In an effort to not go stir-crazy, we have another remote podcast from our underground bunkers this week. After another check-in with how we're coping with the seemingly increasing bad news of the world, we also discuss some more pleasant topics like Adam finally finishing the terms of his lost bet, which means we get to hear his thoughts on Ant-Man and the Wasp, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, and Spider-Man: Far From Home. Also, on the music front, Mike has just some quick initial thoughts ...
Apr 06, 2020•1 hr 36 min
The holiest of days has come upon us; a day in which we here at The Skinny with Mike and Adam take the time out of our busy quarantining to worship and give praise to our personal lord and savior, Brian Fallon. For he has gifted unto us mere mortals another album to enjoy, to dissect, to reflect, and to shed many a tears. So, of course, on this week's episode, please enjoy our track-by-track review of one of our most anticipated albums of 2020, 'Local Honey', the third solo album by Brian Fallon...
Mar 30, 2020•1 hr 34 min
These are weird, unprecedented times. Things are, of course, strange over here at The Skinny with Mike and Adam too. On this week's episode, in the interest of respecting California's recent 'Safer at Home' initiative from the governor, we did our very first remote episode from our respective homes (or rather, one of us decided to go and live in the woods permanently) and discuss the important topics that are on everyone's minds - I'm of course talking about the new Hot Mulligan and Silverstein ...
Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 33 min
We're bringing back one of the first track-by-track reviews (if not THE first) we've done on this show. I'm talking, of course, about the infamous 'Fashionably Late' by Falling In Reverse from episode 50 all the way back in 2013. Apologies for no new episode this week, but due to a sickness in the family, we were unable to get together. We KNOW that you're hungry for our expert thoughts on the new Silverstein album, but we hope that you can be patient with us until we can get together again for ...
Mar 16, 2020•40 min
Before we're thrown in to some of the year's heavy hitters coming out very soon, this week, we take the time to do a track-by-track review of a recent album that we felt like deserved to be dissected and discussed in more detail; 'Brave Faces, Everyone' by the band Spanish Love Songs. We go song by song to pick apart some of the heavy and uncomfortable lyrical themes of this powerful album and how they might relate to the current generation of working class adults. Also on the episode, Adam cont...
Mar 02, 2020•1 hr 35 min
Welcome back to the show for this week! We have a good time catching up with one another; we finally talk about our betting stakes that we neglected to discuss during last week's Skinny Draft; we answer 10 questions provided to us by one of our listeners that predicts some of the events that may or may not happen in 2020; we review and share our thoughts on some of the albums we've been listening to from bands like Green Day, Hayley Williams, Spanish Love Songs, Savage Hands, Loathe, Tom Petty (...
Feb 17, 2020•1 hr 32 min
It's that time once again for the greatest sporting event of the year...the Skinny Draft Special for the 2020 season! (Hold for applause) Just like we did last year, we are 'drafting' albums to release this calendar year to come out on top with the highest score with the help of the iTunes User Rating. And of course, just like last year, we're opening up the draft to our listeners as well! So find out how you can win a prize just like one of our listeners did last year by checking out this week'...
Feb 03, 2020•2 hr 1 min
On this week's episode of the Skinny Seconds, we revisit a segment from 2014 in which we hang out in the wilderness of Big Bear, CA and take turns creating a supergroup! One of us took this concept and turned it into a hilarious romp and it's one of my favorite things we've done on the show. So I hope that you enjoy this short and silly re-run before we record our Skinny Draft Special on next week's episode! Original episode: Episode 110 - Bears Eat Me (September 22nd, 2014) #TheSkinnySeconds...
Jan 27, 2020•34 min
With 2019 FINALLY behind us - for realsies this time - we release the second part of our Best Songs list! This week, we share the best of the best with our tracks 6 to 1! Please Like our page on Facebook and feel free to continue the discussion over there. Let us know what you thought of our lists and tell us what some of YOUR favorite songs of the year are as well. #Blink182 #BringMeTheHorizon #CoryWells #Dayseeker #TheDevilWearsPrada #Emarosa #TheMenzingers #Slaves #TinyMovingParts...
Jan 13, 2020•1 hr 31 min
With the new year upon us and 2019 now a distant memory, Adam and Mike share the songs that they will remember going forward as the year's BEST! This week, we hear their Top 12 Best Songs of 2019 (part 1: songs 12 - 7). #TheAlmost #CoryWells #TheDevilWearsPrada #TheFever333 #IPrevail #Issues #LindseyStirling #Northlane #NothingNowhere #Slaves #TinyMovingParts
Jan 06, 2020•1 hr 46 min
It's our final episode of the year, so what better way to celebrate than to share our Best Albums of 2019! These are the albums we listened to that will stay with us beyond this calendar year. They are the ones that surpassed our expectations and the ones that we will HIGHLY recommend to anyone looking to listen to some great music! Thank you for celebrating this year in music with us for the past three weeks! And we hope that you'll continue to listen to The Skinny in 2020! #AaronWestAndTheRoar...
Dec 16, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 310
In our part two of our three part end of the year music celebration, we talk about the albums that let us down, the albums that we hated, and the albums that failed to meet our (sometimes unreasonable) expectations - it's our Most Disappointing Albums of 2019! Did you listen to any albums this year that disappointed you or just flat out hated? Please feel free to share your thoughts .
Dec 09, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 309
We've reached the end of 2019! What better way to celebrate than by reflecting on all of the music and albums that we've listened to, reviewed, and celebrated over the past year! In our part one of our three part series, we share and discuss our Honorable Mentions - the albums that just missed our Top 10 list this year. These are our albums that landed in our Top 20 to 11 of 2019! #BadOmens #Northlane #RoyalCoda #Empty #OurLastNight #Waterparks #WilliamDuvall #TheFever333 #AsILayDying #PUP #TheD...
Dec 02, 2019•2 hr 24 min•Ep. 308
The impossible has happened! My Chemical Romance have announced that they are coming back after a 6 year hiatus. We spend some time on this week's episode discussing the band's career, what their music has meant to us, when we first became fans, and we speculate what - if anything - do they have planned for the future. Go down memory lane with us while we talk about the incredibly unique music career of one of the world's biggest bands, My Chemical Romance. Also discussed on this episode, we off...
Nov 18, 2019•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 307
This week's episode of The Skinny Seconds, we revisit one of our favorite 'interviews' of one of our favorite 'celebrities' - the adult film star, Anna-Lee. We got one of our good friends to come in and guest star at the titular character and it was one of the most fun we had doing something funny for the show! Mike had to edit out about half an hour of unscripted laughter and banter but overall, we think this turned out great! So check out this classic segment that's over five years old at this...
Oct 21, 2019•29 min
The Menzingers recently released their sixth album 'Hello Exile'. And it just so happens to be the follow-up to both of our 2017 Best Album of the Year. Needless to say, we went into this album with high expectations, despite our best attempts to keep them tempered. After sitting on this record for a couple of weeks now, we finally sit down and discuss our thoughts and theories with one another and you as well! Find out what we thought of 'Hello Exile' by The Menzingers. Also discussed this week...
Oct 14, 2019•1 hr 17 min
After taking a few months to recap the past decade of life and music, we're back this week to talk about 2019 things! On this week's episode, we go down the list of all of this year's albums that we've been listening to thus far since our last regular episode back in March. Not only that, but we check in with our music draft that we started in the beginning of the year to see who is in the lead right now and how many more albums we can expect to show up by year's end. Let us know if any of the a...
Sep 30, 2019•1 hr 29 min
Welcome to our first episode of The Skinny Seconds (as in 'going back for a second helping')! In these mini-sodes, we'll re-release some of our favorite and most memorable clips, interviews, and skits that we've done over the years. Both for our newer listeners who may not have gone back and heard them and to re-introduce them to our long time listeners for another laugh. What better way to start it off than with one of our first skits in which Adam "interviews" the world-famous rap artist, mcKI...
Sep 23, 2019•25 min
We made it to the final episode in our decade-in-review - 2018! We had a great time discussing these recent years in life, new life, loss of love, new love, and of course, music and we hope that you did too! In this episode, we unpack and tackle an incredibly difficult year for Adam, Mike shares the story of his engagement to his bride-to-be, and take another look at the albums that were released the prior year - including another dive into 'Sleepwalkers' by Brian Fallon. #BrianFallon #DanceGavi...
Sep 16, 2019•2 hr 25 min
Welcome back to the next episode in our ten-part series in which we discuss this past decade - both in our personal lives and in the world - as well as all of the best and worst albums that we've come to listen to. Join us as we talk about the life and times of Adam and Mike and the music that helped us through it all from the years 2010 to 2019! This week's episode, 2017. #AFI #AllTimeLow #BrandNew #ChesterBennington #ChrisCornell #Dayseeker #JTWoodruff #JulienBaker #LIGHTS #LikeMothsToFlames #...
Aug 26, 2019•2 hr 6 min
Welcome back to the next episode in our ten-part series in which we discuss this past decade - both in our personal lives and in the world - as well as all of the best and worst albums that we've come to listen to. Join us as we talk about the life and times of Adam and Mike and the music that helped us through it all from the years 2010 to 2019! This week's episode, 2016. #Beartooth #BrianFallon #Capsize #DriveByCurious #Issues #Letlive #PierceTheVeil #PUP #Saosin #Sum41 #The1975 #Thrice #TooCl...
Aug 12, 2019•2 hr 30 min
Welcome back to the next episode in our ten-part series in which we discuss this past decade - both in our personal lives and in the world - as well as all of the best and worst albums that we've come to listen to. Join us as we talk about the life and times of Adam and Mike and the music that helped us through it all from the years 2010 to 2019! This week's episode, 2015. #ASkylitDrive #DustinKensrue #DanceGavinDance #ChrisCornell #DeathCabForCutie #BringMeTheHorizon #ITheMighty #HawthorneHeigh...
Aug 05, 2019•1 hr 59 min
Welcome back to the next episode in our ten-part series in which we discuss this past decade - both in our personal lives and in the world - as well as all of the best and worst albums that we've come to listen to. Join us as we talk about the life and times of Adam and Mike and the music that helped us through it all from the years 2010 to 2019! This week's episode, 2014.
Jul 15, 2019•2 hr 36 min
Welcome back to the next episode in our ten-part series in which we discuss this past decade - both in our personal lives and in the world - as well as all of the best and worst albums that we've come to listen to. Join us as we talk about the life and times of Adam and Mike and the music that helped us through it all from the years 2010 to 2019! This week's episode, 2013 - which is one of our favorite (if not THE favorite) years in music.
Jul 01, 2019•2 hr 13 min
Welcome back to the next episode in our ten-part series in which we discuss this past decade - both in our personal lives and in the world - as well as all of the best and worst albums that we've come to listen to. Join us as we talk about the life and times of Adam and Mike and the music that helped us through it all from the years 2010 to 2019! This week's episode, 2012.
Jun 17, 2019•2 hr 24 min
Welcome back to the next episode in our ten-part series in which we discuss this past decade - both in our personal lives and in the world - as well as all of the best and worst albums that we've come to listen to. Join us as we talk about the life and times of Adam and Mike and the music that helped us through it all from the years 2010 to 2019! This week's episode, 2011.
May 27, 2019•2 hr
It feels good to be back! This current decade will be over before we know it and before that happens, we want to take the time to go back and reminisce about all of the important events - both in our personal lives and in the world - as well as all of the best and worst albums that we've come to listen to. Join us in this first episode in a ten-part series as we talk about the life and times of Adam and Mike and the music that helped us through it all from the years 2010 to 2019! This week's epi...
May 06, 2019•2 hr 19 min
We've been pretty busy in our personal lives over the past few weeks, but we managed to set aside some time to catch up with one another and record a fun and hilarious episode of The Skinny! Listen to what exciting new developments have been going on in Mike and Adam's lives, plus we react to some of the big music news and album announcements in the music scene such as upcoming music from Thrice, The Menzingers, Frank Iero's new band, and Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties. Also, the new (and i...
Mar 25, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Adam and Mike got together and recorded a fun and casual episode in which we have some fun and do what only good friends can do...and that's read the latest chapter in the popular fantasy series, "The Chronicles of Unicorn and Koala". Also, we share our thoughts at the recent news involving Capsize so that we can still call this a music related show. We hope that you enjoy this fast-and-loose episode 'The Skinny Nights' this week!
Feb 25, 2019•48 min
As punishment for not predicting the future and getting his bets terribly, terribly wrong in the 2018 Betting Special, we get to listen to Mike go slowly mad over the course of this episode while he's forced to listen to two of his least favorite songs from the last five years on a constant loop! No worries to you, the listener; the music loop is edited out to save your sanity. We also catch up on all of the exciting new album announcements that have happened since we've last gotten together. We...
Feb 18, 2019•1 hr 21 min
