This is the 50th episode of this podcast! I'm joined by friend Eric D. Johnson (Fruit Bats, Bonny Light Horseman) to talk about handclaps. We talk about handclaps in the songwriting and recording process, play some of our favorite songs featuring handclaps, and also have a bunch of digressions about other stuff.

Songs played in this episode (maybe not exactly in this order):

The Shins - Kissing the Lipless (2003)

Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (1970)

Fruit Bats - When U Love Somebody (2003)

The Routers - Let's Go - Pony (1962)

Rose Royce - Car Wash (1976)

Boston - Foreplay / Long Time (1976)

Erasmo Carlos - Mundo Deserto (1971)

The Cure - Close to Me (1985)

The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Eighteen Is over the Hill (1968)

Air - La femme d'argent (1998)

Alice Coltrane - Govinda Jai Jai (1977)

The Meters - Hand Clapping Song (1970)