We're back! First of all, our deepest apologies for being away for so long. We've been very busy with life, and we finally got a chance to sit down and record an episode! We reach back into the 90s for an oldie but goodie, and also a strange ge...

We return to our original format with two random songs, no special theme this time. We talk about an up and coming pop star as well as an established but relatively unknown prog metal band.Our Songs for This Week:Escapism (featur...

First of all, our apologies for missing an episode in April. We suffered some loss in our family, including our dog Leela. In this episode we pay tribute to our puppers, and pick two songs that remind us of her. We barely talk abou...

New episode! We have another edition of Criss Cross Applesauce for you. Sam chooses a solo piano tune, and Peter chooses a heartfelt country tune.Our songs for this week:Fry Bread by Connor Chee, from his 2020 album Scenes from D...

And we're back!  In this episode, we pick songs that we think the other will absolutely hate. One of us is way more successful than the other, bet you can't guess! Thank you for your patience while we were away, and moving forward we will ...

Happy New Year friends! What a crazy year it's been.  This year we have tried something with a theme for almost every episode. It's been an absolute blast picking our songs for these themes, and we've even learned a thing or two.We...

Happy National Native American Heritage Month! In this episode, we pick artists that have Native American ties. One from New England in North America, and one from Columbia in South America. As mentioned in the episode, if you're curiou...

This week we wanted to highlight transgender artists for Transgender Awareness Week, observed November 13 to November 19.  While we featured a transgender artist for our pride month episode, we wanted to go a step further and raise awarene...

For the conclusion of our two part episode, we continue our discussion of opera songs with friendo Kris! We continue with a metal rendition of a famous aria, and conclude with one of the most iconic arias of all time.Thanks again to Kri...

For this two part episode, we invited friendo of the pod Kris back on! This time we are covering opera songs! We start off with Sarah Brightman and discussing the world of popera. This is only part 1 of 2, so please stay tuned for part 2!

This week we decide to go back to our regular format with no theme. Sam revisits The Marfa Tapes which you heard in our top 5 songs of 2021, and Peter shares a song with an American Idol!Our songs for this week:Home Grown Tomato...

Happy (belated) birthday to the late great Freddie Mercury! In this episode, we choose two songs by Queen that were primarily written by Freddie Mercury. His songwriting, his vocal talent, and his stage presence are truly unparalleled. Unfortun...

This week, we wrap up our dive into Post by Björk! For part 2 we finish with the more chill and more subdued latter half of the album, including our favorites from this portion of the album. We absolutely loved re-listening to this album, and w...

This week, we return to a format we tried last year, and we take another deep dive into an album! Sam bought Post by Björk on whim at a used record store, and for a steal! It remains one of our favorite albums of all time, and is also important...

This week we have a listener request for kid's songs! Thank you Jackie for requesting this episode. We had a blast recording this, and it was a nice break from the more serious heavy subjects as of late. We cover a song from an Animated show fr...

On this episode, we pay tribute to artists in our respective genres. Trevor Strnad and Naomi Judd were large figures in the metal and country world respectively.  Unfortunately, they both took their own lives.We take this opportuni...

Here's part 2 of our celebration of Pride Month! We continue the fun with Mark and David and we conclude with Sam and Mark's songs! Big thanks to them once again for joining us, we had a total blast. We hope you all had a wonderful pride month ...

Happy Pride Month! For this very special 2 part episode, we have invited another couple to join us! We talk to Mark and David about how we all celebrate pride, and we share and discuss LGBTQIA+ artists / songs. With the four of us each sharing ...

Hello friends! I cut a big chunk of the end of our special episode with Kris. It didn't have much to do with the songs, but I found the conversation to be interesting and I hope you do too. Unfortunately, we've had some IRL (In Rea...

It's part two of our celebration of Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In the conclusion of this special episode, we go through Sam and Peter's songs and to discuss with our friendo Kris!Our songs for this week:

Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In this two part episode, we invite our very good friendo, Kris! We've known him for quite some time, and he was even in our wedding party. For part 1, we cover Kris' song b...

This week we continue with our celebration of Arab American Heritage Month. Sam chose a song from a Lebanese indie rock band, while Peter chose a song from an anonymous black metal band from Saudi Arabia.We also begin the pod discussing...

Happy Arab American Heritage Month!  Peter and Sam discuss what countries are considered Arab countries, and an upcoming Disney+ show. This week Peter presents a song from the one and only Myrath of Tunisia, and Sam chooses a blast from th...

For the second episode of March we are continuing our celebration of female artists for Women's History Month! Sam goes outlaw country while  Peter slaps you in the face with a blazing fast tech death tune.Our songs for this week:

For March we are celebrating female artists for Women's History Month! Peter kicks things off with an all female death metal band, while Sam steps outside of her norm a bit with a blues tune.Our songs for this week:Death Arcana b...