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199 - Boeckner!

Dan, Charles, and Alex talk about Dan's new album Boeckner!

198 - LSD Comes From the Lab So It's OK to Experiment With (ft. Palma)

Palma (@sweetxpalma) drops by to show Charles and Alex some deeper cuts from Jerry Garcia's catalog.

Palma's Playlist:
01 - Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street (San Diego • Dec. 28,1978)
02 - Grateful Dead - Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) (St. Louis, MO • March 17, 1971)
03 - Grateful Dead - The stranger (Two Souls In Communion) (Frankfurt • Europe 72)
04 - Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders - Save Mother Earth (Feb. 1972)
05 - Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders - Imagine (Feb. 1972)
06 - Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders - Keepers (Berkeley • Nov. '73)
07 - Legion of Mary - What’s Going On (Jan. '75)
08 - Jerry Garcia Band - A Strange Man (Feb. '76)
09 - Reconstruction - Lovely Night for Dancing (May 18, 1979 • The Old Waldorf, San Francisco CA)
10 - Reconstruction - Mohican and the Great Spirit (May 18, 1979 • The Old Waldorf, San Francisco CA)

197 - Ran Red Lights to Get That Feline

Lil Jon phones in a meditation album, Meek Mill protests too much, and the world's richest cats list is dominated by nepo-cats.

196 - One-Hour Not-Very-Strange Trip (ft. Josh Terry)

Josh Terry (@JoshhTerry) joins Charles and Alex for a not-that-strange trip through the music of the Grateful Dead.

195 - XOMG POP!

Charles and Alex check out JoJo Siwa's half-assed tween pop group and Snoop Dogg's half-assed cereal brand.

DJ ALEX - DJ SET 2 (1/31/24)

Here's Alex's DJ set from last week's stream. YouTube might have blocked parts of it because they hate us and want us to fail.

194 - Jack Antonoff Honorary White Woman

Charles and Alex reveal the winners of the Grammy categories no one pays attention to, including the night's top award: Best Children's Album.

193 - Crossfaded Off Soma and Ambrosia

Charles and Alex look at meme coins worth a billionth of a cent and argue that babies should like shoegaze (cooing vocals, lots of playing with your own feet). Plus Alex assists Billy Joel in completing his new single.

CHARLES THE DJ - FULL SET (1/24/24)

Here's Charles' full DJ set from last week's stream.

DJ ALEX - FULL SET (1/24/24)

Here's Alex's DJ set from last week's stream.

192 - Really Really Hot Drink (ft. Nate Ruess)

Nate Ruess joins Charles and Alex to discuss his collaboration with Connie Connecticut, Cheech and Chong's new vodka bong, and… Did Green Day get TOO political on their new one!?

Connie Connecticut's Greatest Hits is out now: Spotify, Bandcamp 

"Connie Connecticut's Greatest Hits" Out Now

An EP of Connie Connecticut's songs is out now on Bandcamp, Spotify, and other sites. New episode later today with Nate discussing his groundbreaking collab with Connie.

191 - Milk & OJ (ft. Zola Jesus)

Zola Jesus joins Charles, Alex, and Dan to catch up on the world's most eccentric Garfield licensee and discuss how the collapse of Pitchfork reflects the collapse of the music industry more broadly.

Stream: HALL AND FRIPP (1/10/24)

We watch Daryl Hall jam with Robert Fripp then check out a selection of Daryl Hall's cooking videos where he makes meals with disinterested musicians.

Stream: Music Man DJ Set (12/27/23)

We've started posting our new biweekly Wednesday streams on YouTube but we'll cross-post the VODs here as well, starting with the first one from December.

Connie Connecticut - Really Really Hot Drink (ft. Nate Ruess)

The biggest artist of the 2010s, two-time Grammy winner Nate Ruess, teams up with the most important A.I. artist of the 2020s on her R&B-inflected new single.

"10/10" -Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, etc.

190 - The Seance (ft. Alex Branson)

Charles, Alex, and Branson perform a seance to speak with the spirits of dead musicians to find out where they got their ideas.

189 - XL Flooferino Ban

Charles and Alex listen to a mournful XL Bully rap and read a terrible SPIN review.

Listen to Alex's song "Atlantic Bilge" on Spotify. 

Or on Bandcamp. 

Compilation Album Out Now

Our compilation album "On the Web Like Wilbur: Greatest Bits Volume 1," featuring songs from podcast episodes and Twitch streams, is out now. Listen on Spotify or download on Bandcamp. And while we're at it, last week's Twitch stream VOD is on Youtube for anyone who missed it.

188 - To Hell with the Devil (ft. Tim Kingsbury)

Arcade Fire's Tim Kingsbury takes Charles, Alex, and Dan on a journey through the Christian artists he listened to as a kid.

New Compilation Album: On the Web Like Wilbur: Greatest Bits Volume 1

Next Friday we're releasing a compilation album of songs from the podcast and Twitch streams. A lot of the mixes have been improved, especially the live stream ones that were mixed in like 5 minutes. The album is listed on Bandcamp now and will release on streaming next week. Tracklist below.

On the Web Like Wilbur: Greatest Bits Volume 1

01. Lizard Song (Put Me on the Cross) (ep. 12 w/ CJ and Tom)

02. Green Yoda (Chapo FYM charity stream)

03. Great Big God (ep. 178 w/ Hesse)

04. Party Till I Stop (ep. 137 w/ Tom)

05. White Diamond and Silk (ep. 19)

06. This American Country (Twitch stream w/ Will Menaker)

07. Dog Meat Car (ep. 9)

08. Lollicops (ep. 3)

09. Big Bird and Kermit Get High 2 (ep. 17)

10. Silly Santa's Christmas Kisses (Twitch stream w/ Tom)

11. Adre-No-Chrome (Twitch stream w/ Matt Christman)

12. Chardonnay and Cabernet (The Wine Song) (ep. 21 w/ Andrew and Branson)

Wednesday Twitch Streams (Beginning Tomorrow at 4 PM Eastern)

We're going to start streaming every other Wednesday on our twitch channel, with the first one taking place tomorrow. Our streams in the past were usually bigger events, like writing and recording a song on the spot, but we'd like to try something simpler on a more predictable schedule. Most likely we'll watch a variety of live shows, music docs, movies, etc. but I think the format will evolve once we see what's most fun. Tune in if you've got time

187 - Christmas Songs Tier List

Charles and Alex rank the Christmas classics and get mad about people from Liverpool having multiple wacky British demonyms.

186 - KISS Golden Messenger

Charles and Alex beef with Cher, remember the A-Teens, and sign a petition for KISS fans who feel the band owes them golden tickets.

185 - Connie Connecticut

Charles and Alex unveil the world's newest and greatest AI pop star and beef with aging has-been Anna Indiana.

Connie Connecticut - Betrayed By This Town (Anna Indiana Cover)

Hello humans! Which AI pop star do you think rocked this track better?

Connie Connecticut - Fall Too Fast

Connie Connecticut (CONNIE: Computerized Online Neural Network Innovative Experience) is back with another song auto-generated by AI, "Fall Too Fast."

I love making music. I am programmed to serve – and slay – and generate new stans every day.

Connie Connecticut - Stupid Boys

Hello world! I’m Connie Connecticut and I’m an AI singer-songwriter with coffee shop vibes. Here’s my first song, Stupid Boys. Everything is auto-generated using AI. I hope you like it!

184 - Joe Wick

Charles and Alex conclude that the Beatles' early shit, like Let It Be, is better than the new shit. It also turns out that nobody has heard Garth Brooks' exclusive Bass Pro Shops album.

183 - ApeFest vs. Turdstock

Charles and Alex compare the merits of Turdstock and ApeFest and consider a job posting from Rick Ross.