Episodes
Thursday Dec 28, 2017
Episode 19 - I Have a Perfect Fourth Doctor Cosplay in My Closet By Accident
Thursday Dec 28, 2017
Thursday Dec 28, 2017
On this week's show, we keep it a little bit briefer than in recent episodes (you're welcome!) and talk about the Nintendo Switch, music from Vic Chesnutt, Doctor Who, and my recommendation of where to buy your pottery. If I don't talk to you before then (and I won't!) please have a happy and safe New Year! Be sure to visit the companion blog over at http://emptychecking.blogspot.com for photos and other stuff! Here's the time-index for your skipper-arounders: 0:00 - Intro stuff including some talk about Alewine Pottery, Christmas, and New Year's Eve. 9:48 - Musical Break #1 - A clip of "Church Girls" off of my "Trigger Warnings and Sunshine" album. 10:26 - Talking about the Nintendo Switch, Mario Odyssey, WWE 2K18, and gaming in general. 22:25 - Musical Break #2 - A clip of "Falling" off of my "New Year's Eve" album. 22:48 - Talking about Doctor Who and the new regeneration. Then about "A Christmas Story" and Dick Van Dyke after that. 34:25 - Musical Break #3 - A clip of "Outlaw" off of my "Wayne County EP" album. 34:58 - Current Listening: Vic Chesnutt - Is the Actor Happy?" and songs from the "Lord of the Rings" movies. 41:32 - A clip of "AMB 4" off of my "Grounds" album. 42:03 - Outro
Thursday Dec 21, 2017
Episode 18 - My Top Ten Favorite Albums of 2017
Thursday Dec 21, 2017
Thursday Dec 21, 2017
Most of this episode is spent talking about music. I discuss my top ten favorite albums of 2017 and several "honorable mentions" that didn't quite make the list. Among the latter, I spend a lengthy amount of time talking about the latest and sadly LAST solo album from Gord Downie, "Introduce Yerself." After all the music talk, I touch on a few quick subjects, including my thoughts on the season finale of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, a couple of notes on the WWE, and reviews of four weird, random sodas I bought from Cracker Barrel. Throughout the show, I also play snippets of "music only" mixes of several tracks off of my upcoming solo album "It Could Be Worse," which will be out in 2017, and we close out the show with a special Christmas gift for my dad. It's a jam packed episode! Here are the time-indexes for you skipper-arounders... 0.00 - Intro and Theme Music 1:17 - Greetings and Opening Remarks 4:53 - Musical Interlude #1 - A clip of "Always" from my upcoming album "It Could Be Worse." 5:33 - The Honorable Mentions, with particular attention to Gord Downie's "Introduce Yerself" at 7:00-15:43 30:39 - Musical Interlude #2 - A clip of "Everybody Shut Up" also from the upcoming album. 31:20 - THE TOP TEN ALBUMS OF 2017!!! (Ten-32:54, Nine-35:05, Eight-36:15, Seven-36:57, Six-39:13, Five-41:35, Four-43:09, Three-45:11, Two-47:11, One-50:56) 55:42 - Musical Interlude #3 - A clip of "Nobody Else" from the upcoming album 56:40 - A couple brief notes about the WWE. 59:45 - Thoughts on the finale of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. 1:01:16 - Four weird random sodas from Cracker Barrel 1:06:06 - Memories from Ham Days passed. 1:08:38 - A Christmas Gift for my Dad/Outro Thanks for your continued support! Happy holidays!
Thursday Dec 14, 2017
Episode 17 - For Frodo and Others
Thursday Dec 14, 2017
Thursday Dec 14, 2017
On this week's episode, I wish you happy holidays--with Hanukkah and Christmas getting most of the attention--and talk about some of the things I love about the holidays. Then we talk about wrestling for a long time. Then I talk about new music from Willie Nelson and Mastodon--those are two separate albums, but now that I see it, I'd really like to hear that. I also talk about my favorite two Christmas albums by Aimee Mann and Dave Brubeck, respectively. And in a "long time coming" move, I talk about my love of the Lord of the Rings franchise and my memories revolving around those movies and the holiday season over the past several years. Be sure to check out the blog at http://emptychecking.blogspot.com, and if you like any of the music I'm playing in the show, full versions of the songs are available for FREE at http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com Here's the time-stamps. FYI, they may be a little bit approximate. For some reason I show different times in different players and I haven't been able to work out why. 0:00 - Intro and Hanukkah/Christmas Greetings 8:26 - Guitar Break #1 - "Everything Good" off the Trigger Warnings & Sunshine album. 9:00 - This Week in Wrestling 30:24 - Guitar Break #2 - "In My Heart" off the "Out from the Light" album. 30:58 - Music including Willie Nelson, Mastodon, and Christmas albums by Aimee Mann and Dave Brubeck. 42:22 - Guitar Break #3 - "Fall Apart" off the "Grounds" album. 42:51 - My memories of seeing Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit in years passed. 54:34 - Guitar Break #4 - "Remember Me" off the "Out from the Light" album 55:01 - Closing remarks and outro music.
Thursday Dec 07, 2017
Episode 16 - First I Call Your Kids Stupid Then I Call Your Music Fat
Thursday Dec 07, 2017
Thursday Dec 07, 2017
After an unplanned week off we have a lot to catch up on! This week's show sees me talking about what happened in my laptop crash last week, a fun week I've been having on social media, the present debacle over at Cracked, an RIP to Jim Nabors, and a whole bunch of music. (Music discussed includes Angel Olsen, Sharon Jones, Wesley Stace, U2, Neil Young, HAIM, Ani DiFranco, and Cheap Trick.) All that and more! Time indexes follow, and be sure to check out http://emptychecking.blogspot.com for photos and more! 0:00 - Intro and Theme Music. 1:22 - What happened last week and my new laptop. 8:29 - Guitar Break #1 - "Out from the Light" from my album of the same name. 9:06 - Potpourri of stuff. 9:24 - My glasses. 11:47 - RIP Jim Nabors. 17:24 - A weird, one-sided conversation with you. 18:00 - My week in Social Media. 24:55 - Guitar break #2 - "Outdoor Summer Concerts" from my single of the same name. 25:38 - My thoughts on the recent firings at Cracked and Internet culture in general. 42:00 - Guitar Break #3 - "Beautiful Disaster" from my album "Ink-Stained Fingers." 42:48 - Big, fat music round-up. 43:25 - Sharon Jones and the DAP Kings. 47:38 - Wesley Stace (aka John Wesley Harding.) 52:25 - Angel Olsen. 54:38 - U2. 1:02:26 - Neil Young and Promise of the Real. 1:04:46 - HAIM. 1:06:55 - Cheap Trick. 1:10:04 - Ani DiFranco. 1:14:03 - Guitar Break #4 - "Tear It Down" which I used to play in a couple bands with my brother, but I don't think there's an "official" copy of anything in circulation that has the song on it right now. 1:14:59 - Closing remarks. Thanks for your support!