Matthew Burchanoski 6/21/21 Matthew Burchanoski 6/21/21

Beyoncé: Self-Titled

Lowkey two incredibly influential albums, and Beyoncé isn’t one of them…

Matthew Burchanoski 6/18/21 Matthew Burchanoski 6/18/21

Network: Modern Times

Modernity has failed us, say The 1975 and most contemporary theorists. Listen in to see if Speedy and All that Heaven Allows, like Network, suggest similar.

Matthew Burchanoski 6/18/21 Matthew Burchanoski 6/18/21

Achtung Baby: Berlin, Hell of a Place

Berlin does something special and weird to musicians, including U2, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and The Psychedelic Furs.

Matthew Burchanoski 6/16/21 Matthew Burchanoski 6/16/21

The African Queen: “Gonna Take A Lot to Drag Me Away from You”

Being able to reference Toto and Michael Ondaatje in the same episode is exceedingly dangerous for Tim and Matt.

Matthew Burchanoski 6/16/21 Matthew Burchanoski 6/16/21

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back: Pazz and Jop ‘88

Public Enemy had the most 1988 album, by Pazz and Jop and historical standards, but did Midnight Oil or Tracy Chapman have the second most?

Matthew Burchanoski 5/26/21 Matthew Burchanoski 5/26/21

Raiders of the Lost Ark: Poindexter Comes Alive

Various academics must step outside the ivory tower and punch their own literal or metaphorical Nazis.

Matthew Burchanoski 5/26/21 Matthew Burchanoski 5/26/21

Different Class: The History of the World Heretofore

A band with lyrics not enough people bother to actually listen to and a band with few lyrics make cases for class revolution.

Matthew Burchanoski 5/19/21 Matthew Burchanoski 5/19/21

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Marriage Crackups

An episode in which someone from each movie either is or should be taken to a mental health facility.

Matthew Burchanoski 5/19/21 Matthew Burchanoski 5/19/21

Master of Puppets: Metal to the People

Two titans do battle to see who brings Metal to the People in the spirit of Master of Puppets.

Matthew Burchanoski 5/12/21 Matthew Burchanoski 5/12/21

Unforgiven: Print the Legend

Tim chose some good options here considering how animated we get about the various legends at play in Unforgiven, The New World, and The Social Network.

Matthew Burchanoski 5/12/21 Matthew Burchanoski 5/12/21

Kid A: The Next Radiohead

Radiohead is incomparable but don’t tell the critics that when it comes to Travis and Muse.

Matthew Burchanoski 5/3/21 Matthew Burchanoski 5/3/21

Tootsie: “Shame on You, You Macho S***head”

Men in drag, ranchers, and foreign missionaries. Making our own Village People of Macho S***heads.

Matthew Burchanoski 5/3/21 Matthew Burchanoski 5/3/21

The Low End Theory: Native Tongues

It’s the Tribe y’all, and a look at the other Native Tongues heavyweights.

Matthew Burchanoski 4/26/21 Matthew Burchanoski 4/26/21

A Clockwork Orange: The Old Ultraviolence

Hard to top the violence of A Clockwork Orange but The Big Heat and No Country for Old Men certainly give it a run.

Matthew Burchanoski 4/26/21 Matthew Burchanoski 4/26/21

Blue Album: Opened for Weezer in ‘94/’95

Weezer’s Blue Album is dumb fun all these years later. Matt talks two bands who, if the world were just, could have made it as big as Weezer.

Matthew Burchanoski 4/19/21 Matthew Burchanoski 4/19/21

Deci’s Midnight Runners #3: Pop-Punk and WWII

Tim with the old classics, Matt with the new hotness.

Matthew Burchanoski 4/12/21 Matthew Burchanoski 4/12/21

Saving Private Ryan: WWII from a Distance

Tim and Matt consider the legacy of Saving Private Ryan, WWII in film, and what The Thin Red Line and The Big Red One do better as retrospectives.