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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Extreme Sports | Ep #68

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

Concept Albums | Ep #42

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All in all, we're tearing down the wall between concept, multi-release, and other "event" albums in one epic recording on epic recordings. 

Show Notes: 

07:01 Blame the Beatles
09:06 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
11:30 The Beatles ("The White Album")
12:06 The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
13:10 Interlude: The Beach Boys: "Wouldn't It Be Nice?"
16:01 The making of London Calling
19:15 Interlude: The Clash: "London Calling"
20:20 Blink-182: Self-titled
22:40 Marilyn Manson: Antichrist Superstar
24:10 Green Day: American Idiot
29:30 Cigarettes & Valentines
31:20 Interlude: Green Day: "Jesus of Suburbia"
32:35 Indulgent undoings (21st Century Breakdown / Sandinista!)
35:20 !Uno! / !Dos! / !Tre!
37:10 Multi-release albums 
40:20 Guns N' Roses: Use Your Illusion I and II
31:10 The Sex Pistols
42:09 Use Your Illusion midnight release (9/17/1991)
42:45 Interlude: Saves the Day: "Daybreak" 
44:10 Saves the Day: Sound the Alarm / Under the Boards / Daybreak
48:29 Pink Floyd: The Wall
51:20 The Wall stage show (Part 1 / Part 2)
 

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Concept Albums | Ep #42

Rock Shows | Ep #26

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How's everybody doing tonight? It's great to be here on the Internet. This has to be the best show of the tour. You guys are the greatest. We'll see you next time. Thankyougoodnight!   

Show Notes: 

03:45 Green Day: "Nice Guys Finish Last"
06:50 Green Day: "Knowledge"

11:25 The Aquabats: "Super Rad"
14:40 Ozma: "Korobeiniki"

16:40 Blink 182: "Dumpweed" / "Aliens Exist"

22:00 The Black Keys: "Little Black Submarine"

28:00 Alkaline Trio: "Cringe"

29:55 Less Than Jake" Automatic"

32:05 Reel Big Fish: "Drunk Again"

36:40 Kris Roe: "Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start"

39:15 Alice Cooper: "Poison"

42:50 NOFX: "Linoleum" 

49:30 Blink 182: "The Rock Show"

52:05 Pennywise: "Bro Hymn"

57:40 Reel Big Fish: "In the Pit"

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Rock Shows | Ep #26

Adolescence | Ep #18

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Drew's nephew Josh joins us in the Hourchive this week to school us on his favorite stuff (and even teaches us a thing or two about our favorite stuff).   

Show Notes: 

00:00 Drew's vindication
01:55  80s Child World Commercial
04:45  Can you relate to a fifth grader?

Josh's quiz: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 | #9 | #10 | #11 | #12

19:06  Can you name the Pac-Man ghosts? 
20:50  Interlude: Pac-Man arcade play

21:30  Gaming is fun

23:53  Turtle Beach

26:33 "Waiting" (Josh's favorite Green Day song)

27:27  "Wishing Well" (Josh's favorite Blink 182 song)

28:40  Pocket God

30:03  Interlude: "The Double Rainbow Song"

31:00  What is the Internet?

31:44  Path of the Saiyans

38:22  Garfield Minus Garfield 

40:18  The Maze Runner Series

45:07  Interlude: Code Lyoko Theme (English Version)

46:30  Code Lyoko

48:03  Josh's drawing

54:10  Those boards don't work on water (unless you've got power) 

56:19  Quotin' comics

58:08  What's so great about physics?

1:00:36  Sci-Fi Science

1:02:10 The future -- where everything hovers

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Adolescence | Ep #18