Videodrome | Ep #88

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Which format would you like your podcast in? Open up your stomach VHS and insert the latest installment in our movie retrospectacular series. Long live the new flesh!     

 

Show Notes: 

02:20 Videodrome trailer
05:50 See also: BMX Bandits | Ep #65
08:10 Home video formats
09:50 Videohound's Guide to Cult Flicks and Trash Pics
12:20 David Cronenberg
13:30 Scanners head explosion
14:35 Interlude: VHS or BETA: "Night on Fire"
16:05 James Woods
17:20 Deborah Harry
19:40 Forever Knight
24:30 Brian O'Blivion
28:15 Interlude: Blondie: "Double Take"
38:20 Body horror
44:10 Interlude: Neon Trees: "1983"
49:20 Rick Baker
49:50 American Werewolf in London transformation scene
50:50 Howard Shore


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Videodrome | Ep #88

The X-Men | Ep #87

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Join us in the Danger Room as we explore Professor Charles Xavier's dream of a world where all Earth's children, both mutant and human, might live together in harmony. Want a piece of fruit?    

 

Show Notes: 

01:40 X-Men Animated Series theme / Nickelodeon GUTS theme
02:50 See also: Marvel Cinematic Universe | Ep #23
03:10 Origins of the X-Men
04:05 X-Men #1 cover
08:20 Jack Kirby
21:25 Interlude: Jacues Montagne: "X-Men"
22:35 Giant-Size X-Men #1
25:20 Jim Lee's X-Men
26:46 X-Men the Animated Series
30:20 Australian Wolverine | "Pryde of the X-Men" pilot
31:55 Interlude: X-Men "It's Today!"
36:42 Age of Apocalypse 
42:05 Joe Madureira
43:01 Frank Quietly
45:20 Wolverine costume at Islands of Adventure
50:20 Wolverine and the X-Men


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The X-Men | Episode #87

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

Winter Mixtape 2013 | Ep #55

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Don't be discontented by winter; cozy up to the cassette player and jam with us through another semi-annual mix of personally picked songs. 

 

Show Notes: 

03:05 "Ceremony" - New Order (John) - iTunes

10:00 "We Will Fall Together" - Streetlight Manifesto (Drew) - iTunes

17:50 "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" - Bruce Springsteen (John) - iTunes

24:12 "Level On the Inside" - Dovetail Joint (Drew) - iTunes
30:41 "One More Summer (Acoustic - Santa Monica Sessions)" - No Doubt (John) - iTunes
38:17 "Some Nights" - Fun. (Drew) - iTunes
48:18 "Painted in Your Pocket" - Destroyer (John) - iTunes
55:40 "Lazy Bones" - Green Day (Drew) - iTunes
1:03:35 "Cut Me Some Slack" - Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear - (John) - iTunes

22:27 "Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental)" - Vince Guaraldi Trio (Drew) - iTunes

See also: Summer Mixtape 2012 | Ep #36

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Winter Mixtape 2013 | Ep #55

Video Rental | Ep #17

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Be kind and rewind with us back to the days of big VHS boxes, browsing shelves, and stolen Blockbuster pens. Don't forget to adjust your tracking.  

Show Notes: 

00:00 Let's rent a video
01:00 Summer rental
04:18 The side-step move
05:38 Top-loaders
08:50 Blockbusted

11:20 Horror movie VHS covers

13:00 The apparati

15:10 Designed to rewind

17:37 Interlude: The Aquabats: "Video Nite!" 

18:29 Game console rental: the biggest clamshell ever

19:56 Sega CD

21:20 DVD killed the video star Star Video

24:00 Behind the counter

29:15 Interlude: Randall and the Ruse (Clerks)

30:35 Browsing vs. streaming

44:25 Interlude: The Onion News Network: Blockbuster Video Living Museum

49:56 Redbox

54:23 Tracking: the enduring enigma

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Video Rental | Ep #17