231 - Nimrod Last Summer

It’s the dog days of summer and we turn our attention to the week of October 17, 1997. We talk about the album, Nimrod, from Green Day. Then on the second half, we discuss the movie, I Know What You Did Last Summer, from director, Jim Gillespie.

• Nimrod
• I Know What You Did Last Summer

Other Links:

-Top ten singles

-Top Ten Movies

This episode we turn our eye back to the week of April 23, 1994. We talk over the merits of Blur's Parklife and then we discuss the faults of No Escape from director Martin Campbell. With guest, Greg Cejas.

• Parklife
• No Escape

Links and Show Notes:

Big Wheels

Tim and Eric clip

Britpop

Madchester

This week we cast our eyes and ears back to October 26th, 1994. We discuss the album, Blowout Comb, from Digable Planets. We also opine on the film, The Last Seduction, from director John Dahl.

• Blowout Comb
• The Last Seduction

On this episode we are discussing the album Bilingual from the Pet Shop Boys and the movie, Bound, written and directed by The Wachowskis. The were both available in some fashion the week of Sept. 1, 1996. 

• Bilingual
• Bound

This week we travel back to Feb. 17th, 1995. We talk about King, from Belly and The Brady Bunch Movie, from Betty Thomas. With guest, Scott Reithel.

• King
• The Brady Bunch Movie

On this episode we look back at the year 1998 and more specifically the week of August 14th. We talk about the album, The Sky is Too High, from Blur guitarist, Graham Coxon. We also discuss the film, Slums of Beverly Hills, from writer/director, Tamara Jenkins.

• The Sky is Too High
• Slums of Beverly Hills

This week we look at December 13th, 1997. That's when Takako Minekawa released the album, Cloudy Cloud Calculator, in Japan and the movie, Scream 2 from director Wes Craven, was released in the U.S.

• Cloudy Cloud Calculator
• Scream 2

On this episode, we are looking back at the week of April 16th, 1999. We talk about Symphony No. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya", from composer, Philip Glass, and the movie, SLC Punk, from director James Merendino. With special guest, Paul Glaser.

• Symphony No. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya"
• SLC Punk

We celebrate Black History Month by looking back at the week of November 14th, 1998. We discuss, Steal This Album, from The Coup and the film, Belly, from director Hype Williams.

• Steal This Album
• Belly

It's another trip back to the 90's, specifically the week of February 19, 1999. We talk about the album, FanMail, from TLC, and the movie, Blast from the Past, from director Hugh Wilson.

• FanMail
• Blast from the Past

This week we gaze back 30 years and discuss the movies of 1992. With guests, Paul Wegmann and Greg Cejas.

It's that time of year again when we look back at the whole year of music. We look at 1992. With Matt Siemer, Banan Ead, Nik Degler, and Scott Reithel.

This episode we look back at May 1996. We discuss the album, All This Useless Beauty, from Elvis Costello & the Attractions. We also explore the movie, Twister, from director, Jan De Bont.

• All This Useless Beauty
• Twister

This week we are looking back at September 17th, 1991. We discuss the album, Use Your Illusion II, from Guns N' Roses. We also talk about the Martin Campbell directed film, Cast a Deadly Spell.

• Use Your Illusion II
• Cast a Deadly Spell

This episode, we look back at the week of November 15, 1996 and talk about the soundtrack to Space Jam and the movie, Space Jam. With special guest, Greg Cejas.

• Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
• Space Jam

This episode, we look back at September 1998. We talk about the Hootie & the Blowfish album, Musical Chairs. And we examine the movie, After Life, from director, Hirokazu Kore-eda.

• Musical Chairs
• After Life

We look back at the week of November 11, 1997. We talk about the Celine Dion album, Let's Talk About Love, and the movie, Cure, from director Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

• Let's Talk About Love
• Cure

This week we're looking back at the week of March 13th, 1992. We talk about the first album from No Doubt and the movie, My Cousin Vinny, from director Johnathan Lynn. With special guest, Phil Norris and Jeanne Norris.

• No Doubt
• My Cousin Vinny

We're back to talk about 1995, the ep, Merkinball, and the film, Sabrina.

• Merkin Ball
• Sabrina

This week we're go back to December 17th, 1990. We discuss Devo's Greatest Hits and the movie, Bonfire of the Vanities, from director Brian DePalma.

• Greatest Hits
• Bonfire of the Vanities

On this episode we do something a little different and go back to the week of January 19th, 1990. We discuss the album, Pale, from Toad the Wet Sprocket and the movie, Temors, from director Ron Underwood. With guest, Matt Siemer.

• Pale
• Tremors

Once again we look back into the 90's and talk about the Gomez album, Liquid Skin, released September 13th, 1999. While on September 12th, 1999, Jamie Babbit brought her movie, But I'm a Cheerleader, to the Toronto International Film Festival.

• Liquid Skin
• But I'm a Cheerleader 

This week we discuss September, 1995. We talk about the album, Nowhere to Here, from Blue Rodeo. We also examine the movie, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, from director Beeban Kidron.

• Nowhere to Here
• To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

This episode we look back at the week of March 19, 1999. We discuss the album, Middle of Nowhere, by the British electronic duo, Orbital. We also explore, EDtv, from director Ron Howard.

• Middle of Nowhere
• EDtv

Other Links and Show Notes

• Harry Potter
• Running Man
• George Clooney directing
• Francis Ford Coppola directing
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Top ten singles
• EDtv trailer
• Top ten movies

This episode we look back at The Return of the Rentals from The Rentals and the movie, Get Shorty, from director, Barry Sonnenfeld. Both were released the week of October 25th, 1995.

• Return of the Rentals
• Get Shorty

On our 200th episode we look back at the week of September 29th, 1992. We talk about the album, Dirt, from Alice In Chains and the movie, School Ties, from director Robert Mandel. With special guest, Phil Norris.

• Dirt
• School Ties

This episode we're going back to the week of May 24th, 1991. Again! This time we're discussing Mercury Rev's Yerself Is Steam and Hudson Hawk, from director Michael Lehmann. With guest, Paul Wegmann.

• Yerself Is Steam
• Hudson Hawk

We have The Captain back this week to discuss the album, Why Do Birds Sing?, by the Violent Femmes and the movie, Backdraft, from director Ron Howard.

• Why Do Birds Sing?
• Backdraft

We're at it again. We look back at the week of August 8th, 1995. We invited Greg Linton back to talk about the first Ben Folds Five album and the movie, Virtuosity, from director Brett Leonard.

• Ben Folds Five
• Virtuosity

Everything is green on this episode of the podcast. Because of St. Patrick's Day. We discuss the film, Hidden Agenda, from director Ken Loach. And we discuss the album, The Simpsons Sing the Blues, both released around the week of December 4th, 1990.

• The Simpsons Sing the Blues
• Hidden Agenda

This week we celebrate Black History Month and look back at the week of November 18th, 1992. That is when The Pharcyde released Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde. Also the film, Malcolm X, directed by Spike Lee, hit theaters.

• Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
• Malcolm X

This episode we look back at the week of April 8th, 1994. We discuss the album Smash from The Offspring and the movie, Threesome, from director Andrew Fleming.

• Smash
• Threesome

This week we're looking back to the music of 1991. We're joined by Banan Ead, Captain Raoul (Nik Degler), & Scott Reithel.

This week we celebrate Black History Month by casting our eyes back to the week of May 26th, 1993. That week, Fishbone released their album, Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe, to record stores. While the Hughes Brothers released Menace II Society to theaters.

• Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe

• Menace II Society

This week we're looking back at December 11th, 1991. We talk about the album, Spine of God, from the Monster Magnet. And then we talk about the movie, Hook, from director Steven Spielberg. With guest, Erin Morrison.

• Spine of God
• Hook

This week we kick off the holiday season by looking back at the week of June 16th, 1992. We look at the major label debut from Helmet, Meantime, and the movie, Batman Returns, from director Tim Burton. With special guest, Scott Ravenhill. 

• Meantime
• Batman Returns

On this episode, we're taking a look at the week of March 17th, 1997. That was when Elton John released the album, The Big Picture, and the film, The Myth of Fingerprints from director Bart Freundlich, hit theaters.

• The Big Picture
• The Myth of Fingerprints

In order to celebrate Halloween, the day, we discuss Halloween, the movie. Or more specifically, we discuss Halloween H20: 20 Years Later from director Steve Miner. We also talk about Perennial Favorites from the band Squirrel Nut Zippers, both were released in August of 1998.

• Perennial Favorites
• Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

On this episode, things get down right scary as we discuss the week of June 24, 1997. That was when The Prodigy released the smash album, The Fat of the Land, and Wes Craven's Scream came to video stores everywhere.

• The Fat of the Land
• Scream

This week we discuss the week of May 28, 1999, the album, Play, from Moby, and the film, Notting Hill, from director Roger Michell.

• Play
• Notting Hill

This week we are looking back at the week of May, 22, 1992. We look at the Ringo Starr album, Time Takes Time, and the movie, Encino Man, from director Les Mayfield.

• Time Takes Time
• Encino Man

This week, we look back at May 19, 1993. We talk about the album from Janet Jackson, janet. And we discuss the film, Cliffhanger from director Renny Harlin. With guest, Banan Ead.

• janet.
• Cliffhanger

The week we travel back to March 26, 1996. We discuss Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop from Stone Temple Pilots and the Flirting with Disaster from director, David O. Russell. We are joined by guest, Scott Reithel.

• Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
• Flirting with Disaster

This week, we change it up! We still talk about an album that was released in 1994, Pisces Iscariot, but we talk about a movie that was released this year, Fear Street: Part One - 1994.

• Pisces Iscariot
• Fear Street: Part One - 1994

This episode we are looking back at the week of May 21st, 1999. That is the week Travis released their album, The Man Who, and Steven Soderbergh's, The Limey, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

• The Man Who
• The Limey

This week we go back to to the week of July 18th, 1991. We discuss Woodface from Crowded House and the film, Trust, from Hal Hartley.

We're going back to December 23, 1998 this week and we talk about the Evanescence EP and the film, The Thin Red Line, from director Terrance Malick.

• Evanescence
• The Thin Red Line

This week we bring back Captain Raoul, a.k.a Nik Degler, to discuss the album Kettle Whistle from band, Jane's Addiction. On the second half, we discuss the movie, Alien Resurrection, from director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

• Kettle Whistle
• Alien Resurrection