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Modern Musicology #142 - The Music of 1985 (Part 1)

Modern Musicology #142 – The Music of 1985 (Part

The Music of 1985 This week we turn our musical chronometer back 40 years to talk about the albums that were released in 1985! Because it was such a huge year, we’re doing two shows, and in Part 1 we’re tackling January – June. We share funny stories and fond memories

The 2025 Dragon Con Report Episode 7

Inside the Bunny Hutch with Danielle, Lisa & Gogo! The latest episode of The Dragon Con Report is here — and this one’s hopping with excitement! We sit down with three fabulous guests: Danielle, Lisa, and Gogo, key voices behind one of Dragon Con’s most iconic Thursday night events — the Bunny Hutch

Cigar Nerds Podcast: Gets Old Again

Cigar Nerds Podcast: Gets Old Again. This week we talk about The Old Guard 2. We check in with the immortal warriors and see if the sequel is as good as the original, probably not but we’re going to talk about it anyway. In science we discuss Lasers, reading lasers,

Road Trips and Renovations

Road Trips and Renovations: Have Coffee Will Travel Podcast

Road trips and renovations are exciting, expensive, fun, scary and filled with unknowns. This week on Have Coffee Will Travel, Shawn and Leah are chatting about a recent adventure, and an upcoming project. Also included is some television talk, thoughts about coffee and the regular Etsy feature. According to AI:

Earth vs The Flying Saucers | Episode 473

Jim revisits a favorite of his from 1956 – “Earth vs The Flying Saucers,” starring Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum, John Zaremba, Thomas Henry Browne, and Harry Lauter. This classic featuring effects by Ray Harryhausen and directed by Fred Sears set the table for future flying saucer

Modern Musicology #14 - 40 Years of LIVE AID!

Modern Musicology #141 – 40 Years of LIVE AID

LIVE AID July 13 is the 40th Anniversary of LIVE AID, one of the greatest rock festivals of all time! We each share our memories of watching it live on the day, the excitement that surrounded the event, and some of the stories behind bands that didn’t appear for various reasons.

Modern Musicology #140 - No Original Members?

Modern Musicology #140 – No Original Members?

No Original Members? In nearly every case when you see a classic band in concert now, it’s not the original line-up. Does that dampen your experience? Many legacy bands currently on the road are down to only one original member–and a few have none. Is it still the band if

The 2025 Dragon Con Report Episode 6

Boldly Going with Trek Track: A Chat with Joe Campbell Exploring the Final Frontier at Dragon Con In this episode of The Dragon Con Report, we set our phasers to “fun” and beam aboard one of Dragon Con’s most beloved programming tracks — Trek Track. Our guest, Joe Campbell, joins

Cigar Nerds Podcast: 40 Years of Goonies

Cigar Nerds Podcast: 40 Years of Goonies. Hey You Guys! This week we’re taking a look back at our youth and talking about the 40th Anniversary of The Goonies. In science we discuss new helicopters, auto scopes, boxing robots, and high tech corvettes. In Nerd News we look at Sandman

SSSSSSS | Episode 469

Jim reflects back on the first time he saw this sci-i cult classic from 1973 -“SSSSSSS,” Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, Heather Menzies, Richard B Shull, Tim O’Connor, Jack Ging, Reb Brown, Kathleen King, Charles Steel, and Noble Craig. This is a tale of a mad scientist who wants to create

Modern Musicology #139 - Should Have Been Their Last Album?

Modern Musicology #139 – Should Have Been Their Last Album?

LAST ALBUMS We all can think of those artists or bands that we feel went just one album too far (and sometimes more!) and what might have been a great ending, capping off an iconic career, is undermined by a less-than-stellar follow-up. This week Anthony and Alan talk about some of the examples they

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