New Countdown: Cause this is MY United Podcast of Whatever

Beck

This was an excellent episode, I think. There's new songs, jokes, old songs, things that might someday pass as jokes, and all sorts of other fun!


Countdown #389

***Featuring***
The Airborne Toxic Event
Bastille
Beck
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
lovelytheband
Panic! At the Disco
Tinted Windows
twentyonepilots
Two Feet
Walk the Moon
Weezer

New Countdown: Ladies and Gentlemen, We Have Blurryface.

Mumford & Sons

Believe it or not, this is a milestone episode!

Enjoy!



Countdown #264

***Featuring***
The Airborne Toxic Event
AWOLNATION
Beck
Cold War Kids
Coleman Hell
Elle King
Florence + the Machine
The Struts
twenty one pilots
X Ambassadors

Doubling Up on the Rise Against!

I was so stoked to see our beloved Appetite For Distraction mascot band (that's right. it's official.) back on our charts that I played two songs by them! Enjoy this one, people. I certainly did!

Countdown #68

***Featuring***
311
The Airborne Toxic Event
AWOLNATION
Blink-182
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Foster the People
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rise Against
Sublime with Rome

Hey you! Listen to some music! On my podcast!

Welp, it's time once again for that glorious event we (and by we, I mean me...and by me I mean I) like to call the Countdown!

I'm probably not going to be posting a lot other than podcasts on here for a bit (my computer still registers "podcasts" as a misspelled word...get with the times, computer!) because I just got a gig writing album reviews for Listen Before You Buy! I'm very excited about it. But I'm going to need to focus all my bloggy energy on getting going on that. But I'll get all squared away over there and then we can have some more fun over here! And it's not like the podcasts are going to stop...so, quit your complaining. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have gotten all up in your face.

Anywho...

Countdown #67

***Featuring***
311
The Airborne Toxic Event
AWOLNATION
Blink-182
Coldplay
Death Cab For Cutie
Foo Fighters
Foster the People
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sublime with Rome
Temple of the Dog

Get Your Kicks (Pumped Up or otherwise) on Podcast #66

I almost didn't see the opportunity that this week's episode afforded me for the title of the post. But then I did. And I took that opportunity and ran with it. And I feel good about that.

So, I'm back from vacation and ready to hunker in for the fall and winter. This is the episode that will get us started on our hunkering. I hope you enjoy it. There are some real rockers on this one.

Countdown #66

***Featuring***
311
The Airborne Toxic Event
AWOLNATION
Blink-182
Coldplay
Death Cab For Cutie
Foo Fighters
Foster the People
The Jesse Minute
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sublime with Rome

Everybody's Working For the Weekend

So, at work, I'm basically scrambling to get the mountainous pile of stuff to do done before the end of Thursday, as I will be leaving for Florida with my wife and daughter and won't be returning to work until the following Monday.

In a similar situation, I have been stressing (well, not stressing, per se, but concerned) about getting the podcasts from last week and this week recorded and posted. Well, hang the banner because it's MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!

Countdown #65

***Featuring***
The Airborne Toxic Event
AWOLNATION
Coldplay
Death Cab for Cutie
Foo Fighters
Foster the People
Incubus
The Naked and Famous
Sublime with Rome

Somehow playing catch-up already

Well, here's the first of a couple podcasts I'm going to be doing this week! I hope you're enjoying them in the blocks that I'm posting them!

Countdown #64

***Featuring***
The Airborne Toxic Event
Alanis Morrissette
AWOLNATION
Coldplay
Death Cab For Cutie
Foo Fighters
Foster the People
Incubus
The Naked and Famous
Sublime with Rome

The Grand Finale!

Well, it has come to a very surprising end.

I don't want to say more than that, lest I ruin the surprise of what this episode has turned out to be.

Countdown #63

***Featuring***
The Airborne Toxic Event
AWOLNATION
The Black Keys
Coldplay
Death Cab For Cutie
Foo Fighters
Foster the People
Incubus
Sublime with Rome
Wugazi

4th Consecutive Day with a New Podcast!

I'm so happy that this is going so well! I hope you're all enjoying and rocking out to all the podcasts this weekend!

This is the Countdown for the week of 7/9. And today's 7/9. Do you know what that means? I'm caught up!! Woohoo!!!! And there's still two more days of podcasts for you to look forward to!

Countdown #62

(This is another long one (there's a particularly long intro...) so let me know if the link's not working!)

***Featuring***
The Airborne Toxic Event
AWOLNATION
The Beggars' Guild
Coldplay
Death Cab for Cutie
Foo Fighters
Foster the People
Incubus
Rise Against
Sublime with Rome

Day 2!

Well, here we are on day 2 of the Appetite For Distraction Podcast Marathon (or something like that) which will see a new podcast posted every day at 830 (with the exception of yesterday's when I didn't know that I was doing the 830 thing) until Monday! Today's podcast is....

Countdown #61

***Featuring***
The Airborne Toxic Event
AWOLNATION
Coldplay
Death Cab for Cutie
Foo Fighters
Foster the People
Incubus
Rise Against
Seether
Sublime with Rome
U2

This Week's Countdown: Many Changes

All of the songs moved either up or down this week, save one. Which one? You will have to listen to find out!

Countdown #60

***Featuring***
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Black Keys
Death Cab For Cutie
Foster the People
Foo Fighters
Incubus
Mumford & Sons
Rise Against
Seether
Sublime With Rome

A New Countdown and Perhaps My Favorite Flashback Song, Ever!

So, along with the Flashback song being a better song than I even remembered, I think I've determined that there are at least 2 songs that will be on my end of year "Best of" List! Try to guess what they are. You might be surprised!

Countdown #59

***Featuring***
The Airborne Toxic Event
AWOLNATION
The Black Keys
Death Cab for Cutie
Foo Fighters
Foster the People
Incubus
Mumford & Sons
Rise Against
Sublime With Rome
Toad the Wet Sprocket

The Podcast as a Well-Oiled Machine

THIS, my friends. This is how I always want the podcast to go. It's Monday night. The baby is sleeping. I knocked out the podcast and had fun doing it. It's a pretty exciting little episode. Only three songs stay in the position they were in last week! I hope that I can continue to stay on top of this podcast. I enjoy it even more when it's punctual! Plus there's the factor of the unknown. Recently, I've been a week behind, so I was doing intros knowing full well what the song did the following week. And I haven't had that recently!

I'm going to have to use some of this extra time to make the Flashback countdown for August!

Countdown #58

***Featuring***
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Black Keys
Cage the Elephant
Death Cab for Cutie
Foo Fighters
Foster the People
Green Day
Incubus
Mumford & Sons
Rise Against
Sublime with Rome

When did the countdown get so mellow?

I think it's the transition between #6 and #5 that really got me feeling like this is one mellow countdown. I know #3 and #9 and #10 totally cancel this out, but for a bit there, it's super-chill.

Countdown #57

***Featuring***
The Airborne Toxic Event
Beastie Boys
The Black Keys
Cage the Elephant
Death Cab for Cutie
Foo Fighters
Foster the People
Incubus
Live
Mumford & Sons
Rise Against

Also, I love this song:

Kimya Dawson - Looking Out the Windshield (Daytrotter Session) (I know it says Aesop Rock is on there, too, but unless he's playing a guitar, it's just her on this one)

and this one too

Kimya Dawson and Aesop Rock - Delicate Cycle (Daytrotter Session)

Memorial Day 2011! This time last year, we were in Boston...

...and the podcast was flashing back to 1997. We do a little of that this week, but not as much as that time. The big flashback countdown is going to be in the first week of August this year. And it's going to be a good one.

I mention my Twitter name on the podcast and I just wanted to type it out. If you want to follow me, I'm @james80d! (not the exclamation point. was that a necessary detail to mention?)

Countdown #56

***Featuring***
The Airborne Toxic Event
Beastie Boys
The Black Keys
Cage the Elephant
Death Cab for Cutie
Foo Fighters
Foster the People
Incubus
Mumford & Sons
Rise Against

150th Post and 55th Podcast!

Making the best of a bad work situation by putting a new podcast up!

In Wayne Foundation compilation news, Dessa has agreed to be on the comp. I'm not going to reveal what song I'm going to be using, but it's a good one :) I'm super stoked to have her aboard. Thanks Dessa!

Countdown #55

***Featuring***
The Airborne Toxic Event
Beastie Boys
The Black Keys
Cage the Elephant
Foo Fighters
Foster the People
Incubus
Mumford & Sons
New Order
Rise Against
Young the Giant

I know you're itching for a new podcast now that Blogger has been down for 24 hours...

...and I have one for you! That's right. One piping hot, awesome new Countdown. To keep you warm. I actually finished it last night (go me.) and then Blogger was down, so I couldn't post it when I was finished.

But here it is!

Countdown #54

***Featuring***
The Airborne Toxic Event
Beastie Boys
The Black Keys
Cage the Elephant
Depeche Mode
Foo Fighters
Foster the People
Incubus
Mumford & Sons
Rise Against
Young the Giant

Get ready to dance. This podcast is fortified with 11 essential booty-shaking vitamins and minerals

What I mean is that I feel like this episode's going to make you dance. I know there are some new songs (or, song, rather) that would play well on the dance floor but I feel like the whole thing just has the tone of "Dance!"

Or maybe it's just me ;-)

Countdown #53

***Featuring***
The Airborne Toxic Event
Beastie Boys
The Black Keys
Cage the Elephant
Foo Fighters
Foster the People
Incubus
Mumford & Sons
Radiohead
Rise Against
Young the Giant

Totally coherent and non-rambly musings with musical accompaniment...

Ok, so maybe I sound distracted and "crazy" on this week's episode. So what? So do you! I'm sorry. That was uncalled for. Friends? Awesome.


Countdown #52

***Featuring***
The Airborne Toxic Event
Black Keys
Cage the Elephant
Foo Fighters
Foster the People
Incubus
Linkin Park
Mumford & Sons
Rise Against
She Might Bite
Young the Giant

Ain't no mountain high enough, etc.

Well, the podcast faced some serious challenges this week as a thunderstorm killed our router. But we have a new router and a new episode! It's a good one! And now I can start to work on next (or this or whatever) week's!

Countdown #51

***Featuring***
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Black Keys
Cage the Elephant
Foo Fighters
Foster the People
Linkin Park
Mumford & Sons
Rise Against
Young the Giant