{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Your Dark Companion Podcast","title":"When the Power Goes Out… Just Start Singing | Tim DeLaughter","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f411ea13\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3489,"description":"Mike, Grubes, and the Live at Five crew welcome back the grooviest cat in Dallas music history: Tim DeLaughter of Tripping Daisy and The Polyphonic Spree. They get into what it really takes to move an army of robed weirdos around the world, why a 28-person band actually “moves like a small band,” and how a nightmare power outage at David Bowie’s Meltdown Festival somehow turned into the Spree’s big bang moment.\nTim walks us through the jump from blue-sparkle Ludwig drum kits to frontman duty, writing Tripping Daisy songs live on stage because they only had eight in the bag, and how Polyphonic Spree began as a “later in life” idea he accidentally had to build in two weeks. There’s family skepticism, labels circling, UK tours, penguins in theaters, flying owls, and 300 pounds of confetti.\nPlus: Mike’s mid-show sermon for CBD House of Healing, a plug for Giving Moss at the Barley House, and Tim’s legendary Holiday Extravaganza at the Majestic—complete with tap-dancing grandmas, ten-foot toy soldiers, and a zoo segment Johnny Carson would’ve killed for. It’s stories, spirit, and full-on Tim DeLaughter Time.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n00:00:00 - Lightning Strikes & Live at Five Cold Open00:01:12 - Welcome to Your Dark Companion00:02:08 - Enter: One Groovy Cat, Tim DeLaughter00:02:51 - Tripping Daisy, Polyphonic Spree & Juggling Two Bands00:03:45 - How to Tour with 20+ People (and Stay Sane)00:06:42 - The Core Band, Rehearsals & Orchestral Add-Ons00:09:52 - St. Vincent, Taylor Young & the Spree Alumni Club00:11:03 - Dreaming Up the Polyphonic Spree in Woodstock00:13:28 - Loss, Leaving Tripping Daisy & Trying the Big Idea00:14:39 - Building the First Spree Lineup in Two Weeks00:22:54 - Power Out at Bowie’s Meltdown & The Watershed Moment00:26:51 - Young Hothead Tim vs. Older Zen Tim00:28:18 - Can You Improvise? The Hardest Part of Casting the Band00:31:06 - Mid-Show Read: CBD House of Healing00:34:24 - Night of Giving Moss at the Barley House00:36:03 - Oak Cliff, Hot Ice & Church-Choir...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/MY5pcsVq0QCXSElEJXNsUEiC8gyrgEoWfpnhiVr9GdU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hZTA1/ZjBmZGFkOTk5ZDdi/YWRmMDQ3NGZjY2Ex/ZjgxYS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}