How much panic is appropriate to mark the appearance of the “Check Engine” light? If you’re Rosen, even though you know better, plenty. Limping into the Twilight Lounge after a morning spent learning all about the possible causes of the aforementioned light, he relates his troubles to a slightly low-energy Goldbrener, who refuses to engage … Continue reading Episode #67: “That’s part of your whole assimilationist thing.” →

A jittery Rosen arrives at the Twlilight Lounge after almost being forced off the road by a “beat to crap” minivan and immediately launches into an anti-beat-to-crap-minivan diatribe, which segues into Goldbrener’s tales of motor vehicle-related confrontation during his wild-haired youth and then a general discussion of city life vs. life in small Connecticut towns. … Continue reading Episode #66: “Hair flying everywhere!” →

Is it possible that joke-stealing isn’t the worse of Josh Orlovsky’s transgressions? How about calling yourself “Fat Jew?” either way, no amount of hand-wringing and deconstruction can convince Goldbrener and Rosen that this corpulent child of the Upper West Side is good for the Jews. Nor, it appears, is Rosen’s sad attachment to wearing black athletic … Continue reading Episode #65: Thank you, Vanilla Ice, for all that you’ve given to the world. →

Is “vocal fry” an innately sexist term? Was Paul McCartney replaced by William Campbell during the summer of 1967 after his untimely death? If progressives had allowed themselves do watch the Republican debate without sneering, would they have seen democracy in action? Where are Rosen’s keys? Is The Atlantic Monthly a publication favored by eggheads … Continue reading Episode #64: “We have little things of keys.” →

Displaced from the Twilight Lounge, the boys settle into Rosen’s basement studio/family room, where they are protected by a short, dense, weird dog and dig into conspiracy theories relating to traffic and local government, followed by a study of “gentleman farmers” and the proper volume to play hip-hop music while boating, before settling into the … Continue reading Episode #63: “You can’t outsmart them. Don’t try to outsmart them.” →

Goldbrener has returned from Spain, the Twilight Lounge has newly-shampooed carpeting and it is the 37th anniversary of Rosen’s bar mitzvah — a perfect time to reconvene and discuss 1978 pop music, Jewfros, Pliny the Elder, a shared dislike for the sloppy downtown tech worker uniform, whether Ice Cube would cook you up in a … Continue reading Episode #62: “Nachamu, Nachamu.” →

The boys experiment with recording on a different day of the week, leading to all sorts of imbalance and an opening that discusses Six Sigma before welcoming listeners to the Twilight Lounge. Wasting little time, Goldbrener and Rosen touch on the economics of live music shows, the difference between Jewish camp and regular camp, Amish drug … Continue reading Episode #61: “Elect Chris Pratt in 10 years.” →

In 2007, Rosen wrote a scathing blog entry about the Grateful Dead. Eight years later, it’s garnered thousands of hits and 123 mostly hate- (and patchouli-) filled comments. Why not keep the party going, then, by asking, upon the completion of its “farewell tour,” whether San Francisco’s favorite lifestyle corporation is good for the Jews? … Continue reading Episode #60: “My circadian rhythm is all out of whack.” →

It’s not always easy to get to the Twilight Lounge, as Rosen learns when an empty toilet paper roll trips a series of events that delay his arrival by a full 16 minutes. Fortunately, a serene Goldbrener awaits, ready to discuss effective police work, whether it’s sexist to refer to Ann Coulter as “shrill,” the … Continue reading Episode #59: “Lynyrd Skynyrd on the jukebox? Good call!” →

Return with us to the Twilight Lounge, where you’ll find a refreshed Rosen and Goldbrener finally talking about pornography on the eve of adult film legend Jenna Jameson’s conversion to Judaism, but not before Rosen recounts his traumatic encounter with a young Chabad rabbi on the streets of Paris. Thumbs up this week to: Nina … Continue reading Episode #58: “I have a unique, tangible asset.” →