Jake, Ezra, and Nick in Austin, TX
Despot, Nick, and Jake at the eclipse show
Visual Episode title card
Visual Episode trailer via @timecrisis2000
Ezra: "What's up? We're here on Time Crisis TV - TCTV - coming to you live from Austin, Texas. Uh, we'll be here for the Vampire Weekend show, the Only God Was Above Us album release eclipse show, at the Moody Amphitheater in downtown Austin - but you know us. We're not just gonna be talking about Austin, we'll be talking about Dallas, little bit of El Paso, Six Flags, New France... We'll be all over the place, and you guys will maybe check out a little bit of the backstage scene?"
Jake: "For sure."
Ezra: "I'm gonna be busy. I'm gonna be doing my warmups, I'm gonna be getting ready for the show, but a lot of fun stuff here on the first visual episode of Time Crisis."
Episode[]
Guests[]
- Despot - rapper
- Max Weidenfeld - Time Crisis Correspondent
- Holly McClarin - author of the Time Crisis Universe Wiki
- Parker - fan
- Alexander - fan, runs tastefulpallettemerch
- Winter - computer programmer and Starbucker
Summary[]
Ezra, Jake, and Nick hang out in Austin the day before Vampire Weekend's big show. They chat Texas music, contemplating the appeal of Dallas (dubbed "the shiny city") over other major Texas cities. Ezra details Sergio Leone's film Once Upon a Time in the West and how it differed from the classic narratives of the Western genre. Jake states his love for Vampire Weekend's newest album, and the Crew discuss the songs and flow of the track listing. Ezra mentions the band's recent cover of the folk song "Peggy O", and the group take a lyrical deep dive into the Grateful Dead's version of the song, where they discover major incel vibes. VW's last live performance from 2022 is covered, including the Korean band who accidentally dissed them right before their set. Ezra shares the special guests who will join Vampire Weekend on stage during the eclipse show: Brian Robert Jones, Chromeo's Dave 1, and Phoenix's Thomas Mars. The latter two musicians both being francophones, Ezra states his desire to have them speak French onstage. Jake and Nick are then grilled over which six flags flew over Texas throughout the state's history before the Crew begins reporting on the scene at the eclipse show. Despot is asked about his appearances in Vampire Weekend's music videos for "Mary Boone" and "Diane Young", and Nick shares that his great-great-uncles founded Arby's. Various fans are quizzed by Max on Time Crisis trivia, and the Crew talks to Holly McClarin about the TCU Wiki and Winter about Starbucks' union news. The episode wraps up sans Ezra backstage after the concert, where the Crew recap their experience of the show and the total solar eclipse.
Segments[]
- Corporate Food History
- Time Crisis Correspondent
Continuity[]
- Vampire Weekend
- Episode 50 - Eclipse talk, Despot's flight habits
- In My Neighborhood
- Episode 208 - "Capricorn", bats
- 8 Minute Hope
- Grateful Dead
- Episode 72 - "Matty Groves"
- Episode 70 - Live From Ojai
- Episode 96 - Live from Chicago
- Episode 85 - Seinfeld2000's exile in Japan
- Episode 197 - Flamin' Hot
- Lonnie's Dad
- Core Values
- Episode 39 - "Absconded with the bread"
- Episode 104 - Popcorn and raisins
- Episode 49 - Lord Haddaway
- Episode 131 - Tom O'Neill
- Episode 200 - Winter's previous appearance
Fun Facts[]
This episode was recorded in Austin, Texas for Vampire Weekend’s show on April 8, 2024, coinciding with the total solar eclipse and Ezra’s 40th birthday. This was the first time songs from their album Only God Was Above Us were played live.
Visual Episode[]
This episode is the first ever "visual" episode of the show, stated to be a Sweet Chili Heat World Premiere. A half-hour video episode was released on YouTube and Apple Music on April 16, 2024, three days after the full episode aired. Topics that were removed from the visual episode include the discussion on Texas music, "Peggy O" deep dive, Nick's Arby's story, and Time Crisis trivia.
Quotes[]
"I don't understand the phrase that you're saying right now. There were six flags over Texas?" - Jake
Music[]
Songs Played[]
- "One of Us" - ABBA
- "Bob Wills Is Still the King" - Waylon Jennings
- "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) [feat. Willie Nelson]" - Waylon Jennings
- "Dallas" - Joe Ely
- "I Don't Think Much About Her No More" - Mickey Newbury
- "Dallas" - Silver Jews
- "C'era una volta il west (Once upon a time in the west)" - Ennio Morricone & Edda Dell'Orso
- "From Austin" - Zach Bryan
- "I Will Always Love You" - Dolly Parton
- "Hope" - Vampire Weekend
- "Peggy-O (Live in Englishtown, NJ, September 3, 1977)" - Grateful Dead
- "Pretty Peggy-O" - Bob Dylan
- "Funky Squaredance, Pt. 1, 2 & 3 (Medley)" - Phoenix
- "Marquee Moon" - Television
- "Connect" - Vampire Weekend
- "Gen-X Cops" - Vampire Weekend
- "Capricorn" - Vampire Weekend
- "Prep-School Gangsters" - Vampire Weekend
- "Eclipse" - Pink Floyd
- "Ice Cream Piano" - Vampire Weekend
- "The Surfer" - Vampire Weekend