Since this podcast can only happen when the Brothers are apart, after a short hiatus the BivBros are back! It's now the early 2020s, and Evan and Matt look back on what was cool about the last year. And what they want this year to be. Also: meditation, the highs and lows of rock and roll, and the lining of coffers.
Show Notes
- Rastafarians are currently Evan's "song topic of choice". There will be a new star-studded Dune movie. Was the band Good Charlotte named after actor Charlotte Rampling?
- It's a new decade! We can finally say "the 20s" instead of something far less satisfying! Like, "the Nasty 70s"
- To start the new year, The Brothers are all about allowing themselves some personal time, specifically through meditation. Is it really as cool as everyone else says that it is?
- They both read the book "Miracle Mornings: the Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8AM" by Hal Elrod.
- Evan has been doing some re-perusing of the classic book "Effortless Mastery" by Kenny Werner after feeling great about his playing during the White Buffalo Tour 2019.
- Matt is very grateful to the people that have listened to this strange little meandering podcast. And is proud that we've made it to eight episodes. We are not the only podcast of its kind; we're one of thousands. We're not even the first show that features brothers that use a podcast to stay in touch. But we do it to make us happy. So thank you, so much, for listening.
- Top Things of 2019:
- The Mandalorian. It's on most people's lists, of course, and also: Baby Yoda. He's a true star.
- Doom Patrol was great. DC Cinematic/TV Universe overall: not great.
- Watchmen. "The junk was majestic". The nicest surprise of the year, the best written show, a loving reimagining of a classic world.
- Joker. Matt loved it. Not for the "Batman-ness" of it, but as a standalone movie. Controversial, sure, but also just fascinating and beautiful at times.
- Red Dead Redemption 2 was a big part of Matt's life this year. Again, beautiful storytelling and acting. If you play online, and run into MATTIEMACNAB, please don't murder him, OK?
- Neil Peart has passed, and whether or not you listened to Rush, you can kind of appreciate that the dude was a prodigy. Prodigies are cool.
- Discord. It's so old-school. Could we start it up again? Talk about things, and communitize a little bit? Let's hang out.
(We'll get a real channel name if you subscribe there, too. Sorry to ask you to do so much work!)
What is The BivBros Show?
Evan and Matt Bivins live in two different cities. They develop websites and software, play rock and roll, and talk about movies, TV, books, comics and music.