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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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Ep 8: I Want You to Want Me!

“Hello there, ladies and gentleman! Hello there, ladies and gents, ARE YOU READY TO RAAHCK?” So begins one of the iconic live albums and one of the great underdog stories of the ‘70s. That’s right, this week we take on Cheap Trick Live At Budokan and decide if it stands the test of time or it “just seems a little weird”. Along the way, we find out…
How Jeff discovered the “cheap” “tricks” behind this supposed live album and crushed all of Slip’s hopes and dreams (https://www.mixonline.com/recording/classic-tracks-cheap-trick-budokan-430181)
Which member of the band was most likely to be a professional bowler or porn theater projectionist
What the hell “rolling numbers” actually means (we still don’t really know)
How the music of this band brought a father and son closer together 
Why it’s all alright…
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Ep 7: The Dorks Awaken

A few years ago in a movie theater not so far away, the world was blown away (sort of...) by the long-awaited sequel to The Return of the Jedi: The Force Awakens. Does it still hold up? This week your hosts Jeff-I and Slip-walker attempt to find out, and along the way we also ask…
Why wasn’t this movie just called The Reboot of the Jedi?
Why the resistance is STILL the resistance (how many damn Death Stars do they have to blow up)?
Who would choose Kylo Ren to lead anything? 
How many First Order engineers does it take to screw in a space light bulb?
Why everyone this side of Tatooine suffers from short term memory loss?
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By the way, if you haven’t seen The Force Awakens don’t sweat it, just think about the original movie (A New Hope), it’s the same basic plot. May the FARCE BE WITH YOU
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Ep 6: Come and Knock on Our Door

This week we really do take a step that is new because we aren’t talking about a band or an album but a TV show — Three’s Company! Does this salacious ‘70s sitcom stand the test of time or is it as tasteless as Mr. Roper’s home brew? Stay tuned to find out and along the way, we also discover…
Why Three’s Company was the nuttiest show in 70’s prime time (https://youtu.be/dod2br5fMSw )
Why the hippest hangout in Santa Monica is a British pub
Where to find the craziest, most Three’s Company obsessed fan on the internet (it’s here: https://thekidsin201.wordpress.com) 
How misheard conversations fueled 8 years of the same joke
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Ep 5: Endless Summer

Endless Summer? More like Endless EPISODE!! This week we take on the Big Kahuna of American bands - The Beach Boys. Along the way we find out…
Why we don’t love Mike Love yet love The Beach Boys (that’s how good they are)
Why we are praying that Al Jardine lives a long life (yes, so he will outlive Mike Love)
How two pasty white boys spent too much time in the sun and surf growing up in SoCal 
Why you should be careful where you sit (or step) in the Wilson’s living room
Why you shouldn’t invite Mike Love to any event
How Mike Love and Brian Wilson (but mostly Mike Love) are guilty of the worst sell-out ever and why Jeff is still pissed about it over 40 years later
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Ep 4: The Doors

Is everybody in? Is EVERYBODY …in? Well, then wake the F@&$ UP THEN!! Because this shit is about to begin. For our 4th episode we take on the classic debut album by  THE FREAKING LIZARD KING and THE DOORS and we find out…
How many times you can rhyme snake with lake in a poem that isn’t written for children
Why the pressing question isn’t “Is Jim Morrison still alive” but “how did Jim Morrison NOT die sooner”
Why you should have kept your blinds closed if you lived in Venice Beach in the 60’s
All about Jeff’s graveyard cultural exchange program with the “Girls of the Netherlands”
The 69 ways an exclamation point was turned into a question mark
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Ep 3: Glass Houses

That’s Billy “F’in” Joel to you! In our third episode we decide whether Billy Joel’s Glass Houses is an unfairly maligned classic or if it really does deserve to have a few rocks thrown its way. Along the way, we find out…
Why you shouldn’t answer the phone when Billy Joel calls late at night (Sometimes a Fantasy Video: https://youtu.be/hhJg1finpyU) 
How Billy Joel once was part of an awesome heavy rock duo and how he ruined everything by sleeping with his drummer’s wife.
Why Joel is the Rich Little of popular music
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