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The Great Albums

Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Shake the Sheets (w/ guest Mike Vasilikos)

The Great Albums

Bill Lambusta

Music, Music Commentary

4.3760 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2017

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Bill and Brian are joined by WXPN's Mike Vasilikos to talk about Ted Leo & the Pharmacists' Shake the Sheets (2004, Lookout!). Mike explains how working in Baltimore radio lead to his discovery of the band and scoring tickets to a great live show. Then Bill, Brian, and Mike discuss Pitchfork and AllMusic's middling reviews, the band's place in the indie and punk scenes, comparing Leo to the likes of Billy Bragg and Elvis Costello, obliquely political themes, the influence of the Strokes, people being bad a geography, the 2004 presidential election, and more as we make our way through the albums track by track!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, quick message before we start the show. We at the Great Albums are reliant on advertising

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as a way to keep this show free. If you could do us a favor and go to the following URL,

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podcastlistener.com slash albums and answer a few short questions. It would be really helpful to us.

0:16.8

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And just a quick note from me, I just want you guys to know that we want to do our best to get you

0:29.0

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0:32.4

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that you want to hear about. So the best way to make sure that that happens is to fill out

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this questionnaire. So again, go to podcast listener.com slash albums. That's albums with an

0:52.1

S. Welcome to the Great Albums podcast. I'm Bill.

0:55.1

And I'm Brian.

0:56.3

And what are we talking about today, Brian?

0:58.0

Shake the Sheets by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.

1:01.4

Because I was walking through a life one morning, the sun was out, the air was warm, oh oh oh I was cold

1:11.6

And though I most have looked

1:15.0

To half a person

1:16.3

To tell the tale in my own version

1:19.1

It was oh only then

1:21.0

That I felt whole

1:25.1

Do you believe in something Put it falling's all that get up the feed,

1:30.6

fighting for the small.

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