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The Brig: I Lost My Skeleton in Bronson Canyon (with filmmaker Larry Blamire)

We get to chat science and skeletons with the hilarious Larry Blamire, writer/director/star of the Lost Skeleton of Cadavra for the film's 20th anniversary!

The indie 50s-sci-fi-style-parody-masterpiece "THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA" isn't just the SHOCK SENSATION OF OUR TIME... the thing also just turned 20 years young!

Writer/director/actor/playwright/artist Larry Blamire has made movies, written books, battled mutants, fingered rocks, even matched wits with a narcissistic skeleton!! 

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S3E16 - Ep 066: Party of One / Criminally Underrated Cartoons (with Tino the San Man)

With the help of our buddy Santino, we each raise the flag of a retro cartoon we dug because no one else will!

Octo-Host, 8-Bit Alchemy continues the theme he started way back in EPISODE 3 with the return of PARTY OF ONE! That episode was all about spotlighting unpopular movies that we happened to love as kids, but this time it's all about cartoons! With the help of our longtime pal, musician and future clothing mogul Santino Mancebo (AKA Tino the San Man), we

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S3E15 - Ep 065: John Carpenter / King of The Cult Classic

Escape from the mundane to experience the films of horror/science fiction master, John Carpenter!

Joining us for this episode are two fantastic guests who both happen to be huge John Carpenter fans!

Christine (AKA Mrs. Parasite) makes her podcast debut to talk about THEY LIVE, while comic book artist Derek Rook (from Rough House Publishing) returns to gush about HALLOWEEN

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S3E14 - Ep 064: The Nintendo 64 / Dealing with Mental Health

For our 64th episiode, we present our favorite N64 games before veering into a spontaneous but heartfelt sidebar on mental health and how it has affected one of our own.

The runtime on this one is a bit long, so buckle up!

For our 64th episode, we HAD to talk about the much loved third major Nintendo console, the N64! Your Octo-hosts present some favorite games for the system like Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, as well as a bunch of weird ones you might have missed! 

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The Crow's Nest: No Sleep Till End-World / A Quest For The Dark Tower (with DJ Rick Johnson)

Two old friends discuss their experiences with and hard-won affection for Stephen King's seven book long, magnum opus.

A longish, but briskly paced chat about all seven Dark Tower books (by little known author Stephen King). Parasite Steve embarks on this epic journey with fellow King fan and Rock Jock, Rick Johnson of Portland Maine's 107.5 FRANK FM!

Note for those who have not read The Dark Tower series: Some spoilers are discussed, but

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The Brig: Princess Leia was NOT a Hologram (with Holographer Travis Paquin)

A fascinating discussion with the talented artist behind Laserboy Holo about lasers, science fiction and all things Holographic!

In a follow up discussion about holographs and holograms, we sit down for a chat with the talented artist behind Laserboy Holo, Travis Paquin! We cover many things, including how a hologram is made, what Polaroid had to do with the medium's prevalence in the 80s and why Travis chooses to make his own holographic film! 

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S3E12 - Ep 062: Toys with Holograms / We Got Rub Sign!

Forget karate chop action... in the 1980s, holograms were all the rage!

In the late 1980s, holograms were considered to be wondrous things of high futurism--a blend of art and science, of 3 dimensional magic and lasers. In short, they were really cool and absolutely freaking everywhere.

In this episode, we try our best to explain a little about what holography is and how

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The Crow's Nest: Themes From A Memory 3 (Part 2)

We had so many TV Theme Song requests for our last episode, Nintenjoe is gonna play you a bunch more!

We received so many theme show requests for our Themes from a Memory 3, we couldn't fit them all in one episode! So here's the rest plus a few more handpicked by ya boy, Nintenjoe!

Also, in this episode we announce our new MYSTERY THEME CONTEST! A chance to win a complete series dvd set of the 90s classic cartoon show, The Pirates of Darkwater! 

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S3E11 - Ep 061: Themes From A Memory 3 / Total Retroids Live (to tape)

Our annual music fest is back again as we play blocks of classic cartoon & TV show theme songs!

Themes From A Memory turns THREE!

For those that don't know, this is our annual show where we play blocks of TV themes songs! Each Octo-Host has picked three of our favorites for you (these can be intro songs from retro cartoons and/or sitcoms). 

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