Displaying all 10 Episode of Topic Lords with the tag “jay”.
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308. A Xylophone For Jandek
September 15th, 2025 | 1 hr 8 mins
avery, jay, john
Lords: John, Avery, Jay. We discuss being known for one thing and trying to do a different thing, finding instruments on the street, and accidentally arguing with sauna guy.
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219. Jeff Bezos's Butthole Guy
January 1st, 2024 | 1 hr 15 mins
jay, jenni
Lords: Jay and Jenni. We discuss learning a skill on a message board, the Baldur's Gate 3 butthole chart, whether giving people ideas helps them, why configuring the thing is more enjoyable than using the thing, and knowing a place vs. having a guy.
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216. I Forget What We Do But We're About To Do It
December 11th, 2023 | 1 hr 13 mins
jay, tyriq
Lords: Tyriq and Jay. We discuss moving and having stuff, teaching a 3-year-old to use a mouse and keyboard, interface traps, Yelp! Review for God, and starting a Youtube channel for kids.
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103. The 303 Beethoven Used
October 11th, 2021 | 1 hr 13 mins
avery, jay
Lords this week: Avery and Jay. We discuss Kowloon Walled City, internet communities gaining a reputation and then changing over time as members mature, the moral cost of the 303 Devilfish clone, KLF's Justified and Ancient, and Cyber Nexus internet cafe in Lakeland Florida and late 1990s internet cafes in general.
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64. Going Out For Tacos In Germany
January 11th, 2021 | 1 hr 7 mins
jay, john
Lords: John and Jay. Topics: caring more about news about a thing than the thing itself, saying funny lines from movies, the Terminator 2 soundtrack and the Fairlight CMI 3, the diminishing returns of each console generation, and delicious things we've made recently.
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37. Fela Cooties
July 6th, 2020 | 59 mins 36 secs
beek, jay
Lords this week: Jay and Chris. We discuss songwriting constraint decks, the advantages of CD-ROMs over web sites, bananas, sample choices in 90s techno, the genres available in the ID3 tag, and everything2.com.
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18. Yelling Sweater
February 24th, 2020 | 1 hr 20 secs
james, jay
Lords this week: Jay and James. We discuss old references making jokes inaccessible, how four year olds perceive legos, realizing stylish people can also be skilled, cheap musical instruments, timberwolf jaws, losing touch with popular aesthetics, and growing a Santa beard in spite of your CPAP machine.
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11. The Unfriendly Potty Tries To Put It Back
January 6th, 2020 | 1 hr 10 mins
jay, jenni
Lords this week: Jenni and Jay. We discuss getting immersion in a language when you don't know any native speakers, scars that mean your mouth is too small, food when you're expecting different food, paying to pee on road trips in Germany, Thomas Dolby's early 90s online music service, and being ok with admitting when you don't know something.
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3. The Screaming Man Simulator
November 11th, 2019 | 51 mins 15 secs
james, jay
Lords this episode: Jay Tholen and James Hofmann. We discuss storytelling class, music that's so boring it's interesting, library and production music, designing pinball tables to be cheap to manufacture, and cosplaying Darth Vader in bed.
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1. The Shoulderblade Is A Girl
October 28th, 2019 | 59 mins 18 secs
jay, jenni
Lords this week: Jenni Poloda and Jay Tholen. We discuss the regretting the ukulele, stripper karaoke, spaghetti eating hacks, the problem with German donuts, drying a wet phone, and fine-tuning spicy food.