In honor of the great Tom Petty, taken from us too soon, this is a re-issue of the FM soundtrack podcast.
Let Eric take you on a musical trip back to 1978 where the grooves were languid, the organs prominent, and there was no static at all.
TP talk, brief as it is, starts at 15:40
Note: A hard drive failure has caused a delay in releasing the Spectre episode which is also why FM gets a re-release today. You'll be hearing the Spectre episode next week on schedule.
Lesson for today: Tell you family and friends how much they mean to you and back up your data!!!
In preparation for the last of our Bond films, Spectre, we recap Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace then spend a great deal of time reveling in the best Bond film to date: Skyfall.
Casino and Quantum discussion runs until approximately 20:00, afterward it’s all Skyfall
Along the way the brothers discuss Radiohead, Kids In The Hall, and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
Silkwood is a masterpiece of character study and turns out to be the film that links the greatest number of our previous episodes.
Along the way Drew gives some expert analysis of radioactive material workplace safety.
Housekeeping starts at 1:02:45
Jason tells a tale of the change in retail employee dress and conduct codes Eric tells a tale of his intolerance of the bearded movement
Despite an all-star cast and a director of renown, the Assignment is an awful movie. The brothers compare it to the Human Centipede and Apocalypse Now, try to rewrite it, and try to recast it but still can’t find any love for it.
Die Another Day is a B level Bond movie but still fun.
The brothers also discuss basement Kahlua, homebrew yogurt, fizzy fruit, The Arrival, Mario Bava’s The Girl Who Knew Too Much, Dario Argento’s The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and the Jack Ryan TV series.
Drew tells of a near death experience from 40:00 – 45:00
Kubo and the Two Strings is a masterpiece. Jason has some issues with it. Drew thinks the brothers didn’t do the film justice in their discussion. Eric spends way too much time talking about While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Fun!
The medley of weeping guitar is as follows:
Regina Specktor
The White Album
George Harrison acoustic
George Harrison and Eric Clapton Live in Japan
Regina Specktor
The Jeff Healey Band
The White Album
George Harrison and Eric Clapton Live in Japan
The Jeff Healey Band
TWINE is just fine. Not great, especially Denise Richards, but it does the job.
The bros also discuss M.A.S.K., Eli Roth’s Death Wish, Cruel Intensions, Les Liaisons dangereuses, Dangerous Liaisons, Valmont, Excess Baggage, A Life Less Ordinary, T2 Trainspotting, the tow truck business, Uber, Nell, Luke Bryan, the Flatliners sequel, and the Rotten Tomatoes factor
References: M.A.S.K. Commercial The World Is Not Enough - Garbage with Shirley Manson Shuttlepro V2
Perfect crimes gone awry directed by Hitchcock, what’s not to love? (spoiler: Rope is better).
Along the way the brothers discuss Psycho, The Music Man, becoming old men, Seth Macfarlane, Richard Belzer’s Ronald Reagan, the racist puppetry of Jeff Dunham, Evening at the Improv, aphantasia, scarecrow rules, Husky jeans, Grace Kelly’s death, Gizmo Anderson’s death, Better Call Saul, virtual marathons, ultra marathons, Tarahumara runners of Raramuri, Dunkirk, Valarian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Demolition Man, Chronicle, and Jon Ronson’s The Butterfly Effect
Eric’s creepy JC Penney story and Bigfoot story runs from 43:25-46:16
Housekeeping starts at 58:30
Tomorrow Never Dies is a Bond all the brothers loved!
They discuss Sheryl Crow vs k.d. Lang, the miscasting of Ricky Jay, Ghost, Quick Change, Evil Dead 2, The Last Temptation of Christ, Deliverance, Amy Smart, Rat Race, the Fat Jewish, Eddie Murphy, cheating at Baccarat, Deathgasm, Sawbones (the podcast), Embarrassing Bodies (the TV show), and Maui Vera after-sun moisturizer
Glove up folks, tonight’s double feature is Outbreak and Contagion. Eric loved Outbreak, Jason liked it, but Drew HATED it. Contagion, however, proved to be a hit with all the brothers.
Drew tells an Agent Orange Story from 31:00 to 39:00
Contagion talk begins at 43:00
Jason has a car story at 1:30:00
The brothers reference Richard Preston’s “The Hot Zone,” and “Demon in the Freezer,” World War Z, The Real Wives of Orange County, Spaulding Grey, and the Weekly Infusion podcast.
The Aviator is beautiful and well-acted but overlong. The brothers each liked different parts of it but none was overwhelmed by the totality of the film.
Along the way they discuss WKRP in Cincinnati, Walk Hard – The Dewey Cox Story, Million Dollar Baby, Logan, The Night Flyer, and the new Twin Peaks
Tangetory tales of social interaction from 00:18:00 – 00:40:42
Housekeeping begins at 01:12:15
To celebrate the life of actor Glenne Headly we watched 2 Days in the Valley, a fun film.
During that discussion we mention Short Cuts, Pulp Fiction, Drop Dead Fred, Superman II, Stan Bush, Spiderman and the Manwolf on Power Records, Men at Work, Spawn, the Golden Raspberry awards, Too Much, Joe Satriani, and Dougie.
Jason’s story of surviving Kawasaki Syndrome is from 25:30-36:40
State of Play is a journalism thriller starring Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck. Eric liked it a lot more before discussing it with his brothers but there is still plenty to recommend it. And NO SPOILERS in this episode.
They also discuss the opening credit sequence of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Eye in the Sky, and The Americans.
