31. The Follow-Up Episode

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Over the course of doing 30 episodes of You, Me and An Album, there have been parts of each conversation that have stuck with me long after the episode got published. There have been a few of those that I continue to think about frequently, because I have been puzzled as to why I had such a different reaction to a song than my guest did. I went back to seven of those songs and gave them several more listens, and on this episode, I talk about what changed in my impression of those songs after giving each of them another chance.

 Also, given that Ep. 30 was nearly about Hum’s You’d Prefer An Astronaut, it felt appropriate to give that episode’s guest, Michael Govier, a chance to express his feelings about the life and recent death of Hum drummer Bryan St. Pere.

Corrections: I made a couple of Sleater-Kinney-related errors on this show. I referred to their new album, Path of Wellness as “Path To Wellness.” Given that I’ve had the album on heavy rotation since its release, I’m not sure how I managed to mess that up. Also, I referred to the verse of The Remainder that begins “There is an absolute zero” as the second verse, but it’s the third verse.

0:18 The premise of this episode

1:32 How Rebecca Clay Cole’s encounter with Jeff Mangum has helped to inform my music listening

Revisiting previously-discussed tracks (including excerpts from guests on previous episodes)

4:26 Kinks, Waterlook Sunset (Ed Masley)

8:54 Sleater-Kinney, The Remainder (Mariana Timony)

13:24 Frank Ocean, Nikes (Andrew Brown)

17:16 Neutral Milk Hotel, Holland, 1945 (Eric Gilde)

22:02 John Cale, Darling I Need You (Mike Lord)

26:33 Oasis, Slide Away (Kevin Brown)

30:32 Built to Spill, Time Trap (Michael Govier)

34:16 Some music requires even more patience than I thought, but it’s worth it

35:40 What are your experiences with not “getting” certain albums?

37:08 Michael Govier’s tribute to Bryan St. Pere

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