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August 13, 2019: Yieldwaukee (Read on SPT Episode 105)

Hi Brad and Brad, I would first like to comment on the format of your song-by-song on Yieldwaukee.  I love the discussion over the song playing in the background.  It was really great to hear the entire set of Yield, but not lengthen the episode by talking before-and-after the music.  Hopefully you guys keep doing that as you continue through the other front-to-back album shows.  Also, BradL please keep recapping riffs on the acoustic.  Hearing MFC stripped down like that, makes me appreciate the guitars so much more when I listen to the band.  Loved your comment about how well they can pull off 3 guitars with Ed, Stone and Mike. Episode 104 brought back some nice memories for me, when I saw this show from the upper deck, stage right on Mike's side.  A couple of things I appreciated more after watching this all unfold in person. For quite a while, I used to skip over "No Way" just so I could get to "Given To Fly" faster while listening t

August 8, 2019: Infallible (Read on The Porch Episode 28)

Hi Jessi and Kate, I really enjoyed your episode on " Infallible ." One of the things I have enjoyed most about your podcast is that you make me think differently about a song than I had before hearing you two discuss it.  However, unlike you both, I have always enjoyed this song for its music.  On it's own, it may not be as musically interesting as sandwiching it between "Lightning Bolt" and "Pendulum." The transition out of "Lightning Bolt" into the almost introspective note right before the "ba-da-duh" intro is really magnified if you listen to it in sequence with the rest of the album.  When I first heard this song, the contrast between the "ba-da-duh" part (I honestly can't think of a correct technical term for this section) and the chorus really caught me.  It was as if Eddie is beating himself up during the "ba-da-duh" part, but then convinces himself during the chorus that everything