Empty Checking with Derek Brink

Episode 198 - Take Two and Call Me in the Morning

In this episode, I talk about some art on my walls and some music in my speakers! I touch on cool art from local artists Sarah Kelly and Dan Zettwoch then music from Sharon Van Etten, Flogging Molly (sorta), Lambrini Girls, and I spend a LONG time talking about the new Dream Theater album. Dig it!

Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com
Bandcamp: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com
email: db@derekbrink.com

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 11:52 - Music Break: Nobody Else
• 12:24 - Cherokee Print Bazaar Purchases
• 32:08 - Music Break: Everybody Shut Up
• 32:39 - Recent Listening:
  • 33:23 - Sharon Van Etten - Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory
  • 36:05 - Flogging Molly - GET WELL SOON, DAVE KING
  • 38:27 - Lambrini Girls - Who Let the Dogs Out
  • 41:05 - Dream Theater - Parasomnia
• 1:06:49 - Music Break: Always
• 1:07:19 - Outro

Episode 197 - The Get Up Kids Episode

In this episode, I mostly just talk about The Get Up Kids, because I saw them in concert last week. I had fun with this one. I hope you do, too!

Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com
Bandcamp: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com
email: db@derekbrink.com

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 13:31 - Music Break - TralfamadOverture
• 14:02 - The Get Up Kids
• 49:18 - Music Break - If It's Raining
• 49:49 - Outro

Episode 196 - The Old Watchy-Talkies

It's the first new episode of the year! And we're starting off on a cheery foot by paying tribute to David Lynch, Tony Slattery, and Bob Uecker...but then we talk about In & Out, The 4:30 Movie, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, and Moonage Daydream. I think you'll like it, if you'll take the time. Thanks!

blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com
music: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com
email: db@derekbrink.com

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• Music Break: Losing Sleep
• Tributes:
  • Tony Slattery
  • David Lynch
  • Bob Uecker
• Music Break: Absent Friends
• Movies:
  • In & Out
  • The 4:30 Movie
  • Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
  • Moonage Daydream
• Music Break: Chekhov's Rights
• Outro

EC Update 1-21-25.m4a

SMALL delay in the upload! Here's my apology. real episode coming VERY soon!

EC Update 1-15-25.m4a

A quick apology for not having a new episode yet, and also I bid farewell to British Comedian Tony Slattery.

Episode 195 - FAB 15 Albums of 2024

Are you at one of those New Year's Eve get-togethers where you might as well pop in your ear buds and listen to a podcast? Well your Uncle Derek and Papa Dave have you covered! Just under the wire, we're counting down our FAB 15 Albums of 2024! So either put down that glass of champagne or make it a double, and enjoy our nonsense for a while!

Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com 
Email: db@derekbrink.com 
Spotify Playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/317eypfciiajkyay2kxloz3kreoa?si=f046115ad0514079 
Dave's Blog: http://davidbrink.home.blog  
Music: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com 

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 6:30 - The topic at hand: Fab 15 Albums of 2024
• 11:38 - Rules for this list
• 12:54 - The FAB 15!
  • 12:54 - #15
  • 18:17 - #14
  • 26:15 - #13
  • 33:59 - #12
  • 40:28 - #11
  • 48:49 - #10
  • 54:49 - #9
  • 1:00:18 - #8
  • 1:07:31 - #7
  • 1:12:21 - #6
  • 1:19:37 - #5
  • 1:26:29 - #4
  • 1:32:41 - #3
  • 1:36:44 - #2
  • 1:41:06 - #1
• 1:43:21 - Honorable Mentions
• 1:53:43 - Working on a final 15, and the TERRIFIC TEN!
• 1:56:46 - A coin toss! And then adding more stuff...
• 1:59:01 - ANOTHER coin toss! and adding the last pick...
• 1:59:58 - The Final 15.

Episode 194 - Missing the Point of the Movie

This episode is pretty off the cuff and touches on everything from buying new pillows to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Lord of the Rings, a couple Albert Brooks movies, and Van Halen. So...there!

Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com
email: db@derekbrink.com

I think the time index might be a little off this week. I had to make some weird corrections that I don't usually have to worry about. So sorry if that's wrong...but there ya' go.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 8:27 - This Is Your Christmas
• 8:57 - Pillows, Record Store Day, and Van Halen
• 21:38 - O Holy Night
• 22:08 - Recent Watching
  • 22:08 - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
  • 29:22 - Lord of the Rings
  • 39:27 - Real Life
  • 43:11 - Mother
• 46:21 - A Promise Worth Keeping
• 46:51 - Outro

Episode 193 - Fab 15 1990s Bands

What's that? You're stuck in a house having a meal with people you'd rather avoid and need something to be thankful for? Well bust out those ear buds and be thankful that your Uncle Derek and Papa Dave have a new FAB 15 for you! This week we're counting down our FAB 15 Band of the 1990s! It was a fun talk and I think you'll have a good time either learning about or re-living a really interesting time in music history, and maybe you'll hear a few names you'll want to check out. Dig it on your podcast app of choice or at the link in the comments!

Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com
email: db@derekbrink.com
Bandcamp: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com 
Dave's Blog: http://davidbrink.home.blog
Spotify Playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/317eypfciiajkyay2kxloz3kreoa?si=f046115ad0514079

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 5:20 - On the Subject of the 1990s
• 15:19 - Rules for the List
• 20:15 - THE LIST
  • 20:15 - #15
  • 25:37 - #14
  • 32:20 - #13
  • 42:27 - #12
  • 51:31 - #11
  • 1:05:26 - #10
  • 1:05:36 - #9
  • 1:14:26 - #8
  • 1:19:58 - #7
  • 1:28:49 - #6
  • 1:37:03 - #5
  • 1:41:19 - #4
  • 1:45:53 - #3
  • 1:49:48 - #2/#1
• 1:59:01 - Honorable Mentions
• 2:04:09 - Picking a Final 15 and an agreed #1 (Including an excerpt of "Sleepin In" by Blue Tattoo.)

Episode 192 - When I'm Talking to You, It's LIVE

In this episode, we talk about a ton of music from MC5, The Coward Brothers, The Cure, High on Fire, Iron & Wine, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and Kim Deal. I touch on some other stuff, too...but that's most of it. Welcome back to the show being normal, even if other stuff isn't!

Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com
email: db@derekbrink.com

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 10:39 - I Wanna Write Songs for You
• 11:09 - Music Reviews
  • 12:32 - MC5 - Heavy Lifting
  • 16:50 - The Coward Brothers
  • 21:22 - The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
  • 24:46 - High on Fire
  • 29:21 - Iron & Wine - Light Verse
  • 36:01 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Glasgow Eyes
  • 37:40 - Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
• 43:20 - Safari
• 43:50 - Outro

Thanks for your support!

A NON-EPISODE of Political and Religious Dissent

This IS NOT a standard episode of Empty Checking. If you are unfamiliar with the show, this is not a good starting point. This upload is my reaction to the recent election in America and also includes my thoughts on the Christian Church and its relationship to politics. This is VERY FAR REMOVED from the typical, fun nature of this show. But I felt like it needed to be said and I needed to make my position clear, as the person behind this podcast.

If you want to skip this one, I more than understand. But I think there are probably some of you who really need to hear it.

Also, I've been suffering from walking pneumonia and you can definitely hear that in my voice in this upload. Sorry about all the inhaling that gets more and more pronounced as the talk goes on.

Thanks.

-Uncle Derek