The Season Premiere! Essential Albums LIGHTNING ROUND!

 

Welcome back, dear listener, to the show that talks about stuff on purpose! It's TRAPPO, back and better than ever! And we've got a doozy of a season two premiere ahead. You may recall that we began our inaugural season with a bloated, two-part episode detailing some of our so-called "essential" albums, the kind of music that we would feel comfortable loading into a giant cannon and firing off into space in order to preserve a precious collection of our shared pop culture heritage. Thus, the illustrious TRAPPO Essentials Can(n)on was born, and history was made. Our first time around, we each brought five albums to the table, and we proceeded to ramble about each of our picks for quite a while, and to be completely honest the episodes are a bit difficult to sit through. That was not the best way to begin our brave new podcast, and I can admit that now. Mistakes, as they say, were made. But we've chosen to correct those mistakes with our season two premiere. This time around, we're not each bringing five albums to the discussion. We're bringing TEN. Now that may sound counter-intuitive, but fret not, dear listener. For this time, we have called down the thunder! This time, it's the Essential Albums LIGHTNING ROUND! We're not going to spend an inordinate amount of time discussing these twenty (okay, when I actually type that, it looks like a lot) albums. We're keeping things short and sweet, getting in and out in one episode, less than one hour in total length. That's pretty impressive for us. And there are bound to be a few surprises in store, so you're going to have to keep on your toes. 

This is a very exciting time to be alive, now that TRAPPO's back in business! The episode is embedded below, and you can also find it on Apple, Google, RadioPublic, Pocket Casts, Spotify and Anchor, so choose your own adventure and let's open wide the doors to the TRAPPO Essentials Can(n)on once again!

Join the conversation! Leave a comment below telling us what you think of our picks, and while you're at it, leave some suggestions for future episode topics. Of course if you're feeling a bit more wordy, you could always send us a much appreciated email. And don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram for the complete TRAPPO experience! 

Before we part, in case you think I've forgotten the hotly anticipated results of our season finale poll, I was originally planning on sharing them in this post, but I've decided to save that for the opening of next week's Mail Bag, so you've got another week of anticipation ahead of you. The poll's closed, so no more voting is allowed, but I want to sincerely thank every single one of you who took a chance on the music we featured, and for casting your votes. We're very happy with the response, which makes us feel like we might be doing something right around here. 

Thanks for listening, thanks for continuing to support the show, and thanks for being yourselves. We love you kooky cats, and we wouldn't still be doing the show without you. 

KEEP TRAPPO WEIRD.