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Host Douglas Arthur is joined by members of the GOOCH Squad to complete their discussion on film scores, and more specifically, the best works of John Williams!

In this episode, your host Douglas Arthur, is joined by GOOCH Squaders, Jim Fitzsimons and Jeff Hickmott (with input from Brian Curtis, in abstentia) on a far ranging discussion on our favorite film scores from the history of cinema, ranging from Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann and John Barry, to Danny Elfman, Daft Punk, and Jerry Goldsmith...and many more! The gang touches on the the differences be...

Join Host Douglas Arthur, along with guests Jim "Dr. Dim"  Fitzsimons and artist and instructor Rick Arthur, as they discuss the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman, and the current controversy surrounding its recent removal from a school district in Tennesee. The discussion touches on some sensitive topics and issues. Some explicit language is used.

Host Douglas Arthur engages musician, songwriter, and animator Tom McWatters in a track by track discussion of his latest album Barfight! They get into the inspirations and background of each song and wrap it up with a discussion of other projects including the animations he and wife Colleen have done for fellow songwriter Jake LaBotz, and upcoming PSA's for the New York State Department of He...

Everything you wanted to know about movie theater projection booths, and then some! Join host Douglas Arthur as he interviews Tampa Author and Comedian Clark Brooks about his side hustle as a film projectionist. The duo swap stories from long careers as "celluloid jockeys" in a variety of different movie theaters around the country including AMC, General Cinema, Regal, Super Saver, Harkins...

Host Douglas Arthur convenes the Gang Of Occasional Co-Hosts (aka The G.O.O.C.H. Squad) for a rousing conversation about some of the strangest breakfast cereals of our youth (and some not-so-strange ones that still affected us in abnormal ways...) Cereal discussion includes such oddities as Sir Grapefellow, Crazy Cow, Quisp & Quake, Freakies, and Kream Krunch, as well as waltz down memory lane...

Buckle in as host Douglas Arthur narrates the classic horror tale The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs for this year's special Halloween episode! Features a new musical soundtrack by Flaming Schwarzkopf Experience!

At long last, a new episode greets the eager masses after 10 long months! ...and this time it is an anniversary clip show with a decidedly Space Mules Twist! See if you can identify all the clips! Host Douglas arthur is joined on this retrospective look back at the last 10 years of the show by the usual Gang Of Occassional Co-Hosts: Michael Noble, Jim Fitzsimons, Brian Curtis, and Jeff Hickmott, a...

Just in time for Christmas, host Douglas Arthur reads to you the classic Frank Stockton tales, The Lady, or the Tiger? , and The Discourager of Hesitancy , featuring a new soundtrack by Flaming Schwarzkopf Experience . These classic puzzlers have kept readers and audiences guessing as to their meaning and outcome for almost 140 years and have continued to show up in pop culture in song, stage, fil...

Host Douglas Arthur is joined by the The full contingent of the G.O.O.C.H. Squad (Jim, Brian, Jeff, and Michael) for a mostly jolly discussion of some of our favorite holiday TV Specials! Among those classics discussed are: How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Year Without a Santa Claus, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, and John Denver and the Muppets, as well as special epis...

After a long hiatus making his latest book of comic strips, host Douglas Arthur returns to the "podcastiverse" with a frightening new episode just in time for Halloween...a reading of Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story The Masque of the Red Death. With a new musical soundtrack by house band Flaming Schwarzkopf Experience , this is the perfect diversion in a world that demands consta...

Host Douglas Arthur is joined by the Gang Of Occasional Co-Hosts (aka The G.O.O.C.H. Squad) for a rambling roundtable discussion of the pop-culture that has been keeping them busy during the COVID-19 lockdown. Jim trots out his love for the Star Wars Saga and Columbo, while Brian gives us all a lesson behind the curtain of wrasslin'. Jeff discovers Stranger Things and explains Red Dwarf and QI...

Host Douglas Arthur is joined by his brother Rick for an extemporaneous conversation about Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko. What started off as a conversation about the new book Stan Lee: An Amazing Life by Danny Fingeroth, turned into a full-blown breakdown of the Marvel Method of creating comics and how it lead to … Continue reading →

Host Douglas Arthur is beset by a visitation from the G.O.O.C.H. Squad during this holiday season as they try to convince him that Die Hard is a Christmas movie? Listen in as the Gang Of Occassional Co-Hosts featuring Micahel Noble, Jim Fitzsimons, Brian Curtis, and Jeff Hickmott race against the clock in a cat and … Continue reading →

Sit back and relax for a bonus holiday treat! Outtakes from episode 64’s RoboCop show! Host Douglas Arthur tries in vain to keep the show on the rails, only to discover there were no rails to begin with! There is a nice discussion here with hints about future episodes! Perfect to listen to while you … Continue reading →

Host Douglas Arthur is joined by members of the G.O.O.C.H. Squad to discuss the 1987 Paul Verhoeven sci-fi satire, RoboCop. As usual, Michael ruins everything, then gets everybody fired.   Published November 28, 2019

The 2019 Space Mules Halloween Special finds host Douglas Arthur paying tribute to his father by reading a selection of poems by Edgar Allan Poe including Spirits of the Dead, The Haunted Palace, The Sleeper, and The Raven. Original soundtrack composed by Flaming Schwarzkopf Experience. Published 10/31/2019

Host Douglas Arthur is joined by his older brother Rick to recount stories and memories of their father who passed away in May 2019. Listen in as they recount the many ways that he guided them on their journey and toward their taste in popular culture…from old-time radio, to comic books and movies, this … Continue reading →

Host Douglas Arthur is joined by special Guest Ed Davis, Jr. of Insomniac Drive-In for a great discussion about the lost art of drive-in movies and to talk about some of his favorites. The wide-ranging discussion touches on Toho monster movies, Hammer horror films, and the cinematic oeuvre of Russ Meyer as well as … Continue reading →

Host Douglas Arthur convenes the G.O.O.C.H. Squad for a free-wheeling and heart-felt look at the life and times of fallen comics creator, Stan Lee, who passed away early last week. The gang discuss the legacy and some of the controversy revolving around one of the most influential makers of pop culture of the last 100 … Continue reading →

Host Douglas Arthur sits down for an in depth interview with comics creator Jason Yungbluth, the man responsible for the great satirical graphic novel Weapon Brown, as well as the current humor anthology Peek. We talk about his influences, Weapon Brown, Peek, Beepo and Roadkill, Clarissa, Charlie Hebdo and censorship, and his recent tangles with … Continue reading →

Host Douglas Arthur sits down and reads the classic Robert E. Howard 1932 horror yarn, People of the Dark, just in time for Halloween. Notable for being the first precursory appearance of Conan the Barbarian, and for being considered a part of H.P. Lovecraft’s C’Thulhu Mythos, People of the Dark is a noirish mash-up of … Continue reading →

Host Douglas Arthur interviews designer, illustrator, and graphic Novelist Emily Hanby, whose 2017 graphic novel Black Peak is making the rounds, and her follow-up, White Water is currently being serialized online. We talk about her process, her influences, and Star Trek: Deep Space 9. Along the way we touch on Michael Moorcock, Event Horizon, and … Continue reading →

Host Douglas Arthur interviews Michael Pilmer, the man behind the meticulous Devo-Obssesso website, and the long-time assistant archivist for Devo. Topics cover his journey to super-fan and then to employee of Devo, Inc. as well as his own projects like industrial band Silica Gel. A big part of the discussion is talking about the new book from publisher Rocket 88, Devo: The Brand/Devo Unmasked, a...

Recorded on June 9th, 2018 and finally making its debut here in August as prophesized, host Douglas Arthur, suffering from an extreme case of microphone lag, and early morning shpelkis, convened the G.O.O.C.H. Squad to play a deadly game of Guess the Cover Song! Sprinkled throughout are tunes to terrible to contemplate, maddening music on … Continue reading →