
S4TW: Mad Men mixtapes, Trevor Noah, and the first rule of Twitter
(Welcome to Something for the Weekend. What follows is a list of some of our shows, some shows that aren’t our shows, and some links from around the Internet that we think you’ll enjoy. Give them a listen/glance. Thank you.)
IT BURNS, BURNS, BURNS: This refers to both the song that filmmaker Jason Jude Hill discusses (“Ring of Fire”), and the excellent, Mad Men-inspired mixtape Dana Rossi provides for this episode of The Soundtrack Series.
WE’LL DO IT LIVE: If you happen to be in Queens on Saturday night, you can see Dana and her podcast live and in person.
STAR WARS EPISODE XIII: The trouble with Walt Disney, on this week’s You Must Remember This. The Sordidness Tracker is distracted by a cartoon duck.
THERE’S NO SMOKING ALLOWED INSIDE THIS WOOLWORTH’S: This is a very good batch of Tom Waits jokes from The Toast.
SPEAKING OF TOM WAITS JOKES:
SPEAKING OF JOHN MOE’S JOKES: Are you a Cat Person or a Dog Person?
SPEAKEASY SPECIAL: The Dinner Party Download drops a show in the middle of the week? What?
HE FORGOT RULE #1. NEVER FORGET RULE #1: Trevor Noah’s unfunny tweets are covered by both The Frame and TBTL.
HE’S GONNA GIVE UP THE BOOZE AND THE ONE-NIGHT STANDS: A “Baker Street”-intensive TBTL recap is here.
NEW PAUL F. TOMPKINS PODCAST: It’s called Spontaneanation. It’s on Earwolf. The first episode is here.
MORE SECRET SKIN LIVE: This time, a couple tracks from Carnage the Executioner. Enjoy.
HOW MUCH IS A SONG WORTH: Mike Rugnetta uses math and the Wu-Tang Clan to answer that question on Reasonably Sound.
CLOSE IT OUT, DJ SHADOW: