Week Didn't Start

Boxing! Grokking! Things that make us mad! We give a LOT of lyrical real estate to the Picasso raffle lady. We revisit the question "WHAT IS NEWS?" and we also tease a new format for next week... Highlights: "Marciano," "British Politician Sex," Gilgamesh tablet returned from the Hobby Lobby Museum, Doja Cat saying "gang sunk that dunker" ----more---- We recap and discuss the week'

What are those burning photos? Who is the baby? Why isn't Billy warning them?? Does the video predict THE FUTURE??? Bra burning! Pre-internet memes! Lucille Ball impersonations! Making up for things that aren't in the song! So many toys! Jack Ruby! The Joel-centric bias! The song is NOT in order! We discuss the 1989 music video for "We Didn't Start the Fire," directed by Mark Blum.

Baseball! Sh*tty people resurfacing in the news! Playing the "meta game!" How many people in this song are still alive in 2020?? Highlights: Mickey Mantle, Designated Hitters in the National League, Bernie Goetz, Shkreli/Goetz/Manafort/Kabuga ----more---- We recap and discuss the week's news by forcing ourselves to write it into the lyrical format of Billy Joel's 1989 hit "We Didn'

The word "slog" returns! What do Billy Joel and Puck from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" have in common? What about Giannis Antetokounmpo and George Stephanopoulos? Sam has no choice but to stan Colombo! Is an octameter just two tetrameters? Highlights: Cannabis laws, "Angels in Disguise," British Beatlemania, Little Rock

Trochaic Octameter! The "We Didn't Start the Fire" music video! The Google News Archive! Rib injury! Disco ball batteries! Highlights: Missing great white sharks, Sudan bans genital mutilation, Ole Miss, England's got a new Queen

We are getting INTO IT. Lowercase news words. Leslie Jamison! A unified theory of Billy Joel bias! Other songs?? Nobel Laureates! "Next Stop Greenwich Village!" Highlights: Pasternak, Dylan, Mark Warner's tuna melt, Travis Scott's Fortnite concert

Long toast! The rules of the song! Syllables! Our favorite TikTok account! How do you say "no-go" in French? And we can't take "I can't take it anymore" anymore! Highlights: Princess Grace, Chubby Checker, Poland protests, Chess upset

We both had a lot to say this week. We discuss the impact of c*****v***s, the lyrical artistry of B***y J**l, toying with the chronological order, syllable stress, and the camera toilet. Highlights: Payola, Dacron, Cavallari Bahamas drama, Yemen Ceasefire

We are... really enjoying this now? This episode was recorded as a video- we're gonna keep doing that. We talk about Nixon showing up in the song twice, which makes us feel better about our repeats. Also, we are filled with terror to learn that the song is coming from inside the news. Highlights: Studebaker, Stranger in a Strange Land, FDA blood donor ban, Irish PM practices medici

Our first remotely recorded episode! The show was driving us insane- now it might be keeping us sane??? We discuss Cohen brothers spoilers, how we are breaking through the constant bad news, and we use the word "horny" a LOT. Highlights: Peyton Place, The King and I, Ikaria Warioota, the Kinkularity