Our latest review, Fiona Apple’s 1999 sophomore album “When The Pawn….” This one has a depth and is a challenging grower, worth repeated listens. Enjoy! Available everywhere you get your podcasts from the Honest and Unmerciful Record Review Podcast. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-edjhi-...

If there really is extraterrestrial life, do you think we’ll tariff the shit out of them?

I have accidentally changed my Spotify account to the Azerbaijani language, and I have no idea how to change it back. At this point I think my only recourse is to learn the language.

See today on a sign at Audubon Park in NOLA

So, like, if there’s a civil war on Monday, do I have to still go into the office? Or is it ok to just work from home?

The album is iconic. So, too, will this podcast episode be. Enjoy. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-jkwp9-...

@ucatalogueclash.bsky.social oh and by the way, the new Naked Gun movie kinda sucked. Save your money

Slightly diminish a band: Dinosaur the 3rd

New episode out now - Boards of Canada’s 2013 album “Tomorrow’s Harvest”. Challenging, for sure, but really worth the journey if you’re feeling adventurous. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-pcvf4-...

@ucatalogueclash.bsky.social great episode on side 1 of Monster. Of course. Three things…1st…check out the guitar solo on I’m Only Sleeping - the first use of a backwards guitar solo, and done the same way that Buck did for WTFK. 1/3

Episode 46 of the pod. Spoon’s Gimmie Fiction. Enjoy anywhere you get your podcast. Search Honest and Unmerciful. Enjoy, you greasy, greasy spoons honest-unmerciful-record-review.podbean.com Picture of the band Spoon

Didn’t know the goal of this administration was eradication of the catholic faith www.bbc.com/news/article...

Hands wrist-deep in anchovies. Response may be delayed….and salty.

A new episode, done right. Green Day’s 1995 album “Insomniac”. It will be fun, I promise you. We went a bit off the rails for this one. Check it out, because you love music, and maybe kinda like us, too. honest-unmerciful-record-review.podbean.com/e/ep-45-gree...

Yow - new pod episode recorded. The podwaves were taken over by two hooligans, Jet Carlo and Skinny D, which lead to some hijinx and general bafoonery. What better way to discuss Green Day’s “Insomniac”? Stay tooned for the pod episode to drop in the coming few days. #greenday

By the way - we’re on all platforms now. Go to podbean here and at the bottom, all the links from all the places are there. Or just go to those places and search for us. You get it. You’re on BlueSky. You’re wicked smaht. honest-unmerciful-record-review.podbean.com

Well folks, it’s all happening. We’re back in the game! Brand new episode! And now on all the platforms. Yes, no longer Spotify only! Come on and get your fix!! If you want to find us on Spotify, the link has changed. Unfollow the old and refollow the new! open.spotify.com/show/0XHCshK...

@therealmikestephen.bsky.social hey Mike - Pete nester here. Welcome to a pretty cool place. Not quite as nerdy as it was a year ago, which is kinda good news bad news in a way 😀

Uh, guys? Who wants to tell them?

Who wants some podcast? Episode 43, Tears for Fears 1985’s smash “Songs From The Big Chair” has dropped. Enjoy this pleasing content ok fine now go there do that open.spotify.com/episode/4bQd...

What do you do if your podcast is forced to change formats because the host platform changed the rules after you’ve already published 50 hours of content. Sit and fret about it and hope it fixes itself and magically all of your episodes somehow turn by themselves into the proper format, obviously.

Wins for Oppenheimer and Godzilla Minus One mean this is the first time a movie and its sequel both won Oscars the same year.

I have a confession to make. When I was in high school. A friend of mine told me he was a fan of Lou Reed. For about 2 years, I thought he meant Lou Gramm, lead singer of Foreigner. It was only later when I went to college that I realized the truth.

Maybe you haven’t heard this album before. But if you’re a new wave fan and like some challenging music, this may be your jam. King Crimson and their 1981 album “Discipline”. Enjoy! open.spotify.com/episode/2Ldf...

Was I expected to stop him?

Episode 40. We made it, Ma! Check out Hall and Oates, and their album Private Eyes (1981). A lot of surprising musical connections I wouldn’t have guessed before digging into this album. open.spotify.com/episode/0eDX...

#Superb owl #WWDITS

Raise a glass tonight for Mojo Nixon. I hope you get to meet The King. He’s gonna love your impersonation. youtu.be/5DcTY9i-fx8?...

Now I know Spotify is just trolling. But we are excited to release our latest content, Hall and Oates, Private Eyes from 1981 open.spotify.com/episode/0eDX...

New podcast content! Episode 39: Echo and the Bunnymen’s 1984 album “Ocean Rain”. open.spotify.com/episode/5TFY...

Perhaps she’s just looking for the metaphorical Sasquatch that lives inside each and every one of us

Now that the 12 days of Christmas are over, time for Santa to get back into his coffin and not emerge from his slumber until All Saints Day, when the letters start rolling in and Christmas ads from Home Depot and Target start showing up on Hulu

Despite all his rage, he’s still eating chips on the stage youtu.be/nMlb3UEA4MI?...

If you’ve not yet been hooked by this podcast, here’s your chance. Everyone knows this song. Get ready for this 3.5 hour deep dive into the white album, Hey Jude, transcendental meditation, Yoko Ono, and likely plenty of mentions of The Beach Boys, Donovan and unfortunately, Charles Manson.

happy stylish but illegal ikea monkey day to those who celebrate

In some ways, Tom Hanks and Dave Grohl have followed parallel paths of unexpected deity-level awesomeness.

So, in the movie “The Holdovers”, they use the same Cat Stevens song that is used in Almost Famous… “The Wind.” It was hard to see it used in a different movie. It’s so perfect in Almost Famous that it was distracting to see it placed here. That said, The Holdovers is so so good.

1/2 Just had a realization, after watching The Beatles Get Back doc of all things. I come across as bossy and controlling at times in a work setting, not because I’m a jerk, but legit because I am very singularly focused and my brain is bad at multi-tasking. When others suggest an idea….

When pigs have to be somewhere, do they make “apoinkments”?

In Soviet Russia, joke tells you

My daughter is in the school play for Mama Mia. Tryouts were last week. I have heard Abba songs nonstop for the past week and while I’m fine with them and their right to exist, I’m growing very tired of this. The play is in March. Kill me now.

John Mellencamp. Also known as The COOG during this period. I might be making that last part up, but someone had to call him that at least once. Anyway, new podcast episode up. “Scarecrow” (1985) review. Check it out! (Pun intended for the diehards) open.spotify.com/episode/3IqY...

Come see my new mashup band, “Metalabbaba”, Abba songs done in the heavy metal stylings of Metallica. Good seats going fast.

From an article in Scientific American about declining life expectancy in US males. We have a “Corky Sherwood-Forest” a la Murphy Brown situation on our hands here. I’m sorry that I’m 12 years old, but c’mon, how can you not think this is funny

New content coming soon - John Cougar Mellencamp’s classic “Scarecrow” (1985) will be available in the next couple of days on Spotify. It’s been a busy couple of months and we are looking forward to giving you some new content again.

While you’re waiting for our next album review episode to drop, don’t forget about our Beatles banger from earlier this year. We believe our episode is what motivated Paul and Ringo to get cracking on the “Now and Then” work. open.spotify.com/episode/00QK...

The official video for Now And Then: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opxh...

For Halloween this year, I’m going to dress up as a leg bone. I wanted my costume to be humerus.