Ménage Á Pop

"Dancing In The Dark." "Born In The USA." Any of the one's where he counts. It hard NOT to know a Bruce Springsteen song and yet that's exactly how Joe Slepski (the JOE ON JOE podcast) spent his 1980s. So today he explains how he finally found the Boss and how it wasn’t through the albums you would normally expect.

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As the theme song explained, it was “GI Joe against Cobra the enemy, fighting to save the day.” But action figure war is still action figure Hell which is why Joe Slepski sought out the more mature storylines of Marvel's comic adaptation. It became the basis of his own podcast, JOE ON JOE, so let's hear him discuss this ground-breaking take on a popular childhood toy-line.

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Sure, we know its not a bird and yes we know its not a plane but do we even care anymore that it's Superman? Super heroes may be more popular than ever but fewer and fewer cosplayers are donning Kryptonian tights. Well podcaster Joe Slepski (JOE ON JOE) thinks the world still needs a Superman and today he'll discuss Ka-El's relevance with a fair amount of reverence for the Christopher Reeve version as first portrayed in the 1978's SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE.

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Did you get goosebumps from scary stories told in the dark? You know, swapped sleepover tales of jilted ghosts, ghastly ghouls and various things under the bed? Or did your childhood horror haunt at a slightly diffrent pace? On today's episode, comic creator Meredith Moriarty shares the slow burn terror she found in the childhood classic , The House With A Clock In It's Walls by John Bellair.

Listener's Note: Today's episode opens with a slightly longer monologue than normal. And while its contents are relevant to the world, if you are looking to get right to the main discussion, you can skip ahead to the 00:07:42 mark.

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To Tim, video games have always been side scrolling plumbers chasing big mushrooms and bouncing stars. But a lot has changed since that issue of Nintendo Power and not just in the uncanny valley of graphics and game play. Eisner nominated Meredith Moriarty (THIRD SHIFT SOCIETY) present's the modern gamer's guise by unveiling the existential terrors she found while playing the 21st Century classic SILENT HILL 2.

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As a life-long comics fan, Tim is thrilled to welcome Meredith Moriarty, creator of the webcomic THIRD SHIFT SOCIETY. The only thing making him nervous is how little he actually knows about webcomics. Fortunately Meredith is up for a discussion resulting in this insider’s conversation on the unique nature of an updated medium.

Quick note: today’s episode was uploaded prior to the amazing declaration of Kamala Harris’s victory. So, if Tim sounds a little uncertain in the outro, that’s why.

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Still waiting out the election count? Still anticipating the burning of democracy? Or did you come here for 20 minutes of escapism on the entertainment of your youth? If its that last one, then welcome comedian Candace Kregg as she recounts her childhood obsession with the Shelly Long film Troop Beverly Hills. But wasn't Shelly Long, like, thirty-something in that? Find out what a kid could find in watching the VHS exploits of a 1980s adult.

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Just so you know, this episode, its interview and even these show notes were composed before yesterday's election. So, if the country is actually burning in effigy right now, that's why this show is still talking about the Martin Short film Clifford. Turns out it was a childhood favorite of comedian Candace Kregg and, today, she's exploring how she still finds it relevant in a world widely ignorant toward its actual existence (actual world condition pending).

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You know that movie everyone watches to make fun of, the one that’s so bad it’s good? Well, did you know it also played a crucial role in someone else’s formative years? Not as a camp classic but as an actual chart toward maturity. Comedian Candace Kregg talks all the ways you've never talked about the 1996 cult classic, Showgirls.

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Kevin Smokler and Christopher Boone have spent the week talking about the documentary that they made. But what about the documentary that they are in? VINYL NATION is an intimate look at record collecting and, since they're both fans, they can't avoid impacting the narrative. It's the anatomy of a scene that cracks the fourth wall as they prod the intention between art and its artist.

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