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.)

In this episode, we talk about a ton of music from MC5, The Coward Brothers, The Cure, High on Fire, Iron & Wine, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and Kim Deal. I touch on some other stuff, too...but that's most of it. Welcome back to the show being normal, even if other stuff isn't!

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

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 10:39 - I Wanna Write Songs for You
• 11:09 - Music Reviews
  • 12:32 - MC5 - Heavy Lifting
  • 16:50 - The Coward Brothers
  • 21:22 - The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
  • 24:46 - High on Fire
  • 29:21 - Iron & Wine - Light Verse
  • 36:01 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Glasgow Eyes
  • 37:40 - Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
• 43:20 - Safari
• 43:50 - Outro

Thanks for your support!

This IS NOT a standard episode of Empty Checking. If you are unfamiliar with the show, this is not a good starting point. This upload is my reaction to the recent election in America and also includes my thoughts on the Christian Church and its relationship to politics. This is VERY FAR REMOVED from the typical, fun nature of this show. But I felt like it needed to be said and I needed to make my position clear, as the person behind this podcast. If you want to skip this one, I more than understand. But I think there are probably some of you who really need to hear it.

Also, I've been suffering from walking pneumonia and you can definitely hear that in my voice in this upload. Sorry about all the inhaling that gets more and more pronounced as the talk goes on.

Thanks.

-Uncle Derek

This episode goes a lot of sleep-deprived directions in under an hour. That's fun, right? I definitely talk about the passing of Teri Garr, then music from Matthew Sweet (and his current medical issues), Justin Rutledge, Devin Townsend, Japandroids, and The Pixies. I round it out by talking about the Rocky Horror Show video game and Lost in America. It's kinda nuts, but I think you'll enjoy it! Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com Music: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com email: db@derekbrink.com

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Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro (Including discussion of Teri Garr's passing.)
• 14:13 - I Hope You're Happy
• 14:43 - Music Releases (Including Matthew Sweet, Justin Rutledge, Devin Townsend, Japandroids, and Pixies. Sorry I didn't break the time index down further. I'm tired.)
• 32:13 - Useless
• 32:43 - Lost In America and the Rocky Horror Show video game.
• 39:50 - That Weekend (Blue Tattoo)
• 40:20 - Outro

In this episode, I talk about really old Albert Brooks movies, a new documentary on The Tragically Hip, and (mostly) new music releases from Godspeed You Black Emperor, James and the Shame, Judas Priest, The Linda Lindas, and Pete Townshend. It's a fun one, if you ask me, but I'm the one who recorded it, so who can say? Maybe YOU if you listen to it!

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 6:27 - Live Your Life
• 6:57 - Recent Watching
  • 7:50 - Defending Your Life
  • 14:47 - Broadcast News
  • 20:16 - The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal
• 35:12 - Every Day
• 35:42 - Music Releases
  • 35:42 - Godspeed You Black Emperor - No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead
  • 39:50 - Pete Townshend Live Box Set (That's probably not the name of it, but whatever.)
  • 43:10 - James and the Shame - Nothing Left to Love
  • 45:28 - Judas Priest - Invincible Shield
  • 48:22 - The Linda Lindas - No Obligation
• 52:02 - Heaven Knows
• 52:32 - Outro (including talk of Oktoberfest and Ren Faires!)