Drive-In Movie Theaters | Ep #86

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Pile into the trunk and join us at the old o-zoner as we close out the 2013 Summer Series.    

 

Show Notes: 

04:10 66 Park In Theatre
04:30 Drew's double-feature: In the Line of Fire / The Fugitive
12:30 Origin of the drive-in
14:59 Drive-in churches
16:50 Interlude: Beach Boys: "Drive In"
27:40 Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater
29:15 Interlude: Intermission Time 
30:30 Skyview Drive-In
42:20 Interlude: The Donnas: "Drive In"
43:15 Back to the Future Part III drive-in
45:15 Pee-Wee's Big Adventure finale
50:40 Project Drive-In
53:15 Drive-In Discs 


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Extreme Sports | Ep #68

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Hang ten; this week we're talking our way through all of the sports we were too scared to ever try. Skate or die! 

 

Show Notes: 

01:35 Origins of "extreme"
07:05 Skateboarding
09:25 The great hoverboard lie of 1988

12:26 Thrasher Magazine
12:48 Skate shops
13:05 Skateboard art
13:35 Interlude: Teenage Bottlerocket: "Skate or Die"
14:25 Safety last
16:45 BMX biking (see also: BMX Bandits | Ep #65)
17:01 Dyno VFR | Dyno Compe
19:00 Spills and scabs
28:35 Bones Brigade
29:35 Interlude: NOFX: "Separation of Church and Skate"
30:30 Rollerblades
32:40 Snowboarding
33:01 Hidden Valley
33:55 Skiing 
39:10 MTV Sports
42:35 Skate or Die
43:58 Top Skater
44:40 Tony Hawk Pro Skater series
46:50 Interlude: Adolescents: "Amoeba"
47:20 The X-Games
50:10 Tony Hawk's first 900
51:30 Warped Tour vert ramp
53:12 Razor scooters
56:12 Extreme flicks (Airborn / Thrashin' / Rad / Gleaming the Cube / Prayer of the Rollerboys / The Dirt Bike Kid)



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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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DC Cinematic Universe: Batman | Ep #54

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You ever dance with the devil by the pale moonlight? Then join us as part two of our look at DC Comics' superhero movies fires up the bat signal. Oh, and Alfred? Give Knox a grand.  

 

Show Notes: 

01:15 Batman 

01:28 Mr. Mom Wayne

07:24 Batman Returns

11:07 Batman Forever
12:24 Batman and Robin
13:05 Interlude: Danny Elfman: "Descent Into Mystery" (Batman)
13:35 The well - Batman Begins
20:25 Interlude: The Interrogation (The Dark Knight)
21:25 Heath Ledger as the Joker

22:27 Batman: A Death in the Family

29:48 Interlude: Freestyle Bane 

31:15 The Dark Knight Rises

43:09 Batman begins (again)

See also: DC Cinematic Universe: Superman | Ep #53

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DC Cinematic Universe: Superman | Ep #53

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Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to throw giant cellophane insignias at Kryptonian ex-cons, part one of our epic talk on DC Comics' superhero movies tackles the cinematic treatment of the son of Jor-El. Kneel before Zod! 

 

Show Notes: 

01:05 See also: Marvel Cinematic Universe | Ep #23

02:30 Contradictions

03:05 Margot Kidder on Smallville

04:10 Bryan Singer's Superman wedge
07:15 The numbers: DC vs. Marvel
12:08 Superman: The Movie
12:44 Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor
16:50 The earth-spinning theory

19:50 Interlude: Goldfinger: "Superman"

20:55 The struggle with Super-stories

23:15 Superman II

28:10 Superman II Metropolis battle

28:55 Superman II Fortress of Solitude battle

34:07 Interlude: R.E.M.: "Superman"

35:00 The green crystal scam

37:55 Superman III

38:30 Mama Fratelli becomes a cyborg

39:50 Lex Luthor: "Land, land, land"

40:50 Superman Returns

48:10 Interlude: Spin Doctors: "Jimmy Olson's Blues"

49:15 Man of Steel

51:26 The Justice League
57:40 Green Lantern

 

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