Episode 5 - 1979

For our 5th episode, Marty and Kris are tackling a very pivotal
year in music and popular culture-1979! We kick things off with
some Whataburger evangelism (0:45) followed by some esoteric fast
food talk (3:40) X-Men romantic character arcs (8:18) Marty and
Kris recap what they did over the Thanksgiving holiday (10:10)
Kris taking his daughter to a playground built in the 1950’s
(10:56) Marty’s encounter with the Record Store Day reissue of
the Gravediggaz 1994 classic “6 Feet Deep” (15:40) Kris paying a
visit to Lubbock institution Ralph’s Records (17:56) Kris’s
criticism of a half-cocked Sega Genesis game “Booger Man” (24:30)
Kris’s thoughts on the new album by Damon Albarn and Paul
Simonon’s  supergroup The Good, the Bad, and the Queen,
“Merrie Land” (29:33), followed by addressing some comments that
were made regarding Blues Traveler’s bassist on a previous
episode (36:50). Then we switch gears and breakdown 1979’s
billboard top 100 year end chart (58:08) Kris’s main sticking
point with 1979, MacArthur Park (1:10:49). It’s now time for the
main event as we start with Marty’s album, Gang of Four’s Post
Punk romp “Entertainment!” (1:24:38). Then we move on to Kris’
pick, an album you may have heard of, The Clash’s legendary
“London Calling” (1:58:50). As always hit us up on IG and Twitter
@aotypodcast, and let us know what you think at
aotypodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!