Wed, 24 August 2016
The first part of a new Shabcast featuring Jack in conversation with James and Daniel (again), and for the first time Kit Power. The subject is Oliver Stone's '90s political movies JFK and Nixon, and their relationship to actual politics and history.
Direct download: Shabcast_24a_-_The_Bay_of_Pigs_Was_His_Rosebud.mp3
Category:Shabcast -- posted at: 10:25pm UTC
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Sun, 21 August 2016
Hey! It's the Pex Lives Show! This month, your beloved regular hosts, Kevin and James, are joined by listener favourite and fellow Eruditorum Press-ista Jane Campbell to briefly chat Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy and some fairly respectable old Dr. Who. A lot of it is through the lens of the power of myth. Also: we finally throw out our long awaited Presidential endorsement. Those movies discussed are, of course, A Fistful of Dollars For A Few Dollars More The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly
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Thu, 11 August 2016
Yes, I use the Oxford comma. I use it because it is sensible, stylish, and clarifying. Oh, and this is Part 2 of Shabcast 23, featuring the continuation of my latest chat with Daniel Harper. I think the title is pretty much self-explanatory. That's my thing now. Self-explanatory titles. And Oxford commas. They're my thing too now. And irrelevant commentary on my own style. Self-explanatory titles, irrelevant commentary on my own style, and Oxford commas. See, they're nice aren't they? If that comma hadn't been there, before the 'and', it could've looked like I was saying I now make irrelevant comments about my own style and about Oxford commas. And clearly I would never comment irrelevantly about Oxford commas.
Direct download: Shabcast_23b_-_New_Atheism_is_the_Opium_of_Misogynists_Islamophobes_and_Imperialists.mp3
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Mon, 8 August 2016
Please find attached the latest Shabcast. It's the first part of another long chat between myself and Daniel. In this episode we talk about the 2006 Mike Judge movie Idiocracy, which is 'relevant' nowadays as loads of people have jumped to the wrong conclusions about the Trump phenomenon and clambered aboard the everyone's-an-idiot-nowadays-except-me bandwagon, using Idiocracy as a cultural touchstone. Daniel has little time for the film and isn't shy about saying why. And nor am I.
Direct download: Shabcast_23a_-_The_Ruling_Class_Thinks_Idiocracy_and_Democracy_are_Synonyms.mp3
Category:Shabcast -- posted at: 6:35pm UTC
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Sun, 7 August 2016
Phil sits down with David J Haskins of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets to completely ignore both of those things in favor of talking about magic and Haskins's work with Alan Moore, including V for Vendetta, "March of the Sinister Ducks," The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels, and The Birth Caul.
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Fri, 5 August 2016
In the first installment of an irregular, ongoing series: Kevin hosts longtime friend of the podcast, Ben Knaak, to discuss the baseball season (at the time), the Olympics, taxpayer financing of new stadiums, and - of course - Lucha Underground. All that and more, on this very special premiere episode of Pex Lives Xtreme!
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