Episode 29

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16th May 2023

Radiohead - In Rainbows B-Sides

With In Rainbows over, Nick and Austin explore the polished leftovers found on the b-side disc. While a huge improvement over the Com Lag EP, the two do wonder why these songs don't stick in your head. Austin swears he'll never order bangers and mash, while Nick finds one of his least favorite songs of the project. Digressions abound, including more discussion about Seal than you'd ever imagine in a Radiohead podcast. Join the discussion on Facebook.

Songs Discussed:

2:04 - "Down Is the New Up"

8:45 - "Go Slowly"

13:48 - "Last Flowers"

20:25 - "Up on the Ladder"

24:25 - "Bangers + Mash"

31:50 - "4 Minute Warning"

"Down is the New Up" From the Basement performance

"Becoming Radiohead" in the New Yorker by Alex Ross

"Svefn-g-englar" by Radiohead

"Go Slowly" From the Basement performance

"Last Flowers" From the Basement performance

"Kiss from a Rose" by Seal

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"Bangers + Mash" From the Basement performance

"4 Minute Warning" live performance

The "Creep" Award: The Best Song, Begrudgingly or Not

Austin - “15 Step” 

Nick - “Weird Fishes” 

The "Blow Out" Award: Our Personal Favorite Song 

Nick - “Nude"

Austin - “Reckoner"


The "I Can't" Award: Most Improved Song

Austin - “Jigsaw Falling into Place” 

Nick - “Bodysnatchers"

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About the Podcast

Anyone Can Play Guitar
Learning every Radiohead song on guitar in order
Listen along as writers in Chicago and Switzerland learn to play songs from The Smashing Pumpkins on guitar. To prove they've put the time in, they're forcing themselves to record versions of each track to play for all to judge. Armed with this knowledge, they'll discuss each song, while simultaneously admitting to potentially embarrassing personal stories from more than 20 years of fandom.

In the first season, Nick and Austin learned every officially released Radiohead song. For season two, they are making their way through The Smashing Pumpkins from 1991 to 2000. While we'd love to learn every one of the band's songs on guitar, Billy Corgan is simply too prolific. We apologize.

About your hosts

Austin Diaz

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I've trained for this music podcast by teaching Latin and English in German in Switzerland for the past nine years. I ride my bike a lot, but not for fun. I live in the same apartment as my wife and two sons.

Nick Kindelsperger

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Like all good music podcast hosts, I have been a food and dining reporter for the Chicago Tribune since 2016. Most days I can be found eating a questionable number of meals for research purposes.