The Bookends Podcast

Brendon Panke joins Tim and Dirn on the 20th anniversary of the final Calvin and Hobbes strip to discuss the genesis and legacy of Bill Waterson's masterpiece. Discussions on youth, imagination, and artistic integrity abound!

Joseph Gathje joins Tim and Dirn to talk about The Black Crowes. Having seen the band nearly 50 times, including being present for most of the recording of their final album, Gathje is uniquely qualified to try to convince our skeptical hosts that The Black Crowes are more than a very, very successful bar band. Enjoy the show!

Lisa Vonderharr joins the show to expose the scandalous secrets of the world of television's Gossip Girl. We look at the show's promising pilot and it's bonkers finale with little to no context between them! Also, Tim and Dirn attempt to cultivate some haters for the show by alienating the Amish.

Tim and Dirn have no guest this episode (though the great Producer/Engineer Andy adds his insights throughout)and they discuss the bookends of the Super Mario Brothers series from 1985's Super Mario Bros. to 2013's Super Mario 3D World. Strap on your P-Wing and enjoy the show!

Aaron Connor, of the hilarious Tidbits from Minnesota podcast, joins the show to talk about CAKE. The band, not the food. We discuss the band's 1994 debut, Motorcade of Generosity, and 2011's Showroom of Compassion which remains the band's most recent album.

In Part 2 of our WrestleMania discussion Dave Ammentorp rejoins the show to cover WrestleMania XXX.

Lifelong wrestling fan Dave Ammentorp joins the show to talk about the first and last WrestleManias he watched, the sixth and thirtieth editions of the event respectively.

Dan "The Sandu" Fulton joins the show to talk about his love for the classic NBC sitcom "Cheers." Dan was a great guest and is an even better singer/songwriter. Be sure and check his stuff right here on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/dpfulton) and his Facebook page, (http://facebook.com/danpatrickfulton).

The discussion closes on Ben Folds' Five debut, self-titled album, and turns to 'The Sound of the Life of the Mind.' The guys also debate whether you really can't wear the t-shirt of the band you're going to see. Later, Tim misstates a friend's medical condition and looks like a moron.

The first "real" episode of The Bookends Podcast features Kaleb Stattmiller joining Tim and Michael to talk about his favorite band, Ben Folds Five. Of course being Bookends we look specifically at their debut, self titled, album and their (to date) last album which they'd record 17 years and one band break-up later, "The Sound of the Life of the Mind". Both albums are available on Spotify if you'd to check them out before or after listening to us dissect them. We enjoyed our conversation with Kaleb so much we decided to split it into two parts. Part 2 will be posted here next week. Thanks for listening!

Tim and Dirn spend an hour discussing who they are and what the podcast is going to be. Well, they spend about 5 minutes doing that and another 55 minutes goofing off.