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Favorite 2024 Jams
Ep. 12
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Justin Bruce welcomes Brian Brinkman of Helping Friendly Podcast and Beyond the Pond to talk about favorite 2024 Eggy jams!
Brian compiled his 50 favorite 2024 Eggy jams and categorized them into five separate tiers. See the full list below! In a similarly nerdy fashion, Justin penned 170 entries in 2024 for the Eggy Jam Chart on TheCarton.Net. After 20 minutes of chat re: the state of Eggy in 2024, the guys delve into Brian's top two tiers of jams using one minute clips to illustrate what they loved most (starts around the 31 minute mark).
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Nugs Playlists mentioned in this episode:
Favorite 2024 Eggy Jams Tier One Through Three (each Tier presented chronologically)
Favorite 2024 Eggy Jams Top 50 Chronological
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Brian Brinkman's Favorite 2024 Eggy Jams:
Tier One: Diner BOC Omelette
3/22 Backyard Bear
5/4 You -> Atomic Age
Tier Two: Pork Roll E&C
3/14 Here & Now
3/14 Sweat Equity
4/12 Boom or Bust
4/17 Sweat Equity
5/30 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
12/28 Lost & Found -> Hungry Like The Wolf
Tier Three: Deviled Party Tray
4/6 Boom or Bust
4/10 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
4/10 Farthest Step
4/14 Hux (Wit’ It) -> Subterranean Homesick Alien
5/4 Northern Lights
5/8 Smile
5/10 Portable Air Scrubber
5/10 Boom or Bust -> 12 Pounds of Pain -> Boom or Bust
10/16 Hungry Like The Wolf
10/27 Carry On
10/31 Southern Cross
12/31 Terrapin Station
Tier Four: McMuffin
1/5 One Stop Shop
2/17 You Can Call Me Al
2/18 Let It Rock -> Finding & Losing
2/22 One Stop Shop
3/14 Ruben & Cherise
3/15 Lost & Found
3/22 Finding & Losing
4/12 Time Escaping
5/9 Today & Tomorrow -> Skin It Back -> Today & Tomorrow
5/30 High Noon
6/20 Golden Gate Dancer
10/11 Southern Cross
10/18 Chest Fever
10/26 Time Escaping
10/30 Way of the Stone
11/1 Shallow Rivers
11/29 Searchlight
12/27 Sweat Equity
Tier Five: Jimmy Dean
2/15 Boom or Bust
3/14 Kiss From A Rose
4/18 Sweat Equity
8/24 Atomic Age
8/31 Boom or Bust
10/12 Buying Time -> Birdland -> Buying Time
10/19 Ricky Gervais
10/30 One More Dance
11/1 Boom Or Bust
11/2 Remind Me
12/28 Queen’s Gambit
12/31 Smile
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