It's Simple, It's Dumb, It's the Podcast

It's Simple, It's Dumb, It's the Podcast

Continuing from where the 'Jason Lytle Songs - Ranked' (@LytleSongs) Twitter project left off, this podcast furthers the dialogue in an audio format by asking friends and fans of Jason's to discuss his music and name their favorite song among his catalog. New episodes at some point

Episodes

November 8, 2024 72 mins
Kurt Foster, musician and close personal friend of Jason Lytle discusses how he became friends with Jason, Jason's short time in Portland, and his time on the Lost Machine Orchestra tour.   

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Go Progress Chrome by Grandaddy on Spotify
Long Gone by Mission Spotlight on Spotify
Loretta and the Insect World by Giant Sand on Spotify
Under the Western Freeway by Grandaddy on Spotify
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Tyler Labine, actor, musician, and teller of stories shares the impact Grandaddy has on his past, present, and future.   

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Go Progress Chrome by Grandaddy on Spotify
Everything Beautiful Is Far Away by Grandaddy on Spotify
A.M. 180 by Grandaddy on Spotify
Moving Apart by ADANAC on Spotify
Oh She Deleter :( by Grandaddy on Spotify
Jed the Humanoid by Grandaddy on Spotify
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December 28, 2023 76 mins
Ron Cameron, legendary graphic designer and skateboarder, tells skateboarding stories from his encounters with Jason and gives us the full story of the "Music Meant to Accompany the Art of Ron Cameron" CD (+ loads more!).

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April 3, 2023 45 mins
Bob Farley, longtime fan, friend, tourhand, Yankee dirtbag (and more) to Grandaddy talks about some of his memories with the band.

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Aaron Espinoza of Earlimart and Admiral Radley shares his thoughts and some stories about Grandaddy and his good friend Jason Lytle.  

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October 3, 2021 70 mins
Daryle Bascom is Grandaddy's tour manager, and he shares loads of insights from his time on tour with Grandaddy.  Through a series of connections in which Daryle explains, he ended up on the crew for the legendary Elliott Smith/Grandaddy tour, in support of Figure 8 and The Sophtware Slump respectively.  He shares several stories from that tour, but he also reflects upon other notable moments (good and bad) while on tour with ...
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    September 19, 2021 33 mins
    Brad Sucks writes indie rock songs while recording things himself. Needless to say, he views Jason Lytle as a huge influence and is prepared to explain why.  He also talks about the bizarre circumstances in which he and Jason came to collaborate on "In It to Win It", a single from his most recent LP, A New Low in Hi-Fi.  

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    September 6, 2021 43 mins
    Eric Pulido is a guitarist/vocalist for the band Midlake.  Midlake has shared a close relationship with Jason Lytle over the last decade, and Eric joins us in this episode to share the hard-to-believe story of how that relationship came about as well as what it has grown into.  He also talks about BNQT, the unique collaboration that included Midlake, Jason, and others.  

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    August 22, 2021 45 mins
    Jim Fairchild is a guitarist in the band Grandaddy.  He's also worked extensively with Modest Mouse over the years, and he's released music himself under the names All Smiles and (most recently) Small Isles.  Jim's role in the band Grandaddy gives him the opportunity to share commentary and offer up first-hand stories about the band and Jason's songwriting.  

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    August 8, 2021 44 mins
    Johnny Lynch records music as The Pictish Trail.  He also runs Lost Map Records from the Isle of Eigg.  In 2019, Jason Lytle - as part of the Arthur King Collective - visited and recorded music as a joint production of Lost Map's "Visitations" series and Arthur King Production's "Changing Landscapes" series.  Pictish Trail provides his insights on his interactions with Jason during these unique recording circumstances.  Also, ...
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    July 25, 2021 54 mins
    Drew Brown of OneRepublic shares his candid thoughts on the band Grandaddy and Jason Lytle's music.  He offers an honest perspective on Grandaddy's track in the music industry, and we also talk plenty about the "mythology" of Jason's creativity. Drew also has an interesting choice for his favorite song written by Jason - something he refers to as his "mantra".  

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    July 4, 2021 57 mins
    Kyle Field of Little Wings regales us with stories of early Grandaddy with a level of detail that will leave you both impressed and wanting to listen once more to make sure you heard it all.  He talks about his first band Rodriguez (with M Ward and Mike Funk) and the formative interactions with Grandaddy that took place over 20 years ago.  There's so many great anecdotes about early Grandaddy that I don't want to spoil any of ...
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    June 20, 2021 27 mins
    For Father's Day, we are speaking with Jason's own father, Jerome Lytle.  We'll talk about what Jason was like growing up, what it was like to parent someone trying to break into the music industry, and we do our best to pin him down on what his favorite song of Jason's is.  

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    June 6, 2021 29 mins
    On this episode, we speak with Daniel Ash, who records indie pop songs under the name Teenage Waitress.  Despite never having met Jason Lytle, he has loads to say about Jason's music and its influence on his own work.  He also goes in-depth on his favorite song of Jason's, and it's not one that you'd probably expect.  

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    May 23, 2021 38 mins
    For this episode, we are speaking with Kramies, the folk singer/songwriter who has worked with Jason occasionally over the last 10 years. Kramies shares his perspective on the type of jaw-dropping impact that Jason can have on a song during its production.  Additionally, he'll explain what is perhaps the greatest metaphor anyone could possibly come up with to explain Grandaddy.  To wrap up, Kramies will discuss another iconic ...
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    May 9, 2021 35 mins
    In our second episode, we speak with Stevie Scullion, better known as Malojian. In 2019, Malojian recorded Humm, his fifth studio album, with Jason Lytle producing. Having been a Grandaddy fan for many years, he shares some of his thoughts on Jason's own music as well as what it was like to work and tour with one of his biggest influences. Malojian also talks to us about definitively one of the best songs ever written by Jason...
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    April 25, 2021 30 mins
    Our initial guest is none other than Ben Bridwell from Band of Horses.  He's been friends with Jason Lytle for a long time and a fan of Jason's music for even longer.  He offers up some interesting stories about the first time he heard Jason's music (Grandaddy), the first time they met, and other stories about being out on tour or in the studio with Jason.  Of course, Ben also walks us through one of his favorite Jason Lytle s...
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    April 6, 2021 2 mins
    In this podcast, we'll be talking with friends and fans of Jason Lytle's about his music and their favorite song within his catalog.
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