Road Trip Mixtape | Ep #83

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This week we're dusting off the dashboard and taking control of the dial. Head for the way, way back and enjoy a road trip's worth of our favorite road tunes. 

 

Show Notes: 

01:40 See also: Road Trips | Ep #34
04:00 The Ramones: "Blitzkrieg Bop" (Drew)
07:25 See also: Addendums 05
09:00 Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar: "California Zephyr" (John)
10:40 Jimmy Eat World: "A Praise Chorus" (Drew)
22:05 Cat Power: "Silver Stallion" (John)
27:05 Saves the Day: "Shoulder to the Wheel" (Drew)
32:40 The "Tiny Dancer" scene (Almost Famous)
36:10 TV theme medley: "Silver Spoons / Golden Girls / Growing Pains" (John)
43:50 Common Rider: "Dixie Road Rash" (Drew)
50:40 Smith: "The Weight" (John)
58:40 Alkaline Trio: "Movin' Right Along" (Drew)
47:10 Weezer: "Across the Sea" (John)


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Road Trip Mixtape | Ep #83

Part-Time Jobs (Part 2) | Ep #72

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We're back to work this week with another round of reflections on our part-time employment past.  

 

Show Notes: 

02:30 How I launched 3 consoles (and found true love) at Babbage's store no. 9
04:10 FuncoLand

07:30 GamePro / Game Informer
10:20 F-Zero
12:40 Interlude: Ozma: "Game Over"
25:50 Three Stooges NES game
26:55 FuncoLand commercial
27:35 The king of cleaning kits
28:00 Interlude: Homegrown: "Get a Job"
29:25 The rebound effect
32:30 Borders
35:20 Unwritten Law
45:35 Interlude: Blink-182: "Dumpweed"
46:40 Empire Records music selection veto
47:44 Mike Ness: Cheating at Solitaire
49:00 Wal-Mart
51:15 Papa Johns (see also: Pizza | Ep #2)
54:16 The part-time work wish list
57:36 Comic City (see also: Comic Books | Ep #66)
58:06 Comic Book Men
1:00:16 The Borg sphere

See also: Part-Time Jobs (Part 1) | Ep #71



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Part-Time Jobs (Part 2) | Ep #72

Part-Time Jobs (Part 1) | Ep #71

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We're turning back time and clocking in for a two-part discussion of our favorite and not-so-favorite part-time jobs.  

 

Show Notes: 

04:15 Needs and wants
08:05 "Come into this office and take calls from weirdos."

10:50 "No, DON Wayne."
15:05 Return of the Living Dead trailer
15:40 Interlude: The Silhouettes: "Get a Job"
16:25 Fritz's Frozen Custard
20:50 The Machine
28:45 Interlude: Loverboy: "Working for the Weekend"
31:30 "Dipping"
33:25 The witching hour
38:30 Clocking in
40:15 "Little Dirty"
43:45 Interlude: Wax: "Mallrats"
45:00 See also: The Mall | Ep #10
49:05 Suncoast Motion Picture Company
58:10 Star Trek 30 Years and Beyond 

See also: Video Rental | Episode #17



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Part-Time Jobs (Part 1) | Ep #71

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

Road Trips | Ep #34

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Get your motor running and head out on the highway with us as we quite literally take the show on the road to talk about what makes road trips so great. No need to speed; the cruise control is set at "awesome."    

Show Notes: 

01:04 Ye olde Hourchive road show

02:54 I strive to drive

05:30 Interstate 44

06:55 Interlude: Lindsay Buckingham "Holiday Road"

07:58 The dangers of the road

08:28 Pee-Wee bonds with bikers

14:25 Interlude: Nelson Riddle "Route 66 Theme"

15:50 Route 66

18:00 Meremac Caverns / Antique Toy Museum / Jesse James Wax Museum

18:40 Jesse James' 102nd birthday party at Meremac Caverns

22:15 Interlude: Nat King Cole: "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66"

23:45 Dottie's Family Restaurant

30:25 Interlude: The Groovie Ghoulies: "The Highwayman"

31:25 Ruby's Homemade Ice Cream

33:20 Road games

40:20 Interlude: Betty Hutton: "Hit the Road to Dreamland" 

41:19 The final approach

42:06 Springfield, Missouri

46:00 Interlude: Van Halen: "Jump" 
47:05 1984
51:05 Interlude: Rancid: "The Highway"
52:16 The voyage home 

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Road Trips | Ep #34