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Tomorrow: Twitch Stream w/ Matt Christman

Tomorrow night at 8 PM eastern we'll be joined by Chapo Trap House's Matt Christman to write an educational song about politics. Like previous song streams, we have no idea what exactly it'll be about, but we'll spend a few hours writing and debut it at the end of the stream. As alwa...

87 - Just Asking Questions

Charles, Alex, and Dan try their best to provide earnest answers to Eric Alper prompts.

83 - Folk Songs to Bug the Liberals

Charles, Alex, and Dan explore the discographies of right-wing political bands from The Goldwaters in the '60s to The Right Brothers in the 2000s.

AutoCritic 26: What's an Awesome Band Name? [1.8]

Charles, Alex, and Dan find out whether the all-knowing A.I. can assign a score to an Eric Alper tweet.

AutoCritic 25: The Simpsons Sing the Blues [8.6]

The terrible first album by The Simpsons gets a great score and Charles, Alex, and Dan must learn to accept it.

Alternate Version of Today's Pink Floyd Episode

Here's a version of today's episode that doesn't include the actual Dark Side of the Moon track, so you can sync it up to the album on your own or listen to it without the album, if you want to punish yourself for some reason. Everyone is going to be really mad about this episode!

AutoCritic 24: Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon [9.8]

Against all odds, the all-knowing A.I. graces Dark Side of the Moon with the type of score it usually receives. Dan reveals he has somehow never listened to the album.

80 - Barney vs. The Washington Post

Charles, Alex, and Dan discuss Danzig's fear of cancellation and dig up a 1993 Washington Post hit piece against Barney.

Stream VOD: Barney Live in '94 (ft. Felix & Branson)

Here's the VOD from Friday's stream with Branson and Felix if you missed it. Be amazed as Barney grapples with the nefarious Winkster and arguably commits animal cruelty against an elephant.

New link for the stream with Nate and Robin

Since the VOD was removed from YouTube we've uploaded it to Google Drive instead. Maybe not the ideal solution but here's the link for anyone who wants it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1twHM1NIW8Doc3jEmUJYVMxOF_qah2PNN/view

77 - Barney Live in '91

Charles, Alex, and Dan lament being blocked by Eric Alper and enjoy a full 1991 live set from Barney the famous dinosaur.

Stream VOD: Fortune Kit Listens to Messiaen (w/ Nate Ruess & Robin Hatch)

Here's the VOD from last week's stream. It turned out Nate liked Messiaen, even though he secretly put on a basketball game to ignore us in case he didn't have fun. Plus, we watched Nathen Mazri's GarfieldEats pilot.EDIT: Somehow Twitch had no problem with this one but YouTube blocke...

Stream This Friday: Does Nate Like Messiaen?

This Friday we'll be streaming with Nate Ruess and Robin Hatch. The premise for this was suggested on the Patreon, so thanks to whoever suggested it (too lazy to go find who)! Can Nate find something to like about 20th Century classical? Can actual music-theory-knower Robin Hatch sell it to him?...

Fortune Kit/FYM/Operators Crossover Prog Rock Extravaganza

Last night Aaron from Chapo FYM took us on a prog-rock journey beginning with '70s Quebecois prog group Harmonium. Somehow we took a trip to the wrong side of the Atlantic and saw Gentle Giant slip a cover of Yankee Doodle in the middle of some 20-minute long magic-forest sounding shit. Presente...

Charles' Album Out March 24

Anyone who's also on the E1 Patreon is getting mercilessly spammed with this but—I'm going to put out a self-titled album as Solipse on March 24, featuring Dan as well as previous Fortune Kit guests like Nate Ruess and Robin Hatch.The song "Who Knows" with Nate and Robin is out now...

72 - Grill 'Em All

Charles, Alex, and Dan discuss legacy artists selling their catalogs and likeness and imagine the viability of theme restaurants based on the Beach Boys, Metallica, and Bobby Pickett.

AutoCritic 23: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds [9.9] (ft. Nate Ruess)

Nate Ruess (@nateruessmusic) joins Charles to rate Pet Sounds, discuss Mike Love's hat game, and figure out whether wearing your own merch is cool.

69 - Make Room (ft. Walt Tremblay)

Walt Tremblay (@necrobranson) joins Charles, Alex, and Dan to rate Meghan Trainor's Christmas album and advise kids against using condoms.

AutoCritic 22: Wilco - A Ghost is Born [1.1] (ft. Nate Ruess)

Nate Ruess (@nateruessmusic) and Charles heap praise on A Ghost is Born until the all-knowing A.I. gives it a terrible score.

AutoCritic 21: fun. - We Are Young: Original [4.3] vs. Kidz Bop [3.2]

Nate Ruess (@nateruessmusic) and Charles consult the all-knowing A.I. to find out whether Nate's version of "We Are Young" is better than the Kidz Bop version. Nate recalls an encounter with Kanye West.

66 - Tommy Lee Book Club Part 3 (ft. Derek & CJ)

Tommy Lee devotes an entire chapter to his Jagermeister machine, causing Dan to reflect on times when his bands crossed paths with brands like Camel and CNN.

Stream VOD: Silly Santa's Christmas Kisses with Tom

Here's the full VOD from our stream last week writing "Silly Santa's Christmas Kisses" with Tom.

AutoCritic 20: Buckcherry - Christmas is Here [4.1]

Alex and Charles discover Buckcherry's Christmas song, as well as their cover of Head Like a Hole, which somehow gets an 8.5.

Download: Silly Santa's Christmas Kisses

Here's WAV and MP3 downloads of the Christmas song from Friday's stream. It looks like it's starting to show up on streaming services too. We'll post the full VOD from the stream in the next few days. Thanks for tuning in, unless you didn't tune in, in which case well... Not my p...

Stream Tonight at 8 ET: Christmas Song w/ @tom_on_here

Just a quick reminder that we'll be writing and recording a Christmas song tonight at 8 PM Eastern with Tom. Catch it at twitch.tv/fortunekitPlus in the shameless self-promotion department, Charles recently did a two-song in-studio live session thing, which can be viewed here and here.