Episode 13: Then There Was Pump Chili


 * Colin Meloy
 * “Yaknow, we don’t have a single song about pirates.” -CM
 * “Every one of your songs is about pirates, don’t kid me.” -JR
 * Merlin and amyl nitrate
 * He went to an AC/DC show to see Yngwie Malmsteen, and sat right next to the cannons.
 * Only The Scorpions would come to Anchorage. Ozzy came once in 1980.
 * John listened from home in his orange Air Force jumpsuit.
 * 29:10- “In the South, almost everything is communicated by what is not said.” -MM
 * “As you get older, success is reducing the amount of complexity in your life.” -MM
 * 32:30- Merlin used to get the Bigun from 7/11.
 * A hamburger with chili.
 * John used to get two chili dogs for 99¢, and you could put as much pump chili, chili out of a pump, and cheese out of a pump, as you want. You'd put it in a paper boat.
 * ~57:00- conspiracy theories.
 * No one can keep secrets.
 * Ted Stevens was John's uncle Jack's law partner.
 * 1:00:00- the Senate party
 * John went to the 40 years in the senate party for Ted Stevens.
 * Four different 4-star generals come out on stage, and they do a can-can. In full uniform. They sang a bawdy song about blowing Ted Stevens.
 * "These people are literally cannibals." -JR
 * There were a lot of 3-star generals in the room who weren't invited onstage.
 * John's dad was a red. Guys would come up and ask his dad how the Communist party was. He was the token pinko.
 * A big part of Bohemian Grove is peeing au naturel. Water sports.
 * John bought a blue wool sailor suit.
 * John looks like the worst guy. He sends the geishas running for cover.
 * There's nothing cute about it. It's just terrifying.
 * 1:16:00- Everything John owns also has two paragraphs of exegesis about what it is and what you should know about it.
 * Merlin's family had  custom license plates.
 * Alex Chilton and Judas Priest