Goodfellas: “Get to Live the Rest of my Life as a Schnook”
Lifelong schnooks Tim and Matt analyze the schnookery of the masses between Goodfellas, The Crowd, and Wendy and Lucy. Listen to hear who’s crowned king of the schnooks.
Endtroducing: Home Recording
DJ Shadow’s music explodes at the seams with samples and production savvy, amazing it all comes from one four-track. In this episode, Matt introduces two other albums with that at-home vintage from Jay Som and Iron and Wine.
The French Connection: Eye-popping Measures
This episode has everything. Car chases. Random shootings. Jokes about ham. Comedy troupes turned genuine resistance. Suicide condors. Tim discussed the Eye-Popping nature of The French Connection as well as replacements, To Be or Not to Be and Only Angels Have Wings.
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: Maximalism
After trying to make sense of Kanye in all his Kanyeness, Matt turns to the beautiful maximalism of the brilliant My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and two other bands that make beauty and power from Muchness: Nine Inch Nails and M83.
Pulp Fiction: Once Upon a Time in L.A.
Pulp Fiction presents us a robust and diverse L.A. leading Tim to introduce two movies, one about a wedding the other about a bus, with little in common besides presenting robust and diverse versions of L.A.
Exile in Guyville: Whip Smart Women
Liz Phair shocked the scene with her 1993 classic Exile in Guyville, paving a new way forward for women in indie. Matt takes us through two artists carrying Phair’s torch forward in Alanis Morissette and Courtney Barnett.
The Last Picture Show: Cold Comfort
After introducing the overshadowed yet crucial film The Last Picture Show, Tim discusses movies that eerily demonstrate how we’ve been dealing with the same problems for decades.
OK Computer: All the World is F*****
The episode Matt has been preparing for for years, really. The one where he discusses the beautifully apocalyptic tones of OK Computer and Radiohead's prescience and then talks about, and even slightly defends nu-metal.
Do the Right Thing: Tight Quarters
Tim looks at Do the Right Thing as a great example of Tight Quarters and tracks the ensuing pressure of close spaces through the confines of home and the vastness of space.
The Queen is Dead: Reunion? No.
After analyzing the best moments on The Queen is Dead and why The Smiths will never get back together, Matt offers two other albums by bands who have no chance of reuniting.
Blade Runner: Becoming Human Again
Tim and Matt discuss the idea of Becoming Human Again in Blade Runner and the proposed sub titles, Beauty and the Beast and Big Trouble in Little China.
Discovery: Cosplay
Matt considers Cosplay in his proposal to replace Daft Punk's Discovery.
Library Blues
Tim and Matt use the Library Blues as an opportunity to talk about some titles that didn't make the cut.
Sign O’ the Times and Yankee Doodle Dandy
Matt discusses other artists who shouldn't be made analogies as replacements for Prince. Tim looks at examples of Playing Against Type when replacing John Ford's Thermonuclear Jimmy.
Toy Story and Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Tim makes the case to replace Toy Story with either Greta Gerwig's Little Women or Rob Reiner's Stand by Me while considering Play Time. Matt discusses Rap Collectives, proposing Sex Packets or D12 albums as replacements for Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).
Nevermind and Ben-hur
Matt offers other Grunge Forefathers to replace Nirvana's Nevermind; Tim discusses replacements for Ben-Hur in the theme of Queer Subtext.
Sub Titles: An Introduction
In this intro episode, Matt and Tim explain the concept of Sub Titles.