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Tuesday Mar 14, 2017
Tuesday Mar 14, 2017
In his short life, Jim Henson re-invented an art form, taught millions to read, and entertained the world. His life, career, and philosophy were even broader than that. Why does a work's intended audience devalue its creativity? How do you escape your image to break new ground? How would you make a children's show to end war? Happy Birthday, Alaina!
Links!
- Pierre the Rat
- Sam & Friends: News Skit, Old Black Magic
- Wilkins Coffee commercial sampler
- Tales of the Tinkerdee pilot
- Land of Tinkerdee clip
- Purina Puppy Chow ads
- Rowlf on the Jimmy Dean Show
- Time Piece clip, behind the scenes
- The Cube
- Run, Run; Wheels That Go; Ripples
- Tale of Sand
- Rolling Ball Number 3; Queen of Six
- The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
- Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
- Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas
- Brian Froud's website
- Muppet*Vision 3D
- Jim Henson on Arsenio Hall
- Jim Henson's Memorial Service
- The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
- SEX ARCHIE (iTunes/Stitcher/RSS) twitter
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Tuesday Feb 28, 2017
Tuesday Feb 28, 2017
On Christmas Eve, 1913, in the city of Calumet, 73 people died in a panicked stampede, crushed under each other's weight in a narrow staircase. It remains the largest mass murder in Michigan history. But, this is only one episode inside a greater story about the fight for collective action. How much money is it worth to maintain power? Are wins counted in the short term, or the long term? Will Alaina get a puppy for her birthday?
Links!
- General Abbey's telegram to Governor Ferris
- Keewanau National Historical Park; Historic Resource Study
- Italian Hall Memorial Park
- Death's Door: The Truth Behind Michigan's Largest Mass Murder; by Steve Lehto
- Woody Guthrie - 1913 Massacre
- Red Metal: The Copper Country Strike of 1913
- Copper Country on Board Game Geek
- SEX ARCHIE (iTunes/Stitcher/RSS) twitter
Tuesday Feb 14, 2017
Tuesday Feb 14, 2017
Happy Valentine's Day! In this holiday special, Alaina talks about the most romantic thing she knows: gruesome murder. How are movie gangsters different from the real guys? Why can't rival operations just get along? Who actually did the dang thing, anyway?
Links:
- Historical image of the site
- The Mob Museum
- Our Sexual History episode #4: A Short History of Syphilis, featuring listener Ciaran! Bonus episode on the Tuskeegee Experiment
- Alcohollywood presents: Indiana Jones and the Monkey King, part 1
- The Breakfast Cult visual novel on Kickstarter; and the free alpha demo on itch.io
Tuesday Jan 31, 2017
Tuesday Jan 31, 2017
Face front, True Believers! Grant takes us through the life and career of every nerd's grandpa, Stan Lee! From humble beginnings as a teenage office assistant, to luminary of the field, to midlife crisis, to global celebrity! His talent, bluster, and talent for bluster carried him through it all. Who deserves credit for a collaboration? Which characters were really being sold? What is the value of a figurehead that has no contact with the rest of the ship? Excelsior!
Links!
- Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee
- Marvel Comics: The Untold Story
- The Bullpen Bulletins Index
- Merry Marvel Marching Society record skit
- More on Funky Flashman
- Ads and press from A Marvel-ous Evening with Stan Lee, the Carnegie Hall event
- Footage of the Spider-Wedding
- Stan ripping on Liefeld and McFarlane
- Walk of Fame star
- The Stan Lee Foundation
- POW! Entertainment
- Mad Fuzz; Proceeds from purchases made before Februaey 11th will go to the ACLU. Please mention ACLU in the "notes to seller" area when ordering.
Tuesday Jan 17, 2017
Tuesday Jan 17, 2017
Alaina continues her Disney Parks series with an episode on Walt Disney World Resort's second gate: Epcot. Walt Disney's original idea for all that Florida land was a planned city so unique that the world would come to see how his people lived and worked. After his death, some of those ideas, and the name, were recycled to be a theme park that serves as a permanent World's Fair. Is high modernism the path to despotism? Even so, could it have worked? How can you hit a forever-moving target: the future? Who needs rides when you can visit 11 themed gift shops and drink?
Links!
- Epcot website
- Walt Disney's EPCOT film
- The Reedy Creek Improvement District
- Collections of concept art
- Epcot Center 1978 Preview Video; Featuring Card Walker
- Epcot dedication ceremony
- Opening Celebration TV Special
- Kitchen Kabaret
- Symbiosis
- Captain EO
- Abandoned - Journey Into Imagination
- Abandoned - Horizons
- Abandoned - Wonders of Life Pavilion
- The Making of Me
- Video comparison of Maelstrom and Frozen Ever After
- Epcot Festival of the Arts Trip report
Tuesday Jan 03, 2017
Tuesday Jan 03, 2017
Happy New Year! Our New Year's special has two topics for you. First, Grant takes us back to 1816, the Year Without a Summer, to tell the story behind the story of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Next, Alaina pops into 1916 to share the foundations and highlights of Dada. How does a geological event on one small island shape all of Western culture? If art is created by war, can art go to war?
Links!
- Frankensten; or, the Modern Prometheus at Project Gutenberg
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Chronology and Resource Site
- Villa Dilotati, where the group summered
- Fuseli’s The Nightmare
- The Cabaret Voltaire (website in French)
- Hugo Ball's Dada manifesto
- Tristan Tzara's Dada manifesto
- Duchamp's Fountain
- Ballet "Parade"
- http://www.chumba.com/
- Copy Kitty on Steam Early Access
Tuesday Dec 20, 2016
Tuesday Dec 20, 2016
In 1968, the Democratic Party nominated a loyal member of the party leadership that did not reflect their members' views and could not present a compelling vision of the future. Meanwhile, prophesies of civil unrest became self-fulfilling as protests provoked a police riot miles away from the convention itself. What sort of protest makes the most change? How do you make leaders listen? Does democracy end on election day?
Links!
- Footage of Wednesday's Police Riot
- Photos of the week's events: Chicago Tribune, Time Magazine
- The Yippies' nomination newsreel for Pigasus
- Dan Rather's report from the floor after being punched
- Excerpts of Ribicoff's nomination speech, and Daley's reaction
- The Walker Report (An excerpted summary)
- Famous American Trials: The Chicago 8 including transcripts and audio of the trial and its participants
- The Whole World was Watching: An Oral History of 1968
- Bobby Seale's website
- The MadFuzz store; use coupon code "hh2016" before 12/31 for 16% off.
Tuesday Dec 06, 2016
Tuesday Dec 06, 2016
It's the Holidays, and we'd like to share one of our traditions with you. Alaina tells us about the creation of a classic film, The Sound of Music. First, we delve into the creation of the fictional family Von Trapp, then look at their actual lives which inspired it. How much fidelity is owed to the truth in an adaptation? What lengths would you go to in resisting a fascist takeover? What unexpected benefits come with accepting refugees?
It's also been exactly six months since episode 1! Thank you for all the love and support!
Links!
- The Von Trapp family singers (current lineup)
- The Von Trapp Family Lodge
- The Sound of Music on IMDB
- Julie Andrews receiving the Kennedy Center Honors
- Lady Gaga's Sound of Music tribute at the 87th Academy Awards
- The Forgotten Entrance to Clinton Hall (thanks Sarah!)
- MadFuzz store use promo code HH2016 for 16% off until December 31st!
Tuesday Nov 22, 2016
Tuesday Nov 22, 2016
Sometimes, when you're talking about history, it happens right in front of you. Grant takes hold of the one good thing to happen in this God-forsaken year and goes back to the 1870s to see how it all began. Alaina does her best to feign interest. How does a legacy push a team forward; how can it hold them back? What arcane might lies inside goats?
Links!
- Cubs' Website
- Wrigley Field
- Goats? GOATS!
- (Someday We'll Go) All the Way by Eddie Vedder
- Ernie Banks' 500th career home run
- Harry Caray's final 7th inning stretch
- Catching Hell, Inside the Bartman Debacle
- The final out of the 2016 World Series
- RAT POISON AND BRANDY: THE 1904 ST. LOUIS OLYMPIC MARATHON.
- The Dollop: episode 150; James Sullivan and the 1904 Olympic Games (Live)
- The MadFuzz store; use coupon code "hh2016" before 12/31 for 16% off.
Tuesday Nov 08, 2016
Tuesday Nov 08, 2016
- Find your polling place! Know what's on your ballot! GO VOTE!
- Independence National Historical Park
- Elfreth's Alley
- Christ Church
- Eastern State Penitentiary
- Mutter Museum
- Friends of the Wanamaker Organ
- Knoebel's
- Sweet Charlie's Ice Cream, Big Gay Ice Cream