Taking It Down

It's your weekly dose of Taking It Down! This week, Adam, Blaine, and Donovan talk briefly about Covid (1:27) before shifting into the some big, new music from the weekend, namely Bruce Springsteen's new album Letter To You and Jeff Tweedy's Love Is The King (2:19). There are so few jokes left to make about Quibi -- R.I.P. -- but that never stopped these guys from trying (5:34). And speaking of jokes, there were plenty in the new Amazon Prime release of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (7:14). Lastly, the group talks about their first book club selection, Stephen Graham Jones' novel The Only Good Indians (28:45). Join in!

You'll want to hear what the folks at Taking It Down have to say this week! What's the deal with Covid and SEC football (1:50)? And do we sort of hate the Netflix trailer for Hillbilly Elegy or do we really hate the Netflix trailer for Hillbilly Elegy (5:53)? One thing we do love: the finale for the Apple TV+ show Ted Lasso (8:30). We'll dole out some quick thoughts on The Haunting of Bly Manor from Netflix (16:11) before a deep analysis into the new Netflix movie from Aaron Sorkin The Trial of the Chicago 7 (20:21). After the break, the guys submit their choices for the best of Halloween episodes in recent years (45:46).

Lest you forget: the book club episode drops on October 27th. Taking It Down will discuss The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. That's next week!

We've got what you want to hear on this week's Taking It Down! We talk about the disheartening intersection of Covid-19 and immigration (1:16), a bit of college football (3:39), the Drive-by Truckers' latest album The New OK (6:31), the new set of episodes in Netflix's scary Haunting series, The Haunting of Bly Manor, (15:52), and the thoughtful Netflix documentary Dick Johnson Is Dead (21:06).

After the break, it's a different football with Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso (47:00) as well as suggestions if you're new to Apple TV+ (59:10).

Lest you forget: the book club episode drops on October 27th. Taking It Down will discuss The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones.

The guys from Taking It Down are here to break down plenty in news and pop culture in a packed episode that you need to guide you through the coming week. In their check-in with Covid-19, there is more news than ever for whatever reason (2:04). All three of the guys love a Borat movie, so they expressed the excitement usually heard only from six-year-old kids for candy bars for the upcoming Borat announcement (4:11).

Blaine and Donovan then start to connect some dots on the new fourth season of Fargo (9:16). After that, it's murder and some more murder over on the Netflix movie The Devil All the Time (23:38). After all the grime, the guys took a break to talk about the beautiful weather (23:38) and even laid out their favorite songs for the autumn (49:52) before Adam and Blaine breakdown the lucid, tense, and suspenseful HBO drama The Third Day (58:48).

And don't forget about the upcoming book club on October 27th where we'll converse about the literary horror piece The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones! It's our first book club episode!

Here you go! You asked, and Taking It Down answered! Before getting into listeners' crazy and varied questions, Blaine, Adam, and Donovan discuss the Velcro Pygmies in the time of Covid (1:42), the return of some real college football (5:11), the latest--and possible masterpiece--from Fleet Foxes (10:01), and then listener questions (13:04). After the break, we discuss why Lovecraft Country won't ever be as good as it was in the first episode (57:30).

Have more questions or thoughts? Email us here or find us on social media to send in any ideas.

You won't want to forget about the upcoming book club on October 27th where we'll converse about the literary horror piece The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones! It's our first book club episode!

You won't want to miss this episode as the guys do a breakdown of some of the happenings in the new Charlie Kaufman movie I'm Thinking Of Ending Things, which is on Netflix (11:52). You can listen to that segment without spoilers until the 16:16 mark in the podcast. They also discuss the 2019 film Blow The Man Down, which is on Amazon Prime (39:49). The spoilers for Blow The Man Down don't begin until the 41:03 mark.

The guys also talk about some important announcements related to the show and the website (0:23), the football hijinks in the world of Covid (4:09), the trailer for The Mandalorian and why they don't care too much (6:54), the more promising season of Fargo (9:41), and a shoutout to a new listener (39:26). Jump in and have fun!

Don't forget about the upcoming book club episode on October 27th where we'll have read the literary horror piece The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones.

And don't miss out! Coming soon is the first question-and-answer episode of Taking It Down where you, the avid listener, can email or submit online your pop culture (or beyond) questions to the crew; they'll answer, and you'll get a shout out. Email us here or find us on social media to send in any ideas.

Get those pop culture questions all set and send them in! The guys from Taking It Down will answer any and all! Mail them to [email protected] or by hitting us on social media: Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. We at Taking It Down will compile them, answer them, and give you a shout in the September 29th episode of the podcast (2:05).

For today's Taking It Down, you'll find everything on the up and up other than Blaine and Adam having not done their homework! The gentlemen do offer a little respite: the new Taking It Down book club! For the month of October, everyone who wants can join Blaine, Adam, and Donovan in parsing the newly released The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones, set to be a gothic horror encounter. Count us in (2:33). The culmination of their reading will be on the episode on Tuesday, October 27th and just in time for Halloween.

The gents then try to put their finger on this covid crisis to no avail (6:19) before shifting into a segment all about new music of the week. They talk about Bruce Springsteen's newest, "A Letter For You" and why it's a dud (8:54), a conversation on how Wilco is doing it wrong when it comes to the reissue of Summerteeth (18:17), and how Tom Petty did it right with the upcoming and long-awaited Wildflowers reissue (24:46). But it's not just reissues. The Flaming Lips have a few album. Will it be as as good as The Soft Bulletin (28:11)?

After the break the guys discuss the meaningless of the year's college football slates so far (34:08) before they get into the meat of the show, which is the Dune trailer (42:38). There's no way it's not at least phenomenal. We shall see.

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First and foremost, make sure to get your pop culture questions in to us by dropping us a line with as many questions as you wish for us to answer about pop culture. You can do so on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or email. We'll compile them, answer them, and give you a shout in an episode of the podcast in the coming weeks!

For today's Taking It Down, Donovan recounts his weekend of boating in Texas for a particular parade (1:12) before all three guys chime in on covid (2:03). Adam updates everyone on rumors and news from the casting of The Challenge (2:57), so if you're spoiler adverse, skip that section to news about the movie Tenet and how drive-in movies are the new thing all over again (10:47). 

Donovan gives a deep dive into the story, warts and all, of author H.P. Lovecraft (15:55) before they discuss the 2019 Nic Cage movie Color Out of Space, which is based on a Lovecraft short story (26:58). 

After the break, the guys give their thoughts on the third and fourth episodes of the HBO show Lovecraft Country (42:50) and wrap the podcast with some spooky tales from a real Chicago bar (1:01:20). 

Taking It Down is back this week!

Blaine, Adam, and Donovan are back from a week off to discuss the sadness of Chadwick Boseman's passing (1:59). Then they shift gears into the Covid-19 problems at the University of Alabama (8:54) and try to determine if that's a signifier of what's to come. 

The guys talk about what Covid-19 means for football and if they even care this season (17:46) before they give a quick thanks to a specific listener (23:30). 

Now that I May Destroy You has ended, Adam and Blaine converse on where it was perfect and where it was not so great (24:34). 

After the break, everyone chimes in on the new HBO series Lovecraft Country: is it bad, good, or great (37:58)?

It's been a long summer, and we're still not done with Covid-19 (2:21). The guys at Taking It Down discuss their love of the Cohen brothers (6:32) before complaining about what streaming services get wrong (10:28). 

Blaine asks why does everyone recommend that we watch Umbrella Academy and Donovan tries to answer (15:43). And Adam and Blaine give what could be some final thoughts on the possible drift of the show I May Destroy You on HBO (18:35). 

Then the big conversation begins: what album artwork perfectly alludes to the music inside (24:28)? After the break, the guys discuss that Perry Mason finale and why it may be a signature HBO show for years (42:09). 

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