From the Gay Nineties to the Noir Eighties, gumshoes Scott and Marty unravel the threads of cinema’s greatest seamstress, Edith Head. Core Connections: She Done Him Wrong (1933, Dir. Lowell Sherman) Notorious (1946, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock) Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982, Dir. Carl Reiner) Connective Cameos: Casablanca The General Intolerance Dracula The Patsy Without…
Scott and Marty pay an oblique and pointless tribute to the world’s greatest soul-funk supergroup as they continue their deep dive into cinema’s secret continuity. Core Connections: The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976, Dir. Nicolas Roeg) A Mighty Wind (2003, Dir. Christopher Guest) Ball of Fire (1941, Dir. Howard Hawks) Connective Cameos: Fast Times…
The squatters in the magic tower can sense danger drawing near, but none of them realize… the (wolf) call is coming from inside the house!
THE FRAGILE: BESPOKE First: Trent did nothing wrong. The Fragile is a great album. This is just a different spin on the sequencing. For me, it’s a way to make sense of a mind-boggling volume of music. It’s my concept, imposed upon a concept album. Your mileage will vary. Next: Is it a concept album,…
How high can Scott and Marty get, as they consider the concept of time in the omniverse? Core Connections: Twelve O’Clock High (1949, Dir. Henry King) Three O’Clock High (1987, Dir. Phil Joanou) Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982, Dir. Amy Heckerling) Connective Cameos: Die Hard Dangerous Minds Lean on Me Star Wars Episode IV:…
The heroes play a deadly game of Bejewelled, which despite being a visual puzzle is still totally dramatic in podcast form… NOTE: Merci beaucoup to Julien Ribiollet aka DM Faction, who provided the puzzle via “Van Richten’s Tower Door Puzzle Alternative” (available to buy at dmsguild.com)
Marty, Scott, and guest John Hudson spend a super-sized episode discussing merkins, zithers, and precious bodily fluids. Core Connections: Dr. Strangelove, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb The Third Man Strange Brew Connective Cameos: The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Barbarella Easy Rider The Magic Christian Barry Lyndon…
Catch-up with Ireena! A round of Tarokka! A visit from the Sandman Squiggleface! All this, plus a fight to the death with a many-(MANY-)limbed demon!
Glavin! In a classic-crammed episode, Marty and Scott trace the weird career of career weirdo, Peter Lorre. Core Connections: M (1931, Dir. Fritz Lang) Casablanca (1942, Dir. Michael Curtiz) The Patsy (1964, Dir. Jerry Lewis) Connective Cameos: Batman Returns The Grand Illusion O Z Q Citizen Kane Star Wars Jaws Birth of a Nation The…
