The Hourchive

The Hourchive commemorates a special occasion.

Show Notes
Nick’s comfortable seat

We’re on a brief break gearing up for Season 25 of The Hourchive, but we have a surprise in store for you in the coming weeks.

Our Crisis of Infinite Crossovers collaboration with the Brotherhood of Batman comes to an epic conclusion with the first of a two-part special on Joker (2019).

Visit the Brotherhood of Batman to hear part 2 (going live the week of 11/4)!

In this first installment, we’ll chart the Joker’s evolution from golden-age prankster to silver-age goofy jokester to modern-era murdering madman across comics, cartoons, and of course, cinema.

Show Notes
The Crisis of Infinite Crossovers: Joker trailer 1 | Joker final trailer
The Brotherhood of Batman
Remakes, Reboots, and Revivals: The Joker (featuring the Brotherhood of Batman)
Batman #1 cover
While You Were Sleeping dinner scene

Awesome Spooky Month creeps on as we fire up our jukebox of horrors and unleash a fresh collection of spooky tunes.

Show Notes
Philip Glass: Helen’s Theme (Candyman)
Orange Hell: Some Kinda Hate
The Spits: Witch Hunt
The Damned: Black is the Night
Direct Hit!: The World is Ending (No One Cares)
Electric Light Orchestra: Fire on High
Kayne West: Monster
Billie Eilish: Bury a Friend
Hot Chip: Spell (Superorganism Remix)

Awesome Spook Month continues as we revisit the era of banned records, backmasking, and D&D’s bad rep.

Show Notes
Anton Lavey | Piglet
Phil Phillips and Gary Greenwald warn of the dangers of evil toys
Cannibal Corpse: Force Fed Broken Glass
They Might Be Giants: Why I Must Be Sad
The Geraldo Rivera Special: Devil Worship: Exposing Satan’s Underground
AC/DC: Night Prowler
Twisted Sister: We’re Not Gonna Take It video
Ren & Stimpy-style Mickey Mouse cartoons

Awesome Spooky Month continues as we answer a distress call and fall victim to a shapeshifting discussion of space jockeys, spoilers, and secret assholes.

Show Notes
Jerry Goldsmith: Alien Main Title
Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past
Ep #91 | Aliens
Ep #244 | Aliens

Awesome Spooky Month 2019 howls to life with a tribute to the ghostly retreat that has been keeping haunts happy for 50 years.

Show Notes
Rolly Crump’s candle man
Disneyland Goes to the World’s Fair
Bat stanchion toppers
The Hatbox Ghost
The graveyard scene
The Escher stairs
Phantom Manor with Vincent Price audio
Haunted Mansion Holiday

We’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sesame Street with a special 1…2…3-part series!

We are joined this episode by guest Hourchivist Mike Westfall as we share our personal reflections, name our favorite characters, and dispel the “Henson misconception.”

Show Notes
The Advent Calendar House
Bert on Twitter
The Blue Bird of Happiness (Follow That Bird)
”A Charming Woman Has Brains, Too”
Advent Calendar House: The Muppets Valentine Show
Orange Oscar the Grouch
Derp-Derp Big Bird
Proto-Grover
Kermit’s W lecture
Roosevelt Franklin
Manamana (original)
Buddy and Jim

We heard them, we loved them—and then we forgot about them, or at least the artists behind them. Our mixtape series continues with 12 songs that hit us hard, but not hard enough to make us want more.

Show Notes
Drew:
The Darkness: I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Sprites: George Romero
Broken Social Scene: Anthem for a Seventeen Year Old Girl

Nick:
The Vaselines: Son of a Gun
Nana Grizol: Cynacism
The Horrors: ‘Still Life (Connan Mockasin remix)

John:
Cheater: Teenage Zero
Robert Mitchum: Coconut Water
Glasser: Apply

Adam:
Whale: Hobo Humpin’ Slomo Babe
Andrew WK: Party Hard
LUDO: Broken Bride Part One