Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 130: My Definition

I had to do my half of the podcast on the road this week as I was in London pursuing a business opportunity that involved combining music with…golf. Yes, golf. But I can be done. If I can win the business, I hope to change the image of golf forever. Or so I dream.

So sitting in a high-backed armchair in my charming little hotel near Lancaster Gate Tube station, Michael and I discussed the following.

• Google may have ruined much of our sense of wonder, but it still can’t solve this mystery. Does anyone know the name of this song?

• How Mike Myers came up with the Austin Powers theme. (Hint: It has to do with a Canadian game show. And it was also the basis for this song.)

• Carly Simon spills the beans after 43 years.
• Ask Alan Anything: The employment requirement to be in Jon Bon Jovi’s band.
• The death of Rdio.
• Remember when wrestlers released albums?
• And remember when Hulk Hogan auditioned to be the bass player in Metallica? Seriously.

• We have a winner of the Philips Beard Trimmer 9000. It comes with FRICKIN’ LASERS!
• We have a new co-producer in the form of Derek French.
• Weaponizing Katy Perry.

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