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

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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!:

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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

Welcome back! Valentine's Day is coming up soon, so we're taking a break from our usual format to discuss our favorite love songs of all time.

We go through our extensive lists of favorites to figure out what we think makes a great love song. Is it a well-placed sax solo? A slightly raunchy vibe? A particularly amazing music video that stuck with us? Expect a decent amount of songs from the 80s, Barry White picks from Juliana, and songs from movies that we still can't get enough of. One thing's for sure: Adam Sandler came up way more than either of us expected.

Make sure you come back next week to see what gems we pick for Volume 2: Breakup Songs.

Thank you dear listeners for your continued listener-ship! We want to grow old with you.

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Originally recorded February 4, 2023

On the east coast we ride! Quite literally. Everything's gonna be all right now! On this episode, we get into Good Charlotte's self-titled album from 2000.

Discussion includes: the first time we saw Good Charlotte live (opening for MxPx); running into Benji after the show and the items he signed for us; the two songs on the album Meghan never listened to but Juliana did; we have fun in the Segment Zone with "Covers" - we have a few from The Beatles, The Beastie Boys, Billy Idol, Blur, Cheap Trick, and The Police that we think GC could pull off; in "Period Piece" Juliana finds a spot for the Madden brothers in Jane Austen novels, while Meghan can only think about notable twins in literature; and in our "Muppets" segment we determine their true muppet selves; and we wrap up with a few lyrics we think need an update.

Our favorite tracks from the album: Waldorf Worldwide; Seasons; East Coast Anthem; I Don't Wanna Stop; Complicated; Walk By

We'll be doing a different format the next two shows in honor of Valentine's Day. We'll be making playlists of our all-time favorite love songs, and our favorite breakup songs. This will take two episodes, so be sure to set aside enough tiny conversation hearts to nosh on, and join us on this journey!

Speaking of Valentine's Day, we LOVE our listeners! You can follow the show on Twitter and Insta @yeoldeplaylist. If you're not too busy listening to early 2000s music, please take a moment to rate/review the show so we know what you want more of!

Originally recorded Jan 28, 2023

Welcome back! This week, we piece together our misplaced memories of the time we saw MxPx in 2001 instead of studying for finals, and we get into their 2000 album, The Ever Passing Moment. Sorry this ep is a day late - don't hate us forever, we're better late than never!

Discussion includes: our memories of the last days of spring semester capped off by a great show from MxPx, Good Charlotte, and Ultimate Fakebook; the perfectly amazing cover song they opened with; "absolutely no moshing" = please mosh; in our "Covers" segment, we come up with some good ones from The Beatles, The Police, The Cure, and Billy Idol; and yet more delightfully ridiculous fun in our "Period Piece" and "Muppet" segments! And if you can't get enough Mike Herrera, don't worry - he's also in Goldfinger! And hosts "The Mike Herrera Podcast"!

Our favorites from the album: Buildings Tumble; Misplaced Memories; My Life Story; One Step Closer to Life; Answer in the Question; Prove It to the World

Make sure to come back next week when we discuss Good Charlotte's self-titled album and our experience seeing them open for MxPx!

Many thanks to our awesome listeners! We love sharing this musical journey with you. You can find us on Twitter and Insta @yeoldeplaylist!

Originally recorded Jan 21, 2023

Bite your lip and close your eyes, basket cases! This week we have a blast discussing Green Day's 1994 album Dookie!

Discussion includes: how we first got into Green Day; the classic Billie Joe stance; what a weird experience it was to be in high school, and how Dookie was the perfect soundtrack to go along with it; the most Green Day thing Meghan witnessed at a Green Day concert; how many teeth we've had pulled (spoiler - Juliana won!); Green Day helped open the door to our generation discussing mental health; Segments! Segments! Segments!; and we tease a series of themed episodes coming up in the next few months on Ye Olde Playlist!

Our favorites from the album: Longview; Basket Case; She; When I Come Around; Pulling Teeth; Chump

Tell us what you want! Suggest an album! Suggest a segment! Use more exclamation points! Find us on Insta and Twitter!: @yeoldeplaylist

Originally recorded Jan 14, 2023

If You Have To Ask, we had a blast going back to 1991 with our favorite Funky Monks!

Discussion includes: the bygone days of getting 12 albums for 1 penny; the Iggy Pop picture we used to confuse with Anthony Kiedis; thinking of your city as a family member; what do you call RHCP fans (we like "Funky Monks"); we gush over bass lines and the genius of Flea; and we lament our lack of RHCP concert-going experience and crave some fan stories!  We conclude that RHCP are masters of bouncing around musical genres and we hope they're around for a long time.

Our favorites from the album: Under the Bridge; Give It Away; Breaking the Girl; The Greeting Song; Funky Monks; The Righteous and the Wicked

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Originally recorded January 7, 2023