Dear listeners! We've missed you! We had to take a hiatus suddenly due to a family illness, but all is slowly getting back to normal. We're excited to be podding once again!

Journey with us back to 1999... the place is Padua High School. The soundtrack is pretty great. The teenagers... have an interesting way of speaking.

Have you ever:

...lit a cigarette using a bunsen burner?

...worn an empathy belly to feel the full weight of your decisions?

...eaten a live duck (everything but the beak and feet)?

...learned French for Alex Mack?

...unknowingly helped your guidance counselor write a dirty novel?

We burn, we pine, we perish. We celebrate Heath Ledger and his musical/dance number, compare how this high school was similar and different from ours, and play "Two Degrees of Heath Ledger" to reveal which 10 Things actors we met in person! We get into the soundtrack, our favorite tracks, and our favorite songs that didn't make the official soundtrack, but still rock! Thanks for your excellent guidance. We'll let you get back to Reginald's quivering member.

Heath Ledger sings!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nebaBmsafv8

Follow us on Insta and Twitter: @yeoldeplaylist

Originally recorded March 26, 2023

Hello…? You’ve reached the winter of our discontent. And we’d like to buy you all a coke. Just don’t steal any Snickers.

Get yer shoes on, Steve Zahn! It's movie soundtrack March, and we're so excited to talk about one of our favorites - Reality Bites! We get into: our favorite songs from the film, both on and off the official soundtrack; our shared appreciation for the wit of Janeane Garofalo; the social issues facing recent college grads during the mid-90s and how frighteningly little society seemed to care; some of the verbiage in the movie that we don't care for; Juliana's experience seeing Squeeze in concert; how we wish Vickie was real because we really want to hang out with her; and Ethan Hawke's original song - and his other singing credits we discovered along the way!

Grab a toothbrush, some toothpaste, a flannel for your face, and perhaps a nutrient-rich Big Gulp, and join us in this week's stroll down memory lane.

And maybe afterward, watch some Melrose Place. It's a really good show.

Favorite songs from this film:
U2 - All I Want Is You
World Party - When You Come Back To Me
Crowded House - Locked Out
Juliana Hatfield 3 - Spin The Bottle
Me Phi Me - Revival
Hey! That's My Bike - Add It Up (Violent Femmes cover)
Ethan Hawke - I'm Nuthin'
Alice Cooper - School's Out
Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories - Stay (I Missed You)
The Knack - My Sharona
Squeeze - Tempted
Peter Frampton - Baby, I Love Your Way

Next week's soundtrack: 10 Things I Hate About You

Originally recorded March 5, 2023

Heel turn! No more I love yous! This week we discuss our top "breakup" songs.

John vs. Julian - which Lennon made the list? How many heavy metal bands is too many heavy metal bands? Was Joey Gladstone actually funny? Growing up, did Juliana's family listen to Barry Manilow, or Barry Canteloupe? And the dark day that forever binds Meghan to Twisted Sister.

You oughta know!:

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @yeoldeplaylist
We love to hear from our listeners! Let us know whatcha whatcha whatcha want!

We will be off next week due to "life stuff" but we'll be back the following week to kick off Movie Soundtrack March! Our first soundtrack... REALITY BITES! Please join us in the winter of our discontent. You won't be sorry.

Originally recorded February 11, 2023