Beatles Covers The Beatles, like most bands, started out as a cover band, but became arguably the most covered musical act in history. You can find covers of Beatles songs in literally every genre of music. This week, we talk about many of our favorite covers of Beatles classics, including
Cigar Nerds Podcast: Echo. This week we’re stirring Echos and watching Marvel’s Echo series. Also listen to us freeze to death recording without heat in a very chilling episode. In Nerd News we talk about the Terminal List Prequal title, Mandalorian gets a movie, Bill and Ted 4, a Spawn
Flopcast episode 611! Ready for more vocabulary lessons with the Justice League of America? We’re diving back into The Super Dictionary, a 1978 book that attempted to mix learning with superheroes, and succeeded in being completely bizarre. This time we’ll look at entries involving: walrus baseball with Aquaman, cleaning an invisible
She’s a Badass! We’re very excited to have the opportunity to chat with Katherine Yeske Taylor, author of the new book She’s a Badass: Women in Rock Shaping Feminism, available now from Backbeat Books. In the book, Katherine talks to 20 musicians, from legends like Ann Wilson, Gina Schock, Suzi Quatro, Exene Cervenka,
National Whatever Day involves dancing like a cuckoo; our 2024 health and fitness plan is mostly lo mein-based; the Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday morning shows of the 1970s are now streaming (great news for Bay City Rollers fans like us); we somehow connect the Krofft shows to The Love Boat,
The Iron Claw tells the story of the professional wrestling family, the Von Erichs. Shawn and Leah just saw this film in theatres, and are here to share their thoughts on the movie, and recall their wrestling memories. Of the two, Leah is a bigger fan of wrestling than Shawn.
Cigar Nerds Podcast: Moon Rebels. This week we find out what happens when Zack Snyder says well I’ll just make my own star wars with black jack and hookers. We are reviewing Rebel Moon Part one Child of Fire, Netflix’s new space epic. In science we discuss virtual resurrections, shocking
Flopcast episode 609! Kornflake returns to join Kevin and The Mayor of Chickentown as we finish our look back at those we lost in 2023. Our coverage of the second half of the year includes: sitcom favorites (Chrissy from Three’s Company, Bull from Night Court, Kraus from Benson, Chandler from Friends), cartoon favorites (the
Flopcast episode 608! Time to look back on those we lost (from pop culture and beyond) in 2023. This week we’re covering the first half of the year, and our list includes people from movies (Raquel Welch, Treat Williams, Alan Arkin), television (Adam Rich, Cindy Williams, Richard Belzer), music (Burt
Decade 2014 to 2024. This week is the 10 year anniversary of Shawn’s podcasting journey. Join us as we look back at some of the highs and lows of this decisive decade. It all started in 2012 when Shawn got a second-hand iPod. A co-worker introduced him to the world
Flopcast episode 607! It’s a typical holiday episode, in that we’re discussing Julia Child, Pop Rocks, and Newsies. But there are some vaguely holiday-themed subjects too, including Kornflake’s newfound candy cane addiction, Kevin’s recent guest appearance on Gleaming the Tube (discussing old Christmas specials!), and a round or two of the Figgy Pudding
Ladies and gentlemen of the Galeries Gourmet, witness the struggle of a young magician and inventor challenge the dominating Chocolate Cartel. Mike, Mike, Ashley, are joined by Matt and Elaine Sweatman to review Timothée Chalamet’s take on Roald Dahl’s classic chocolatier. Plus, Angela’s A Geek Girl’s Take, Ashley’s Box Office
