Streetlight Manifesto & Nolan Potter with John Carson

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07/29/22 • 93 min

CrossFade: The Dueling Album Review Show

It’s a proggy, skanky episode of CrossFade with writer, editor, and podcaster John Carson (https://twitter.com/John_Carson)!

In this episode, we’re just barely scratching the surface of ska with John’s pick, Streetlight Manifesto’s “Everything Goes Numb”. Then we chart new territory with Nolan Potter’s “Music Is Dead,” one of Matt’s favorite albums to listen to on vinyl. Both are new to the other’s picks, so it turns into a really fun, big conversation about genres, how ska and its perceptions have changed over time, making music on your own, and that time John got fired from his high school ska band while working at Subway.

Find John at the following links:

Here’s a video of CrossFade listener Jason Wojnar singing our outro song in Ukrainian for charity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF5_P0dvZII

We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server.

Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI

Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/

Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox

Timestamps

0:00 - Streetlight Manifesto & Nolan Potter with John Carson

2:01 - Ska through the years and the ‘fourth wave’

8:37 - Streetlight Manifesto - “Everything Goes Numb”

9:47 - Everything Went Numb

12:06 - That’ll Be the Day

14:07 - Point / Counterpoint

21:20 - Here’s to Life

26:30 - A Moment of Silence

29:46 - A Moment of Violence

34:17 - Catch 22 - “Dear Sergio” and “Keasbey Nights”

36:48 - Nolan Potter - “Music Is Dead”

38:33 - One Eye Flees Aquapolis

40:37 - Stubborn Bubble

46:02 - Gregorian Chance

51:11 - Holy Scroller

56:28 - Preeminent Minds

1:00:49 - Music Is Dead

1:06:35 - Community questions

1:30:18 - Nazariy Yaremchuk - "Водограй" (suggested by Jason Wojnar)

It’s a proggy, skanky episode of CrossFade with writer, editor, and podcaster John Carson (https://twitter.com/John_Carson)!

Find John at the following links:

Here’s a video of CrossFade listener Jason Wojnar singing our outro song in Ukrainian for charity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF5_P0dvZII

Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI

Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/

Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox

Timestamps

0:00 - Streetlight Manifesto & Nolan Potter with John Carson

2:01 - Ska through the years and the ‘fourth wave’

8:37 - Streetlight Manifesto - “Everything Goes Numb”

9:47 - Everything Went Numb

12:06 - That’ll Be the Day

14:07 - Point / Counterpoint

21:20 - Here’s to Life

26:30 - A Moment of Silence

29:46 - A Moment of Violence

34:17 - Catch 22 - “Dear Sergio” and “Keasbey Nights”

36:48 - Nolan Potter - “Music Is Dead”

38:33 - One Eye Flees Aquapolis

40:37 - Stubborn Bubble

46:02 - Gregorian Chance

51:11 - Holy Scroller

56:28 - Preeminent Minds

1:00:49 - Music Is Dead

1:06:35 - Community questions

1:30:18 - Nazariy Yaremchuk - "Водограй" (suggested by Jason Wojnar)

Previous Episode

Music that Made Us: The Doobie Brothers & Creedence Clearwater Revival

What music did you listen to when you were 5 years old? How did it impact the music you listen to or the way you approach it? Do you still listen to any of it today?

In this chooglin’ episode of CrossFade, Matt and Jason take a suggestion from the community (thanks MinnMax supporter podbod!) and go back to some of the first music we can remember loving: The Doobie Brothers and Creedence Clearwater Revival! We talk about rock genre blending of the 1970s, complicated band dynamics, how these groups influenced us as musicians, and why this music has stuck with us for so long.

Tiran Porter’s isolated bass track for “China Grove”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhBIIJpLJjU

Tiran Porter’s isolated bass track for “Long Train Runnin’”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy2hoRGOCdU

Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, Die Off Songbird: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI

Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/

Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox

Timestamps

0:00 - Music that Made Us: The Doobie Brothers & Creedence Clearwater Revival

4:53 - The Doobie Brothers - “Best of The Doobies Vol. I”

6:26 - China Grove

12:36 - Long Train Runnin’

16:15 - Black Water

19:43 - South City Midnight Lady

24:04 - Takin’ It to The Streets

28:17 - Jesus Is Just Alright with Me

30:18 - Art Reynolds Singers - “Jesus is Just Alright with Me”

31:41 - Without You

35:04 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - “Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits”

39:24 - Suzie Q

44:03 - Bad Moon Rising

50:33 - Fortunate Son

54:20 - Run Through The Jungle

1:01:35 - Who’ll Stop the Rain

1:03:35 - Commotion

1:11:13 - Lookin’ Out My Back Door

1:13:55 - Lodi

1:17:31 - Someday Never Comes

1:24:16 - Keep On Chooglin’

Next Episode

Uyama Hiroto & Joy Division with Bijan Stephen

This week on CrossFade, it’s all about the vibes – which makes it a great episode for writer, critic, and podcast host Bijan Stephen’s debut!

Uyama Hiroto was a close friend and collaborator with Nujabes (known best for his Samurai Champloo soundtrack and being an influential artist in the jazz/hip-hop space), and it shows in “freeform jazz,” his 2017 record featuring a lot of chill instrumental work and music that, as Bijan put it, lights up the pleasure centers of your brain. Vibes aren’t always posi, of course, so Matt’s pick, Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures,” is an early post-punk record marked by the tragedy of vocalist Ian Curtis’s early death and the oddball production style that makes it a sonic journey more than 30 years after its release.

Thanks for listening!

You can find Bijan’s work at the following links: