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Xanadu definitely rivals A View to a Kill in the "best song/worst movie" category. Jeff Lynne, you motherfucking genius.... so damn catchy. but hooooly shit, this movie was garbage... even for 1980. I can understand the nostalgic cult following and all, but it's pretty much unwatchable.

(but it's still the truth) (which makes it a good joke)

I feel that falls under the category of........ eponymous. much like "Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath from the album Black Sabbath. or "Iron Maiden" by Iron Maiden from the album Iron Maiden. etc.

so glad to see Mike on this show... hopefully it's only a matter of time before he's on CBB as well. I caught him with Busdriver and Nocando in 2013 on the Arguments with Dreams tour... very intimate venue and it was actually the first time I'd gotten to see live hip-hop. they each played their own separate sets and then all performed a couple songs together at the end, most notably Werner Herzog. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75jWcoa7Rk0 "I eat fair trade cheese and fart fairness." sadly, I haven't checked out Dark Comedy yet... but that's soon to change.

BUMP bump damn, I love that song...

noooow we are heeeeereee... finally.

hmmm, this reminds me of something to do with t-shirts... nevermind...... not relevant.

I could get used to this...

I wonder if Howard has ever listened to Death Grips and, assuming he has, what he thinks of them... I can't remember if they've ever been mentioned on the show. their stuff has a similar rawness to Bitch You Guessed It, but on a level that's borderline absurd. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu-MFuqymsc I feel like hip-hop is experiencing a late-70's/early-80's-hardcore-punk-esque DIY renaissance and, within the next few years, it will transform into something we've never seen or heard before.

I don't wanna come of as somebody who's just coming off as somebody, but it filled me with so much rage every time they said the b-word...

F-M-K Matt Bessar John Gabrus Eugene Corddry ?

I'll just leave this here...

Q: do the Chahtists actually scream "tunes" during the theme? A: every time.

http://www.earwolf.com/episode/welcome-to-comedy-bang-bang/

SOLO BOLO-BOLO... SOLO BOLO-BOLO... SOLO BOLO-BOLO... SOLO BOLO-BOLO...

The Queen Is Dead was my first Smiths album so I absolutely love Frankly Mr. Shankly, despite its somewhat obnoxious melody... it's also a perfect contrast to the somber tone of the title track that precedes it. if there's any song on that album that could be considered completely ridiculous, it's Vicar in a Tutu. I've been listening to them since I was 15, so pretty much all of their songs have grown on me at this point.

pshhh... everybody's clever nowadays.

I lost my mind when Paul started singing nam-myoho-renge-kyo to the tune of the Cantina song. also, I agree with Scott... Meat Is Murder, while arguably the Smith's best album, is their worst song. it's not necessarily a bad song because it's actually kinda catchy after you get past the animal noises... but when compared to the rest of their music, it's abject garbage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpkPWwTJTSw

wait... Dabney was Scott?! but they had that whole conversation about livin' life... and having a ball.

I'm also unashamed to admit that, like Jason and June, a tear or two were shed when DeVito's (ex)wife had her baby. in an otherwise absurd movie, it was a poignant scene that I was definitely not expecting... something about his sincerity in that moment made it very powerful.

corrections and omissions: I think it deserves to be mentioned that this movie shared two crucial plot points with Monkey Shines: awkward morning calisthenics and monkeys. lots of monkeys. also, no reference to Arnold licking cake off an infant's foot in the last scene...? C'MONNNN!

swag alert: this podcast definitely holds up.

steering the conversation back to Steely Dan as quickly as possible here... would it be safe to assume that Donald Fagen and Walter Becker are contenders for the biggest creep(s) in the world?

"Baby Jesus baby oil" was fucking brilliant... I loved the mixed reaction from the crowd.