Black & Blou: A Humane Review

It's a super-patriotic episode of Black and Blou!!! Then again, like that elusive promise of a City on the Hill, it's an episode of near misses: that almost perfect jumping jack, almost getting to hear the Pod Couple pontificate upon ancient Chinese wisdom, Black missing the opportunity to make the pun "Rumi-nate" during a rousing game of "Jimmy, Billy, or Rumi," and a national anthem deferred... Oh - and introducing Puppy Twitch, in which your favorite co-hosts "roast" cute puppy videos on YouTube. They'll never know what hit 'em. #B&BHR

*All music is credited to Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com) and licensed under Creative Commons; these funky delights include Sweeter Vermouth, Enchanted Journey, Lobby Time, Gymnopedie No. 1, Eighties Action, Happy Boy End Theme, Newer Wave, Funky Boxtrot, and Upbeat Forever.

Tired of COVID lethargy? It's time to "Feel the 'Burn" (or, if you need that extra kick of motivation, try out the alternative exercise segment, "Ya Blou It!") In this episode, Black and Blou talk about the Friends resurgence as the two founding members of the duo "The Schwimmers." They plumb the unconscious depths of their latest muse - a.k.a. Auto-Jen - to generate a new poem about a real hunk. They also discuss awakening from the stupor of spitefulness as well as the somnambulist sounds of R.E.M.'s 11th studio album UP. You know what Black and Blou always say: "Reality degrades art slides." Drink a cup of coffee cuz the original Pod Couple is about to set some things straight! All music is credited to Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com) and licensed under Creative Commons; these funky delights include Sweeter Vermouth, Enchanted Journey, Lobby Time, Gymnopedie No. 1, Eighties Action, Happy Boy End Theme, Newer Wave, and Upbeat Forever. #B&BHR

After a COVID-induced hiatus, Black and Blou are back by popular demand. Have you forgotten the rickey?? Never! In this episode, the original pod-couple "generate" some classic poetry, talk about the existential threat to classics departments, and revisit David Bowie's classic album "Space Oddity" (1969). And, as always, they push a little sweet merch! All music is credited to Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com); these funky delights include Sweeter Vermouth, Enchanted Journey, Lobby Time, Gymnopedie No. 1, Eighties Action, and Happy Boy End Theme. #B&BHR

Happy one year anniversary! Here's to a season two even spookier and stranger than the first. 

As always, below is a list of songs and sounds we used under Creative Commons: 

Ghost Story by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3805-ghost-story, License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), Graveyard Shift by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3823-graveyard-shift, License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

From freesound.org:

Ghost whispering by toam, Halloween Intro by suburbanwizard , Wailing - different kinds by Mafon2 , Hawk Call, Single by InspectorJ, Screaming1 by owly-bee, Gothic Church Bells by Aeonemi, Guitar Riff by mr-guitarra, and Trumpet Fanfare by bevibeldesign.

After a bit of time away, the Original Pod Couple is back! From COVID-based limericks dedicated to the Ascend app to hand-wringing over a set of deep (and life-altering) choices, this week's episode can only be described with one word: Frivolity. Or, maybe, Bulbous. 

All music used is by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com) and licensed under Creative Commons. Song titles include Sweeter Vermouth, Enchanted Journey, Lobby Town, Gymnopedie No. 1, Eighties Action, and Happy Boy End Theme. Some of the game questions are adapted from Conversation Starters World (conversationstartersworld.com).

"Bro Equilibrium Must Be Restored." The original odd couple reconnect and dust off ye olde art slides. Jump in because you want to learn about Black's "grooming man"; stay because you want to hear about The Kinks.

All music used is by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com) and licensed under Creative Commons. Here are the title songs so you can do appreciate these funky tunes in their totality (and so we don't get sued). Sweeter Vermouth, Enchanted Journey, Lobby Time, Gymnopedie No. 1, Eighties Action and Happy Boy End Theme. 

We hope all our listeners are doing well during social distancing and to make your lives feel a little more normal, social, and dare we say intimate, we invade your space (or at least you air waves) for an hour with a very special episode featuring all your favorite things about our show. Covid 19 will not stop the muse from speaking or us from talkin' bout art slides. Tune in to learn how we are spending our time in quarantine and for our suggestions/imperatives on how you should be spending yours. 

As always, we use wonderfully funky music by Kevin MacLeod under Creative Commons and the tunes in this episode are the usuals, Sweeter Vermouth, Gymnopedie no. 1 and Enchanted Journey (you can check them out and many more at incompetech.com)

From their respective socially distant coronavirus bunkers, comes a special episode from Black and Blou. Sadly the internet did not cooperate with us and this is only about the final third of the original episode, so with that in mind, enjoy. Think of this as a teaser for the multitude of episodes we will release during quarantine. 

Since this episode is so short, we only needed to use our outro music, but since we are all about supporting artists during these trying times we of course will credit the creator, Kevin MacLeod whose funky music (Sweeter Vermouth) we are using under Creative Commons. 

Paul Reiser. Full Stop. That' s all you need to know about this episode.

As always, all music used is by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com) and licensed under Creative Commons. Here are the song title so you can go appreciate these funky tunes in their totality (and so we don't get sued). Sweeter Vermouth, Enchanted Journey, Lobby Time, Gymnopedie No 1, Eighties Action, and Happy Boy End Theme.

Quarantine got you down? We know just the thing! Tune in for an episode full of wild stories and wacky poetry. You may be social distancing, but you can never be socially distant from us (your favorites). 

As always, all music used is by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com) and licensed under Creative Commons. Here are the song title so you can go appreciate these funky tunes in their totality (and so we don't get sued). Sweeter Vermouth, Enchanted Journey, Lobby Time, Gymnopedie No 1, Eighties Action, and Happy Boy End Theme.