Unbanded Brothers

Judge John Hodgman

Jesse Thorn

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4.8 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2011

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Brothers and bandmates Jack and Jeff bring this argument over tourdates, a wedding and being the boss of the band.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman Podcast.
0:03.6	I'm guest Baelif Moti Belmati, a radio host at a small hipster music station in North
0:08.4	Hampton, Massachusetts.
0:09.7	Today, the case of the unbanded brothers.
0:13.1	Jeff is the frontman of a band and has been for many years now, touring worldwide, making
0:18.5	albums and living off his musical talents.
0:21.4	His younger brother, Jack, has played bass for the band for the past 10 years.
0:25.9	Jack's livelihood also depends on his work with the band.
0:29.4	Their argument stems from the scheduling of an upcoming tour in Europe to support a new
0:33.3	album.
0:34.3	Younger brother, Jack, asked to cancel the final dates at the end of the tour to return
0:39.3	to the States for a friend's wedding.
0:41.2	He proposed other dates to make up for those missed.
0:43.8	Jack feels that given his time with the band and the compromise he proposed, he was not
0:48.2	out of line to ask to reschedule the shows.
0:50.8	In fact, he says Jeff would like to deny him just to show his dominance over his little
0:55.8	brother.
0:56.8	On the other hand, Jeff says that his brother is being
0:59.3	unprofessional.
1:00.7	He claims that he should treat Jack as he would any other musician.
1:03.6	If he can't play a few of the scheduled dates, he should be replaced with another bassist.
1:08.8	His argument is that if his brother is on tour, he's working and should simply tell his
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