Summer Mixtape 2012 | Ep #36

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Roll down your windows, turn up your volume, and jam with us through this taste of the tunes that have made up our summer soundtrack for 2012. 

Show Notes: 

01:10 The Mazzy Star Effect
04:21 "Light of the Morning" - Band of Skulls (Drew) - iTunes
09:16 "Ruin" - Cat Power (John) - iTunes
15:20 "Everyone Else is an Asshole" - Reel Big Fish (Drew) - iTunes
21:00 "Electric Feel" - MGMT (John) - iTunes
27:15 "Let Your Hair Hang Down" - They Might Be Giants (Drew) - iTunes
31:22 "Mallrats (La La La)" - The Orwells (John) - iTunes
34:58 "The Lies Are Keeping Me Here" - Matt Pryor (Drew) - iTunes 
39:24 "Bring It On" - The Gaslight Anthem (John) - iTunes
44:42 "Bru's Boogie Woogie" - Dave Brubeck Quartet (Drew) - iTunes
51:41 "Satellites" - Catcall (John) - iTunes 
56:30 "In the Pit" - Teenage Bottlerocket (Drew) - iTunes 
1:00:05 "Cold Shoulders" - Gold Motel (John) - iTunes
1:04:18 "Sun King (Instrumental)" - The Beatles (Drew) 
1:11:25 "Mr. Moto" - Agent Orange (John) - iTunes

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Summer Mixtape 2012 | Ep #36

Summer Refreshments | #35

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Crack open a cool one and pull up some door frame. We're talking about those things you yearn for on a hot, summer day. An ice cold beer, a fizzy soda, a glass of...wine? Wait...no...    

Show Notes: 

01:03 Boring
01:22 Serving up another frosty, cold Summer Series episode
01:36 Mike Shannon "Make it a bud light!"
01:58 Beer!
04:55 Your first beer
08:57 The ghost in the beer
12:10 Wine (or things that are hard to enjoy in the summer)
17:29 The Lean™
20:34 Interlude: Reel Big Fish "Beer"
19:31 Soda: The Adolescent Beer
20:50 Coke vs. Pepsi
22:34 Pepsi UFO commercial directed by Ridley Scott
25:51 Pepsi Perfect
28:11 Root Beer
31:42 Crystal Pepsi
33:09 Jones Soda
34:55 Interlude: Michael Jackson "Pepsi Generation" 
35:42 Lemonade/Kool-Aid stands
39:22 Kool-Aid
39:54 HI-C Ecto Cooler | Ecto Cooler Recipe
40:47 Squeeze It 
41:12 Interlude: Hi-C Ecto-Cooler 
41:37 Fla-Vor-Ice
45:50 Drumsticks
46:35 National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
47:23 Popsicles
49:52 Frozen Custard | Fritz's Frozen Custard
53:39 Snow Cones
54:08 Funky Monkey
56:17 Slurpees
1:00:10 The Slurpee Run

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Summer Refreshments | #35

Summer Blockbusters | Ep #33

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Finally, the episode you've waited all summer to experience, presented in stunning IMAX 70 mm with thunderous THX sound. You've got your tickets. You've got your popcorn. Now take your seat and tell the guy next to you how excited you are as we overwhelm you with the spectacle of summer movies.*  

Show Notes: 

01:40 June 11, 1993

03:06 Dick Tracy (premiere t-shirt / villains / the kid)

06:47 The Blank action figure

09:30 Interlude: Celebrity Jeopardy: Movies for $400

10:40 Jaws: the first summer blockbuster

15:00 What made the blockbuster

20:45 The smart blockbuster

25:55 Interlude: Meco: "Star Wars"

26:57 The Star Wars phenomenon

27:40 Waves

33:50 Michael Bay: the successful joke

37:10 The Syfy-ification of summer blockbusters

39:25 Interlude: Huey Lewis & The News: "Back in Time"

41:22 Back to the Future: high-concept with heart

42:50 Back-to-Back to the Futures

47:40 "Teasers frustrate me."

48:30 The Devlin/Emmerich Factory

49:05 Independence Day

56:10 We always win 

*This episode was recorded prior to the event that took place in Aurora, Colorado on July 20, 2012. While it contains no direct references to The Dark Knight Rises, we apologize for any such associations that may come to mind and affirm that no disrespect is intended to the victims of that event. 

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Summer Blockbusters | Ep #33

Theme Parks Part 2 (Misc) | Ep #32

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Don't raise your lap bar quite yet; join us on a trip to Wally World, the roller coaster capital of the world, and what used to be Drew's favorite theme park (until John ruined it). Don't forget to pick up your souvenir photo. 

Show Notes: 

01:00 Cedar Point - the roller coaster capital of the world

03:20 Top Thrill Dragster

04:15 Magnum XL-200

06:30 Wally World/ Six Flags Magic Mountain

09:20 Interlude: "Sorry folks" (National Lampoons Vacation)

10:20 Knott's Berry Farm

12:45 "And you wanted to go to school today..."

14:55 The Adventuredome at Circus Circus

20:30 On-ride photos

20:50 Flash Mountain / Chess Mountain

21:40 Interlude: Ramones: "Palisades Park"

23:05 Universal Studios (Hollywood / Orlando)

23:30 The Backlot Tour

28:35 King Kong (old/new) 

30:40 Interlude: Universal Studios Florida VHS promo (1989)

31:55 Kongfrontation

34:20 Jaws

38:20 Extinct Universal

39:40 Interlude: Total Immersion: Theme Parks for the 21st Century

40:50 Islands of Adventure

42:30 Spider-Man

46:50 The Hulk

48:56 Jurassic Park
53:40 Poseidon's Fury (old/new)
56:10 Dueling Dragons (Fire/Ice)
57:00 The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
1:00:49 Seuss Landing

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Theme Parks Part 2 (Misc) | Ep #32

Theme Parks Part 1 (Disney) | Ep #31

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Welcome, foolish mortals, to the latest installment in our special summer series. Here, John, Drew, and 999 happy haunts materialize to detail what it is that makes Disney theme parks so great. Now I will raise the safety bar and The Hourchive will follow you home!

Show Notes: 

01:05 Par favor mantengase alejado de las puertas

01:37 The Main Street Electrical Parade

07:25 Interlude: Walt Disney's Dedication of Disneyland

08:30 The origins of Disneyland

11:45 Knott's Berry Farm

13:40 Interlude: The Disneyland Story

16:30 Herb Ryman

16:55 The Nine Old Men

19:10 Black Sunday

20:05 Disneyland Opening Day Broadcast

22:15 Walt Disney's Riverfront Square

26:45 Interlude: "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow"

28:10 The Vacation Kingdom of the World

32:40 Epcot '94

33:06 Walt Disney's original vision of EPCOT

33:45 Disney at the 1964/65 World's Fair

35:50 The Haunted Mansion

40:20 Interlude: "Grim Grinning Ghosts"

43:50 The Pirates of the Caribbean

47:00 Politcally correct pirates

47:50 Marc Davis

49:08 Space Mountain (the ride that ruined Drew)

51:30 Death by Disney

52:10 Myths and the legend of Master Gracey

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Theme Parks Part 1 (Disney) | Ep #31