Music Raygun

In this episode, Kirk and Paul watch and comment about MTV's historic first 45 broadcasting minutes on Aug. 1, 1981, including VJ segments and commercials.

In this episode: the surprisingly boring origin of one of the worst band names of all time; the surprising identity of Richard Marx's second wife; the surprising music course Kirk's son is taking at college; and the surprising Canadian songwriter Kirk thought directed the New York Philharmonic.

In this episode, Kirk and Paul find out about the random bands they never heard of from the Trading Card Corner segments of the miniepisodes over the years.

In this episode, Kirk and Paul visit Trading Card Corner. Then they quiz each other about music trivia.

In this episode, Kirk and Paul wrap of the show's 12th season with another video for each of the previous 12 episodes' topics. It's another B-sides episode!

In this episode, Kirk offers new seltzer flavors to Paul. Then there's a music trivia quiz.

In dieser Folge von "Musik Strahlenpistole,“ sprechen Kirk und Paul über Musiker und Bands aus dem großartigen Land Deutschland (hauptsächlich aus den 1980er Jahren).

In this miniepisode, Kirk and Paul discuss Fred Armisen's "old punks" segment on "John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA." Then there's an "in memoriam" segment for the first time ever on the show. And then of course the music trivia quiz.

In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about the history and music of Beastie Boys.

In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about their love for TLC.

In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about the work of music video director Mark Romanek.

In this episode, Dave Holmes' new podcast "Who Killed the Video Star?" has Kirk and Paul taking off on MTV nostalgia. There's also a music trivia quiz.

Break out your pentagrams and turn your crucifixes upside-down, because in this episode of "Music Raygun," Kirk and Paul are worshiping the prince of demons, Beelzebub, aka Satan!

In this episode, "Music Raygun" goes international.

In this episode, Kirk and Paul review the music video oeuvre of filmmaker Michael Bay. Spoiler alert: His music videos suck as much as his movies. April Fools? Afraid not. Fuck you, Michael Bay, you piece of shit.

In this episode, the Waterboiz are back to say new seltzer ideas, Kirk and Paul play dual laser rounds, the music trivia quiz resets, and a soft rock legends dies during the recording.

In this episode, Kirk and Paul celebrate 150 episodes of "Music Raygun" with the show's 15th grab bag.

In this episode, Paul solves a decade-old musical mystery, and there's a music trivia quiz.

In this episode, Kirk and Paul celebrate the seventh anniversary of "Music Raygun" with another Prince-adjacent topic, or dual topic in this case: Prince's Paisley Park label and the early-'80s Los Angeles-based Paisley Underground indie-rock scene. And yes, the two topics are related.

In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk some more about "The Greatest Night in Pop" as well as the "Thriller 40" documentary.

In this episode, Kirk and Paul watch music videos the include various forms of animation, including traditional animation, computer animation, laser animation and more.

In this episode: a documentary recommendation, a laser round and a music trivia quiz. It's fun!

In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk musical acts that consist of two people.

In this episode, Kirk and Paul discuss the music videos from MTV's first hours of broadcasting in 1981 and the truly interesting thing about hair metal also-rans Steelheart. Then it's time for the music trivia quiz.

In this episode, Kirk and Paul watch the MTV News Year in Rock '94 special and reminisce about things that happened in the world, on MTV and in their own lives 30 years ago.