Two married hosts riff from holiday movie night to cult-film carnage and back to the velvet soul of Curtis Mayfield, stitching jokes, nostalgia, and real music talk into a warm, chaotic hour. We test why jazz hits live, why spectacle sometimes wins, and why a tender doo-wop melody still floors us.

• show format built around a 50s “waiting in line” conceit
• corrections corner on names, titles, and royal forms of address
• Beatles wordplay and soundtrack albums as genre mixers
• jazz talk on Oscar Peterson with Lester Young, swing vs bebop for focus
• Die Hard with a Vengeance rewatch and buddy-action chemistry
• family board games, telestrations anarchy, and house rules
• SimCity 2000 MIDI nostalgia and why simple scores stick
• New Year resolutions on consistency, workflow, and food waste
• main feature: Ricky O cult-gore tour with subtitles and influence on games
• song segment: the Impressions’ I’m So Proud, arranging with xylophone
• cover versions, dream pairings, and why the original’s restraint wins

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We build a new studio, sip eggnog, and chase big ideas: why Blink still chills, how Strange New Worlds S3 swings and misses, and why Quincy led Thriller with a soft duet before the heavy hitters

• new basement setup and lighter upfront banter
• quick corrections on films, TV, and music trivia
• Elvis 2022 standout scenes and soundtrack choices
• Strange New Worlds S3 highlights and weak spots
• Doctor Who Blink recap, Weeping Angels rules, time loop device
• practical effects, awards, and quantum-locked logic
• Thriller singles strategy and why The Girl Is Mine came first
• session lore on Toto, Eddie Van Halen, and MJ’s directing style
• harmony talk on borrowed chords and vocal-arrangement tricks
• dream cover pairings, B-sides, and pop-culture duos

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Two married music nerds spiral through films, jazz, and life hacks before landing on a tight, groovy breakdown of Frida Payne’s Band of Gold. We pull out practical routines you can steal, then close with covers, keys, and a looper pedal confession.

• the show format explained and today’s cover introduced
• corrections corner on Bond, Komodo strength, and quotes
• film dive into Treasure of the Sierra Madre themes
• listening notes on Wes Montgomery and George Benson
• family concert moments and why live music matters
• Flatland, dimensions, and thinking in bigger frames
• routines for meals, calendars, daily lifts, and notes
• Ayurveda mornings and evenings for better sleep
• Band of Gold: HDH history, players, and meanings
• covers compared, key choice for vocals, and loop craft
• B-sides, dream covers, and soundtrack placements

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Two musicians chase a thread from Mingus to Bond to a country classic, arguing about tones, tactics, and the one chord that makes a chorus bloom. We cover The Chicks’ Cold Day In July and pull apart how arrangement choices change the story a song tells.

• what Corrections Corner fixed and why we keep it
• Aunt Viv, Kafka, and pop culture running jokes
• Mingus Ah Um, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, and Joni’s Mingus
• Jeff Beck’s lyric guitar and pedal point blues
• Skyfall highlights, plot logic, and set-piece craft
• Q fantasies, Home Alone traps, and Bond-era vibes
• The Chicks’ lineage, Joy Lynn White, Richard Leigh
• Dobro tone, Jerry Douglas, and harmony decisions
• Mixolydian flavor, flat seven tension, space in arrangements
• Silk Sonic and Aerosmith as alternate covers and B-sides

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We chase a messy, funny path from eggnog tales and Community parodies to a surprisingly thoughtful breakdown of The Band’s Christmas Must Be Tonight, stitching nostalgia, skepticism, and marriage banter into one warm holiday listen. Curiosity drives the night as we weigh UAP “proof,” honor Jimmy Cliff, and daydream dream covers and movie syncs.

• what this show does and why we make music while we wait in line
• amphibians vs reptiles, anime and Ghibli clarified
• Happy Gilmore 2 takeaways, cameos, and nostalgia curve
• UAP doc fatigue, talking heads, and trust in media
• Jimmy Cliff memories, The Harder They Come, and The Kinks deep cut
• crate digging joy with Dilla, Doom, and sample hunting
• Steven Seagal’s album: serviceable voice, great players, trite lyrics
• critical thinking, screen life, and attention hygiene
• why Christmas Must Be Tonight works: simple chords, rich melody
• dream covers, B-sides, and film moments that fit the song

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Two of us trade fast picks on music and movies, then veer into ghost stories, dreams, and whether reality is bigger than it looks. We close with a lively defense-and-craft breakdown of Baby It’s Cold Outside and why performance and context matter.

• consumption corner from tea to The Roots and George Cables
• ambient study pick from Mehdi’s Instrumental Imagery, Volume Three
• session legend Reggie Young’s fingerprints across classic records
• film talk on The Irishman and There Will Be Blood
• Howl’s Moving Castle book vs film and story priorities
• true crime pick Carmen Family Murders and narrative pull
• seasonal ghost stories, Radio Rental standouts, missing 411
• Bigfoot skepticism, national parks, and cave systems
• aliens vs interdimensional ideas with faith and physics
• dreams as intuition, precognition, and cognitive edges
• conspiracies, bureaucracy, and why secrecy is hard
• music craft of Baby It’s Cold Outside and shifting language
• favorite versions, dream covers, and B-side ideas

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We trade tea, jazz, and arcade nostalgia for a deep dive into “Highwayman,” breaking down guitar lines, phrasing, and why the 80s video refuses to go to space. Simple games, simple songs, and how restraint can feel wide open.

• what our show sounds like and why it’s equal parts music and nonsense
• Stuff the band, Julian Lage, Grover Washington Jr, and Parcels as the week’s soundtrack
• Jimmy Buffett’s Fruitcakes and why ballads stick
• Shredder’s Revenge mechanics, characters, and couch co-op chaos
• Harry Connick Jr’s rhythm trick and audience psychology
• Highwaymen context, Jimmy Webb’s writing, Glenn Campbell’s version
• guitar tones, B minor to D lift, and tasteful fills over flash
• the infamous 1985 video choices and verse-by-verse imagery
• dream covers, supergroups, and the power of minimalism

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Two hosts unwind with tea and soup, bounce from Usher to Steely Dan, then dive deep into The Sandman’s “The Sound of Her Wings.” We trace Death’s quiet mercy, Hob’s stubborn hope, and end with a joyful Paul Simon cover that lifts the room.

• quick hits on Usher, Steely Dan, Nightfly, and Larry Carlton
• tea rituals, Ayurveda warmth, and why soup season works
• Bridge of Spies vs JFK, Mark Rylance’s craft, El Camino’s epilogue energy
• Jesse Plemons as the friendly psychopath archetype
• The Sandman S1E6: Death’s rounds, function as purpose, tenderness without sentimentality
• Hob Gadling across centuries, friendship that outlasts pride
• ethics and immortality, timeline quibbles, Doctor Who parallels
• Paul Simon’s Loves Me Like A Rock: gospel harmonies, Muscle Shoals, Dixie Hummingbirds
• favorite covers: O’Jays, Ramsey Lewis Trio, dream pick Queen
• chord talk, flat seven lift, arranging a live outro without a fade

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