Critical Wade Theory

Note: That main "photo" is actually AI-generated art when I typed in some stuff about the UP. Still, you technically can find scenery very much like that around here, if you are so inclined.

So, what can I say about "Ultramega OK"? Personally, as much as I don't want to trash the album, I have to admit there weren't really any standout tracks for me. I hate to say it, and I regret it alr…

Like any good atheist, I have to follow up my positive episode about gospel singer Mahalia Jackson with an episode full of sacrilegious, atheistic questions. Didn't Adam and Eve need to commit incest…

CWT #140: Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer icon

A second holiday special? Sure. why not?! In fact, the first one (with my guest Troutface) got a little sidetracked by weirdness...which is fine. Here is my attempt at a vaguely more Christmas-orient…

CWT #139: 'Astro-Creep: 2000' by White Zombie still kicks ass..and my voice cracked a number of times here, as usual.

I think Jurassic Park still holds up today, and here is why...

The Carter family was highly important in music. I talk about them while obnoxiously peppering in plenty of what I call "bogus bonus trivia" about music (which probably won't earn my podcast any fans…

Why, despite all odds, I am actually a bit (cautiously) optimistic about the future. 

Who hates The Cars? I don't and you probably shouldn't, either. In fact, they are my band recommendation of the day!

Is he cheating on you? Are you cheating on him? Ever notice how monogamy even sounds like "monotony?" Here I offer some sarcastic vitriol masquerading as advice, with maybe a few valid points peppere…

I cannot pronounce French names, so feel free to listen to me butchering the name of this composer as I say what I have learned about one of his classic compositions. Yes, he was apparently embarrass…

Here is a winding road episode where with guest Troutface. We discuss holidays, birthdays, college life, the Vietnam War, spelling bees, chaos theory (butterfly effect), language misuse, Donkey Lips …

I talk about August Landmesser, a German who refused to salute Hitler. I also discuss some thoughts and feelings about Hitler, authoritarian beliefs, and how tricky it is to resist deadly ideologies.…