In this episode, in late fashion, I talk about my top 10 albums of 2021 along with some honorable mentions. 2021 was a phenomenal year of music, here's to many more!

Albums mentioned:

Chevelle - NIRATIAS

FACS -  Present Tense

Failure - Wild Type Droid

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!

Gojira - Fortitude

Monobody - Comma

Quicksand - Distant Populations

Royal Blood - Typhoons

Thrice - Horizons / East

Trigg & Gusset - Black Ocean

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Deafheaven - Infinite Granite

Death From Above 1979 - Is 4 Lovers

Dinosaur Jr. - Sweep It Into Space

Emma Ruth Rundle - Engine of Hell

God Is An Astronaut - Ghost Tapes #10

Julien Baker - Little Oblivions

Long Distance Calling - Ghost

Mogwai - As The Love Continues

The Physics House Band - Incident On 3rd

Shy, Low - Snake Behind the Sun

Soen - IMPERIAL

Starflyer 59 - Vanity

Still Corners - The Last Exit

Storefront Church - As We Pass

Welcome to Season 2 of Dane's World! Being the first episode of the new season, I thought it was time to move the podcast to the next level with the introduction and ongoing inclusion of guest speakers. This is something I've wanted to do since the podcast started but haven't had the technical means to make it happen. Finally, I am in a place to where I can have guests regularly on the podcast. Today's guest is Jace Kimbrell, an amazing friend from school of rock and a fellow musician/bandmate in our current project 'Formalities'. Jace is an extremely talented guitarist/vocalist and one of the greatest people I have had the honor of meeting and playing music with. As my current biggest supporter, I thought I'd give him the honors of being my first guest in this new evolution of the podcast. Stay tuned for more guests in the near future, and thank you for watching! 

(Sorry for the small amount of audio issues throughout this episode, I can only mix these guest episodes on the spot while recording so it may be a little rough around the edges until I get the hang of things.)

In this episode I dig into the concept of hatred and ask pressing questions about why we hate as humans, what creates a hateful mind, and how hatred may be a more passive and natural experience than many may think. Lots of talks about the distinction between positivity and negativity and when one or the other is appropriate along with the important balance that should be struck between the two.

Article Covered: https://www.scienceofpeople.com/hate/

In this return from hiatus, I discuss a sociological concept known as the Dramaturgical Model (developed by Erving Goffman). Simply put, the theory paints life and the social interactions within it as that of a theatrical production. I first learned about this theory in my Sociology textbook for college and found it not only fascinating but strangely aligned with how I have viewed my own life for a very long time. Feel free to take a listen to find out more. Thank you!

"Choose your self-presentations carefully, for what starts out as a mask may become your face." - Erving Goffman

Source: Seeing Sociology: An Introduction (3rd edition) by Joan Ferrante-Wallace

https://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Sociology-Introduction-Joan-Ferrante/dp/1305094360

In this episode I have decided to pack three new records into one review.

Deftones - Ohms

The Pineapple Thief - Versions of the Truth

Gazpacho - Fireworker

In record time, I discuss my thoughts on these three albums that have been on repeat in my music library for the past 2 months. Thank you for listening!

Deftones - Ohms:

1. Genesis

2. Ceremony

3. Urantia

4. Error

5. The Spell of Mathematics

6. Pompeji

7. This Link Is Dead

8. Radiant City

9. Headless

10. Ohms

Pineapple Thief - Versions of the Truth:

1. Versions of the Truth

2. Break It All

3. Demons

4. Driving Like Maniacs

5. Leave Me Be

6. Too Many Voices

7. Our Mire

8. Out of Line

9. Stop Making Sense

10. The Game

Gazpacho - Fireworker:

1. Space Cowboy

2. Hourglass

3. Fireworker

4. Antique

5. Sapien

This is a simple one! I just wanted to check in after a break to let you all know that I'm still here and tell you about what's been going on behind the scenes, nothing too crazy! Just having a chat. New episodes and reviews in the works. Thank you so much for your patience!

In this episode I review and break down the newest and darkest release from Louisville Desolation Americana project, Jaye Jayle. Despite my initial hesitation towards Evan Patterson's newly electronic approach to his hauntingly desolate sonic mantras of storytelling, I have become totally fascinated with the story that this album tells and find myself captivated by Jaye Jayle's approach to an electronic folk album. Written and Composed while on the road during an international tour, Evan Patterson projects intriguingly odd anecdotes from his confused and tired mind; musically journaling his experiences throughout a journey across the world in what was considered an inescapable, hallucinogenic, mobile purgatory.

Jaye Jayle - Prisyn:

1. A Cold Wind

2. Don't Blame the Rain

3. Synthetic Prison

4. The River Spree

5. Making Friends

6. Guntime

7. Blueberries

8. I Need You

9. The Last Drive

10. From Louisville

Here's my second monthly ramble where I catch you up on what I've been up to and what's been going on in life. I talk about how my last month has gone along with a brief summary of what days will look like moving forward, capitalizing with an unplanned ramble about the state of our world and where I think things may take us in the future. Thank you so much for listening!

In this episode, I bring to you my second album review and hopefully a much better review all around. In this review I break down the most recent release from German Post Rock Band: Long Distance Calling. This band ranks high on my favorite bands list and has continuously pushed the boundaries of instrumental storytelling and progressive rock. Does this new release hold strong with it's predecessors? Or does it fall short, leaving much to be desired? That's what I discuss here with my most critical mindset on a piece of music so far, only because I have seen the magic that this band can work up... can they do it consistently? Thank you so much for listening, it's great to be back!

Long Distance Calling - How Do We Want To Live?:

1. Curiosity, Pt. 1

2. Curiosity, Pt 2

3. Hazard

4. Voices

5. Fall / Opportunity

6. Immunity

7. Sharing Thoughts

8. Beyond Your Limits

9. True / Negative

10. Ashes

In this episode I talk about how stories can be told through pieces of music without the use of lyrics or vocal melodies. This is a concept that is rarely talked about and most commonly utilized by instrumental bands with the creative goal to tell a story or take listeners on a journey (especially within the genre of post-rock). Below is a link to the one other mention of storytelling without lyrics by composer, Xueran Chen (The only public mention that I have seen about the concept). Also listed below are all of the albums I mention in this episode that have utilized instrumental Storytelling to the best I've heard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DenwAoABr8I&list=FLHMWV1LHORqna639nGYA-BQ&index=3&t=0s

Albums Mentioned (Highly recommend listens to all of these if you're interested!):

- Explosions In The Sky - Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever

- Explosions In The Sky - How Strange, Innocence

- Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

- Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone

- Long Distance Calling - Satellite Bay

- Long Distance Calling - Long Distance Calling

- Long Distance Calling - Boundless

- Russian Circles - Station

- Russian Circles - Geneva

- Russian Circles - Guidance

- Duster - Stratosphere

- Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Tiny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

- Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O.

- Hunter Gatherer - Scavenger

- If These Trees Could Talk - If These Trees Could Talk

- If These Trees Could Talk - Above The Earth, Below The Sky

- If These Trees Could Talk - Red Forest

- If These Trees Could Talk - The Bones Of A Dying World

- I Hear Sirens - Beyond The Sea, Beneath The Sky

- Jakob - Solace

- Irepress - Samus Octology

- Kerretta - Saansilo

- Trigg & Gusset - Legacy Of The Witty

- This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain

- This Will Destroy You - S/T

- This Will Destroy You - Another Language

- Toundra - (I)

- Toundra - (II)

- Toundra - (III)

- Toundra - (IV)

- Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi

- The Pineapple Thief - Variations On A Dream

- The Pineapple Thief - 10 Stories Down

In the first album review to come to the podcast I review the self-titled debut record of new indie rock super-trio Muzz, featuring Paul Banks(Interpol), Josh Kaufman(Bonny Light Horseman), and Matt Barrick(The Walkmen). I tell you a little about this new band and how they formed along with the effect the album had on me and a hopefully cohesive breakdown of the twelve tracks on the record. Album track list can be found below. Thank you and enjoy!

Muzz - Muzz:

1. Bad Feeling

2. Evergreen

3. Red Western Sky

4. Patchouli

5. Everything Like It Used To Be

6. Broken Tambourine

7. Knuckleduster

8. Chubby Checker

9. How Many Days

10. Summer Love

11. All Is Dead To Me

12. Trinidad

Welcome back to the podcast! I plan on trying to push out some new stuff soon, thanks so much for coming back to listen after a whopping NINE MONTH BREAK. Take care!

In this episode I give an update on future plans I have for this podcast. I give a brief summary of the new episode types and topics to come in the following months along with a ramble about what's on my mind. These updates paired with rambles will become a regular thing moving forward and will most likely occur on a monthly and or bi-monthly schedule. Thank you for your support and listens, it always means the world! I'm extremely stoked to start doing some new things!

In this episode I go over my top ten favorite bands, bands that make this list simply have to have a sound and discography that captivates me for a long period of time and or heavily influence my decisions as a musician. I summarize some of the history and discography of each band and tell you why said bands have stuck with me until now. 

In this episode I talk about the concept of regret along with the positive and negative effects that a regretful mindset can have on us as well as knowing what is a healthy amount of regret. Along with my thoughts on regret I break down a study on regret research from Psychology Today by Dr. Melanie Greenberg. 

Source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-mindful-self-express/201205/the-psychology-regret

In this episode I go over some quotes that stuck with me from an amazing interview with songwriter and storyteller Amanda Palmer. The interview was done by Brian W. Foster on a series called 'Between The Sheets' from a YouTube channel called 'Critical Role' where established voice actors, writers, and artists get together and play d&d along with other tabletop RPGs and activities. I highly suggest you look into not only this interview series but also Amanda Palmer's many music projects and interviews, she is an amazing speaker and a truly talented down to earth person and musician who's voice deserves to be heard.

Links to the interview, ted talk, and 'There will be no intermission' album below!

Between the sheets interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wwJqAI8tw8

TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMj_P_6H69g&t=246s

There Will Be No Intermission Album (Listener discretion advised): https://open.spotify.com/album/7xvctClkVYHmgKEEdAbSjc?si=ZyE8ISV6SA2_h_sgc0q7Ww

^^^Not sure why I can't get this link to work, you may have to copy and past it, so sorry!^^^

In this episode I go over a large multitude of music albums that have effected me the most in life as a person and a musician. I also briefly talk about my introduction to rock music and roughly how that got me to my current status as a musician/music listener. This is a lengthy one, feel free to listen at your own leisure, no worries if you need to take breaks, I know my voice isn't perfect to listen to! I did not expect or intend for this episode to be so long. I had thoughts of going back and re-recording segments to abbreviate some things but I'm happy with what I've said and would rather put this out in it's most natural state. Episodes moving forward will definitely be more forgivable in terms of length. Regardless of whether you listened for the whole time, thank you so much for listening in any capacity! I'm still getting the ropes on this podcasting thing but I'm having a blast doing it!

List of all albums mentioned:

Chevelle - Sci Fi Crimes

Gojira - From Mars to Sirius

Sorority Noise - Joy Departed

Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze

Cloakroom - Infnity

Karnivool - Themeta

Via Luna - Heavy Light

Long Distance Calling - Long Distance Calling

Explosions In The Sky - Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever

Russian Circles - Geneva

Duster - Stratosphere

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

King Crimson - Red

The Pineapple Thief - 10 Stories Down / One Three Seven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Failure - Fantastic Planet

Ginger Root - Mahjong Room

TV On The Radio - Young Liars

Dan Croll - Sweet Disarray

Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti Is... Skyscraper

Foxing - Dealer

Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue

Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker

Jaye Jayle - No Trail and Other Unholy Paths

Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked For Death

The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World

And So I Watch You From Afar - The Endless Shimmering

The Black Keys - Attack And Release

The Caretaker - Everywhere At The End Of Time

Casket Lottery - Survival Is For Cowards

Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun

Chevelle - Hats Off To The Bull

Deftones - Around The Fur

Delta Sleep - Ghost City / Younger Years

Dismemberment Plan - Change

Dinosaur Jr. - Farm / I Bet On Sky

Dub Trio - Another Sound Is Dying

Duster - Duster

El Ten Eleven - El Ten Eleven / Every Direction Is North

Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses

Foals - What Went Down

God Is An Astronaut - The End Of The Beginning

Interpol - Marauder

Joywave - Possession

King Crimson - In The Court / Lizard / Islands

Mogwai - Every Country's Sun / The Hawk Is Howling

MMMUSA - Me Me Me / Senile Pie Strive Pip Melancholy

Porcupine Tree - In Absentia / Stupid Dream

Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger

Radiohead - In Rainbows

Rush - Moving Pictures

Russian Circles - Guidance / Blood Year

Tame Impala - Lonerism

Thunder Dreamer - Capture

Tool - Fear Inoculum

Trigg & Gusset - Legacy Of The Witty

Young The Giant - Home Of The Strange

In my first episode I break down and analyze a poem by German-American poet Charles Bukowski. The poem: "So you want to be a writer?" features Charles' philosophy on the struggles of the writing process and what you as an aspiring writer are to do when you find yourself with a not so ideal form of writer's block or questionable outlook.

Here's the poem if you wanna have a read yourself!

"if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don't do it.
if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for words,
don't do it.
if you're doing it for money or
fame,
don't do it.
if you're doing it because you want
women in your bed,
don't do it.
if you have to sit there and
rewrite it again and again,
don't do it.
if it's hard work just thinking about doing it,
don't do it.
if you're trying to write like somebody
else,
forget about it.

if you have to wait for it to roar out of
you,
then wait patiently.
if it never does roar out of you,
do something else.

if you first have to read it to your wife
or your girlfriend or your boyfriend
or your parents or to anybody at all,
you're not ready.

don't be like so many writers,
don't be like so many thousands of
people who call themselves writers,
don't be dull and boring and
pretentious, don't be consumed with self-
love.
the libraries of the world have
yawned themselves to
sleep
over your kind.
don't add to that.
don't do it.
unless it comes out of
your soul like a rocket,
unless being still would
drive you to madness or
suicide or murder,
don't do it.
unless the sun inside you is
burning your gut,
don't do it.

when it is truly time,
and if you have been chosen,
it will do it by
itself and it will keep on doing it
until you die or it dies in you.

there is no other way.

and there never was." - Charles Bukowski

Welcome! Here is an introduction and extended description for my podcast, thank you so much for tuning in! More episodes on the way.

May has been a great month and healthy break away from school. I wanted to make sure to fit a ramble in before June, simple and straightforward like the older episodes! This is just me filling everyone in on how things have been going and what I've been up to along with some hopefully cohesive tangents scattered about.

Hey there! I'm back after a lengthy hiatus with four album reviews for my favorite albums of the year so far. Thank you so much for your patience, much love!

Chevelle - NIRATIAS:

1. Verrucky

2. So Long, Mother Earth

3. Mars Simula

4. Sleep the Deep

5. Self Destructor

6. Piistol Star (Gravity Heals)

7. VVurmhole

8. Peach

9. Test Test...Enough

10. Endlessly

11. Remember When

12. Ghost and Razor

13. Lost in Digital Woods

Dinosaur Jr. - Sweep It Into Space:

1. I Ain't

2. I Met The Stones

3. To Be Waiting

4. I Ran Away

5. Garden

6. Hides Another Round

7. And Me

8. I Expect It Always

9. Take It Back

10. N Say

11. Walking To You

12. You Wonder

Gojira - Fortitude:

1. Born For One Thing

2. Amazonia

3. Another World

4. Hold On

5. New Found

6. Fortitude

7. The Chant

8. Sphinx

9. Into The Storm

10. The Trails

11. Grind

Royal Blood - Typhoons:

1. Trouble's Coming

2. Oblivion

3. Typhoons

4. Who Needs Friends

5. Million and One

6. Limbo

7. Either You Want It

8. Boilermaker

9. Mad Visions

10. Hold On

11. All We Have Is Now <--- Forget to mention in the episode that this closing track is a cool departure from the preceding tracks as a piano ballad (not something royal blood does) apologies for missing that! 

Scott Smith returns to talk about all kinds of things, primarily with curiosity as to how different eras of music are viewed through people of varying generations. With my longest episode yet, I talk with Scott once again about a large variety of topics including way more than what is seen in the episode title. This episode is deeply routed in concepts of psychology and philosophy with many talks about our natural, subconscious functions as human beings, the rapid advancement of everyday technology, music through the ears of the many, and the autonomous functionality of life amongst micro-organisms. Come with us on our journey, and thanks again for listening!

Just wanted to check in with you guys and let you know what's been going on and what's to come along with a ramble. Simple and short episode this time around. I also have a brief tangent about my experience with online friendships and relationships and how they are indeed possible to maintain. More guest episodes coming soon! (Apologies for the rough audio here and there, I didn't have any pop filters set up today and I couldn't hear myself during this episode because I'm switching out some equipment, things should improve in future episodes, thank you for putting up with it)

In this episode I talk with my cousin and longtime family friend who is a fellow music lover, musician, cyclist, and deep thinker. We delve a little into memory lane and discuss the bitter-sweetness of remembering the past (or lack of memory) while additionally discussing the missing facts in our modern world and the resulting chaotic conformity of those who mistaken opinions/beliefs for the definitive truth. Additionally we tackle a variety of topics involving the vastness of space and the known universe, creative roadblocks that plague our cluttered minds, faulty automobiles and much more!

In this episode, I talk about my 10 favorite music releases that came out of the treacherous year of 2020 along with a variety of honorable mentions. While 2020 was one of the worst years in recent memory, I can't help but notice that it was a fantastic year for new music, it seems that so many artists have given it their all as of recent and it has to be recognized and commended. Also find out which band has finally managed to overtake Interpol as my favorite band ;) Happy New Year to my listeners! Here's to a much better year moving forward.

Artists & Releases Mentioned:

Top 10:

1. The Pineapple Thief - Versions of the Truth

2. Muzz - Muzz

3. Deftones - Ohms

4. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher 

5. Jaye Jayle - Prisyn

6. The Strokes - The New Abnormal

7. Puscifer - Existential Reckoning

8. Gone Is Gone - If Everything Happens For A Reason...Then Nothing Really Matters At All

9. Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison

10. Joywave - Possession

Honorable Mentions:

Black Hill - The Buffaloes Will Never Die

Violent Soho - Everything Is A-OK

Ginger Root - Rikki

Khruangbin - Mordechai

Black Hill - The Buffaloes Will Never Die

KG&TLW - K.G.

Wang Wen - 100,000 Whys

Sorry - 925

Telepathy - Burn Embrace

Alpha Male Tea Party - Infinity Stare

Plini - Impulse Voices

The Smashing Pumpkins - CYR

Kamaal Williams - Wu Hen

SWEAM - Lounge Music for Cat People

Iress - Flaw

Everything In Slow Motion - Influence

Sprain - As Lost Through Collision

D.A.N. - LIVE ARCHIVE: STRAND

Shy Boys - Talk Loud

Nothing - The Great Dismal

Trigg & Gusset - The Way In

Adrian Young / Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Jazz Is Dead 1,2,3,4,5 / Azymuth - JID004

Narrow Head - Far Removed

Vundabar - Either Light

O'Brother - You and I

I Hear Sirens - Stella Mori

Doves - The Universal Want

Kairon; IRSE! - Polysomn

Pg.lost - Oscillate

Crippled Black Phoenix - Ellengaest

Taylor Swift - Folklore

Deftones - Black Stallion

Ovtrenoir - Fields of Fire

Untitled With Drums - Hollow

Our Oceans - While Time Disappears

Future Islands - As Long As You Are

Gleemer - Down Through

The Neverly Boys - Dark Side of Everything

All Them Witches - Nothing As The Ideal

A.A Williams - Forever Blue

IDLES - Ultra Mono

Hum - Inlet

Jr. Clooney - Jr. 2

Gazpacho - Fireworker

In this episode I talk with another good friend of mine from School of Rock and a fellow bandmate from a newer music project called Grindstone. Eli Froment is a fantastic guitarist and a fascinating deep thinker of a musician with never ending, skilled endeavors in music. It's been an honor to work with him thus far and it was a pleasure to have him on the podcast. Content-wise, most of our discussion in this episode is driven towards recent video game releases, next generation gaming technology, and ramblings about music, musical habits, and music experiences. Apologies for the sudden increase in volume about 70% through the episode, it happened when I had to restart the recording for technical reasons and there wasn't much I could do on the spot to correct it but tweak the levels where I could, be weary of that volume spike and here's hoping I don't blow your ears out.

(This episode contains occasional explicit language).