This Podcast Should Be Played Loud

On this week’s episode, we revisit Tom Hank’s snappy, directorial ditty That Thing You Do! We discuss the realities of being a one hit one-der, rose-tinted 60s nostalgia in the 90s, band dynamics as dramaturgy, and how when it comes to the theatrical cut, sometimes less is more!

On this week’s episode, we dive into the story of legendary Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis in Anton Corbijn’s 2007 film Control. We discuss the film’s tonal contrast with 24 Hour Party People, the legacy of post-punk’s prophet of urban decay, and Samantha Morton’s powerhouse finale.

This week we examine the phenomenon of Kane Parson’s Backrooms through a musical lens. We discuss the history of Vaporwave and its influence on liminal space horror. Could the internet’s decade long obsession with ‘hauntology’ be traced back to the early internet musical genre? And how did Boards of Canada wind up on the soundtrack of this indie horror runaway hit? Tune in as we uncover all this a...

On this week’s episode, we switch things up and dive deep into film director Alan’s Moyle obsession with musical misfits. We discuss youth in revolt, radio shock jocks, Christian Slater being a Residents fan, Samantha Mathis’ dreamy bob cut, unexpected porn star cameos, and bloated 90s movie soundtracks.  Film Discussed: Times Square (1980) Pump Up The Volume (1990) Empire Records (1995)

On this week’s episode, we have some of mom's spaghetti with vomit on our sweater already and watch Curtis Hanson’s 2002 rap battle epic 8 Mile. We discuss the film being so much more than a soundtrack vehicle, Eminem’s live-wire performance, misused southern accents in movies, Brittany Murphy short but sweet cinematic run, and TMI as a battle tactic.

On this week’s episode, we are joined by Oscilloscope Labs' Daniel Berger to daytrip the twentieth anniversary remix of Ondi Timoner’s 2004 legendary rock doc Dig!. We discuss the real Dandy Warhols/Brian Jonestown Massacre band feud, Gen X’s bygone notions of selling out, musicians being the absolute worst, and checking back in on the psyche rock revival at 2022’s Levitation Fest. 

We dive into the varied but tragically short filmography of rap icon Tupac Shakur - who, by the age of 25, had not only released four seminal studio albums, but had acted in six feature films. The best known of them were released in his lifetime - gritty, realistic portraits of life on the streets, but his posthumous releases might be even more interesting. Films Discussed: Juice (1992) Poetic Jus...

On this week’s episode, Chadd punishes Alan for his Daft Punk worship by inflicting Clint Eastwood’s 1982 dustbowl film Honkytonk Man on him. We discuss Clint’s bluesy guitar licks, boomers trying to get their nephews laid, the real life tragedy of country legend Jimmy Rodgers, and the film’s depiction of the Beale Street Memphis scene. 

On this week’s episode, we strap in for zero G with a Daft Punk double serving of Interstella 5555 and Electroma. We discuss the French robots’ god-tier brand of musical marketing, childhood obsession with anime turned music video rock opera, making slow core cinema in leather pants, riding the launch wave of MTV’s embryonic split into MTV 2, and recasting Jeff Bridges as the Obi-Wan Kenobi of Tro...

We’re back to finish off Cher’s iconic 1980s output. In 1987 alone, she released a gonzo fantasy sex romp, a chilling courtroom drama snoozefest, and a classic romantic comedy that won her an Oscar. Films Discussed: The Witches of Eastwick (1987) Suspect (1987) Moonstruck (1987)

On this week’s episode, we revisit Robert Altman’s 1975 country music opus Nashville. We discuss checking America’s temperature at its bicentennial, Altman’s unmatched style of ensemble storytelling, young Jeff Goldblum’s batshit bit part, and the film’s ominously prophetic assasination ending.

On this week’s episode, we say ‘f**k art, let’s dance!’ and rejoice in Michael Winterbottom’s 2002 masterpiece 24 Hour Party People. We discuss the film’s sprawling journey from punk to acid house, Joy Division’s transformation into New Order, Steve Coogan’s tour de force portrayal of infamous media Manc Tony Wilson, and agreeing with John Ford that “when you have to choose between the truth and t...

On this week’s episode, we are joined by Marie Bardi-Salinas (Blank Check Podcast) to talk about the mononymous icon herself: Cher, and her prolific cinematic run in the 1980s. In this epic two-parter, we discuss her hippie-chic beginnings, unstoppable run of collaborations with 70s new school directors, bagel boys, age gap tabloid baiting before it was cool, and going from award season regular sn...

On this week’s episode, we unmask Brian De Palma’s 1974 answer to the rock opera, Phantom of The Paradise. We discuss the origins of Daft Punk’s helmets, the coinky-dink of the band Phoenix’s name with Jessica Harper’s protagonist, Martin Amis’ run-in with the genre bad boy himself, and the film’s overall incalculable influence on French Touch.

On this week’s episode, we rewatch the Coen Brothers’ 2013 sad sack masterpiece Inside Llewyn Davis. We discuss Oscar Isaac as the Sisyphean antihero, how the Coens' saved their movie by putting a cat in it, and the maddening minutia of the business of music.

On this week’s episode, we play the ballad of Robert Zimmerman & his wacky tryst with cinema. We discuss his generation defining portrait by D.A. Pennebaker, cosplaying as an outlaw alongside Kris Kristofferson, teaming up with Larry David’s right hand man for a misunderstood classic (?), and proto-trolling the fans with Scorsese.  Films Discussed:  Dont Look Back (1967) Pat Garrett and Billy...

On this week’s episode, we revisit an overlooked Ralph Bakshi 1981 classic: American Pop. We discuss the film’s multi-generational interrogation of the great American Songbook, pioneering use of rotoscope in cinema, timelessly tripped out visuals, and the strange tale of Bob Seiger’s “Night Moves.”

On this week’s episode, we take a hit of pure, uncut boomer psychedelia with Oliver Stone’s 1992 film The Doors. We discuss Val Kilmer’s uncanny portrayal of the lizard king, Stone’s obsession with Native American folklore, Nico’s real life relationship with Jim Morrison, and deconstructing the cliches of the ‘rockstar biopic.’

For our premiere episode, we explore the cinematic life and times o’ Prince. We discuss his humble beginnings as an R&B wunderkind, the meteoric rise of Purple Rain and its much maligned sequel, as well as his bizarre foray into directing on the French Riviera, and quite possibly the best concert film of all time (sorry to Jonathan Demme). Film discussed: Purple Rain (1984) Under The Cherry Mo...

With the new year underway, we’re very excited to announce the premiere of our new show This Podcast Should Be Played Loud; an exploration of cinema through a musical lens hosted by musician Alan Palomo and filmmaker Chadd Harbold.  They say every actor wants to be a rockstar and vice versa! “This Podcast” is about the cinematic careers of iconic musicians, as well as the greatest films ever made...