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His name is Dio and he dances on the sand. Just like that shiny tiger ridin' through a dusty land. Welcome to episode 85 where Rich and Jon select video game songs with a distinctly 80s vibe. There's a thunder in your heart, it's construction time again, and you know this much is true because it's always RAD here at Select BGM.

After bumping off enemies and breaking through walls, sometimes you need to kick back by the Roda Tree and take it Ys-E. This week Jon and Rich play selections from the Ys Game series. Party with the Goddesses but watch out for the, gimme dat, gimme dat, oh yeah! Join Adol, Dogi, Feena, Reah, Lilia, and friends as they adventure into endless history at Select BGM.

Last week we lazed out and didn't give you any new music, but this week we're back bringing you the illest tracks around. Themes of sickness, vacation, and summer are on the plate and ready for consumption. If you don't feel like the beach, then down a bottle of cough medicine and pop a Select BGM cassette into Soundwave for the best medicine around.

It's not a cliche EMO band name but this week's theme on Select BGM! We present songs from Video Games that didn't make the final cut. Whilst on this week's magical toad-throating adventure, Jon and Rich ride their soap box through Salt Lake City's Hooverville with a final stop at the Hamlet of Heavy Metal. Like quality control for this podcast, stay unused at Select BGM.

That lazy generation and their heavy metal computers bring you another fantastic episode. This week we play songs from various generations of consoles and computers to create a hodgepodge of mediocrity. All you idiots with your acronyms and dance-club wisdom should tune in and let the jams help you revisit those magic lands where you'll learn that the less things change, the more they stay the sam...

Hai Yah! If you're hungry then you walked into the right restaurant. Get in a fight, build a computer, and enjoy the tang of Tong City. Pick up your Okinawan girl and drive the old super duty up to the Rockies for some cold refreshing ballads of mustachioed amusement. A diet of Oriental Flavor won't give you the power to kick bad guys across the screen of your television, but it will make you feel...

We're back! Season 7 is here, bringing you Bleed for Speed. All you hip people with your high speed internets and half finished projects should slow down and play this new episode through your fancy wireless ear buds while cutting your dandelion ridden lawn. Earn some cool points and put them in that "other" drawer next your TurboGrafx-16 shirt. Enjoy a high speed ride on the vein train to the Pet...

You know that feeling you get when you look to the West? Neither do we. But we know all about winding on down the road, to the end of season six. Keeping in line with tradition, Rich and Jon present a retrospective of their favorite song selections from the past twelve episodes. Jon forgets to play video game music as his rose tinted eyes stare longingly at the alternatives, while Rich solemnly la...

Tic-Tac-Toe floppy disk cowbell technical computer to the machine! This week we bring you Checking the Cell Structure where even we don't really know what that is. Slide Hackers into your DVD player, suck in your painful aging gut, and spike up what hair you have left because these tunes are straight from the retro-future. Drinking ale and helping the system fail at Select BGM.

Crack that whip strap mean! This is a whole episode dedicated to that Konami classic we all love. Jon, Rich, and special guest Dante talk of Castlevania, social media, censorship, and Korean fan death. Pirouette to a dark ballet of melodious maelstrom. Our words are as empty as our souls at Select BGM.

Are you ready to have a good time? Pop a power pellet and hop aboard the Rad Mobile. It's a family affair! Ignore the onlookers and indulge in your desires for aliens, androids, spaceships, clones of yourself, and TV Dinners. We're destroying romance here at Select BGM.

Lazy (or thought provoking) reigns supreme this week. Dick Richards and Jon Jonty pick selections at random(ish) to bring you a mixed bag of whoopee cushions and glow-in-the-dark Dracula teeth. We rap about the awesome but failed Atari (Epyx) Lynx and some good nods to the GDC. We're making lunch great again at Select BGM.

An uncomfortable stirring within makes one cringe with a ferocity not felt since the afterschool specials of yore. Embrace your inner beast, but don't get too stupid or you'll need to launder your jeans after listening to this over the edge episode. Top that, cause we're hot and you're not at Select BGM!

Salt Lake City dreamin' this week on Select BGM! Have you ever dreamed that Chopin composed some time-crossing while riding a seahorse in the deep blue, only to end up death stranding? Neither have Rich or Jon... until now! This week we interpret the dreamy states of video game music in the usual esoteric fashion. Let the dreams of human emulation take you at Select BGM.

It's time to clean house with the tools of the trade. Whether that's mops or machine guns you can always enjoy the cleansing and then celebrate by eating the newest iteration of a Big Mac after first buying cheap DVDs with your creepy neighbor. Crack a beer, load up the dishwasher, and crank these anthems of environmentally friendly annihilation here at Select BGM.

Jon and Rich will certainly think of the children in this episode that focuses (loosely) on themes about kids, for kids, and even by kids! Jon and Rich don't have children but they're pretty sure kids love listening to middle aged dudes talk about heavy metal and their failed, apathetic generation. Hey, you, get into our car and we'll take you to the nearest star here at Select BGM.

Fecal year 2017, and we're all partied out. Bask in the holy odor as "scibbity-scat-wah-caca-doody" blasts from the sewer. Sing along to these rotten picks and exorcise your mud monsters as Jon and Rich take you on a ride to brown town here at Select BGM.

It's a Blue Light Special as we travel in the Wayback Machine to the glorious time when Kmart was king and we all knew of Peter Piper Pizza. It's an easy listening sail through selections of smooth video game arrangements and escalating elevator enchantment. Ride your coin-op pony, sip on an Icee, and jump into the photo booth here at Select BGM.

If you're into Prog-Metal or Synthesizer demos you certainly know his name... let's laugh together because hardly anyone gives two-shits about Prog Synth. We at Select BGM hope to change that with a Rudess themed episode! From shiny top notes, verbose sweeping symphonic, player piano and little middle eastern flare, Jon and Rich will bring it Kurzweil style! Love to Prog and Synth here at Select B...

Welcome back to Select BGM! Rich and Jon are starting season 6 episode 66 just the way you'd expect; honoring the Lord of Darkness. Just don't talk about Satan around Heavenly Father's dinner table, they haven't spoken since the "incident". We've got songs of beasts, hell, foul ambiance and ripping guitar. You came for the full flame but you'll only need the heat here at Select BGM.

Season 5 is all wrapped up and this is all we have to show for it, one of the best video game music podcasts in Salt Lake City proper, and maybe even the worst. This is the best-of episode for the season and Jon and Rich discuss a variety of charged issues they know only through Michael McDonald songs, like the top 5 reasons to listen to our show. It's been two years of fun and there is no reason...

Break out the pocket cheese, it's time to get chunky! Finally we have a whole episode dedicated to the venerable Commodore 64. In addition to the smeary trills, Jon and Rich name their top 5 memorable personal computers. Fire up your Supra Modem, dial in and experience the eliteness of Select BGM.

It's not Chuck-a-Rama, it's Classic Mega Man-ia and the choice is yours. A secret Japanese mission control center constructed a training program in the 1980s to take over our minds via the power of video gaming, and it worked. Decades later the indoctrination is so ingrained that pure strains are introduced every now and then to appease the withdrawals and rioting that would otherwise ensue. In th...

Slip into your magical underwear because you're going on a trip. Where or when is inconsequential and merely an illusion. It's going to last forever and you're going to hate it. Sit back, level up on your favorite game and turn up the stereo for this week's meandering episode of Select BGM.

It's a pop fly to center court and the cornerback is sprinting to home base with a triple double locked up in his backswing as he slides into the net - Touchdown! Yup, talkin' sports this week. Jon and Rich bring you the best in obscure sporting themes whilst talking about feelings only the way men can; with cynicism and fear. Bring your friends to tailgate and strap on your cheesehead at Select B...