363 - New Order - Substance 1987 - Shane Torres
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EPISODE SUMMARY:
Music can transport you to another time and place in your life, or even just an emotional space that can be cathartic or useful depending on what you're listening to. So the somber yet pulsing drive of British rockers New Order can take you in many directions, including depressive spirals or sweaty dance mania. Their 1987 compilation album Substance 1987 truly runs the gamut in that regard. For comedian Shane Torres, their music gets him in the zone to deliver the dry, deadpan wit that has lead him to appear on Montreal’s Just For Laughs, Comedy Central’s Clusterfest, San Francisco Sketchfest, Bonnaroo, Outsidelands, Bumbershoot, and the Moontower Comedy Festival.
SHOW NOTES:
01:00 - Intro
05:30 - On air
08:00 - Getting in the zone
17:00 - The story so far
34:30 - No need to be convinced
47:00 - What’s your “ets?”
57:00 - Refurbishing Flavortown
1:05:30 - The business side of show biz
1:20:15 - Raging with The Machine
1:33:45 - Facts!
1:46:00 - Lightning round
1:56:15 - Outro/New music
Check out the music history of this album here.