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This time around on the show that talks about you on purpose, we're picking up the holiday slack by reading a bunch of listener feedback from our Christmas-themed episodes. Think of it as a Christmas in July kind of thing. That's festive and timely, after all. We discuss the classic film It's A Wonderful Life , our favorite adaptations of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol , stuff...

It's time for a brand-new episode of TRAPPO 's New Music Showcase ! We're taking a closer look at Onyx , the latest full-length release from the enigmatic Jackie Extreme . Who is Jackie Extreme ? What is Jackie Extreme ? If you want to find out, just tune in! And if you want to listen to Onyx for yourself, just CLICK HERE! We've also got a poll set up over on the official TRAPPO bl...

We're back with a brand-new edition of TRAPPO's Mail Bag, the show that talks about you on purpose! This time around, we're discussing feedback regarding the 2022 TRAPPO Music Awards , responses to responses about a Batman -related episode, the dubious merits of Vincent Gallo and his side hustle as a gigolo, candy (because somebody wanted to share their thoughts on candy), Bruce Spring...

Welcome back to the latest New Music Showcase here on TRAPPO ! Now we may not be able to call our nascent ongoing series "a success" as of yet, but we're gonna keep plugging along, because we're just a pair of stubborn fools who want to share some neat new-ish music with our rapidly dwindling audience! Our latest offering to the new music gods is Oh Me Oh My from legendary outsid...

Hey! Have you heard of TELLY ? Not the English slang term for television, dummy! The brand-new "free" ad-supported television called TELLY that's supposedly coming later this summer! If you haven't heard of TELLY , then let your good friends here at TRAPPO tell you all about it! Or you can just read this reasonable article from WIRED that discusses TELLY in some detail. That woul...

It's time for a good old-fashioned album exchange! This time around, we're talking about WAR from I Speak Machine and something called ECHT from La Colonie de Vacances , which roughly translates to " summer camp ". What does that mean? Listen to the episode to find out, I guess. Have you ever heard any of this music? If not, you can listen to WAR RIGHT HERE and you can listen to...

Hello again, dear listener. TRAPPO , the show that talks about stuff on purpose, has returned with a brand-new episode of our beloved New Music Showcase ! We know you're very excited for this. You've been looking forward to it. And we here at TRAPPO are more than happy to oblige. So what new music are we showcasing this week? Thank you for asking. It's a recent release from an artist n...

Welcome back to the show that talks about stuff on purpose! In this delightful episode, we're gonna be blabbing about a "movie" that has taken the hipster horror world by storm! It's 2022's Skinamarink , which is a very awkward title to say out loud! Just go ahead and say it out loud a few times right now. Marvel at how the word utterly fails to roll off the tongue! And no, w...

The show that talks about stuff on purpose is back! And we've returned with a brand-new album exchange for your listening pleasure! This time around, we're discussing Art d'Ecco's 2022 release  After The Head Rush  and Sonic Youth alum Kim Gordon's 2019 solo debut,  No Home Record . Have you heard of either of these albums? If not, then we're gonna tell you all about them,...

We're back, dear listener, with a brand-new installment of the show that talks about you on purpose! And what an exciting episode we have in store for you! It's not quite as monumental as the last Mail Bag with two whole emails, but we think it's still pretty cool. This particular episode is all about Halloween! We know it's a little early for some, but we have a good excuse, becau...

It's a massive, gargantuan episode of TRAPPO's Mail Bag , the show that talks about you on purpose! And in this truly stupendous installment, we go DEEP into some bizarre subjects that you're sure to enjoy, dear listener! Topics discussed in today's amazing episode include, but are not limited to: youthful perversion in comic book stores, the career of the late, great queen of the B movie, Julie S...

Welcome to the final installment of our grand experiment, Good, Great or Garbage month! We're ending things on a high note with a double-feature of new and exciting music for your listening pleasure: Giant Palm from Naima Bock, and Pripyat from Marina Herlop! Do these interesting new- ish releases make our toes curl? Do they belong in the illustrious TRAPPO Essentials Can(n)on ? Spoiler alert: the...

Good, Great or Garbage month marches on with a closer look at 1981's new wave juggernaut Anthem from Toyah! Is this album any good? Is it, in fact, great ? You'll have to tune in to find out! So does Anthem deserve a place in the illustrious TRAPPO Essentials Can(n)on ? This album's fate is in your hands , dear listener! There's a poll currently posted on our official blog and we need you to vote!...

Welcome to February, and welcome to Good, Great or Garbage month! Every Friday in this delightful month of February, we're presenting a brand-new episode of the show that you all know and love, Good, Great or Garbage , where we take a closer look at a musical release and ask ourselves the eternal question: is this anything ? This week, we're shining a spotlight on Kathryn Joseph's 2022 release, fo...

The show that talks about you on purpose is back for more shenanigans! This time around, we're talking about something called " Lady Volcano ", the latest album from Spanish doom metal outfit Golgotha , the lack of Dune -related conversations in the mainstream, the music of a talented UK DJ called Nite Fleit , goth music legends Inkubus Sukkubus and Myrkur , and a whole bunch of other stuff that y...

The show that talks about you on purpose is talking about BATMAN on purpose this week. That's right, dear listener, this episode is all about the fallout from last September's Super-Controversial Live Action Batman Rankings episode, which got a surprising number of responses from some very passionate fans of The Dark Knight, and we finally decided to respond to them. Sure, it took us a while, but...

KTRP has one more gift for you to unwrap this Christmas morning! Gore & Carey, KTRP's Gruesome Twosome , are sitting in for Gary The Grinder (who's feeling a bit under the weather and couldn't make it into the studio today) and hosting this year's edition of the station's long-running series "Fails Of Christmas Past"! And as a special bonus, they're discussing 1989's made-for-TV holiday misfir...

Happy holidays! This week, since it's that special time of year, we're talking about Christmas movies! In a roundabout way. We're actually talking about a lot of the behind-the-scenes machinations behind the made-for-TV holiday movie factory, and how things in this industry have changed since a very big story broke in 2019 . It's a story that deals with racism, homophobia, Christian conservatives,...

It's time to open up TRAPPO's Mail Bag  for the final time of 2022! Time certainly flies, dear listeners. This time around, we're reaching deep  into TRAPPO 's throbbing sack to discuss In This Moment, Talking Heads, the forgotten work of Jim Steinman, Stuart Gordon's cinematic adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's Dagon , misconceptions regarding Chrystabell's transcendent Midnight Star , and...

On this very special episode of the show that talks about stuff on purpose, we're discussing cult film director Frank Henenlotter's 1990 masterpiece Frankenhooker , the touching story of an amateur scientist who refuses to give up on the woman he loves after she's torn to bits by an errant remote control lawnmower, and the extreme lengths he goes through to bring her back to life. This movie is re...

Welcome back to the show that talks about you on purpose! It's a brand-new episode of TRAPPO's Mail Bag , and it's just jam-packed with listener feedback! This particularly combative episode addresses such varied topics as Kee Avil's haunting album Crease , Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket , controversies surrounding our long-awaited (and under-appreciated) B-52s Mixtape , the 1986 cinematic di...

In this very spooky edition of the show that talks about you on purpose, we address a bunch of comments left on the old blog that referred to our trio of Halloween-related episodes we released back in October. That's why it's called TRAPPO's "Spooky" Mail Bag , in case you were wondering. We figured we'd just put all those comments together under one roof for your convenience. It's a pretty decent...

The mail bag is open once again to address listener feedback! And this is a pretty special episode, dear listener. This time around, we're talking about good and bad comic book shop experiences, we recommend the brilliant YouTube channel CinemaTyler for satisfying Stanley Kubrick discussion, how Perfect Dark 64 is the superior title to the legendary GoldenEye 64 , TRAPPO 's abiding love for spicy...

Happy Halloween, trick-or-treaters! This special presentation of The Gruesome Twosome's Haunted Halloween is brought to you in part by The Hill People Insurance Co.! Get cozy on this dark and stormy night with your fiendish hosts Gore the Bore and Carey Coronary as they discuss The Marshmallow Ghosts ' 2020 Halloween offering The Witching Hour , and then later some loyal listeners call in to share...

Happy Halloween! This week, the show that talks about stuff on purpose is taking a closer look at the recent trilogy of Halloween films directed by David Gordon Green that definitively conclude the Michael Myers/Laurie Strode saga once and for all! Again! We're going in-depth on 2018's Halloween , 2021's Halloween Kills , and 2022's Halloween Ends ! Does this trilogy of shockers end on a high note...