Music, Movies, And More

Recorded 12/30/21 - Happy New Year   -Horror movies   -What this movie was   -Climate change and COVID   -Listening to the scientists   -Evidence   -Hope and consequences   -Meryl Streep   -Hedging bets   -Tax the rich   -There’s always something we can do (it’s the fight that keeps us going)   -Realism of 2021   -Social media   -Bothsideism   -The performances   -The coolest part   -Being informed versus being over informed   -What despair brings   -Funny and terrifying   -2+2=4   -Increasing the chances for change (personally and politically)   -What the movie evokes   -I meant 2021, not 2020   -What I thought of the movie   -What’s hopeful now   -Climate change affecting New York   -Adapting   -If there really is a comet…   -Ways to increase our chances to stay alive   -I just moved   -Links!   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movie

I react and comment with no dead air.   Recorded on November 29, 2021   -The first trailer   -I’ll edit this?   -Reaction videos   -Spider   -Western motif   -The Godfather (spoiler alert for I and II)   -What I expect   -Teaser   -YouTube commercial   -He is Boba Fett   -What I’m not going to do   -Not completed excited but…   -My expectations   -The Mandalorian   -Crime, drama   -Outer rim   -The throne   -What I hope   -Sarlacc pit   -Boba’s identity   -Jango    -A mother figure?   -Human element   -All the Star Wars   -The only really bad Star Wars (aside from the Holiday Special)   -Plugs!   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     -Wear your mask, get vaccinated, get boosted   -Get your information from credible sources (New York T

The review is much shorter than the movie   Recorded October 21, 2021   -What I thought   -It’s length   -The trailer   -My history with Dune (the books and the David Lynch movie)   -My quick review of the Lynch movie   -I butcher the pronunciation of Denis Villeneuve   -Left me wanting more   -Some tastes (even though it was a long movie)   -Soundtrack, effects, acting, storyline   -What the Star Wars prequels could have been   -Father/son, mother/son   -Supernatural, politics, messiah   -The fighting   -Lynch and the Weirding Way (ugh)   -I yawned   -Part II needs to be released tomorrow   -Things get weirder   -I’ll leave you wanting more   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     -Get vaccinated   -Get your info from credible sources (New York Times

What a destroyer from Alanis…I love it. Recorded on 9/21/21   Show notes:   -It’s a destroyer   -What music can do   -Jess Locke   -Alanis on tour   -Jagged Little Pill   -Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie   -The live version   -Buzzing   -The flute   -Lyrics on the Internet   -I have the CD booklet   -Lyrics   -Self worth   -Societal pressure   -Internal and external validation   -Developing a solid foundation   -Doing nothing in a pandemic   -The Internet and “thumbs down”   -Shield of anonymity    -Our own worst critics   -Being sick as a kid   -Positive versus negative self talk   -Weight and societal pressure   -Marvel superhero physique   -Bankruptcy    -Baldness   -Reframing the aging argument   -Post Jagged Little Pill   -Alanis’ childhood career   -You Can’t Do That On Television   -Seeing Alanis live in 1996; Taylor Hawkins was on drums and Radiohead opened up   -Knowledge    -Losing any part of yourself   -After I stopped acting

Recorded August 13, 2021   Spoilers are ahead.   Show notes:   -Better than The Dead Don’t Die   -Plausible   -Adam and Eve   -“Humanity” of the vampires   -One possible implausibility    -Eva   -Blood   -Implying   -Showing and not telling   -Gloves   -Knowledge and conversations   -Marlowe   -John Hurt   -Predicting   -Jeffrey Wright   -Time   -Similarities in Adam at howe and being locked down (get vaccinated, please)   -Back to Eva   -The ending   -Compulsion   -Possible unrealistic aspect   -Passing off their work   -The acting   -The pace   -Finally got a chance to see it   -Movies versus TV (I love them both)   -Get vaccinated, wear a mask, I hope for mask mandates, speak up   -Greatest good and least harm   -Get your knowledge from credible sources (New York Times, NPR, USA Today, Washington Post, BBC, etc.)   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com

He certainly can.   Spoilers are ahead!   Recorded August 3, 2021   -Annie Murphy   -Just watched the season finale   -Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town   -Allison and Kevin’s relationship   -The sitcom version    -Watching sitcoms growing up   -Sitcom tropes   -“It’s just Kevin”   Who’s married to a woman that you don’t normally see with a guy like that   -A prequel would be cool   -Kevin, his father, and Neil   -What the show did well   -Abuse by Kevin in both multi-cam and single cam   -Kevin and privilege    -I hope it gets renewed   -Serious moments in sitcoms   -Family Ties   -More sitcom tropes   -Taking a dramatic turn   -Single cam version of characters   -Subtext   -Pressure on Allison and Patty   -What did Neil really hear?   -Really good representation of despair and loneliness (even when you’re surrounded by people)   -Sam   -The traditional sitcoms, modern sitcoms, the evolution of sitcoms   -He really can   Twitter https

I say “quote unquote” way too much. Spoilers are ahead.   Recorded July 25, 2021   Show notes:     -I have whiplash   -The title   -A lot of fun   -The true story behind the plot   -History   -Time period   -What I liked about this movie   -Don Cheadle   -A Cheadle Extravaganza    -The cast   -Matt Damon (The story so far -  https://variety.com/2021/film/news/matt-damon-addresses-f-slur-1235032441/)    -George Clooney   -Brendan Fraser   -Levels   -Crime world and business world   -What drives people in regards to money   -Soderbergh on the fish eye lens   -A possible reminder to the viewer   -Insufferable Bastards podcast   -Plugs   -I’m fully vaccinated   -Get vaccinated — think of things you can do and if you want to be a hero . . .    -Get your information from credible sources (NY Times, BBC, USA Today, NPR, Washington Post, etc.)   116.   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https:

Recorded May 31, 2021   I review Invincible (not the Muse song that I can’t get out of my head)   Show notes:   -Star Wars   -Superhero shows   -Watchmen, The Boys   -Back to Star Wars   -Why Invincible  wasn’t tempted   -Human qualities   -Grayson   -The cast   -Steven Yeun   -JK Simmons can be terrifying   -What makes Omni-Man terrifying   -Omni-Man compared to Superman   -Omni-Man versus Invincible   -Omni-Man’s conflict and identity   -Why information and knowledge is so powerful   -Balance    -What may be keeping Invincible from turning evil (for now?)   -One of many problems with Omni-Man   -Next season   -Other superheroes    -Cecil   -Physical and mental capabilities   -Nazis   -Other planets and species   -Episodic shows versus a movie   -What movies and music can teach us   -Doom Patrol   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies

I watch and comment on the documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble   Recorded February 19, 2021   Notes:   -Real life superhero   -I will comment during the doc but this podcast won’t be the length of the doc   -What he’s been through   -That mugshot — https://twitter.com/repjohnlewis/status/622844317162434560?lang=en   -Pre-COVID   -Elijah Cummings   -Organize, mobilize, legislate   -Being brutalized by cops for waiting on line to vote   -Knowing the risk   -The power of voting   -Pettus bridge and unlawful assembly   -Parading permit   -Troopers advancing with weapons   -Civil disobedience   -Bashed in the head   -Present day voter suppression   -Constant struggle   -“There’s so much more progress to be made”   -“My greatest fear…”   -Misinformation, hatred, and cruelty   -Comic Con story   -Equity   -Getting involved   -Ripple effects   -Good trouble   -Say something, do something, good trouble, necessary trouble   -2018 and the blue wave   -Change f

Taking you way back to November 13, 2020           Show notes - It’s been a week:   -Friday the 13th - Oooooooo   -Tears of joy and relief   -The weeks that were   -My early voting experience   -Strangers congregating even during a pandemic   -After I voted   -Volunteering for campaigns (phone banking, text-banking, postcards)   -Vote tripling   -James Carville’s prediction   -Election Day   -Couldn’t accept a red mirage   -Heightened anxiety and disrupted sleep   -Future tripping   -Waiting for the counting   -24 hour networks news   -Trump shenanigans   -My reaction to Biden/Harris winning on November 7th   -Profound relief   -Social media and celebrations   -Back to the red mirage   -People I knew   -Deferring to experts   -Why I was still freaking out   -Arizona, Georgia   -Trump turnout   -What’s bad about social media   -November 3-7 (Freaking out to feeling ecstatic)   -More Trump shenanigans and a “coup”   -Transition team   -Chaos  

This contains spoilers from the show and comic.   Recorded April 9, 2021   Show notes:   -Wow   -Negan’s debut in the comics vs. the show   -Jeffrey Dean Morgan   -The Here’s Negan graphic novel   -Lucille’s (the person) influence   -Hillarie Burton’s performance   -Negan’s backstory   -Negan’s arc in the comics   -My predictions for future episodes   -Rick or Negan?   -Maggie and Negan   -The comic versus the show   -Back to Jeffrey Dean Morgan    -Shades of gray   -Laura and Franklin   -Negan’s arc in the Here’s Negan book   -Last Walking Dead episode that I liked   -One character study   -Negan, Maggie, and Herschel   -Carol   -Links   -We’re still in a pandemic so get information from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, USA Today, NPR, etc) and get yourself vaccinated   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt

I was at Action Park once…once.   Recorded February 26, 2021   Show notes:     -I feel like I need a shower.    -I’ve been to Action Park   -Mulvihill’s tactics   -Preventable deaths and injuries    -Reagan and the 80s attitudes   -Life is a little more complicated   -Death and deregulation; the family of George Larson   -People my age and “Back in my day”   -80s childhood   -Boredom and Balance   -80s culture   -The F word   -Progress is never a straight line   -Back to Action Park   -Ridiculous slides   -The danger of the Wave Pool   -Tarzan swing   -20 foot cliff   -Cannonball Falls   -Going slow on the Alpine Slide   -Big raft ride   -Bottleneck of people on the single person tube ride   -Amuseparks and the balance of thrill and safety   -Human element   -Former employees and Mulvihill   -Mulvihill, charities, and my cynicism   -Rulebreaking and mischief   -Overton Window   -Generational divide   -Tone of documentaries   -Regulation and Te

I know virtually nothing about soccer but I watch and review while I watch.   I speak about the human condition, psychology of sports fans as well as what sports means for a community and country.   Finished recording on 2/15/21 Show notes: -I never heard of Maradona until he died -Reviewing it in real time And now the documentary -80s soundtrack -Pele, the movie Victory, and the bicycle kick -Maradona and transcendance  -Knee to the head -Enduring quality about sports and art  -Sports, art, and identity -Napoli and rock star treatment -Pressure -Napoli is 0-4 -Soccer is brutal -My grandfather, soccer, and passionate soccer fans -Maradona’s style -Psychology of sports fans -Maradona persona -Where Maradona is from and the Hero’s Journey -The pressure on a 15 year old -How soccer served him -Mean soccer chants -Racist soccer fans -Reaction to Maradona -Camorra -Envious of people who speak multiple languages -Striving for the World Cup -Rise and fall -The handball during Arg

I breakdown the show as a whole as well as the main and recurring characters. Spoilers are ahead. Hopefully I didn’t Britta this podcast.   Recorded January 1, 2021 (Happy New Year)   -The wonders of streaming    -The characters have become my friends   -Pre-pandemic and post-pandemic TV watching   -The characters   Jeff -Joel McHale -First impression -Stereotypes -Layers and evolution   Britta   -Gillian Jacobs -Finding something in common with each -Character traits   Troy   -Donald Glover (I didn’t know he was on this show) -Childish Gambino -Awaken My Love and Donald Glover Presents -The beard -First impression -Caring, sensitivity, openness -Relationship with Abed -Moving on -Skills   Abed -Danny Pudi -First impression -Layers and evolution -Commonalities with Abed -Abed as a device -Psychotic breaks and exploration -Reading emotions -Strengths and struggles -Never was a “very special episode”   Pierce -Chevy Chase and similarities to Pierce -Growing up wi

Spoilers are ahead for The Rescue.   Show notes:   -I’m done   -I’m crying   -Star Wars podcasts   -Surprised but not shocked   -Luke   -Uncanny valley   -Back to Luke   -My Star Wars history   -Seeing Return of the Jedi in the theaters   -Identifying with Luke and why diversity is important in movies   -Questions (I didn’t see the end credits yet)   -Women characters   -Grogu   -What a ride   -Fan service in Rise of Skywalker versus Mandalorian   -Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni   -Kathleen Kennedy and the double standard   -The greatest time to be a Star Wars fan   -Peak TV   -Writing and gray areas   -Points of view   -Moff Gideon   -Darksaber and the story   -Reaction videos   -My reaction to Luke   -Luke’s power   -What happens to Grogu?   -The stone   -Letting go   -Hero’s journey   -Attachment   -Asking permission and co-dependence    -Unchecked power   -What happens between Return of the Jedi and Force Awakens   -Star Wars as a founda

Recorded December 4, 2020   Show notes:   The Tragedy -Just finished -The past two episodes -That Star Wars feeling -This season -Boba Fett -Seeing Slave I -Temeura Morrison -Robert Rodriguez -Fennick -Grogu -Moff Gideon -The timeline -New Republic -Power vacuum —— The Jedi -Never watch the recap -Ahsoka -Not a Jedi -Rosario Dawson -Yoda and Yaddle -What is The Tragedy -Sarlac Pit -Boba Fett and Legends (a little spoiler) -Boba Fett’s origins -How Fett fights -Fan service -What if? -Sequel trilogy -Favreau vs. Abrams -Bill Burr -TV is so great -Keep yourself informed from credible sources (BBC, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today) -Scientific consensus -Listen to the people who know (not podcasters and influencers) -Take care of each other Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/

This episode is full of Schitt and full of spoilers that covers all six seasons.   Recorded on November 28, 2020   Show highlights:   -I made a pun   -Quite the antidote   -Jumps the Shark   -Never took itself seriously but tackled serious subjects   -“Normalizing” LGBTQ people (that’s a good thing)   -“I like the wine not the label” (I blanked out on the phrase so I had to look it up)   -Schitt’s Creek was a tolerant town   -Patrick’s parents   -Patrick   -The sign of a good show   -Behind the scenes (wraps and sadness)   -Final table read   -Eugene Levy   -Katherine O’Hara   -Moira Rose   -Johnny Rose   -Caaaaan’t and bebe   -Wardrobe   -Alexis Rose   -Chris Elliot (Get a Life) and Roland Schitt   -Twyla   -One criticism   -Bob   -Mutt   -Rewatch?    -Finding something else    -The Levys   -Ending at the right time   -Get your news from credible sources (New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, BBC, NPR, etc.), wear a mask, practice social dis

This podcast begins right when the movie ends. For this episode I started commenting during some parts of the movies.   Oh and is there something I’m not getting with this movie?   Spoilers rise like the dead.   Recorded November 21, 2020   Show notes:   -The point of the movie (?)   -George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead   -All over the place   -Saying that you’re weird   -Where did the kids go?   -Sturgill Simpson   -Where did this movie go?   -The character arcs?   -When I first saw the trailer   -The Romero Trilogy and Shaun of the Dead   -Loose ends   -What am I not getting?   -More loose ends   -Yay New York!   -Why do I sound like Seinfeld   -Why did I watch this?   -The Dead Don’t Die with Peter Cushing   -So many more questions than answers   -Jim Jarmusch   -The cast   -Parody, satire, spoof   -Commentary   -My friend Erin   -Get your news from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, NPR, USA Today, Washington Post, etc.)   -Stay safe, wear a ma

Eddie Van Halen was a revolution.   Recorded October 12, 2020   -Music -The guitar -Guitarists -Revolutionaries  -Robert Johnson -Les Paul -Jimi Hendrix -Tony Iommi -Eddie Van Halen: The last revolutionary? -First seeing Eddie: the Jump video on MTV in 1984 -Jump as a first song -My first impression -When Eddie Van Halen really hit me  -Eruption -Van Halen I -The music I gravitate towards -Taking Eddie for granted -People didn’t play like Eddie -Guitarists since Eddie -Seeing Eddie play live -Jimmy Page -When I found out he died -Health  -His reputation -How he built and approached the guitar -Wolfgang Van Halen -“Music theory, not music fact” -No rules -When’s the next revolution? -After Eddie -The Edge -Tom Morello -Jack White -Wishing to see the Van Halen I lineup -Michael Anthony’s backing vocals -65 years old -Hope -What is there left to do? -In summation -Rest in Peace -Thank goodness for YouTube (at least for music) -Wear a mask, practice social distancing,

Recorded on October 9, 2020   Show notes: -Use of subtlety -Comparison to current events -Vought -Corporations and “Mom and Pop” shops -Cults of personality, technology, and propaganda -Stormfront (Billy Joel and Nazis?) -The comic -How people become indoctrinated -Journalists and fact checking -Trump -Fighting the supes -Power of messaging and image -Coronavirus, Stormfront and being directly affected -Maeve -Superheros who are humans -Unchecked power -Checks and balances -The fight -Homelander -Becca and Ryan -Hurt people hurt people -Where does this go? -Newman and AOC -Being radicalized  by fear -The pattern of radicalization -Journalistic integrity -The most fascinating villains -Power -Bernie Sanders wild hypothetical (provided the Republican is not an authoritarian) -Values with democracy -How The Boys can teach -Action, acting, gore, and violence -The beauty of TV these days -Week to week releases -Appointment TV -Wear a mask -Get your information from credible s