Pumping Irony

Here they are – our favorites of 2016 in music, movies, and TV! 2016 was a good year (except for all those we lost) and we are hoping 2017 is just as exciting! Let us know what some of your favorites were by commenting on the website – www.pumpingironypodcast.com or on the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pumpingironypodcast or via Twitter @pumpingironypod.

Songs:

“Drive It Like You Stole It” by Sing Street

“29” by Run River North

“You Want It Darker” by Leonard Cohen

“Great Night (feat. Shovels & Rope)” by NEEDTOBREATHE

“Float” by Switchfoot

“Bummin'” by Relient K

Video of Josh Gad & Daisy Ridley:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOKBAWvZ1NE

The Pumping Irony Podcast crew are back after a brief sabbatical! This episode is dedicated entirely to talking about the new Star Wars movie, Rogue One. We have some tricky editing in the first section as we talk about the death of Carrie Fisher and then everyone forgets that it was Max von Sydow who played the old guy, Lor San Tekka at the beginning of the Force Awakens!

Songs: “Gentle and Soft” by The Blue Jean Committee; “Walking Shoes” by The Blue Jean Committee; “Main Title and Calvera” by Elmer Bernstein.

 Join the podcast crew as they are joined by their friend Domenic for a special super-sized episode of the Pumping Irony podcast! This week we talk about the IFC mockumentary series, Documentary Now!, The new NBC show, The Good Place, the new Godzilla movie from Toho Studios, and three great books that Andrew read over the summer. We also talk about hipster Pepsi, changes to Apple Music on iOS 10, a Batman show without Batman, and Russ hates the new Magnificent Seven remake. Subscribe, rate us and write a review on iTunes, leave us a comment on Facebook or our website, and follow us on Twitter @pumpingironypod.

The guys are back! What have they been up to and why has it taken them so long to get a podcast out??! We answer those questions and Russ talks about the pilot for the new live action show, “The Tick” on Amazon Prime. Tim is once again stuck in the 80s as he talks about the extremely successful new Netflix series, Stranger Things. We also have the longest discussion of any like since we dedicated a whole episode to Star Wars VII as Andrew shares his love (as we all do) for the new LAIKA studios movie, Kubo & the Two Strings. We also give a Rio Olympics recap (sort of), hear of another weird story out of Canada, and declare that there is too much Jesus (gasp!) in the new Ben-Hur remake. Be sure to subscribe and rate us on iTunes, and interact with us on Facebook or Twitter!

Music: “Stranger Things” by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein; “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” by The Clash; “Story Time” by Dario Marianelli; “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” by Regina Spektor

Description: In this special episode of the podcast, Russ and Andrew step out so Nic (Russ’ son) and Owen (Tim’s son) fill in as guests! We talk about a great new Australian band that you should be listening to, the newest Pixar movie (and why you should stay until the end of the credits), and the amazing technology of Virtual Reality. We also offer two perspectives on the craziness of the new fad, Pokemon GO and why we still hate the changes George Lucas made to the Star Wars Original Trilogy.

All the music in the episode by Why We Run. Songs heard are “A Moment to Return,” “Where I’ll Be Waiting,” and “Ignites.”

Links to Why We Run videos on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09FnYjuoCw8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANWaFItlR8

In this milestone episode (double digits!) of the podcast, Russ gives a review of the new Matthew McConaughey movie Free State of Jones, Tim trips down memory lane with the miniseries on CNN, The Eighties, and Andrew likes the 3/4 that he has read of the book, The Girl With All The Gifts (and can now confirm that the ending is amazing!). Andrew also talks about how the new show on CBS, Braindead is sure to be canceled, Tim pointlessly argues why it’s wrong to compare In N’ Out Burgers to Five Guys, and Russ reveals his dislike for cheesy snacks and the crew is haunted by the eerie sound of a baby crying!

Music heard in this episode:

“You Might Think” by The Cars

“Modern Love” by David Bowie

“1999” by Prince

Links to things discussed:

http://stxmovies.com/freestateofjones/

http://www.cnn.com/shows/the-eighties

https://www.amazon.com/Girl-All-Gifts-M-Carey/dp/0316334758/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1467591810&sr=1-1&keywords=the+girl+with+all+the+gifts

http://www.cbs.com/shows/braindead/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_casual_restaurant

https://www.cheetosmuseum.com/

In this edition of the Pumping Irony podcast, Tim tries to talk and fails, but Russ saves the day! We talk about the new Lonely Island movie, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (and why nobody went and saw it), all the flavors of the Cornetto Trilogy, and the book, Your Song Changed My Life (and the songs that changed our lives). We also talk about why we dislike rude people on the internet, rude people at movies and concerts, and A.I.s who write horrible movie scripts (much to humanity’s enjoyment)!

Songs featured: “I Want You to Want Me (Live Version)” by Cheap Trick

“Wendy” by The Beach Boys

“A Day in the Life” by The Beatles

Link to Sunspring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY7x2Ihqjmc

In this episode, we talk about hipster culture in the Portland, learning what it means to be human from a robot, punk bands vs. skinheads, how the Network giveth, and the Network taketh away, Russ once again hates a movie’s preview, and Andrew alerts us to Canada’s war on Spider-man!

Music heard in episode 8:

“Feel it All Around” by Washed Out (Portlandia’s theme music)

“Capsized” by Andrew Bird

“Ophelia” by the Lumineers

Today we’re talking about death defying train stunts, famous singers from Columbia, gorgeous criminals trying to save humanity, TV shows that are so bad they make you angry for weeks, why Tim hates a beloved Superbowl commercial, and another celebrity death (but definitely not the one you’re thinking of).

Music from this episode includes:

Intro: Supposed to Be by Icon For Hire

Weight in Gold  by Gallant

Cleopatra by The Lumineers

Outro: Battlefield by Svrcina

We’re back from a break and today we’re talking about the exciting terrain of Iowa, time bending video games, the adventures of Bat Kid, naked animals, Tim’s controversial stance on things that break down, bad Christian movies, and whether or not Zootopia is capitalist propaganda.

Intro music for this episode is Impossible by Lacey Sturm from the album Life Screams

Break music is Try Everything by Shakira from the Zootopia Soundtrack

Outro music is Come As You Are by Prep School (a Nirvana cover) from a pretty great Quantum Break Cinematic Trailer