Episode 68

## Episode Guide

   "Time Crisis, back once again. It is with a heavy heart that today we must uncover a dark secret behind Tic Tacs, one of America's favorite mints. We'll also be talking Doritos with Phil Matarese, creator of the HBO comedy *Animals*. We'll also be joined by Chris Baio to debut his Sting and Shaggy remix. All this, plus the greatest hits of 2018 and 1969. This is Time Crisis."

## Episode

### Guests

* Phil Matarese - writer and actor
* Chris Baio - musician, bassist of Vampire Weekend

### Topics

Jake (recently returned from his Italian honeymoon) and the Crew chat travel. Ezra tells how someone was impersonating him on Facebook by friending his high school classmates and posting Smashing Pumpkins videos. Connections are drawn between Pavement and Vampire Weekend's "Ottoman", as well as the Grateful Dead. The group investigates Tic Tac's exploitation of FDA loopholes in order to claim to be sugar free. Phil Matarese calls in to talk about new Doritos Blaze and his favorite flavor, known in Canada as Sweet Chilli Heat. Chris Baio stops in to give an update on the Shaggy/Sting collab and premiere his remix of one of the duo's tracks. The Top Five spakrs conversations on novelty songs, technical proficiency over vibe, Christian theology, and political art. The Crew riff on "Downtown's Dead" as a song about gentrifciation, and the mainstream representation of hippies in the musical *Hair*.

### Segments

* Time Crisis Hotline
* Sweet Chili Heat World Premiere
* Top Five

### Continuity

* Vampire Weekend
* Grateful Dead
* Bruce Springsteen
* Episode 4 - Jamie Foxx
* Episode 1 - Mark Ronson
* Episode 2 - Florence Welch
* Lonnie's Dad
* 8 Minute Cape Cod
* Merch

### Fun Facts

This is the first appearance of the Sweet Chili Heat World Premiere segment and its corresponding drop.

## Music

### Top Five on iTunes

2018
1. "This Is America" - Childish Gambino
2. "Downtown's Dead" - Sam Hunt
3. "Heaven" - Kane Brown
4. "Fall in Line (feat. Demi Lovato)" - Christina Aguilera
5. "Whatever It Takes" - Imagine Dragons

1969
1. "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures) [From the American Tribal Love Rock Musical "Hair"] [Remastered]" - The 5th Dimension
2. "Hair" - The Cowsills
3. "Get Back" - The Beatles
4. "It's Your Thing" - The Isley Brothers
5. "Love Can Make You Happy" - Mercy

### Songs Played

* "One of Us" - ABBA
* "A Medium Rootbeer" - Wolf Colonel
* "High Slope" - Roberto Conrado & Piero Montanari
* "At&T" - Pavement
* "Ottoman" - Vampire Weekend
* "Shady Lane / J vs. S (Remastered)" - Pavement
* "China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider" - Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
* "Bubblin" - Anderson .Paak
* "Roll (Burbank Funk)" - The Internet
* "Poke It Out" - Playboi Carti & Nicki Minaj
* "Rent" - Big Freedia
* "So Lonely" - The Police
* "Dreaming In The U.S.A. (Baio Remix)" - Sting and Shaggy
* "Love Can Make You Happy" - Mercy
* "Whatever It Takes" - Imagine Dragons
* "Cotton Eye Joe" - Rednex
* "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" - Ylvis
* "It's Your Thing" - The Isley Brothers
* "Fall in Line (feat. Demi Lovato)" - Christina Aguilera
* "Get Back" - The Beatles
* "Heaven" - Kane Brown
* "Hair" - The Cowsills
* "Downtown's Dead" - Sam Hunt
* "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures) [From the American Tribal Love Rock Musical "Hair"] [Remastered]" - The 5th Dimension
* "This Is America" - Childish Gambino