Every Thursday, Andrew and Evan Gregory (of The Gregory Brothers) are joined by a special guest to revisit, review, and revise a song of their choice, and then offer an improved "punched-up" version.
On a very sexy episode, Dani Fernandez (host, Nerdist, the Nerdificient podcast – @msdanifernandez) joins us to examine horny middle school dances, the crunk genre, Petey Pablo's dick, sexual drug use, and eventually, the self-deprecating nature of Petey Pablo's extremely horny 2004 crunk hit, "Freek-A-Leek!" #EatPussyAndVote • This episode is brought to you by Quip! http://getquip.com/JAM • UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo, "Dreams Tonite" by Alvvays, "Welcome to Atlanta" by Jermaine Dupri ft. LudacrisSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today on Punch Up The Jam, we get dressed up like childrens' monsters, take to the stage at UCB Sunset, and talk all about Dracula's son Crick, the race of monsters, monsters having sex (a lot), and eventually, Bobby "Boris" Pickett's 1962 holiday standard "Monster Mash!"• We have a Patreon now! http://www.patreon.com/punchupthejam• UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah" - Tracy Morgan, Donald Glover, "A Nightmare On My Street" - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh PrinceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
CELINE DION??? Listen: yes. Eliot Glazer (Broad City, Haunting Renditions, You're Making It Worse) regales Miel and Demi with Celine-isms as they try to figure out what is "that" and what way "is" it?UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Take It With Me" by Tom Waits, "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion, "Tyrone" by Erykah BaduSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Is Kokomo a physical location, or a timeless, spiritual plane of existence in the perpetual Happy Hour of the mind? Jon Gabrus (@gabrus – High & Mighty, Raised By TV, Action Boyz) stops by to talk about his schoolchild memories of Kokomo, Sebastian the crab, geolocated orgasms, John Stamos yogurt and eventually, the Beach Boys's 1988 tropical cruise ship anthem, Kokomo! This episode is brought to you by Hims and Quip! • http://forhims.com/JAM • http://getquip.com/JAMUNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Dela" - Johnny Clegg and Savuka, "Rome" - PhoenixSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Miel and Demi try to remember how to podcast after a month off to punch-up Paramore's pop-punk classic "Misery Business". Demi audibly eats fruit snacks it's a wild one HIT THAT SNARE! UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "The Park" by Feist, "He Loves U Not" by DreamSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
You sent in your Q's, we brought some A's. In a special non-format episode, Miel and Demi reveal how they met, their history making music and ...monkey milk?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What is 70s rock music but drunken poetry set to a series of overlapped solos? On this week's Punch Up The Jam, Paul F. Tompkins (Spontaneanation, Threedom, Bojack Horseman – @pftompkins) joins us to talk about CSI, quaaludes, Adam Sandler, baseball cap etiquette, the B52s, and eventually, The Doors's unintelligible scream-y opus, "L.A. Woman!" This episode is brought to you by Quip! http://getquip.com/JAMUNPUNCHABLE JAMS: “Five Years” by David Bowie, “Queen Bitch” by David Bowie, “Wake Up In LA” by Human NaturalSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Is "Cowboy" a drug dealer with no teeth? In this fever dream of an episode, Miel and Demi are joined by YouTuber Christine Sydelko for the Dixie Chick's classic, "Cowboy Take Me Away".UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Shoop" - Salt N Pepa, "Nick of Time" - Bonnie Raitt, "Black Star (Radiohead Cover)" - Gillian WelchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Andrew Ti (@ANDREWTI – Yo, Is This Racist?) drops in to help Miel and Demi tackle the king of butt songs, Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back". Sexism, racism and ooo Rumplesmoothskin!UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You" by Black Kids, "She Belongs To Me" by Bob Dylan, "International Players Anthem (I Choose You)" by UGK feat. OutKastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What secrets (and crimes) lie in your “precious memories?” Jon Cozart (@joncozart – Paint) stops by to help us make our way through the process of parody, Father Time, reasonable walking distances, the afterlife, Minority Report, and eventually, Vanessa Carlton’s culturally-persistent 2001 ballad, “A Thousand Miles!”UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: Yebba - “Evergreen,” A*Teens – “Upside Down,” Lizzo - “Boys”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cool adult Jamie Loftus (@jamieloftusHELP – Bechdel Cast, The Hacker Who Codes) joins to dissect the nu-metal classic, "Nookie" by Limp Bizkit. Featuring a VERY special punch-up by Miel's actual musician brother, Henri Bardot!UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Wesley's Theory" by Kendrick Lamar, "Islands in the Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, "Love Like You Care" by Perlo.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What exactly is the "move," and how much guidance is Young MC willing to give when he tells us to "bust it?" We're joined by Hrishikesh Hirway (@hrishihirway – Song Exploder, West Wing Weekly, Everything Sucks!) to talk about delayed gratification, hip hop sampling, public libraries, proper winking protocol, and eventually, the extremely-fallible wisdom imparted in Young MC's 1989 stone cold rhymer, "Bust A Move!" This episode is brought to you by Casper! https://casper.com/jamUNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Mind Playin Tricks On Me" - Geto Boys, "This Charming Man" - The Smiths, "Buggin' Out" – A Tribe Called QuestSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Eliza Skinner (@elizaskinner – Drop the Mic) joins Miel and Demi to figure out where Usher and Juicy J went wrong with their 2011 stripper love song, "I Don't Mind". Though the song may rife with fake claps and misguided male feminism, it does give Demi cause to try to teach the girls how to twerk and to discuss armpit merkins.UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Nice for What" by Drake, "County Line" by Cass Mccombs, "Free Your Mind" by En Vogue.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Did Rockwell invent 2018 Sad Girl Twitter? Mary Kobayashi (@marykoco – John Levenstein's Retirement Party) joins to unpack the not-so-secret Michael Jackson collab "Somebody's Watching Me" by wannabe British man, Rockwell.UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News, "Rent" by Big Freedia, "Where Is My Mind" (Pixies Cover) by Maxence CyrinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listening to Iron Maiden does a dirtbag make? Dylan Gelula (@dylangelula – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) helps Miel and Demi try to make sense of the incel fantasy rock anthem, "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus.UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Like A Surgeon" by Weird Al, "Short Court Style" by Natalie Prass, "Zebra" by Beach HouseSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.