For our 12th episode, Jon and Harrison are listening to someone else's recommendation...what?! At the request of listener Billy Callis (through the magic of our Play Disc Request Lottery!), today we discuss King Crimson's debut album, In The Court Of The Crimson King. Over the course of an hour, join us as we:

• Discuss the little observed fact that Kanye West listens to King Crimson
• Hear Jon's impersonations of Casey Kasem, Sir Patrick Stewart, and (after a fashion) Kanye West
• Talk about the virtues and vices of flute solos
• Marvel at the gall of someone showing up to a job interview without any of the requested qualifications
• Experience Harrison's shock upon discovering Robert Christgau's evaluation of King Crimson
• Have a brief discussion to talk about who the best drummer of all time is
• Wax poetic about the slowly disappearing art of the album, and Harrison maybe comes around a little bit on vinyl
• Listen to Harrison learn what a mellotron is in real time
• Elucidate a slight tension between Jon and Harrison and how they critically approach music
• Entertain Harrison whining about people who Oppenheimer and Nietzsche
• Get into a brief argument about whether or not each note needs to justify its existence and whether or not you can miss an absence of something
• Discuss our key track, while Harrison does a bit of metagaming
• Preview our next episode

Come join us for an hour of thoughtful and good-humored commentary, and we'll catch you on the B-side!

Find Billy Callis on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/Billy_Callis/
And find Billy's band Nailhouse at https://www.instagram.com/Nailhouse___

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