Valentine's Day | Ep #12

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Roses are red, but violets aren't blue; discover this and other shocking Valentine's Day revelations this week with John and Drew.

Show Notes:  

01:20 Our audio valentine to you 
08:00 The valentine collection device
11:28 Ruh roh, I've got the hots for you? 
15:55 Interlude: Misfits: "Last Caress"
18:29 Serious business

21:25 Vitriol Day

25:05 Everyone loves chalk hearts

27:47 Ornithologists love boobies 

28:30 Interlude: The Queers: "Today I Fell in Love"

31:45 Drew's awkward stomach

35:08 Love and rockets

39:45 Peaceful coexistance

43:07 This'saint a holiday

44:40 Interlude: Nirvana: "Heart Shaped Box"

49:15 The appropriately named massacre

53:25 A game of chocolate Tetris

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Valentine's Day | Ep #12

The Wire | Ep #11

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The Wire may not be a show for everyone, but this episode of The Hourchive is. The first half of this two-hourchive epic is a Wire primer for those who've never seen the show; the second is a season-by-season discussion of exactly why it's the best show ever. Hint: all the pieces matter. 

Show Notes:  

02:25 Drop the bagel; watch The Wire 
03:45 Snot Boogie
11:20 A staggering amount of characters  
18:35 Interlude: The Missing Package
22:15 Bodymore, Murdaland

34:25 Interlude: Juking the Stats

37:50 Good cop/bad cop Jimmy McNulty

41:00 Interlude: The Wire Season One Opening Theme

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42:15  Season One

48:50 Interlude: "The king stays the king."

1:03:19 Season Two

1:17:55 Interlude: "We used to make shit in this country."

1:20:40 Season Three

1:22:49 Interlude: "Dream with me."

1:36:16 Season Four

1:45:30 Season Five

1:51:50 Interlude: "Pawns"

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The Wire | Ep #11

The Mall | Ep #10

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Do you love the smell of commerce in the morning? Then take a ride with us to the mall, where wishes are granted, greenery is inoffensive, and all must pay tribute to the red-haired, denim-bejacketed siren of the center court fountain, Tiffany.

Show Notes:  

01:30 Which came first: the chicken or the strip mall? 
03:58 It's not a mall; it's the mall 
06:40 Get your sprawl on  
12:58 Put a roof over that
14:40 Interlude: Muzak: Theme from Taxi Driver

21:06 Children's art has to go someplace

16:40 Interlude: I Love the '80s: The Mall

33:03 Mall culture (mallture?)

35:25 Interlude: Tiffany: "I Think We're Alone Now"

38:03 Lessons learned (while buying nothing)

47:44 The perks and perils of mall employment

50:20 Interlude: The Blues Brothers trash Dixie Square Mall

56:40 Dead malls 

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The Mall | Ep #10

BONUS: 90s Music Sing-Along Countdown

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The '90s live on... on VH1. Read (and sing) along as we discuss (and destroy) VH1's list of the top 100 greatest songs of the '90s in this special bonus Hourchive episode. 

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Bonus Episode: 90s Music Countdown

90s Music | Episode #09

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Don't go chasing waterfalls... stick with us as we cut holes in our jeans, dial MTV, and take Alanis Morissette to task for her lack of irony. 

Show Notes:  

01:41 Bill & Ted invoke the philosophy of Bret Michaels 
02:50 The late 80s: a great big mess 
04:03 The 90s: why so serious? 
09:15 Scarf-tossing anthems and holes in the knees of your jeans
11:30 Interlude: Spin Doctors: "Two Princes"

12:40 Pop music is decade-proof

16:40 Gn'R: the tipping point

17:01 Dial MTV / Total Request Live

18:03 Stomping ground

20:45 Nirvana on Headbanger's Ball

21:54 VJ Throwdown

25:41 Rock n' Jock

26:10 Interlude: MTV's Summer 1995 Promo

32:03 Do your best Billy Corgan

39:20 Way to go, Rob Somebody

42:44 Interlude: Lisa Loeb: "Stay (I Missed You)"

43:19 You say... we should talk about '90s alterna-chicks

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90s Music | Ep #09