In our very first episode, we party like it's 1999 and dive into Paul Thomas Anderson's three hour cinematic tapestry, Magnolia, and Fiona Apple's wonderfully rebellious sophomore album, When The Pawn...

We are woefully unprepared at the best of times but marvel at how we falter and flounder our way through the hidden depths of two pieces of art that deserve much more than we can provide, but hey! It's episode 1, and at least we've got some fun facts!

We do spoil plot points in Magnolia - be warned!

YEAR OF THE WEEK

1999

FILM OF THE WEEK

Magnolia - dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

Discussion starts 00:03:30

ALBUM OF THE WEEK

When the Pawn... - by Fiona Apple

Discussion starts 00:45:55

Tracklist (+ discussion timecodes)

1. On The Bound - 00:50:55

2. To Your Love - 00:55:20

3. Limp - 00:58:56

4. Love Ridden - 01:00:22

5. Paper Bag - 01:01:51

6. A Mistake - 01:03:10

7. Fast As You Can - 01:05:22

8. The Way Things Are - 01:07:40

9. Get Gone - 01:09:32

10. I Know - 01:12:39

Watch Fiona Apple's famous MTV Awards speech here!

ALSO MENTIONED

Films:

• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - dir. Michel Gondry
• Ladybird (2017) - dir. Greta Gerwig
• Step Brothers (2008) - dir. Adam McKay
• The Other Guys (2010) - dir. Adam McKay
• La La Land (2016) - dir. Damien Chazelle
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013-20) - TV show
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1974) - dir. Milos Forman
• Hard Eight (1996) - dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
• Boogie Nights (1997) - dir. Paul Thomas Anderson - SPOILER at 16:06 to 16:20
• Fargo (1996) - dir. Joel Coen
• Taxi Driver (1976) - dir. Martin Scorsese
• Tropic Thunder (2008) - dir. Ben Stiller
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - dir. Stanley Kubrick
• Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) - dir. Quentin Tarantino
• The Muppets - y'know...the Muppets
• Family Guy (1999-) - TV show
• American Beauty (1999) - dir. Sam Mendes
• Shift (2018 short) - dir. JJ Eringa
• The Matrix (1999) - The Wachowskis
• Dark City (1998) - Alex Proyas
• The Ten Commandments (1923/56) - Cecil B. DeMille
• Sing 2 (2021) - Garth Jennings
• Trolls World Tour (2020) - Walt Dohrn
• Sing (2016) - Garth Jennings

Music:

• The Bats - New Zealand band
• The Bats - Jon Brion's band
• Also sprach Zarathustra - 1896 tone poem by Richard Strauss
• Bob Dylan
• Tidal - 1997 album by Fiona Apple
• Fetch the Bolt Cutters - 2020 album by Fiona Apple
• Billie Holiday
• For Your Love - 1965 song by The Yardbirds
• Yma Sumac - '50s exotica singer
• Daydream - 1966 song by The Lovin' Spoonful
• Revolution - 1968 song by The Beatles

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