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Good morning! And if youuuuu cannnn believe it, it’s 1980 here on the pod. We’ve got Victorian grit galore in David Lynch’s first mainstream feature, Mel Brooks-produced icon THE ELEPHANT MAN . For our album, we talk Talking Heads’  boundary-pushing masterpiece(?), REMAIN IN LIGHT . *There will be plot spoilers for The Elephant Man, so be warned* YEAR OF THE WEEK 1980 FILM OF THE WEEK The Elephant...

Hey cool cats! It's an epic episode today as we delve into both the birth of Christ and the birth of Cool...it's 1959 ! Get (chariot) racy with Charlton Heston as we praise William Wyler's massive BEN-HUR then sit back, relax and spin Miles Davis' genre-defining Modal Jazz classic, KIND OF BLUE . *There will be minor plot spoilers for Ben-Hur so be warned* YEAR OF THE WEEK 1959 FIL...

And the year is...oh. 2022 . A little underwhelming...or is it? We break tradition this week by jumping straight into heated debate, with our special guest GEORGE HOBART ( Rapture: Nimbus Reborn ), about whether Black Country New Road's ANTS FROM UP THERE really deserves its many 'album of the year' titles. We then cool things off with a trip to Ireland's beautiful scenery (and a few severed digit...

As the swingin' sixties hit full swing, 1964 takes us on a journey through the slapstick hi-jinx of The Beatles film, A HARD DAY'S NIGHT , to Sam Cooke's soulful and civil rights-charged final album, AIN'T THAT GOOD NEWS . Spoiler-free discussion today! YEAR OF THE WEEK 1962 FILM OF THE WEEK A Hard Day's Night - dir. Richard Lester (discussion starts 02:11) ALBUM OF THE WEEK Ain't That Good News -...

How did we ever record a podcast about LOLITA ? Well...find out! Then lighten the mood a little with a look at the humble debut of folk rock icon, BOB DYLAN . *We do spoil plot points in Lolita - be warned!* YEAR OF THE WEEK 1962 FILM OF THE WEEK Lolita - dir. Stanley Kubrick ALBUM OF THE WEEK Bob Dylan - by Bob Dylan ALSO MENTIONED Films/TV: Vertigo (1958) - dir. Alfred Hitchcock The Poseidon Adv...

It's all tapes this week as 1983 brings us David Cronenberg's 'evil TV' body horror flick, Videodrome , before we head down to the basement tapes of Daniel Johnston's 'Hi, How Are You?' , a collection of home recordings that mark the makings of a songwriting genius. *We do spoil plot points in Videodrome - be warned!* YEAR OF THE WEEK 1983 FILM OF THE WEEK Videodrome -...

In our very first episode, we party like it's 1999 and dive into Paul Thomas Anderson's three hour cinematic tapestry, Magnolia , and Fiona Apple's wonderfully rebellious sophomore album, When The Pawn... We are woefully unprepared at the best of times but marvel at how we falter and flounder our way through the hidden depths of two pieces of art that deserve much more than we can prov...