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On this Friday's episode of our music podcast CrossFade, the guest is comedy writer Todd Hanson and we'll be reviewing The Beach Boys' Surf's Up and Nina Nastasia's Dogs. Subscribe to the podcast in its own stand-alone feed and listen to the albums to get ready!

On every episode of CrossFade, we want to involve the Patreon community as much as possible. So please leave a question or discussion topic below and we’ll read some of our favorites on the episode! Also, please leave a link to your current favorite song or a song you think is worth dissecting and we’ll include it in the community playlist on  in Spotify.

CrossFade Community Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox

We’ll be pulling questions on Wednesday afternoon. Thanks everybody! And just a reminder: CrossFade won’t be on YouTube or in the Patreon exclusive feed, it’s a stand alone podcast feed that you’ll need to subscribe to.

CrossFade is our music podcast hosted by Matt Helgeson and produced by Jason Dafnis where a guest has Helgeson review one of their favorite albums and vice versa. You can subscribe to CrossFade on your favorite podcast app, new episodes are released every other Friday.

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Mike Lynch

Hey Crossfade-rs. Welcome to the show, Todd. Could you please talk about your cartoon, Badgers and Other Animals? What led to its creation and do you still draw it? **** My song this week- The Homesman OST by Marc Beltrami. https://youtu.be/z8mjC8StQeg

Mike Lynch

https://open.spotify.com/track/6WbO2b52vRJht6x0XWJJ5I?si=r2_QqInQQ4WbLhwiGH-prw&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1 Sorry here's the SPOTIFY link

Anonymous

Wooohoooo, love Beach Boys. My question for today is what is your favorite music biopic? I generally loathe the genre but I do love the Selena biopic and grew up watching the Buddy Holly Story. Song recommendation for today is "Who Is Calling You?" by Calvin Grad. I don't know if it is on Spotify, but I felt it appropriate because it definitely has a Brian Wilson or Bill Wurtz vibe https://calvingrad.bandcamp.com/track/who-is-calling-you

Thom Blackburn

Hi Faders of the Cross! https://open.spotify.com/track/2KY7UK4IBIXjUya41cMnYl?si=GpNAIOQZTJ6ie5DQ5CCpYw&utm_source=copy-link Valerie June- You and I There is an interesting combination of genres going on here and she has a really unique voice that ties it all together. Question: I've played music for 15 years: guitar, banjo, harmonica, and even jaw harp, but I have never felt "creative" when playing. It has always felt like an exercise or a challenge that I am focused on learning, but not expression. Do you have any tips about how to "become one" with your instrument? Thanks, Thom

John Jenson

I don’t know why I thought of this my brain is a bag of cats. What music would you want played at your funeral.

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2023-06-01 06:24:00 do you ever worry that some piece of music you like has a built in expiration date, like someday it will cease being relevant to you? For example, one of my favorite albums ever is Emergency & I by the Dismemberment Plan, it's one I turn to often when feeling down or sad. But it seems so specifically about being a certain age, dealing with specific emotions, that it feels like someday I'll listen to it and not understand it because I am different. is that just me being too navel-gazey or do you think some music come into your life rubber-stamped to be later rendered obsolete?
2021-05-03 18:21:28 do you ever worry that some piece of music you like has a built in expiration date, like someday it will cease being relevant to you? For example, one of my favorite albums ever is Emergency & I by the Dismemberment Plan, it's one I turn to often when feeling down or sad. But it seems so specifically about being a certain age, dealing with specific emotions, that it feels like someday I'll listen to it and not understand it because I am different. is that just me being too navel-gazey or do you think some music come into your life rubber-stamped to be later rendered obsolete?

do you ever worry that some piece of music you like has a built in expiration date, like someday it will cease being relevant to you? For example, one of my favorite albums ever is Emergency & I by the Dismemberment Plan, it's one I turn to often when feeling down or sad. But it seems so specifically about being a certain age, dealing with specific emotions, that it feels like someday I'll listen to it and not understand it because I am different. is that just me being too navel-gazey or do you think some music come into your life rubber-stamped to be later rendered obsolete?

Anonymous

Are you self taught or do you take lessons? A good teacher will make you focus on phrasing, dynamics, and other expressive techniques that will make you feel more creative rather than simply imitating somebody else. I study vocals and "learning the tune" is only 5% of the battle when it comes working on a piece for an exam; the other 95% is turning it into a good performance. All those techniques you have already worked on will make it easier to play "with feeling" or with artistic expression.

Anonymous

Yeah, but I rarely see the expiration date ahead of it. Always in retrospect, like "wow, that was really important to 15-year-old Jason..." I don't think it's something to mourn, though – if nostalgia can't bring you back to those feelings, you probably don't owe it anything!

Anonymous

A bit on the nose, but Edgar Winter's "Dying to Live" is a journey from nihilism to resigned contentment – a feeling I'd like to feel before I die: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE4bidIuHkM

John Jenson

Nice choice I keep going to Johnny Cash’s version of Danny Boy. It was played at my dads service because they all knew their mom hated it, and I love Cash