Show Notes
In honor of the holidays (and us being pretty fried because of the holidays, and the entire year that preceded them) this week’s episode is even more laid back and conversational than normal, and we hit record without any specific topic in mind. After some muttering and grumbling about getting older, and also how we were friends with Dash Rendar without realizing it, the conversation turned to what we’ve been listening to this year, music-wise. So, something along the lines of Max and Brian’s Spotify Wrapped: The Radio Drama, but with some of our usual detours and tangents.
For anyone who prefers a more cohesive, less shoegaze-y audio product, don’t worry, This Thing Rules will return to its regularly scheduled programming in 2025. Thanks for bearing with us during these trying and festive holiday times. Here are the albums, artists and music-adjacent media we mentioned (or alluded to) in chronological order:
Alli Goertz - Peeled back
LL Cool - The FORCE
Rome Streetz - Hat & garden hold up
Griselda Records (Conway The Machine, Benny The Butcher, Westside Gunn, Daringer)
HEALTH - RAT WARS ULTRA EDITION
Pixel grip - ARENA / Stamina
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Challengers [MIXED] by Boys Noize
NIN - Add Violence
NIN - The Fragile
The Sparks Brothers (2021 documentary)
Sparks - No. 1 in Heaven
Sparks - Exotic Creatures of the Deep
Abba - Gold (greatest hits record, but also 33 ⅓ book about said record)
Beastie Boys Book by Ad-Rock and Mike D (book and audiobook)
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
Madonna: Like an Icon by Lucy O’Brien (book)
The Prodigy - Fat of the Land (and its album art by JAKe Detonator)
Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
Rage Against The Machine - Renegades
Beck - Sea Change
Nirvana - Nevermind
Nirvana - In Utero
Nirvana - Unplugged
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