234 - Moon True Thing

It’s another episode and another trip to the 1990’s! 1998, specifically. September, 18, 1998, even more specifically. We touch on the album, Moon Pix, from Cat Power and the film, One True Thing. That’s from director, Carl Franklin.

• Moon Pix
• One True Thing
• Empty Nest
• It’s a Living
• Top singles
• Box office

We take a look back at the week of February 15th, 1990. We discuss the album, Please Hammer Don’t Hurt 'Em, from artist, MC Hammer. We also talk about Friday the 13th VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, from director, Rob Hedden.

 

• Please Hammer Don’t Hurt 'Em
• Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
• Teri Garr
• Top singles
• Box office

On this chapter of My So Called Podcast, we gaze back to fall of 1992. We chew over the album Grave Dancers Union from the rock band, Soul Asylum. Then we debate the merits of Honeymoon in Vegas from writer/director Andrew Bergman. With special guest, Scott Reithel.

• Grave Dancers Union
• Honeymoon in Vegas

231 - Nimrod Last Summer

It’s the dog days of summer and we turn our attention to the week of October 17, 1997. We talk about the album, Nimrod, from Green Day. Then on the second half, we discuss the movie, I Know What You Did Last Summer, from director, Jim Gillespie.

• Nimrod
• I Know What You Did Last Summer

Other Links:

-Top ten singles

-Top Ten Movies

This episode we turn our eye back to the week of April 23, 1994. We talk over the merits of Blur's Parklife and then we discuss the faults of No Escape from director Martin Campbell. With guest, Greg Cejas.

• Parklife
• No Escape

Links and Show Notes:

Big Wheels

Tim and Eric clip

Britpop

Madchester

This episode we look back at May 1996. We discuss the album, All This Useless Beauty, from Elvis Costello & the Attractions. We also explore the movie, Twister, from director, Jan De Bont.

• All This Useless Beauty
• Twister

This episode we look back at the week of March 19, 1999. We discuss the album, Middle of Nowhere, by the British electronic duo, Orbital. We also explore, EDtv, from director Ron Howard.

• Middle of Nowhere
• EDtv

Other Links and Show Notes

• Harry Potter
• Running Man
• George Clooney directing
• Francis Ford Coppola directing
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Top ten singles
• EDtv trailer
• Top ten movies

This week we celebrate Black History Month by casting our eyes back to the week of May 26th, 1993. That week, Fishbone released their album, Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe, to record stores. While the Hughes Brothers released Menace II Society to theaters.

• Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe

• Menace II Society

On the first half of this episode we discuss Fun Trick Noisemaker by the Apples in Stereo. On the secon half, Eric discusses While You Were Sleeping from director John Turteltaub. Both released in the spring of 1995.

It's Veterans Day, so you know what that means. It means we look back at the week of March 2, 1990. We talk about the album, I do not want what I haven't got, from Sinead O'Connor. Then we talk about the John McTiernan film, The Hunt for Red October.

• I do not want what I haven't got
• The Hunt for Red October