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Hello, fellow musical know-it-alls! Welcome to the fourth episode of the Sneaky Dragon Listening Party! And please feel free to pull up a chair, grab a seat on the sofa or plop yourself down in the wicker rocking chair we brought down from upstairs.

This week we are listening to Side Two of Nick Pond’s first mixtape, which includes a bunch of great songs like:

* The Constantines – “Shine A Light” – Shine A Light, 2003

* The Insect Trust – “Hoboken Saturday Night” – Hoboken Saturday Night, 1970

* Destroyer – “Destroyer’s The Temple” – Thief, 2000

* Toots and the Maytals – “Pressure Drop” – From the Roots, 1970

* Graham Parker and the Rumour – “Discovering Japan” – Squeezing Out Sparks, 1979

* The Concretes – “You Can’t Hurry Love” – The Concretes, 2003

* No Fun – “Swimming Pool” – cassette single “Swimming Pool” b/w “Here Comes Jesus” and “Paul Is Dead”, 1980

* Bernard Butler – “You Just Know” – People Move On, 1998

* Grizzly Bear – “Sleeping Ute” – Shields, 2012

* The Millenium – “There Is Nothing More to Say” – Begin, 1968

* The U.S. Males – “Come Out of the Rain” – single “Open Your Heart” b/w “Come Out of the Rain”

* Stereolab – “Come and Play in the Milky Night” – Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night, 1999

Plus a couple of unscheduled stops!

Thanks for listening.

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 367 of your favourite podcast! (Wait. What? We’re not your favourite podcast? Well, don’t tell us that!)

This week on the show, it’s all typical lawn mowing advice; Sneaky Dragon ads; the good and bad about socialization in school environments; crazy boys in school; Ian’s fight club (he broke the rule!); the importance of learning to fall; the Batman bit; authority doesn’t care; the problem with M*A*S*H; the one-time popularity of the anti-hero; the fun of the jerk; Ian defends Pottersville; Ian and Dave’s favourite Christmas movies; and if that’ not enough: Ian and Dave write a Christmas movie before your ears; Edgar Allan Poe in the Old West redux; and, finally, Trevor Lynn’s Top 10 movie list featuring:

* Das Boot

* Lawrence of Arabia

* The Big Sleep

* Casablanca

* Watchmen

* Sons of the Desert

* The Chaser

* Star Wars

* Dr. Strangelove (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)

* Airport

Thanks for listening.

Here is Marcus Harwell’s version of good old E.A Poe in the Old West:

Thanks, Marcus!

Hola, Sneakers! This week you can get your kicks with Episode 366!

Sigh…

Anyway,on  this week’s show: moving recap; kids said the darndest things; Ian REALLY liked a movie; what Solo could have been; isn’t it a PETA?; unfair criticism; outrageous attention seekers; provokers; you can’t self-gloss; affectionate names; chips ahoy; Sleeper hold; Idle chatter; wit is shit; be funnier; keepin’ it hacky; showbiz memories; apostolic teachings; gassy smells; testing family times; enemies list; bad Beatles; Mostly Marmaduke; and, finally, Ken Holtzhouser’s Top 10 movie list!

* Inherit the Wind

* Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

* A Hard Day’s Night

* Nicholas and Alexandria

* The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance

* Evil Roy Slade

* Superman: The Movie

* Wuthering Heights

* Billy Jack

* The Baby

Thanks for listening.

 

Well, hello there, music fans! Welcome to Episode 3 of the little podcast that rocked – the Sneaky Dragon Listening Party!

This week Dave and Mary sit around the old turntable and give a spin to side one of listener Nick Pond’s first mixtape. Dave is still claiming growing pains as he tried to figure out exactly what he was doing with the mixtape project; Mary thinks this is the best one yet.

So this week, Mary and Dave listen to:

* Frank Black – “Headache” – Teenager of the Year, 1994

* Field Music – “A House Is Not a Home” – Tones of Tone, 2007

* Chantal Kreviazuk – “Wayne” – Under These Rocks and Stones, 1996

* The Free Design – “You Could Be Born Again” – You Could Be Born Again, 1968

* Jefferson Airplane – “J.P.P. McStep B. Blues” – Unreleased track [bonus track on Surrealistic Pillow], 1967

* The Roches – “The Troubles” – The Roches, 1979

* The Chefs – “24 Hours” – single, b/w “Let’s Make Up”/”Someone I Know”, 1981

* The Decembrists – Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Soon) – The Crane Wife, 2006

* Midlake – “Young Bride” – The Trials of Van Occupanther, 2006

* Sufjan Stevens – “Barcarola (You Must Be a Christmas Tree)” – Silver & Gold – Songs for Christmas, Volume 6, 2012

Hola, Sneakers! Ever wanted to listen to a tired Ian and Dave do a podcast after three hours of moving boxes? Well, here’s your chance! Pointless meanderings, conversational cul-de-sacs, purposeless interruptions – we’ve got ’em all this episode! So come on and listen to Ian and Dave talk…

…still moving; some hot dog fun; fancy mustard seeds; England fanciers; tallywackers; relative things; hard work; Dave’s persnicketiness; preemie facts; classical music; hard work avoidance; creative projects as viking funerals; waiting for trades; pretending to hear; hot dog oath; pinball madness; cheap DC movies; fixing Justice League: mocking Suicide Squad; praising Blade Runner 2049: and, finally, Greg Lomow’s Top 10 movie list:

* Life of Brian

* Monty Python and the Holy Grail

* Blazing Saddles

* Return of the Pink Panther

* Stripes

* Galaxy Quest

* Groundhog Day

* Pulp Fiction

* Casablanca

* The Commitments

* Romeo and Juliet (1968)

* Doctor Zhivago

* Lawrence of Arabia

Thanks for listening.

 

Hello, fellow Marxists! Welcome to the final episode of Full Marx. This week we basically turned the show over to our listeners and let them decide what we would talk about this week. Lots of people wanted us to cover the brothers’ post-Marx Brothers career so we talked about that and some of their late career appearances. We also talked about some of our favourite movie moments and our general thoughts about the Marx Brothers amazing achievements and career.

Finally, thanks to all our listeners for their kind words and active participation during this series. We’ve appreciated all your comments and suggestions. You made doing this a lot of fun so thanks!

And thanks for listening.

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to the OFFICIAL Seventh Anniversary Episode of Sneaky Dragon! Listener Chris Roberts was kind enough to send along this commemorative image:

Thanks, Chris……?

Besides low-key celebrating their podcast anniversary, Ian and Dave also talk about deflating Barney; scary spiders; fudge baths; the end of an era; in the podcloset; A Ralph Breaks the Internet take down; talking to movies; Sex talk; Mac and Me; McDonald’s and Burger King; eating spicy food; tip for a happy marriage; the new Suspiria; glamorous terrorism; video nasties; the FDU; the past was bigger; six pac-man abs; Dave’s neologism; and, finally, Canaan Grall’s Top 10 movie list:

* Mulan

* The Commitments

* The City of Lost Children

* Interstate 60

* Coraline

* The Brass Teapot

* Tomorrowland

* Pleasantville

* Battle Royale

* The Host

And, shit, it looks like we missed The City of Lost Children, Canaan. Our apologies! (And there is no such thing as a “worst list ever”.}

Thanks for listening.

A good, positive reading to the film:

A valiant attempt to raise this film’s reputation:

Ouch!

Hello, fellow music diggers, and welcome back to Sneaky Dragon Listening Party! The podcast made with love – and also bits of string.

We have enough chairs and a big sofa for everyone today. Mary is in charge of the turntable, and Dave has some cold Cokes and a bowl of chips to share so sit down and join us as we take a listen to side two of Liam Penton’s Dave-curated mixtape:

But before we get to side two, let’s take care of some old business: last episode we missed a couple of tracks from side one of Liam’s mix so Dave and Mary take a look at proto-bubblegum hit “Western Union” by The Five Americans and the fabulous psych-pop single “Say You Don’t Mind” by Denny Laine (pre-Wings, but post-Moody Blues).

Then it’s on to new business with side two of Liam’s mixtape:

* Elvis Costello – “Crawling to the USA” – Taking Liberties, 1980

* GOAT – “Let It Bleed” – World Music, 2012

* White Denim – “At the Farm” – D, 2011

* Real Estate – “Talking Backwards” – Atlas, 2014

* The David – “Light of Your Mind” – from the single “Light of Your Mind”/”Please Mr. Policeman”, 1969

* The Tages – “I Read You Like an Open Book” – from the single “I Read You Like an Open Book”/”Halcyon Days”, 1968

* Gal Costa – “Deus É o Amor” – Gal Costa, 1969

* The Wedding Present – “Brassneck” – Bizarro, 1989

* Stereolab – “Vonal Declosion” – Margarine Eclipse, 2004

* Tavares – “It Only Takes a Minute” – In the City, 1975

* The Bubble Puppy – “Hot Smoke and Sasafrass” – A Gathering of Promises, 1969

* Samantha Jones – “Today Without You” – A Girl Named Sam, 1970

* Avi Buffalo – “Remember Last Time” – Avi Buffalo, 2010

And one final note: Just as on side one where we replaced the instrumental track “Maiden’s Milk” by the Meat Puppets with “Up on the Sun” – another Meat Puppets song; we replaced “Tossing and Turning” – a pretty great song by The Ivy League – with “Today WIthout You” – an even better (we think) song. We wanted something to make the transition between “Hot Smoke and Sasafrass” and “Remember Last Time” work better.

And, yeah, the show is long, but it’s MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC!!!

Thanks for listening!

Hello, Sneakers! Well, apparently Dave both jumped the gun and missed the train when he declared last week’s show their sixth anniversary. Some simple math would tell you that 362 weeks is in no way six years, but when it comes to math, Dave is pretty simple. So, last week’s show was nothing special and so is this week’s EXCEPT we have two very special guests today: Nina Matsumoto, our very own third dragon, and Bob Mackey, host of such big-time podcasts as Talking Simpsons, What A Cartoon and Retronauts.

So join Ian, Dave, Nina and Bob as they talk about Ian’s luxurious mansion; Nina’s t-shirt job; Sunset Riders; Ghosts and Goblins and Ghouls and Ghosts; exploding Hitler head; Dave’s shocking no more Stan Lee cameos please; uncanny Cushing; Darth Hilarious; Spaceballs love; The Bradleys versus The Simpsons; doob van; Christmas Ape and canon; meeting Matt Groening; being a popular podcast; what movie is Dave thinking of; the Mid-Atlantic accent; Young Frasier; Big John, Little John; Detective Conan; Kroftt garbage shows; Cookiepuss, livin’ the podcast dream; Ian’s favourite Simpsons episode; Kids in the Hall book talk; Canadian accents; riding bear back; perogy-gate!; you can’t do You Can’t Do That On TV Anymore; Ian has a bone to pick; episodic through lines; meet ugly; awkward after joke pauses; manzai; Mad moments; behind-the-senes at Sparks!; and, finally, under-rated video games according to Nina: Star Control 2 (and its freeware associate Ur-Quan Masters).

Thanks for listening.

The visuals for the Big John, Litle John theme song you had to listen to:

And Detective Conan:

Hello, everyone! Well, here it is: our final “Marx Brothers” film. We put “Marx Brothers” in quotation marks because is this really a Marx Brothers film? Answer: sort of? Other answer: Not a very satisfying one! But David and Ian still have some opinions about it and you should really give them a listen.

Thanks for listening.