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Uh oh! THE TIME MACHINE IS BROKEN AGAIN! This time, the Black Knight  medallion has  sent us all the way back to 1985, where we eat weird giant live alien grubs with a weird live alien Lou Gossett Jr. in Enemy Mine . Did you know  Wolfgang Peterson directed this right after  The Neverending Story?  Did you know that in the future, space glass will be super brittle? Di...

This week on  Time Bandits , we hop on Falkor and travel back in time – even if he’s not a time-travelling lucky dragon, we did it anyway – and get spooked by Patrick Swayze ‘s shirt in the 1990 blockbuster romance-thriller-horror-comedy film Ghost . How does this financial juggernaut hold up? We find out! Then we listen to George Michael ‘s album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. I wit...

WHAT THE HOLY HELL IS HAPPENING!? The time machine broke and sent us to 1982! Looks like we’ll just have to make the best (?) of a bad situation and watch  The Beastmaster . Is Marc Singer really the heir to the Singer fortune? Just how many times has Greg watched this movie? Did Dan  even make it through the whole thing? And what did Casey think? The answers are yours to hear, toda...

This week we try to figure out the appeal of Andrew ‘Dice’ Clay when we check out The Adventures of Ford Fairlane . Then we defend the planet against GWAR ‘s seminal album, The Scumdogs of the Universe . Our guest this week is returning favorite, Jeremy Schultz (Modern Superior’s DrinkAlong ).

This week on Time Bandits , we face our fears and watch the incredibly entertaining Arachnophobia . Then, we check out Public Enemy ‘s Fear of a Black Planet , where the only scary thing is just how amazing this album is. Our guest on the show this week, is Matthew Price (of Let’s Scare Matthew Price To Death  and MAMO!  podcasts).

This week we travel back to a time when Steve Guttenberg was still sort of relevant as we check out the 1990 romantic comedy film  Don’t Tell Her It’s Me . Then we listen to Jawbreaker ‘s debut album Unfun to find out if it’s aptly named. Our guest this week is fellow podcaster  Alia Miller ( Modern Superior ‘s Super Zero Podcast and What She’s Having Podcast )

This week on Time Bandits , we go underground to dig into the classic Tremors . What makes this action-horror-adventure-comedy tick? And does it hold up, even after all these years and re-watches? Then, we check out the personification of indie credibility with Superchunk ‘s 1990 self-titled debut . Had the band yet to master their signature sound on their independent debut, or where they mer...

This week on Time Bandits , we hop into the T.A.R.D.I.S. and race to see who gets the least out of Days of Thunder . Then, we pop in a cassette and go ‘hmmm’ when we listen to C+C Music Factory ‘s ‘Gonna Make You Sweat . Will any of us make some sense out of Days of Thunder’s plot? Did you know about the controversy surrounding  Gonna Make You Sweat?  You’ll find out the answer...

This week we talk hard about simulated masturbation when we check out Pump Up The Volume . Then we detune our guitars and get kool with Sonic Youth’s major label debut Goo . Our guest this week is returning  Time Bandits favorite Nat Manzocco , owner and proprietor of  Future Is The Future . Go check out the shop for tons of amazing non gender specific fashion and accessories. And c...

It’s our first trip back to 1990 where we find boobs, beers and homophobia in the disappointing  Ski School . Then we find ourselves much more entertained by the gentle PG humour of Police Academy rip-off Ski Patrol . Then, our first album of the nineties is the divisive Sinead O’Connor effort I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got ( So I guess she doesn’t want talent – zing!) . Greg divulges a sto...

This week we see who’s been Nazi and who’s been nice when we check out the tangentially Christmas-themed  Elves – starring Grizzly Adams himself, Dan Haggerty ! Then, we grunge it up with  Soundgarden’s Louder Than Love . Our guest this week is Justin Decloux (the director of  Teddy Bomb and co-host/co-curator of Toronto’s  Laser Blast Film Society  VHS screenings ).

This week on Time Bandits , we travel back to 1989 to visit the criminally underrated Bob Balaban  directed Parents.  You probably remember the iconic cover art for this Vestron-released movie, but did you know it’s actually an overlooked classic? Listen in to hear all about it! Then, we find out what it is ( it’s it ) when we listen to Faith No More’s The Real Thing.  We dive...

This week we break out our whips and unironic fedoras as we watch the classic  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade . Then we dig into Fine Young Cannibals’ unexpected hit record The Raw and the Cooked . Our guest this week is musician  Graeme Hall Lang .

This week we travel back to 1989 to check out Snake Eater , an insane Lorenzo Lamas  vehicle about an ex cop who must outwit some dumb hillbillies to rescue his sister. Then we discuss De La Soul’s debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising  and it’s powerful impact on the world of hip hop. Our guest this week is rapper  Timbuktu ( Swamp Thing, Teenburger ).

This week we check out the criminally boring Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers  and discuss why Dr. Loomis is still trying so hard (while  Donald Pleasance is not) and we wonder where Michael Myers  learned to drive so well. Then we talk Tone Loc and his album  Loc’ed After Dark  which has us chillin’ with the homies –  swam-ay! Our guest this week i...

This week on Time Bandits , we have bad dreams of nuns and Boglins when we visit A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child .  Then we check out an album that has become an industry ( industrial? ) standard – yes, it’s seminal industrial band  Ministry’s  album  A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste . Our guest for today’s episode it Torontoist writer and contributor&...

Do you love werewolf movies but often wish they had way less werewolves in them? Then  Howling V: The Rebirth is the movie for you! We didn’t feel right subjecting a guest to this masterpiece of cinematic bullshit, so we’re going it alone this week. Since this podcast revolves around a time machine, we thought we’d check out a different kind of machine: a pretty hate one! We’re listening to N...

This podcast needs an enema! And that enema comes in the form of a nostalgic look back at a movie that redefined the summer blockbuster, Tim Burton’s Batman . And what better album to pair it with than it’s own ridiculous soundtrack but the equally ridiculous  Prince ? Stop the press, who is that? It’s  Indie 88’s own morning host  Matt Hart here to share his thoughts and memories o...

This week the guys find themselves in  Lock Up  where the evil warden lets them play football, build cars and drink as much toilet wine as they can stomach. Then they kick off a whole new wave of half-assed ska with the seminal album Energy  by seminal ska-punk act  Operation Ivy . Their guest this week will be  Taylor Wyatt  ( Secret Screening Room ).

This week the fellas travel all the way to West Germany for the 1989 premiere of  The Punisher , starring  Time Bandits  favorite  Dolph Lundgren . Then they bust a move down to the principal’s office as they cold mack on  Young MC’s  crazy def debut,  Stone Cold Rhymin’. Their guest this week is perennial favorite rapper/ Modern Superior podcaster...

The gang is down one member this week, with  Greg  still away on vacation overseas. Regardless,  Dan  and Casey are keeping the time travel spirit alive, hopping in the  Primer box and heading into a  City Under Siege.  Yes, it’s  Police Academy 6: City Under Siege directed by…  Peter Bonerz . Listen in to find out if that name is the funniest thing abo...

Well, something was bound to go wrong sometime.  It is time travel, after all! This week the time machine breaks down and we find ourselves hurled back even farther  to the year 1985. What else is there to do but check out the bonkers  Berry Gordy  produced kung-fu action/comedy  The Last Dragon? Then we get night rocked (read: aurally violated ) by  David Hasselhoff...

It’s time for another trip back to 1989, and this time we’re driving the Delorean right on down to Hinkley Hills, where Tom Hanks is having a few problems dealing with his new neighbors in Joe Dante’s The ‘Burbs.  A box-office success but a critical failure, how does it hold up? While we’re there, why not visit  Corey Feldman  and see what he’s got in his compact disc player? M...

Episode 37 finds the guys dreaming a little nightmare when they attempt to make sense of the hopelessly idiotic  Dream a Little Dream . Then they use  Bleach  ( Nirvana’s  crushing debut album) to remove the stains left on their souls by having to watch such a garbage movie. Our guests on this episode are:  Erik Tokar  and  Jimmy Cain  (resident Two Cor...

This week we cast a spell of confusion over the ‘classic’  Teen Witch . Then we pile into the love shack for a discussion about  The B-52’s  big comeback album  Cosmic Thing . Now who would ever really wanna go and top that? Our special guest this week is the lovely  Alia Miller  of the excellent podcast  What She’s Having . Check it out!