Robbie & James Talk Music
Robbie & James are writing and film professors who like to talk music.
Episodes
Episode Discussion Topics:
– What Robbie & James have been listening to lately.
– Repetition in music.
– Artists who deserve more recognition.
Tracks: Wesley Joseph’s’ “If Time Could Talk” Elise Hayes’s “Dive In”
Further Listening/Reading: Wesley Joseph Forever Ends Someday, 2026 Sid Sriram’s Sidharth, 2023 Jill Christman’s The Heart...
Episode Discussion Topics:
– What Robbie & James have been listening to lately.
– The purpose of violence in media.
– The violence of systems.
Tracks: Pixies’ “Caribou” Flea’s “Lovelovelove”
Further Listening/Reading: Pixies Pixies’ Come On Pilgrim (1987) David Fincher’s Fight Club (1999) Lana & Lilly Wachowski’s The Matrix (1999...
Episode Discussion Topics:
– Christmas music.
– Love Actually facts.
– Artist credibility & Christmas albums.
Tracks: Bleachers’ “Merry Christmas, Please Don’t Call” Sufjan Steven’s “Christmas in the Room”
Further Listening/Reading: Bleachers Richard Curtis’s Love Actually (2003) Sufjan Stevens Sufjan Stevens & Lowell Brams’ Apor...
Episode Discussion Topics:
– Christmas music.
– When we listen to Christmas music.
– The history of Christmas music.
– Die Hard facts.
Tracks: The Oh Hellos’ “Mvmt I: “Rejoice! Rejoice!”” Run–D.M.C.’s “Christmas In Hollis”
Further Listening/Reading: The Oh Hellos “Joy to the World” “Coventry Carol” “H...
Episode Discussion Topics:
– The historical timeline of Punk music.
– The aesthetic of Punk music.
– The impact and legacy of Punk music.
– Post Punk & New Wave
Tracks: Geese’s “Trinidad” Wire’s “Pink Flag”
Further Listening/Reading: Ramones Patti Smith Sex Pistols The Clash The Damned Geese’s Getting Killed Mike Nagel’s “Orie...
Episode Discussion Topics:
– Brian Jonestown Massacre
– Psychedelic Rock
– Positionality in music
Tracks: Brian Jonestown Massacre’s “Anemone” Brian Jonestown Massacre’s “Pish”
Further Listening/Reading:
Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Their Satanic Majesties’ Second Request (2008)
Ondi Timoner’s Dig! (2004)
Episode Discussion Topics:
– Hating vs. loving Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl.
– The inherent power of live performances.
– AI and learning spaces.
Tracks: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s “Haunt” Water From Your Eyes’ “Nights in Armor”
Further Listening/Reading: Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl Water From Your Eyes’ It’s a ...
Episode Discussion Topics:
– Penny & Sparrow.
– Horror films.
– Harmony.
Tracks: Penny & Sparrow’s “Jeopardy” Penny & Sparrow’s “Cheers to Good Friends”
Further Listening/Reading:
(James really wants you to listen to this Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl
Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone,...
Episode Discussion Topics:
– The 1980s.
– The cultural veneer of the 1980s vs. the actuality of the 1980s.
– Ted Williams
– 1986 Youth Cinema
Tracks: Prince and the Revolution’s “Kiss” The Cure’s “Charlotte Sometimes”
Further Listening/Reading:
Prince’s Under the Cherry Moon, 1986
Episode Discussion Topics:
– Melancholy/sad songs.
– Color and contrast to position story.
– Organizing artforms by emotion.
Tracks: Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” DUG’s “In Memorium”
Further Listening/Reading:
Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love
Thom Yorke's defense of sad music
Ander Monson’s “The Sadnesses of March: In Search of Extreme Em...
Episode Discussion Topics:
– Our artistic projects during Fall 2025.
– The purpose of art: Art for art’s sake vs. art with a larger purpose.
Tracks: Public Service Broadcasting’s “The Fun of It (ft. Andreya Casablanca)” Spoon’s “Guess I’m Fallin In Love”
Further Listening/Reading:
Episode Discussion Topics:
– Artistic projects we worked on in Summer 2025.
– Art with a purpose.
Tracks: Oxis’s “Long Sardine” Lupe Fiasco’s “HOMME MADE (feat. Virgil Abloh)”
Further Listening/Reading: “Oxis Dives Into the Unknown Depths of Oceanic Electronica in Debut Album 'Oxis 7'”
Robbie Maakestad’s “The View from Bethlehem” at X-...
Episode Discussion Topics:
– New podcast format.
– Lenses through which we listen to music.
– Shoegaze: the genre.
Tracks: slimdan’s “Weinerschnitzel” The Lees of Memory’s “We Are Siamese”
Further Listening/Reading: Taylor Steele & Chris Malloy’s short film Shelter
Slimdan’s Second Dinner (live from mom’s o...
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