Michael Calore: Julian might know some chairs.
Julian Chokkattu: Just a few.
Lauren Goode: Yeah. Yeah. Well, I was going to say, we do have a guide on WIRED.com. Yeah. But what I’m really hoping for, if I’m being totally honest, is that someone’s just like, “Go find this super-firm low-tech woodworkers’ chair here in this shop that’s not going to break the bank.” Some people are like, “You need the gaming, blah, blah, blah, G2 Force Razer …”
Michael Calore: No.
Lauren Goode: “Pow wow, blah.” And I’m like, “No, no I don’t. That’s the thing.” Yeah. Anyway. So send your recommendations on, I don’t know, Threads. Don’t Signal me this, because I do need to keep Signal free for actual sources. All right. Thanks, all. Mike, what’s your recommendation?
Michael Calore: I’m going to recommend a piece of music. It’s a new piece of music, an album that came out this month. It’s by the South Carolina, North Carolina, I don’t know.
Adrienne So: North Carolina.
Michael Calore: North Carolina. Sorry, Adrienne.
Adrienne So: No, I love this album and I’m so excited you’re recommending it.
Michael Calore: OK. It’s this guy named MJ Lenderman, and he is an indie-rock songwriter. He’s in the band Wednesday. He also has done some work with Waxahatchee recently. But he has a few solo albums under his own name, and one live album, which is really good. And this is his new studio album. It’s called Manning Fireworks. And it is fantastic. That’s pretty much it. If you like indie-rock singer-songwriter types, if you’re into that pavement vibe, that sort of palace music vibe, that sort of slacker, really fun, really witty lyrics vibe, you have to check out MJ Lenderman. He’s going places.
Adrienne So: You sent me his Wristwatch song.
Michael Calore: Yeah.
Adrienne So: And I was just like, “Why has there not been a song about the Apple Watch before?” But also, it’s just like this tech is just so much a part of our everyday lives. Everybody was so startled when Taylor Swift like saying about people looking at people’s location on Find My. And I was like, “I can see all of your locations on Find My right now.” And it’s just like, “Oh, this wristwatch, it’s also a compass.” And it’s just like, “Yes, it is. It’s awesome.”
Michael Calore: Yeah. And it’s great because the song Wristwatch on the album, it’s a song about an Apple Watch, but also it’s not about an Apple Watch.
Adrienne So: Yeah. There’s a literary device for this, which we all should remember because we’re all English majors, but we don’t.
Michael Calore: All right. Well good recommendations everybody. And that is our show. So thank you Julian and Adrienne for joining us.
Julian Chokkattu: Thank you for having us.
Lauren Goode: Thank you all.
Adrienne So: Thank you.
Lauren Goode: That was super fun.
Michael Calore: And thank you all for listening. If you have feedback, you can find all of us on Threads. Just check the show notes. You can find Lauren on Threads. Our producer is the excellent Boone Ashworth. We will be back with a new show next week. And until then, goodbye.
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