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Originally released as a cassette in 1987 under the Sentridoh name, 'Weed Forestin' is a beautifully eclectic collection of home-recordings by songwriter Lou Barlow (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr). This week's guest Dave Gebroe of the Discograffiti Podcast joins us as we unpack this weirdly wonderful indie classic.

Songs discussed in this episode: Brand New Love - Ben Lee/Superchunk/Death Cab For Cutie; I Have Been Floated - The Olivia Tremor Control; Healthy Sick - Sebadoh; How Loft I Am - Guided By Voices; Metal Machine Music Pt. 1 - Lou Reed; Albuquerque '89, New Worship, My Own Religion, More Simple, Jealous Of Jesus, Mr Genius Eyes, Perfect Power, Feeding Evil, Sexual Confusion, Broken, Waited Forever - Sentridoh; Place To Be - Nick Drake; Slightest Suggestion, It's So Hard To Fall In Love - Sentridoh; It's So Hard To Fall In Love - Superchunk; Brand New Love - Sentridoh; Brand New Love - Sebadoh

Anthemic. Angular. Inscrutable. These are all words that could describe Wichita, Kansas indie-rock-cum blister-pop band The Embarrassment. Musician Bob Fay (Sebadoh, Cardinal, Lost Hours) discovered them at the end their short-but-prolific existence, after they moved to Boston and eventually splintered off into other bands - Big Dipper and The Del Fuegos to name two - leaving behind a slew of excellent releases including the 1983 mini-LP 'Death Travels West'.
"We Were Famous, You Don't Remember"

Songs discussed in this episode: Immigrant Song (live) - The Embarrassment; Beauty Of The Ride - Sebadoh; She's Fetching, Ron Klaus Wrecked His House - Big Dipper; Don't Run Wild - The Del Fuegos; This Is Not A Photograph - Mission Of Burma; Venus - Television; Careen, Viewmaster - The Embarrassment; Here Comes Your Man - Pixies; Drive Me To The Park - The Embarrassment; Communist Radio - The Eat; Lewis and Clark, D-Rings, Sex Drive, Chapter 12 - The Embarrassment; Love Beach - Emerson, Lake & Palmer; This Charming Man - The Smiths; Hip and Well Read, Death Travels West - The Embarrassment; Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment (live) - Ramones; Sevens Glass Lady - Lost Hours

Musician Keith Michaud (The Lightworkers) brings us the fifth album by indie rock titans Sebadoh, 'Bakesale'. With this release, Lou Barlow and co. managed to bridge their lo-fi beginnings with pure pop power chords, producing a collection of songs that hit both hard AND deep!

Songs featured in this episode: On Fire (Acoustic version) - Sebadoh; Hemispheres - Keith Michaud; Coming Down Heavy - The Lightworkers; Soulmate - Sebadoh; Gold Soundz - Pavement; Too Young To Fall In Love - Motley Crue; Waiting Room - Fugazi; Primary - The Cure; Bewitched - Beat Happening; License To Confuse - Sebadoh; No Bones - Dinosaur Jr; Rock Of Ages - Def Leppard; Careful, Magnet's Coil - Sebadoh; Smothered In Hugs - Guided By Voices; Magnet's Coil (Acoustic version) - Sebadoh; Song Of The Minerals - Shellac; Not A Friend, Not Too Amused, Dreams - Sebadoh; Einstein's Day - Mission Of Burma; Freak Scene - Dinosaur Jr; Skull, Got It, Shit Soup - Sebadoh; Sorry Entertainer - Daniel Johnson; Give Up, Rebound, Mystery Man, Temptation Tide, Drama Mine - Sebadoh; Marquee Moon - Television; Together Or Alone - Sebadoh; The Wagon - The Lightworkers (off of 'Play em! The Woody EP')

On today's episode, I talk to musician Lou Barlow. Originally from Ohio, Lou formed his first band Deep Wound in 1982, while attending high school in western Massachusetts. Deep Wound's drummer was J Mascis, and when that band broke up, Lou and J formed Dinosaur, later to become Dinosaur Jr. The early years of the band were acclaimed but tumultuous, and after their third album, he was asked to leave the band. Lou then turned his attention to his other band Sebadoh, his side project Sentridoh, and later his other group Folk Implosion. Throughout the years, these projects - including Dinosaur Jr. - have all waxed and waned, but most recently, Lou recorded songs for Dinosaur Jr.'s latest album Sweep It Into Space, which was released in April, and his own solo album, Reason to Live, which was released at the end of May on Joyful Noise!

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On episode 11 of "The Perfect 10," Ralphie May and Lahna Turner talk about offensive comedians and stick up for Daniel Tosh. Lahna visits a paranormal convention and meets Keith Age, Aron Houdini (The Last Houdini), a cryptozoologist, a girl who lives in a haunted house, and a man who reads auras. There's also a slut story about a girl who does a lot of banging in one day. The band of the week, live from Mercy Lounge, is Sebadoh!