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Kelly Dwyer | Pop-Ins, Parody Songs, Party Problems

Thumb War

Bleav + Rachel Selig & Jason Doyle

Leisure, Society & Culture, Relationships, Sports, Comedy, Interview

4.9526 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

🐾 Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood 🐾 On today’s show, Kelly Dwyer (The Second Arrangement) joins MattyO & JD to discuss dial-up modems, the decline of the long email, talking about not talking about Steely Dan, Marc Maron eating hot dogs, emotional support guitars, popping in at someone’s house, watching the radio, the death of parlor games, weird Weird Al references, doing the bare minimum in high school, couples using separate blankets, the wrong way to make plans, when to reward a street performer, washing your own car, and Cherry Poppin’ Daddies vs. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. 👕 Is [This] Good? Merch: https://breakingt.com/isthisgood ✌️ Subscribe to Kelly’s Substack, The Second Arrangement: https://tsa.substack.com/ 📺 Subscribe to Is [This] Good? on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@isthisgood 😎 Follow Is [This] Good? on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isthisgoodpod 📸 Follow Matt Osten on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mosten 📸 Follow JD on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tjasondoyle 🏀 Subscribe to No Dunks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nodunksinc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Is This Good, the show are we boldly, conclusively, and scientifically decide what things in this big wide world are good?

0:20.6

I'm at Austin and with me as always is

0:23.0

production powerhouse Jason Doyle. Hello. Hi JD. Thanks for coming. And the first time I heard

0:29.7

about the NBA being covered on the internet, I heard about today's guest. He's written for ESPN,

0:34.5

Sports Illustrated, Yahoo Sports where he hired a young Jay Skeets. I'm not entirely sure that's true, but we're going with it. And now at his substack, the second arrangement, he's got one of the most unique voices on the internet, and one could say his seductively loose writing styles like jazz. Ah, jazz, but tying in more propulsive elements like rock and funk and R&B.

0:54.9

That's right, he's the jazz fusion of the NBA world.

0:58.2

It's Kelly Dwyer.

0:59.2

Kelly, welcome to Is This Good?

1:02.0

Thanks for having me on.

1:03.3

Thank you for comparing me to that synthesis of styles

1:06.7

that I hold so dearly, and I'm ready to be

1:09.7

annoyed at things. Let's go.

1:12.4

Well, speaking of Jazz Fusion on the last show when Jady and I were talking about having you on,

1:16.8

we set the over under for Steely Dan references at 2.5. How do you feel about that line?

1:26.1

You know, I just let's, you know, ride Captain Ride, you know, Fly Like an Eagle, Layla, and Abacab.

1:36.2

Was there any of that?

1:37.9

I couldn't, I don't think there were.

1:39.2

So.

1:39.6

Oh, no.

1:40.3

No, I don't think so.

1:41.4

I don't think so.

1:42.2

You're good.

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