If the VH-1 show “Totally Obsessed” were still making new episodes, then Micah Hirsh would have been on it as the “The Emperor’s New Groove” guy! He breaks down the whole franchise on “The Emperor’s New Podcast”, which I have appeared on a couple of times. Micah came to L.A.
Remember the days when you would sit around with your friends and play records for each other? Well, that’s what we do on this week’s Modern Musicology! To celebrate Anthony’s 38th birthday, he shares with us 20 songs that he loves and gets our reaction to them. Anthony’s tastes range from pop
Flopcast episode 706! When our favorite 1980s soft rock band comes to the town where we spent the 1980s, you know we’ll be there. And so Kevin has a report from the sold out Air Supply concert at the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket, Rhode Island! (We were front row center.
On October 16, 2025 one of the most influential guitarists in the history of rock – ACE FREHLEY of KISS – passed away at the age of 74. Court Lewis and Matt Alschbach of the Rock and Metal Profs Podcast join us to share memories of Ace and talk about his impact on the musical landscape.
Flopcast episode 705! We’re back with our full report on the city of Seattle, which turned out to be way over on the other side of the continent. (Probably should have packed a bag or something…) How many weird and silly activities could we squish into just a few days
TICKET PRICES Rob, Alan, and Stephanie — joined by our buddy JM Tuffley — go on a bit of a passionate, cathartic rant about a topic that really gets under our skin: TICKET PRICES! Trust me, we have a lot to say on this topic! We rage against the machine on subjects like exorbitant prices,
Flopcast episode 704! It’s been about a year since we killed a whole episode flipping through an issue of Dynamite, that classic magazine for kids of the 70s and 80s, so let’s do it. We have an issue from 1976 (compliments of Chris from Sci Fi Explosion!) and on the
SHOWGIRL – TAYLOR SWIFT his week we’re joined by two friends of the show, Daniel Pierce and Tillman Smoot, to talk all things Taylor Swift! We review Taylor’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, plus all the things around it — the talk show appearances, the “Fate of Ophelia” music video, the
Flopcast episode 703! For our Halloween episode, we’re revisiting a favorite subject: the cheapo department store Halloween costumes produced for decades by the Ben Cooper company. Kids loved slipping into their uncomfortable plastic masks and weird vinyl smocks for an evening of begging the neighbors for Twix bars. We look
JUNCTION WORLDBook One – DefianceBy Bear RossAethonbooks429 pgs This is one of those way over-the-top sci-fi books that has so much action and wonderful alien characters, it’s almost impossible to put down once you start reading. Somewhere out in universe are junctions where galaxies and dimensions converge upon each other
The one and only Tim Crist, a.k.a. ShoEboX of the comedy synth-punk juggernaut known as Worm Quartet is my guest this month, where we discuss why Luke seemingly likes everything he watches and ShoEboX seemingly hates everything that isn’t Pac-Man related. ShoEboX breaks down the 80’s animated series & toy
Buckigham Nicks After a 52-year absence, Buckingham Nicks,the debut album by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, has finally been reissued in a newly remastered form. We’re joined by author Steven Cooper to talk about the album and Lindsey and Stevie’s journey from obscurity to international superstardom in Fleetwood Mac, and Steven tells us his story
