Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to the round numbered Episode 340!
This week on the show, Ian and Dave have confirmation bias bias; get into name troubles; have trouble with bad bad bullies; take some hungry notes; enjoy old pets; hear about Ian’s problem child; do some hard labour; drink some coffee; reinvent the Noah; admit that less animals means less manure; have some notes; appear on video; find a technicality; watch The Thomas Crown Affair; listen to too much of a song; discover Dave’s celebrity dad; watch a rickety choir; critique Python; cheer for Carol Cleveland; talk Muppets; experience some job disatisfaction; make a PSA; eat cake; and, finally, listen to a Top 5 horse songs list as suggested by Lezah Williamson.
Thanks for listening.
Those Top 5 Horse Songs as compiled by Dave:
1) “Horses on a Stick” by Judy Henske and Jerry Yester from the 1969 album Farewell Aldebaran
2) “Coach and Horses” by The Fall from the 2007 album Reformation Post TLC
3) “Judy and the Dream of Horses” by Belle and Sebastian from the 1996 album If You’re Feeling Sinister
4) “Tennessee Stud” by Doc Watson and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band from the 1971 album Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
5) “Mine’s Not a High Horse” by The Shins from the 2003 album Chutes Too Narrow
and bubbling under as our bonus number six track:
6) “Counting Horses” by Masters of Reality from the 2001 album Deep in the Hole
That Belle and Sebastian doc that Dave mentioned:
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I tend to agree with one of the arguments the Colorado baker’s legal team put to the Supreme Court — that a customized cake is an artistic work and that artists shouldn’t have to create something that runs counter to their religious beliefs. I wouldn’t want to be forced by a law to work for a client on a project that promoted religious or political messages I didn’t agree with. I know this “artist defense” opens the door to photographers, dress makers, stationery printers, musicians, etc., refusing their services to same-sex couples. But the alternative might mean that bakers couldn’t refuse to decorate cakes with, say, pro-life or anti-gay-marriage messages.
Nice selection of horse-themed songs. “Tennessee Stud” kind of reminded me of “The Battle of New Orleans.” I thought maybe Ian was thinking of the “…down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico” ending until he came up with “I sold my soul to the company story.” I wasn’t familiar with the Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses” so I gave that a listen on YouTube too. The Gino Vannelli song of the same title was a big hit the first year when that guy who’s never been on the Sneaky Dragon podcast and I first started going out. We didn’t really have an “our song” as but I considered it our “not our song” as I disagreed with the sentiment. Wild horses, or just a comedy gig in another town, could easily drag him away.
Thanks so much for the horse songs, Dve. I was recently informed by Dave that I went about this the wrong way (or, as I was told, “I was not following the rules!”) – but, as the resident anarchist at Chez Dedrick, me no follow rules, grammar or otherwise. Anyway, what I apparently omitted was this: apparently, I’m supposed to start this with, “My favourite song about horses is Echo and the Bunnyman’s ’80s classic ‘Bring on the Dancing Horses’. Dave, what are your top five horse songs?”
There. Done.