Flopcast episode 590! It’s time for Dragon Con, so round up all your local weirdos and stick them on a bus to Atlanta! Kevin and the Mayor of Chickentown will be there, and we’re sharing our whole schedule with you. Come see the Mayor talk about Rocky Horror, Schmigadoon, and Barbie! (Did
Dark Side of the Moon This week we celebrate the (belated) 50th Anniversary of arguably the greatest rock album ever recorded, Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. We’re joined by DJ, journalist, and self-professed Floydian Widgett Walls of NeedCoffee.com to discuss the history and impact of this groundbreaking album, its importance, and its legacy. It’s the
The 2023 Summer Movie Season is nearly over and the Earth Station One movie crew is feeling blue. Mike, Mike, Ashley, Drew Leiter, and Rosemary Jean-Louis review one of the first and last entries of the DCEU. All this, along with Angela’s A Geek Girl’s Take, Michelle’s Iconic Rock Moment,
Cigar Nerds Podcast: Hidden Strike. Jackie Chan is back! Don’t call it a come back this week we’re talking about the new Jackie Chan and John Cena action extravaganza, Hidden Strike. In science we talk about brain scans for rock and roll, tarantulas looking for love, video games predict the
Flopcast episode 589! As we frantically prepare for Dragon Con 2023, we’re wrapping up our 10-episode look back at the 1980s with a visit to Dragon Con 1989! We weren’t actually there (probably too busy watching Batman for the nineteenth time), but we did scrape up some information about the third ever
Jim reflects on a 1961 cult classic “Big Gorilla” film from Producer Herman Cohen and Director John Lemont –Â Konga,” starring Michael Gough, Margo Johns, Claire Gordon, Jess Conrad, Austin Trevor, Jack Watson and George Pastell. A research botanist’s experiments with exotic plants he found in Africa result in disastrous consequences.
Music Books Rob and Alan geek out on one of their favorite topics: music books! Both are avid readers of books of all types about music — biographies, analyses, histories, what have you. The discussion goes from recent reads of books by John Robb, Richard Evans, Nick Hornby, Nick Griffiths, Jann
Matthew Jacobs, the writer of the 1996 Doctor Who movie, dares to come out of the blue boxy closet to face the fans. Mike, Mike, Mary, and Kirby Bartlett-Sloan take a look at the new documentary about finding oneself in a family that is bigger on the inside. We want
Now that the end is no longer nigh, how much trouble can the odd couple of Heaven and Hell get into? Mike, Mike, Mary Ogle, and Drew Meyer dare to rush in where angels and demons fear to tread. All this, along with Angela’s A Geek Girl’s Take, Box Office
Flopcast episode 588! The vacationing Kornflake is flopped on a hammock somewhere, but the Mayor of Chickentown is here to celebrate the year 1988. After a quick look at some of the year’s least popular movies (Kevin and the Mayor each saw just one of them), we turn to music.
Jim takes a look at a sci-fi film celebrating its 40th anniversary and one that has had a major impact on him over the years – “Twilight Zone The Movie,” starring Vic Morrow, Scatman Caruthers, Bill Quinn, Kathleen Quinlan, Patricia Barry, William Schallert, Kevin McCarthy, Dick Miller, John Lithgow, Dan
Music of 1988! We continue on our journey through 1988 with the albums released in the second half of the year (June through December). We hit the highlights in rock (Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Crowded House, Nick Cave), rap (NWA, Public Enemy, Fat Boys, Stetsasonic), metal (Metallica, Slayer, Helloween, Anthrax), alt and
