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We're back, dear listener, with a brand-new installment of the show that talks about you on purpose! And what an exciting episode we have in store for you! It's not quite as monumental as the last Mail Bag with two whole emails, but we think it's still pretty cool. This particular episode is all about Halloween! We know it's a little early for some, but we have a good excuse, because this episode deals with a bunch of feedback from our series of Halloween-related shows. Do you remember those? We discussed David Gordon Green's Halloween trilogy, last year's Hellraiser reboot, and our special All Hallows broadcast. We also talk about the classic sword and sorcery epic Conan The Barbarian, autoerotic asphyxiation, the recent resurgence in hosted horror programming, we recommend some badass music, Madonna's Erotica, and a whole bunch of other stuff. We think it's a decent episode. But we might be biased.

Join the conversation! Leave a comment over on our official blog telling us what you think of all the crap we talked about in this most recent episode, or just tell us anything else. We don't really care anymore. Just give us feedback. And if you want to give us more feedback, you can always send us a big, fat email, which we always appreciate.

Oh, and Second Line from Dawn Richard has officially been inducted into the TRAPPO Essentials Can(n)on, if you're interested. Rejoice.

It's a massive, gargantuan episode of TRAPPO's Mail Bag, the show that talks about you on purpose! And in this truly stupendous installment, we go DEEP into some bizarre subjects that you're sure to enjoy, dear listener! Topics discussed in today's amazing episode include, but are not limited to: youthful perversion in comic book stores, the career of the late, great queen of the B movie, Julie Strain, the awesomeness of 1980s New Wave pioneers Eurythmics, the small, terrifyingly self-aware community that is slowly growing among our listeners, we get pushback regarding our love of musician Don Henley, our dear friend Archbishop Mack returns to share his thoughts with a heartfelt email, the highly imaginative music of Petra Haden is recommended, and for our main event, beloved listener Max Power tells us exactly what happened when they attended an actual black mass on the eve of last Halloween. It's a journey, dear listeners, so strap in and get ready for the trip of a lifetime.

Join the madness! Go to our official TRAPPO blog and tell us whatever the hell is on your mind! There are no rules anymore, no guidelines. Just share whatever you want. Seen any interesting movies, lately? Read any engrossing books? Heard any cool music? What did you eat for dinner last Wednesday? Were you an honors student in high school? Have you ever hunted anybody for sport? Tell us all about it! And if you have a little more to say (like our beloved listeners Mack and Max), send your expanded thoughts in an earth-shattering email! We truly appreciate your continued patronage, and we hope you will feel inclined to participate in future episodes of TRAPPO's Mail Bag!

Thanks for listening!

Welcome to the final installment of our grand experiment, Good, Great or Garbage month! We're ending things on a high note with a double-feature of new and exciting music for your listening pleasure: Giant Palm from Naima Bock, and Pripyat from Marina Herlop! Do these interesting new-ish releases make our toes curl? Do they belong in the illustrious TRAPPO Essentials Can(n)on? Spoiler alert: the fate of Giant Palm is in your hands! Just follow this link to our blog and vote on our poll, which will remain open for one week, and the results will be shared in our next episode! So get voting, pals!

And while you're at it, feel free to join the bizarre and often confounding conversation on our official blog! Just leave a comment on the post of your choosing, telling us what you thought of our latest episode, recommend some new music or movies or whatever else, or just tell us about your day. We don't care. Have you ever seen a cursed film? Tell us all about it. Do you own a cursed film? Send it our way! We're always willing to endure a deadly curse to entertain our never-expanding audience! Of course, you could always send us an email if you're feeling more verbose. We know you won't, but our door is always open. We're also on Instagram, but nobody cares about Instagram anymore. 

Thanks for listening, and thanks for voting!

Good, Great or Garbage month marches on with a closer look at 1981's new wave juggernaut Anthem from Toyah! Is this album any good? Is it, in fact, great? You'll have to tune in to find out! So does Anthem deserve a place in the illustrious TRAPPO Essentials Can(n)on? This album's fate is in your hands, dear listener! There's a poll currently posted on our official blog and we need you to vote! Did you enjoy Anthem and would you like to see its loveliness preserved forever in the Can(n)on, or do you think it should be eternally shunned because you're an idiot who has no taste? Either way, you can make your voice heard below by voting in this exciting new poll, which will remain open until next Thursday evening, and the final results will be shared at the beginning of our next episode! So get voting!

And while you're hanging around, you may as well join the conversation! What conversation, you may well ask? Why, the never-ending conversation going on at the official TRAPPO blog! Just find the post of your choosing and tell us what's on your mind. How do you feel about 1981's Anthem? Let us know! Do you have any new music or movies or books or whatever else you'd like to recommend to us? Recommend away! Perhaps you'd like to share your thoughts on the 19th Century's Impressionist Art Movement? We'd love to hear those thoughts! And if those thoughts are a little more elaborate, feel free to send us a lengthy email, which we always appreciate. You can also follow us on Instagram if you're a real glutton for punishment, so keep that in mind.

Thanks for listening, thanks for voting, and make sure to join us next week for the exciting conclusion of Good, Great or Garbage month!

Welcome to February, and welcome to Good, Great or Garbage month! Every Friday in this delightful month of February, we're presenting a brand-new episode of the show that you all know and love, Good, Great or Garbage, where we take a closer look at a musical release and ask ourselves the eternal question: is this anything? This week, we're shining a spotlight on Kathryn Joseph's 2022 release, for you who are the wronged. Is it good? Is it great? Or is it garbage? Tune in and find out, dear listener!

Join the conversation! Tell us what you think of Kathryn Joseph's for you who are the wronged, or just tell us whatever's on your mind. We're good either way. Just visit the official TRAPPO blog and leave a comment! It's that easy. Of course, you could always send us a lengthy email if you really have something to say, which we always appreciate. And don't forget to follow us on Instagram if that's your kink. 

Thanks for listening, and come back next week for more as Good, Great or Garbage month continues!

The show that talks about you on purpose is back for more shenanigans! This time around, we're talking about something called "Lady Volcano", the latest album from Spanish doom metal outfit Golgotha, the lack of Dune-related conversations in the mainstream, the music of a talented UK DJ called Nite Fleit, goth music legends Inkubus Sukkubus and Myrkur, and a whole bunch of other stuff that you dear listeners are discussing on our blog. It's a lot of fun, so give it a listen! Or don't. You're gonna do what you want regardless of our wishes, but we sure would appreciate it if you would take a few minutes out of your day to join us as we open up TRAPPO's Mail Bag once again!

There's a conversation going on right now, and we want you to be a part of it! Just journey over to our official TRAPPO blog and leave a comment on the post of your choosing! Tell us what you think of our latest episode, what you think of our earlier episodes, or just tell us what you'd like to hear us discuss in future episodes of the show! We also appreciate a lengthy email, so if you're in a particularly verbose mood, feel free to send us one of those. And don't forget to follow us on Instagram for the complete TRAPPO experience.

Thanks for listening!

The show that talks about you on purpose is talking about BATMAN on purpose this week. That's right, dear listener, this episode is all about the fallout from last September's Super-Controversial Live Action Batman Rankings episode, which got a surprising number of responses from some very passionate fans of The Dark Knight, and we finally decided to respond to them. Sure, it took us a while, but at least we're dismissive of your personal rankings, so that's cool, right? But we also talk about a bunch of other stuff, like British alt-rockers Wet Leg's self-titled debut album, and we also ramble about Vincent Gallo's Buffalo 66 for a while because we know what our audience wants, Sarah Neufeld's brilliant Detritus, Something called "Toehider" (pronounced "Toe Hider") that sounds pretty cool, somebody else recommends the music of King Woman to us, which we always appreciate, some deranged commenter wants to take our relationship to the next level, and so much more! It's a pretty stacked Mail Bag this week, so strap in and enjoy the journey.

Join the conversation! Leave a comment on the official TRAPPO blog telling us what you'd like to hear us talk about on future episodes, or really just tell us whatever you want to tell us. We don't care. If you need to get something off your chest, go for it. We love a good story. And if you're in a more verbose mood, go ahead and blast off to email town and tell us a longer story if you're feeling so inclined. We always appreciate that. And if you're looking for the complete TRAPPO experience, you can always find us on Instagram, because that's still a thing. 

Thanks for listening!

KTRP has one more gift for you to unwrap this Christmas morning! Gore & Carey, KTRP's Gruesome Twosome, are sitting in for Gary The Grinder (who's feeling a bit under the weather and couldn't make it into the studio today) and hosting this year's edition of the station's long-running series "Fails Of Christmas Past"! And as a special bonus, they're discussing 1989's made-for-TV holiday misfire It Nearly Wasn't Christmas for your listening pleasure! So sit back with a piping hot mug of hot cocoa on this cold December morning and enjoy an hour of holiday hilarity from your friends at KTRP, Your Home For The Holidays! 

(DISCLAIMER: the KTRP transmitter was damaged during an overnight storm and consequently today's broadcast of The Morning Grind may experience intermittent audio drop-outs. We apologize sincerely for these issues and are working tirelessly to repair the transmitter and have chosen to remain on the air in order to provide important news and weather updates to the metro area on this Christmas Day. Happy holidays! -Management)

Visit the official KTRP blog and leave us your feedback! Tell us what you think about the latest broadcast! Leave well wishes for Gary The Grinder and let Gore & Carey know you appreciate their efforts for sitting in this Christmas! If you're feeling a bit more verbose, feel free to send us an email, which we always appreciate! And don't forget to follow us on Instagram! 

Thanks for listening and Happy Holidays from KTRP: Your Home For The Holidays!

Happy holidays! This week, since it's that special time of year, we're talking about Christmas movies! In a roundabout way. We're actually talking about a lot of the behind-the-scenes machinations behind the made-for-TV holiday movie factory, and how things in this industry have changed since a very big story broke in 2019. It's a story that deals with racism, homophobia, Christian conservatives, and a whole lot of other heavy topics, so if you don't want to deal with that stuff during your holiday break, feel free to skip this very special episode. But if you want to hear about how things are changing for the better in this industry in terms of representation and diversity, and how there are a handful of very vocal people in positions of power trying their damnedest to stand in the way of progress, tune in! You can feel the magic of Christmas here, dear listeners!

If you'd like to chime in with your thoughts on this subject, feel free to visit our blog and leave a comment! You could also send us an email if you feel particularly masochistic this holiday season. And hey! We're also on Instagram! Did you know that? If not, now you do!

Happy holidays, everybody! Celebrate however you choose! Just keep it weird!

(P.S. - The Schlock-Mas archive can be found here)

It's time to open up TRAPPO's Mail Bag for the final time of 2022! Time certainly flies, dear listeners. This time around, we're reaching deep into TRAPPO's throbbing sack to discuss In This Moment, Talking Heads, the forgotten work of Jim Steinman, Stuart Gordon's cinematic adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's Dagon, misconceptions regarding Chrystabell's transcendent Midnight Star, and things wrap up with a very special surprise that we won't spoil here, but you're gonna love it. Unless you're an asshole, then you can just go away and stop bothering people.

Speaking of discussions, did you know that there's one of those going on right now, and you can be a part of it? It's true! Just leave a comment on the official TRAPPO blog and tell us what you've got going on right now. Have you seen any cool movies recently? Read any good books? Listened to any awesome music? Tell us all about that stuff. We'd love to hear from you, and honestly you can tell us anything you want in the comments, even if it's not related to the show. We don't care, friends. You could also send us a saucy email if you were feeling so inclined. We love emails, and we never get enough of them. We're also on Twitter and Instagram, but nobody really cares about all that social media stuff anymore, right? Right?! Anyhoo, thanks for joining us on this little journey, dear listeners. We truly appreciate your continued patronage.

Thanks for listening!