Annie Keating (singer/songwriter, musician) is on the show to chat about John Prine’s “I Remember Everything” and her new album, Bristol County Tides! But, before we get into it, a question for the ages is prompted—who’s hotter: Paul Newman or Robert Redford? When the dust settles, we discuss Annie’s pick, “I Remember Everything” by the late, great John Prine. Prine is a titan of folk music and you should familiarize yourself if you’re not already a fan. Annie shares how Prine was a creative catalyst for the songs on her album, spending time outside of Brooklyn, learning to sail, and being honest with her music. That honestly hits another level when we get to hear what it’s like writing a song for someone and what it’s like to play that for them. Then we get introspective and try to pick out our number one albums of all time! This week we’re supporting The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music in Brooklyn. This school celebrates folk music through festivals, classes, and outreach to local schools. Their hope is to support local and visiting artists all while educating students and whoever attends their shows. So join us in supporting The Jalopy’s cause! Keep up with Annie on Twitter and Instagram. You can check out Bristol County Tides on Bandcamp and Spotify. Follow Repeater on Twitter and Instagram @repeatershow.

Musician Erik Garlington (Proper.) took our prompt of “a song you always put on a road trip playlist” and turned it on its head! Erik’s song is the wild Zelooperz “ISBD” — a song he loves, but nobody else in the van seems to enjoy quite as much. Payback for all the Korn that gets played? Who can say! There’s a show first of Evan & Pat giving their real-time reactions to this chaotic dolphin-sampled track. Erik tells us about moving in a military family, how that impacted his self-identity and ultimately inspired his music “thing.” The conversation explores touring and what it’s like doing all that driving, understanding how much malarkey is acceptable in the van, and being on the road with your best friends. He also talks about his approach to forming the band and who he was looking to play music with. This episode we’re donating to Planned Parenthood of Greater New York. (Or, your local branch!) If you don’t know Planned Parenthood, they’re an incredible organization that provides reproductive healthcare, education, and information.Keep up with all things Erik on Twitter and Instagram @likerealproper. And don’t forget to buy their music & merch! (Fun fact, Proper. at Saint Vitus was the last show Evan and Pat attended before the pandemic shut down everything!)

Actor, writer, and director Jerah Milligan (Black Mirror, Astronomy Club, Black Men Can’t Jump) joins the boys to talk about the feel-good smash “This Is How We Do It” by Montell Jordan. The fellas discuss music that makes you feel good, Montell Jordan’s overlooked rap skills, and the one golden rule for karaoke: NO BALLADS. For this episode, we’re donating to Street Watch Los Angeles, an inspiring organization that fights for tenant rights and the rights of unhoused people in LA. Please check out their work and consider donating yourself. Keep up with all things Jerah on Twitter and Instagram @jerahmilligan. And don’t forget to subscribe to his podcast, Black Men Can’t Jump (In Hollywood). Follow Repeater on Twitter and Instagram @repeatershow.

Actor, writer, and comedy mastermind Alex Song-Xia (Rick and Morty, The Squirrel Comedy Theatre) is on the show to discuss the adolescent masterpiece that is “Teenage Dirtbag” by Wheatus. Reaching back into our vault of past Repeater guests, we surprised Alex with Wheatus frontman Brendan B Brown! The episode begins with a discussion around how and perhaps why “Teenage Dirtbag” entered Alex’s life sometime around 2013 and what has made it their most-played song according to Last.fm. Around the 25-minute mark, Brendan joins the conversation to answer questions about the song, discuss its staying power, and pitch Alex on his dream for a Wheatus and Rick and Morty collaboration. Bringing these two fans of each other together is truly a dream and makes for a very special episode. For this episode, we’re donating to Heart of Dinner, an inspiring organization that has been so important since the Covid pandemic hit New York. Heart of Dinner exists to combat food insecurity and isolation within NYC’s elderly Asian American community. Please join us in supporting this amazing org. Follow Alex @alexsongxia on Twitter and Instagram. Keep up with Brendan and @Wheatus on Twitter and Instagram. And check out their Patreon while you’re at it. Finally, keep up with us @repeatershow on Twitter and Instagram.

Surprise! Here’s a bonus episode that was mostly an excuse for Evan and Pat to catch up. They revisit the conversation that sparked Repeater in the first place. “What’s new? What have you been listening to?” The guys chat about Covid, anticipating vaccines and their plans when fully vaccinated. The glimmer of hope for a return to “normalcy” lends a bit of positivity to the understandably tough year. First up, Evan explores The New Pornographers’ classic “Letter From An Occupant.” He describes how it has the “edge” he was looking for in Indie rock, the boys discuss Canadian supergroups, and dive into the bonkers lyrics. Plus, they shout out the recent Worriers cover and how much of a treat The Old Friends EP is in general—a delightful set of covers to be a little light in a dark year. Next up, Pat brings a live version of “Hunted by a Freak” by Mogwai. The news of their album As the Love Continues hitting #1 on the charts inspired him to explore their archives and uncovered a collection of tracks from Peel Sessions on BBC Radio 1. Pat talks about vocoders, patience with instrumental music, and what the song title ‘means.’ The privilege of getting vaccinated helped to inspire the idea to promote charities with the show. This week Evan and Pat invite you to join them in donating to Astoria Mutual Aid. Started at the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, Astoria Mutual Aid aids the people of Western Queens. They assist those in need with groceries, picking up prescriptions, baby supplies, and most recently assisting with vaccination appointments. Solidarity forever!

This week on Repeater, comedian Amir Khan (Honey Baby Sweetie Love, UCB) is on the show to talk Every Time I Die’s “Underwater Bimbos From Outer Space.” A song with a serious title! Finally!! Amir tells us what he loves about this song, how he discovered Every Time I Die in the first place, and why he’s seen them live a ton! Pat, shockingly, is very excited to talk about all things heavy and loud. We explore what you’d think a band called “Every Time I Die” sounds like versus their actual sound. That leads the group to discuss the allure of heavy music and the varieties available under that umbrella. Plus! Hear Pat’s theory of “death metal is on the same spectrum as ambient music.” How exciting! This season, we’re donating $$ to the cause of our guest’s choice! Amir’s charity of choice is the Florida Immigrant Coalition. This Florida-based coalition of 65 organizations works towards the fair treatment of all people, including immigrants. They provide resources to help people go to college, know their rights, and gain citizenship. Please join us in donating to this wonderful organization if you can! Otherwise help us spread their message! Follow Amir on Twitter and Instagram @amirkhanstuff. Follow Repeater on Twitter and Instagram @repeatershow.

Today on the internet! Writer, comedian, and Missy Elliot superfan Kelley Quinn (Straight Marriage, Eating Shit and Loving It) is here to talk about Lil Wayne’s “Mrs. Officer,” a song that Wikipedia says, “goes so far as to reference the famous rap song ‘Fuck tha Police‘ (though in a literal sense).” Kelley tells us why she’s been thinking of Lil Wayne recently and shares a story of self-realization en route to a Rilo Kiley show. We discuss whether or not “Mrs. Officer” would be released in 2021 and Kelley sparks a lovely socialist dialogue about defunding the police, abolishing prisons, and medicare for all. This season, we’re donating $$ to the cause of our guest’s choice! Kelley is a passionate supporter of the NYC-DSA’s Racial Justice working group and their Defund NYPD Campaign. The NYPD’s $10 Billion budget is more than the Departments of Health, Homeless Services, Housing Preservation and Development, and Youth and Community Development combined. It is the largest police department budget in the country. The goal of defunding this department is to reinvest those direly needed funds back into our communities. Join us in donating to the Defund the NYPD Campaign if you’re able to! Do some reading on your own and talk to your friends and family. https://www.defundnypd.com/ Follow Kelley on Twitter and Instagram @heykq. Follow Repeater on Twitter and Instagram @reaptershow.

Welcome to Season 4 of Repeater! After a deep hibernation and a few bunker episodes early on in the 2020 pandemic, the boys are back in town with actor and writer Devin Gant (Young Douglas, I Ruined My Childhood). Devin brings with him a masterpiece in Marvin Gaye’s “Turn On Some Music” and the whole team dives deep right from the jump. If you’re curious about R&B, boogie, blue-eyed soul, country music, or what makes Long Island punk a thing, this is the jam. Devin shares about his musical journey both in childhood and adulthood and reveals the legend of Logg. The perfect companion pieces for this episode are two mixes created by Dev himself: AlphaMix Volume 1 and AlphaMix Volume 2, available on Spotify. Starting this season, we’re donating to the cause of our guest’s choice! Devin introduced us to the charity Education Through Music. This incredible organization helps to provide music education to 50+ schools and nearly 18,000 students. Join us in donating to Education Through Music if you’re able to! Follow Dev on Twitter & Instagram @alphadev and check out the sketch team he’s on with Evan, Young Douglas. Check us out @repeatershow on Twitter and Instagram and don’t forget to subscribe!

From the depths of Pandemic 2020, the Repeater fellas sit down with Ali Gordon (UCB, SECOND BEST: A D&D Adventure) to talk about Elaine Stritch’s iconic performance of “I’m Still Here” from Stephen Sondheim’s 80th Birthday Concert. With a background in musical theater, Ali educates the boys on several touchstones of Broadway, including the lasting appeal of Sondheim. They also talk about Judy Kuhn’s performance of “Vanilla Ice Cream” from She Loves Me and Michael Jeter’s performance of “Let’s Raise A Glass” from Grand Hotel, which are similarly delightful. Ali doubts her taste in music, but you will learn she has excellent taste, especially if you also happen to enjoy Phish. If you love musical theater or live performance in general, you will deeply relate to this conversation. Follow Ali on Twitter & Instagram @msalicenutting, visit her website, and check out her recently-wrapped podcast Second Best: A D&D Adventure wherever you get your pods. Like Ali, it is both hilarious and wonderful. Check us out @repeatershow on Twitter and Instagram and don’t forget to subscribe! Season 4 debuts next week with all-new episodes. Elaine Stritch performs “I’m Still Here” Judy Kuhn performs “Vanilla Ice Cream” and more Michael Jeter performs “Let’s Raise A Glass”

Brady O’Callahan is back! Brady joined us to talk about comfort music, relaxation routines, and a lot about Brazil. Staying inside has been rough on us all so we talk a little about routines like exercise, coffee, and enjoying our record collections. Brady’s first comfort song is Azymuth – Vôo Sobre o Horizonte, a stringed, synth-filled romantic montage of a song. He tells us about how he discovered this song and album at a small hole-in-the-wall record store in Rio, Brazil. We get into foreign language music, the instrumental feeling you get from it, and how it changes when you start picking up some words. Brady has also been listening to Burl Ives – Lavender Blue. It’s a sweet, calming song that shows strength through its simplicity. And, honestly, we’re happy that it’s back to retake “Dilly Dilly” from those clout-chasing fools at Budweiser trying to get Old Spice Weird! Then there’s a bit of saudade for Brazil – Both Brady and Pat visited Traço de União in Pinheiros, São Paulo for feijoada and some music from Bloco Pagu! Small world! Recommendations! Pat: ímã – ímã de nove pontas Evan: Amber Mark – Heart Shaped Box & Post Malone’s Nirvana Covers: Videos & Setlist Brady: Jesse Daniel, “Champion,”// GemsOnVHS™