Adam Neely, Them, Lip Gallagher

Love Hate Relationship

Love: Adam Neely

Alex’s Love this episode is Bassist, Composer, and Youtuber Adam Neely. He talks up his work, including electro-jazz covers of “Hello” and “Run Away With Me” and his instructional videos on subjects ranging from music theory to the controversial key of “Hey Joe.” Andy meanwhile learns that music theory is super racist and just where his cohost gets all these musical hot takes about the Star-Spangled Banner and Celine Dion.

Hate: Them

Andy uses his Hate time to discuss the new Lena Waithe-produced racial drama/horror show, Them. Specifically, he discusses the marketing and its weird invocation of Jordan Peele, and the odd lack of actual black people behind the cameras and scripts. Alex, meanwhile, manages to shoehorn in some discussion of the boundaries of horror, and what constitutes good gore and bad–also, a random X-Men reference.

Relationship: Lip Gallagher

A Relationships.txt asker brings in a query about how to handle online hatred over naming their new kid after their Nana when the name was already used for a now deceased child. Andy dabbles in legalistic arguments while Alex tries to remind everyone that the Internet isn’t overwhelmingly real, doubly so when your time is better spent with your newborn.