Episode 013: Dan Bern - Regent Street (2019)

For our thirteenth episode, Jon breaks a rule by bringing a recent album to the table - Dan Bern's 2019 album Regent Street. Over the course of an hour, we discuss:
Jon's recent cross-promotional apperance on Pick A Disc with Matthew Latham, in which they discussed a different Dan Bern album.
Why such a recent album was chosen when PLAY DISC is usually a retrospective
Dan Bern's hand injury, how changing his instrument imbued Bern's music with new energy, and how Jon could relate to it
"Dear Tiger Woods" and Bern's career-long fascination with the golfer
The political messages in the songs of Regent Street and the extent to which we agree or disagree with them
How Dan Bern publicly expresses his Jewish identity and our relationship to Judaism (and, sadly, antisemitism)
Whether "Negotiation" is about politics or sex... or both?
What Dan Bern has in common with the Romantic poets of the 18th century
Our picks for the KEY TRACK of Regent Street
The PLAY DISC Request Lottery and a preview of our next episode
Come join us for an hour of thoughtful and good-humored commentary, and we'll catch you on the B-side!
RIP Adam Schlesinger. 1967-2020. One of the best and most prolific songwriters in recent memory, taken from us too soon.
Hear Jon's guest appearance on Pick A Disc here: https://www.spreaker.com/user/wemadethis/1x32-db
Here is the link to the video of the dice roll: https://youtu.be/IIu1K5e0YAo
The spreadsheet Request Lottery picks and their associated numbers can be seen here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xOiYNZduLxz7L2CtNUPK1YOu63ni2XTWpcy1cdB6EQw/edit?usp=sharing You can get your request on this list by donating to our Patreon account at the $5 level or above.
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For our thirteenth episode, Jon breaks a rule by bringing a recent album to the table - Dan Bern's 2019 album Regent Street. Over the course of an hour, we discuss:

Jon's recent cross-promotional apperance on Pick A Disc with Matthew Latham, in which they discussed a different Dan Bern album.
Why such a recent album was chosen when PLAY DISC is usually a retrospective
Dan Bern's hand injury, how changing his instrument imbued Bern's music with new energy, and how Jon could relate to it
"Dear Tiger Woods" and Bern's career-long fascination with the golfer
The political messages in the songs of Regent Street and the extent to which we agree or disagree with them
How Dan Bern publicly expresses his Jewish identity and our relationship to Judaism (and, sadly, antisemitism)
Whether "Negotiation" is about politics or sex... or both?
What Dan Bern has in common with the Romantic poets of the 18th century
Our picks for the KEY TRACK of Regent Street
The PLAY DISC Request Lottery and a preview of our next episode

Come join us for an hour of thoughtful and good-humored commentary, and we'll catch you on the B-side!

RIP Adam Schlesinger. 1967-2020. One of the best and most prolific songwriters in recent memory, taken from us too soon.

Hear Jon's guest appearance on Pick A Disc here: https://www.spreaker.com/user/wemadethis/1x32-db

Here is the link to the video of the dice roll: https://youtu.be/IIu1K5e0YAo

The spreadsheet Request Lottery picks and their associated numbers can be seen here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xOiYNZduLxz7L2CtNUPK1YOu63ni2XTWpcy1cdB6EQw/edit?usp=sharing You can get your request on this list by donating to our Patreon account at the $5 level or above.

Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/PlayDiscPodcast

Follow us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/PlayDiscPodcast/

Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/PlayDiscPodcast

Email us at [email protected]

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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