Thu, 5 June 2008  Originally, continuing my series of notable screams, I was going to highlight Malcolm McDowell's/Alex's disturbing scream from A Clockwork Orange. Yet, after realizing that it would be following Eli Sunday's blood-curdling banshee wail, I decided highlight a scream that has a different effect. Recently, I've come across the Angry Video Game Nerd website and I've watched many of his videos that report on various bad, old-school video games. Unfortunately, I played many of these games as a kid. (Note: because of my youthful love for all things Ghostbusters, I actually played that horrible Activision Ghostbusters game that the AVGN righteously trashed... for hours and hours. As a wee-one, I should have been reading a book.) So, with that seed planted, when I sat down to create the podcast for McDowell's scream from ACO, I suddenly made a connection: "Alex... Alex... oh yeah! There was that game Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars on the Sega Master System that featured a really annoying 8-bit scream!" As a kid, my family had a Sega Master System, the video game console the preceded the far-superior Sega Genesis console. One of the games that we had for the system was Alex Kidd: TLS, a platformer title that, in all fairness, is decent. Yet, the worse part of Alex Kidd: TLS was the fact that whenever Alex would lose life as a character, he'd make this really grating, mechanical howl that sounded like an old robot-lady falling down. It was, hands down, the worst part of the game. This podcast features that memorable scream. The link to the direct download is below ("AlexKiddScream.m4a"). The audio is actually taken from a YouTube video that features a segment of the video game. "Aaaah!" Enjoy. For more info on Alex Kidd: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Kidd For more info on The Angry Video Game Nerd: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angry_Video_Game_Nerd Comments[0] |
Thu, 22 May 2008  (Maybe this will become a running gag for me...) Here's another cinematic scream that I would like to spotlight: Eli Sunday's (or Paul Dano's) screech from There Will Be Blood. It occurs during the scene in which Sunday, the boy-preacher nemesis to Daniel Plainview, performs an 'exorcism' during his service. You can download it as a podcast below. Granted, it's not as automatically funny as Verhoeven's, and the audio clip sounds really creepy, but if you just bracket the scream, you might notice that it similar to the sound a birthing cow would make. Comments[0] |
Sun, 11 May 2008  Being the perennial nerd that I am, I checked out the DVD of Starship Troopers from the library just to listen to Paul Verhoeven's director's commentary track on it. (Verhoeven, if you don't know, is the director of such movies as Robocop, Basic Instinct, Total Recall and most recently Black Book. I mean this in the best possible way-- he is the Stanley Kubrick of cinematic skeezy-ness.) (Pictured to the right: Verhoeven the Skeeze.) Comments[0] |
Tue, 8 January 2008  Finally! The tenth episode of For Lack of a Better Word! On this episode, I play DJ* because of the popularity of Episode 7. Also, I give my review of Paul Thomas Anderson's newest cinematic opus There Will Be Blood. Track listing: "The Final Countdown" by Europe, "Another Saturday Night" by Sam Cooke, "Roadrunner" by The Modern Lovers, "Ex-Con" by Smog, "Teenage Spaceship" by Smog, "Future Markets" (excerpt) by Jonny Greenwood**, "Open Spaces" (excerpt) by Jonny Greenwood.** *If you interpreted this as slang then get you mind out of the gutter. **From the "There Will Be Blood" soundtrack. Podcasts, culture, There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Day Lewis Comments[0] |
Fri, 14 December 2007  For Lack of a Better Word returns with guest-host Alexis Adkins. What's on the podcast this week? A SHOCKER REVELATION! (Or: A DELIBERATE PLOY FOR HIGHER RATINGS!) THE MIXED-FEELINGS BOX! PYLON! THE OLD CENTURY THEATERS POLICY AD vs. THE CINEMARK THEATERS POLICY AD! Things discussed: the missing b-side, FLOABW ratings, Alexis steals my thunder, top-ten lists/awards, paper toilet-bowl covers, British peoples' obsession with accents, culottes, the old Century Theaters policy-ad, Cinemark's Front Row Joe. And an outtake. Interstital songs: "Cool" and "Stop It" by Pylon The Old Century Theaters Policy Ad- Click Here (You Won't Regret It!) Tags: Podcasts, Culture, Pylon, Mixed Feelings, Top Ten Lists, Paper Toilet Seat Covers, British People, accents, Culottes, Century Theaters. Comments[0] |
Wed, 28 November 2007 After listening to the recording, I've decided not to put-up the second half of my interview/talk with Paul Dykman. Somehow a part of the conversation was not recorded, so I can't really finish the thing. Yet, Paul will return to the podcast, so maybe we'll talk crazy. Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:42 AM Comments[0] |
Thu, 22 November 2007  That's right: I'm dropping this on Thanksgiving!On this week's episode I interview my friend Paul Dykman (pictured right (he's the caucasian dude in the front.)) Paul and I talk about what he does for a living (teaching English-as-a-Second-Language in Los Angeles) and the inherent cultural issues that come along with that profession. Also, check back for the crazy 2nd part of this interview (the 'b-side' podcast,) which will be posted after the Thanksgiving weekend. Tags: Podcasts, Culture, Teaching, ESL, Los Angeles Comments[0] |
Fri, 16 November 2007  A special, extra-short* Manifesto episode.
By myself, I explain the sub-title of this podcast (a 'culture' podcast.) I also talk about philosophical psycho-killers in the movies, make a correction, and discuss a recent life-event. Enjoy! *Approx. 15 minutes. Tags: Podcasts, Culture, manifesto, No Country For Old Men Comments[0] |
Mon, 5 November 2007  MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC! On this episode, I introduce the Beautiful Music segment... ...and I talk at-length about the indie-music act EL PERRO DEL MAR, a.k.a. Sarah Assbring (pictured.) 'I Can't Talk About It,' 'God Knows (You Gotta Give to Get)', 'Party', and 'Hello, Goodbye' used with permission from the artist. (Click) El Perro Del Mar website (Here) Tags: Podcasts, Culture, Music, El Perro Del Mar, Sarah Assbring Comments[0] |
Wed, 24 October 2007 Once again, Alexis Adkins joins me on this edition of For Lack
of a Better Word. On this podcast, we review two films that we saw at
the 30th Mill Valley Film Festival in Marin County, California (which
incidental to recent production delays has ended.) What are the films? CHICAGO 10 (2007, dir. Brett Morgan)
I'M NOT THERE (2007, dir. Todd Haynes)
Special Thanks to BEAN STREET
COFFEE
Songs: 'David Watts' by The Jam (unfortunately I don't have
the original version by The Kinks, which is better) and 'You're Ain't
Goin' Nowhere' by The Byrds.
Tags: Podcasts, Culture, Film Reviews, Film Festival, movies, Chicago 10, I'm Not There, Todd Haynes, Bob Dylan
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Mon, 15 October 2007  Guest-host and Radiohead fan Jason Yerger and I discuss the new Radiohead album IN RAINBOWS. For an excellent guide to IN RAINBOWS, click here: Pitchfork Media's Guide to Radiohead's In Rainbows Also, a correction: I improperly sequenced my download copy of IN RAINBOWS. I made the last song "All I Need," when in reality it should be "Videotape." So, when I say on the podcast that the last song is a stand-out, no, I am not contradicting my earlier statement that "Videotape" was unimpressive because I didn't know "Videotape" was the real last song. (I could also correct the many grammatical errors in my speech, but I don't have all day, you know?) Lastly: the picture on the right is definitely Radiohead-esque to me, but it also suggests a possible alternate version of the movie CHILDREN OF MEN that stars a lovable, cartoon dog and not scruffy Clive Owen. Food for thought. Tags: Podcasts, Culture, Radiohead, In Rainbows |
Sun, 14 October 2007 This not be important to you the listener, but for me, I've just happy because I've been trying to fix this problem for a week! Podcast On Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:30 PM Comments[0] |
Thu, 11 October 2007  ...either the MP3 file I uploaded is corrupted (which I doubt) or there's a problem at the Liberated Syndication server (which wouldn't surprise me.) Apparently, the MP3 file never received a mime-type, but I really don't know how I couldn't have uploaded a MP3 without a mime-type when I didn't know what a mime-type was in the first place.
Anyway, I'm sure that LibSyn are on top of this. If I were to pick a term that would describe this week for me, it would be 'technical difficulties.' My laptop display screen is going haywire, the RSS MP3 for episode 5 is being anything but 'really simple,' and it was a struggle to get that Radiohead album downloaded. For now, I hope you enjoy this picture of me looking like a drunk gnome. Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:49 PM Comments[0] |
Mon, 8 October 2007  On this episode, I interview Maron Studio, a.k.a. Mary McIllwain/Aaron Arendt. To find out more about Maron Studio, visit these websites: Still courtesy of Maron Studio. Tags: Podcasts, culture, Movies, Independent Film-making, Maron Studio, Mary McIllwain, Aaron Arendt Comments[0] |
Fri, 5 October 2007 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:27 PM Comments[0] |
Fri, 28 September 2007  This time, I got it in at 40 minutes. 40 minutes of pure goodness. THIS WEEK: no guest-host, just me; Correspondence (PLEASE! WRITE ME!); Explanation of the extended interval between this episode and the last; SONG TIME! Petra Haden's version of The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows"; Introduction of another new segment: UM, YEAH, BUT, SO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?"; my audio journal-- topics including formatting, LonelyGirl 15, Alan Partridge tribute, a world without public text, the Moviegroove Cat, Podcasting vs. Film making, Meditation, Torgo/Axl Rose, late-night thoughts, Existential Speed Bumps, Explanation of "The Krasny Effect," my Crazy Native story, and Autumn; Outro; the picture next to this entry is of Cricket, my girlfriend's cat. Also please listen to the Podcast Extra.Comments[0] |
Tue, 18 September 2007  Extra-long, again. The 'trilogy' episode of For Lack of a Better Word. Guest host: Jeb Purucker. SUMMARY: general intro; new guest host: Jeb Purucker; how I know him, what he does; Correspondence (none); announcement of the first official on-air break; THE CACOPHONY MINUTE; On-Air Break; Segment intro: QUITE THE CINEMA (before the main topic of discussion, I inform Jeb about the new title to the 4th Indiana Jones movie and he goes into a Star Wars prequel defense argument); Topic: Movie-Going Memories (in which in obligatorily delve into 'bigger issues" like the communal aspects of movie-going); outroMusic: Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo and The Opposite of Hallelujah by Jens Lekman, courtesy of Secretly Canadian Records (click on song titles to listen) Correction: DON'T LOOK NOW was released in 1973, not 1970. And I apologize for my sotto voice. Comments[0] |
Wed, 12 September 2007  The podcast sequel to the inaugural podcast of For Lack of a Better Word.*
Guest Host: Alexis Adkins
SUMMARY: General intro; re-introduction of the overall show; "E-mails?"; Correspondence ("Watching the Directors," Jens Lekman); Alexis's post-Birthday wrap-up; Blatant product placement skit ("Hmm... gotta' love those Stacy's Cinnamon Sugan Pita Chips!"); Introduction and explanation of THE MIXED-FEELINGS BOX segment; MIXED-FEELINGS BOX items: A.A./W.F./W.F./S.C.; Sign-off; An out-take that demonstrates my movie-marinated mind
*Now with better recording equipment!
P.S. Michael Caine isn't in either of our Mixed-Feelings Boxes. Repeat-- Michael Caine isn't in either of our Mixed-Feelings Boxes.Comments[0] |
Wed, 29 August 2007  The inaugural podcast of For Lack of a Better Word. Guest-host: Alexis Adkins. Comments[0] |
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