5115 ep 19: Rock and Rollers Don’t Bathe

We’re talking eye surgeries, birthdays, and Sea Monkey (singular) 

-Exec Producer Burk Shares the Ratt Love

-Rock Operas. What even are they? What are the qualifications?

-Britannica Fact! What did Mozart’s partner do after moving to Pennsylvania?

-What the hell’s going on over at MTV?

-Neighborhood App Returns! Weirdness & Mayhem

-Our Live Show Schedule Is Sick!  (No one should say that, sorry)

-Things annoying us? 

-We have some bands and songs for you - do the homework! 

• The Tubs-Narcissist 
• EggS-Head in Flames 
• exmagician-Keep Your Nose Clean 
• Hurray for the Riffraff- Jealous Guy
• Peel Dream Magazine-Pictionary 

(Prepare for pretension!)

-Print Magazines!-Foreign Affairs, New Yorker. You heard us!

-Book Corner! You should read more.  We’re here for you.

And Our Main Topic:

Ted Gioia is a renowned American music critic, historian, jazz pianist, and composer. He is best known for his influential work in the jazz world, where he has served as a critic, historian, educator, and record producer. Gioia is the author of 12 books, including The History of Jazz, The Jazz Standards, and Music: A Subversive History, which have been widely acclaimed and translated into 11 languages.

A few weeks ago on his Substack, (The Honest Broker, which is the most widely-read music newsletter on the platform) he wrote a piece called The World Was Flat. Now It's Flattened - The state of the culture, 2025

It’s good, but we have thoughts.

“Corporations didn’t intend to make the culture stagnant and boring. All they really want is to impose standardization and predictability—because it’s more profitable.”

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