On the latest episode of Spall Talk, we discuss milkshakes, jazz, the Crazy Frog, John Cena's single "Bad Bad Man" featuring Tha Trademarc and B. A. Bumpy Knuckles, Timothy Spall memes, and what's on our walls in conjunction with a discussion of 2001's Vanilla Sky, a frustrating piece of pre-9/11 schmaltz where Tom Cruise has a Tower Records where his heart should be.

Recs
Niel: D4 / The Shape Of Water
Eric: The Cable Guy / Phantom Of The Paradise / Pi / Jazz
Shane: Breath Of The Wild / The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan / Milkshakes

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Brooke, Cameron and Conor welcome a new face to the show, recap what they're watched over winter break, run down the Oscar nominations field, and introduce a fun new segment for the show that won't go poorly at all.

Spall Talk, the only podcast about the life and career of Timothy Spall, comes back for another year, is now a member of the Black Squirrel Radio family!

In this episode, Niel and Eric Jacoby start 2018 out strong by getting the year wrong and discussing 2017's The Journey with Shannon Strucci, host of the youtube series How To Be A Film Nerd. Along the way, they discuss Medicare for Spall, House of Cards, and the strange story of how Eric came to know about The Troubles. We aspallogize in advance for our attempts at Irish accents.

Recs:
Niel: Clifford (1994) / Yakuza 5
Eric: Jinnah (1998)/ Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
Shannon: Breath Of The Wild / Best Worst Movie (2009)

Music:
"Vegas Odds (Theme To Spall Talk)" by Niel Jacoby
"Premier Interlude" by Niala Effin from Insane Music For Insane People Vol. 4

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Erik, Conor, Miles and Evan talk new music from Escapism, Screaming Females and Bjork before diving deep on the death of Warped Tour, Forbes' 30 Under 30 musicians, and more!

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