Now Friends Talking

this time we're taking DOWN cancel culture with a scathing review of all things Taylor Swift. I'll be honest, our recording platform didn't want to play nice so it's pretty unedited. PLEASE let me know if there's something that we should delete. Also happy new year follow us on Twitter! @NFTalkingPod

the boys are  back and taking a look at Fritz Lang's masterpiece of cinema,  Metropolis.  tired of all the hemming and hawing, the gang takes this kraut down a few pegs by asking about the elephant in the room: where's all the gosh-dang dialogue!!!! we missed you all and are excited to be back in the saddle follow us on Twitter! @NFTalkingPod

the boys met up in wintery St. Louis, MO to go to a shrek rave (bad idea) and watch a lot of reality TV together (very good idea). we were supposed to record this episode live but uncharacteristically forgot to do so follow us on twitter!  @NFTalkingPod follow us on Twitter! @NFTalkingPod

The boys are back from their impromptu break to discuss the black hole of american masculine culture that was  The Man Show , hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla. it's a show with no purpose and somehow even less writing talent. we also go to one of the most incredible websites on earth (www.burger.com) and take a deep dive into the mind of a genius. follow us on twitter! @NFTalkingPod fo...

this week a very late-season hurricane knocked dave's power out, so it's ben and chase talking about a classic episode from Star Trek: The Next Generation,  The Measure of a Man . also we have to take a look at the shenanigans happening in the St Louis kickball scene because something is afoot. follow us on Twitter! @NFTalkingPod

this week the boys dust off their reading glasses and check out famous japanese nationalist yukio mishima's  the sailor who fell from grace with the sea.  chock full of the author's personal insecurities and homoerotic fascist leanings, there's a ton to discuss this week. and to think that people keep calling us illiterate! ha! this will show them! follow us on Twitter! @NFTalkingPo...

this week the boys are reviewing their first ever NC-17 movie, Netflix's  Blonde . turns out, everyone thinks its a pretty bad movie and probably not worth its incredibly long runtime. that being said, if ana de armas is reading this, you have an open invitation to come onto the pod whenever ma'am. our DMs (and hearts) are open follow us on Twitter! @NFTalkingPod

take a trip down memory lane with the boys as we look at some of the highlights of the last 60 episodes. it's a short one this week! follow us on Twitter! @NFTalkingPod

really shooting from the hip this week as chase and dave run down the news and bring you the latest with their trademark hard-hitting journalism. we go live in ukraine to lviv's 31st annual pierogi festival and then jet set back to boulder, colorado, to talk to a guy who "hasn't really bathed since the 70s". folks this is an episode you do NOT want to miss follow us on Twitter!...

this week the boys don their chef hats once more to take a look at Hulu's critically acclaimed series  The Bear,  a show that asks the question: what if people were cooking food in the kitchen and also really mad at each other a lot of the time.  follow us on twitter @NFTalkingPod Thank you! follow us on Twitter! @NFTalkingPod

the boys get  into it this week discussing HBO's 2022 show Irma Vep by Olivier Assayas, based on the 1996 movie  Irma Vep by Olivier Assayas, based on the 1916 serial show/movie  Les Vampires by  Louis Feuillade. also covered this week: football's big gaunt boy Tom Brady, the new Game of Thrones, and A24's X   and  Pearl .  follow us on twitter @NFTalkingPod and thank you for listen...

this week the boys have on members of the Oakland-based band TONED to discuss virtuoso Hot Dad's 2017 classic album about the holiest of squared circles, "Wrestle", as he takes us on a sonic adventure through many of the biggest personalities in professional wrestling history. we also suplex our way through bits of tampa's historic relationship with wrestling and discover some...

chase is still down for the count this week righting the wrongs of the partitioning of the indian subcontinent, so ben and dave invite another St Louis mover and shaker on: David Ben-Gurion (no relation), proprietor of STL's own "AAA111 Barcycle". David shares some top-secret tricks of the barcycle trade, dishes some industry gossip, and even spills some tea on ol' beantown (st...

the boys are down a chase and up a joe this week as they do a little bit of homework about what makes good podcasts "good" by looking at the #1 podcast in the world (we think): joe rogan. a veritable octagon of intellectual beatdowns, we listen as joe, louis CK, and some guy named joe list lazily talk about the ups and downs of being a stand up in between bathroom breaks. thank you for l...

the boys get a little français this week with the tour de force cinematique "La Haine", a movie about three working class young adults struggling to survive while much of their surrounding world is collapsing in on itself. we also do a bit of investigative field work concerning the British publication  Far Out , who seems to have much of their staff pumping out work under various pseudon...

this week the boys look at what could easily be the worst movie of 2022, "Uncharted": a movie that nobody seemed to want to be a part of, yet somehow still made nearly half a billion dollars. also somebody gets a little judgmental about a very normal amount of food from mcdonalds this is the last episode of the semi-live recording setup we had this summer, so audio quality will thankfull...

The boys have done it again - we had to change the name of the pod one last time: Now Friends Talking. For our (3rd) inaugural episode, we're talking about the first two installments in the seminal Japanese samurai film series, "Lone Wolf and Cub", about Ogami Itto and his infant son walking the demon path of hell. We'll be staying on this RSS feed so you don't have to wor...

this week the boys  finally get to watching "Crimes of the Future", the latest movie out by David Cronenberg starring Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux, and Kristen Stewart. this episode is a bit longer than usual due to final opinions varying in the gang but make sure to check the film out yourself if you don't want anything spoiled!  Next week's episode:  Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword...

this week the boys play catch up mostly because we keep getting covid, which made it hard to see "Crimes of the Future". we're very scandinavian in our approach to summer labor (an affront to nature), so bear with us as we wrap up vacations and sicknesses and we'll get back to a more regular release schedule. thank you for bearing with us! follow us on twitter!  @ThreeLokosPod...

we get the legend himself David Cronenberg on the pod to discuss his two epics, Videodrome and Dead Ringers. He dives into why the Three Lokos are the perfect people to carry on his legacy, why Chase deserves to date 80s-era Debbie Harry, and why he'll always look up to Chase as an artist, writer, and director.  follow us on Twitter! @NFTalkingPod

This week the boys take a look at some of the up-and-coming names in the British Black Metal Scene: Spider God Glemt Gate Master The Sun's Journey Through the Night Sump Revenant Marquis Maiden Hair (Dungeon Synth) and they also talk about the one time they met John Darnielle from the Mountain Goats in Gainesville for like 20 minutes, an event that we're pretty sure he'd remember 11...

after a week off due to everyone being sick, we're back and talking about the first two albums from Icelandic phenom Björk, Debut ( 1993) and Post ( 1995). everyone is in agreement that they kick ass though, so it's a relatively brief one this week.  go buy TONED's new self-titled album at https://toned.bandcamp.com ! follow us on twitter for an auspicious summer @ThreeLokosPod As a...

this week we're talking about HBO's Succession and The Righteous Gemstones, two shows about the uber-wealthy trying to get even more uber-wealthy.  follow us on Twitter! @ThreeLokosPod follow us on Twitter! @NFTalkingPod

We discuss the most middling of middle brow mediocrities - Real Steel. Watching this movie is like watching the darkness between sleep and dreams, present, requiring awareness but without content. Come dream with us. follow us on Twitter! @NFTalkingPod

This week we're joined by old friend Nathan Corder to discuss Tim Buckley's 'Starsailor' and Scott Walker's 'Scott 3,' two albums on the cutting edge. We also settle the debate once and for all on what all movie directors aspire to accomplish and also talk about other stuff.  Be sure to check out Nathan's band TONED at https://toned.bandcamp.com/ Ending trac...