Strange Bedfellows

Detective Tanner and Gumshoe Jack wade into a mystery that they are fundamentally ill equipped to solve, featuring not just Abby Stevenson, but a beloved and dangerous Marvel hero, the entire crew from “Mystery Men,” an ascended Lawnmower Man version of Janine Kishi, and a stone cold hottie who’s been hiding in plain sight this whole time. Oh, and also Cenobites! And Kristy. Kristy’s in this one too. Ellen Miles did a whole lot with some pretty limited space this week.

Music credits:

“School Music Video,” by DjHappY

“Hip Hop,” by Forty Two Studio

“Typewriter Blues,” by Allen Grey

“Interface,” by Clean Mind Sounds

“Spy Comedy,” by Dred Studio

“License to Kill,” by Petrej

“You Gotta Have Theremin and Ukulele,” by Squidlord

“Cinematic Ominous 80’s,” by Luca Francini

“Beautiful Darkness,” by Allen Grey

“Parting Ways,” by Allen Grey

“Jazz Sad Hip Hop,” by Black Stone Sound

Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, Baby Bee Liz for the “Guessing the Mystery” theme, and to Superbrat for the outro music.

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An illuminating peek inside the writing process of the mysterious Vicki Berger Erwin, this scintillating episode takes you where no other Baby-Sitters Club criticism has ever dared: Into the eye of the furious storm that is created when a BSC ghostwriter at the top of her abilities is unshackled and given free reign to make art that will change us forever. Anyway, this art has Mary Anne in it, and weirdly, Edgar Allen Poe, and also lots of birds and if there are any bird scientists out there, we desperately need your help.

Music credits:

“Horror Creepy Haunted Dollhouse,” by Marco Belloni Music

“Beautiful Darkness,” by Allen Grey

“Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey

Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, to Baby Bee Liz for the “Guessing the Mystery” theme, and to Bye Bye Empire for the outro music.

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Someone stole a bag from Stacey, but more importantly, someone stole Pete Black's heart, and we're not going to rest until they're behind bars where they belong. Meanwhile, Cary Retlin is stealing the show with his breathtaking coolness, Ellen Miles is stealing every single BSC B-Plot by having Kristy throw together some kind of Baby Parade, and Hodges Soileau is stealing Stacey's hair, which is troubling to say the least. Anyway, the primary mystery this week is that some Valentines have gone missing, and Stacey McGill is on the case. Unclear whether we cover any of that in the episode.

Music credits:

“Detective Jazz Man Blues,” by Allen Grey

“Woodland Fantasy,” by Matthew Pablo

“Hybrid Drama,” by Dred Studio

“Epic Heroic Fantasy Action,” by Matthew Pablo

“Medieval Harpsichord Royal,” by Flossie Wood

“Energy Percussion,” by Tim Cat

“Typewriter Blues,” by Allen Grey

“Sneaky Troublemakers,” by Matthew Pablo

“Beautiful Darkness,” by Allen Grey

Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, to Baby Bee Liz for the “Guessing the Mystery” theme, and to Bye Bye Empire for the outro music.

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Art is a mystery, and the mystery we read this week was certainly a work of art because this week’s mystery was surging with VBE ENERGY! That’s right, Vicki Berger Erwin is back at the helm of the BSC books once again, so expect a lot of intrigue, villainy, strange POVs from dogs, and historical true crime. And it’s not just the scintillating book itself that will keep you on the edge of your seat, because this week’s episode is quite an affair… a Thomas Crown Affair. (Which I only mention because Jack didn’t seem to know the film and we shot by it pretty quickly.) Also, if anyone has seen or heard from Liz or Carys please let them know that we miss them and hope they come back to the show soon.

Music Credits:

Theme to “Burger Time”

“Spy Hunter” by JBlanks

“April 29, 1992” (Karaoke Version) originally performed by Sublime

“Typewriter Blues” by AllenGrey

“Caress Me Down” (Karaoke Version) originally performed by Sublime

“Masquerade Ball” by AllenGrey

“Sexy R&B Hip-Hop” by MeGustaMusic

“Beautiful Darkness” by AllenGrey

Thanks to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music and Superbrat for the outro music.

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Mary Anne discovered the freaking LAMENT CONFIGURATION in a wall this week and all hell quite literally broke loose. Meanwhile, the DeWitts are building an extension on their house, which, as a B-plot, doesn’t quite live up to the chills and thrills of the A-plot, but it’s certainly something to think about. Oh, and there’s a Sailor/Ghost. But don’t worry, this episode is not all scares – it’s also surprisingly sexy?

“Cinematic Action 80’s," by Luca Francini

“Epic Cinematic Horror Trailer,” by Luca Francini

“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Music Box,” by Allen Grey

“Once Upon a Dark Time,” by Allen Grey

“Romantic Piano No. 4,” by Adigold

“Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey

“Masquerade Ball,” by Allen Grey

“Jazz Sad Hip Hop,” by Black Stone Sound

“Beautiful Darkness,” by Allen Grey

Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Superbrat for the outro music.

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“A sense of endearing honesty permeates this episode, which is far more than anyone can say about Jack and Tanner’s subsequent work. It’s a shame that they decided not to continue down the path of laid-back, twangy roots podcasting, but alas, the taste of “BSCMC 030 - Kristy and the Train Mystery’s” success on the podcast charts proved to be too much to resist. Jack and Tanner’s podcasting contemporaries like the Wallflowers and Counting Crows ended up more-or-less fading from the spotlight by the turn of the century, so maybe they made the right financial decision. But more than anything, I can sum this podcast up as a sort of a snapshot – a snapshot of two talented, undiscovered podcasters trying to make the best podcast they can make, before the power of record labels and the allure of popularity inevitably took their toll.”

Review by nickslip, Sputnik Music, August 24th, 2017

Music Credits:

“Runaway Train” by Soul Asylum

“Pure Joy” by TheStoryShop

“Meet Virginia” (Karaoke Version) originally performed by Train

“8-Bit Christmas” by HeroKryzDUB

“Building a Mystery” (Karaoke Version) originally performed by Sarah McLachlan

“40oz To Freedom” (Karaoke Version) originally performed by Sublime

“Typewriter Blues” by AllenGrey

“Sports Arena Organ Plays Blue Danube Waltz” by Sound-Ideas

“Caress Me Down” (Karaoke Version) originally performed by Sublime

“Beautiful Darkness” by AllenGrey

Thanks to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music and Superbrat for the outro music.

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Somebody’s poisoning fashion teens this week, but don’t worry because Stacey McGill and her best friends Abraham Lincoln, Drop Dead Fred, and Wolverine are on the case! Meanwhile, Kristy is busy BLAZING a trail that the KIND people of STONEYbrook will never forget. It’s about weed. Oh, and Ellen Miles has a chilling message for the boys.

Music credits:

“Fashion Show,” by Alex Shulgin

“Magical World,” by Stereo Nuts

“Ethereal Voices,” by Luca Francini

“Creeping Terror Horror Trailer,” by Marco Belloni Music

“Serenity,” by Adigold

“Beautiful Darkness,” by Allen Grey

Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Superbrat for the outro music.

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To paraphrase Joe Pantoliano’s character Cypher in The Matrix, “You know, I know this mystery doesn’t exist. I know that when I put it in my eyes, Ellen Miles is telling my brain that it is intriguing and cryptic. After four years, you know what I realize? Ignorance is bliss.” That’s right, there was arguably no mystery once again in this week’s Baby-Sitters Club Mystery book, much like how the film Three Men and a Baby is not a fun romp about three men raising a baby, but instead a gritty action film about drugs and the mafia, but we loved both regardless of how far they may have missed the mark.

Music Credits:

Thanks to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music and Superbrat for the outro music.

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'Tis the season for lighthouse ghosts, alien beehives, and AI-enabled thermonuclear devastation, and there's only one person in the whole wide world who could bring you all of that and more wrapped up in a (technically) Holiday-themed Baby-Sitters Club book. So if you detect a hint of exuberance in the boys' voices this week it's either because this scintillating novel is a beautiful gift, or it’s not exuberance at all but incipient panic about the fact that we just found out for certain that ghosts are real. Sorry. Scare warning. Anyway, Claudia and Janine both have eyes for this hunk named Steve and ghosts are real and a boy died. Enjoy!

Music credits:

“Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey

“Just a Little Hope,” by Adigold

“Parting Ways,” by Allen Grey

“Jazz Sad Hip Hop,” by Black Stone Sound

“Love Potion,” by Fasol Prod

“Beautiful Darkness,” by Allen Grey

“School Music Video,” by DjHappY

Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, Baby Bee Liz for the “Guessing the Mystery” theme, and to Bye Bye Empire for the outro music.

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It’s an undercover episode, by which we mean, it’s a totally normal episode and not really different in any way from any other episode of the show, according to Ellen’s definition of “undercover” apparently. But don’t worry, we take Ellen to task, and so does Hodges, weirdly. There actually seems to be a lot of bad blood between Ellen and Hodges and we’re not going to take sides. Also, there’s an exciting new segment/Gothic prom for your fridge fetishists out there!

Music Credits:

Thanks to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music and Superbrat for the outro music.

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