Are you at one of those New Year's Eve get-togethers where you might as well pop in your ear buds and listen to a podcast? Well your Uncle Derek and Papa Dave have you covered! Just under the wire, we're counting down our FAB 15 Albums of 2024! So either put down that glass of champagne or make it a double, and enjoy our nonsense for a while!

Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com Email: db@derekbrink.com Spotify Playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/317eypfciiajkyay2kxloz3kreoa?si=f046115ad0514079 Dave's Blog: http://davidbrink.home.blog Music: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 6:30 - The topic at hand: Fab 15 Albums of 2024
• 11:38 - Rules for this list
• 12:54 - The FAB 15!
  • 12:54 - #15
  • 18:17 - #14
  • 26:15 - #13
  • 33:59 - #12
  • 40:28 - #11
  • 48:49 - #10
  • 54:49 - #9
  • 1:00:18 - #8
  • 1:07:31 - #7
  • 1:12:21 - #6
  • 1:19:37 - #5
  • 1:26:29 - #4
  • 1:32:41 - #3
  • 1:36:44 - #2
  • 1:41:06 - #1
• 1:43:21 - Honorable Mentions
• 1:53:43 - Working on a final 15, and the TERRIFIC TEN!
• 1:56:46 - A coin toss! And then adding more stuff...
• 1:59:01 - ANOTHER coin toss! and adding the last pick...
• 1:59:58 - The Final 15.

This episode is pretty off the cuff and touches on everything from buying new pillows to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Lord of the Rings, a couple Albert Brooks movies, and Van Halen. So...there!

Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com email: db@derekbrink.com

I think the time index might be a little off this week. I had to make some weird corrections that I don't usually have to worry about. So sorry if that's wrong...but there ya' go.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 8:27 - This Is Your Christmas
• 8:57 - Pillows, Record Store Day, and Van Halen
• 21:38 - O Holy Night
• 22:08 - Recent Watching
  • 22:08 - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
  • 29:22 - Lord of the Rings
  • 39:27 - Real Life
  • 43:11 - Mother
• 46:21 - A Promise Worth Keeping
• 46:51 - Outro

What's that? You're stuck in a house having a meal with people you'd rather avoid and need something to be thankful for? Well bust out those ear buds and be thankful that your Uncle Derek and Papa Dave have a new FAB 15 for you! This week we're counting down our FAB 15 Band of the 1990s! It was a fun talk and I think you'll have a good time either learning about or re-living a really interesting time in music history, and maybe you'll hear a few names you'll want to check out. Dig it on your podcast app of choice or at the link in the comments!

Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com email: db@derekbrink.com Bandcamp: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com Dave's Blog: http://davidbrink.home.blog Spotify Playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/317eypfciiajkyay2kxloz3kreoa?si=f046115ad0514079

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 5:20 - On the Subject of the 1990s
• 15:19 - Rules for the List
• 20:15 - THE LIST
  • 20:15 - #15
  • 25:37 - #14
  • 32:20 - #13
  • 42:27 - #12
  • 51:31 - #11
  • 1:05:26 - #10
  • 1:05:36 - #9
  • 1:14:26 - #8
  • 1:19:58 - #7
  • 1:28:49 - #6
  • 1:37:03 - #5
  • 1:41:19 - #4
  • 1:45:53 - #3
  • 1:49:48 - #2/#1
• 1:59:01 - Honorable Mentions
• 2:04:09 - Picking a Final 15 and an agreed #1 (Including an excerpt of "Sleepin In" by Blue Tattoo.)