Arguably Chris Cornell’s finest performance, which says a lot.

Show notes:

-When I first heard Call Me a Dog

-Chris Cornell’s “Songbook”

-Temple of the Dog

-Cornell’s vocal performance

-Cornell’s lyrics

-Why I listen to music

-The lyrics

-Self punishment and depression

-Fell on Black Days

-Picturing an argument

-What can I do?

-Pushing back

-Art is pain

-The old winter coat

-The chorus

-Sleeping on the floor (like a dog)

-Badgers and wolves

-Digging for gold

-A brief history of Temple of the Dog

-Andrew Wood

-A handful of coal

-Rumors of who this song was about

-Calling your bluff

-The best part of the song and one of Cornell’s finest moments

-There’s no winner

-The time signature

-Temple of the Dog members

-Matt Cameron

-MC50 (Cameron only played one show)

-How and why Temple of the Dog became popular

-The Temple of the Dog tour

-Buy the album!

-Plugs!

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Spoilers will be comin’ atcha faster than a speeding bullet!

-What did I think?

-Batman vs. Superman

-Superman in Justice League

-Lex Luthor

-What did I think of all the heroes

-Cyborg

-The superhero comics I read while growing up

-The superhero shows I watched while growing up

-The Flash

-Aquaman’s personality

-Jason Momoa

-Wonder Woman

-Ben Affleck

-Batman

-Batman and Wonder Woman

-Kingdom Come

-Steppenwolf

-The Mother Boxes

-The purpose of this movie

-Jesse Eisenberg

-The reception of Justice League

-The Marvel movies

-Justice League versus the Marvel movies

-Emotional reaction to Justice League

-The stakes

-The look of Justice League

-The action

-The after credits

-The Flash and Superman

-Clark Kent and the cops

-The next movie

-Infinity War

-Back to the stakes

-Star Wars and high stakes

I review, analyze, and drop some info about L$D by A$AP Rocky.  Mellow out and enjoy the trip.

I am rather soft spoken for the first 13 minutes because this was recorded at 1am and my landlords were asleep. Let me know if you get any ASMR tingles.

Show notes:

-Is this a rap song?

-When I first heard L$D

-Videos complimenting their songs

-I’m part of the MTV generation

-The L$D video

-An ode to LSD and love

-The At Long Last album

-A$AP Rocky’s influences

-A$AP Rocky’s other work

-Even if you don’t like rap . . .

-My experiment

-“It helps me cope with life”

-Studies on LSD

-M.A.P.S

-Results from a small study

-Back to the video

-The visuals, romance and setting of the video

-Tokyo and Times Square

-Time Square in the 80s

-Gaspar Noe’s Enter the Void

-“Excuse Me” in the L$D video

-If you’ve never heard this song before

-For Dark Side of the Moon and classic rock fans

-Listening to new music

-Youthful naivety

-Getting out of your music comfort zone

-The guitar riff

-L$D live

-My wish for the live version

-The beginning of L$D

-The lyrics with my voice at a normal volume

-The “her”

-Straightforward lyrics

-“This hippy life”

-Harlem, Manhattan, the city

-Queens and Brooklyn are NOT New York City

-(Acid)

-Pretty lights

-If I ever drop acid . . .

-Love, Sex, Dream

-“Another quarter to the face system”

-Leaps of faith

-Taking the place of love?

-The drum sample (Ode to Billie Joe)

-Other rap songs with the drum sample

-I don’t know!

-“Yeaaaahhhh”

-“Tongue at a loss for words”

-Sharing the world

-“I really want to give people drugs through music”

-More of a traditional rap song

-Who is Lord?

-Don’t drink and drive (or text and drive)

-What about the weather?

-What light?

-Can you feel it?

-The end of the lyrics

-The origin of the guitar riff

-Back to A$AP Rocky’s influences

-Doing something different

-In the studio with Lenny Kravitz (Kravitz later said that he was just checking out A$AP’s new tracks)

-What makes A$AP Rocky exciting

-How I was drawn to A$AP Rocky

-Plugs!

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I read and comment about a tweet thread from Cindy Otis (@CindyOtis), a former CIA Analyst and current author, on how to handle disturbing news and negative content. 

I also talk about how I deal with the news as well as Donald Trump, his awful administration, and his Republican enablers.

Here is Otis’ tweet thread. Her tips are capitalized in the show notes. 

Feel free to follow along!

https://twitter.com/CindyOtis_/status/1012488916178436096

Show notes:

-Who is Cindy Otis?

-What did she tweet?

-How we get our news

-The 24 hour channels

-The slow crawl towards authoritarianism

-What Republicans need to do

-Several risks to being overloaded with disturbing content:

-Complacency

-Paralysis (so much to do!)

-Crisis Perspective (using Trump and Kim Jong Un as an example)

-Depression/PTSD (being overwhelmed as an equivalent to stage four brain cancer)

-Listening to despair and people complaining

-What do we do?

-Do not ignore the news!

-Take action!

-Being in service of others

-Being connected to people you may not agree with

-Trump supporters and Long Island

-Finding common ground

-My Long Island accent

-Trump and walls

-Pink Floyd The Wall

-Accept your limits

-Exercising and rest

-Recharging

-Research before panicking

-The best way to do research

-Credible news sources

-Pundits and editorials

-Get Up and Move

-My daily news and non news rituals

-The all day news loop

-Exercising

-Set rules

-Using music, movies and books as an escape and inspiration

-Projecting yourself

-The theme of recharging

-Podcasts as an escape

-Avoid dark holes

-Beavis and Butthead

-ADD and activism

-You need fun

-Self care and self compassion

-Trump and Putin in Helsinki

-Howard Stern as an escape

-Back to my rituals

-Plans with friends

-Talk to someone

-Getting together with people in person

-In Conclusion, None of This Is Easy

-Stay informed

-Trump as an authoritarian

-Keeping balance

-Staying optimistic

-Stay active and recharge

-VOTE DEMOCRAT in November 2018!

-Trump’s enablers

-Plugs!

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I review Martin, the George A. Romero vampire movie.  Spoilers come at you faster than blood from a wrist.  Ewwwww.

Show notes:

-The last time I saw Martin

-I knew the ending from Tom Savini’s Scream Greats

-What I thought of Martin back then

-What I looked for in Martin as kid

-Knightriders

-What I think of Martin now

-Guerilla filmmaking

-The budget and way it was shot

-It’s vibe

-The special effects

-Savini’s philosophy

-The blood

-Dick Smith formula

-The plot

-Was he or wasn’t he?

-The pace of the plot

-Character development

-The acting

-John Amplas

-The dialogue

-The town

-The budget

-Overall

-What I expect

-The ending

-The theme of Martin

-Romero’s career

-My recommendation

-FILMmaking

-What people in the 70s may have thought

-The Exorcist

-The wrist slashing scenes

-Before DNA evidence

-Plugs!

Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2

Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/music-movies-and-more?refid=stpr 

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I review Martin, the George A. Romero vampire movie.  Spoilers come at you faster than blood from a wrist.  Ewwwww.

Show notes:

-The last time I saw Martin

-I knew the ending from Tom Savini’s Scream Greats

-What I thought of Martin back then

-What I looked for in Martin as kid

-Knightriders

-What I think of Martin now

-Guerilla filmmaking

-The budget and way it was shot

-It’s vibe

-The special effects

-Savini’s philosophy

-The blood

-Dick Smith formula

-The plot

-Was he or wasn’t he?

-The pace of the plot

-Character development

-The acting

-John Amplas

-The dialogue

-The town

-The budget

-Overall

-What I expect

-The ending

-The theme of Martin

-Romero’s career

-My recommendation

-FILMmaking

-What people in the 70s may have thought

-The Exorcist

-The wrist slashing scenes

-Before DNA evidence

-Plugs!

Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2

Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/music-movies-and-more?refid=stpr 

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This is my immediate reaction to Deadpool 2. Spoilers are ahead!

Show notes:

-That was a yawn

-What did I think?

-Why did I get scared?

-Seeing the first Deadpool

-How does it compare to the first one?

-The comedy

-The drama

-The characters

-Ryan Reynolds

-My familiarity with the comic

-Cable

-X Force

-The Vanisher

-The after credits

-The jokes

-Negasonic Teenage Warhead

-Colossus

-The X-Men

-Monster Magnet

-Tales of Brave Ulysses

-The Marvel films and stakes

-What makes Deadpool stand out

-Superhero movies and comedy

Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2

Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/music-movies-and-more?refid=stpr 

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I review Knightriders, the somewhat forgotten George A. Romero movie starring Ed Harris, about a troupe of motorcycle riding, renaissance faire knights.  Yes, really! 

I haven’t seen this movie since I was a kid and I found it boring then.  Does the 41 year old me feel the same way?  Listen with your purposely dulled sword, mace, or axe to find out!

It doesn’t take a Merlin to know that spoilers are coming at you faster than a Harley with a lance.

Show notes: 

-Not Knight Rider with David Hasselhoff.

-Ed Harris

-When I first saw Knightriders

-After seeing Knightriders again

-The acting

-The message of the movie

-The ending

-The livelihood of the troupe

-Pro wrestling

-Would this troupe be successful today?

-The struggles of the road

-Selling out

-What I thought of the pacing, then and now

-The gay issue

-The women characters

-Romero and women roles

-The conflict in the movie and how it relates to real life (including mine)

-My advice

-Romero’s opinion of Knightriders

-Harris’ loyalty

-Going on the road and riding motorcycles

-Romero’s other movies

-My verdict on Knightriders

-Plugs!

Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2

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Fight or yield!

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I review Knightriders, the somewhat forgotten George A. Romero movie starring Ed Harris, about a troupe of motorcycle riding, renaissance faire knights.  Yes, really! 

I haven’t seen this movie since I was a kid and I found it boring then.  Does the 41 year old me feel the same way?  Listen with your purposely dulled sword, mace, or axe to find out!

It doesn’t take a Merlin to know that spoilers are coming at you faster than a Harley with a lance.

Show notes: 

-Not Knight Rider with David Hasselhoff.

-Ed Harris

-When I first saw Knightriders

-After seeing Knightriders again

-The acting

-The message of the movie

-The ending

-The livelihood of the troupe

-Pro wrestling

-Would this troupe be successful today?

-The struggles of the road

-Selling out

-What I thought of the pacing, then and now

-The gay issue

-The women characters

-Romero and women roles

-The conflict in the movie and how it relates to real life (including mine)

-My advice

-Romero’s opinion of Knightriders

-Harris’ loyalty

-Going on the road and riding motorcycles

-Romero’s other movies

-My verdict on Knightriders

-Plugs!

Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2

Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/music-movies-and-more?refid=stpr 

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Fight or yield!

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I review “START”, the series finale of The Americans.

You don’t have to be in counter-intelligence to know that there will be spoilers

Show notes:

-What did I think?

-The ending

-Previous episodes this season

-What the creators think

-What stood out

-Stan Beeman

-Predictability, a Last Jedi digression

-The music and With or Without You

-The train to Canada

-Paige Jennings

-Henry Jennings

-What would happen in modern America

-Philip and Elizabeth are my parents age

-A letdown

-The Americans compared to other series endings

-What I wanted to see

-What stood out in the series

-Rooting for Philip and Elizabeth?

-Gray areas

-Liking the characters

-Elizabeth and Philip, and Stan’s arcs

-The Jennings, Stan, good and evil, right and wrong

-Who would I side with?

-Oleg

-When The Americans alluded to present day

-History repeating itself

-Handheld video games in the 80s

-What I want, moving forward

-Plugs and the origin of the podcast title

Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2

Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/music-movies-and-more?refid=stpr 

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