Ep103: WORK (Joe Cannon, Jeff Brueggeman, Kavi Laud)

It’s time for episode 103 of Protonic Reversal! For the second week in a row, we’ve got in-studio guests: the fantastic Milwaukee band WORK. Conan and Josh encourage much nerdy discussion, along the lines of: -Numerous and endless band name puns -Australian GPS voices -Colin Hay -Sideshows and local Oakland references -Marsupials -Guitar rippers like Devo and St. Vincent -Not having any idea how the band will deal with being in two different cities -Emolument -“If we don’t rule, Jeff just starts punching us until we start ruling” -“Chisel: Because the Jam broke up” -Mean and vicious pop -Keeping the record contiguous -The album tracks on Thriller -Trying to use the least time to record their comp song -Joe Lally -“How come we don’t have Thursday Thursdays?” -Tangin’ the hump -Joe’s superpower: Temporarily Benjamin Franklin -Domain names -Electric Abacus: “Pretty proggy, very formulaic and repetitive” -Hassling a song until the most irritating bass line possible brings it together -Working it out during smoke and/or shit breaks -Evaluating Paul McCartney’s collaborations -Quitting the Moody Blues in 1968 -Confusing Michael Jackson videos -The various mixes of Raw Power -The Bob James-esque solo records of Max Rebo -Running into George Lucas at Starbucks -Obsolete format chat -What to expect from the new WORK record -Eating Popeye’s and watching Popeye -All of us admitting we don’t know enough about Milwaukee’s excellent hip hop scene -Playing at Bounce right after the wedding ceremony -Chicken-greasing the lens -Hating stuff that sounds like stuff -Audiences love psychedelic freak-outs sometimes -Tracking the size of a city via pedal steel players -“PEDAL STEEL. THEREMIN. KAZOO. FUCK YOU. Available to franchise” -Mittster Mittster -amiondrugs.com -amionamiondrugs.com -Blingee -Strictly fancy -Josh is revealed to be a character played by Michael Winslow -Method Snacking -amiatbandpractice.com -Lots of T. Rex discussion -Heading out on a cuddly note -Smash that F5, keep it refreshed