On this episode we bring Zach Langley Chi Chi of the I'm So Popular podcast to talk about 1980's Coin Locker Babies by Ryu Murakami. This one is an all-timer. We talk about: Horror...
Jun 16th, 2022
47 - The World of Kanako (ft. Grant Wamack)
On this episode, we invite the author of Black Gypsies and God's Leftovers, Grant Wamack, to talk about 2014's The World of Kanako, which became one of my favorite movies on this r...
Jun 9th, 2022
46 - IYKYKDOA (2 Dead 2 Alive 2 Agitator)
On this episode, Kelby and I talk about Takashi Miike's 2000 sequel Dead or Alive 2: Birds. The leads from the first film return in part 2 in completely different roles. In that sp...
Jun 2nd, 2022
45 - Marebito: The Moon is a Weapon (ft. Wren Collier)
In this episode, we invite Wren Collier on to talk about 2004’s Marebito (and Wren’s essay on the film). We talk the Shaver mysteries, true horror, dero (detrimental robots), desce...
May 26th, 2022
44 - Odd Tomie Viking Future (ft. Lunv D)
We talk the Tomie manga by Junji Ito, The Northman, Kendrick's new album, culture before and after Odd Future, 12-year cycles, the death of wokeism, not thinking about the art we c...
May 19th, 2022
43 - Miso Based (ft. Adam Lehrer)
On this episode, we invited Adam Lehrer (Safety Propaganda, System of Systems, Communions), to talk about Ryu Murakami’s Piercing and In the Miso Soup. Topics discussed include obs...
May 12th, 2022
42 - The Conviction Arc
Kelby and I discuss Vols. 14-21 of the Berserk manga. Have you ever heard two guys discuss philosophy? How about in the context of a cartoon? Does that sound like a good time? Let ...
May 5th, 2022
41 - Les Enfants Terrible (ft. Fella)
Is Metal Gear Solid the best game to ever exist on the PS1? Yes indeed. On this episode, we talk: Ethics in games journalism, how we got into gaming, Sega Saturn, the history of Me...
Apr 28th, 2022
40 - Fear the Old Blood (ft. David Simmons)
On this episode, we talk about 2015's Bloodborne with return guest David Simmons, an ex-drug dealer and scholar of the game. David tells us about discovering the game in a Baltimor...