Travis & Tom turn the dial on their radios to look back at the last 30 years in music, reminiscing on the trends in music by looking at what finished on Billboard as the highest charting singles and albums - all in a futile search for a good, genuine rock band to breakthrough!

Shoutout to Todd in the Shadows who made this video indictment about “Ordinary”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrIPGgqUaT0&pp=ygUcdG9kZCBpbiB0aGUgc2hhZG93cyBvcmRpbmFyeQ%3D%3D

Travis’s Favorite Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1OqtIqzScI&pp=ygURZ3JlZW4gZGF5IGhvbGlkYXnSBwkJBgoBhyohjO8%3D

Tom’s Favorite Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYPoMjR6-Ao&pp=ygUtYWlyYm9ybmUgdG94aWMgZXZlbnQgc29tZXRpbWUgYXJvdW5kIG1pZG5pZ2h00gcJCQYKAYcqIYzv

CORRECTIONS:

• 25:31 - Travis was on to something there. Eminem’s “The Real Slim Shady” was on the album, ‘The Marshall Mathers LP’, which released two years before ‘The Eminem Show’.
• 26:57 - To answer Travis’s question, no Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson did not lend his voice to a GTA game. He did, however, have a voice cameo as a Navy SEAL in THE ORIGINAL ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’.
• 33:50 - No, The Black Eyed Peas album for 2009 (which had the song “I Got a Feeling”) was titled ‘The E.N.D.’
• 36:02 - Couldn’t’ find anything about a mental breakdown, but Susan Boyle did suffer a stroke in 2022.
• 50:34 - Actually, Post Malone’s debut was with the album, ‘Stoney’ in 2016. He just broke out in 2020.

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Clips Cited

• “Dark Shadows” Mad Men, written by Erin Levy, directed by Scott Hornbacher, performances by Jon Hamm & Ben Feldman, Lionsgate Television, 2012.
• “Louis Armstrong sings ‘Low’ (Apple Bottom Jeans) - AI” YouTube, uploaded by There I Ruined It, 28 July 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koSkj-xios4.
• Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, directed by George Lucas, performance by Alec Guiness, 20th Century Fox, 1977.

Music Cited

• “Hanging by a Moment” by Lifehouse (‘No Name Face’, 2000, DreamWorks Records)
• “Irreplaceable” by Beyoncé (‘B’Day’, 2006 - Columbia)
• “It’s Not Over” by Daughtry (‘Daughtry’, 2006 - RCA)
• “Levitating” by Dua Lipa (‘Future Nostalgia’, 2020 - Warner)
• “Lose Control” by Teddy Swims (‘I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1)’, 2023 - Warner)
• “Love Yourself” by Justin Bieber (‘Purpose’, 2015- Def Jam)
• “Some Hearts” by Carrie Underwood (‘Some Hearts’, 2005, Arista)
• “Too Close” by Next (‘Rated Next’, 1998 - Arista)
• “We Belong Together” by Mariah Carey (‘The Emancipation of Mimi’, 2004 - Island Def Jam)

As Black Friday/Cyber Monday approaches and the Holiday shopping fiasco begins, Mandi-She-Who-Works-At-Returns offers Travis & Tom some insight you'll hardly hear anywhere else on the trends of people returning things to the store they bought it from (or in some cases, DIDN'T buy it from). Horrowing and hilarious true stories of retail horror ensue!

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Travis’ IG: @musicalnotextr

Clips Cited

• “A Allan Adventure” Smiling Friends, storyboarded by Michael Dockery, Jake Ganz, Paul Georghiou, Paul ter Voorde & Sheldon Vella, directed by Voorde, performances by Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel, season 2, episode 3, Goblin Caught on Tape and Williams Street, 2024.

Music Cited

• “Ireland’s Call” by Phil Coulter, 1995.

The Blacklist interview series concludes as Tom manages to score an interview with an officer of the law - Officer Thomas. And no, we're not doing a bit where Tom interviews himself as two different characters with similar first names; WE SWEAR!

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Travis’ IG: @musicalnotextr

Clips Cited

• “Chris Rock | Police don’t earn enough” YouTube, uploaded by kom3dy, 5 December 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv1L4WDUBfc.