Merry Christmas, Listener!
It looks like you were a good boy/girl this year, because Santa is about to stuff your stocking with so much rad, that giant sock will have no choice but to be knocked off! (I know, that’s a long way to get to “knock your socks off,” but it’s 3am. Leave me alone.)
This week, David Bazan came to Studio B, and we chatted with him about all kinds of things: humor, Christmas with his family, songwriting, his well-documented change in faith, drinking, and his new album Curse Your Branches. He even played us a song live (and we have video)!
This show’s quite a bit different from our normal madness, but don’t be fooled. Just because we’re not yelling dick jokes at you doesn’t mean we don’t love you.
Great question:
Ah, unplanned pregnancy… Happy Birthday, Jesus!
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Aaron
7 months ago
I look like an old lesbian in that picture.
joeytractor
7 months ago
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf.
Sean
7 months ago
Listening now! So excited!!!
Aaron
7 months ago
Woah. That was fast.
Sean
7 months ago
So good. The rest of my Christmas will pale in comparison.
Tristan
7 months ago
I am going to listen now as well. It truly is Christmas; 2 podcasts in one week! It’s the best present I’ve ever gotten!
Mary
7 months ago
Aaron-I think you are ok as no lesbian would wear a “Wawa” shirt–but I think it’s pretty cool.
Mary
7 months ago
PS-So I am only part way thru the show—but it’s so great and I’m really impressed with you guys. You have come a long way and I know as I was one of the first people to listen to the show since I felt sorry for Ben.
stephy
7 months ago
Love.
Tim
7 months ago
Aaron!!!! Wawa!!!!!! Bazan!!!!!
Alex
7 months ago
Just finishing up the x-mas episode…
Had to share a thought I’ve been discussing for a few years now:
I firmly believe Jesus was a real person. However, I also understand that at the time, education was lacking for pretty much everyone except royalty and an exceptional few… maybe Jesus had a hard time connecting with people because he was operating on a higher level of intelligence than those who were following him.
Don’t you think the problem with religion is that from the moment the word was spoken, people were taking the words literally when they were meant to be figurative? Maybe, out of ignorance (not derogatory, just plain ol – they didn’t know better) and an inability to communicate on an effective level with one whose intelligence obviously surpassed the common man, maybe they just didn’t understand what was being taught to them because they got all hung up on the words being used.
I mean, we only have so many words… and even through the use of words, we often lose the meaning of the message because the words (which are only symbols) mean something different to every person who uses them. So we get all caught up in the words being used and not their overall message… for centuries these words have been twisted and “interpreted” by scores of people, causing the words to change meaning over time… never entirely reflecting the original message.
graydon
7 months ago
really really really enjoyed this podcast…. i’m singling out ben because apparently he doesn’t get enough encouragement. nice job, man. (also because Aaron never came through on his promise about morse code)
Aaron
6 months ago
Didn’t I? Well, I don’t remember being applauded like you promised. (And, sorry about your gas.)
Todd
6 months ago
Really nice job on the video. Cool late night Seattle footage. David Bazan is pretty cool. Not sure where I’ve been, but it looks like I have some music catch up to do.
sara
6 months ago
ok… im just gonna say it… like… im kinda fat… i don’t try harder… im just amazing at everything i do in general… so i guess head/sex would also put me in the category of amazing? so this “fat chick” doesn’t try harder …ohhh and im not open to everything but maybe if im drunk… lol..