive For This on FacebookLive For This on InstagramLive For This on BlueSkyEmail too! liveforthispod@gmail.com

It's spooky season, folks, and you know what that means. We talk the Touché Amoré Stage Four Ten Year Anniversary tour, another Billie Eilish W, Vans making American Football shoes, grunge representation in the Rock and Roll HOF, Radiohead awakening from their seven year slumber, baseball walk up songs, a follow up on fanbases, album covers, and we made you a stacked Spooky Season playlist!And the playlist comes in two flavors:Halloween Vibes on Apple MusicHalloween Vibes on SpotifyHop in and hit us up when you're done!Social MediaLive For This on FacebookLive For This on InstagramLive For This on BlueSkyAnd as always, we have an email if you'd like to send us recipes or whatever.liveforthispod@gmail.com

It's a busy time of year for your girl Jenn. Time to record is a premium but you know what? She took time to spend it with me. We recorded that time. And buddy? It's yours!This week we talk about Spotify, Ticketmaster/LiveNation, Chappel Roan's philanthropic efforts, and Gen X dad's geekin' for Dave Grohl and His Foo Fighters. It's Punk for A Day Day so we talk about what the genre has meant to us, cover songs that are scary bad, petty reasons to hate a band, and using song titles to conjure the spirits of our sports segments of yore.Come have fun with us. I think this episode might have the most laughter in it. Come live for this with us.SOCIAL MEDIALive For This on FacebookLive For This on InstagramLive For This on BlueSkyAs always, drop us an email and we'll chat about it on the show. liveforthispod@gmail.com

We're back this week with Taylor Swift (we're sorry), reunited Rush, personal and professional integrity, and Zach Bryan inserting himself into our lives against our will. We tried winging it on our games and we're actually very proud of our humble offering this week. Join us. You, too, can live for this.SOCIAL MEDIALive For This on InstagramLive For This on FacebookLive For This on BlueSkySend an email our way! liveforthispod@gmail.com

The world burns around us. Yet, music persists. Might as well have some fun with it!We hit the show calendar and new releases, 2026 festival announcements and tours, Lola Young stepping back from music, the Nevermind baby getting rejected again, a Replacements biopic... and talk international artists, musical instrument petting zoos, lyrics as catharsis, and genre naming!SOCIAL MEDIALive For This on InstagramLive For This on FacebookLive For This on BlueSkyEmail: liveforthispod@gmail.com

We did it, guys. We did the thing that's the name of the show. We lived for this: Riot Fest Day 1.We sit down and talk about transportation and transit to an around Chicago, the food, the sights, the overheard conversations, and most importantly, the music. It was such a fun time, a great experience, and join us as we show you the highlights and lowdown on the less than highlights.SOCIAL MEDIALive For This on InstagramLive For This on FacebookLive For This on BlueSkyWe have an email! liveforthispod@gmail.com

Sorry for the delay, sometimes we get sick around this house! We did our best to recover before we head to Chicago for Riot Fest.So this week we talk about what we're looking forward to eating, seeing, doing, listening to, living for our whirlwind couple of days of music in the City by the Lake. Sports comes to its logical conclusion and we have so much coming up. Really excited to share with you guys!SOCIAL MEDIALive For This on InstagramLive For This on FacebookLive For This on BlueSkyWe have an email. liveforthispod@gmail.com

Another week, another good time with the squad.We talk Oasis's etched in stone playlist, an update on Lil Nas X, Mastodon saluting Brent Hinds, Camp Flog Gnaw revealed, and did you know August 28th is National Radio Commercial Day? We talk some commercials we remember from the radio!This extended holiday weekend provides Paul with a smorgasbord of college football viewing options along with his Fantasy Football draft. Nobody cares about this but he does.We talk a little more about our Riot Fest adventure, talk karaoke, making mistakes and taking the L, and merchandise.SOCIAL MEDIA THINGSLive For This on InstagramLive For This on FacebookLive For This on BlueSkyand as always, email us at LiveForThisPod@gmail.com

The team are back with a concert calendar, the sad news of the passing of Brent Hinds, Lil Nas X making a scene, Gary Oldman's thoughts on a post David Bowie world, Rob Halford's sadness, Slipknot selling their back catalog. We swing around to college football, Victor Robles throwing a bat at dude, WWE being a cancer you can't excise. We dig through an old mix CD, talk about concert experiences, who we want to be, and we give our personal Mt Rushmore of vinyl.SOCIAL MEDIA THINGSLive For This on InstagramLive For This on FacebookLive For This on BlueSkyEmail us at LiveForThisPod@gmail.com

The squad this week dive into Jack White's beautifully pure love of baseball, Nine Inch Nails hitting the road in North America, an unrequested Kevin Federline memoir, hope for Tiny Desk, Mastodon drama (Mastodrama,) and future Chappell Roan plans. We wheel into sports and talk UFC on the South Lawn, absolute disrespect across the board, and Cleveland football. We made it through to Z in the A-Z Game, talk in bits about seeing Ben Quad last week, made a little seasonal sampler, got in our feels, and talked about what we're excited for for the remainder of the year.We had a great time. Come have fun with us, buds. Find that thing that makes you say, "I live for this."SOCIALSLive For This on InstagramLive For This on FacebookLive For This on BlueSkyAND AND ANDHere's that playlist we made!

We're back, July ends TODAY, but we don't stop. The gang talks about Ozzy's influence on Lita Ford, new Tame Impala, "new" Chappell Roan, new Hayley Williams, the Jet2 Holiday promo meme being used for disgusting purposes. We are expecting and accepting gratitude from the city of Cincinnati for improving contract talks by talking about it. We dig into toxic masculinity, live performances and weird instruments, and we listen to a Madonna remix.We had fun! Did you? We hope so. Thanks for joining us this week and until then, keep living passionately and do those things that make you live for this.SOCIALSLive For This on InstagramLive For This on FacebookLive For This on BlueSky

We're back! July is almost over, summer is in full humid swing and so are we. We talk about Ozzy's passing, new Tyler the Creator, Stevie Wonder on retirement, Metallica helping Tomorrowland, Billie Eilish working with James Cameron. Over in sports we talk about the evergreen Chris Paul still signing contracts, racist sports team names being viewed nostalgically, the Bengals ownership group making our friends in Cincinnati depressed, and we made you guys a little playlist in our games.We had fun, we hope you have fun. Take care of yourselves, hug your loved ones, and don't forget to live for this.SOCIALSLive For This on InstagramLive For This on FacebookLive For This on BlueSkyLive For This Summer Sampler All 12 songs are ready for your listening enjoyment.

Folks, we put aside our traditions, our weekly games, our sports. This week, we talk about some of our favorite musical everythings of the year. Albums, singles, concepts, future releases. 2025 has been pretty darn nice. So come hang out, give us a lil listen, maybe drop us a line. It's good to be back.You know where you can find us? The internet. WILD.Live For This on InstagramLive For This on FacebookLive For This on BlueSkyFriends, interestingly enough, we have an email. We've had an email. You should send us an email. We'll take your questions, requests, dares? whatever? Hit us up at liveforthispod@gmail.comIntro music graciously provided by Speak, Memory

Folks, good to see you there. Thanks for joining us again. This week, we're talking some events around our little St. Louis part of the world, Billie Joe Armstrong shutting down a fan with main character syndrome, Dua Lipa doing two sold out nights at Wembley, Brent Hinds formerly of Mastodon being dramatic, Bonnaroo Bucking Up for full refunds, NBA Champions Oklahoma City Thunder is favored by an angry God, FIFA cash grabs, Aaron Rodgers, and some fun questions! We talk about the Callous Daoboys, Kesha, it's great. And best of all, it's a short little episode. A nice tasty treat.As always, you can find us in many places on the internet:Live For This on InstagramLive For This on FacebookLive For This on BlueSkyShoot us an email at liveforthispod@gmail.com and we'll take your questions, requests, whatever. We wanna have fun.Into music provided by Speak, Memory

Folks, sorry for the break. Literally. Be careful in the rain. But we're back with a boat load of news! Sad news with the passing of Brian Wilson and Sly Stone. Total bummer. Jenn went and saw Kendrick and SZA, Turnstile is gearing up for Turnstile Summer, LORDE DOING LORDE THINGS, Kesha doing Kesha things like a video that Paul live reacted to, bye bye to Bonnaroo and stage names that really need stronger workshopping. We have our hockey overlords making it two cups in a row, the NBA having a cracker of a series, the San Francisco Giants doing king things, and some unique takes on some common questions. It was a lot of fun, it was incredibly cathartic, and thanks for sticking around. We love you.Once again, hit us up. We are all over the place.Live For This on InstagramLive For This on FacebookLive For This on BlueSkyHoly crap, we have an email! liveforthispod@gmail.comAnd, ladies, gentlemen, friends, and others, intro music provided by Speak, Memory

Folks, another one in the books. This is our sweet 16...th episode. We talk about the terrible plane crash involving Devil Wears Prada founding drummer Daniel Williams, Twenty One Pilots making more new music, Freddie Mercury's alleged "lovechild" (this term is used but being protested by Jenn,) Miley talking about Harrison Ford being sage like, Kate Hudson having a fun time out with her son, Lorde having a fun time at a Lorde themed dance party, Britney Spears lightin' mups on a plane, the death of college football, and we talk about playlists. In fact, we're sharing um for real real down below.Don't forget to like and subscribe, check us on the socials below, chat it up with us, guys. It's really getting fun.Live For This on InstagramLive For This on FacebookLive For This on BlueSkyEmail us at liveforthispod@gmail.comPaul's They Must Have Amnesia, They Forgot That I'm Him playlistJenn's put a little sweat on it Playlistand not least, intro music provided by Speak, Memory!

Folks, we're back. We have another goofy ol' time talking about Jane's Addiction, Charli XCX, Blink-182, Planned Parenthood, Robbie Williams for some inexplicable reason, Josh Freese and Foo Fighters fallout, Miley with new music, Dua Lipa tour info, Billie Eilish tour news, the ill advised and rejected proposal to ban the Tush Push, and we chop it up and Paul does a much better job with the alphabet game! We had a good time and we hope you do to.Please, don't forget to like and subscribe! It means so much to us because we do it for love.Did you know we have social media? We do. It's cool. Check 'um.Live For This on Instagram!Live For This is on Facebook!Live For This is on BlueSky!Email us at liveforpod@gmail.comINTRO: Cabin - Speak, Memory