Make it Stop: A Bad Music Podcast

The Mars Volta - Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos Del Vacio with Ben Stein

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 15:41:00 -0000

FINALLY, after a long hiatus (sorry Stoppies!) we are thrilled/enraged to bring you a truly confounding episode of Make it Stop, where our intrepid hosts engage in the critical work of unraveling the Mars Volta's deeply ill conceived 9th studio album, Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos Del Vacio. Joining us to wade through the murky depths is perpetual pod bestie Ben Stein, who shares Mike's love for the often infuriating, but undoubtedly talented band. Will the love endure through 14 painfully plodding tracks that lack hooks, drums, guitars, and any semblance of a coherent song structure? Will Heather learn to appreciate the obscure lyrical meanderings and intricate layers of jazzy jams or will she crash out entirely? And ultimately, is this the rare story of a band that maybe needs to be doing drugs in order to make a decent album? Find out on this episode of Make it Stop!

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The Worst of Queen

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:11:00 -0000

Howdy folks, we're back back back again with another WRETCH-rospective of a classic and beloved act, documenting and dissecting the 10 worst Queen tracks ever recorded. We're not gonna lie Stoppies, this was a tough one - not because their catalogue is overripe with audio atrocities but because with Freddie Mercury on vocals, Brian May on guitar, and Roger Taylor on drums (sorry to the oft-forgotten John Deacon on bass) it was hard to find TRULY awful tracks. However Mike did manage to dredge up some musical muck including misguided biblical retellings, reluctant talk box synth guitars and scat rap vaudeville singalongs about suicide. Enjoy!*

*enjoyment not guaranteed.

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Christina Aguilera - Bionic with Dave of Battlemode

Tue, 13 May 2025 12:39:00 -0000

Feeling futuristic? Horny and confused? Are your circuits overloaded with indie electro-clash posturing, fembot fantasies, and the desperate clang of a pop star perpetually trying to reboot her identity to decidedly mixed results? This week, we plug into Bionic, Christina Aguilera’s glittery, glitchy, seemingly cursed attempt at beating Lady Gaga in the art pop culture wars of the early 2010s.

Joining us on this cybernetic misadventure is Boston musician and unrivaled electro pop diva Dave of Battlemode, as we unravel the tangled wires of Xtina’s identity crisis, complete with MIA-mimicking monotone choruses, Switch-pop dumbed down dubstep beats, and an inexplicable string of Sia-penned coffeehouse ballads. We dig into the cultural wasteland of 2010, when pop was plastic, femme-powerment was market-tested, and a newly married mom wanted all of us to know how much she wanted you to licky licky yum yum on her Woohoo. Bop, flop, whichever way you slice it....we wish it would STOP. Part of the Pantheon podcast network.

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The Defiant - If I'm Really Being Honest with Dicky Stock and Tom Saunders

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:29:00 -0000

How are you feeling, Stoppies? A little aggrieved? A tad perturbed? Are you ready to get REAL about your DEFIANT opinions on the woke mind virus, how doctors are evil pill pushers, and why Jon Stewart doesn't send you cute little videos on your birthday anymore? This week we cover the precipitous fall of once beloved Cookie Monster-voiced ska dad Dicky Barrett of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, who threw away the cushiest career in showbiz to become an RFK Jr. sycophant and conspiracy huckster. His new band, The Defiant, is the saddest supergroup of MAGA-pilled castaways whose only requirement for joining is presumably that they got kicked out of their previous elder punk bands for having one too many brain worms. Joining us to mourn our fallen soldier is comedian Dicky Stock and musician Tom Saunders, who can both boast membership in high school ska bands and shared suburban legacies with our dear hosts Heather and Mike. We go way off the rails for this one, and extremely heavy on the Massachusetts regional in jokes - who knew Dicky had so many absurdly specific stories about being punched out in green rooms with local hardcore legends? Apologies in advance, but hey, we're just being HONEST.

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Sematary - Screaming Forest (ft. Brian and Julia)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 02:40:00 -0000

Stoppies, are you ready to go to MOUND TOWN? Are you ready to don your trueys, blast some longhorns and hole up with your weird friends in an abandoned shack in the woods to make autotuned nightmare trap about paint by number horror tropes all encased in a thick glue of glitchy witch hop freak shit? Well WE ARE! Our first episode back and we're keeping it in the family with true blue besties Brian and Julez who help us sift through the chopper-ed and screwed weirdness that is Sematary, a Northern California bred freak show making modern day Monster Mashups for troubled teens. Do we hate it? Do we get it? Does it matter? Find out on this episode of MAKE IT STOP!

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Bad Music is Back!

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:04:00 -0000

Get ready for the hilarious return of the Make It Stop podcast! Hosts Heather and Mike Dunn are back starting April 15th, delivering funny music commentary and scathing critiques of the worst music out there. If you love podcasts that break down bad music with sharp opinions and hot takes, especially focusing on recent releases, Make It Stop is your destination. Expect new episodes packed with bad music analysis every other Tuesday. Follow Make It Stop wherever you listen to podcasts so you don't miss a single terrible track.

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Van Morrison - Latest Record Project Disc 2 (w/ Mark Gallagher)

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 12:34:00 -0000

Have you got our latest podcast project? It's time for even MORE of that Van you love to hate, because we're deep diving into round 2 of this miserable musical end of life crisis. Joining us this round is comedian and "famous coward" Mark Gallagher, known for his hilarious character work and his deep, deep appreciation of ornery out of touch white rock stars with God complexes and a chip on their shoulder the size of their ex-wife. Maybe not the second part. Either way, this disc is less wife-hatred and more life-hatred, specifically towards mask-wearers, public health officials, and the proverbial "they" who "own the media". Whoever could he be referring to? Hope you enjoy this blustering, bloviating batshit fuckery, 'cause we sure as hell didn't.

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Van Morrison - Latest Record Project Vol. 1 Part 1 (w/ Brandon Vallee)

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 21:16:00 -0000

Welcome Back, Stoppies! We're officially rounding the corner on a whole 100 episodes and 5 seasons of musical masochism, so thank you for your patience in advance for what will likely be a much more relaxed release schedule this time around. As punishment for our tardiness we kick off the "fun" by attempting to tackle cantankerous Celtic crooner Van Morrison's Latest Record Project Volume 1. An album that finds the short statured human neck lamenting the endless persecution he has suffered and continues to suffer at the callous hands of his ex-wife as well as the deep state. For Van the only thing worse than paying alimony and child support is having to wear a mask while you do it, and make no mistake he will let you know exactly how he feels about it, over babby's first 12 bar blues, for about 6 minutes at a time, about 28 times in a row. Your fave, returning guest Brandon Vallee, gets roped in to try to parse which of the two boogeymen Van is railing against on any given track, and now we're worried he'll never talk to us again. A wild night is calling, but don't blame us for what happens when you answer. Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network!

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Season 4 Finale - Ska vs. Nu Metal Thunderdome (w/ Ethan Marsh)

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 19:59:00 -0000

Alright stoppies, it's the moment you've all been waiting for - a knock down, drag out deathmatch between two deeply embarrassing teenage genres of the late 90s: Nu Metal vs. 3rd Wave Ska. Nu Metal Mike vs. Perpetual Ska Kid Heather battle it out with fan of both genres and very funny comedian Ethan Marsh reffing to make sure there's no wallet chain yanking or funny trombone stuff going on, keeping it a good clean fight. Representing Nu Metal is of course the legendary Florida miscreants Limp Bizkit who know their way around a sick riff, heavy bassline and a catchy sgriggedy scratchy DJ Lethal breakdown on 1999's Significant Other. Challengers and fellow Floridians Less than Jake take on the nu metal megastars with 1998's Hello Rockview, a stalwart of the ska-punk pantheon and catchy and fun in their own right, if a little repetitive as they make sure every song calls out how lame and boring Florida is (we agree). Which embarassing genre will reign supreme as the least worst? Find out on our EPIC SEASON 4 FINALE - Enjoy!

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Crash Test Dummies - Give Yourself a Hand (w/ Mistress Carrie)

Tue, 25 May 2021 17:18:00 -0000

MMM MMMM MMMM...nah. The world was briefly captivated in the early 90s by Brad Roberts' low, smoldering baritone and his band of eccentric Canadian rockers the Crash Test Dummies. The one hit hit hard, but after a string of sloppy follow ups, the Dummies were in the doldrums by the time 1999's Give Yourself A Hand rolled around. To switch things up they decided to have Roberts sing in a falsetto and let keyboardist Ellen Reid play lead on a few songs for some reason - though those tracks provide the only bright spots in an otherwise chaotically awful album. No wonder their label dropped them after sharting out miserable musical monstrosities like "I Want Your Goo". Getting into the goo with us is none other than legendary Boston Rock Goddess Mistress Carrie of the Mistress Carrie Podcast and formerly of 107.3 WAAF (rest in peace), who does her best to honor the artistic intent while also eviscerating their bleating boring bullshit. It's a heck of an episode folks, and it's MMM MMM bad. Enjoy!

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Billy Idol- Cyberpunk (w/ Manny Raposo)

Fri, 14 May 2021 01:57:00 -0000

We're killing our Idols this week as we surf the circuits of cyber hell with none other than Billy Idol, who in 1993 was an aging "punk" desperately clinging to relevance while soaked in a haze of club drugs and heroin. But the drug called The Internet became the most addictive of all as he lazily skimmed Neuromancer and decided he was the ultimate authority on the emergent cyberpunk culture, to the point of audaciously making it the title of his album. Orchestra hits, sexy spoken word, sitars and self indulgent interludes abound on this 20 track digital disaster, though we have a blast surfing through the cybersludge with guest Manny Raposo who helps us contextualize this virtual insanity. Does it work? Not in the slightest, but it's also a hell of a fun ride.

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Jack White - Boarding House Reach

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 10:50:48 -0000

We're reaching, and retching this week as we take a deep dive into Jack White's version of a musical midlife crisis, 2018's Boarding House Reach. Vocoder, hot topic spoken word poetry and RAPPING all make an appearance on this bloated collection of song stems, incoherent rambles, and riffless meandering sonic slogs that sound like the last gasps of a former musical genius. Most damning of all is the fact that more than half the songs aren't even songs at all - a far cry from the tight, furtive garage rock of Mr. White's heyday. It's sure to disappoint you as much as it did us, so reach around and hold on tight. It's bound to be a bumpy ride.

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March Badness PART DEUX Finale: Chainsmokers vs. Twenty One Pilots (w/ Garvey Salomon)

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:50:02 -0000

All bad things must come to an end, and so we must say goodbye to this year's M-M-M-M-MARCH BADNESS. But before we can finally rid ourselves of this curse, a winner must be crowned. It's a true Cinderella Story this year, as the 6 seed Twenty One Pilots defied all odds, making it all the way to the finals to take on the 1 seed Chainsmokers. It's Blurryface vs Memories... Do Not Open, two albums considered by many to be the worst that the 2010s have to offer. Lethargic broDM, modern reggae rippity-rapping, all the worst aspects of millennial music is on display in this breathtaking finale. Mike and Heather are joined by friend of the pod, man about town, and unflappable sports expert Garvey Salomon. The debate is lively, the music is dreadful, but there can only be one winner! Whose tunes will shoot for the moon? Whose compositions will win the competition? Whose album will determine the outcome? FIND OUT TODAY ON THE M-M-M-M-MARCH BADNESS FINALE! Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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March Badness PART DEUX Semifinals Round 2: Will.i.am vs. Twenty One Pilots (w/ Brian and Julez)

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 01:33:00 -0000

It's a bad, bad world Stoppies, and tonight's gonna be a long night as we go head to head with some of the most godawful garbage we've ever had to haul on this dumb, tragic show. Longtime besties and very funny friends Brian and Julez hold our hands as we wade through the muck of the legendarily insufferable Will.i.am whose dumb dumb drivel about girls' Donques nearly drives us off a cliff, but will it be enough to surmount the self-satisfied, homeschooled Christian theater kid sad sack jazz-rap of 21 Pilots? It's a race to the bottom once again, and at least we're enjoying the ride. All aboard, stoppies! This one's worth the trip. Part of Pantheon Podcasts.

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March Badness PART DEUX Semifinals Round 1: 311 vs. Chainsmokers (w/ Maggie and Ashleigh of Rock Candy Podcast)

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:24:00 -0000

Things are heating up as March Badness moves into the S-S-SEMI FINALS. Rippity rappity reggaety rockity 311 adds dubstep and Imagine Dragons-style indie to their bloated repertoir on 2019's Voyager, and that album goes head to head with the massively maligned one seed Chainsmokers' dashed off and cast aside nothing-album Sick Boy (2018). It is a HEATED battle this week, Stoppies, as we are joined by our dear friends Maggie and Ashleigh from the Rock Candy Podcast. Don't miss the spectacle, the passion, the joy of victory, the agony of defeat, the grinding misery of having to listen to all these awful albums for the entire month of March. We hate our lives! M-M-M-MARCH BADNESSSSSSSSSS.

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March Badness PART DEUX Round 1, Episode 2: Train vs. 21 Pilots (w/ Nick Ortolani)

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 02:07:00 -0000

On Make it Stop we continue to hone in on a central thesis of bad music - that no matter the genre, no matter the age or era, all bad music begins to flow together into the same swirling cesspool of shit. Nowhere is this more apparent than in tonight's episode of March Badness pitting whiny wine mom fantasy husband Pat Monahan and his band Train against nu-indie-rap-emo-Christian-rock disasters Twenty One Pilots. There exists a synchronicity of sanctimonious and deeply inane drivel so intense that there are several points in which the tracks blend seamlessly into one another, one ukelele riff at a time, synthetic hand clap in hand clap. Joining us on this doomed journey is returning guest and Boston comedian Nick Ortolani, who almost fully cracks as we deep dive into the shallow crevices of these cursed albums. It's a race to the bottom as we duke it out song by song to see which terrible white men are the least worst, and you'll be tearing your hair out till the very end. This is not a Drive By, stoppies. We're just shy guys, looking for a two-ply Hefty bag to hold our love. Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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March Badness PART DEUX Round 1, Episode 1: Staind vs. 311 (w/ Messiah Carey)

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:44:00 -0000

It's that time yet again, Stoppies. M-M-M-MARCH B-B-B-BADNESSSSSSSS. Our annual tournament to determine the worst of the worst is back, and it's time for six elite-level awful musical acts to duke it out for the trophy (we should have a trophy, huh). The first match of the Preliminary Round pits Western Mass's own constipated sad dads Staind against the funkiest white boys from Nebraska, 311. As they go blow for blow we are joined by dear friend and Worcester legend Shane Hall AKA Messiah Carey, who brings fantastic insight, making the Staind-to-Honkyball connection we never knew we needed. Who will emerge victorious? Whose tunes will reign inferior? Find out on Make It Stop's World of Sports Presents: March Badness: Part Deux! Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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The Clash - Cut the Crap (w/ Brandon, Jack and Meagan from Time and Place)

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 15:15:04 -0000

They were the only band that mattered, but by 1985 they were in tatters. The Clash's swan song Cut The Crap is infamous in the music world, regarded by some as the worst album ever made. Having split with co-frontman and primary songwriter Mick Jones, Joe Strummer soldiered on with a few savvy studio musicians and his egomaniacal manager Bernard Rhodes. Together they set out to prove that they didn't need no Mick Jones and they could do it all themselves. Laden with studio trickery, drum machines, and 40 layers of identical sounding buzzsaw Les Pauls, the album is truly a chore to listen to, an all-time misfire from one of the greats. Mike and Heather are joined by Brandon, Meagan and Jack from Time and Place, because we knew they loved The Clash and we wanted to traumatize them. Fingerpop!

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Green Day - Father of all... (w/ Ben Stein)

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 00:02:00 -0000

In 1994 three meth addled young punks from Oakland released an album that changed the musical landscape for decades, building the bridge that shepherded California pop punk from the fringes to the mainstream. 26 years and 10 albums later as, presumably, meth addled old punks, they released an album that changed nothing but the minds of longtime fans holding out one last hope for a return to form, shepherding soulless hockey anthems from the pro tools interface to the rink to the graveyard. Green Day’s Father of All Motherfuckers was an easy pick for our worst of 2020 list, and as lifelong Green Day apologists we figured it warranted a deep dive. We’re joined by friend of the show and ska trumpeter Ben Stein. The album clocks in at a paltry 26 minutes, but it packs enough nostalgia-shattering trauma over that span to make basket cases of us all.

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Vanilla Ice - Mind Blowin' (w/ VQ of BLOWW and Izzy Da Rosa)

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:00:00 -0000

It's Black History Month, which means it's the perfect time for another round of Eviscerating White Nonsense with returning white rapper roundup participant VQ of BLOWW and Boston comedian Izzy Da Rosa. The object of our ire this time is of course the ultimate Great White Embarassment Vanilla Ice and his 1992 follow up to his megahit debut album, the incredibly misinformed and extremely poorly executed "Mind Blowin". Featuring profoundly sad attempts to flex his 'gangsta rap' chops, references to smoking bales of 'hootie mac', and painfully corny sex tomes that dry up our collective vaginas quicker than old roller rink pizza under a heat lamp, this is a truly awful album. However modern day attempts to contextualize the infamous Ice invite us to consider - was Robert Matthew Van Winkle really all that bad, after all? Spoiler alert: yes, yes he was. Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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The Stooges - The Weirdness (w/ Kira Roessler of Black Flag and Sophia Belle)

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 19:55:00 -0000

Things get spicy on this week's Make It Stop as Heather and Mike are joined by veritable hardcore legend Kira Roessler (Black Flag, Dos, Awkward) and local up-and-coming musician Sophia Belle (Home Despot) to discuss The Stooges' 35-years-in-the-making fourth album The Weirdness (2007). As Heather, Mike and Sophia do their best to malign Iggy Pop and his history-making and genre-defining band for their iffy production choices, cringe lyrics and uninspiring arrangements, Kira takes them all to task, vehemently defending the band and making us all ask important questions such as: Does our criticism has any value? Why do we have to be such assholes? Is our own music really any better than this? And why exactly do we have such a problem with lyrics about dicks turning into trees? You won't want to miss this one, Stoppies. Part of the Pantheon Podcast network.

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Worst Music of 2020

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 21:08:00 -0000

2020 is coming to an end, may it rot and burn in hell, and as expected an unimaginably awful year brought us a slew of unimaginably awful albums. Mike and Heather can barely keep it together as they lament the slow death of culture and the creeping Post Malone-ification of all music. Everything sucks and it's going to suck forever. Genres become meaningless as all music melts into one big endless lo fi hip hop beat to study to Youtube stream. Personal taste becomes homogenized across the board by algorithms. It's a hellscape all around, and now we bring you the 10 worst songs from the 10 worst albums bestowed up on us by this cursed year. Some real heavy hitters here. Stoppie discretion is advised.

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Duck Dynasty - Duck The Halls with Alex and Liv

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 16:32:00 -0000

Stoppies, we know you know what Christmas is all about - materialist accumulation, wealth hoarding, Judeo-Christian values, heteronormative baking rituals, duck sex, beards. Thank the Christian God that we found an album that perfectly embodies that spirit. This Holiday Season we're talking about Duck Dynasty's 2013 Christmas Cash-in album Duck The Halls, and we're diving right in while our little webbed feet waddle in the air. Heather's music deprived husband Alex and Mike's heathen life partner Liv join in so we can flex our strong family values. It's just what you always wanted to find under the tree - a painful retread of the 2013 Tea Party-style culture wars and an exploration of how Duck Dynasty paved the way for Trump's takeover of the right. O Come All Ye Faithful. Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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Florida Georgia Line - Can't Say I Ain't Country (w/ Susie Jeanne of BLOWW)

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 23:45:00 -0000

We're riding the honky tonk high speed rail all the way to the bank this week with the be-flannelled, bud' chuggin' y'all boys of Florida Georgia Line and their 2019 bro-country daggum opus "Can't Say I Ain't Country". Actual Country Gal Jeanne "Susie Newsie" Mansfield of BLOWW regales us with badass backwoods tales of burning couches and shooting flaming arrows in rural Missouri while jammin' to the sweet sounds of country music on the terrestrial radio. We learn that country livin' actually sounds pretty daggum fun while being swept away by the extremely goofy country concoctions of Florida and Georgia, and give them way too much credit for being pro-gun control and getting a hysterectomy. Don't worry, there's plenty of godawful trash like country-RnB, country rap, and other horrible hybrids that make this worthy of being Stopped, even though it's a pretty doggone good time. Hop in the Tesla-pickup hybrid and giddy up, because this one's a helluva ride! Part of the Pantheon Podcasts network.

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Thanksgiving KornuKopia with Alex Dunn and Brian Melanson

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:03:01 -0000

Due to KOVID-19, Heather and Mike won't be getting uncomfortably drunk around their families this Thanksgiving, so instead they've decided to get uncomfortably drunk together over Zoom. To make it a family affair they're joined by Alex Dunn (Mike's Brother), and Brian Melanson (Heather's Pretend Dad). It's time for a tWiSteD Turkey Day 'cause we're feasting on a veritable KORNUKOPIA. The Blackout Power Hour is back. Over 60 songs, over 60 sips, it's enough KoRn to bind up your system for days on end. This episode starts off the rails and plummets off a cliff as we all rapidly become too drunk to podcast. We're sorry about this one. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Train - Save Me, San Francisco (w/ Emily Ruskowski and Jane Doe)

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 20:55:00 -0000

This week our hearts are beating right out of our untrimmed chests as we take a ride on the monorail of monotony. Train drizzled onto the scene in 1998 with their humble hit "Meet Virginia" and followed that up with milquetoast smash "Drops of Jupiter" in 2001, but it wasn't until "Hey Soul Sister" that they truly wormed their way into every human being's hearts and minds as the corniest soft rockers on the planet. Comedian and returning guest Emily Ruskowski and Boston area burlesque performer Jane Doe join Heather and Mike to discuss the album that birthed "Hey Soul Sister", 2009's Save Me, San Francisco. Can they withstand this ultimate test of their aural fortitude against the unending torrent of ukulele riffs, dad jokes and tepid arrangements? Will they reveal the conspiracy that allowed Train to flourish as our mom's flip phone ring tones and made lead singer Pat Monahan run for a Senate seat in New Hampshire? You won't want to miss a single thing we do... tonight.

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Bobby 'Boris' Pickett - The Original Monster Mash (w/ Andrew Wiley)

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:24:52 -0000

I was working in the lab late one night

When my ears beheld a dreadful blight

For Bobby "Boris" Pickett began to write

An album which, to no surprise

Was really wack -- he made the monsters wack

The "Monster Mash", it was the only good track

The rest is wack -- the rest is really wack

He made it wack -- just stick to "Monster Mash"

From our laboratory in Everett Mass

We reviewed The Original Monster Mash

Andrew Wiley came from his humble abode

To join us in tearing down this load

Of monster crap -- he made the monsters wack

The "Monster Mash", it was the only good track

The rest is wack -- the rest is really wack

He made it wack -- just stick to "Monster Mash"

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Kid Rock - Rock N Roll Jesus (w/ Alli Thresher and Squallie Greenthumb)

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 17:52:22 -0000

Do you like trying different things? Or do you prefer smoking funny things? This week we're talking about Robbie Ritchie, Bobby Shazam, his name is Kid Rock, that is his name, and if you ask him again, he'll probably call you a slur. He's a conservative flip flopper, a confederate flag loving yankee, a Detroit-repping white rapper who grew up on a princely estate in the 'burbs. In 2007 he recorded an album called Rock N Roll Jesus, with which he purported to be resurrecting the long dormant and nearly forgotten genre of rock. What it is is a bunch of songs where he says racist garbage in the only two notes he can manage while his band does a half hearted Bob Seger impression. It goes on for 57 minutes. Returning guests Squallie Greenthumb and Alli Thresher have to suffer through it all too. It's just a big ol' bummer is what it is. Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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Neil Young - Landing on Water (ft. Mike Hsu and Luke Condon of the Long May You Young Podcast)

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 19:21:39 -0000

After helping mold and define the counter-culture of the late sixties and early 70s, Neil Young pulled an about face in the 80s, throwing his support behind Ronald Reagan, the war on drugs, and welfare reform. Tired of being pigeonholed, he shifted away from the socially conscious folk rock he was known for, releasing a series of headscratching albums that saw him experimenting with rockabilly, banjos and vocoders. Geffen Records became so fed up with his new direction that they sued him for 3.2 million dollars. On the Season 4 premiere of Make It Stop, we discuss the album that came on the heels of that court case's settlement -- 1986's Landing On Water. A bizarre amalgamation of all the worst that the 80s had to offer, the album explodes with ear splitting drums and tinny synths. There is nary a bass player to be found. Neil eschews both the personal and the political in most of his lyrics, instead settling into a banal sort of opacity. Joining the fray to try to make sense of it all are fellow Pantheon podcasters and longtime local legends Mike Hsu and Luke Condon, hosts of deep dive Neil Young podcast Long May You Young. Make It Stop is finally back, dear stoppies. If you missed the bickering and sniping and the endless war between the factions of pro-ska and pro-nu-metal as much as we did, then you're in for quite a treat! Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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Season 4 Trailer

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:40:00 -0000

We're back, back back again for another season of ruthlessly skewering the most miserable musical monstrosities imaginable, as we take on Kid Rock, Train, LMFAO, Billy Idol, and more. Here's a sneak peek of what sinister stuff we have in store for you for our 4th season, dropping September 29th on the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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Season 3 Finale Part 2: Corey Feldman - Angelic 2 The Core (w/ Tooky Kavanagh and Dicky Stock)

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 00:39:21 -0000

(Part 2 of 2).. Alright Stoppies, you sick fucks. You know what time it is, because you assholes voted for it - and we couldn't be prouder/more disgusted. That's right baby, it's time for a Core-tastrophe of epic proportions - a nightmarish plunge into the twisted mind of the "Skrillex you bought on Wish" aka Corey Feldman, best known for starring in classic 80s movies like Stand By Me and the Lost Boys, but almost equally notorious for his serious drug addiction, history of severe mental illness, and of course ludicrously terrible musical forays. However nothing could prepare the public consciousness for 2016's dubstep-nu-metal-ragtime?!-nightmare "Angelic 2 The Core", where no longer Yung Corey debuted on The Today Show with a badly autotuned cigarette skwawk, skintight pleather jeggings, and a harem of dead eyed fembot "Angels" whose backstory is more fucked up than perhaps anything we've EVER discussed on this show. We somehow convince Boston area comedians Tooky Kavanagh and Dicky Stock to "Go 4 It" with us, and after 3 and a half hours of batshit bananas fuckery (our longest episode yet!), we are definitively worse people for it, and there will be no redemption for our listeners either. Sor-ey about it. We split it up into 2 episodes to stretch out the end of our season, but mostly to save your soul.

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Season 3 Finale Part 1: Corey Feldman - Angelic 2 The Core (w/ Tooky Kavanagh and Dicky Stock)

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 22:11:18 -0000

Alright Stoppies, you sick fucks. You know what time it is, because you assholes voted for it - and we couldn't be prouder/more disgusted. That's right baby, it's time for a Core-tastrophe of epic proportions - a nightmarish plunge into the twisted mind of the "Skrillex you bought on Wish" aka Corey Feldman, best known for starring in classic 80s movies like Stand By Me and the Lost Boys, but almost equally notorious for his serious drug addiction, history of severe mental illness, and of course ludicrously terrible musical forays. However nothing could prepare the public consciousness for 2016's dubstep-nu-metal-ragtime?!-nightmare "Angelic 2 The Core", where no longer Yung Corey debuted on The Today Show with a badly autotuned cigarette skwawk, skintight pleather jeggings, and a harem of dead eyed fembot "Angels" whose backstory is more fucked up than perhaps anything we've EVER discussed on this show. We somehow convince Boston area comedians Tooky Kavanagh and Dicky Stock to "Go 4 It" with us, and after 3 and a half hours of batshit bananas fuckery (our longest episode yet!), we are definitively worse people for it, and there will be no redemption for our listeners either. Sor-ey about it. We split it up into 2 episodes to stretch out the end of our season, but mostly to save your soul.

Even though we'll be on summer hiatus, we REALLY want to hear from you! Send us an email at makeitstoppodcast@gmail.com and let us know what albums/artists/ideas we should eviscerate on our next season (if Heather doesn't quit before then...). And make sure to give us more of those #dildodollars by going to AdamandEve.com and using keyword BADMUSIC at checkout!

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Soulja Boy - Souljaboytellem.com (w/ Sean Rosa)

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 17:31:00 -0000

In 2007 there was perhaps no one on earth more notorious than DeAndre Way, better known as Soulja Boy. His signature style of simplified, self-produced snap music swept the world as lead single "Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)" quickly rocketed to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and he made himself a multimillionaire at age 17, no small feat for a young black teenager from Georgia making beats in his bedroom. As his star rose, snarky critics pounced, decrying his success as the final nail in the coffin of both human intellect and music as an art form. Even as oldheads and crotchety critics collectively attempted to boo him out of existence, Soulja Boy kept racking up the Ws, and today boasts a net worth of over $30 million. On Make it Stop's penultimate episode of the season Heather and Mike do their best to reckon with the outrageous context in which Soulja Boy's debut album Souljaboytellem.com wormed its way into the public consciousness, and we try to suss out some meaning, some sort of pithy lesson, from its utterly vapid tracklist. Comedian Sean Rosa joins in as well. We do our best. And who gets to suffer through it with us? YOOOOOOUUUUUUUU! Part of the Pantheon Podcasts Network.

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Liz Phair - Self Titled (w/ VQ)

Tue, 26 May 2020 18:55:00 -0000

Oh, Liz Phair. An indie darling and feminist rock icon who DIY-ed herself into underground superstardom with her classic 1993 album "Exile in Guyville", Phair had gone through some ups and downs musically and personally after her breakout album, putting out a few quietly mediocre albums in the late 90s and getting married, having a child, and divorcing. So why did, at the age of 36, Liz "Fuck and Run" Phair team up with bubblegum pop wizards The Matrix, known for their songcrafting for teen pop ingenues Avril Lavigne and Britney Spears, to write aggressively bland midtempo cougar pablum? No one knows for sure, and certainly nobody wanted it - not her loyal fans, not the young girls the Matrixified monstrosities on the album were seemingly marketed to, and certainly not rock critics, who famously derided the album, with Pitchfork giving it a legendary 0.0 rating. Liz Phair's 2003 self-titled album is a mainstay on numerous Worst Albums of All Time list. But is it really all that terrible? Mostly, yes. Parsing through the poor decision making is returning guest, BLOWW wrestler VQ, who once again is asked to analyze the motivations of self-absorbed white women. Give us your Hot White Cum, stoppies. Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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Aerosmith - Music From Another Dimension (w/ Martin Popoff)

Tue, 12 May 2020 18:29:58 -0000

Aerosmith are regarded as true legends in the classic rock pantheon. As famous for their backstage escapades and interpersonal drama as for their meticulously layered production, bar rock bangers, and multi-platinum power ballads, the band managed to stay in the spotlight for at least four decades, no small feat indeed. Does that mean they've earned the respect of this podcast's intrepid hosts? Dream on. Seasoned rock author and interviewer Martin Popoff joins the fray to take on Aeroesmith's most recent and least successful album, 2012's Music From Another Dimension. This 70 minute slog garnered extremely poor reviews and sold a paltry 63,000 copies, a far cry from their previous platinum selling album Just Push Play. What led to this fall from grace? Was it the fact that it took six years to make? Was it the fact that the band members hated each other so much that they wouldn't even visit a hideously injured Steven Tyler in traction? Or is it just that Aerosmith sucks, has always sucked, and they're finally getting what they deserve? Find out this week on Make It Stop, part of the Pantheon Podcast Network!

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Trapt - Self Titled (w/ Stefan Perrier)

Tue, 05 May 2020 17:10:44 -0000

There can be no denying that we here at Make It Stop are headstrong, and that we will, of course, take on anyone. This week we've set our sights on early aughts nu-emo bruisers Trapt. A flash in the pan that came and went from the public consciousness about as quickly as a band possibly can with their debut 2002 self titled album, nonetheless singer Chris Taylor Brown persisted, reemerging as a cultural force over the past several months as he used the band's Twitter account to tweet non-stop galaxy brain dumbshit high school dropout takes for weeks straight. Heather and Mike revisit that 2002 debut to analyze its place in the butt rock pantheon, joined by music aficionado and friend of the pod Stefan Perrier. This is not where we belong. Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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U2- Songs of Innocence (w/ Ashleigh and Maggie of Rock Candy)

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 21:42:00 -0000

On this week's episode of Make it Stop we continue to rail against insufferable, self-important celebrities who take themselves way too seriously, this time taking aim at U2 and their 2014 album Songs of Innocence, which was famously auto-downloaded to every iPod in America without consent. That being said, it's not too terrible of an album, with some really standout songs along the way, lots of Bono falsetto, some cool storytelling, and the Edge's trademark echoey guitar sounds. There's also the many, many songs that sound like U2 from the 80s fed through an Imagine Dragons filter, which predictably blow. Helping us dig through the manure to find the diamonds are our dear friends Maggie and Ashleigh of the Rock Candy Podcast, our sister show (and fellow Pantheon fam) with the common stated goal of "making fun of assholes". We do the best we can and have a blast with lots of laughs and unnecessary rambles about Bono's sex life (and his canon relationship with Enya). Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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Quarantine Stream: Tonetta

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 21:47:00 -0000

It's been a weird couple of week/month/years, hasn't it #stoppies? While time is beginning to turn in on itself like a surreal nightmarish fractal this podcast is seemingly one of the last things tethering your hosts to any sort of regular schedule or sense of 'normalcy'. Unfortunately, this week's deep dive into the absolutely fucking insane world of Tonetta just took the nightmare fractal and shat on it, ate it up, and spit it back in our faces. Truly devoted uber-stoppie and ultimate Tonetta stan Matthew wrote in with the tip on ol' Tone, offering this tantalizing description:"Tonetta combines the filthy sex lyrics and Canadian trashiness of Chuggo with the chauvinism and chest-thumping of every weekend warrior band you've seen on open mic night at Dad's favorite pub. And there's often a dash of Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs tossed in for a little spice."

If that won't get your blood pumping, what will? Part of the Pantheon Podcast network.

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Quarantine Stream: Joe Exotic

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:35:00 -0000

On today's Make It Stop Heather and Mike take aim at the uniting cultural event that has brought a quarantined America together: Tiger King. Specifically, the music of the King himself, Joe Exotic. Or rather, the music he commissioned someone with a much better (and clearly wildly different) voice to make. Your intrepid hosts react live to no less than 16 of the deposed exotic animal monarch's bizarre music videos, and they have it all -- outrageous outfits, unsubstantiated murder accusations, and six minutes straight of uncut ape death. It was a scarring experience and we're happy to share it with you. Stay safe out there, #Stoppies. Part of the Pantheon Podcast network.

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March Badness FINALE

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 16:00:00 -0000

It's the Worst, Least-Wonderfulest time of the year. March was always a brutal month, but this one is definitely the Baddest on record - with a global pandemic forcing entire cities on lockdown, hospitals desperate for gowns, masks and ventilators, and scary spiky death graphs getting ever more urgently plotted. This is a Bad Time, #stoppies, but what are we to do in a crisis besides doubling down on this, our deepest dive so far into the most despicable, soulless, self-indulgent rock music ever made? As we stand here, dangling on the precipice of total destruction, our precious time on this planet is more important than ever. So relax, grab a tasty quarantine edible or two, and spend the next hour and 45 minutes with us as we argue over whether Nickelback or Imagine Dragons is more bad than the other one. Just like our toes dancing on that cliff's edge, it's a razor thin margin and a heckuva ride, #stoppies. Won't you join us from the safety of your own homes as we settle this, once and for all? Part of the Pantheon Podcasts Network.

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March Badness Semi Finals Episode 2: Imagine Dragons vs. Hollywood Undead (w/ Ben Stein)

Tue, 24 Mar 2020 18:52:00 -0000

Just when you thought March couldn't get any badder, it goes ahead and gets way, way worse. Seriously, what the fuck? With a nation in turmoil, a pandemic growing exponentially more serious by the hour, and all of us confined to our houses in order to attempt to stave off an even more nightmarish dystopian timeline that seems more inevitable each day, what the fuck is a #stoppie to do? What we always do: eviscerate the most miserable audio excrement the industry has to offer. The second March Badness Semifinal round heats up with a head to head battle between horny late stage Warped Tour trashboys Hollywood Undead vs. the audio equivalent of a Crate and Barrel catalog, Imagine Dragons. Distract yourself from the sense of impending doom by deep diving with us and returning guest, dear friend of the pod Ben Stein to decide which stupid band is stupider. It's not like you have anything better to do. Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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March Badness Semi Finals Episode 1: Pitbull vs. Nickelback

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 21:46:00 -0000

As podcasters we are the first line of defense against boredom in these unbearably trying times. As such we here at Make It Stop are *pleased* to bring you Part One of the March Badness Semi-Finals. This round pits Nickelback's 2014 post-butt experiment No Fixed Address against #1 seed Pitbull's 2014 album, which is literally called Globalization. Make It Stop mainstay Brandon Vallee jumps into the fray with Heather and Mike to tackle the nearly impossible task of determining which of these albums is worse. It's the closest match of the tournament thus far. Who will reign supreme!? Tune in to find out!

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March Badness Round 1, Episode 2: Nickelback vs. Maroon 5 (w/ Katie McCarthy)

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 18:30:06 -0000

Round 1 of the 2020 MARCH BADNESS TOURNAMENT continues, this time pitting butt rock legends Nickelback and their 2005 "classic" All the Right Reasons against radio pop stalwarts Maroon 5 and their 2015 album V. Heather and Mike are joined by Make It Stop returnee and extraordinarily funny comedian Katie McCarthy. Together they endure 22 terrible tracks and must make the dreaded decision of which artist has earned a ticket to the semi-finals to take on the first seed, Mr. Worldwide himself, Pitbull. What style of trash will win the day? The sleazy blowjob anthems of Nickelback or the tepid white boy dance pop of Adam Levine and his supposed "band"? Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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March Badness Round 1, Episode 1: Imagine Dragons vs. Eminem (w/ Lilz and Patrick of Jukebox Zeroes)

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 17:00:00 -0000

Welcome to our nightmare, Stoppies! It's our first episode of the 2020 MARCH BADNESS TOURNAMENT, where the lowest rated artists from the past decade duke it out to be crowned the worst of the worst. Today's showdown begins with a familiar foe, bane of the pod Eminem and the 2009 edition of his perpetual tired ass comeback routine, Relapse. Facing off against Marshall is the milquetoast mason jar wedding band Imagine Dragons and their 2014 record Smoke + Mirrors, an album distinguished only by the fact that every song featured on it has probably washed over you in a dentist's waiting room at some point. Helping us navigate this miserable matchup are fellow bad music experts Patrick and Lilz of Jukebox Zeroes, who do their best to provide objective critique while we slowly descend into madness. Who will win (or in this case, lose) - the self deprecating, over compensating musical masochism of Eminem or the literal nothingness of Imagine Dragons? All we know is that no matter who wins in March Badness, we all lose. Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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Pat Boone - In A Metal Mood (w/ Ginny Nightshade and Mike D'Angelo)

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 19:14:12 -0000

In the 1950s, wholesome whitebread protestants were terrified by the so-called "Race Records" of the likes of Little Richard, Charles Singleton and Nat King Cole. Enter Pat Boone, a palatable alternative to both black musicians and the gyrating hips of Elvis Presley. With his milquetoast covers of black artists' original compositions, Pat Boone quickly surged to superstardom, amassing millions of dollars, jumpstarting a career in film and television, and spreading the good word to his avowedly Christian Conservative audience. In 1997, at age 63, Boone decided to try his hand at an entirely new form of cultural appropriation by shedding his cardigan for a leather vest and choker, and recording In A Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy, an album of cover songs by the likes of Alice Cooper, Ronnie James Dio, Metallica, and his neighbor and friend Ozzy Osbourne. Mike D'Angelo and Ginny Nightshade of Old School Game Show join Heather and Mike to discuss this anomaly and its place in Boone's milieu. What exactly compels a Christian Conservative grandpa, birther and avowed homophobe to give a pass to the most Satanic genre? And is there any value to be found in an album made by such a wretched bigot? It's a long way to the top if you want to croon and crow. Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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Dave Matthews Band - Everyday (w/ Brian Melanson)

Tue, 04 Feb 2020 19:53:38 -0000

Despite institutional disdain and lukewarm critical reception, the Dave Matthews Band has maintained a ravenous and vocal fanbase for nearly three decades. Their patented blend of soft rock, smooth jazz and jam band wankery has wowed trust fund hippies and white hat frat bros for as long as most of us can remember. But even Dave's hordes of loyalists couldn't help but cast a weary side eye at the band's tepid crossover album, 2001's Everyday. Written and produced with the assistance of pop songwriting stalwart Glen Ballard ("Hand In My Pocket", "Man In The Mirror") after scrapping a set of beloved session tracks recorded by legendary producer Steve Lilywhite, Everyday is chock full of soaring choruses and easily digestible song structures while lacking the jazzy experimental jamminess and earnest acoustic guitar plucking that devoted Daveheads crave. Where does that leave Heather, Mike, and their guest and Stoppie for life Brian Melanson, who never cared for Dave anyway? Well, essentially, we also think this album sucks. Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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Worst of Madonna

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:00:00 -0000

Madonna Louise Ciccone has reinvented herself countless times. She's a diva, a gay icon, and a culture vulture of the highest magnitude. She redefined womens' place in popular music. Truly, she's nothing short of a legend. She's also a new age whackjob, neolib ghoul, and has literally stolen children from impoverished Africans. There is a whole lot to unpack with Madonna, and Heather and Mike tackle that undertaking on today's Make It Stop -- The Worst of Madonna. Through a career-spanning ten tracks, your hosts find Madonna trying on a bevy of ill-fitting musical costumes. Wokescold babbling with Latin influences? Check. Campy theatre jazz odes to spankings? Check. RAPPING? Multiple checks. Coming into the episode as avowed Madge stans, Heather and Mike soon learn just how horrific both her music and her personal life can get. Get into the groove and take it straight to the borderline, because it's gonna be hard to justify your love after this episode.

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Movie Soundtrack (w/ Joe Streeter)

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 17:48:54 -0000

The Beatles need no introduction. We all know them and their legacy. We all know how they shaped popular music for decades to come. But did you know that eleven years after the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band the forces of money and cocaine collided, causing a terrible supernova known as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band -- THE MOVIE?! Helmed by a doe eyed Peter Frampton and the drug addled husks of The Bee Gees, masterminded by their manager, and rounded out with a cadre of cartoon voiced actors, Sgt. Pepper was a cultural and critical failure, earning the ire of movie and music critics alike, not to mention fans. Filtered through layers of blue eyed soul, vocoder and drug psychosis, the once iconic songs of The Beatles are hollowed out and butchered on the film's soundtrack. Joe Streeter (Have A Nice Life, Giles Corey, CONSUMER) joins Mike and Heather to endure this butchery. Now it's your turn.

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John Cena - You Can't See Me (w/ Tony Fernandez)

Tue, 07 Jan 2020 17:00:00 -0000

Ladies, gentlemen, esteemed guests, THE CHAMP. IS HERE. The Massachusetts-grown 10 time world champion, human meme, and all around beefcake John Cena is the subject of today's episode -- specifically, his 2005 rap album WWE: You Can't See Me. A time capsule of mid-aughts hubris, You Can't See Me is equal parts ghastly vanity project and ill-conceived showcase for Cena's dipshit cousin Tha Trademarc. The two MCs trade verses about shooting guns and flipping bricks as the eyes of every listener collectively roll deep into their skulls at the audacity and caucasity. Local filmmaker and wrestling afficionado Tony Fernandez joins Heather and Mike to analyze the merits and flaws of Make It Stop's latest white rap slog. You feeling froggy, Stoppies? THEN JUMP.

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Worst Music of 2019

Tue, 31 Dec 2019 22:21:09 -0000

The 20-teens (20-tens?) have come and gone, and as we ring in the New Year we'd like to pay tribute to the worst that 2019 had to offer. Along with the requisite collection of washed up has-beens and plastic bubble gum that you've come to expect from our yearly wrap up, the end of the decade also provided us with a bounty of white rap dorks, cheesy novelty acts, and some monumental missteps from some of our faves. It didn't seem possible, but 2019 was easily the worst of all the worst ofs in Make It Stop history and it's not even close. So count down to midnight as the ten artists we've chosen give a brand new meaning to watching the ball drop.

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Afroman - A Colt 45 Christmas (w/ Dahlia Hill & Liv)

Tue, 24 Dec 2019 16:11:00 -0000

Twas The Night Before Christmas, and all through the pod

Four creatures were cringing, at a hacky rap clod

Afroman was hung over, and recorded some dreck

In hopes that dumb stoners would send him a check

Your hosts were both rustled, all smug in their dread

While idiot songs got stuck in their heads

And Dahlia on Mic 1, and Liv on Mic 2

Joined both of yon hosts to discuss how this blew

A Colt 45 Christmas arose such a clatter

We're certain ye Stoppies that nothing is badder

And we heard him exclaim, through a slovenly drawl--

"Merry Christmas to bitches, now lick on my balls!"

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Lil B - Green Flame (w/ Zach Armentrout)

Tue, 10 Dec 2019 16:00:00 -0000

Imma tell you like this whodie, if you're really about that pretty bitch shit, that gutta shit, that fifty, if you're still selling jerry and you know you're doin' numbers, 28 wit' a ladder, still on that FIGARO. If you're wet like wonton soup, if you look like Jesus, if you've got 50,000 bitches on your dick, if you're bitch mob task force all day, real pink bandana shit, KRIS HUMPHRIES.

If you know the BasedGod, you already know what it is. It's time for an episode on Lil B. The king of all memes. The BasedGod. Brandon McCartney. An unstoppably prolific enigma of an MC, Lil B has memed his way into the public spotlight again and again -- whether through his highly effective curses on NBA players, the various public beatings he's taken from fellow rappers, or his provocative album titles like "I'm Gay", Lil B captures the imaginations of the people.

Comedian Zach Armentrout, host of The Mendoza Line comedy show, joins us to discuss Green Flame, one of the eighteen mixtapes that Lil B released in 2012. In typical Lil B fashion it's lo-fi, dashed off, with seemingly no thought put into it, and yet somehow, someway, Mike is all about it. Listen as Zach and Heather try to reason with him to no avail.

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Ashlee Simpson - Autobiography (w/ Janet McNamara)

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 16:06:48 -0000

Raised in her sister's shadow and shunned and ridiculed by the public, Ashlee Simpson was put through a lot for a 19 year old. Her public image took a massive hit following a disastrous SNL lip synching gaffe, leading to a number of hit pieces, a high level of media scrutiny, and the merciless booing of her performance at the Orange Bowl. Was she really that bad? Did she deserve to be dragged through the mud? Local comedian and infamous American Idol alum Janet McNamara (seriously, look it up) doesn't think so. This episode finds Heather and Mike butting heads with their guest, who just may be the most devoted living Ashlee Simpson fan. We dive into her 2003 debut Autobiography, in which she tried to set herself apart from her bubble gum sister with transgressive elements including references to pet play, breathy pseudo-Courtney Love moans, and - gasp - electric guitars!?!?!? It's enough to make any pop aficionado's head spin.

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Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch - Discography (w/ Sean Sullivan)

Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:55:00 -0000

We're the ones listening to bad albums out there. Not you, not you, and not you. This week it's all about a true patriot and visionary, Boston's favorite son, revisionist 9/11 savior and vicious hate crime non-apologist Mark Wahlberg. Specifically, his stint as a New Kids-affiliated shirtless (and sometimes pantsless) white rapper named Marky Mark. Sean Sullivan of the Wahlberg enthusiast podcast Two Boys in a Balcony joins the fray as we listen to not one but two albums by The Funky Bunch. Selecting the most choice cuts, we get into his storytelling skills, his family values, and most importantly, his blinding of a Vietnamese man. Wahlberg, who again, never apologized for blinding a Vietnamese man as a youth, has rightfully disavowed his rap career, despite the fact that it propelled him into fingering Reese Witherspoon on a roller coaster in Fear a mere three years later. Is he correct in his assessment of these albums? Is there any value to be found in them? Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe go fuck yourself. Part of the Pantheon Podcasts Network.

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The Rolling Stones - Dirty Work (w/ Jere Pilapil)

Wed, 13 Nov 2019 18:22:08 -0000

Even though they'd go on to extend their careers another three decades, The Rolling Stones were already Old Bags of Bones when they released Dirty Work in 1986. Mick Jagger was content to sod off and work on his questionable solo project, Charlie Watts was so zonked on heroin the band needed to hire session drummers to finish the record, and the rest of the band was so sick of each other that they all retreated into the world of oversized neon pink blazer afficionada. Comedian and Stones Superfan Jere Pilapil joins us to discuss this opiate hangover set to tape, and we dive into the band's past, present and future to figure out just how severely it tarnished their legacy. What's the worst offense? The vastly inferior cover of R&B legends Bob & Earl's "Harlem Shuffle"? Their labored take on dub reggae? Or Keith Richards' terrifying lullaby? The one thing that's certain is that we can't... and I can't stress this enough... get no satisfaction on this week's Make It Stop.

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Weezer- Raditude (w/ Chris and Chris of We'z Talkin' Weez' 2 Thee)

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 15:30:00 -0000

This week we're joined by Chris the Elder and Chris the Younger from the We'z Talkin' Weez 2 Thee podcast. We tap into their boundless Weezer knowledge to try to make sense of 2009's Raditude. Rife with cringe lyrics, questionable genre bending and incompatible collaborations, Raditude oozes unbearable corniness. We discuss the once mighty rock giants' fall from grace and gradual transformation into a childrens' novelty rock act. We discuss Rivers Cuomo's questionable proclivities. Mike in particular is wildly excited to finally be able to nerd out about Weezer. Our love is a heartbreaker, say it ain't so, Stoppies. Part of the Pantheon Podcasts network.

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Marilyn Manson - Eat Me, Drink Me (w/ Brittni)

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 21:27:00 -0000

Blow out the candles on all your Frankensteins, because it's Halloween. Time to get spooky you cowards. This time around we've got friend of the pod and recovering goth Brittni in the house to talk Marilyn Manson. We tackle his maligned 2007 release EAT ME, DRINK ME, an album which delves into his ephebophilic on-again-off-again abusive relationship with a barely legal Evan Rachel Wood in disgustingly lurid detail. When he's not caterwauling about their yucky sex stuff he's either doing baby bat madlibs, weirdly flexing about being responsible for a woman driving off of a cliff, or firing off shots at all the haters and imitators. All of this over tepid, boilerplate alt rock compositions care of a wildly overworked Tim Sköld. In all honesty this episode was supposed to be spooky in an ooky kooky kind of way, but it ended up being straight up depressing and truly horrifying. It turns out Manson is a real monster, he doesn't just play one on MTV. Stoppie discretion is advised.

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Millionaires - Discography (ft. Sham Payne)

Tue, 22 Oct 2019 16:00:00 -0000

Ignored during their prime and largely forgotten today, mid-aughts scene starlets Millionaires pioneered a brazenly sexual and depraved style of pop music which smashed the glass ceiling of doing songs about snorting coke off hard dicks. Local drag superstar and 'trash pop' superfan Sham Payne joins Mike and Heather to drink a shameful amount of Four Loko while discussing two of Millionaires' EPs and analyzing their impact on music and culture. We also talk a lot (and I mean a LOT) about cum. Were Millionaires vapid and talentless hucksters who skated by on their good looks and perfectly teased coifs, or were they brave and important liberators who pushed boundaries and inspired the next generation of female shock artists like Ke$ha? Surely there is great value to society in lyrics like, "middle finger in the air if your pussy's tight." No, we're serious, there totally is.

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The Doors - Full Circle (w/ Ethan Marsh)

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:10:00 -0000

Dionysus. The Backdoor Man. Mr. Mojo Risin'. The Lizard King. The Mythical American Poet, Jim Morrison. That's one person you won't be hearing on today's episode of Make It Stop. Comedian Ethan Marsh from Old School Game Show joins the fray this week to discuss The Doors' Full Circle. The album was released less than a year after Jim Morrison's entry into the 27 club, with keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robbie Krieger assuming the roles of the dual frontmen, and they wasted no time transforming the band from the dark and moody psych blues outfit everyone knew them as to a cornball schmaltz novelty act. Your intrepid hosts lose their damn minds as they follow the downward spiral that is Full Circle, pulverized into babbling heaps by the confounding tonal shifts and outrageous East-Meets-West racism. As if there was ever any doubt, this episode settles once and for all that the rest of The Doors absolutely loathed Jim Morrison to the core, and Full Circle is a poorly choreographed dance upon his grave.

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Tool - 10,000 Days (w/ Jenner Barrington-Ward)

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 17:00:00 -0000

DISCLAIMER: Tool fans beware. We will be saying very mean things about the band Tool on this episode of Make It Stop! If you do not want to hear people say mean things about Tool, do not click play.

To everyone else: It's Tool Time. Time to talk about Tool, one of the most divisive bands in rock music. Known for their odd time signatures, snaking arpeggios and minor key dirges, Tool's unique approach to metal has amassed them equal shares of devoted fanatics and vehement detractors. Mike and Heather's guest for this week, Jenner Barrington-Ward, falls squarely into the latter camp, as do your two intrepid hosts. While the band's latest effort Fear Innoculum was surely tempting, we've decided instead to tackle 10,000 Days, an album which even avowed Tool fans have gone on record as despising. Ostensibly a concept album about singer Maynard James Keenan's mother's long, painful battle with paralysis, 10,000 Days slowly becomes a long, painful battle to stay awake, with its confounding 10 minute long alien acid freakouts, silly lyrics about smoking the pot, and a general sense of overwrought aimlessness. Mike, Heather and Jenner take no prisoners as they relentlessly tear down this bloated, pretentious slog of an album while all the while fearing the inevitable backlash from the Tool Army. RIP our star rating.

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Simple Plan - No Pads, No Helmets, Just Balls (ft. Ellen and Larz of Palehound)

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:58:00 -0000

On this week's Make It Stop, Ellen Kempner and Larz Brogan of Palehound join us to talk about Québécois Pop Punk Pariahs Simple Plan and their contentious debut album No Pads, No Helmets, Just Balls. We get to talking about the Pop Punk generation gap and the questionable validity of adult men marketing music to pre-teen girls, and we ultimately learn the shocking truth that Palehound may not even exist if not for Avril Lavigne. Through it all we navigate the snotty, whiny posturing of Simple Plan's Pierre Bouvier and get into an intense debate between curmudgeonly punk gatekeepers and earnest lifelong fans, culminating in one of the most shocking album ratings in Make It Stop history. Life is a nightmare indeed.

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Chance the Rapper - The Big Day

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 14:53:00 -0000

IGH! It's The Big Day today, Stoppies, the Season 3 Premiere of Make It Stop! And to celebrate our Big Day, we're reviewing... The Big Day! Chance The Rapper's "first album" and massive fall from grace.

After dropping his all time classic mixtape Acid Rap and following it up with the massively successful gospel rap fusion of Coloring Book, Chance finally released an official album -- a concept album about loving his wife, loving god, and really really REALLY loving his wife. Devoid of replay value or any remotely appealing elements and clocking in at over 70 minutes, The Big Day is in the running for biggest disappointment in hip-hop history. And is there something dark and sinister beneath the glossy surface? Is there a great pain and resentment lurking between the lines?

Chance The Rapper Ex-Superfans Mike and Heather hit the studio by their lonesome to ponder these thoughts, searching for an answer to the grand question of WHY? WHY DID HE DO THIS? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR CHANCE? It's "great" to be back Stoppies!

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Season 3 Teaser

Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:30:00 -0000

We're back, Stoppies! It's time for round 3 of the most vile, self-indulgent, moronic, insipid, and downright delusional musical monstrosities the world has to offer. Summer break's over, and it's time for Heather and Mike to strap back in to eviscerate another batch of bad albums--slaughtering sacred cows like The Doors and Tool and even their own favorites like Chance the Rapper and Radiohead. As always they'll bring you an incredible roster of hilarious guests--from drag queens to stand up comedians to wrestlers and musicians of all stripes. Find out more about what's in store in this brief teaser episode, and get ready--'cause it's all going down on Season 3 of Make it Stop, dropping September 10th!

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Season Finale Part 2- 0 to Brokencyde

Mon, 19 Aug 2019 17:26:00 -0000

This week on Make It Stop we close out season 2 with a bang, bringing back four beloved guests to take on the newest album by the worst of the worst -- Brokencyde. Brandon Vallee, Angela Sawyer, Emily Ruskowki and Nick Ortolani join Heather and Mike to talk about the scenesters turnt hipsters as they transition from crunkcore, discover weed and Juuls, and continue pretending they know how sex works. All of this in front of a live audience at Somerville's VOX POP studio in Assembly Row. It gets weird and gross as we search for meaning in the wasteland that is Brokencyde's lyrics. We laugh, we cry, and we're gonna miss you all this summer. Godspeed ye Stoppies. Good night and good luck.

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Season 2 Finale Part 1- 0 to Brokencyde

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 17:13:00 -0000

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Creed- Human Clay (w/ Sherman and Lucifer Christmas)

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 20:53:59 -0000

Creed's Human Clay. An album of contradictions. It's the best-selling album we've ever covered yet it's universally reviled. It's chock full of praise songs yet the band claims to not be Christian rock. It's packed with lyrical moralizing yet Scott Stapp is a mess of a human being, the human embodiment of Florida Man. 20 years after Human Clay's release, lapsed Christians Shay "Sherman" and Lucifer Christmas join Heather and Mike to try to make sense of it all. You'll hear all the stories, from T.I.'s lifesaving blunt to Scott Stapp's manic angel-driven road trip. Let us take you higher, stoppies.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles- Coming out of our Shells (w/ Scott Kurland)

Tue, 21 May 2019 17:08:07 -0000

Cowabunga! Today we're taking a trip down memory lane to 1990, when the US was deep in the grip of Turtlemania. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were everywhere, an inescapable vortex of inexplicable SoCal vernacular, mountains of action figures, and cartoon pizzas with really delicious looking drippy cheese. So strong was their hold on pop culture that not even the music world was safe. Coming Out of Their Shells was not just an album but an entire tour with an accompanying concert VHS. The Turtles' rockin' tunes tell the tale of four gnarly dudes who just wanna tube, and The Shredder's dastardly plan to use a machine to destroy music or something? I dunno. Splinter also sings a song about skipping rocks on a pond for whatever reason. Scott Kurland from the Writers Bagel Basket podcast joins us and he and Mike attempt fruitlessly to explain the Ninja Turtles lore to an extremely confused Heather. It's a doozy. #notallturtles

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Chris Gaines (Garth Brooks) - Chris Gaines Greatest Hits (w/ Lisa McColgan)

Tue, 07 May 2019 16:14:22 -0000

What happens when one of the biggest country stars of all time decides to slap on a wispy wig and a soul patch and reinvent himself as a hard partying sex addict rock star with extensive reconstructive surgery? And this new persona has been meticulously crafted to serve as a background character in a movie that never even went into pre-production? And this hard partying rock star's music is all tepid acoustic soft rock? The project is buried, obscured, and forgotten for all eternity, that's what happens... until now! On this week's Make It Stop, Lisa McColgan of Bikini Whale swings by to talk about Chris Gaines, the ill-fated alter ego of country megastar Garth Brooks, and we try, with little success, to parse out exactly why the hell this confounding identity crisis even happened. So strap on your flavor saver and dive in with us.

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Worst of David Bowie

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 17:19:30 -0000

Ziggy Stardust. The Thin White Duke. Jareth The Goblin King. David Bowie went by many names and adopted many personas during his 50+ year career, and in that time he quickly became a rock legend, selling over 100 million records and taking his place at the top of the pop culture pantheon. All accolades aside, we here at Make It Stop take great pleasure in tearing down the infallible, and David Bowie is no exception. On this episode we dig through his catalogue of over 25 studio albums to bring you the bottom 10 worst David Bowie songs of all time. From schmaltzy covers to cheesy 80s synth jams to adult contemporary snoozers, this list runs the gamut of garbage, and is sure to be a dire warning to all Stoppies that cocaine is a hell of a drug.

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Shaq - Can't Stop the Reign (w/ Garvey Salomon)

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:40:07 -0000

This week on Make It Stop we're talking about The Big Baryshnikov himself, Shaquille O'Neal. The world belonged to Shaq in 1996. He had just jumped from the Orlando Magic to Kobe Bryant's LA Lakers, with whom he would go on to win three of his four NBA Championships. He had shocked the world with his ostentatious Reebok Shaqnosis sneakers, which featured a psychedelic black and white vortex design, and which remain coveted by hardcore sneaker heads today. And he was in the midst of a flourishing rap career, as the only NBA player ever signed to a multi-million dollar major label record contract. Parlor Sports bartender and man about town Garvey Salomon joins us to discuss Shaq's 1996 opus You Can't Stop The Reign. Interscope rolls out the red carpet for The Big Shaqtus on this record, with lush production from DJ Quik, Poke and Tone and Easy Mo Be, and features from the likes of Lord Tariq, Mobb Deep, Jay Z and even the Big Poppa himself, Notorious B.I.G. But are all these bells and whistles enough to distract from Shaq's lackluster lyrical chops? Is DJ Diesel himself really as "hooparistic freakaristic" as he claims to be? And why does he insist on calling himself "Enrico Consales"? The world may never know.

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Justin Timberlake - Man of the Woods (w/ Tooky Kavanagh)

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 18:18:34 -0000

Strap on a decorative banjo and get out yer picklin' jars, cuz we're prepping for a musical apocalypse on this episode of Make it Stop! The target of our most recent ire is platinum selling, Superbowl ruining, troll-serenading superstar Justin Timberlake's latest gasp at relevancy, his 2018 mountaineering misfire, Man of the Woods. Featuring a cacaphony of ill-placed musical references and clumsy metaphors, this bloated 16 track mistake finds the uncooked ramen-headed heartthrob of yesteryear reinventing himself as a modern day Grizzly Adams. Burning down this forest of bad ideas with us is none other than local comedian Tooky Kavanagh, who has performed multiple stand up sets dedicated to the scientifically accurate claim that JT isn't just a mediocre white man profiting off Black culture and doing Janet Jackson dirty, but he's also a common marsupial. Listen in to hear which marsupial and much more on this episode of Make it Stop: A Bad Music Podcast!

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Black Eyed Peas Blackout Power Hour (w/ Dave Klotz, Julia Sherratt, and Brian Melanson)

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 18:50:16 -0000

Oh Danny Boy, the Peas the Peas are calling. In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we've decided to bless our dear #Stoppies and curse ourselves with a shitshow of epic proportions. Heather and Mike are joined by stalwart friend of the pod Brian Melanson (The Cobcast) as well as our dear friends Jewelz Sherratt (Solo Sexx) and Dave Klotz (cool and nice guy) to dive into the back catalog of the Black Eyed Peas one drink at a time. That's right, we listen to not one, not two, not three, but FOUR BEP and BEP-adjacent albums for the first ever MAKE IT STOP POWER HOUR. With only 60 seconds to talk about each song and a rapidly skyrocketing blood alcohol content, Heather, Mike and their guests have to race against the clock to get their "witty" "banter" in before the buzzer. It's...well, it sure is something alright. So pull up a stool and cry some drunken tears of laughter into your green beer. Erin Go Bragh you bastards.

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Earth Crisis - Slither (w/ Ryan Shea)

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 19:32:19 -0000

Open up the fucking pit and pick up some fucking quarters, it's hardcore week on Make It Stop. Or rather, it's rap metal by way of hardcore, as we sit down with local comedian and hardcore lifer Ryan Shea to talk about straight edge vegan stalwarts Earth Crisis and their painful 2000 crossover attempt Slither. Ryan walks us through the finer points of the hardcore lifestyle, Mike tries to pretend he was anything more than a cowardly poser during the genre's peak, and we all get deep into the lore of the early 00s Boston Beatdown scene. Probably too deep. We're probably going to get beaten up over this one. Oh well.

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Macho Man Randy Savage - Be A Man (w/ Jenelle Valencia of BLOWW)

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:39:17 -0000

We're justifiably in a position that we'd rather not be in listening to this album. But the cream will rise to the top, ooh yeeeah. Macho Madness, yeeah, has got more to offer than Mike and Heather think that Macho Man's got, yeeeeah, and let him tell you somethin' right now, cards stacked against Macho Man Randy Savage's album Be A Man, let him say it yeeeah, let him say it out loud and let him point to this week's guest Jenelle Valencia of the Boston League of Wicked Wrestlers, The Macho Man Randy Savage is not happy with Make It Stop, yeeah. He is the cream in the World Wrestling Federation and there is no doubt about it, yeeah, you Stoppies know that he's the cream of the crop!

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Lil Dicky - Professional Rapper (w/ Brandie Blaze)

Tue, 05 Feb 2019 16:04:41 -0000

Strap on in #stoppies, because it's time for another hefty dose of White Nonsense(TM) and for this one we're bringing in the big guns. Local rapper and professional fuck abandoner Brandie Blaze joins us this week to take aim at Lil Dicky, perhaps one of the most overhyped and underhanded rapper we've ever discussed on this show. Lil Dicky's brand of aw-shucks faux-self-deprecation is the hallmark of this bloated 19-song flaccid handie of an album, whose culminating message seems to be white people can try on hip hop as a costume and make millions as a shortcut to a comedy career. Isn't that just fucking hilarious? But it's even more wild when Ms. Blaze pulls back the veneer and exposes Dicky for the fraudulent, privileged huckster he is. Plus hear all about the songs on Brandie Blaze's bangin' playlist as an added bonus for making it through this monstrosity with us. Trust me--you don't want to miss it! Check out Brandie Blaze's excellent music here: https://soundcloud.com/brandieblaze Produced by Heather Mack at Boston Free Radio studios in Somerville. Intro/outro music by Patrick Ahern.

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Luke Bryan - Crash My Party (w/ Brandon Vallee)

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:30:25 -0000

Fire up the engine of your old pickup, grab a cold beer and head on down to the cornfields. Throw the radio on and watch as an endless parade of blue jean clad farmhand girls dance modestly in the headlights. Stay away from those downtown boys because they are the devil incarnate and we'd like nothing more than to steal their women, take them out to the cornfields in our old pickup, grab a cold beer, throw the headlights on and watch them dance the night away in their blue jeans to our favorite song, playing on that old terrestrial radio. Local comedian and podcaster (of Dead Last Podcast) Brandon Vallee joins us and he's just swigging a beer, listening to the radio in his old pickup. And we're gonna drive on down to them old cornfields I'll tell ya. Throw the headlights on and dance the night away. We're listening to Luke Bryan's Crash My Party. It's got everything. Songs about trucks. Songs about beer. Songs about cornfields. Songs about jeans. Songs about kissing girls. Songs about dancing in headlights. And dangnabbit what did we say about them dang downtown boys? Stay away from 'em we said dang it!

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Worst of 2018

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 17:39:56 -0000

As we ring in the new year, we can't forget to pay the proper (dis)respect to the worst music that 2018 had to offer. From the requisite washed up 90s rockers, to the alt-right anthems, to the shallowest of rappers, we've got ourselves a smorgasbord of shit on this episode of Make It Stop. We didn't think it could get worse than 2017, but we should know by now that we're in a never ending race to the bottom, and just when we think we've reached it, the bottom drops out. So pour yourself a celebratory glass of bubbly and toast to Heather and Mike's misery, you sadistic Stoppies you. Cheers, pricks!

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Smash Mouth - The Gift of Rock (w/ the Dunn Family and Brian)

Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:11:50 -0000

Ho ho ho #stoppies, we're hoooome for the holidays! We've all been very bad boys this year and have been rightfully cursed with another lump of musical coal in our collective stockings, Smash Mouth's desperate 2005 Christma$ ca$h grab, 'The Gift of Rock'. Joining us to unwrap this precious 'gift' is our very own family, including the youngest Dunn brother Alex, "Dad for the People" Paul Dunn, and in lieu of Heather's actual blood relative we bribed our friend Brian to perform the role of her dad, because that makes about as much sense as this album does! Anyway, it's enough to bring shame upon our extended family and yours, as we hitch up our sleigh and roll merrily along through strained and soulless christmas covers, awful appropriative patois, and a hilariously detailed 'behind the music' history of the band Smashmouth courtesy of the Dunn Research Conglomerate. It's enough to make you throw a whole loaf of bread at Steve Harwell's forehead, which means it's a whole heckuva lot of fun. Merry Christmas!

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Boy Band Thunderdome pt. 2 (w/ Emily Ruskowski, Sake Toomey, and Jenny Chalikian)

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 19:34:03 -0000

Part 2 of 2. Check out part 1 here! Alright #stoppies, I know we say this a lot, but it's true--this episode is our funniest one yet. Seriously, when else have we been able to snag 2 professional comedians (Emily Ruskowski & Jenny Chalikian) and one hysterical burlesque producer/professional babe/future youtube star (Sake Toomey) together in the same room, talking about boy bands? Since TODAY, that's when! We brought our grown ass friends that are also unashamed teenyboppers together for a very special 2 PART THUNDERDOME where they battle it out over whether O'Town's shamelessly sexual liquid nightmare of a debut album can beat out proto-Bieber boyband lil' bro Aaron Carter's early 00s disasterpiece Aaron's Party (Come Get It). Find out who Heather's favorite Backstreet Boy was, why Jacob from OTown had an octopus in his bedroom, and discover which of our panel had no choice but to write a HUNDREDS OF PAGES LONG Aaron Carter fan fiction as a child since they didn't have internet in their room. It's all so funny, we couldn't help but blow our liquid load a week early so you can "come get it" and be back for more next week for part 2. Get ready for some horny harmonies, prepubescent poetry, and a whole lot of hats on a very special episode of Make it Stop!

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Boy Band Thunderdome pt. 1 (w/ Emily Ruskowski, Sake Toomey, and Jenny Chalikian)

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 17:57:38 -0000

Alright #stoppies, I know we say this a lot, but it's true--this episode is our funniest one yet. Seriously, when else have we been able to snag 2 professional comedians (Emily Ruskowski & Jenny Chalikian) and one hysterical burlesque producer/professional babe/future youtube star (Sake Toomey) together in the same room, talking about boy bands? Since TODAY, that's when! We brought our grown ass friends that are also unashamed teenyboppers together for a very special 2 PART THUNDERDOME where they battle it out over whether O'Town's shamelessly sexual liquid nightmare of a debut album can beat out proto-Bieber boyband lil' bro Aaron Carter's early 00s disasterpiece Aaron's Party (Come Get It). Find out who Heather's favorite Backstreet Boy was, why Jacob from OTown had an octopus in his bedroom, and discover which of our panel had no choice but to write a HUNDREDS OF PAGES LONG Aaron Carter fan fiction as a child since they didn't have internet in their room. It's all so funny, we couldn't help but blow our liquid load a week early so you can "come get it" and be back for more next week for part 2. Get ready for some horny harmonies, prepubescent poetry, and a whole lot of hats on a very special episode of Make it Stop!

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Lil Wayne - Rebirth (w/ Russell Chisholm)

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 18:31:43 -0000

It's a trip down memory lane this week as Mike and Heather are joined by their old friend Russell Chisholm. They reminisce about their shared love of The Best Rapper Alive Weezy Baby before diving into the worst thing he ever did -- the massively maligned 2008 rap-rock turd known as Rebirth. Lil Wayne runs the gamut on this album, churning out a wide variety of garbage -- bad punk, bad butt rock, bad ballads, and even bad ska (aka ska). It's all tremendously difficult to listen to and we're sorry you have to share this miserable experience with us. May god have mercy on our souls.

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Five Iron Frenzy - Cheeses of Nazareth (w/ Andrew Lowery)

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 17:30:02 -0000

Pick it up pick it up pick it up... no, please put it down. Today our guest is Andrew Lowery from DIWHY The Show and we're talking ska. Not just ska, but a 33 track novelty opus from CHRISTIAN ska stalwarts Five Iron Frenzy. It's called Cheeses of Nazareth, and it's bad in so many ways. It's irritating, it's racist, it's sanctimonious, and perhaps most eggregiously, it has the weakest "hardcore" screams ever cut to wax. It just might be bad enough for Heather to disown ska for good. Give it a listen to find out! Check out DIWHY the show at www.diwhytheshow.com!

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Metallica - St. Anger (w/ Ashleigh and Maggie of Rock Candy Podcast)

Tue, 06 Nov 2018 16:01:34 -0000

Our lifestyle determines our deathstyle, Stoppies, so we're destined to be killed by trash music. For the first time ever on Make It Stop we return to a previously reviewed artist, in this case a now Lou Reed-less Metallica, and their infamous 2003 disasterpiece St. Anger. Maggie and Ashleigh from Rock Candy Podcast join us as we discuss Lars Ulrich's shit sandwiches, Bob Rock's flowing mane, and James Hetfield's fruitless search for self-actualization. We also talk at length about how St. Anger is an abominable blight on the band's career, sounds like it was recorded in an oil drum, and has NO GUITAR SOLOS. WHAT THE HELL. HOW DO YOU MAKE A METALLICA ALBUM WITH NO GUITAR SOLOS??? UGH. Check out the Rock Candy podcast at www.rockcandypodcast.com!

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Danzig - Black Laden Crown (w/ Rich Karski)

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:34:52 -0000

It's Halloween, and that can only mean one thing: It's time for a Danzig review! Comedian Rich Karski joins us to discuss the latest effort from the diminutive, geriatric king of ghoulish tunage, 2017's Black Laden Crown. We go in depth on Danzig's bad politics, his Napoleon syndrome, and his latent homoeroticism. We discuss Danzig's drag name and why the hell he's so goshdarn looooooonely. And we try to get to the bottom of how exactly a crown can be laden with black. It's a spooktacularly shitty album, so beware!

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Miley Cyrus - Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz (w/ Dahlia)

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:45:52 -0000

This week on Make It Stop we’re smoking pot, loving peace, and doing sex stuff. We’re licking your teeth. We’re shoving your head into our armpits. And they weirdly smell good. In 2015, the recently liberated pop superstar Miley Cyrus collaborated with The Flaming Lips and Mike Will Made It to produce Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz, a 23 track, 92 minute slog through her drug addled psyche. Released independently and free from the confines of her record contract, Dead Petz was meant to be Miley’s grand artistic statement. What it ended up being, though, was a cautionary tale about how weed isn’t a replacement for a personality, and how nobody cares if you like to do a sex. Mike and Heather are joined by local blogger and podcaster Dahlia, and they ask the important questions — does Miley even know what sex is? If she does, are she and Wayne Coyne more than just friends? Who is Space Dude and why should we care? And why? Just, why????!!!

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Chuggo - Act Like You Might Know (w/ Katie McCarthy)

Tue, 09 Oct 2018 17:43:10 -0000

On this week's episode of Make It Stop, comedian and dear friend of the pod Katie McCarthy joins us to discuss Montreal's favorite crackhead Chuggo! Arguably the most obscure album we've covered, Chuggo's Act Like You Might Know is a hidden gem rife with gross sex talk, tampon-related punchlines, and constant yelling. Katie, Heather and Mike try to figure out why Chuggo feels it is such a necessity to lie about his sex life, and ponder his criminal record, his current whereabouts, and his propensity toward consuming strawberry flavored lube. Honestly this is one of the funniest albums we've had the displeasure of listening to. And Chuggo, if you're reading this, and you're not already banned from entering the U.S., please join us on the podcast. We'd love to have you.

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Methods of Mayhem (w/ Marcus Ohanesian)

Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:55:15 -0000

Make It Stop is back and worse than ever, Stoppies! The inaugural episode of Season 2 finds Heather and Mike enduring the musical stylings of Tommy Lee for the first time since Mötley Crüe’s Theatre Of Pain. This time around it’s his nearly forgotten early 00s experimental rap rock side project Methods Of Mayhem. It’s got all the hallmarks of the genre, from gross sex lyrics about jizzy jism, to sound bytes of hitting meth pipes, to obligatory Kid Rock and Fred Durst features. Joining our hosts on this odyssey is Worcester’s favorite son Marcus Ohanesian. Combined, they leave no stone unturned in discussing the finer points of Tommy Lee’s career — from his ill-fated marriage to Pam Anderson, to his lengthy criminal record, to, of course, his legendary penis. Lots and lots of talk about Tommy Lee’s penis in this episode, that we can promise you. Like way too much Tommy Lee penis talk. That’s what we call a comeback, Stoppies!

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Make it Stop Thunderdome - Good Charlotte vs. Limp Bizkit (Part 2)

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 15:34:07 -0000

Part 2 of 2. This week Heather and Mike go head to head in the Make It Stop Thunderdome to defend their favorite bad album. Heather's weapon of choice is the eponymous debut of Waldorf, Maryland's favorite sons Good Charlotte. Mike meanwhile goes hard in the paint for another debut, this one from the infamous rap rock goofs of Limp Bizkit -- the terribly titled 3 Dollar Bill Y'all$. Whose trash will reign supreme? Will Mike be swayed by the wholesome rap-tinged pop "punk" of the Madden Brothers? Will Heather be able to resist the allure of Fred Durst's full diaper bounce dancing? Whatever the case, the least worst album must win, no matter how bad we all want to Make It Stop.

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Make it Stop Thunderdome - Good Charlotte vs. Limp Bizkit (Part 1)

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 22:32:39 -0000

This week Heather and Mike go head to head in the Make It Stop Thunderdome to defend their favorite bad album. Heather's weapon of choice is the eponymous debut of Waldorf, Maryland's favorite sons Good Charlotte. Mike meanwhile goes hard in the paint for another debut, this one from the infamous rap rock goofs of Limp Bizkit -- the terribly titled 3 Dollar Bill Y'all$. Whose trash will reign supreme? Will Mike be swayed by the wholesome rap-tinged pop "punk" of the Madden Brothers? Will Heather be able to resist the allure of Fred Durst's full diaper bounce dancing? Whatever the case, the least worst album must win, no matter how bad we all want to Make It Stop. Part 1 of 2 because our recording messed up badly and this had to be stitched together 10 seconds at a time. Pardon any glitchiness.

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Phish - The White Tape (w/ Mitchy Dee)

Tue, 12 Jun 2018 18:14:54 -0000

Ready to get faaaaar out, #stoppies? This week's adventure has us whoodly-doodling away with some reheated jams courtesy of everyone's* favorite psychedelic Dads, Phish! Originally recorded in 1986 and inexplicably re-released twice in 1998 and 2006, "The White Tape" is a dizzying and deeply misdirected spectacle of unnecessary fuzz pedals, non-sequiters about hamburgers, synthetic keyboards and songs about stepping in literal dog shit. Unsurprisingly, the 16 song collection of disconnected wank-offs is a big misstep even for the most devoted of fans. We brought our old friend from UMass Mitchy Dee, a local musician and proud Phish enthusiast to help us figure out whether Phish is a cult, why Mike Gordon seems to hate us, and what the hell they were thinking releasing "Minkin". We still haven't figured out the answer to that one. *everyone does not include Heather and Mike

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Dee Dee King - Standing in the Spotlight (w/ Hayley Valencia)

Tue, 22 May 2018 15:12:55 -0000

Our latest exploration of mid-life crisis inspired genre experimentation leads us to Dee Dee Ramone aka Dee Dee King's 1989 punk-rap flop Standing In The Spotlight. Replete with climaxless tales of surfing and wrestling, as well as cringeworthy chronicles of his failing marriage, all delivered in a cartoonish tenor recalling hip-hop classics like "The Monster Mash", Standing In The Spotlight is undoubtedly one of the most head-scratching entries into the Make It Stop ouvre. Joining Mike and Heather to try to make sense of it all is Hayley Valencia, bassist of all-trans queercore punk powerhouses WIMP and resident Dee Dee King expert of the Greater Boston Area. How does it stack up against the rest of the ill-conceived rap projects we've covered in our few short months as a podcast? Find out this week on Make It Stop!

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Worst of Prince

Tue, 08 May 2018 21:04:16 -0000

Prince Rogers Nelson, better known as Prince, is one of the most prolific artists and songwriters of all time, having released 39 studio albums and penned literally thousands of songs before his untimely death in April 2016. With nearly 20 tracks hitting the top 10 of the Billboard 100 chart, including "When Doves Cry", which peaked at #1 for five straight weeks, Prince is renowned for his vision and hitmaking prowess. However, as with any artist with such a prolific output, a handful of songs will inevitably miss the mark. On this week's episode of Make It Stop, Mike and Heather fly solo to go in depth into the bottom 10 worst songs of Prince's career. From the cheeseball ballads to the preachy opuses to an inexplicable fifteen minute long fat jokes, these songs run the full gamut from perplexing to irritating to downrighht disgusting. With such a smorgasbord of garbage, even the most devout followers of The Purple One are sure to be screaming "Make It Stop".

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Kid Cudi - Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven (w/ Alex Dunn)

Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:14:09 -0000

Mike's brother Alex Dunn joins Make It Stop to discuss Kid Cudi's Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven. Where to start with Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven? How can we possibly distill this recondite opus into a mere blurb? Seems impossible, but let's give it a shot: It's a bad rapper ham-handedly strumming three chords on an out of tune guitar while waxing suicidal and making farm animal noises for 90 minutes straight. Whew.

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KISS - Music From "The Elder" (w/ Hugh Beckett)

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:22:08 -0000

Will you take The Oath? Will You Sacrifice? This week on Make It Stop we're just barely putting up with Music From "The Elder", the biggest blunder of KISS's career. Powerslut bassist and vehement KISS hater Hugh Beckett joins us to ponder the themes and lessons explored within the "immersive" sci-fi fantasy world of "The Elder". Based on a thin story outline by Gene Simmons, this ambitious concept album tells the gripping tale of a boy named "The Boy", who becomes a man, then reverts to being a boy, then becomes a man again, and pretty much nothing else happens. You'll be on the edge of your seat with all the twists and turns in this unfathomably cheesy monstrosity. #ShowUsTheReceiptsGene

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Insane Clown Posse - Bang! Pow! Boom! (w/ Squallie Greenthumb)

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 16:00:48 -0000

WHOOP WHOOP. This week on Make It Stop it's All in the Family, as we invite local Tinder Famous musician Squallie Greenthumb to discuss his favorite group Insane Clown Posse. The album we've chosen to discuss is Bang! Pow! Boom!, which includes the group's most infamous song and the #1 meme of 2009, "Miracles". We talk in depth about the Juggalo subculture, the Joker Cards, and how exactly magnets work. After 17 tracks of murder, mayhem, zombie dances, corpses with mouths filled with pizza rolls, and Juggalo islands, what is Mike and Heather's consensus on ICP? The answer may surprise you.

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Eminem - Revival (w/ Tawanda Gona)

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:58:00 -0000

The conversation runs long this week on Make It Stop as comedian and music critic Tawanda Gona joins Heather and Mike to feast on a stale cracker. In 2017, after a lengthy string of disappointing releases, Eminem released Revival, arguably his most despicable album yet. With a bloated 80+ minute runtime, and a smorgasbord of tryhard slant rhymes, outdated edgelord humor, and convoluted double entendres, Revival may just be the least enjoyable album any of us have ever heard. To soothe the pain, we try to make sense of Eminem's place in today's world. Is he more like The Simpsons or The Undertaker? Whatever the case, they all need to just Make It Stop.CW: We discuss Eminem's lyrics, many of which are misogynistic, homophobic, ableist, and contain references to r*pe.

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Mötley Crüe - Theatre of Pain (w/ Angela Sawyer)

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 14:52:12 -0000

This week's episode finds us sliding knee deep into glam metal, braving the murky waters of post-vehicular manslaughter Motley Crue. Our guest, local renaissance woman (comedian/musician/record store owner) Angela Sawyer tells us tales about her 15 year old self hiding passionate Motley Crue love poems behind her suburban waterbed and why she thought they "smoked pee". Why does Vince Neil sound like a cartoon rat? What were they thinking name checking protestant reformation activist "Martin Luther" in a terrible ballad? Did they actually smoke pee? Find out on this week's episode of "Make it Stop"!

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The Simpsons Sing the Blues (w/ Ben Stein)

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 16:04:20 -0000

Alright #Stoppies, it's time for yet ANOTHER round of soulless white boy blues pap, this time courtesy of your beloved childhood heroes, the Simpsons! How much sax does one album need? Is it #ImTooSaxy or #IWantToSaxYouUp? Will anyone write a 5 paragraph essay about Hinder? Why are we threatening our audience with death? Why does Mike Dunn find joy in torturing his friends on his birthday? Find out all of the answers by listening to our latest episode! Check us out on www.makeitstoppodcast.com, and like and Subscribe to us on iTunes so we can keep the hits coming!

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Hinder - Extreme Behavior (w/ Patrick and Lee of Jukebox Zeroes!)

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:37:32 -0000

Stoppies, we like you so much we're even willing to try Butt Stuff. Rather than easing our way in for our first foray into the putrid realm of Butt Rock, we're taking a full plunge, discussing Hinder's downright detestable debut Extreme Behavior. Joining us are fellow tastemakers of trash Lee Martin and Patrick SB from the Jukebox Zeroes podcast. Along the way we moan and groan and generally try to steer the conversation as far from the subject at hand as possible, but just when we think we're out, Hinder pulls us back in. "Blower" indeed.

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Eddie Murphy - How Could it Be (w/ Nonye Brown-West)

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 16:32:20 -0000

Mike and Heather go in RAW this week as they explore How Could It Be, the musical debut of comedy legend Eddie Murphy. Released at the apex of his Hollywood ascent, How Could It Be finds Murphy trading his well-honed comedic chops for thin, unassured falsetto vocal runs and confounding lyrics about the apocalypse. Are writing assists from juggernauts like Rick James and Stevie Wonder enough to carry the album? Will it make you want to "Party All The Time" or just leave you "C-O-N Confused"? Local comedian Nonye Brown-West joins us to help answer these burning questions. Go ahead and strap into your red leather jumpsuit, Stoppies, 'cause this episode of Make It Stop will make you DELIRIOUS.

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White Rapper Roundup (w/ VQ of BLOWW and Brittni)

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:32:16 -0000

We're serving a double dose of white nonsense this week, as we dive into not one but TWO albums by pasty, melanin-deficient emcees. VQ of the Boston League of Wicked Wrestlers joins us as we discuss Playing With Fire, the first and last release from former Britney Spears beau, WWE superstar, and Celebrity Fit Club alum Kevin Federline. Later on, our good friend Brittni joins the fray as we shift gears from white trash to cursed white liberals and subject ourselves to Long Island trio Northern State's debut album Dying In Stereo. Chock full of forced literary references, cringeworthy boasts and reckless cultural appropriation, Dying In Stereo was depressingly well received by music critics upon its release. Will we also give these talentless young white women a pass because they're so well read? Find out today on Make It Stop!

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The Shaggs - Philosophy of the World (w/ Andrew Wiley)

Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:24:42 -0000

The Shaggs had a philosophy, all right. We do too. Our philosophy is that it's a really funny idea to invite Wiley Meow (of High Energy Vintage, Bit Fest, and beyond) on Make it Stop this week to talk about his New Hampshire roots and explore the cocktail of regional novelties that could birth a band--and an album--like this. You'll cringe, you'll cry, and you'll probably be haunted forever by the band birthed from a prophecy that ended up more like a curse. Our philosophy is you're going to enjoy this episode a lot more than we enjoyed listening to the Philosophy of the World, but hey, what do we know. We're not from New Hampshire. Stay tuned, new episode dropping before lunch time!

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Elton John - Victim of Love (w/ Dicky Stock)

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:43:48 -0000

Top of the morning to y' Stoppies, we're right chuffed to bring you our latest episode, and this one's a British Invasion! This week's episode finds us disco dancing with the devil, as we review Elton John's much maligned Victim of Love, a several-years-too-late collection of half-assed disco tunes so soulless that Sir Elton himself doesn't bother to write any of the music or even play the friggin' piano on it. Wading through this glitter-encrusted turd of an album with us is local funny guy Dicky Stock, famous for his legion of colorful Facebook characters including the legendary Kimmy Strubell. We even have a call-in from a veritable English lad himself, which you won't want to miss. Pip pip, cheerio, and whatever the hell else you Brits say--it's time for another episode of Make it Stop!

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Worst Songs of 2017

Tue, 09 Jan 2018 17:16:16 -0000

Happy new year, Stoppies! Just kidding. 2017 was already pretty brutal, but we're here to put some crap-icing on the trash-cake with a roundup of all the anti-anthems of this past year. Take a deep dive down with us to the bottom of the bad music barrel where we dissect the treacley corporate cut-and-paste drivel that characterized the worst of this year. Be prepared to abandon your heroes as we bemoan the tepid trainwrecks put out by artists that last hit their prime over a decade ago, who should have taken our podcast's advice to "make it stop" far before we ended up in this mess. Plus help us decide our next terrible album! Let's hope 2018 is on the up and up, because it's all downhill from here on this episode of Make it Stop.

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Lou Reed and Metallica - Lulu (w/ Nick Ortolani)

Tue, 26 Dec 2017 16:41:36 -0000

This week's episode is the opposite of a Christmas miracle: a veritable log of reindeer shit left for us to scrape off our shoes till the end of eternity, the album Lulu by Lou Reed and Metallica began as an improbable but intriguing pairing that soon became one of the most widely panned artistic outputs by all of the musicians involved in its production. Over an hour and a half long, Lulu boggles the mind with its breadth of hatred for its audience, plodding through strained, off-key warblings from a spiteful and potentially senile Reed juxtaposed with 2 chord metal riffs from a bafflingly neutered Metallica. We invited local comedian Nick Ortolani to get down in the trenches, and boy do we bet he regrets that decision. Dive on in, cuz it's gonna get wild...on this week's Make it Stop: Lulu.

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Farrah Abraham - My Teenage Dream Ended (w/ Brian Melanson)

Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:04:01 -0000

Today's episode finds our heroes waxing philosophic about the nature of art, music, and ultimately life--while analyzing the shrieking, dispassionate autotuned wailing and aggressive GarageBand synth lines of Farrah Abraham's 2012 atrocity/masterpiece My Teenage Dream Ended. Joined by #Cobbcast host and producer Brian Melanson, the team digs deep into the autobiographical, arguably anti-musical screechy glitch-pop album and puzzles over whether this is a hauntingly and effective Crystal Castles-esque magnum opus, or an inane and infuriating audio catastrophe the likes of which have been described by Jezebel as "the worst collection of sounds ever put to a recording". Where will you fall on this dizzying spectrum? Listen in and find out.

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Bruce Willis - The Return of Bruno

Mon, 11 Dec 2017 20:57:27 -0000

Episode 2 finds our heroes Mike and Heather wading knee deep in the schlockiest, most useless vanity project ever--Bruce Willis' "Return of Bruno", a 2 part mockumentary/concert and tepid, schmaltzy album of the same name. Rewrite history with us as we discover Bruno invented the Beatles, psychedelia, and basically everything else that ever happened in music, period--with his very own bland and flavorless take on white dad Motown. It's a blast...that should have stayed long in the past.

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Brokencyde- I'm Not A Fan, but the Kids Like it!

Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:31:00 -0000

For Episode 1 of Make it Stop, our podcast dedicated to dredging up and dissecting the worst albums of all time, Mike and Heather blow their load early with one of the most catastrophic collections of sounds ever made. Characterized by screeching cookie monster vocals, mysoginistic toddler lyrics, and shallow, brittle casio keyboard beats, brokenCYDE, a band whose name describes our general attitudes after listening to this trash, made it inexplicably big in the late 2000s with their crunkcore "hit" I'm not a Fan, but the Kids like it. Kids, I can guarantee, you won't. But have a gander anyway, and see if you can make it through...before you have to yell "Make it Stop".

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