Bruce Springsteen Sings the Alphabet

Bruce will give until there's nothing left.

Bruce didn't say goodbye.

Bruce wanted you to heal him, but instead you set him on fire.

Bruce counted the band in and kicked into overdrive!

Bruce got somebody new.

Well you can tell her that Bruce is happy.

Do you wanna be Bruce's friend?

Bruce has a sweet sweet kiss and a true true heart.

Bruce lives with emptiness without your tenderness.

Now, once Bruce was down-hearted

JB and Rob talk about their favorite pop culture things from 2022!

JB and Rob talk about Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's 2020 album, REUNIONS!

We're back with a new episode and talking about Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit's 2017 masterpiece The Nashville Sound!

Movies

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home

2. Judas and the Black Messiah

3. The Harder they Fall

4. Bad Trip

5. Dune

6. Don?t Look Up

7. The Tragedy of Macbeth

8. Rayah

9. The Last Duel

10. 14 Peaks

TV Shows:

1. Reality TV with JB

2. Yellowjackets

3. Search Party

4. We Are Ladyparts

5. WandaVision

6. Succession

7. I Think You Should Leave

8. Reservation Dogs

9. For All Mankind

10. The Beatles: Get Back

11. Ted Lasso

Music

1. Preacher?s Kid - Semler

2. In These Silent Days - Brandi Carlile

3. The Million Masks of God - Manchester Orchestra

4. Stand for Myself - Yola

5. Without People - Donovan Wood

6. I Don?t Live Here Anymore - The War on Drugs

7. Drama - Rodrigo Amarante

8. Pressure Machine - The Killers

9. Backslider - David Ramirez

10. The Moon and Stars - Valerie June

Jason thanks God for the work.

JB and Rob check in!

We discuss the first half of Jason Isbell's 2015 album 'Something More Than Free'!

Today we finish Jason's landmark 2013 album by talking about the final four tracks!

We discuss four more songs from Jason Isbell's masterpiece. Songs discussed: "Flying Over Water," "Different Days," "Live Oak," and "Songs that She Sang in the Shower"

Today we're talking about the first four tracks on Jason's 2013 masterpiece 'Southeastern'!

Today we look at the second half of Jason's 3rd studio album, 2011's 'Here We Rest'!

This week, we explore the first five tracks from Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit's 2011 album, Here We Rest!

Today we're talking about the second half of Jason's 2009 album!

Discussing the 2009 self-titled album 'Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit'

We continue our discussion of Jason Isbell's debut solo album from 2007

Today we're talking about the first half of Jason Isbell's debut solo album--2007's Sirens of the Ditch!

Today we're talking about the final four songs that Jason Isbell wrote and performed with the Drive-By Truckers: "Easy On Yourself," "Daylight," "TVA," and "When the Well Runs Dry."

Jason Isbell released three albums with the band the Drive-By Truckers. In this episode, we talk about the first two albums--Decoration Day and The Dirty South--and specifically, the six songs Isbell wrote and sang for those albums: "Outfit," "Decoration Day," "The Day John Henry Died," Danko/Manuel," "Never Gonna Change," and "Goddamn Lonely Love."

Show notes:

MOVIES

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (05:34)

Mank (10:46)

Palm Springs (13:27)

Eurovision (18:15)

Boys State (20:50)

Greyhound (24:09)

The Old Guard (27:45)

Onward (31:40)

The Vast of Night (33:50)

Bacurau (36:30)

TV

The Good Place (39:06)

Lovecraft Country (45:39)

9-1-1 Lone Star (49:04)

Superstore (51:40)

Ted Lasso (53:50)

Mythic Quest: Raven?s Banquet (59:55)

The Good Lord Bird (01:01:50)

The Last Dance (01:05:00)

Mrs. America (01:11:33)

Better Call Saul (01:14:51)

The Mandalorian (01:16:40)

MUSIC

?Fetch the Bolt Cutters? by Fiona Apple (01:20:30)

?Long Violent History? by Tyler Childers (01:25:30)

?Gigaton? by Pearl Jam (01:28:56)

?Punisher' by Phoebe Bridgers (01:34:00)

?Lamentations? by American Aquarium (01:37:24)

?Without People? by Donovan Woods (01:40:25)

?Songs for Our Daughter? by Laura Marling (01:43:09)

?You and I? by O Brother (01:45:00)

?Cuttin? Grass, Vol. 1? by Sturgill Simpson (01:48:54)

?That?s How Rumors Get Started? by Margo Price (01:52:14)

BOOKS

?How to Write One Song? by Jeff Tweedy (01:55:03)

?This Isn?t Happening? by Steven Hyden (01:56:46)

?Why Fish Don?t Exist? by Lulu Miller (01:59:00)

?All Adults Here? by Emma Straub (02:03:12)

?Apartment? by Teddy Wayne (02:05:00)

?Native? by Kaitlin B. Curtice (02:05:55)

?Devolution? by Max Brooks (02:09:05)

?The Resisters? by Gish Jen (02:12:30)

?The Cactus League? by Emily Nemens (02:14:34)

?Hard to Handle? by Steve Gorman (02:16:20)

GAMES

City Skylines, The Last of Us 2, Assassin?s Creed Valhalla, Transport Tycoon, etc. (02:20:00)

COMEDY SPECIALS

?End Times Fun? by Marc Maron (02:24:55)

?Jackie? by Rob Delaney (02:27:55)

?Middleditch & Schwartz? (02:29:40)

?Quarter Life Crisis? by Taylor Tomlinson (02:32:50)

?Nate? (02:34:10)

PODCASTS

?Fake Doctors, Real Friends? with Zach Braff and Donald Faison (02:38:00)

?Working It Out? with Mike Birbiglia (02:40:18)

?Political Beats? (02:42:35)

?Single Podcast Theory? (02:44:10)

?Majority 54? with Jason Kander (02:45:25)

?In the Bubble? with Andy Slavitt (02:46:20)

?Lovett or Leave It? with Jon Lovett (02:47:08)

This is our final episode of Season 2. Stay tuned until the end of the episode to hear our plans for Season 3!

Bruce brings the heat in his 2012 album.

Album or box set? Have you decided yet?

Box set or album? You decide!

Bruce finishes out the first decade of the century and performs at the Super Bowl.

Bruce is tired and angry and he has some thoughts to share in his 2007 album MAGIC.

JB and Rob talk about Bruce's 2007 live recording WITH the Sessions Band in Dublin!

JB and Rob have LOTS of very strong opinions as they discuss Bruce's 2006 tribute album to folk legend Pete Seeger.

We discuss Bruce's often-overlooked 2005 album 'Devils & Dust'!

THE RISING is Bruce Springsteen's 2002 concept album, made in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. Get some tissue and listen.

?Not Human Touch?

Lots of Born in the USA outtakes. Lots of 'em.

Part 2 of 4 in our journey through the 1998 box set TRACKS.

In 1998, Bruce Springsteen released a four-disc CD box set called TRACKS. For the next four weeks, that's what we're talking about.

JB and Rob discuss Bruce's 1995 stripped-down album, THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD.

Bruce is feeling optimistic in his OTHER album from 1992.

JB had finals this week, so instead of having no episode at all, Rob and his wife Caroline recorded a mini-episode to talk about what they've been watching, reading, and listening to during quarantine.

Bruce enters the 1990's with one of two albums released in 1992!

Bruce left this album back home in his workin' pants.

Today we talk about the Springsteen mega-sized live album from 1986!