Grammar Matters and Stuff That Isn't Funny
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Grammar Matters and Stuff That Isn't Funny is a podcast where two pals talk about grammar and life. They try to learn and provide information on both topics.
Grammar Matters and Stuff That Isn't Funny
2w ago
Just in time for Halloween, Mat and Tim welcome Mason Sisk back to the show to discuss the Norwegian black metal scene of the early 1990s. Violent deaths, burning buildings, and awkward dinner table conversations abound in this nightmare of an ep.
Content warning: this episode contains discussion of self-harm and suicide.
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Grammar Matters and Stuff That Isn't Funny
3w ago
Hon hon hon! In this ep, Tim is flying solo and talking through one of the most beloved classical music pieces of all time.
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Grammar Matters and Stuff That Isn't Funny
3M ago
Grab your pitch pipes! In this ep, Mat and Tim discuss the world's preeminent a cappella group, Pentatonix. They ask (and answer!) so many questions: Are they a Christmas band? Why do they make those faces all the time? How in the world do they sound like that? Do they actually like being an a cappella group? And so on and so forth. Buckle up, choir nerds.
SONGS PLAYED:
Pentatonix - Mary, Did You Know?
Pentatonix - E.T. (from NBC's 'The Sing-Off')
Pentatonix - Somebody That I Used To Know
Pentatonix - God Only Knows
Pentatonix - The Sound of Silence
Pentatonix - Be My Eyes
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Grammar Matters and Stuff That Isn't Funny
3M ago
Don't say we didn't warn you! In this ep, Mat and Tim discuss 1989 (Taylor's Version). Were the buddies wrong to be worried about this one? Is it good that Taylor's a billionaire now? Answers lie within!
SONGS PLAYED:
Taylor Swift - Bad Blood (Taylor's Version)
Taylor Swift - Blank Space (Taylor's Version)
Taylor Swift - You Are In Love (Taylor's Version)
Taylor Swift - "Slut!" (Taylor's Version) [From the Vault]
Taylor Swift - Now That We Don't Talk (Taylor's Version) [From the Vault]
Taylor Swift - Suburban Legends (Taylor's Version) [From the Vault]
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Grammar Matters and Stuff That Isn't Funny
3M ago
This one's for all you mathematicians! In this ep, Mat and Tim finally consider the life and times of Ed Sheeran, who 1) just released a new album, and 2) just saved pop music(?!).
SONGS PLAYED:
Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
Ed Sheeran - Boat
Ed Sheeran - The A Team
Justin Bieber - Love Yourself
Ed Sheeran - Sing
One Direction - Little Things
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter
Taylor Swift - Picture To Burn
Taylor Swift - Blank Space
Ed Sheeran - Shivers
Ed Sheeran - Borderline
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
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Grammar Matters and Stuff That Isn't Funny
3M ago
Hon hon hon! In this ep, Tim is flying solo and talking through one of the most beloved classical music pieces of all time.
LINK: Gilles-Claude Thériault reads Paul Verlaine's Promenade sentimentale ..read more
Grammar Matters and Stuff That Isn't Funny
3M ago
Sharpen your #2 pencils! In this ep, Mat and Tim talk about THRMFTing – a method of listening to music more actively!
SONGS PLAYED:
Vulfpeck - Wait For the Moment
Louis Cole - Let It Happen
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Punch Brothers - Movement and Location
Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now
Nadia Batson - Fattt
Manchester Orchestra - I Can Feel a Hot One
John Denver - Leaving On a Jet Plane
One Direction - Story of My Life
Coldplay - Fix You
Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
Vulfpeck - The Sweet Science
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Coldplay - True Love
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Grammar Matters and Stuff That Isn't Funny
3M ago
Please stop asking about Tim! In this, yet another solo ep, Mat takes us down into his music laboratory to analyze one of the great “middle of the road” musical groups of our time: The Carpenters. Why do so many of us only listen to them in December? Why don't we talk about their tunes very much? It's time to change things the only way Mat knows how to: for the better.
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Grammar Matters and Stuff That Isn't Funny
3M ago
Go buddies, give us nothing! In this ep, Mat and Tim try to discern the superstardom of Dua Lipa, the reigning queen of disco pop in 2023. What's beneath the surface of her tunes? Listen and find out, maybe!
SONGS PLAYED:
Dua Lipa - Houdini
Dua Lipa - Levitating
Dua Lipa - Dance the Night
Zetta Bytes - Nothing's Wrong With Me
Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now
Kesha - TiK ToK
Chic - Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)
Dua Lipa - New Rules
Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head
Rihanna - Umbrella (feat. JAY-Z)
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Grammar Matters and Stuff That Isn't Funny
3M ago
Maybe together, we can get somewhere! In the season three premiere of Earbuddies, Mat and Tim consider the state of country music – and heck, all of music – and heck, all of art, maybe! – by examining the massive success of Luke Combs's cover of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car".
SONGS PLAYED:
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (performed by Cover Orchestra)
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Luke Combs - Fast Car
Cole Swindell - She Had Me At Heads Carolina
Jo Dee Messina - Heads Carolina, Tails California
Jake Owen - On the Boat Again
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (piano arrangement by heavypiano on YouTube)
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