Magic | Ep #41

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For our next trick, we'll make 56 minutes disappear while recounting the magical dance moves of David Copperfield and the difference between wizards and sorcerers (according to Dungeons & Dragons). Oh oh, it's magic.    

Show Notes: 

01:40 Dr. So & So's Magical Elixir
10:46 David Copperfield
11:30 Levitating the Orient Express
13:30 Flying with a lady
14:20 Interlude: Steve Miller Band: "Abracadabra"
18:03 Walking through the Great Wall
20:35 Freddy Krueger's Copperfield impression
27:50 Interlude: Pilot: "Magic"
29:05 Penn & Teller (Magical Mystery Tour)
30:20 Illusionists (Lance Burton / Chris Angel / David Blane [parody] [with Leo])
33:12 Harry Houdini
34:16 The Houdini Seance
35:40 The Magic Castle
36:95 Gob (Arrested Development)
37:15 The Masked Magician
38:05 Interlude: Focus: "Hocus Pocus" (Live at the Rainbow)
38:52 Wizards
44:16 Alchemy
45:20 Wizards vs. Sorcerers 
49:25 The Dresden Files
52:35 Malleable magic
 

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Magic | Ep #41

Marvel Cinematic Universe | Ep #23

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As Captain America throws his mighty shield and Hulk smashes box-office records, we assemble our thoughts on each of the Marvel movies (thus far) and talk crossovers, continuity, and Agent Coulson.  Excelsior! 

Show Notes: 

03:30 Iron Man
10:03 Nick Fury & the Avengers Initiative (Iron Man)
11:50 Previous cinematic crossovers

13:40 The Incredible Hulk
14:55 Interlude: Tony Stark Grouses General Ross (The Incredible Hulk)

15:45 Iron Man 2

20:18 Thor

32:19 Interlude: Captain America cartoon theme

33:00 Captain America: The First Avenger

39:12 Interlude: The Avengers trailer

39:57 The Avengers: the good, the bad, and the Coulson

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Marvel Cinematic Universe | Ep #23

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