Bonus: Cornell Exchange Hops (The O.A.K. Team and Oktoberfest Beers)

09/22/23 • 66 min

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Barry, Abigail, and special guest Jack Cornell discuss the newest single from Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin Team (or the O.A.K. Team), Chainsaw Repair Shop. We also sample Oktoberfest from 3 Sons Brewing Co. in Dania Beach, Florida, and Buzzfest from Infinite Ale Works in Ocala, Florida.

A detailed history of Jack’s musical projects and collaborators is available in our episode Bonus: Friendship Wins (Jack Cornell and Tripping Animals Brewing).

Buy Chainsaw Repair Shop, or pre-save it on Spotify!

The genesis of this episode was Abigail sharing Had Me at Get Lost with Dave Z on our last episode, 62: Dave Z on Pops on Hops (The Smithereens & Chicagoland Beers).

Clips shared on this episode are:

Willie Mays by Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin Team (Barry’s favorite song off of National Champions)
Fat Lady in the Stands by Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin Team

Chainsaw Repair Shop debuted on Mojo Nixon’s The Loon in the Afternoon on SiriusXM Outlaw Country.

Barry once again brought up A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs during a discussion of Leon Russell. Two episodes discussed Russell’s early work as a session pianist, including Episode 153: Heroes and Villains by The Beach Boys.

Jack recommended Brave Combo, a genre-bending, accordion-heavy band from Texas.

Up next... Thriller by Michael Jackson, submitted to our Virtual Jukebox by Todd Sider.

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

Visit Anosmia Awareness for more information on Barry’s condition.

Follow Barry or Abigail on Untappd to see what we’re drinking when we’re not on mic!

A detailed history of Jack’s musical projects and collaborators is available in our episode Bonus: Friendship Wins (Jack Cornell and Tripping Animals Brewing).

Buy Chainsaw Repair Shop, or pre-save it on Spotify!

The genesis of this episode was Abigail sharing Had Me at Get Lost with Dave Z on our last episode, 62: Dave Z on Pops on Hops (The Smithereens & Chicagoland Beers).

Clips shared on this episode are:

Willie Mays by Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin Team (Barry’s favorite song off of National Champions)
Fat Lady in the Stands by Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin Team

Chainsaw Repair Shop debuted on Mojo Nixon’s The Loon in the Afternoon on SiriusXM Outlaw Country.

Jack recommended Brave Combo, a genre-bending, accordion-heavy band from Texas.

Up next... Thriller by Michael Jackson, submitted to our Virtual Jukebox by Todd Sider.

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

Visit Anosmia Awareness for more information on Barry’s condition.

Follow Barry or Abigail on Untappd to see what we’re drinking when we’re not on mic!

Previous Episode

62: Dave Z on Pops on Hops (The Smithereens and Chicagoland Beers)

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Barry, Abigail, and special guest Dave Zalatoris of the Beer in Front podcast discuss Smithereens 11 by The Smithereens and sample several Chicagoland beers of Dave’s choosing! We both taste WayBird Hazy IPA from Half Acre Beer Company and Arcade-Hero from Revolution Brewing Company. Abigail also tastes Hala Kahiki from Lake Effect Brewing Company and Barry tastes Vanilla Deth from Revolution Brewing Company.

Listen to our appearance on Beer in Front!

The Smithereens were one of the first artists to perform on MTV Unplugged, in December of 1989.

Abigail entered Blues Before and After into the Abigail Hummel School of Speaking Smartly About Music with a comparison to Had Me at Get Lost by Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin Team...

...And then Barry entered Blue Period - Acoustic into the Abigail Hummel School of Speaking Smartly About Music with a comparison to In My Life by The Beatles.

Abigail felt the same way about Cut Flowers as she did about She Talks to Angels by The Black Crowes. Meanwhile, Barry compared it to a modern Eleanor Rigby.

Barry once again brought up A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs, specifically Episode 61: “That’ll Be the Day” by The Crickets, which tells the first part of Buddy Holly’s story, and Episode 74: “It Doesn’t Matter Any More” by Buddy Holly, which references the story behind Maria Elena.

Find Dave and Beer in Front on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and on all podcasting platforms!

Up next... Thriller by Michael Jackson, submitted to our Virtual Jukebox by Todd Sider.

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

Visit Anosmia Awareness for more information on Barry’s condition.

Follow Barry or Abigail on Untappd to see what we’re drinking when we’re not on mic!

Next Episode

Jukebox: Chiller (Michael Jackson and lot 9 brewing co.)

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Barry, Abigail, and special guest Todd Sider (Abigail’s uncle and Barry’s brother-in-law) discuss Todd’s Jukebox submission, Thriller by Michael Jackson, and sample LingLing Lager, Lil Slice of Hefen, Buxom Blonde Ale, Queen Sour, and Sitting In Limbo from lot 9 brewing co. in Bluffton, South Carolina.

Many thanks to Walter Trifari, brewmaster at lot 9 brewing co., for sitting down with us to chat about the brewery... and then staying on to chat with us about Thriller! Best surprise ever! You can find lot 9 on Facebook, X, and Instagram! lot 9’s website is also worth a look, especially the Beer 101 page!

Listen to Todd’s previous Jukebox episode, our first ever Jukebox episode, Hoptenders (The Pretenders & Chapman's Brewing Co.)!

Listen to our sister podcast discuss the “Weird Al” album which parodies Beat It on Dorks on Corks on 4-1 ("Weird Al" Yankovic and Schnebly Winery). We also briefly discussed Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, which you can watch for free on The Roku Channel!

Farrah Fawcett died on the same day as Michael Jackson. We briefly discussed her famous poster.

Abigail submitted Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ to the Abigail Hummel School of Speaking Smartly About Music with a comparison to Don’t Stop the Music by Rihanna.

Walter brought to our attention One Bite Pizza Rankings.

Thriller features Vincent Price, an American character actor who appeared in many horror films. Watch the famous music video for Thriller.

Watch the music video for Beat It. The music video for Eat It is a shot-for-shot remake.

Todd compared The Lady in My Life to Bill Murray’s Nick the Lounge Singer sketch on Saturday Night Live.

Our next Jukebox episode will be He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, submitted by Barry’s brother and Abigail’s uncle, Derek Hummel, Sr. This episode is scheduled to drop on December 8, 2023.

Up next... RKS by Rainbow Kitten Surprise

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

Visit Anosmia Awareness for more information on Barry’s condition.

Follow Barry or Abigail on Untappd to see what we’re drinking when we’re not on mic!

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