John Carson is Getting Skanky on CrossFade! Ask Him Questions About That Here!

Thom Blackburn

Glad you got your job back John Carson! No questions from me but this track is weird https://tidal.com/track/209343981

Jason Wojnar

Of course!!

This is fantastic. Can I leave a link to that video in the show notes?

That is cool. It'd be cooler if she chose it because she likes the music but cool nonetheless.

Mike Lynch

Do you have someone in your life who you struggle to find music you can both agree on? Have you and that person ever found a song or artist you could agree on? *** https://open.spotify.com/track/2ti7gK581bj0QlTnutcX8e?si=PABPT1ODTS-WqelnRfNtEg&utm_source=copy-link

Ben Hanson

Hey, I saw a 7 year old girl at an ice cream shop the other day wearing a Pink Floyd t-shirt. It was the Dark Side of the Moon cover on a pink shirt. Is that cool or not?

Justin Chen

How do y'all feel about the cultural tensions of Ska music? It comes with the strange racial baggage of a genre originating in Jamaica as an offshoot of Caribbean musical traditions and American Jazz, both predominantly black musical traditions, but is most well known for being a punk subgenre that is dominated by white artists that has evolved pretty far away musically from those roots. Additionally, it has the weird tension of being a subgenre of punk music, but is often looked down upon by people in that scene as nerd music and, ironically, being very juvenile. I personally love Streetlight Manifesto and Everything Goes Numb is one of my personal favorite albums, I just find it very interesting that Ska music is a lightning rod of cultural opinions.

John Jenson

I’m excited to hear John on the podcast. I have two questions one is I’m wondering is music part of your work day and how does it help? I’ve found myself reducing the podcasts I listen to and transitioning more to music and it’s having a calming effect. Second question what is favorite “dumb” song that you can’t justify but love. I think mine is 99 Luft Balloons. It doesn’t matter if it’s the original or English language covers it makes me smile.

Jason Wojnar

https://open.spotify.com/track/4KpAf7KlumTtHbJSS4lHTj?si=37aa8bde0ce14faf This song, Водограй, or "Waterfall", is one of the most popular, legendary Ukrainian pop songs out there and I think you can hear why. It's lyrics are also absolutely beautiful (if you can understand them). The singer, Nazariy Yaremchuk, is notable for having a very nazaly tone despite his baritone vocal range, which gave him a distinctive vocal style. There are a lot of different versions out there with different nuances in the form and tempo from different artists, but a good song is a good song at the end of the day. As a bonus, here is a video of me singing it recently at a small charity concert I organized in Brooklyn. Ukrainian is my second language and I learned it as an adult in Kyiv. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF5_P0dvZII

Adam Castellanos

Hello, love that y’all are reviewing “Everything goes numb”. That opening song just hits you in the face. I think ska is genuinely great and as Mike Park mentioned in an earlier episode, right now is the best time to get into ska with acts like Catbite, JER, and Jeff Rosenstock putting out incredible ska music.