Do synthesizer runs taste like oranges? Sometimes. In Impressions, hosts and longtime friends Bizzy Hemphill and Nick Forrest take a deep dive into the sights, sounds, associations, histories, and even smells a song evokes. Each week, you’re invited on a journey through a different theme, and your transportation mode is MUSIC. If you’re looking for music recommendations from some friends who don’t take themselves too seriously, you’ve come to the right place. Welcome! Visit impressionspodcast.com to find playlists and learn more.
It's that time of year! 1) Voguing crows announce the party. (Black Moon by Minako Yoshida) 2) Too much rose quartz in the 3-way call! (Jour 3 by Hildegard) 3) Puritan chipmunks disapprove of satin. (Satan in Love by La Bellini) 4) Feel as arrythmic as a white person at a concert. (Eras by Juana Molina) 5) It's 80 degrees but a Morrissey-loving teen is still wearing a hoodie. (The Pines by La Luz) 6) A sexy crone. (Slow Hot Wind by Penny Goodwin)
We have another month! It still counts! 1) A summer bummer 2) No forced yoga retreat socializing! 3) Thundercloud Margie, WTF? 4) You know Nick's seen a time lapse flower blooming 5) *soft salty kisses* 6) We got the garden gnome!
Phew! Glad that's over. 1) EYE CONTACT 2) Did someone say room service? 3) Put the ring in the thing 4) The one thing we all share 5) That's it, I'm re-becoming a goth 6) The opposite of teen angst
We're back! If you're not LLLing, what are you even doing? 1) Only Bad B*tches in the trellis 2) Tumbleweeds are drifters too 3) Lounging at the pool and catcalling men 4) Almost a Ye farce 5) Love Bugs --> Hate Worms 6) The unorgasmic pleasure of watching your partner bake bread
Tarot is a judgment-free zone. Join us as we explore our past, present, and future spreads— through music. 1) A fool's journey 2) Noir ruminations 3) Infomercial for a new life 4) Un-hypnotize yourself 5) Float through it 6) Funky advice!
3 fave animals, in order, and why you like them. 1) Lonely Blue Whales. 2) Synchronized Swimming Seals. 3) Hard-Working Carrier Pigeons. 4) Genre Paintings, but the Humans Are Bears. 5) Dumpster-Diving Opossums. 6) Trixie Crows.
Anthropomorphizing our favorite plants. 1) Tropicals in space 2) Cottonwood ghosts 3) Musings on mugwort 4) Runaway junipers 5) Princess trees = huge divas 6) Cool as a cactus
Mostly dog world, and some cat world. 1) An impressionistic pet portrait, panting included. 2) CUTE and she knows it. 3) He's a Child of God. 4) We found him, and he found us! 5) A feline medium to the beyond. 6) Ecstatic playtime!
Not the movie, the emotional state of being. But also -- the movie. 1) Is it hold music or massage music? 2) Life doesn't end at twenty-five 3) Compostable cup problems 4) This is the permafrost we need to melt 5) Deliciously lethargic 6) *Don't* let it go
The best conversationalist? Myself! 1) A community luxury lending library, accessible to all cats. 2) Why do you mute yourself? 3) Verbal diarrhea. 4) I'm learning, please don't judge me!
Songs we hear from the other room = the songs our partners play. 1) An overnight shift in the matrix 2) If you want to live, tip well 3) Cat world 4) A funeral with a funky beat 5) Early 2000s teen drama 6) Sexual cat world
Live deliciously, because 2022 is... a year! 1) The church does not like ladies in high slit red velvet dresses 2) A transitional Winter to Resort Wear fashion show 3) Kick your marabou kitten heels and sigh 4) Sin tax optimism 5) Did that statue turn its head? 6) Groovy space dust critters
New year, new you? 1) Coyote Ugly's student film soundtrack. 2) Eel-like thoughts of your Parisian lover. 3) Line Dancing Nite at Xanadu. 4) A million partially finished scarves. 5) Touches of space in an unabashedly western setting. 6) You can get a different bagel tomorrow.
Food - it's bodies! 1.) HOT FAT 2.) Not a fox hunt 3.) The low-gravity dessert buffet 4.) Jerky is a journey 5.) Ethically sourced foot tacos 6.) Breakup kombucha
Inevitable behaviors and bizarro worlds. 1) BP apology video. 2) The (sound) system is functioning as intended. 3) A training montage where you never improve. 4) Don't take a picture of the moon while driving - save a life! 5) These are scary times. 6) German aliens at the dancing spot.
Innocence! Teenage feelings! Let's reflect on our childhoods. 1) Speaking truth to power. 2) Aww, your first ticket for illegal parking! 3) Don't you dare stop the dancing. 4) Romeo & Juliet is a BAD model. 5) Wannabe British school children. 6) Take the good things with you.
We end in space! Or do we...? 1) Is this band... gay? 2) Don't ask me for a translation. 3) Oh my god, where are we going??? 4) Moped cultures. 5) He can't even 411 it. 6) She's coming for my birthday!
Tiny humans in big landscapes. 1) A sonic map of the chest cavity. 2) They're definitely in a circle, right? 3) Don't drink the river water. 4) Air guitars are an expression of the sublime. 5) He's a tiny human! 6) LA Is big y'all.
Oikos, but not the yogurt! 1) A piano is a piece of furniture. 2) A desert lover demands attention. 3) A 70s time traveler with cryptic prophecies. 4) Wacky 80s shit - janitors/genitals & nuclear reactors. 5) B R E A T H E. 6) There's another mountain next door, bro.
Sun, Moon, Rising. This playlist was written by the stars. 1) You know, Beyoncé's a Virgo. 2) Grooves are the comfiest of songs. 3) I want nice things! 4) A sexy, haunted mudbath. 5) Are you in love with the person or the IDEA of the person? 6) Spreading fire through shoulder shimmies.
It's the money, honey! 1) Everybody wants to be... 2) Explore complicated malls with your new Walkman. 3) Shipwreck victims and cheering crowds... we're all going down. 4) I'm wearing fashion fabrics everyone in fashion knows (cotton). 5) Mohs hardness scale elites. 6) 0 coffees = house?
Set your clocks back and cozy up, babes! 1) Harvest time for whom? Aliens? 2) A bumpin' street party. 3) Is the magic spell just MINDFULNESS? 4) Eat a sundae every Monday and wear wtf you want. 5) The Tesla wants to go to the beach! 6) A country drive through all the seasons.
I had an English test today, and then all of my friends died. 1) Opening credits. 2) Which sweater should I wear? 3) You might have to rely on the policeman in your head. 4) Like the grandma scene in Moana. Sort of. 5) Neve just wants to pay her taxes! 6) Crawling out of the basement.
Erving Goffman would say we're always wearing a costume. 1) Limp-wristed twisting. 2) A man-eating striptease. 3) Sister Act good vibes. 4) Yes, Therese! 5) Mental health matters
If we'll eventually be dead, aren't we all just the living dead? 1) Is he talking about himself? 2) A funky party train to HELL. 3) The secret of my eyeliner is it's the vector of infection. 4) Learning to human again. 5) Warbled messages from beyond. 6) Alt-Indie parents on IG.
Laugh through our fears with us! 1) What if people DO want to see you fail? 2) Pee Here Now. 3) Agoraphobia is IN. 4) An avalanche of snow - and melodrama. 5) A beautiful buddy song. 6) Hapless city slickers.
Historic hauntings and spectral soirées! 1) If you haven't read A Rose for Emily, here's your sign. 2) Maybe she's just trying to dance! 3) Seven Minutes in Purgatory. 4) You are on Native Land. 5) Is he saying "f*ck you" on the EVP? 6) I don't know who you will become.
Set my heart on fire, IMMEDIATELY. 1) The lethal beauty of cupid's arrow. 2) I love surrealist film! 3) An early 2000s trip hop beat w/ all the insecurities of youth. 4) Love Gutters available for only $1! 5) A sexy ? 6) Consensual sex is hot sex.
Every single morning is The Morning After something. 1) The Poseidon Adventure, but make it disco. 2) Stop eating your 505 Queso from the jar with a spoon. 3) You are a functioning adult in our capitalist system! 4) I'll get my own bagels. 5) Endless potential. 6) No words needed.
Microaggressions and breathwork and coiled snakes, oh my! 1) Your public voice while your brain explodes. 2) What does your anger demon look like? 3) Are you listening to Eminem? 4) Baz Luhrmann's Count of Monte Cristo. 5) A Trojan horse of a million middle fingers. 6) Gothy Singin' in the Rain.
Witness our intense hubris as we attempt to rescore our fave flicks! 1) A jazzy invocation. 2) Your carwash is a secret discotheque. 3) BFF Blood Cocktails. 4) Don't stew it - move it! 5) Conscious unquadrupling. 6) What did it take to get there?
Unexpected delights! 1) Today's cityscape is tomorrow's ruin. 2) College a cappella sucks, but this song doesn't. 3) Wind chimes without borders. 4) The VIP section of Heaven. 5) My sacred space is fragrant. 6) Low stakes mishaps during the Electric Slide.
From the tentative beginning to the messy end. 1) Pamper yourself before you wreck yourself. 2) Stomp your way into the party. 3) Like a soggy shared joint, but in a good way. 4) Soul Train dance parades and impeccable palates. 5) The toddler wants to stay! 6) Part like your heart hurts.
Transpo modes include nostalgia and trains. 1) Simpler times peach recipes. 2) That deco look. 3) A madeleine of summer 2005, and it's appropriate because it's French. 4) Timeloops we need to close. 5) Damn Soros globalists! 6) Everyone's in a marching band, and maybe a cult?