Empty Checking With Derek Brink

In this episode, I talk about music from Matt Berry, Mumford & Sons, Elton John & Brandi Carlile, and Coheed & Cambria. (Lots of "&" bands!) I also touch on the movie Empire Records (super hot topical!) and the latest episode of Doctor Who. It's a little shorter than a typical episode, but no less fun! Enjoy! Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com Bandcamp: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com email: db@derekbrink.com Time Index: 0:00 - Intro 8:24 - Music Break - Remember Me 8:53 - Recent Listening 9:10 - Matt Berry - Heard Noises 14:59 - Mumford & Sons - Rushmere 21:29 - Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes in Angels? 25:20 - Coheed & Cambria - The Father of Make Believe 29:59 - Music Break - Out from the Light 30:30 - Recent Viewing 30:50 - Empire Records 36:55 - Doctor Who 40:06 - Music Break - Born in this Town 40:37 - Outro, including me being mad at Liquid Death

IT HAS BEEN WAY TOO LONG!!! It's nice to be doing episodes again! In this one, I'm talking about a bunch of music that I haven't talked about yet, from Post Malone (surprise!), Patterson Hood, Jason Isbell, Rufus Wainwright, Bob Mould, Japanese Breakfast, and My Morning Jacket. It's a fun return to form, and I hope you dig it! So dig it! Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com Email: db@derekbrink.com Bandcamp: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com Time Index: 0:00 - Intro 12:23 - Music Break - I Hope You're Happy 12:53 - Recent Listening 12:53 - Post Malone - F-1 Trillion 14:48 - Patterson Hood - Exploding Trees and Airplane Screams 23:05 - Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow 31:47 - Rufus Wainwright - Dream Requiem 36:21 - Bob Mould - Here We Go Crazy 37:30 - Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women) 43:25 - My Morning Jacket - Is (Plus an interlude talking about my cat McGuire!) 48:17 - Music Break - Denouement 48:47 - Outro

TL;DR - Some good things happened and you'll get a new episode within the week! Thank you for your patience!

Just a quick update on where I've been and why! new episodes soon!!

Can you believe we're at episode #200?!? Very appropriate that it should be a Fab 15, and that the list should be "Songs with Numbers in Their Titles!" Sometimes things just line up. As always, your Papa Dave and Uncle Derek are bringing you the goods! This is a fun and somewhat concise talk, and I think you'll love it. Check it out! Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com Bandcamp: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com / http://fromthebrink.bandcamp.com  email: db@derekbrink.com MonDaves with Dave: http://davidbrink.home.blog  Spotify playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/317eypfciiajkyay2kxloz3kreoa?si=f046115ad0514079  Time Index: 0:00 - Intro 5:21 - Explanation and rules for the list 11:24 - #15 - Seven Nation Army - White Stripes / Take Five - Dave Brubeck 15:34 - #14 - Two Princes - Spin Doctors / I'm the One - Descendents 22:10 - #13 - Just the Two of Us - Grover Washington Jr / One - U2 27:09 - #12 - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - Proclaimers / 2112 - Rush 31:58 - #11 - One - Three Dog Night / Thirteen - Bi

In this episode I talk about music from Guided By Voices, Loudon Wainwright III, and the Twin Peaks soundtrack, then my recent viewing of (sigh) Cop Out and the SNL 50th Anniversary show. Then I talk about and play a new guitar I bought for a little bit. There's something for...well not everybody...but some people! Enjoy! Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com Bandcamp: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com Email: db@derekbrink.com Time Index: 0:00 - Intro 11:21 - Music Break: Live Your Life 11:51 - Recent Listening 12:16 - Guided By Voices - Universe Room 15:36 - Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Live in London 18:27 - Twin Peaks - Limited Event Series Soundtrack 23:23 - Music Break: Every Day 23:54 - Recent Viewing 24:25 - Cop Out 33:22 - SNL 50th Anniversary 51:56 - Music Break - Heaven Knows 52:27 - My new guitar! 1:06:15 - Music Break: Those Things 1:06:45 - Outro

In this episode, I talk about some art on my walls and some music in my speakers! I touch on cool art from local artists Sarah Kelly and Dan Zettwoch then music from Sharon Van Etten, Flogging Molly (sorta), Lambrini Girls, and I spend a LONG time talking about the new Dream Theater album. Dig it! Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com Bandcamp: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com email: db@derekbrink.com Time Index: 0:00 - Intro 11:52 - Music Break: Nobody Else 12:24 - Cherokee Print Bazaar Purchases 32:08 - Music Break: Everybody Shut Up 32:39 - Recent Listening: 33:23 - Sharon Van Etten - Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory 36:05 - Flogging Molly - GET WELL SOON, DAVE KING 38:27 - Lambrini Girls - Who Let the Dogs Out 41:05 - Dream Theater - Parasomnia 1:06:49 - Music Break: Always 1:07:19 - Outro

In this episode, I mostly just talk about The Get Up Kids, because I saw them in concert last week. I had fun with this one. I hope you do, too! Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com Bandcamp: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com email: db@derekbrink.com Time Index: 0:00 - Intro 13:31 - Music Break - TralfamadOverture 14:02 - The Get Up Kids 49:18 - Music Break - If It's Raining 49:49 - Outro

It's the first new episode of the year! And we're starting off on a cheery foot by paying tribute to David Lynch, Tony Slattery, and Bob Uecker...but then we talk about In & Out, The 4:30 Movie, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, and Moonage Daydream. I think you'll like it, if you'll take the time. Thanks! blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com music: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com email: db@derekbrink.com Time Index: 0:00 - Intro Music Break: Losing Sleep Tributes: Tony Slattery David Lynch Bob Uecker Music Break: Absent Friends Movies: In & Out The 4:30 Movie Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Moonage Daydream Music Break: Chekhov's Rights Outro

SMALL delay in the upload! Here's my apology. real episode coming VERY soon!

A quick apology for not having a new episode yet, and also I bid farewell to British Comedian Tony Slattery.

Are you at one of those New Year's Eve get-togethers where you might as well pop in your ear buds and listen to a podcast? Well your Uncle Derek and Papa Dave have you covered! Just under the wire, we're counting down our FAB 15 Albums of 2024! So either put down that glass of champagne or make it a double, and enjoy our nonsense for a while! Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com  Email: db@derekbrink.com  Spotify Playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/317eypfciiajkyay2kxloz3kreoa?si=f046115ad0514079  Dave's Blog: http://davidbrink.home.blog   Music: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com  Time Index: 0:00 - Intro 6:30 - The topic at hand: Fab 15 Albums of 2024 11:38 - Rules for this list 12:54 - The FAB 15! 12:54 - #15 18:17 - #14 26:15 - #13 33:59 - #12 40:28 - #11 48:49 - #10 54:49 - #9 1:00:18 - #8 1:07:31 - #7 1:12:21 - #6 1:19:37 - #5 1:26:29 - #4 1:32:41 - #3 1:36:44 - #2 1:41:06 - #1 1:43:21 - Honorable Mentions 1:53:43 - Working on a final 15, and the TERRIFIC TEN! 1:56:46 - A coin toss! And then add

This episode is pretty off the cuff and touches on everything from buying new pillows to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Lord of the Rings, a couple Albert Brooks movies, and Van Halen. So...there! Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com email: db@derekbrink.com I think the time index might be a little off this week. I had to make some weird corrections that I don't usually have to worry about. So sorry if that's wrong...but there ya' go. 0:00 - Intro 8:27 - This Is Your Christmas 8:57 - Pillows, Record Store Day, and Van Halen 21:38 - O Holy Night 22:08 - Recent Watching 22:08 - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles 29:22 - Lord of the Rings 39:27 - Real Life 43:11 - Mother 46:21 - A Promise Worth Keeping 46:51 - Outro

What's that? You're stuck in a house having a meal with people you'd rather avoid and need something to be thankful for? Well bust out those ear buds and be thankful that your Uncle Derek and Papa Dave have a new FAB 15 for you! This week we're counting down our FAB 15 Band of the 1990s! It was a fun talk and I think you'll have a good time either learning about or re-living a really interesting time in music history, and maybe you'll hear a few names you'll want to check out. Dig it on your podcast app of choice or at the link in the comments! Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com email: db@derekbrink.com Bandcamp: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com  Dave's Blog: http://davidbrink.home.blog Spotify Playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/317eypfciiajkyay2kxloz3kreoa?si=f046115ad0514079 Time Index: 0:00 - Intro 5:20 - On the Subject of the 1990s 15:19 - Rules for the List 20:15 - THE LIST 20:15 - #15 25:37 - #14 32:20 - #13 42:27 - #12 51:31 - #11 1:05:26 - #10 1:05:36 - #9 1:14:26 - #8 1:19:58 - #7 1:28:49

In this episode, we talk about a ton of music from MC5, The Coward Brothers, The Cure, High on Fire, Iron & Wine, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and Kim Deal. I touch on some other stuff, too...but that's most of it. Welcome back to the show being normal, even if other stuff isn't! Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com email: db@derekbrink.com Time Index: 0:00 - Intro 10:39 - I Wanna Write Songs for You 11:09 - Music Reviews 12:32 - MC5 - Heavy Lifting 16:50 - The Coward Brothers 21:22 - The Cure - Songs of a Lost World 24:46 - High on Fire 29:21 - Iron & Wine - Light Verse 36:01 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Glasgow Eyes 37:40 - Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More 43:20 - Safari 43:50 - Outro Thanks for your support!

This IS NOT a standard episode of Empty Checking. If you are unfamiliar with the show, this is not a good starting point. This upload is my reaction to the recent election in America and also includes my thoughts on the Christian Church and its relationship to politics. This is VERY FAR REMOVED from the typical, fun nature of this show. But I felt like it needed to be said and I needed to make my position clear, as the person behind this podcast. If you want to skip this one, I more than understand. But I think there are probably some of you who really need to hear it. Also, I've been suffering from walking pneumonia and you can definitely hear that in my voice in this upload. Sorry about all the inhaling that gets more and more pronounced as the talk goes on. Thanks. -Uncle Derek

I'm taking a week off from full episodes, but I wanted to take a moment to encourage you to VOTE and make the sane choices, and also let you know what's getting me through the stress of this week. Here's hoping the next upload will be a HAPPY one! Take care of yourself.

This episode goes a lot of sleep-deprived directions in under an hour. That's fun, right? I definitely talk about the passing of Teri Garr, then music from Matthew Sweet (and his current medical issues), Justin Rutledge, Devin Townsend, Japandroids, and The Pixies. I round it out by talking about the Rocky Horror Show video game and Lost in America. It's kinda nuts, but I think you'll enjoy it! Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com Music: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com email: db@derekbrink.com Matthew Sweet's GoFund Me Time Index: 0:00 - Intro (Including discussion of Teri Garr's passing.) 14:13 - I Hope You're Happy 14:43 - Music Releases (Including Matthew Sweet, Justin Rutledge, Devin Townsend, Japandroids, and Pixies. Sorry I didn't break the time index down further. I'm tired.) 32:13 - Useless 32:43 - Lost In America and the Rocky Horror Show video game. 39:50 - That Weekend (Blue Tattoo) 40:20 - Outro

In this episode, I talk about really old Albert Brooks movies, a new documentary on The Tragically Hip, and (mostly) new music releases from Godspeed You Black Emperor, James and the Shame, Judas Priest, The Linda Lindas, and Pete Townshend. It's a fun one, if you ask me, but I'm the one who recorded it, so who can say? Maybe YOU if you listen to it! Time Index: 0:00 - Intro 6:27 - Live Your Life 6:57 - Recent Watching 7:50 - Defending Your Life 14:47 - Broadcast News 20:16 - The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal 35:12 - Every Day 35:42 - Music Releases 35:42 - Godspeed You Black Emperor - No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead 39:50 - Pete Townshend Live Box Set (That's probably not the name of it, but whatever.) 43:10 - James and the Shame - Nothing Left to Love 45:28 - Judas Priest - Invincible Shield 48:22 - The Linda Lindas - No Obligation 52:02 - Heaven Knows 52:32 - Outro (including talk of Oktoberfest and Ren Faires!)

In this episode about 50% of the things I talk about aren't in the photo because that's how streaming media works! But I talk about my fountain pen collection, the Mr. McMahon documentary, The Grand Tour, Only Murders in the Building, Frasier (briefly), and music from Drive-By Truckers, Alex Lifeson, David Gilmour, Jack White, Nick Lowe, and The Heavy Heavy. I got a lot of stuff into this one! Check it out! Blog: http://emptychecking.blogspot.com email: db@derekbrink.com FREE Music: http://derekbrink.bandcamp.com Time Index: 0:00 - Intro, including my probably slightly bad take on Dave Grohl. 8:32 - Losing Sleep 9:02 - Fountain Pens! 19:02 - Slainte 19:32 - Recent Watching/Podcasts (Including Mr. McMahon, The Grand Tour, Only Murders in the Building, Frasier, and Pod Meets World 33:40 - Safari 34:10 - Recent Listening (Including Drive-By Truckers, Alex Lifeson, David Gilmour, Jack White, Nick Lowe, and The Heavy Heavy 49:04 - Where You Are Outro including updates on my chair, a quote from Jim Henson, and more