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Street Fighter 2026 ? Pfft..fugedaboudit! In a very close escape from another '80s episode, we find ourselves looking at 1979 this week, and Walter Hill's cult gangland masterpiece, THE WARRIORS ! It's full of pulpy comic book action and style, and had a rocky road to the screen, which we'll discuss alongside on-set rivalries, release day controversies and how the film inspired our...

10 years ago, The Lemon Twigs dropped their debut (sorta) album, and changed our lives forever…this week, we travel back to 2016 and talk about how DO HOLLYWOOD felt like a seismic shift in the musical landscape for us. We rave and ramble in a looong discussion - sorry about that! But as one of our favourite modern artists, and in celebration of the album's 10th birthday, we think it's justified!...

Ahead of Dune: Part 3 later this year, we look at Denis Villeneuve's beautiful sci-fi drama, ARRIVAL, as our film of 2016, and while JJ revels in its glory, Sean is not impressed! Perhaps our special guest, Manic Street Preachers producer, Arrival obsessive...and JJ's dad, DAVE ERINGA , can be the tie-breaker.*There will be plot spoilers for Arrival so be warned!* YEAR OF THE WEEK 2016 FILM OF THE...

In part 2 of our 1981 dive, we tackle our album: post-punk masterpiece and goth rock blueprint JUJU by Siouxsie & The Banshees! A hugely influential classic, this is one of our faves so far... YEAR OF THE WEEK 1981 ALBUM OF THE WEEK Juju - by Siouxsie & The Banshees Part 1 released last week, where we discussed our 1981 FILM OF THE WEEK , Ray Harryhausen's Clash of the Titans , alongsi...

Still stuck in '80s, we embark on an epic adventure this week with Ray Harryhausen's 1981 mythological Greek epic, CLASH OF THE TITANS . How does it hold up though to Christopher Nolan's latest addition to Hollywood's Greek canon, The Odyssey ? And are we too far behind the trend for any of this to matter cos people only care about Spider-Man now!? Big questions that'll all be...

It's 1986 and, for our film, we're getting down in Brooklyn town with Spike Lee's SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT then grooving to the South African-inspired beats of one of our all-time favourite albums: Paul Simon's GRACELAND .*There will be plot spoilers for She's Gotta Have It so be warned!* YEAR OF THE WEEK 1986 FILM OF THE WEEK She's Gotta Have It - dir. Spike Lee Discussion...

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...