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Autobiography of a Schnook


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In the first release of December 2020, we look inside the mind of a 14-year Chicagoan, God help us all. In this chapter:
About a Schnook – Does he live quietly? What are his personal habits?
Music For Schnooks: Rubber Schnook – An approach to a classic Beatles album. British version? American version? A hybrid?
 

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Wait...wasn't there just a new episode a few days ago? Well, yeah, but...let's talk about 1990. It was a time when we needed to pray just to make it today. (Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.) In this episode:

  • The Year That Was 1990 - and how a teenage schnook deals with a new school and a new job
  • Music for Schnooks - How a simple Christmas present changed an angsty teen's life forever

https://schnookpodcast.com/2020/12/24/chapter-29-the-1990-episode/

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After taking a month off, we're back with a new episode! In fact, after recording the main body, it turned out there was more room for one more story, so in comes a special guest to the rescue! In this chapter
・𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝗽𝗶𝘁 - a tour of an early life of schnookery
・𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻' 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 - riding Amtrak for the first time
・𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁...but you got me instead.


https://schnookpodcast.com/2021/02/28/chapter-30-firsts/

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Getting in under the wire before the month expires, it’s time for another chapter in the life of a schnook! In this episode:

  • New York: It’s complicated. How the Big Apple and a schnook get along…or maybe don’t get along.
  • Music for Schnooks: Four (or more?) from ’84 – the soundtrack of a past life

https://schnookpodcast.com/2021/03/31/chapter-31/

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I may be a schnook, but I ain’t a fool: here’s an episode for April 2021! In chapter 32:

  • Pandemic Traveling – My first vacation away in over a year
  • Music for Schnooks – A couple of guests join for an intense conversation about partying with Beatle-people

https://schnookpodcast.com/2021/04/30/chapter-32/

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Apologies for missing the deadline by a day! But in this May (+1) episode, Sean discusses:
 
Food Memories – if we need it to survive, we might as well enjoy it!
Music For Schnooks – a look at psychedelic commonalities among three 1967 albums
 
ONE MORE EPISODE before this podcast takes a summer break!
 

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@dauber I've been trying to keep Alexa away from my sister long enough to listen to those albums. So far I've only been able to get about halfway through PATGAD before I get criticized for my "bad taste in music" and she turns that blasted Hero of Time album on again.

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Due to rather unfortunate circumstances, this episode was recorded in the midst of recording another chapter 34. Possible post-Father’s Day trigger warning. Nonetheless, I am happy to share this episode with you.
 
・𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 – Yankees fan, country music liker, and schnook tolerater
・𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀: 𝗜 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹 – thoughts about one of the most talented musicians of the 20th century
 

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Chapter 35: The last episode before summer break! In this chapter:
・𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗜 𝗗𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘆? – A schnook's life in the Garden State
・𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀: 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 – How an *almost* perfect album blew it
 
Back in the fall!
 

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A schnook returns from his summer hiatus with this new chapter, recorded in August 2021 and released in October. Returning to the office in transitional pandemic times, his favorite band selling out, and…just general schnookery! Certain to be a mammoth blockbuster!

https://schnookpodcast.com/2021/10/11/chapter-36/

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December 2021 is over halfway over, just in time for the November 2021 episode! In this chapter:

  • A Schnook on Two Wheels – because biking is always better than driving, right?
  • Music for Schnooks – the significance of rock’n’roll albums of 1971. “Déjà vu,” you say? No, silly, that album is from 1970!

And maybe the December episode will be out in time for Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday!

https://schnookpodcast.com/2021/12/16/chapter-37-november-in-december/

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Aww, as if I was going to let Christmas go by without a present to you? One reason you need to listen: the final mix was not auditioned before release, so you know it’s full of mistakes! Anyway, here’s what’s on tap:

  • Old School Games – a schnook stuck in the past?
  • Music for Schnooks: That Thing You Blast! – a cinematic analysis on managing a band

https://schnookpodcast.com/2021/12/24/chapter-38/

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It’s that time of year again: January. Which means it’s not February yet. 31 days to get the January episode out on time, and this schnook takes every second to do so! In this chapter:

S.A.T. is a Four-Letter Word: a life in test prep
Music For Schnooks: Don’t Meet Your Heroes – Nine and a Half Times Blue: an everyday schnook meets one of his musical heroes and hilarity ensues! (Or maybe not?)

https://schnookpodcast.com/2022/01/31/chapter-39/

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Been a while since there was a new episode. I guess you could say I took the summer off? Well, in this new chapter, you’ll learn about a few things that took up my time. Why should anybody care? heh. When you find out why, please let me know! I mean…I’m just a schnook!

  • A Schnook and the California Myth – dream vacation or harsh reality? (Or both?)
  • Should I have spent more time at the office? Well, for a month and a half, I did not.
  • Music for Schnooks: The Fest for Beatles Fans revisited

https://schnookpodcast.com/2022/11/27/chapter-42-what-i-did-this-summer/

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