The Paradise Arcade

This week we are joined by North Innsbruck. He recaps his performance with Unholy Rat King, What is happening with Nitrowave TC. Talks about the upcoming events that are happening around the Twin Cities area while we drink a special store pick of Whistle Pig 10 Year Rye sourced from MGP. Kiel and Eric recap the Lazor Punk show they saw the previous night and talk about Lazer Punk's curious Slav style and yes pickle juice.

This week we interview Synth Wave artist and Nitrowave TC alum Jasper Mitchell. He sits down with us to discuss his new album "Her" while we drink Isaac Bowman's Port Finish whiskey. Jasper discusses what influenced the album, Why he likes Synth Wave. They also get into Power Gloves new album Playback and what the hottest tracks are on the album.

This week Galaxy 80 joins us. We deep dive into what inspires Galaxy, his incredible background. Song writing process, favorite artist. We also touch on Nitrowave TC. All while we drink a special store pic of Eagle Rare.

This week we catch up with special guest North Innsbruck. He joins us to talk about Minneapolis Synthwave Community Nitrowave TC. He talks about how it came to be. What he hopes will come of the community while we drink Kentucky Owl batch 2 Rye. We also cover what projects he has lined up and finally Two Pour Bastards makes a special announcement.

This week the Plague Bearer himself joins us to talk about his new album, Musical influences and just what the hell is Artisanal deconstructed videogame music is. Join us this week as we talk about a variety of topics with Unholy Rat King and Synthwave/Darkwave music.

This week we recap two conventions. Convergence 2019 and CAX 2019 while drinking Smooth Rambler's American whiskey. We get into Convergences special guest of honor Sci-fi erotica author Chuck Tingle. We discuss what the conventions did well as in what we liked and what are some of the differences vs other years. Be ready to get pounded by this episode.

This week we discuss and review Ari Asters follow up to Hereditary, Midsommar. We discuss the film in a spoilerish way, break down it's themes. What we liked and what we didn't and in general get into what all the fuss is about. Also this week we review Evangelion Neon Genesis. we compare our first viewings of the show from when we were young and compare it to now. We get into its themes of depression and self hatred against the backdrop of a big monster fighting anime.

This week we talk about what got us excited from E3 this year and what didn't. Digging into the overall lack of enthusiasm for most of the things that were talked about. We also talk about the Phillips whiskey tasting that we attended. Also touch on Too Old to Die Young and Schitt's Creek.

On this special episode Amanda from Wine and Crime makes up for missing TPB's 1 year anniversary by taking over as co-host. This episode we finally get to explore the movie Mandy and in general have a love fest for Nic Cage. Listen to Eric and Amanda talk about the themes of the movie, interesting insights and more. Don't be like Kiel and miss this episode!

This very special episode we celebrate the one year anniversary of Two Pour Bastards with Chris from North Innsbruck. We break out the special bottle of Blanton's while we talk about the formation of the show. Funny insights into some episodes and examine the last year. Please join us while we laugh with our friend and reflect all the dumb stuff we have done.