All Our Pretty Songs

This week, we discussed Spice Girls. We had a wide-ranging discussion that hit on Spice World, the concept of the blank slate, Pink Floyd's The Wall, feminist history, AI, Riot grrrl, Ars poeticas, "Girls to the front," The Electric Slide, math, horniness, wanting, sound poetry, sex vs. dancing, having sex with your friends, and, of course, above all else, friendship. Our theme song is by Golden West Service, featuring Shreddie Vedder.

For this special episode we brought back our esteemed guest, Korn historian and DJ Alanna "That's So" Raben. She led us in a discussion that touched on Beavis and Butthead, TRL, TikTok, sex positivity, sports, product placement, sequined jumpsuits, freaks, Coffee Coolattas, communicating with God, the "Zach Morris cell phone aesthetic," found language, nursery rhymes, horror, and, ultimately, the rejection of language. Our theme song is by Golden West Service, featuring Shreddie Vedder.

This time on AOPS, we discussed The Offspring in a wide-ranging conversation that touched on sincerity, unemployment, medical doctors, William Carlos Williams, fiscal conservatism, and—of course—self esteem vs. confidence. Our theme song is by Golden West Service, featuring Shreddie Vedder.

For this episode, we discussed two 90s classics: "Closer," by Nine Inch Nails and "Closer to Fine," by the Indigo Girls. We touched on topics like God, the id, the ego, Rasputin, cafeteria cookies, "a port in a storm," Hélène Cixous, parabolas, and college. Our theme song is by Golden West Service, featuring Shreddie Vedder.

This week, we discussed the work of Sarah McLachlan, touching on Second-wave feminist naming conventions, "The Second Coming," The Rules, "Building a Mystery" poems, angel investors, shaving, the Garden of Eden, Andrea Dworkin, Christmas songs, Rock star on the road songs, Lifetime movies, and, of course, the ASPCA. Our theme song, as always, is by Golden West Service featuring Shreddie Vedder. Marisa's book, Diary.

We've reached 1995 in our ongoing exploration of the top 20 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 for each year of the 90s, and this time the choices were REALLY impossible. Listen for our excellent discussion of some incredible songs, plus: crises of faith, freaks, "freak flags," school dances, personalized silk pajama sets, skin hunger, Fantasia, rollerblading, and a little something we like to call the "Advent Calendar of Loneliness." Our theme song, as always, is by Golden West Service featuring Shreddie Vedder.

We begin our new season by embarking on an experiment in building a collaborative playlist starting off with, for some reason, with Billie Myers' 1997 hit, "Kiss the Rain." Our theme song is by Golden West Service featuring Shreddie Vedder.

This week, we finally discussed Metallica, and took a rare trip back into the 1980s. Additionally, in honor of our long friendship, we agreed to always try our best to dub one another "forgiven" whenever possible.  Our theme song is original music by Golden West Service & Shreddie Vedder.

This week, we decided to return to our exploration of the 90s most salient one hit wonders. We discussed Fuel's "Shimmer" and Veruca Salt's "Seether," two songs connected by, well, mostly just their titles.  Our theme song is original music by Golden West Service & Shreddie Vedder.

We decided to tackle the '90s output of Silverchair. We discussed the simple wisdom of youth and gave Daniel Johns some constructive criticism about his hair.  Our theme song is original music by Golden West Service & Shreddie Vedder.

This week on the pod, we dove deep on the Top 20 songs of 1994's Billboard Hot 100, where we had to come to terms with our everlasting love for 1994 Ace of Base.  Our theme song is original music by Golden West Service & Shreddie Vedder.

We finally took on the '90s catalog of Bjork. Though we had a bit of the giggles, we also got into some pretty heavy stuff, including our feelings about "emotional landscapes." Our theme song is original music by Golden West Service & Shreddie Vedder.

On this episode, we each chose our top three '90s songs of the '70s. We had a lot of different thoughts about what that could mean, and we explored as many of those as possible to arrive at the songs from the '70s that feel the most '90s to us.   Our theme song is original music by Golden West Service & Shreddie Vedder.

This week we discussed Poe while veering off into discussions about soap operas, hauntings, jokes, and much, much more.  Our theme song is original music by Golden West Service & Shreddie Vedder.

This week, we dove into the 90s catalog of our culture's foremost philosophers on the subject of time: blink-182.  Our theme song is original music by Golden West Service & Shreddie Vedder.

Well, we finally did it. We discussed the wildly popular 90s rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. Including such topics as Michael Stipe-worship, emotional maturity, and loving the people you love the best that you can.  Our theme song is original music by Golden West Service & Shreddie Vedder.

This week, we discussed Belly, an incredible band that you'd better take your hat off before you discuss. We got into Belly's amazing lyrics, and also tried to figure out how we feel about silverfish.  Our theme song is original music by Golden West Service & Shreddie Vedder.

This week, we decided to have a little fun before we die, and we dove into the Sheryl Crow catalog! We had the most overlap in our picks that we've ever had. We also had some internet issues, so please forgive us if there are a few moments where the audio is a little wonky :) Our theme song is original music by Golden West Service & Shreddie Vedder.

This week, we decided to dive deep into the Toad the Wet Sprocket catalog. Aside from listening to some great hits, we got to really explore our feelings about the natural world.  Our theme song is original music by Golden West Service & Shreddie Vedder. Playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0JJtYnwmeOvkmk5ceuep87?si=J5HNdnWGQ9WzBqVfS-aH8w

This week, we continued our journey through the hits of the 90s with a deep dive on the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 for 1993. We discussed some legendary singers and we time-travelled a little.  Our theme song is original music by Golden West Service & Shreddie Vedder. Playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0JJtYnwmeOvkmk5ceuep87?si=J5HNdnWGQ9WzBqVfS-aH8w