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August 27, 2020: A Long 6 Weeks

 Hi Jessi and Kate, I don't know what I am going to do until the week of October 22nd.  What I am confident of is that I will definitely be feeling all of the withdrawals.  When you were listing off the songs you covered in Season 2, I had forgotten almost half of the list were discussed.  I hope all goes well with your upcoming move, Jessi and that record store day(s) help out your store in a big way.  Kate, I hope things continue to stay where they are in NY with COVID over the next couple of months.  It looks like the state of New York has kept cases down drastically compared to the Spring, I can only hope they continue through the fall. You guys both named off 3 songs you would consider covering in Season 3, and it got me wanting to throw my suggestions into the ring as well.  I could come out and say "Don't Gimmie No Lip" so I can hope to get some hot takes from Kate, which were similar to those of Jessi on "Parachutes." Where would that song rank on th

August 16, 2020: Live Songs from Riot Act

Hi Brad and Brad, Both you two and the girls on The Porch have recently touched on Riot Act's popularity amongst the other studio albums in the catalog.  One point you guys brought up was the fact there aren't many songs on Riot Act you would want to see live.  That got me thinking, if there is any correlation between my favorite studio albums and which tracks I have enjoyed seeing live or would want to see live.  I recently reordered my favorite albums, except for Gigaton because it's too early for me to place it.  I'm certain it will end up in the top half of my list, but I'm going to give it the rest of the year to see if the track list continues to grow on me or starts to fade.  I listed out each tracklist from each album and marked off which tracks I want to see live.  There isn't a direct correlation between my two favorites (Yield and No Code), however the amount of tracks I would consider to be a "piss break" increases by a lot once I get to Ri

August 2, 2020: Parachutes: This Dinky Thing (Read on the Porch, Episode 64)

Hi Jessi and Kate, I have to say that Episode 63 was one of the more entertaining discussions you two have had on a Pearl Jam song.  It certainly brought out a side of Jessi I hadn't seen yet, and I'm curious to know what song does the same thing to Kate, if at all.  Jessi, I am curious as to the other three songs you mentioned that you have no affinity for.  You definitely came out swinging the first 10-15 minutes of going over Parachutes, so much that after listening to you and Kate on Apple Podcasts, I had to go back and watch on YouTube.  The second time around, I ended up taking notes on some blunt, but thought-provoking comments made by each of you.  Here are some of my favorites: Jessi compared Parachutes to a "very bad Beatles song." Jessi: "There are these big massive songs on Avocado and then you get to this dinky thing." Jessi's analogy of Parachutes to when " you go to the fair and you ride on nothing but roller coasters and then you ge