Appendix S

## Date

Monday, 11/30/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 2:09:22

## Title

**The Day Josh Was Super Foggy Brained And Said He Wasn’t Ready For Christmas Songs Yet, But Still Played A Few (Plus A Scintillating Cheap Trick Mega-Medley That That Took Us To Budokan)**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/935296027005390

## Noteworthy Details

Special Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** N/A

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “Sleigh bells in 3/4, at 92 beats per minute…that can only mean one thing at this time of year. Sing along!” (before opening with Christmas Time Is Here)
* “Tag! How does the tag go?” (on Christmas Time Is Here)
* Conversation:
	+ **Josh:** Let’s see what’s on the board here, shall we? Let’s start playing requests, maybe. Maybe? Maybe today will be the day I finally don’t…
	+ **Mary:** Maybe you just play, like, the opening song, the Stretch and a closing song?
	+ **Josh:** Maybe it’s not even a closing song. Maybe I just blab for the next two hours.
* “Mike G. (asks) what were the two songs Josh played on the Ted Leo concert (on pipe organ at Columbus Theatre)? Mike G., those were original compositions composed, performed and recorded by yours truly. Did we record at least 25 songs, original Josh compositions? Yes. Did we use only two of them? Yes. What are we gonna do with the other 23 plus? Some of them are TBD and some of them are TBA.”
* “You’d think these two-chord songs would be easy, and they are. But my brain’s just not here today.” (on Jump In The Line (Shake Señora))
* “A lot of C-major today, right? I think everything’s been in C-major today. You know what, screw that...D-major. Do I know this song in D-major? No. What key is it on the record? I have no idea.” (on Doctor My Eyes)
* “Let’s do a key change, maybe?” (on The Little Drummer Boy)
* “So that’s ‘Down At The Twist And Shout’ by Peter, Paul and Mary Chapin and Joseph and Harry Chapin and the Carpenters, featuring the Isley Brothers. That’s an all-star cast is what that is.” (after playing Down At The Twist And Shout)
* Conversation:
	+ **Mary:** We’ve just had a very relaxed attitude about today’s show … but you, the performer who wants to keep his brain sharp, you enjoy unicycling on a tightrope. So I wonder if there’s just not enough fire under you, if there’s not enough unicycle tight-roping today.
	+ **Josh:** Yeah, it could be. But these songs feel hard in a way that I feel like they shouldn’t feel this hard. I’m not saying what I do is easy, you guys. Like even on my best days, when I make it look easy…maybe I need the hat (pauses to put on hat). Power of Johnny Damon. Like, I still feel like I’m riding a unicycle across a tightrope, but I also feel like maybe it’s really foggy (and) low visibility or something? Andi says the rain is making me sluggish, that could be…
	+ **Mary:** It might be the fog machine in the other room. I should probably turn that off.
	+ **Josh:** Might be the 18 pot brownies I ate right before we went live.
	+ **Mary:** I wondered where those went to…
	+ **Josh (sighing):** Guys, I didn’t do that.
	+ **Mary:** That’s true, he didn’t. But Chloe is pretty lethargic today.
* Conversation:
	+ **Mary:** Josh still has a compulsion to play what’s on the board. Even (with a) sluggy brain, he’s still gonna keep going.
	+ **Josh:** Yeah, there’s nothing up here where I’m, like, ‘Oh I’m not doing that.’
	+ **Mary:** You could just decide to stop playing at this point.
	+ **Josh:** I’ve got like seven more, though.
	+ **Mary:** It’s a compulsion. It’s a compulsion!

## Album of the Week

* Funkadelic – Free Your Mind... And Your Ass Will Follow

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* Hatter

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