First-Name Basis, Episode 1: The First 10

<p>Our First-Name Basis season is underway! Our mission: to identify the <em>most</em> iconic song associated with a first name. But how? It starts right here, as we look at the first 10 in our FNB Top 40 and decide which songs/names move on to the next round. Along the way, we make predictions, remember <em>Just One Of The Guys</em> and <em>American Crime Story</em>, stand too close to you with Chardonnay breath, re-scan upstate towns to fit into country songs, and pay tribute to the car trips and roller rinks of our youths. Come on, Eileens: it's an all-new MASTAS season!</p> <p>Our intro is <em>[deep breath</em>] Elliott Smith, Ben Folds, Andrew Byrne, Laura Barger, AND Jack Baldelli, and our outro is De La Soul. For more information/to become a patron of the show, visit <a href="http://patreon.com/mastas" target="_blank">patreon.com/mastas</a>.</p> <p><strong>SHOW NOTES</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/867-5309-jenny/">Snopes fact-check on MB's assertion about people with the 867-5309 phone number: true!</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgCdhAIHO3o">"Santa Jenny"</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.kks.nyc/">King Killer Studios</a></li> <li><a href="https://bleav.com/shows/mark-and-sarah-talk-about-songs/episodes/episode-108-elvis-costello-and-duran-duran-watching-the-detectives/">Episode 108: Elvis Costello and Duran Duran, "Watching The Detectives"</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/">...These Are Their Stories</a></li> <li><a href="https://bleav.com/shows/mark-and-sarah-talk-about-songs/episodes/episode-112-the-lovin-spoonful-darling-be-home-soon/">SDB keeps getting Looking Glass and The Lovin' Spoonful confused</a></li> <li><a href="https://bleav.com/shows/mark-and-sarah-talk-about-songs/episodes/episode-220a-simon-garfunkels-bridge-over-troubled-water-ranked/">Episode 220A: Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water," Ranked</a></li> <li><a href="https://bleav.com/shows/mark-and-sarah-talk-about-songs/episodes/ep