Spider-Man is webbed up in a world of secrets involving Captain America, Red Skull, Uncle Ben and the Whizzer?? Join us to discuss…
This is a Watchmen ripoff, right?
Superhero magical rings, where do you come down on the issue?
The many mixed origins of Captain America!
Couldn’t Cap have just wrestled Red Skull in a slightly less dangerous area?
All that and some spur of the moment James Bond talk at the very end! Make sure to subscribe to our podcast via Buzzsprout, iTunes or Stitcher and tell all your friends about it! Last but not least, follow Willie Simpson on Twitter and please join our Facebook Group
Cold War intrigue descends like a fine mist over the Spider-Man TAS universe! Join us as we discuss…
Making a better Captain America movie!
Russians and Americans, can’t we just be friends?
Can’t the Rhino at least try to twitch his muscles?
So, Spider-Man just web-slinged through miles of Chernobyl to catch his plane ride home?
The action, mystery and suspense heat up in a surprisingly great episode so do yourself a favor and revisit this classic to help massage the part of your brain that needs a vacation from the world’s madness! Make sure to subscribe to our podcast via Buzzsprout, iTunes or Stitcher and tell all your friends about it! Last but not least, follow Willie Simpson on Twitter and please join our Facebook Group!
Mad Men is a hell of a show. When it first premiered, I was intrigued because I loved the Sopranos, and knew that Matthew Weiner, one of that shows head writers, was behind its creation. At first I wasn’t hooked. I thought many of the characters were overly stylized and inauthentic. I also thought much of the first season’s hook was portraying the chauvinistic and racist world that world that was very much in full swing in the early 1960s. So, after a few episodes, I stayed away from Mad Men, casually sympathizing with those who thought the show to be an over-hyped and empty experience. The show drew me back though after the conclusion of season 2. I had caught a few more episodes, and was reluctantly entertained. When I made an effort to follow up on several of the episodes’ smokey cliffhangers, the reluctance was gone, and I was hooked. This past week, in gearing up for the season 5 conclusion, I found myself looking back at season 1 with fresh eyes, re-watching classic moments from other moments of the show, like how the characters react to the Kennedy assassination, and all around just soaking in the smugly rewarding atmosphere that indulging in this show offers. Season 5 ended last night, and I am a bit sad because it was my favorite season by far. At last, in the midst of season 5, and to apparent great expense, the Beatles were heard on the show. Hearing “Tomorrow Never Knows,” from Revolver, finally filled a great cultural void that existed only due to the near impossibility of getting all the Beatle heirs to agree to allow a real Beatle master tape to be played on television. It was immensely satisfying as a Beatle fan to hear the group that could not be avoided in the real 60s, to finally find a place in the fictional Mad Men 60s. Then there was the inevitable LSD episode, also executed brilliantly, capturing an unsensationalized and mature look at that curious drug’s power, a welcome change of pace from the countless overblown depictions of the drug and its effects across the span of pop culture history. Those highlights aside, the season was full of the same witty writing, stunning dramatics, and impeccable set and prop design which are the show’s hallmarks. Season 5 ended like many Mad Men episodes do, with a montage of our favorite characters in their most private and isolated moments, all set to “You Only Live Twice,” by Nancy Sinatra. Nancy had some spellbinding hits throughout the 60s, really capturing the more “swinging” side of the 60s through her cinematic cool anthems. This song, known mainly as a James Bond theme song, finds new life spilling over the secret worlds of our favorite group of spiritually desolated protagonists. I’ve got the song below, but I do want to close by saying that if you’ve had reservations about Mad Men, drop them. Start with season 2 and either work yourself forward or backwards. Like I said, its a hell of a show.
Some Girls is one of the best Rolling Stones records. It’s sleazy, dirty, punky, and country. It came out in 1978, and has just been reissued it a nice little collectors package. You should get it; I know I will. To celebrate its corporate repackaging, I present to you a thoroughly scandalous fan made music video of the title song from the record. The video features classic films such as “Easy Rider,” “Backbeat,” “Quadrophenia,” “Death Proof,” “Goodfellas,” and “Dr. No.” It also has great clips of the Sex Pistols, Blondie, and the Rolling Stones, all vamping it up for one of the Stones most booziest songs.
