The Beatles RED & BLUE Collections With the release of “Now and Then”, the new single from The Beatles, comes reissues of the iconic two-volume collection, 1962 – 1966 (The Red Album) and 1967 – 1970 (The Blue Album). This week we are joined by Alan J. Porter, author of Before They Were Beatles: The Early Years 1956
Carol Danvers, Monica Rambeau, and Kamala Khan combine their powers to make this movie the most marvelous in the MCU. Mike, Mike, Ashley, and JD Onesi try to avoid being eaten by Flerken but they are just so darn cute. Plus, Angela’s A Geek Girl’s Take and Shout Outs! We
Flopcast episode 601! It’s the quick fill-in episode to end all quick fill-in episodes! With Kornflake still unavailable (busy at a lobster-and-British-comedy convention, we assume), there’s nobody left in the studio except Kevin and a few stray rubber chickens. So we just have a bunch of podcast recommendations for you,
The board of the ESO Network is back with tales of Spooks and Tofurkey. This time, Director Mike Faber runs in to host this episode and talks to Kevin, Scott & Mary about their experiences with Halloween Trick or Treaters or lack of. Then we dive into our Thanksgiving traditions
Great Producers No matter how good a band or artist is, a producer can make or break them. A good producer can elevate mediocre material, and a bad producer can turn great songs into sludge. This week we’re talking about some of the GREAT producers, those geniuses who work magic
It’s hard to believe it’s been a decade since the premiere of The Day of the Doctor. Mike, Mike, Mary, Melanie Dean, and Scott Vigiue look back at Stephen Moffat’s monumental magnum opus while also looking ahead to the upcoming sixtieth anniversary. We want to hear from you! Please write
The Earth Station One Rainbow Room screens the 2011 film adaptation of Thom Fitzgerald’s stage play. Mike, Mike, Mary, and Ciaran Moffatt hit the road for this heartwarming and heartbreaking story starring Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker. All this, along with Angela’s A Geek Girl’s Take, Ashley’s Box Office Buzz,
Flopcast episode 600! For our big milestone 600th episode, we’re doing… well, not much of anything. It’s just Kevin and the Mayor of Chickentown goofing around while we await the triumphant return of Kornflake. Topics include: A correction from last week’s show about mall sticker girls! (Oh yes, we heard
“Now and Then” We’re at a moment in history — the release of “Now and Then”, the very last new recording by the greatest rock band in history, The Beatles. We’re joined by Ira Elliot, the drummer of Nada Surf and the Beatles tribute band Bambi Kino, to analyze this old/new track and the “long and
We conclude our Countdown to Halloween with a visit to the most famous vampiric residence in Staton Island. Mike, Mike, Phaedra Eason, and award-winning artist Mark Maddox gather in the fancy secret meeting room and try to avoid being drained by Colin Robinson. All this, along with Angela’s A Geek Girl’s
Flopcast episode 599! Let’s go to the mall! But one specific mall that isn’t there anymore! (Well, it’s sort of still there, but not really.) We’re joined by Gleaming the Tube‘s Kevin Cafferty to look back on the Lincoln Mall in Lincoln, Rhode Island (frighteningly close to Woonsocket). It wasn’t the biggest
GHOST (and Other Horror Bands) In time for Halloween, we thought we’d do a show all about our favorite spooky band, Ghost! Alan and Anthony are joined by our good friend Vicki Hudson, lead singer of the Atlanta-based Rush tribute band, The Spirit of Rush, to do a deep dive into the culture of Ghost; seeing the
