The Nostalgia Pit

Holy nostalgia, Batman! This one is packed to the gills with everything from the turn of the 21st century, including but limited to nu metal, boy bands, SpongeBob, JNCO jeans, TRL, low rise jeans, the dot com bubble, and of course, Y2K. That's not all of course. We also recap our recent watch of the 1974 cult classic film Zardoz starring Sean Connery, Fleetwood Mac's Rumors, and the highlights fro...

Did Paul McCartney ACTUALLY die in 1966 in car crash? Was this the real reason The Beatles grew facial hair?! Maybe it's the reason they stopped touring?!? Drinks w/ Ron takes us through the life, times, and music of arguably the biggest band of all time, and perhaps one of the biggest cover ups ever... With clues scattered throughout movies, music, interviews, interludes, and more, it could only...

This week we welcome the legendary hip hop producer and photodump specialist Blockhead back into the Pit! As it’s been so long since his last appearance, we were absolutely brimming with things to talk about. So of course, we do a lightweight Song Spelunker into the one and only Ganksta N-I-P, talk more awful pizza, and talk his upcoming project Boatshoes with Brian Ennals. We also talk about trad...

This week, we shoot from the hip. With topics abound, we talk everything from Studio Ghibli to slasher films, from the Backrooms to Breaking Bad, from the etymology of the cocktail to real life fight clubs. This one's got (mostly) everything. Plus! Rob gives us a very rare double review! A podcast first! Look at us, still doing new things after all these years... And if you enjoy what we are doing...

This week welcome in a man that if you’ve come across, you would probably remember. My first impression of Mo was him running the merch booth for a west coast tour for billy woods circa 2015. Why was this a notable event, worthy of a place in the spiderwebs of my longterm memory? Because of course, Mo was selling pickles! A multi-talented and multi-faceted entrepreneur, we are excited to finally w...

Don't call me Danny Tanner, but we got a Full House this week... It's bracket time so Drinks w/ Ron had to come through, as well as our resident Spleen, the one and only MADSHROOM MC. Ron brought a bracket correctly titled "90s A** S**t" and so here we are... Everything from hair styles to technological advancements, Ron made sure to bring us a very full bracket of the most 90s ish imaginable. So...

This week we dive into the partying antics of rock n' roll's biggest stars. That's right, prepare to hear stories from the deepest darkest nooks and crannies of these celebrity lives. I hope this warning prepares you, cause I sure as hell was NOT... So we look into the lives of Billy Idol, Freddie Mercury, and Tommy Lee, as well as a smattering of others amongst. Time to put on your hazmat suit, c...

This week we welcome back in the enigmatic Lt. Headtrip, as well as welcome new guest to the Pitverse producer wizard extraordinaire NortherDraw. We brought the two of them into to talk about their new project titled Unbound Flight, the second volume in the collaborative universe of Trip & Draw. But besides all the talk of the new project, we had to throw in some nostalgic topics! So of course...

This week we welcome in our spleen MADSHROOM MC to breakdown the likes of My Sharona by The Knack. That's right, it's Song Spelunker time! Inspired by a recent episode of Here's the Science: A Bar Rescue Podcast, a song that is largely accepted and never analyzed came to be analyzed. That's not all of course. We also talked some Twin Peaks and broke down our recent trip to Twede's Cafe, the filmin...

It's bracket time folks! And of course that means we welcome in Drinks w/ Ron to douse us with his latest curation. This month, we flash back to Saturday nights in the 90s. No, we're not talking Adam Sandler, Mike Myers and all the SNL crew that dominated the decade... As 80s and 90s babies, we just had to go with SNICK! Saturday night Nickelodeon programming. Some of it brand new shows, some just...

This week we welcome in professor of words and actor of voices, the wonderful Sean Daeley! Sean is a teacher of both language arts and ESL, as well as a professional voice actor. But most importantly of all, Sean loves comics, animation, action figures, and (most) all things nostalgic, so we just had to get him in here. Make sure you check out all of Sean’s works, as we’ll have his links in our ep...

Song Spelunker is back! It had (to quote Staind) been awhile since we'd thrown on our spelunker hats and dug deep into the sonic scenery of our nostalgia. This time, it's the 1996 smash hit Wannabe by the Spice Girls. We also talk N64 game music and its capacity to be consumed in a live setting. And if you enjoy what we are doing here at the Pit and would like to support us further, please check u...

This week we welcome back our resident 90s expert the lovely Celina Flores! Celina's gonna explain it all about the flash in the pan fashion trend of the early 90s: Hype-R-Color (or HyperColor). Clothes that change color with heat?! What more needs to be said! Sign me up! We talk all that plus Project Hail Mary, Zubaz pants, and the very problematic stylings of the one they call Mystikal. And if y...

This week is a special one for any kid growing up in the 80s and 90s... How many times did you see a commercial for one of the 900 numbers and ask your parents for their credit card... "C'mon, mom, it...

This week we welcome back repeat guest Fresh Kils in order to discuss some of life's most controversial topics: which Super Soaker is best?! And what's better after a day of romping through the neighborhood terrorizing your fellow water gun warriors than to sit down with a nice bowl of popcorn and watch some classic cinema. That's not all we discuss! Tune in to hear it all! And make sure you stick...

This week we welcome in Aaron Donogh of The Franchise Doctors! Aaron recently joined forces with our very own Rob Snow to fix wayward media franchises; starting with RoboCop, the Franchise Doctors is out now wherever you get your podcasts. Link below. And if you enjoy what we are doing here at the Pit and would like to support us further, please check us out our patreon, where you can access our b...

Peer pressure! It’s a real thing! And we at the Pit have been pressured by our peers to do attack some snacks. That’s right! SNACK ATTACK IS BACK, JACK. This one has been requested for a few years, but we wanted to wait until we had video until we did it. One of the most beloved treats of the 90s and most missed sweet treats of a generation: the Butterfinger BBs. We dig into their history as well...

This week we welcome in resident bracketologist Drinks w/ Ron to break down sixteen of the 80s most memorable toys! That’s right. Everything from He-Man & Thundercats to Cabbage Patch Kids & Teddy Ruxpin. What will these three nostalgics vote as the best toy of the 1980s?? And if you enjoy what we are doing here at the Pit and would like to support us further, please check us out our patre...

Today marks the end of an era. This is the LAST episode ever… …that I don’t have a working soundboard on air. Hope I didn’t scare ya there… But the Pit is growing. It’s changing. It’s morphing. Mightily, some might say… We have some changes in the overall production of the show coming soon. More video content, more watchalongs, a bonus podcast for Patreon subscribers, and more outlined throughout...

This week, we welcome in a very old friend and musical miracle worker, none other than the one and only Ian Hulford. Ian is the wizard behind many a soundwave you’ve heard on this here show, including all of the Something About You project by our resident myna bird Araless, as well as the up and coming Hash Adams project titled futurethought . But we didn’t bring Ian in to just talk about music! W...

What do the Wizard of Oz, 9/11 and Ringo Starr all have in common? I’ll give ya three guesses… Go ahead, I can wait... Besides all being subjects on this week’s episode, they are all topics of great controversy, and that’s why we had to bring back Celina Flores to try and break these down with us. But of course, these ideas are not self contained… We trailed into many subjects topics, everything f...

After reflecting on our last bracket where we went through @VHSDates and played matchmaker, our resident bracketologist Drinks w/ Ron came up with the perfect solution for the problem of what to do this month. So: because this wondrous and beautiful account of newly unearthed video personal ads turned out to be a brilliant improv troupe, we decided to discuss hoaxes. And not just any hoaxes, but o...

Make sure you’re in a sterile environment, because it’s Probin’ Time! That’s right. We at the Pit love to learn about things we grew up with but never knew or understood the origins of. So this week, based on the suggestion of the one and only Troy from the Outsider’s Social Club, we are about to crack one open and sing our hearts out to some karaoke! Besides learning about the origins, we also tr...

Welcome to the 6! And this time, it IS Toronto I’m talking about. That’s right, we’re headed north of the border in order to learn a little bit about the little known rougher edges of Canada’s largest city. But to learn about this topic, we needed to become… informed… So of course, it’s time dive deep way into this one in the only way we know how: Song Spelunker. We’re looking into the 1992 number...

Welcome to the 6! No, we’re not in Toronto, but it’s season 6 of The Nostalgia Pit. We’re back, and better than ever! We’ve got a brand new segment to debut with our newest resident segment host: Celina Flores! She takes us back to New York City to a mystery wrapped inside an enigma wrapped inside a 550 foot granite windowless skyscraper that is the AT&T Longlines building. Not on any of the t...