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The Untitled Twitch Stream PodcastApril 24th w Elliot Steel and JRCWARNING: CHRIS' MIC IS BROKEN AND HE SOUNDS TERRIBLEAshley's at a show so John and Chris brought in some ringers. B-Tech Philosopher Elliot Steel and the anti-record day avenger Jordan Robson Cramer come to talk Nancy Reagan, unisex toilets, Britain's imminent demise, why Elliot should run for Prime Minister and so much more. Listen to Elliot's new podcast with Micheal Odewale, B-Tech Philosophers https://elliotsteel1608.podbean.com/?source=pbCheck out our websites, socials and solo Twitch channels:Chris Betts: https://www.thechrisbetts.com/ * https://twitter.com...2022-04-252h 14The Untitled Twitch Stream PodcastNov 28thJordan Robson Cramer guest hosts while John and Ashley are performing at the Monkey Barrel in Edinburgh. Early 2000s ageing rockers, weird ways of doing drugs, ugly record covers and more.Check out our websites, socials and solo Twitch channels:Chris: https://www.thechrisbetts.com/ * https://twitter.com/mrchrisbetts/ * https://www.instagram.com/mrchrisbetts/ * https://twitch.tv/chrisbetts/ * https://www.facebook.com/chrisbettsisntfunnyJohn: https://www.thejohnhastings.com/ * https://twitter.com/thejohnhastings/ * https://www.twitch.tv/johnhastingscomedy * https://www.facebook.com/thejohnhastings * https://www.instagram.com/thejohnhastings/ *Ashley...2021-11-291h 28The Untitled Twitch Stream PodcastOct 21stLots to talk about with Ashley, Chris and special guest Jordan Robson Cramer. We talk TERFs, serial killers, the Beatles and much more. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a comment it helps a lot.Check out our websites, socials and solo Twitch channels:Chris: https://www.thechrisbetts.com/ * https://twitter.com/mrchrisbetts/ * https://www.instagram.com/mrchrisbetts/ * https://twitch.tv/chrisbetts/ * https://www.facebook.com/chrisbettsisntfunnyJohn: https://www.thejohnhastings.com/ * https://twitter.com/thejohnhastings/ * https://www.twitch.tv/johnhastingscomedy * https://www.facebook.com/thejohnhastings * https://www...2021-10-222h 09
The Big Shiny PodcastEPISODE 015 - BIG SHINY TUNES (1995-2009) - TOO MUCH 4 MUCH (SEASON 1 EPILOGUE)The Epilogue episode of Season 1, in which Chris and Jordan recap their thoughts on the entirety of the Big Shiny Tunes compilation series and lower the casket on the following topics:Their favourite compilation and top 3 songs, their least favourite compilation and bottom 3 songs, what it felt like looking back on these years as a whole, what it was like submerging oneself into these songs during a global pandemic and, of course, the Washington Avenue Grill.Big Shiny Podcast will return in a few months with something new. Enjoy your summer and vaccinations.2021-06-011h 33
The Big Shiny Podcast015 TEASER - BIG SHINY TUNES (1995-2009) - TOO MUCH 4 MUCH (SEASON 1 EPILOGUE) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-06-0100 min
The Big Shiny PodcastEPISODE 014 - BIG SHINY TUNES 14 (2009) - ALL YOU DID WAS CHAD MY LIFE (SEASON 1 FINALE)In this last of meeting places we gripe together 14 years and this is how MuchMusic decided to end things.The Horror. The Horror.Remember this compilation-if at all-not as lostViolent souls, but onlyAs the hollow songs of menThis is the way the Compilation endshttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/3pEKT87bJjk5rRHc1SVyKM?si=0b6a12aff4924c33 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-05-252h 02
The Big Shiny Podcast014 TEASER - BIG SHINY TUNES 14 (2009) - ALL YOU DID WAS CHAD MY LIFE (SEASON 1 FINALE) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-05-2302 min
The Big Shiny PodcastEPISODE 013 - BIG SHINY TUNES 13 (2008) - BIG SHINY TUNES BAR & GRILLAfter nearly 200 songs of questionable integrity and meaning, we have finally arrived at our penultimate episode covering 2008's Big Shiny Tunes. Unlucky number 13?We hang on, hope against hope, that the programmers at Much will find someway to redeem us, not only for the cultural mess they made, but for giving David Draiman yet another platform to gurgle his necrophilic suicide fantasies into thine ear. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-05-181h 57
The Big Shiny Podcast013 TEASER - BIG SHINY TUNES 13 (2008) - BIG SHINY TUNES BAR & GRILL See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-05-1702 min
The Big Shiny PodcastEPISODE 012 - BIG SHINY TUNES 12 (2007) - CHADMEN OF THE KORNAlright gang, get ready for the antepenultimate episode of the Big Shiny Tunes compilation series.Do the programmers turn it around in these last three episodes? Will MuchMusic allow more than one slot for women on their compilation, considering it's 2007?Is Finger Eleven's 'Paralyzer' the Necronomicon of music?All answers lay waiting for you within, but tread carefully lest you awaken Mariana's Trench, or something... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-05-111h 50
The Big Shiny Podcast012 TEASER - BIG SHINY TUNES 12 (2007) - CHADMEN OF THE KORN See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-05-1101 min
The Big Shiny PodcastEPISODE 011 - BIG SHINY TUNES 11 (2006) - SuperChad ReturnsWelcome to Big Shiny Tunes 11. No matter how good you may have felt about life in 2006, you could always count on Jared Leto popping up with a 30 Seconds To Mars virus and bringing your fancy dreams back down to unfamous reality.Listen along on the Spotify playlist Big Shiny Podcast BSP 11 (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7LGhbfzrxjz8wZHn633Gl9?si=7227d06e5dd94a40) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-05-041h 40
The Big Shiny Podcast011 TEASER - BIG SHINY TUNES 11 (2006) - SuperChad Returns See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-05-0301 min
The Big Shiny PodcastEPISODE 010 - BIG SHINY TUNES 10 (2006) - Mellon Collie and the Infantile Chad-G.U.S.2006: a great year for Chris and Jordan, a terrible year for MuchMusic song choices. One of the worst songs of all time happens to appear on this compilation. Shouldn't be hard to guess which.Listen along on the Spotify playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7obCCdsUSvGvMMAcAvqdRc?si=14f1a6e78db4493b See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-04-271h 53
The Big Shiny Podcast010 TEASER - BIG SHINY TUNES 10 (2006) - Mellon Collie and the Infantile Chad-G.U.S. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-04-2601 min
The Big Shiny PodcastEPISODE 009 - BIG SHINY TUNES 9 (2004) - Eternal Big-Shine of The Kroegerless Chad2004: We're gonna let this episode do most of the talking but Jesus H. Cripes - Franz Ferdinand? The Killers? A not completely awful Tea Party song? What is going on here?!Huge Thanks to Frankie Muniz for filling in for Jordan during the Intros and Outros this week.Here's the playlisthttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/2hWTbhhKxf2eofcJ3cbl7uWeirdly, the Tea Party song isn't on there (the whole album is missing from Spotify) so here's the video link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...2021-04-201h 26
The Big Shiny PodcastEPISODE 008 - BIG SHINY TUNES 8 (2003) - Dr. Strange G.U.S. or: How We Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Big Shiny TunesLoad up some 20x "Magic Mint" and get ready for a bizarre trip down the blackhole of Memory-Lame.This episode we got Sam Roberts, Theory of a Deadman, Nickleback, Trapt, All-American Rejects and the transcendentally awful fusion of Reggae and Nu-Metal courtesy of Newmarket, Ontario's finest: The Salads.How did things ever get this bad? Is this actually for real?Why does it seem like the compilation is mocking you, the listener, who dared to listen to it?We uncover all that...and more!Sincerely,Big Shiny...2021-04-131h 25
The Big Shiny Podcast008 TEASER - BIG SHINY TUNES 8 (2003) - Dr. Strange G.U.S. or: How We Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Big Shiny Tunes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-04-1301 min
The Big Shiny PodcastEPISODE 007 - BIG SHINY TUNES 7 (2002)- CHAD KROEGER PLUS... NOW WITH EXTRA CHAD!!!Shit year. Shit sandwiches. Shit songs all around (though The Vines Get Free kinda rules).We get Deep into The DANKO/JRC Beef. Whatta beef it was.The Lovercall, Babies!Here's the playlist for you dirty wizards/witches: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6BTZskFkhR9J1YZ8CGs8Tc?si=70e8cf334bf2478e See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-04-061h 29
The Big Shiny PodcastEPISODE 006 - BIG SHINY TUNES 6 (2001)- SHINE/ELEVENA watershed compilation for a watershed year. If you were alive in 2001 and a person with empathy, then you know this year sucked all around! As a result of the year and the songs that appeared on here, this episode is particularly epic.Same goes for this edition of Big Shiny Tunes! Epically ridiculous! One amazing song, a couple good ones, and a bonafide bouquet of jaw-droppingly terrible songs. So horrible it’s hilarious! Kid Rock Auto-Tune? - CheckJeff Martin going Full-Orchestra Goth? CheckDavid Usher ripping of...2021-03-301h 51
The Big Shiny Podcast006 TEASER - BIG SHINY TUNES 6 (2001) - SHINE/ELEVEN See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-03-2801 min
The Big Shiny PodcastEPISODE 005 - BIG SHINY TUNES 5 (2000) - SAD BOY PARADEThe year: 2000The vibe: Toxic MasculinityA lot of ground is covered in this episode of Big Shiny Podcast as we discuss the ominous stirrings of the music industry and MuchMusic's decision to pander to bummed out dudes.Whether it's the proto-incel whinings of J. Englisman or Wheatus, the post-heroin yawns of STP or RHCP, the Jingoist anthems of 3 Doors Down, or the Joe Rogan Gorilla-Vibes of Limp Bizkit and Disturbed - one question keeps getting asked over and over again: Why?Listen along to the album on this spotify...2021-03-231h 36
The Big Shiny PodcastEPISODE 004 - BIG SHINY TUNES 4 (1999) - BUMMERTIME IN THE VOIDIn this episode of Big Shiny Podcast, we examine the 4th volume in the series, released in 1999, peak of new millennium hysteria.Some people said Y2K was bigger than The Beatles! Remember when Prince thought this year was gonna be a party, though? Well, for the most part, the artists in this compilation are the ones who didn't get invited to the funtime rager because: they were banned for being jerks, or hated people too much, or were gonna go but decided they'd rather brood sipping absinthe instead (we're looking at you Jeff...2021-03-161h 50
The Big Shiny PodcastSpeakers' Corner #2 - Jeremy Taggart (Our Lady Peace/Taggart and Torrens)In our second installment of Speakers' Corner we spoke with Jeremy Taggart, better known as the principle drummer of Our Lady Peace and one half of the comedic duo Taggart and Torrens.This interview starts at the beginning of his career in the music industry when he was 17 years old and rides through the years and hilariously strange vistas of being in arguably one of Canada's biggest 90's bands.In this interview, Jeremy talked to us about Woodstock 99, Fred Durst, auditions, Eugene Levy, the Industry, getting Banged Up at the MuchMusic Video Awards, bad shows...2021-03-091h 14
The Big Shiny PodcastEPISODE 003 - BIG SHINY TUNES 3 (1998) - GOATEES AND GOAT FIZZDig Through the Riches and Burn Through the CDS and Slam to the Tunes of Big Shiny 3!Ok, admittedly these aren't all Rob Zombie level Bangers and the compilation is tired of sticking to a strictly "alt-rock" format, which isn't necessarily a bad thing - so consider the third volume more like The Godfather III of the Big Shiny Tunes Series: tired, questionable but not without its over-the-top Pacino moments. That might not be the best analogy, but we're just gonna roll with it and immortalize it in writing here - because that...2021-03-021h 47
The Big Shiny PodcastEPISODE 002 - BIG SHINY TUNES 2 (1997) - AS RAD AS IT GETSJoin us as we explore the most second and most successful of the Big Shiny Tunes compilation - one that was a constant soundtrack to Chris and Jordan's burgeoning teenage years. This episode is a bountiful cornucopia of awkward douche-chills and 90's cringe.Listen along with our Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4HlI9pj52GxWkRUYVkk2R8?si=08f3833e738c40a6For some reason Spotify doesn't have Wide Mouth Mason's My Old Self so here it is on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9hFKtsn-0s2021-02-231h 43
The Big Shiny PodcastSpeakers' Corner #1 - Mark TeoIn the first entry of our Speakers' Corner series, we talk with Mark Teo - author of Shine - about the first Big Shiny Tunes compilation, 90's teenage music taste in Canada, David Usher, Billy Corgan and Raine Maida's failed spin gym.Buy Mark's book here: https://www.ecwid.com/store/eternal-cavalier-press/Shine-How-a-MuchMusic-Compilation-Came-to-Define-Canadian-Alternative-Music-and-Sell-a-Zillion-Copies-p144937666 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-02-2339 min
The Big Shiny PodcastEPISODE 001 - BIG SHINY TUNES (1996) - THE WONDER YEARSJoin us in our inaugural episode of the Big Shiny Podcast wherein we discuss the first volume of MuchMusic's equally loved and reviled Big Shiny Tunes Compilation.We go back to the year 1996 and discover how 90's the mid-90's really was! We're talking Kiedis in his glorious prime, folks. This was the year that gave us N64, Operation Desert Strike and France's last Nuclear Test (testing the radiation levels of the controversial "super baguette") - oh yeah: and also and a bunch of questionable music courtesy of Canada's version of MTV....2021-02-161h 16
The Big Shiny PodcastBig Shiny TrailerWe're coming! And we're bringing too many guitars! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-02-0201 min