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Just My Variety has to go on break for a few weeks while we get some things straightened out. We'll be back soon though! Go back and listen to old playlists and episodes in the meantime!

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Mike finally discovered and loves clipping.!! He wants to tell you all about it on this week's episode!

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Mike's gonna give everyone his thoughts on the brand new Killswitch Engage album This Consequence.

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Unfortunately 20 years later, System of a Down's Mezmerize and Hypnotize eerily as relevant now as ever. Jared wants just 10 minutes of your time to talk about these 2 albums.

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Jake's quitting???

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Find the link to the playlist below:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4B0JvthVoAAuygILe3n4Bs?si=bf948efe2258486d

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/what-do-you-mean/1440829460?i=1440829606

Lend Vin your ear for a few minutes while he tells you about his history with SchoolHouse Rock! Rocks! The full album isn't streaming on the normal services, so go buy it and listen or find the entire album on Youtube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0cO-UkQsFM&list=PLCISiGklpPri5F7Wvh0T9hbIyrQWt7KQy

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The boys from Find Ethel join the boys from Just My Variety!! They build a very...unexpected...playlist that you can check out down below!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/47mPWFVAnLDiOxaGDRazUu?si=z1XCPfQGQuGRPnX-PwLvsA

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/find-ethel-on-jmv/pl.u-XkD04gkSgrk6rK

Give us 5 minutes of your time to talk to you about Bob Dylan's classic Blood on the Tracks and get back on with your Tuesday!

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Is it pretentious to say you own a Thelonious Monk record? Depends on who you ask. Mike thinks Jared created this new series to show off he owns one, but you can decide for yourself.

This episode introduces a new series where Jared is building playlists from his record collection!

Check out the playlists below:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZzvKT8SvJfIpjaQFxCosG?si=sE2o1kmITyOeEi1FZ4HhRg

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/diggin-them-crates-1/pl.u-06oxDgys7MplMP

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Vin's gonna take some of your time to tell you about his love of Big Boi's Sir Lucious Left Foot.

Check out the album and tell us your thoughts!

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Jared, Mikey and Jake go Hollywood this week! Vin called in sick, so the others decided to get new jobs as music supervisors. Thanks Vin - if it wasn't for you, they wouldn't need new jobs.

Links to the playlists are below:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3M7v2wqm9JMioWCYBvoKB2?si=0dabcee17f674cee

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/variety-off-jared-v-mikey-re-match/pl.u-EdAVz8YIqgJpgK

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Happy Tuesday! Jared wants to bend your ear for a few minutes about the under-appreciated 2024 Dua Lipa album Radical Optimism.

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It's time for the first ever JMV Grammys! Since the boys weren't invited to the real Grammys this year, they decided to take it upon themselves to give out their own awards. How rude of the Academy to leave out the best music podcast hosts of 2024! That's okay. They'll survive.

Here're links to the playlists:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/23LOYUcDDjmw7Uv0OujY12?si=66436e01d8e5415b

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/jmv-grammys/pl.u-MDAWvogI3z9EzK

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2024 Spotify Wrapped dropped in December and the boys are here to discuss their own! It's time for Uncle Vinny's!

Here's Vinny's Top 100 as well as a surf rock playlist he listened to throughout the year!

Top 100: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1FoBL3flkRoS4D?si=W-GZ7ZImSt255A3Dxuf2kA

Surf Rock: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Chqfz1zWvLDzjoYZN4Fng?si=W5JOK3A2RXqls7P19xFsNQ

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2024 Spotify Wrapped dropped in December and the boys are here to discuss their own! Mike's up this week!

You can find his playlist summarizing his 2024 below:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ivrFpcJbJizzOZbj57l3R?si=oqS7D3StQpyx6JLJEcUb3Q

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/2024-spotify-wrapped-mike/pl.u-r2yB16XCe7537G

2024 Spotify Wrapped dropped in December and the boys are here to discuss their own! Jared's up first.

You can find his playlist below:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1rHY2kLvMfbetGKkxuarTr?si=79e917b834a54092

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/jared-2024-spotify-wrapped/pl.u-pMyl1WEU5poXpL

Happy New Year everyone! Jared has a short story to tell us to start off 2025! We thought it'd be cool to start off the new year with something new!

You can find the playlist referenced in the show below:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1EMFwsRWjVhDIORosBRceA?si=EbGqivaWQEqYK1j7H-untg

Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/starting-over-a-new-years-story/pl.u-r2yB1JEue7537G

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Thanks to everyone who tuned in this year! It's been a great start to this project! JMV is taking a long needed holiday rest. So to hold you over until January, here are some of our highlights from JMV's inaugural season!

We'll be back in January with a brand new episode!

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Happy Holidays everyone! It's time for the guys to celebrate the holidays their way: by giving each other the gift of music. Come celebrate with them as they bounce from house to house giving each other what they love most.

Check out their playlist here:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2jT0CcQyKurTz2COrmhpBD?si=ae682bcd4480494e

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/tis-the-season/pl.u-pMyl1DLC5poXpL

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Vin wants to tell you about one of his favorite artists and his legendary career in the folk-punk scene: Pat the Bunny!

Give Probably Nothing, Possibly Everything a listen and let us know your thoughts!

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VINNY'S JUDGEMENT DAY IS UPON US. Producer Jake is out this week, which can only mean one thing: Mikey and Jared are about to be...JUDGED by Uncle Vinny. Mike and Jared compete for Uncle Vinny's love and acceptance while building you a kick-ass playlist you can find below!!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1bd1xEvuUPEEqLYYKufnAN?si=nlmow9dVS6i0wkoJ3lQPkQ

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/varietys-judgement-day/pl.u-r2yB1JkTe7537G

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Album Review: Persona 3 FES Soundtrack

Mike changes things up a bit by telling us about one of his favorite video game soundtracks - Personal 3 FES.

Check out the album here and let us know your thoughts!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/65q37nF9oDpH7HI1vMh8Tk?si=wrmYMDY7T86y9Qm7Si0HFg

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%8A3%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9-%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB-%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF/1701049596

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Fearless Leader Jared's an old man now everyone. What's an aging punk to do? Follow along as he recants stories of his time at WCAL and where his music influence comes from!

Find his playlist here:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0e7QkiqKqeW4GprBUsUgts?si=23ee9ae132874339

Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/jared-30-for-30/pl.u-55D6XP3FXJMlJo

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Album Review: Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction

Just in time for Election Day! Tune in as Jared tells you why you should listen to Bad Religion's 1994 album Stranger Than Fiction.

Check out the album and give us your thoughts!

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Trick-or-treat?? Well you're getting treat because we're all out of tricks for today.

It's the first ever JMV Halloween Spook-tacula!! The boys want to tell you about how much they all just love this time of year - the autumn, the Halloween season, and the warm fuzzy feeling of the playlist found below.

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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3bRVDxO3imwzzXj4mJ5nfT?si=0a0726e7701b4b22

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/halloween-spook-tacula/pl.u-pMyl1DjT5poXpL

Album Review: Dillinger Four - Midwestern Songs of the Americas

Vin wanted to tell all of you about one of his most influential artists - Dillinger Four - a love letter to them if you. So take a listen!

Check out Midwestern Songs of the Americas and let us know your thoughts!

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Mike's getting old everyone! Look! He's an old man now! Listen as he waxes poetic about his metalhead origin story. (Find out how much he *really* spent at Hot Topic as a teen. We see you Mikey...)

You can check out Mikey's 30 for 30 playlist at the links below:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7voqQZerpxNpvNa5T1J1mz?si=8f6facf1d16f4b17

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/jmv-mikes-30-for-30/pl.u-6mo4Zq8cZEl7a6

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Album Review: Chelsea Grin's Desolation of Eden

Mike's got something to show all of you! His love of Chelsea Grin and their album Desolation of Eden!

Check out the album and let us know your thoughts!

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Jared decided to call in sick today. What. A. Poser. Gotta work through the pain son. In the meantime, the Variety-Off returns! This time Mike and Vin go head-to-head for a battle over the most coveted prize: Producer Jake's approval.

You can check out the playlist from this episode here:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3esZfoF2wb6dBij4oGyaw6?si=CSd0f1eyQkC8g4gYjdulXA

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/jmv-justs-day-off/pl.u-BNA6X9NFp53Kl2

Album Review: Mikey wants to tell you a little something about one of his favorite bands - Direct Hit! and their album Domesplitter! Take a few minutes out of your day to check out his thoughts!

Go listen to the album and send us your thoughts on Instagram: @justmyvariety.

So I guess this is growing up. Get out the IcyHot and orthopedics kids, it's time to talk about getting old. It's time for the 30 for 30: 30 songs for 30 years! Vinny tells about his influences and what music was like for him growing up.

Tell us what songs you'd put in your 30 for 30 on our Instagram page: @justmyvariety.

Links to Vinny's playlist are below:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6PDSzVqbudASRY9cHHZDd2?si=e26291537829492b

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/jmv-vinnys-30-for-30/pl.u-RRbVNeVuxozkpG

Album Review: Vinny takes 10 minutes of your day to recap one of his favorite 2000s scene albums - Motion City Soundtrack's Even If It Kills Me.

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So Mikey thought we got Labor Day off from recording and decided to go to a show... Priorities, Mikey, priorities. To cope with it, Vinny and Jared decided to play a game they started back in the 91.9 WCAL days: the Variety-Off! Listen to them build a playlist in real time while their harshest critic, Producer Jake judges them for judging others.

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Links to the playlist:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1s9xB0qvyJJGhmV6YXykPK?si=QuRRR4jeQMGJYFlS3AysKw&pi=u-CoB6-P7kT8-o

Apple Music: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1s9xB0qvyJJGhmV6YXykPK?si=QuRRR4jeQMGJYFlS3AysKw&pi=u-CoB6-P7kT8-o

Album Review: The Menzingers - On The Impossible Past

Time for Jared to stay up on the soapbox from last week and rant about one of his favorite all-time albums: On The Impossible Past by the Menzingers.

Listen to the album, give us your thoughts!

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There's nothing Jared hates more than hearing the phrase "rock is dead." There are plenty of new artists out there, you just gotta know where to look! He created a playlist of new(er) rock-based artists to check out - a grab bag if you will. If you ever hear that phrase again, send them this playlist!

Check out the playlist down below:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0zUTTe4iTohKlZUv7r1x3E?si=13INkWSITNe-llwfbWZL6A&pi=u-7yrNZp-VQu-U

Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/jmv-rawks-not-dead/pl.u-leyl8m8Fx0gylo

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Album Review: Archspire - Lucid Collective

Let Mike break up your day to talk about one of the gnarliest albums any of us have ever heard - Archspire's Lucid Collective!

Check out this album! Give us your thoughts!

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Vinny, we get it! You're a 90s kid! Ugh...some peoples' kids...

This week we dive into a Vinny specialty - the 90s. His playlist is an eclectic musical experience of the best hits of the 1990s. Think of it as one of those late night TV ads you'd see selling you a "Best of the 90s" CD collection for only one low price of $29.95.

Check out and follow the playlists here:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3RV3kLkN6gTMwwgzQXer9O?si=0c25b3d12c6f4279

Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/jmv-we-get-it-youre-a-90s-kid/pl.u-AkAmaBGC7VW5YG

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Can we take a few minutes out of your day to let Jared stand on the soapbox and rant about one of his favorite albums for a few minutes? What if we told you it was one of the most influential albums of all time - Boston's debut self-titled album? We're pretty sure if you've listened to a classic rock station, you've run across this album.

Check out the album! Tell us your thoughts!

Pull out the flannel, grow out the beards, and pop open an PBR because we're here to talk about our nostalgia for the towns we grew up in. This week, we reminisce about the college days, the bars we used to frequent, and try to define what Mikey calls "Vinny Punk."

Spotify Playlist Link:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Ttrae4MIg1wAIdQxS4giG?si=aac767b17d0b4ba5

Apple Music Playlist Link:

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/jmv-nostalgia-for-a-town-ive-never-been-to/pl.u-vxy6Dlxu1Plb70

Check out our other playlists at:

https://linktr.ee/justmyvariety

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Album Review: Janelle Monáe - Metropolis: The Chase Suite

Vinny breaks into your day for a few minutes to talk to you about his love of Janelle Monáe's debut EP: Metropolis: The Chase Suite.

We'll be dropping these album reviews in between our bi-weekly episodes! Don't skip out!

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Hello and welcome everyone to...Just...My...Variety!! Your favorite new music discussion podcast hosted by 3 former college radio DJs.

In this episode, we have to do the unbearable: ICE BREAKERS - telling you a few fun facts about ourselves and get you into the groove of what this show is! We've built a playlist in real time for all of you to listen to!

You can check out the Spotify playlist here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5nfMv1f55qFJqlBWOrJa6d?si=ebb39cd26db442db

You can also check out all of our playlists at the Linktree here:

https://linktr.ee/justmyvariety

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Welcome to Just...My...Variety, where 3 former college radio DJs relive their glory days and fight back against the algorithm by creating hand-curated playlists just for you! You'll always have access to the playlists for each episode! Always on the hunt for new music, reach out to us with new suggestions!