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Bad Cover Songs Everyone loves a good cover! But not all covers are good! This week Rob and Alan talk about what turns them off about some covers. Is it the band doing the covering? Does it stray too far from the original? Or is the song transformed into a new genre that simply doesn’t work? Or […] The post Modern Musicology #178 – Bad Cover Songs appeared first on The ESO Networ...

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… The Superman Wars! 🦸‍♂️ This week on Tales From Hollywoodland, hosts Julian Schlossberg, and Arthur E. Friedman, welcome bestselling author William Bernhardt to discuss his book, The Superman Wars! From the enduring legacy of the Man of Steel to the fascinating world of comic books, Hollywood, and superhero […] The post The Superman Wars: W...

Jim looks back on a classic Hammer Horror Film from 1966 – “The Witches” aka “The Devil’s Own,” starring Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McGowen, Ann Bell, Ingrid Boulting, John Collin. Michele Doltrice, Gwen Frangcon-Davies, Duncan Lamont, Martin Stephens, directed by Cyril Franklin and written by Nigel Kneale. A woman recovering from nervous collapse becomes [&...

The story that introduced the Daleks to the universe—in color! This week on Earth Station Who, we review the color restoration of The Daleks, the First Doctor adventure that marked the first-ever appearance of Doctor Who’s most iconic enemies. Guest Randy Stewart joins the conversation and takes his shot at the Geek Seat. Tune in […] The post Doctor Who: The Daleks in Color Review appeared f...

Batman ’66 S3 Ep21 – The Great Escape Shame is sprung from prison with the help of Calamity Jan (Dina Merrill) and leaves a cryptic note for Batman to chew on. Shame’s opera house holdup, backed by some handy Fear Gas, leaves the crafty cowpoke and gang free to roam and rob again. Episode aired […] The post BatChums Episode 117 – The Great Escape appeared first on The ESO Network...

This week the EARTH STATION TREK crew will be stealing the Enterprise and setting a course for the Mutara Sector to search for Spock! Join us for a fun chat as we try to discover why this is Keith’s favorite Star Trek movie! Have a question, comment, or observation you’d like us to respond to […] The post Star Trek III: The Search For Spock – Earth Station Trek – Epis...

The money is buried in the graveyard. The ghouls live underneath it. Karen and Tea dive into Lurking Fear – the 1994 Full Moon Entertainment adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s 1923 short story that was filmed entirely in Romania. And somehow delivered a genuinely scrappy horror siege film despite everything working against it. We cover the […] The post The thunder was its voice | Ear...

An abandoned funeral home. A Halloween party. A séance that goes catastrophically wrong. And one of 80s horror’s demon icons. Karen and Tea are crashing Angela’s party at Hull House for a deep dive into Kevin Tenney’s 1988 Night of the Demons. The film that tripled its budget in a limited regional release, never got […] The post Angela is having a party, Jason and Freddy ar...

We’re watching Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 11 “Carpenter Street,” but only our guest A Sigler has actually watched the episode. It’s time for another opportunity for T’Pol to tell us the Vulcan Science Directorate does not believe in time travel! Daniels sends Archer and T’Pol back to 2004 Detroit because three reptilian Xindi […] The post EnterpriseSplaining 10...

This week we’re just MONKEEING AROUND to chat about our favorite PETER TORK songs! Join as we revisit our favorite Peter compositions, vocals, and musical contributions to The Monkees… and beyond! Our ‘You May Also Like’ recommendation this week is the new single ‘What Are You Waiting For?’ by Streetcar Conductors! Monkeeing Around is a […] The post Favorite Peter Songs – M...

Flopcast episode 754! Just to be ridiculous, we’re creeping into Halloween season with a look at two different movies about witches starring Fairuza Balk. And we’re calling it… Fairuzapalooza. Up first is the odd 1986 cable TV movie The Worst Witch, with young Fairuza at a school for witches, also starring Tim Curry, Diana Rigg, […] The post Flopcast 754: Fairuzapalooza Par...

Jim reflects on his first viewing of a classic 1972 Sci-Fi – “Slaughterhouse-Five,” based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut, directed by George Roy Hill and starring Michael Sacks, Valerie Perrine, Rob Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Holly Near, Perry Ling, Kevin Conway, Sorrell Brooke, and John Dehner. Billy Pilgrim is a mild-mannered man who […] The post Slaughterhouse-Fi...

This week we’re traveling Beyond Trek once again! Get your cereal bowl, pour the milk, put on your jammies, and relive the classic era of Saturday Morning Cartoons! We’ll be talking about our faves and we can’t wait to hear what yours are! Have a question, comment, or observation you’d like us to respond to […] The post Beyond Trek: Saturday Morning Cartoons – E...

This week we’re MONKEESPLAINING The Monkees to our friends at the EnterpriseSplaining podcast! Maria and Jamie have never seen The Monkees! We will borrow their podcast format for a week to MonkeeSplain “Royal Flush” and the Monkees phenomenon to them! Monkeeing Around is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #monkees […] The post MonkeeSplaining...

Cigar Nerds Podcast this week we’re going way back and talking the 40th Anniversary of Labyrinth. We need more puppet movies. In science we talk chatbots being snitches, robot hands, walking rumbas, and origami wheels. In Nerd News talk Visionquest, V for Vendetta returns to theaters, The Exorcist The Martyrs, The Family Disappears, and Mario […] The post Cigar Nerds Podcast: 40 Years...

What does it take to make one of the greatest comedy movies in Hollywood history? This week on Tales From Hollywoodland, the crew welcomes acclaimed author and film historian James Curtis to discuss his new book, Comedy Is a Grim Business: The Making of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, an inside look at […] The post James Curtis on It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World & His New Bo...

Actress Hannah Fierman (“V/H/S,” “Siren”) joins Jim for a look at a unique Itallian Horror Film Genre that began back in the 1960’s -“Giallo.” Hannah talks about her favorite director, Dario Argento (“Opera,” “The Bird with the Crystal Plumage,”Suspiria”) while Jim reflects back on his experiences with Mario Bava (Black Sabbat...

Flopcast episode 753! We’re reviewing another old Dynamite magazine, compliments of our pal Chris from Sci-Fi Explosion! This is a 1977 issue, and the cover features ill-fated sitcom couple Pinky Tuscadero and Fonzie. (Yes, we’re talking about Happy Days again. Yes, we have a problem.) Also in this issue: A superhero named Jive Turkey! Skateboarding! […] The post Flopcast 753: Ch...

This week we are joined by Matt and Elaine Sweatman, who have just finished watching Deep Space Nine Season 2 (this is Elaine’s first time seeing the season). How does the season stack up as a whole? What are some of the highlights? Were there any clunkers? How did the characters’ development progress? What about […] The post Deep Space Nine Season Two – Earth Station Trek...

We’re on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 10 “Similitude,” now that Bill, Jamie, and our guest Bethany Brookshire have watched it. A word of warning: If you haven’t listened to&#160...

This week we’re PUNKEEING AROUND with Rob Allen to discuss his new album, Meet The Punkees! Rob is a Gen X Monkees fan who has realized his dream of combining his love for the music of The Monkees with punk rock! We will dive into Rob’s fandom and this new project! Meet the Punkees is […] The post Meet the Punkees – Monkeeing Around – Episode 109 appeared first on The...

The road ends here. The Carters just did not know it yet. Tea and Karen dive deep into Wes Craven’s 1977 survival horror masterpiece – The Hills Have Eyes – the raw, uncompromising desert nightmare that pitted a suburban American family against a cannibal clan in the Nevada hills and asked which family was really […] The post You fat… fat and juicy. | Earth Station Bo...

Batman ’66 S3 Ep20 – Penguin’s Clean Sweep Penguin is back in circulation with a bad bird bamboozle to contaminate currency with rare germs. As citizens toss their cash in the streets, Batman, Robin and Batgirl must make Penguin’s wads worthless. Episode aired Thursday, January 25, 1968 Director: Oscar Rudolph Writer: Stanford Sherman Cast: Adam […] The post BatChums Episod...

The Cosmic Pizza Podcast brings you Episode 112: The Instascammer. Our very own Cosmic Pizza Podcast host, Kacey is a cult expert and two years ago she came across a Reddit post, citing the alleged harm that a woman in Hawaii, called Liana Shanti, had caused some of the members of her online community. Former members […] The post Cosmic Pizza Podcast Episode 112: The Instascammer appeared fi...

Flopcast episode 752! At last, it’s the end of our Dragon Con coverage, just in time for us to start working on our zombie steampunk Mrs. Roper costumes for next year. Our look back at the last two days of the convention includes: Panels about witchcraft in fiction, comedy in science fiction, Superman meeting Spider-Man, […] The post Flopcast 752: Dragon Con Review Part 4 – Even...