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//Music Friends//

//00:00//Mariachi El Bronx's Mariachi El Bronx (I) (2009)//On listening changing over time//On pod brain v. music brain//On [Cough-f-theran]//On tasteful cultural appropriation//On better to outro than fadeaway//On your whole life to make your first album and 4 weeks to make your second//On Aqua Teen Mariachi Force//On not belonging to any time period//On following your creative instincts//On total, mythical, mariachi saturation//On Craig Finn El Bronx//On favorite albums//

//(1:23:29)//Arcade Fire's Neon Bible (2007)//On evangelical AF fandom//On sacrificial listenability for purposeful album dedication//On Win Butler gloomathoning//On a sneaky Heartland record//On a sneaky New Orleans band//On a sneaky Ocean album//On liking music better than art//On the greatest rock act of the century (?)//On Radiohead being for the (middle-aged) people//On Régine is the spice of life//Win Butler Cultural Foreshadowing//On what exactly a Good Christian Man means//On living in an age that calls darkness light//On Black Mirrors//On where to place your most important words//

//(2:49:02)//!!2024 Super Bowl Halftime Show Top Five All-Time!!//On Surprise! You're Middle-Aged!//67'-92' "Let's Send a Positive Message" Era//93'-04' "Wait, Why Haven't We Been Booking Stars For This Thing?" Era//05'-Present "The Artist Is The Theme, Let's Sell More Pepsi!" Era//On the transparency of the SBHTS//On key ingredients of a classic SBHTS//On honorable mentions and a surprise cringe choice//On 34 minutes of preamble!//

//James// //5//Bruno Mars (2014)// //4//Beyoncé (2013)// //3//Lady GaGa (2017)// //2//Michael Jackson (1993)// //1//Prince (2007)//

//Danny// //5//Janet & JT (2004)// //4//Shakira and JLo (2020)// //3//U2 (2002)// //2//Prince (2007)// //1//Lady GaGa (2017)⁠//

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