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The 2025 Dragon Con Report Episode 3

Kids and Families at Dragon Con Dragon Con with Kids: Making the Most of Family Programming Dragon Con is an amazing experience for fans of all ages, but attending with kids brings its own set of challenges and rewards. That’s why, in Episode 3 of our 2025 season, we’re diving

Modern Musicology #133 - 2 Tone Records with Daniel Rachel

Modern Musicology #133 – 2 Tone Records

2 TONE RECORDS This week we’re joined by author Daniel Rachel, whose book Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation, which transports us to the late 70s and the explosion of 2 Tone Records, the home of such recording artists as The Specials, The Selecter, Madness, The

The Return Of Count Yorga | Episode 456

As a spotlight for the upcoming Monsterama Convention, Jim looks at a classic vampire film from 1971 – “The Return Of Cunt Yorga,” starring Robert Quarry, Mariette Hartley (a guest at the convention), Roger Perry, Yvonne Wilder, Edward Walsh, Walter Brooke, George Macready, Craig T. Nelson, Rudy DeLuca, Tom Toner,

Porky's

Porky’s Movie Review

Porky’s is a 1981 sex comedy directed by Bob Clark. In 1954, each boy in a group of Florida Angel Beach High School students plans to lose his virginity. They go to Porky’s, a strip club in the Everglades, believing that they can hire a prostitute to satisfy their sexual

Dr. Terror’s House Of Horrors | Episode 455

Jim reflects back on an anthology film from Amicus that greatly influenced him early on – Freddie Francis’ “Dr. Terror’s House Of Horrors,” starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Max Adrian, Ann Bell, Peter Madden, Donald Sutherland, Roy Castle, Ursula Howells, Katy Wild, Bernard Lee, Alan Freeman, Jeremy Kemp, Kenny Lynch,

Modern Musicology #132 - Bands and Their Fans

Modern Musicology #132 – Bands & Their Fans

Bands and their Fans There are artists and bands who are very well known for their very loyal and ultra-supportive fanbase. Some of those include Elvis, the Beatles, the Grateful Dead, and Taylor Swift. But what about when that devotion maybe gets taken too far? Anthony leads us in a discussion about the extreme side

The Cigar Nerds Podcast: The Final Bow

The Cigar Nerds Podcast: The Final Bow. This week we review the season 6 part 3 and wrap up Cobra Kai. The final fight is here. In science we talk about secret robot language, wooly rats, nuclear batteries, and Katy Perry in space. In Nerd news we talk about Andor

Trilogy Of Terror | Episode 454

Jim reflects on a classic Made-For-TV Horror Film from Producer/Director Dan Curtis based on three stories by Richard Matheson – “Trilogy Of Terror,” starring Karen Black, Robert Burton, Jim Storm, Gregory Harrison, George Gaynes, John Karlen, Kathryn Reynolds, Walker Edmiston and Tracy Curtis. William F. Nolan adapts the first two

cherry 2000

Cherry 2000 Movie Review

Cherry 2000 movie review, robot sex, the wasteland and unexpected love! Welcome back to the movie closet. In this series, we review a movie one of the co-hosts has not seen. Then, we dissect the film for its underlying theme and talk about it. This week we are reviewing the

Modern Musicology #131 - Favorite Album Covers

Modern Musicology #131 – Favorite Album Cover Art

ALBUM COVER ART Never judge a book by its cover, but sometimes you really can judge an album by its cover! This week on Modern Musicology we’re talking about album cover art! We each pick five of our favorite album covers and talk about the story behind them and why we

The 2025 Dragon Con Report Episode 2

Exploring the Gaming Scene at Dragon Con We’re back with Episode 2 of Season 14 of the Dragon Con Report, and this time, we’re diving deep into the incredible gaming scene at Dragon Con! Whether you’re a hardcore video gamer, a tabletop RPG enthusiast, a board game strategist, or a Werewolf master, Dragon Con has an

Forbidden Planet | Episode 452

Madeline Brumby and Shane Morton join Jim for a rousing discussion of the 1956 Sci-Fi Classic “Forbidden Planet,” starring Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly and Earl Holliman. The episode also promotes the first Silver Scream Spook Show for 2025 at the Plaza Theatre in Atlanta.

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