For our thirteenth episode, Jon breaks a rule by bringing a recent album to the table - Dan Bern's 2019 album Regent Street. Over the course of an hour, we discuss:

• Jon's recent cross-promotional apperance on Pick A Disc with Matthew Latham, in which they discussed a different Dan Bern album.
• Why such a recent album was chosen when PLAY DISC is usually a retrospective
• Dan Bern's hand injury, how changing his instrument imbued Bern's music with new energy, and how Jon could relate to it
• "Dear Tiger Woods" and Bern's career-long fascination with the golfer
• The political messages in the songs of Regent Street and the extent to which we agree or disagree with them
• How Dan Bern publicly expresses his Jewish identity and our relationship to Judaism (and, sadly, antisemitism)
• Whether "Negotiation" is about politics or sex... or both?
• What Dan Bern has in common with the Romantic poets of the 18th century
• Our picks for the KEY TRACK of Regent Street
• The PLAY DISC Request Lottery and a preview of our next episode

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

RIP Adam Schlesinger. 1967-2020. One of the best and most prolific songwriters in recent memory, taken from us too soon.

Hear Jon's guest appearance on Pick A Disc here: https://www.spreaker.com/user/wemadethis/1x32-db

Here is the link to the video of the dice roll: https://youtu.be/IIu1K5e0YAo

The spreadsheet Request Lottery picks and their associated numbers can be seen here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xOiYNZduLxz7L2CtNUPK1YOu63ni2XTWpcy1cdB6EQw/edit?usp=sharing You can get your request on this list by donating to our Patreon account at the $5 level or above.

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