Professional Wrestling | Ep #63

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Rip open your tank top and crack open your bibles; The Hourchive 3:16 says it's time to talk about the greatest spectacle in sports entertainment.   

 

Show Notes: 

02:50 Big Poppa Pump

04:40 History of the WWF/WWE
09:30 Hulk Hogan
12:50 Thunderlips (Rocky III)
13:10 WrestleMania

14:50 Interlude: WrestleMania III Introduction
16:10 Hulk Hogan vs. Andrew the Giant
22:40 The Evil Twin Referee
19:50 WCW and the Monday Night Wars
26:10 The Attitude Era
27:20 Interlude: The birth of Austin 3:16
30:15 Stone Cold Steve Austin
31:10 WWE acquires WCW
33:55 ECW
35:40 Owen Hart's Death
45:10 Interlude: The Rock's Greatest Moments
46:12 The greatest wrestling promo ever?
52:30 The shocking debut of the Shockmaster


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Professional Wrestling | Ep #63

Side Projects and Concept Bands | Ep #62

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Being the true artists we are, we refuse to be pigeonholed by your commercial podcast market. This week we go on an hour-long hiatus and stretch our discussion beyond stuff we actually know and into the realm of musical side-projects, supergroups, and the Spiders From Mars.   

 

Show Notes: 

07:40 Temple of the Dog

11:05 Chris Gaines
14:10 Interlude: David Bowie: "Ziggy Stardust"
15:05 Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars
16:30 Sasha Fierce

19:15 Traveling Wilburys
22:15 Supergroups
22:40 Audioslave
24:50 Velvet Revolver
23:58 Interlude: Velvet Revolver: "Slither"
27:20 Dogstar
30:15 30 Seconds to Mars
31:50 Martini Ranch
32:50 Martini Ranch: "Reach" 
33:30 Thirty Odd Foot of Grunts
34:40 Rock Bottom Remainders
36:05 Gorrilaz
41:30 Interlude: Box Car Racer: "Elevator"
42:30 Wu-Tang Clan
45:38 Box Car Racer
45:54 Angels & Airwaves
47:25 +44
50:01 Pinhead Gunpowder
50:30 The Network
45:54 Foxboro Hot Tubs
54:40 The Aquabats
56:34 Masked Intruder
58:30 Forces of Evil
59:31 Son of Sam

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Side Projects and Concept Bands | Ep #62

Movie Directors: Auteurs | Ep #61

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Part 2 of our ongoing series on movie directors isn't even supposed to be here today. Do you know what they call a Quarter Pounder in Paris? The Hourchive, that's what.      

 

Show Notes: 

00:00 "This job would be great..."

00:54 "Auteurs"
05:25 John Waters
05:38 Cry Baby
7:40 Pink Flamingos

11:50 Interlude: Bobby Womack: "Across 110th Street" (Jackie Brown)
13:25 Quentin Tarantino
17:30 Tarantino's dialogue
18:25 Jackie Brown
23:58 The Tarantino universe
29:45 Interlude: Squirtgun: "Social" (Mallrats)
31:00 Kevin Smith
32:05 The Askewniverse
44:12 Interlude: Seu Jorge: "Life on Mars" (The Life Aquatic)
45:20 Guillermo del Toro
51:40 Wes Anderson
55:15 Edgar Wright
59:20 Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World

See also: Movie Directors: The A-List | Ep #59

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Movie Directors: Auteurs | Ep #61

Addendums 04 | Eps 48-60

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We right our wrongs, answer your questions, address your criticisms, and eat your donuts.      

 

Show Notes: 

01:05 Every donution counts

03:50 Ep #48: Movie Theaters
05:00 The Chase-Park Plaza Cinema
05:45 MX Movies
17:40 Interlude: James Brown: "Mother Popcorn"

18:30 Wehrenberg Theatres
22:40 Cinedigm
26:55 Christmas Presents | Ep #52
30:00 Interlude: "Buddies"
30:20 DC Cinematic Universe: Superman (Ep #53) | Batman (Ep #54)
38:18 Suburbia | Ep #56
43:20 Breakfast | Ep #57
53:25 Interlude: Queen: "I Want It All"
54:25 Awards Shows | Ep #58
59:44 Movie Directors: The A-List | Ep #59
01:05 Frederico Fellini
01:02:40 Kathryn Bigelow
01:05:05 Digital Music | Ep #60

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Addendums 04 | Eps 48-60

Digital Music | Ep #60

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This week we dig into digital music access and discover a thorny Pandora's box (not to be confused with Pandora.com, which, incidentally, we also discuss). What is to become of the jewel case moguls? Join us as we find out.      

 

Show Notes: 

00:52 Napster

04:58 Metallica: "Napters bad!"
06:20 The argument for analog
15:10 Portlandia: "We can pickle that!"
16:40 Interlude: NOFX: "One Million Coasters"
17:40 "Upgrading"

19:30 The MP3 quality trade-off
22:17 Cloud storage and the limits of digital-only
26:20 Drew's self-imposed CD challenge
30:15 What's wrong with the new iTunes
31:20 Interlude: "Weird Al" Yankovich: "Don't Download This Song"
33:35 The entitlement era
44:25 Interlude: Reel Big Fish: "Sell Out"
47:05 Tim Armstrong's song of the day
48:37 Streaming (Rdio / Pandora / Spotify)
51:20 Where's the money going?

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Digital Music | Ep #60