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Modern Musicology #177 - Burning Man Documentary

Modern Musicology #177 – Burning Man Documentary

Burning Man Left to their own devices, Rob and Alan take a trip to the Nevada desert for BURNING MAN! Well, we watched the new documentary about it, anyway! The Man Will Burn is a new docuseries from HBO Films that came out in July. The film series explores the

Modern Musicology #176 - One Album Wonders

Modern Musicology #176 – One Album Wonders

One Album Wonders There are some really obvious examples of bands or artists that only made one studio album — The Sex Pistols, Jeff Buckley, and Lauryn Hill immediately come to mind. But how many others are there? Surprisingly, quite a few! We talk about those as well as other single-album artists like The La’s,

Monster On The Campus | Episode 533

Jim revisits a classic Jack Arnold Monster Movie that not only taught him about an extinct fish, but also provided him with inspiration for a Halloween costume. It’s 1958’s “Monster On The Campus,” starring Arthur Franz, Joanna Moore, Judson Pratt, Nancy Walters, Troy Donahue, Phil Harvey, Helen Westcott, Alexander Lockwood,

Modern Musicology #175 - DOLLY

Modern Musicology #175 – DOLLY

DOLLY The heart of the world was broken on August 25, 2026 when the news came out that legendary singer, musician, songwriter, actor, businesswoman and philanthropist Dolly Parton passed away. Dolly was as close to a universally-loved artist as you’ll ever find. We are joined in the studio this week by Emmy

Fantastic Voyage | Episode 530

Jim revisits one of the first films MONSTER ATTACK! looked at 10 years ago -1966’s “Fantastic Voyage,” directed by Richard Flessher and starring Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmund O’Brien, Donald Pleasence,, Arthur O’Connell,William Redfield, and Arthur Kennedy. This amazinf Sci-Fi movie wowed audiences with its look inside of the human

Island Of Terror | Episode 528

Jim revisits one of his favorite Monster Movies growing up – 1966’s “Island Of Terror,” starring Peter Cushing, Edward Judd, Eddie Byrne, Carole Gray, Sam Kydd, Niall MacGinnis, Peter Forbes-Robertson, and directed by Terence Fisher. On a remote island off the coast of Ireland, something has escaped from a research

Modern Musicology #172 - MTV 45th Anniversary

Modern Musicology #172 – MTV 45th Anniversary

MTV 45th Anniversary MTV launched 45 years ago on August 1, 1981 with “Video Killed the Radio Star.” To celebrate this big anniversary, we spend time reminiscing about the glory days of Music Television by talking about our favorite music videos — and a few of our least favorites. We

The Power (1968) | Episode 526

Jim reflects on the first time he saw the last fikn collaboration of George Pal (Producer) and Byron Haskin (Director) in 1978s Sci-Fi Thriller “The Power,” starring George Hamilton, Suzanne Pleshette Michael Rennie, Arthur O’Connell, Earl Holliman, Nehemiah Persoff, Richard Carlson, Gary Merrill, Yvonne De Carlo, Barbara Nichols, Aldo Ray,

Sting Of Death-Curse Of The Swamp Creature| Episode 525

Clay Sayre joins us for a special Double Feature episode of MONSTER ATTACK! featuring looks at William Grefes 1966 opus “Sting of Death,” starring Joe Morrison, Jack Nader, Doug Hobart, Valerie Hawkins, Deanna Lund, and John Vella, along with Larry Buchanan’s 1968 offering “Curse Of The Swamp Creature,” based of

Alan's Record Bin #5 - Five Great Christine McVie Songs

Alan’s Record Bin #5 – Five Great Christine McVie Songs

Christine McVie To celebrate Christine McVie‘s birthday on July 12th, we have a special show that features some of Christine’s great deep cuts. She was arguably the greatest hitmaker in Fleetwood Mac, with biggies like “Say You Love Me,” “You Make Lovin’ Fun,” “Little Lies,” and “Everywhere,” but there were many more sides to her

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