idol board
By Fourth Strike Records
idol boardSep 01, 2021
"SC__TER_D" with Shmucku
This week, BONES interviews Shmucku about “SCA__TER_D” from CONSUMED. “I love music that’s oversaturated with cool sound design, it’s just gotta have tons of bits and bobs of weird sounds to listen to. Every time you go back and listen to the track you can find something new... I'm really all about that.”
Shmucku is musician who likes endlessly mixing, cool/strange noises, and big chunky riffs. They love music that helps them better understand and appreciate themselves and other people. You can find their non-Blaseball music at https://soundcloud.com/automaton-7 and their art at https://www.instagram.com/4mb13nt_n01s3!
This episode of idol board was hosted by BONES, edited by Ada Quinn, transcribed by Merry, and produced by BONES and Tangereen Velveteen.
Listen to “SC__TER_D” by the garages on thegarages.bandcamp.com.
"hey goodwin" with apha
This week, BONES interviews apha about “hey goodwin” from ROSTER. “I think hearing all of these voices in stereo imaging all around your head, saying they believe in you… I think that’s a great feeling.”
Raph is a student from Montréal who writes songs in-between volleyball practices and produces them in-between lectures. He can be found on Twitter @aphamusic and (probably) has an EP coming out soon (maybe)!
This episode of idol board was hosted, edited and transcribed by BONES, and produced by BONES and Tangereen Velveteen. Check out People Make Games to see the Blaseball video mentioned in this episode!
Listen to “hey goodwin” by the garages on thegarages.bandcamp.com.
"solar eclipse" with jennifer cat
CW Discussions of ableism, death and COVID-19 from 19:47-26:15
This week, BONES interviews jennifer cat about “solar eclipse” from #14. “I love harmonies. Like I’m an absolute sucker for a good close harmony. It just, y’know, speaks to my soul in some way.”
Jennifer Cat enjoys warm sunbeams, following laser pointers, things with bells on, and falling asleep literally wherever. She is definitely a human. She also likes playing bass, guitar, and singing, and editing idol board! Jennifer is so proud to be a part of this beautiful, international, wonderful, constantly evolving band, and hopes you enjoy hearing about it (enough to join us maybe?…) You can find her on Twitter @CattiferJen.
This episode of idol board was hosted and edited by BONES, produced by Tangereen Velveteen, transcribed by Merry, and written by Aoife, BONES and Tangereen Velveteen.
Listen to “solar eclipse” by the garages at blandcamp.com.
“blood, sweat, tears, and blood” with Mitchell Keys
Our last episode with Aoife as host! This week, Aoife interviews Mitchell Keys about “blood, sweat, tears, and blood” from ROSTER. “...It’s someone who looks around and sees that everyone is not like him, but he can’t quite place a finger on why.”
Listen to "blood, sweat, tears, and blood" by the garages at thegarages.bandcamp.com.
Mitchell (he/him) is a 23 year old who contains multitudes. Among these multitudes are musician, writer, type 4, lover of short-sleeved button ups, wise guy, fan of Spider-Man, missionary, roleplayer, and friend to all. Mitchell is incredibly thankful for the opportunity to make music alongside the many talented members of the Garages, where he considers himself a talented vocalist, a passable guitarist, and a percussionist by necessity. When not making music, Mitchell works in campus ministry, building relationships with students and making free dinners for crowds of roughly 100 college kids. Mitchell can be found on Twitter at @ItsAMeMitchell, should he be needed.
This episode of idol board was edited by BONES, hosted by Aoife, produced by Tangereen Velveteen, transcribed by Merry, and written by Aoife and Tangereen Velveteen. Find all episodes and transcripts of idol board at fourth-strike.com/podcast and follow @idolboard on Twitter for updates. Get all episodes plus bonuses by supporting Fourth Strike on Patreon.
idle/bored with BONES
With some changes happening this week, we’ve once again dug into our idol/board archives! This week, Not Aoife interviews BONES about editing the plodcast idol board, from Fourth Strike. “I find it to be relaxing, for one thing. Editing, like I said, gets me in the zone in a way that I can just focus on it and like, you know, just crank some stuff out,” BONES says, explaining what makes editing idol board so interesting. “But it’s also really fascinating and interesting to hear the ways that so many incredible artists make the music that they do.”
BONES is a skeleton masquerading in human clothes. They can be found on Twitter @jbonechristian.
This episode of idle/bored was edited by Ada Quinn, hosted by Not Aoife, produced by Tangereen Velveteen, transcribed by Astrid D, and written by Aoife and Tangereen Velveteen.
Listen to idol board on plodcast.net, blandcamp.com/podcast, Spotify, Anchor, or Pocket Casts. Listen to all the music we discuss at blandcamp.com.
Episode 13: "arturo huerta and henry marshmallow” with Ethan Geller
This week, Aoife interviews Ethan Geller about "arturo huerta and henry marshmallow" from REDEMPTION ARC. "I kind of like that experience of being surprised by something and then wanting to listen to something by somebody because you don't know, how many different pieces of music are going to be in that track," Ethan explains his interest in multi-part songs. "It adds kind of like this weird, twisty form to everything that I'm into."
Listen to "arturo huerta and henry marshmallow" by the garages at blandcamp.com.
Ethan lives in seattle and works on games and audio research and sometimes music! Ethan is also the co-host of a weekly game show called The Phony Express.
This episode features music by perfect automation. Find more of their music at https://soundcloud.com/automaton-7.
This episode of idol board was edited by Jennifer Cat, hosted by Aoife, produced by Tangereen Velveteen, transcribed by VigilantBaker, and written by Aoife and Tangereen Velveteen.
idle/bored 1? with Aoife
This week, Not Aoife interviews Aoife about the plodcast idol board, from Fourth Strike. “There are so many songs that I feel, like, kind of get missed. So, like, one thing is I want to show how literally there is not a single bad song and how amazing some of the stuff is,” Aoife says, explaining why she makes idol board, “and along the way learn some stuff about music theory and music creation that I can use myself.”
Listen to idol board on plodcast.net, blandcamp.com/podcast, spotify, anchor, or pocket cast. Listen to all the music we discuss at blandcamp.com.
Hi, I’m Aoife! I’m the host of idol board, and also a co-writer. I’m pretty new to blaseball & the garages, but I’m loving being a part of the fandom and the band, and it’s been so much fun talking to everybody! You can find me nowhere except the Fourth Strike discord because social media scares me, but if you shout into the wind on a moonlit night, maybe I’ll hear it. Maybe.
This episode of idle/bored was edited by BONES, hosted by Not Aoife, produced by Tangereen Velveteen, transcribed by SigilCrafter Aya, and written by Aoife and Tangereen Velveteen.
"steal home" with em grace
This week, Aoife interviews yana about “Steal Home” from Storm’s Coming. em grace explains the garages’ connection with labor: “classic country western is very much a song of the working people, and even on the very first garages album you’ve got juneseptember like, uh, doing union anthems”
em grace writes music in spare minutes between working and parenting. They live with their wife, who tells them when their harmonies are flat, and their daughter, who tells them about clouds and shadows.
This episode of idol board was hosted by Aoife, directed by Tangereen Velveteen, written by Aoife and Tangereen Velveteen, transcribed by Merry, and edited by Nuclear Tourist.
Listen to “Steal Home” by the garages at blandcamp.com. Find all episodes and transcripts of idol board at fourth-strike.com/podcast and follow @idolboard on twitter for updates. Get all episodes plus bonuses by supporting Fourth Strike’s patreon at blandcamp.com/patreon.
"the twelfth trip around the sun" with autumn
This week, Aoife interviews autumn about "the twelfth trip around the sun" from we are the garages (vol 2). " I guess I'm also just excited about the great unknown. So much is possible, and we have no idea," autumn said, looking forward to season 12 of blaseball. "That's kind of why I wrote the song because I was looking forward to that unknown, and it's been a while since I’ve had it."
Listen to "the twelfth trip around the sun" by the garages at blandcamp.com.
autumn (she/it) is a 21 year old trans lesbian from Australia who loves making music (synthy stuff and vocals in particular) listening to music and music in general. She doesn't do much with her life, but it gets a lot of enjoyment out of many special interests (with blaseball being one of the main ones). If you look closely, you may spot a wild autumn striving reach maximum levels of femme queerness, and it strives to one day use an otamatone on a garages song. Find autumn at autumnspring.bandcamp.com and @autumnposting on twitter.
This episode of idol board was edited by zack.ry, hosted by Aoife, produced by Tangereen Velveteen, transcribed by VigilantBaker, and written by Aoife and Tangereen Velveteen. Find all episodes and transcripts of idol board at fourth-strike.com/podcast and follow @idolboard on twitter for updates. Get all episodes plus bonuses by supporting Fourth Strike’s patreon at blandcamp.com/patreon.
"curse of crows" with VigilantBaker
This week, Aoife interviews VigilantBaker about "curse of crows" from DEICIDE. "Still, the whole stance of violence and sort of lack of forgiveness- they’re not really something I personally feel very much. For better or worse, we tend to forgive people," VigilantBaker says, getting philosophical, "whereas, on the other hand, these crows, these forces of nature, they don’t really have these complex emotions; they don’t have these conflicts we might have within ourselves."
Listen to "curse of crows" by the garages at blandcamp.com.
VigilantBaker studies ecology by day and occasionally commits data crimes or makes music by night. Find more of his music at vigilantbaker.bandcamp.com . Or don't. That's fine too.
This episode of idol board was edited by BONES, hosted by Aoife, produced by Tangereen Velveteen, transcribed by SigilCrafter Aya, and written by Aoife and Tangereen Velveteen. Find all episodes and transcripts of idol board at fourth-strike.com/podcast and follow @idolboard on twitter for updates. Get all episodes plus bonuses by supporting Fourth Strike’s patreon at blandcamp.com/patreon.
"(don't) stay null" with zack.ry
This week, Aoife interviews zack.ry about “(don't) stay null” from caught in the reverb. "it’s been sort of freeing to enter into this space where you have people you can bounce things off of and you can try things that you’re not used to," says zack.ry, about their experiences playing with the garages. "I just wanna make music that is fun and pushes me and ultimately says something deeper about humans or about experiences from this community."
As of the time of this upload, zack.ry now uses he/they pronouns.
Listen to “(don't) stay null” by the garages at blandcamp.com.
zack.ry is an occasional musician, frequent theologian, and perpetual overthinker living in washington, d.c. they’ll make you a bangin pour over and either spend the next few hours in deep existential conversation or neck deep in their tiktok for you page. you can find their music at zackry.bandcamp.com
This episode of idol board was edited by Ada Quinn, hosted by Aoife, produced by Tangereen Velveteen, transcribed by Merry, and written by Aoife and Tangereen Velveteen. Find all episodes and transcripts of idol board at fourth-strike.com/podcast and follow @idolboard on twitter for updates. Get all episodes plus bonuses by supporting Fourth Strike’s patreon at blandcamp.com/patreon.
"into the shadows" with tegan eden
This week, Aoife interviews tegan eden about “into the shadows” from ENCORE. or, an incomplete and contradictory history of jaylen hotdogfingers, her trials and tribulations. "I feel that deeply, because we were puttin' out like an album a week, for a hot minute there and I felt, like, so much pressure to be on every single one," tegan says, explaining the emotional journey behind their song, "and when I finally let go of that, like... 'They will forget about me if I'm not on this next one,' I was so much happier making music."
Listen to “into the shadows” by the garages at blandcamp.com.
tegan eden is a mechanic and a musician in the pacific north west. they like impromptu dance parties, naps in the sun, and can karaoke sober. You can find more of their music at tonalchroma.bandcamp.com
This episode of idol board was edited by BONES, hosted by Aoife, produced by Tangereen Velveteen, transcribed by SigilCrafter Aya, and written by Aoife and Tangereen Velveteen. Find all episodes and transcripts of idol board at fourth-strike.com/podcast and follow @idolboard on twitter for updates. Get all episodes plus bonuses by supporting Fourth Strike’s patreon at blandcamp.com/patreon.
"no gods, just blaseball" with zandterbird
This week, Aoife interviews zandterbird about “no gods, just blaseball” from the garages kill the gods. “I cheated a little bit on that song because like all my regular gear, like like my main guitar and my amp and like my pedalboard, everything is sort of locked away in a rehearsal room in another city. And that’s basically, thanks again to the pandemic going on," zandterbird says, recounting the difficulty in recording his song, and the unique sound it led to. "So I just had like a backup guitar, like a very cheap but reliable backup guitar and I basically plugged it into my interface and I simulated the amp and, like, all the pedals which allowed me to sort of explore more different pedal settings, sort of really dial in exactly that tone that you mentioned, that sort of like that closeness.”
Listen to “no gods, just blaseball” by the garages at blandcamp.com.
zandterbird is a hobby musician, professional music critic and hard-wired to enjoy every 90s emo song, among other things. Listen to zandterbird’s bands at arterials.bandcamp.com and rowanoakms.bandcamp.com. This episode of idol board was edited by Jennifer Cat with additional editing by AlmightyVeg, hosted by Aoife, produced by Tangereen Velveteen, transcribed by Merry, and written by Aoife and Tangereen Velveteen. Find all episodes and transcripts of idol board at fourth-strike.com/podcast and follow @idolboard on twitter for updates. Get all episodes plus bonuses by supporting Fourth Strike’s patreon at blandcamp.com/patreon.
"godspeed" with bird
This week, Aoife interviews bird about “godspeed” from DEICIDE. This is, like, something that I care about," bird explains, "and something that I think other people care about enough that if I make this song, it's going to be, like, really, really fun and just a good experience."
Listen to “godspeed” by the garages at blandcamp.com.
Bird is a silly little person who gets up every morning and does their silly little music, and you can find her and her silly music at twitter.com/bird_girlfriend and soundcloud.com/biiiiiird
This episode of idol board was edited by Ada Quinn with additional editing by Deidra Skye, hosted by Aoife, produced by Tangereen Velveteen, transcribed by SigilCrafter Aya, and written by Aoife and Tangereen Velveteen. Find all episodes and transcripts of idol board at fourth-strike.com/podcast and follow @idolboard on twitter for updates. Get all episodes plus bonuses by supporting Fourth Strike’s patreon at blandcamp.com/patreon.
"ablaze" with azuretone
This week, Aoife interviews Azure about “Ablaze” from ENCORE. or, an incomplete and contradictory history of jaylen hotdogfingers, her trials and tribulations. “It was like you were getting this sound out of a guitar, but you weren’t actually, like, playing it?” azure says, explaining the iconic soundscape of their song. “It’s kind of hellish in a way!”
Listen to “ablaze” by the garages at blandcamp.com.
azure is an imperceptible, incorporeal being who makes music when they have nothing better to do. You can check it out at azuret.bandcamp.com if you would like to.
This episode of idol board was edited by Jennifer Cat, hosted by Aoife, produced by Tangereen Velveteen, transcribed by SigilCrafter Aya, and written by Aoife and Tangereen Velveteen. Find all episodes and transcripts of idol board at fourth-strike.com/podcast and follow @idolboard on twitter for updates. Get all episodes plus bonuses by supporting Fourth Strike’s patreon at blandcamp.com/patreon.
"unfair deal" with riley
This week, Aoife interviews riley about “unfair deal” from DEICIDE. “Then, the bottom three strings all go down a semitone, which gives you this really weird chord that, honestly, I don’t even know how I’d begin to notate it,” riley says in regards to the spicy tonality of their DEICIDE hit. “It all seems to work despite the fact that it really shouldn’t… anyone who knows anything about music theory: please don’t come at me.” Listen to “unfair deal” by the garages at blandcamp.com.
riley would like to apologise on behalf of terf island for all of (gestures at world) this
This episode of idol board was hosted by Aoife, directed by Tangereen Velveteen, edited by Nerdy Sims, transcribed by SigilCrafter Aya, and written by Aoife and Tangereen Velveteen. Find all episodes and transcripts of idol board at fourth-strike.com/podcast and follow @idolboard on twitter for updates. Get all episodes plus bonuses by supporting Fourth Strike’s patreon at blandcamp.com/patreon.
"rejoice" with Mother Love Blone
This week, Aoife interviews Mother Love Blone about “rejoice” from storm’s coming. “Like most garages’ projects, it started as a joke,” Blone says about her first lead song with the garages. “Wouldn’t it be really funny if a grunge band did a country album? … We started taking it super seriously after that.” Listen to “rejoice” by the garages at blandcamp.com.
Mother Love Blone is trans, bi, and tired. She has an MFA in Poetry, 4 delay pedals, and no job. When not making music with the garages, she's making music with her non-blaseball band Noiseland (noise-land.bandcamp.com) and writing about music for various online publications. Google “Max Cohen Poetry” if you wanna see some of her old poems. Follow her on twitter (@lastyears_model) if you don't value your time.
This episode of idol board was hosted by Aoife, directed by Tangereen Velveteen, edited by zack.ry, transcribed by SigilCrafter Aya, and written by Aoife and Tangereen Velveteen. Find all episodes and transcripts of idol board at fourth-strike.com/podcast and follow @idolboard on twitter for updates. Get all episodes plus bonuses by supporting Fourth Strike’s patreon at blandcamp.com/patreon.
"we are the band" with yana
Welcome to idol board, a Fourth Strike podcast where our host, Aoife (she/her), interviews members of the garages about their songs, the creation process, and possible inspirations. In this inaugural episode, yana (they/it) introduces the band. “You wanna make music? Here, come make music,” yana explains. “When it comes to the garages, … having such a collaborative mindset and such a constructive mindset has taught me so much about creating music.” Listen to “death of the god(s)” by the garages and all of the other music featured in this episode at blandcamp.com.
yana (it/they) is an enigma who originated in the mitten state. years later, California is now their home, veiled in the mists of the bay. it could be described as an actor, a guitarist, a singer, a lyricist, but it'd protest that it does none of these truly well, it's just too confident to not get away with it. in August of 2020 they helped found the garages, which is where you'll find them today. this is also its first band/published music project of any sort, and that's pretty neat. in December of 2020, it played August Mina in the hit off-off-like way off-broadway musical "Blaseball: The Musical - The Deaths of Sebastian Telephone". you can find it making noise and other nonsense on its twitter @villainousgoo.
This episode of idol board was hosted by Aoife, directed by Tangereen Velveteen, edited by Jennifer Cat, transcribed by SigilCrafter Aya, and written by Aoife and Tangereen Velveteen. Find all episodes and transcripts of idol board at fourth-strike.com/podcast and follow @idolboard on twitter for updates. Get all episodes plus bonuses by supporting Fourth Strike’s patreon at blandcamp.com/patreon.
This episode featured the following songs: ‘the death of god(s),’ ‘the death of god(s) live @ blaseballidays’ (instrumental), ‘heart shaped hotdog,’ ‘about a squirrel’ (parody of ‘about a girl’ by nirvana), ‘garagesong’ (parody of ‘summersong’ by the decemberists), ‘mike townsend (is a disappointment),’ ‘in the feedback live @ desert bus for hope,’ ‘rejoice,’ ‘morrow doyle hits a hole out of center left field,’ ‘relief pitcher (leave it on the field),’ and ‘parking lot woes (demo),’ all by the garages.
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