The Low Standards and Pours Musicast

The Low Standards and Pours Musicast

This show was all about friends, fun and music... and within 3mins it got weird.  So pretty much like all our other shows.  

 

Tommy B joins us from the road in EL PASO - so we played a relevant song... and then a buncha fun other trucking songs!  

 

In the background we had El Carpe's playlist stuff... "ZiLENTNOIZE xxx"  find this guy on the tubes of you, or googlay - great mixes, great tunes (according to El Carpe) - just a good hour each of click, play, listen - and do the stuff you do when you do that thing listening to music like you do.  

 

Shows coming soon - Eric's Playlist, Listener Questions & Comments, Upstairs at Eric's (downstairs) - we'll explain later... and of course the never requested, and often lamented "El Carpe's Playlist".

 

We'll keep you updated on the upcoming silly !

 

Pour Me Another Brother !

The Low Standards and Pours Musicast

Welcome back from our crazy winter break !  Tonight we talk about all sorts of stuff - music, moving, stories,... it got a little weird - but it's us, so what do you expect?   

 

Playing for Change... look that up, listen, and buy a high quality t-shirt if you like the message and cause.

 

We had a romp through "Eric's Playlist" - including The Gories, Welshy Arms, mygut, Flat Duo Jets, Giant Drag and many others.   

 

There was that interlude about El Carpe's "finding the family" story - and we'll keep you abreast of any developments there... 

 

Thanks for joining our bit of silly, and the traipsing through our musical shennanegans...

 

We appreciate both of you, and hope we passed the audition.

 

Pour me another Brother.

The Low Standards and Pours Musicast

“The Romantics...  whatever happened to these chart-toppers of the early 80's?   Here's a small chunk of the story. (as much as we could be bothered to "research")   Also, we have our long-standing, super-popular segment where we take a brief peek into "Eric's Playlist".     Tonight we play some tunes, make up some history based on mostly facts we are almost aware of, and then stuff happens…  

 

We played a ton of The Romantics music tonight, and stumbled drunkenly down memory lane - but our horrible attempt at crafting a show that totally respects this band's talent and artistic flair... failed miserably - so here's the band's website - if you like, liked, will like, want or will want anything Romantics related - go here and exchange your real money for their real merchandise/music/etc.  It's all about rewarding the artists for their efforts that affect our lives.   https://www.romanticsdetroit.com/

 

Eric's Playlist included:  Longwave "Wake me when it's over";  Bear In Heaven "Autumn" and a 90's classic underground tune by Kitchens of Distinction "Drive That Fast".

 

Here's your musical zen thought of the week that El Carpe rattled off during the show:

"Music and songs have different meanings to different people - but as long as it inspires thought, feeling, or emotion - it's worth it.   Even if you interpret the artists message wrong - your brain got exercise.  buy some songs, give them two braincells a workout."

 

Join our super-schitty-secret committee... "the Inebriatti" - all ya gotta do is type in comments during the show "Pour Me Another Brother" and you're in.  there's no test, no initiation, no membership fee... we have Low Standards... duh."

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ERIC'S PLAYLIST ! ! !  

 

Girl... I'm just a Jeepster for your love... holy wow this show went off the rails early - and we did that for your entertainment only...  Tommy B from Tennessee showed up to give us his take on Eric's playlist, along with El Carpe's drunken mumblings - we hear from bands like (no actually) Mr Airplane Man, The Veils, Magic Shoppe, Ghost Woman, Lord Huron, The Spyrals, La Hell Gang, Lightnin' Hopkins, The Koolaid Electric Company, and Al Lover...  yep - El Carpe gives his critique of Eric's playlist and it's fun as all get out.  (at least to us, and we have Low Standards)

 

Look folks, this is always unplanned, unprofessional and unscripted - live reactions to music - it's really two buddies talkin' about the tunes they like - if you wanna listen in, we totally welcome you.  

 

Music is to be shared.  Music is to be enjoyed with others... Music can save the planet... ok, maybe just enjoyed & shared - but seriously - we hope you enjoy this show as much as we have fun making it for you.

 

Join our super secret schitty committee = just say "pour me another brother" and you are in - remember, we have Low Standards...  doesn't take much to be one of us.

 

rock on.

Low Standards and Pours Musicast

Tonight we attempt (poorly) to enter into the world of electronic music.  Detroit has such a rich history of electronic music and festivals - give us a listen for a mis-informed discussion of Movement Electonic Music Festival (every Memorial Day weekend) and the Electonic Forest festival occuring sometime during the year - both in Michigan.

 

We listen to, and discuss bands from 2022 Detroit Movement Electronic Festival - like, Duck Sauce, Huey Mnemonic, PooBon, Moon Rocks, and others...  and El Carpe almost turns into a weeping child over the message behind Fred Again featuring The Blessed Madonna with a song called "Marea (We've Lost Dancing)" - the things we lost due to Covid...  but the underlying message is that we have the ability to re-connect through music, festivals... and yes, Dancing.  (you listeners can insert the appropriate Footloose courtroom scene quote here if you remember that one) 

 

Kick out the jams, get on the dance floor, hug somebody... and go buy some music... and share the musical experience with someone else.

 

Thanks for joining us on this mis-adventure in music.   Join our super schitty committee... the super secret society "the Inebriatti"... just listen live on Thursdays around 8:30 EST and type in ... "Pour me another brother" - and you are IN !

 

We also appear on lagoonanautmedia.com - more on that to come !

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"You take a sad song and make it better..."   Hey Paul - thanks for the lyrics (even though we don't mention the Beatles AT ALL in this show.)

 

Tonight we honor the massive musical talent we lost in 2022... poorly, just like you expect from your hosts.    Eric & El Carpe roll through the songs from the bands these folks were part of... part of the bands, and part of our lives.  

 

We played songs from bands like, The Specials, Primal Scream, The Tubes, PIL, The Pogues, Nazareth, Depeche Mode, Foo Fighters, Happy Mondays, Suicidal Tendencies, Foreigner, Olivia Newton John, (not Olivia Newtron Bomb), The Rascals, Meatloaf, Q Lazzarus, and the Stranglers...  to name just a few.

 

Not to mention others we lost others like Monty Norman who composed the 007 Theme Song, Coolio (we did a show earlier this year devoted only to him), Jerry Lee Lewis and Loretta Lynn.

 

Lot of talent gone, but they left behind a catalog of amazing and varied music for us and generations to hear and enjoy... and make new memories.  Thanks for all the creative talent you gave us !

 

Somehow we turned as sad story into something fun.  We hope you enjoy listening to our mess as we try to honor the talent we lost this year. May your 2023 rock and roll (koochie-koo)... Join us for more fun as we continue to hack our way through the next year of musical silliness... Eric has some great ideas, and El Carpe is his bitch... so will do whatever he wants.   It's gonna be fun, join us !

 

Pour Me Another Brother !

The Low Standards and Pours Musicast

Warning - do NOT listen to us while operating heavy machinery or handling cutlery.  We are not responsible for any injuries that may occur, as we are barely responsible for the words that fall outta our heads.   Enjoy !

 

Let's De-Stress for the Holidays...  Life is crazy as it is, here's two guys chatting about their 'relaxing playlists'.   

 

ElCarpe's 80's style playlist includes:  Toad the Wet Sproket, New Order, The Mighty Lemon Drops, Mazzy Star and Echo and the Bunnymen to name a few... whereas Eric's Playlist has folks like Tom Waits, Sigur Ros, REM, Cat Power and Natalie Merchant among many others..  sure - we could go on and on and on and on and ... ya know... but give this show a listen for a taste of a ton of great song. 

 

...and I'd like to say thank you on behalf of eric and myself and hope we passed the audition.   

 

Merry Christmas! 

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"404 Followers:  Page Not Found"

 

Welcome to our well orchestrated pile of messy musical fun.  TommyB from Tennessee joins us for a romp through our current playlists.  Throws the MC5 at us from NOWHERE !    Eric's got some cool tunes on replay - like 80's Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Holy Motors, Grizzly Bear, Moon Duo and Monkey3... not in that order.  (random)

 

And then El Carpe takes us back through the old days with The English Beat, Shriekback, The Jam, Lords of the New Church, Kililng Joke, Figures on a Beach, The Bongos, The Specials and a bit of 2Tone Records chat... 

 

Seriously though... this Low Standards and Bar idea that TommyB came up with ... and that idea about having the special 'speak-easy' password/phrase to get in... "Pour me another brother"   That's all it takes to get into our super schitty committee.  

 

Join us for a romp through some tunes and burn about an hour of your ears while ya do the dishes or some other menial task.  We're here for ya.   Tell a friend about us, we won't mind.

 

Rock on.

The Low Standards and Pours Musicast

"Tonight these funky monkeys discuss some music y'all may not have heard of - bands like Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound, Josefin Orhn + the Liberation, Guapa, Mansun, Colin Newman, Hindu Love Gods and others... as well as our chat about going to see Natalie Merchant /10,000 Maniacs, and The Charlatons... 

 

Tommy B ! from Tenesseeeeee joins us for a fun chat about tunes - Thanks to both of our listeners who are not related to us for joining in and listening to two buddies chatting about music we like.

 

As always - you can join our super schitty committee ... all it takes is listening in live and typing in comments "Pour me another Brother" - and you're in the club... a super schitty club, but it's all ours... together.   

 

Rock on y'all !"

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What band would you wanna go see - if you could when they were popular?

Who did we see?

Who did you see?

Why does anyone care...?   

 

We talk about band like;  Shakey Graves, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Love & Rockets, Peter Gabriel, The Doors, Tom Waits, Nirvana, Prodigy, The Cramps, Blondie, The Clash, James, Dave Matthews, or Dead Can Dance... maybe Natalie Merchant?   

 

Who would you go see if you could - in their heyday - what's that band that you REALLY think you should've seen before they weren't...  let's talk about it. 

 

As always, you haven't paid for this, so if you are disappointed - you have NOTHING to complain about.   Listen in to the fun that we call a podcast.

 

Seriously,... Pour me another Brother.