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Ep 17: Too Fast For Love

How do you follow up an epic two part magnum opus that covers an entire film franchise? How about with a single episode that is even longer than both of those parts combined about an album that was recorded for a few hundred bucks that is mainly notable for its cliched, goofy nonsense lyrics and the most cowbell ever used on a rock album? That’s right, this week, your hosts, Jeff Sixx and Slip Neil, take you back to the beginning of the Sunset Strip, to the genesis of hair metal to cover Motley Crue’s accidental disaster-piece: Too Fast For Love. We make no bones about our affection for this album, and that’s obvious, because we can’t shut up about the damn thing. Does it stand the test of time? Yeah, of course, it does! We explain (and explain and explain) why and also learn…
What a travel agency is (or I should say, was)
Why you should probably never visit a strip club (especially on a Tuesday at lunch time)
If the collective IQs of Motley Crue break the century mark
How Tommy Lee actually played the cowbell
Why Vince Neil should have paid closer attention to the lyrics of “Public Enemy #1”
What Gidget star Sandra Dee has to do with “electric love” 
Why this episode could be called “Rear Traction”
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Ep 16: Phantasm (Part 2)

This week, CFX once again plunges back into the Phantasmverse for the thrilling conclusion to our epic review of the entire film franchise. In Part 2, we cover the final three films of the series which, as with the first two films, are all wildly different from each other but all share that same guerrilla film-making spirit. We evaluate the entire franchise at the end of the episode and, along the way, we learn:
Whether or not “vanilla” is a “dairy product”
Why bringing back original cast members may not always be a good idea
How the family film Home Alone influenced one of the most violent sequences in the entire franchise
What the hell is going on in Phantasm IV (actually we still can’t figure that out)
Why Reggie really shouldn’t be looking after kids
And, most importantly, will Reggie ever find love?
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Ep 16: Phantasm (Part 1)

This week, CFX explores the dark world of Phantasm, but not just the first film! No, we dive into the entire film franchise, all 5 films. And this is such a dark, harrowing journey that we had to split this into two parts, lest our audience become too terrified to take it all in. In Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the origins of the franchise and the first two films. Along the way, we learn:
Why Don Coscarelli is a true American legend
How the behind the scenes of these films was sometimes as frightening as the films themselves
Who Reggie Bannister is, how he’s unlucky in love, but why we still love him anyway
How Brad Pitt and Jeffrey Tambor almost changed Phantasm history
How much Dos Equis beer was consumed in the making of the films
And why the musical performances in these movies are “Hot as Love”
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Ep 15: Earth, Wind and Fire

This week we celebrate more than evaluate the great Earth, Wind and Fire and, as Jeff rightly points out, the one word that comes to mind is JOY. This is the perfect way to describe this music, which is irresistibly catchy and energetic but also extremely innovative and sophisticated. While Earth, Wind and Fire were extremely popular in their day, their historical importance and lasting impact is often overlooked when it comes to “greatest of all time” lists and the like. In this episode, we examine the band’s entire output in an attempt to rectify this and along the way, we learn…
Who Maurice and Verdine White are and why they will forever remain absolute legends, both musically and personally
How EWF may have had a hand in inventing what we now call “Yacht Rock”
Why George Clinton is full of “hot air” 
What is the surprising source behind Verdine White’s stage energy (Hint: It’s not cocaine or any other drug, he’s way more cultured than that)
How Doug Henning and David Copperfield helped create EWF’s magical stage show
What EWF song you definitely don’t want to play at your wedding
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Ep 14: Happy Days

On this episode, we tackle ‘70s TV juggernaut Happy Days. This is a long one and it’s certainly our most ambitious. In addition to our usual historical overview and evaluations, we have a new segment called CFX Reenactment Theater and a trivia game that you can play along with at home. We also introduce you to the Marshall-verse, the often nonsensical, sometimes bizarre alternate 1950s that TV “genius” Gary Marshall created around this show and along the way, we learn…
How this and other Gary Marshall shows helped to make Americans DUMBER
Why Laverne and Shirley are actually time travelers
What “jumping the shark” actually means and how Happy Days did this multiple times
How the Fonz may have superpowers (including the ability to cure his own STDs) but that won’t prevent him from being canceled 
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Ep 13: Unforgettable Fire

On this episode, CFX looks at Unforgettable Fire by U2, an album which ironically has often been forgotten, lost in the shuffle when compared to the anthemic early albums of the band, and even more so when compared to the blockbusters that would follow it. We try to decide if this moody experimental album is a lost classic that stands the test of time or is just a peculiar stumbling block. Along the way, we also find out…
How a cutting edge European hairstyle became the signature look of every American redneck (actually, we still aren’t sure)
Why U2 was the band that was “OK to like” in conservative Orange County, CA in the mid 80s
What the worst song by U2 and maybe any other band actually is
How the smoking habits of some band members almost led to an “unforgettable EXPLOSION” during the recording process
Why Casey Kasem doesn’t know diddly shit about UK geography 
How Adam Clayton lost his mojo and how he can get it back
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Ep 12: What’s Happening?!

Hey HEY hey! What’s Happening?! This week we take on this classic ‘70s sitcom, and it’s an apt title because this episode does have some technical issues (Some delay-related f-ups…Slip may talk a lot but he’s not actually interrupting as much as it seems). But you should listen to it anyway because it may be one of the best episodes we’ve done, and where else are you going to hear about this too often overlooked show? So join us as we take a trip to Rob’s Place with Raj (or Rog?), Rerun, Dwayne, Dee, Shirley and the rest of the cast and, along the way, find out…
How the show was a milestone in racial relations, communication, and understanding despite every other sentence being some kind of fat joke
How much ridiculous effort went into "catch phrases" in the 1970's
How meta this show was - it criticized things it was actually guilty of
Why Jeff thinks that Roger is a “better” dancer than Re-run
Why Slip changes his evaluation of the show not once but twice during the episode
Why the Doobie Brothers episode is better than any episode of your favorite critically acclaimed TV show 
Who Al Dunbar is and why he’s one of the best TV sitcom villains of all time
Why Michael McDonald is so freaking great
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Ep 11: Plastic Surgery Disasters

This week we tackle Plastic Surgery Disasters, the blazing second album by classic hardcore punk band The Dead Kennedys. Is this still a relevant commentary of our time or as dated as Jerry Brown’s ‘70s loafers? We attempt to answer that question and along the way, we also find out…
Why Jello Biafra could have made a good campaign manager for the Republican Party and why you should vote for Joey Shithead instead
About the hysterical connection between Bruce Springsteen, wine, centerfolds, Thanksgiving, and John Belushi
What the Stanford Prison Experiment is and why there is no hope for humanity
How, back in 1982, the Dead Kennedys not only predicted the rise of Big Pharma but also a forest fire that was started decades later by a hippie cooking up some bear urine
Who is sick of everyone hating the Eagles and Yes (Answer: US!)
How the humor of The Dead Kennedys was influenced by Frank Zappa and The Ramones, and how the DK’s themselves greatly influenced a Mad Magazine and National Lampoon loving nerd-in-training
How Jeff thinks there is a similarity between Steely Dan and The Dead Kennedys (ok, at least the lyrics…)
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Ep 10: It’s a Blackout, Baby!

On our tenth episode, we take on German metal gods, The Scorpions and their breakthrough 1982 album, Blackout. Does this intoxicating mix of irresistible hooks, technical, precise musicianship and extremely juvenile (and just plain gross) lyrics stand the test of time? We do our best to answer this question and along the way, we find out:
How the band eschewed their native metric system in order to better sate our hunger pangs
Why The Scorpions probably hold the Guinness Book of World Records as the artists with the most banned album covers
When a "used" pair of rockstar jeans may have helped to bring down the Iron Curtain
Why you probably don't want to visit Klaus Meine in Alcatraz
Why there was likely a well-worn copy of Physical Graffiti in their tour bus tape deck
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Ep 9: No More Words and What Are They For?

This week we take you for a ride on THE METRO to a DESTINATION UNKNOWN. That’s right, it’s our first battle of the bands episode! Who is better Missing Persons or Berlin? We each have our favorite. But as we dug into the history of these bands and their respective female leads, Dale Bozzio and Teri Nunn, we noticed some very strange parallels that kept popping up and it led us down a road that somehow featured everything from Frank Zappa to Prince to Mar-A-Lago. Along the way, we find out…
Why Jeff is totally wrong about which of these two bands is best
What the hell is Slip thinking with his choice of these two bands
How DJ Richard Blade helped to change music but thankfully not fashion
Who is a worse actor, Harrison Ford or Terri Nunn
How Dale Bozzio used bubble wrap and electronic components to change fashion but maybe not music
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