My So Called Podcast (Eric Spiegel & Gary Linton)

We look back at the week of November 11, 1997. We talk about the Celine Dion album, Let's Talk About Love, and the movie, Cure, from director Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

• Let's Talk About Love
• Cure

This episode we travel back to the week of April 21, 1992 and look at Check Your Head from the Beastie Boys and the movie, Sleepwalkers, from director Mick Garris.

• Check Your Head
• Sleepwalkers

234 - Moon True Thing

It’s another episode and another trip to the 1990’s! 1998, specifically. September, 18, 1998, even more specifically. We touch on the album, Moon Pix, from Cat Power and the film, One True Thing. That’s from director, Carl Franklin.

• Moon Pix
• One True Thing
• Empty Nest
• It’s a Living
• Top singles
• Box office

In this episode we are looking back at the week of November 14, 1994. We are looking at the album, Parachute, from the band, Guster. We also discuss the movie, Heavenly Creatures, from director Peter Jackson. With special guest, Scott Reithel.

• Parachute
• Heavenly Creatures

This week we look back at May 29, 1992. We discuss the debut album from Stereolab, Peng!, and the film, Sister Act, from director Emile Ardolino.

• Peng!
• Sister Act

This week we look back at the week of February 14th, 1992. That week, Stick Around for Joy by The Sugarcubes and Wayne's World from director, Penelope Spheeris. were both released.

• Stick Around for Joy
• Wayne's World

This week we are looking back at September 17th, 1991. We discuss the album, Use Your Illusion II, from Guns N' Roses. We also talk about the Martin Campbell directed film, Cast a Deadly Spell.

• Use Your Illusion II
• Cast a Deadly Spell

This week, we look back at May 19, 1993. We talk about the album from Janet Jackson, janet. And we discuss the film, Cliffhanger from director Renny Harlin. With guest, Banan Ead.

• janet.
• Cliffhanger

This week we bring back Captain Raoul, a.k.a Nik Degler, to discuss the album Kettle Whistle from band, Jane's Addiction. On the second half, we discuss the movie, Alien Resurrection, from director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

• Kettle Whistle
• Alien Resurrection 

This is the week we finally look back at the week of September 18, 1998. Yep, we get around to discussing Dizzy Up the Girl from The Goo Goo Dolls and the film, Rush Hour, from director Brett Ratner.

This week, we travel back to July 22nd, 1996. We talk about the album, Songs for a Blue Guitar by Red House Painters and the film, Bottle Rocket, by director, Wes Anderson. With special guest, Scott Ravenhill.

• Songs for a Blue Guitar
• Bottle Rocket

This week we are looking back at the week of May, 22, 1992. We look at the Ringo Starr album, Time Takes Time, and the movie, Encino Man, from director Les Mayfield.

• Time Takes Time
• Encino Man

We look back at the week of October 13, 1996. We talked about the album, Car Button Cloth, from The Lemonheads and the movie, The Long Kiss Goodnight, from director Renny Harlin.

• Car Button Cloth
• The Long Kiss Goodnight

Once again we look back into the 90's and talk about the Gomez album, Liquid Skin, released September 13th, 1999. While on September 12th, 1999, Jamie Babbit brought her movie, But I'm a Cheerleader, to the Toronto International Film Festival.

• Liquid Skin
• But I'm a Cheerleader 

It's that time of year again when we look back at the whole year of music. We look at 1992. With Matt Siemer, Banan Ead, Nik Degler, and Scott Reithel.

On this episode, we look back at the week of September 1994. We discuss the album, Four, from the band Blues Traveler and the film, Quiz Show, from director, Robert Redford.

• Four
• Quiz Show

This week we're go back to December 17th, 1990. We discuss Devo's Greatest Hits and the movie, Bonfire of the Vanities, from director Brian DePalma.

• Greatest Hits
• Bonfire of the Vanities

This episode we take a look back at April 7th, 1993. We discuss Tool's Undertow and the film, The Sandlot, from director David Mickey Evans.

• Undertow
• The Sandlot

This week we are discuss the second album from Living Colour, Time's Up. We also talk about the movie, Pump Up the Volume, from director Allan Moyle. Both of those came out the week of August 18, 1990. With guest, Brian Vaccaro.

• Time's Up
• Pump Up the Volume

We celebrate Black History Month by looking back at the week of November 14th, 1998. We discuss, Steal This Album, from The Coup and the film, Belly, from director Hype Williams.

• Steal This Album
• Belly

On this episode, we turn our attention back to the week of August 10, 1990. We talk about the first album, Bellybutton, from the band, Jellyfish. And then we weigh in on the first movie, Metropolitan, from writer/director, Whit Stillman. We special guests, Matt Siemer & Molly Jones.

• Bellybutton
• Metropolitan

This week we gaze back 30 years and discuss the movies of 1992. With guests, Paul Wegmann and Greg Cejas.

In order to celebrate Halloween, the day, we discuss Halloween, the movie. Or more specifically, we discuss Halloween H20: 20 Years Later from director Steve Miner. We also talk about Perennial Favorites from the band Squirrel Nut Zippers, both were released in August of 1998.

• Perennial Favorites
• Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

This week we're looking back at December 11th, 1991. We talk about the album, Spine of God, from the Monster Magnet. And then we talk about the movie, Hook, from director Steven Spielberg. With guest, Erin Morrison.

• Spine of God
• Hook

This week, we look back at March 1995 to discuss the album, 100% Fun, from Matthew Sweet and the movie, Outbreak, from director Wolfgang Peterson.

• 100% Fun
• Outbreak

This episode we travel back to the week of March 31, 1999 and look at the album, 13, from Blur and the movie, 10 Things I Hate About You, from director, Gil Junger.

• 13
• 10 Things I Hate About You

This episode, we look back at September 1998. We talk about the Hootie & the Blowfish album, Musical Chairs. And we examine the movie, After Life, from director, Hirokazu Kore-eda.

• Musical Chairs
• After Life

This episode, we discuss the week of April 6th, 1999, the album, Utopia Parkway, from the band Fountains of Wayne and the film, Go, from director Doug Liman.

• Utopia Parkway
• Go

This episode we look back at the week of April 8th, 1994. We discuss the album Smash from The Offspring and the movie, Threesome, from director Andrew Fleming.

• Smash
• Threesome

It's Veterans Day, so you know what that means. It means we look back at the week of March 2, 1990. We talk about the album, I do not want what I haven't got, from Sinead O'Connor. Then we talk about the John McTiernan film, The Hunt for Red October.

• I do not want what I haven't got
• The Hunt for Red October

This week we kick off the holiday season by looking back at the week of June 16th, 1992. We look at the major label debut from Helmet, Meantime, and the movie, Batman Returns, from director Tim Burton. With special guest, Scott Ravenhill. 

• Meantime
• Batman Returns

We're back to talk about 1995, the ep, Merkinball, and the film, Sabrina.

• Merkin Ball
• Sabrina

The week we travel back to March 26, 1996. We discuss Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop from Stone Temple Pilots and the Flirting with Disaster from director, David O. Russell. We are joined by guest, Scott Reithel.

• Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
• Flirting with Disaster

On this episode, we're taking a look at the week of March 17th, 1997. That was when Elton John released the album, The Big Picture, and the film, The Myth of Fingerprints from director Bart Freundlich, hit theaters.

• The Big Picture
• The Myth of Fingerprints

Fear thee not, for this is a scary good episode. We look back at the week of February 7th, 1995. We talk about Shania Twain's The Woman in Me and John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness. With special guest, Paul Wegmann.

• The Woman in Me
• In the Mouth of Madness

We have a bunch of people on the show to discuss the best of 1999.

This episode we look back at December 12, 1991. We talk Kerplunk by Green Day and the film, The Last Boy Scout, from director Tony Scott. We're joined by Greg Linton.

• Kerplunk
• The Last Boy Scout

On this episode, we are talking the week of May 22, 1992. We take a look at Lazer Guided Melodies from Spiritualize and the film, Far and Away, from director, Ron Howard.

• Lazer Guided Melodies
• Far and Away

This episode we turn our eye back to the week of April 23, 1994. We talk over the merits of Blur's Parklife and then we discuss the faults of No Escape from director Martin Campbell. With guest, Greg Cejas.

• Parklife
• No Escape

Links and Show Notes:

Big Wheels

Tim and Eric clip

Britpop

Madchester

This week we go back to to the week of July 18th, 1991. We discuss Woodface from Crowded House and the film, Trust, from Hal Hartley.

This episode we look back at the movies of 1990. We're joined by Banan Ead, Scott Ravenhill, Alicia Spiegel, and Captain Raoul.

This week we look back at Oct. 2nd 1998 and discuss a couple of Irish works of entertainment. The album is Nu-Clear Sounds from the band, Ash and the movie, The General, from director John Boorman.

• Nu-Clear Sounds
• The General

This episode we take a look at December 10th, 1992 and talk about, Happy Hour, from King Missle and, The Muppet Christmas Carol, from director Brian Henson.

• Happy Hour
• The Muppet Christmas Carol

This episode we look back at the week of March 19, 1999. We discuss the album, Middle of Nowhere, by the British electronic duo, Orbital. We also explore, EDtv, from director Ron Howard.

• Middle of Nowhere
• EDtv

Other Links and Show Notes

• Harry Potter
• Running Man
• George Clooney directing
• Francis Ford Coppola directing
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Top ten singles
• EDtv trailer
• Top ten movies

This episode we look back at May 1996. We discuss the album, All This Useless Beauty, from Elvis Costello & the Attractions. We also explore the movie, Twister, from director, Jan De Bont.

• All This Useless Beauty
• Twister

This week we go back to the beginning of the decade and discuss March 16, 1990 along with the album, Sex Packets, by Digital Underground, and the movie, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, from director Joe Johnston.

• Sex Packets
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

This week we go back to March 19, 1998. We discuss Feeling Strangely Fine from Semisonic and the film, Primary Colors, from director Mike Nichols. With special guest, Banan Ead.

• Strangely Fine
• Primary Colors

On this episode, things get down right scary as we discuss the week of June 24, 1997. That was when The Prodigy released the smash album, The Fat of the Land, and Wes Craven's Scream came to video stores everywhere.

• The Fat of the Land
• Scream

This episode we close out Shocktober by looking back at the week of October 17th, 1997. We talk about the album, Medazzaland, from Duran Duran and the film, The Devil's Advocate, from director, Taylor Hackford. With guest, Alicia Spiegel.

• Medazzaland
• The Devil's Advocate

On our 200th episode we look back at the week of September 29th, 1992. We talk about the album, Dirt, from Alice In Chains and the movie, School Ties, from director Robert Mandel. With special guest, Phil Norris.

• Dirt
• School Ties

This episode we are looking back at the week of May 21st, 1999. That is the week Travis released their album, The Man Who, and Steven Soderbergh's, The Limey, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

• The Man Who
• The Limey

This week on My So Called Podcast, we look back at July 19th, 1996 and discuss the album, Static Prevails, from the band, Jimmy Eat World. We also talk about the movie, The Frighteners, from director, Peter Jackson.

• Static Prevails
• The Frighteners

It's another trip back to the 90's, specifically the week of February 19, 1999. We talk about the album, FanMail, from TLC, and the movie, Blast from the Past, from director Hugh Wilson.

• FanMail
• Blast from the Past

This week, we change it up! We still talk about an album that was released in 1994, Pisces Iscariot, but we talk about a movie that was released this year, Fear Street: Part One - 1994.

• Pisces Iscariot
• Fear Street: Part One - 1994

We have The Captain back this week to discuss the album, Why Do Birds Sing?, by the Violent Femmes and the movie, Backdraft, from director Ron Howard.

• Why Do Birds Sing?
• Backdraft

On this chapter of My So Called Podcast, we gaze back to fall of 1992. We chew over the album Grave Dancers Union from the rock band, Soul Asylum. Then we debate the merits of Honeymoon in Vegas from writer/director Andrew Bergman. With special guest, Scott Reithel.

• Grave Dancers Union
• Honeymoon in Vegas

We take a look back at the week of February 15th, 1990. We discuss the album, Please Hammer Don’t Hurt 'Em, from artist, MC Hammer. We also talk about Friday the 13th VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, from director, Rob Hedden.

• Please Hammer Don’t Hurt 'Em
• Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
• Teri Garr
• Top singles
• Box office

We look back at the week of September 30, 1994 and discuss the debut album from Veruca Salt, American Thighs, and the movie, The River Wild, from director Curtis Hanson. With guest, Matt Holborow.

• American Thighs
• The River Wild

We're traveling back to the week of November 2nd, 1993. That week saw the original release of Better Than Ezra's Deluxe and Mrs. Doubtfire, from director Chris Columbus.

• Deluxe
• Mrs. Doubtfire

This week we travel back to Feb. 17th, 1995. We talk about King, from Belly and The Brady Bunch Movie, from Betty Thomas. With guest, Scott Reithel.

• King
• The Brady Bunch Movie

This week we celebrate Black History Month and look back at the week of November 18th, 1992. That is when The Pharcyde released Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde. Also the film, Malcolm X, directed by Spike Lee, hit theaters.

• Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
• Malcolm X

On this episode we are discussing the album Bilingual from the Pet Shop Boys and the movie, Bound, written and directed by The Wachowskis. The were both available in some fashion the week of Sept. 1, 1996. 

• Bilingual
• Bound

On this episode we look back at the year 1998 and more specifically the week of August 14th. We talk about the album, The Sky is Too High, from Blur guitarist, Graham Coxon. We also discuss the film, Slums of Beverly Hills, from writer/director, Tamara Jenkins.

• The Sky is Too High
• Slums of Beverly Hills

This episode we're looking back at September 13th, 1997. That was the week when Cornershop released When I Was Born for the 7th Time. Also the film, The House of Yes, from director, Mark Waters, played at the Toronto International Film Festival.

• When I Was Born for the 7th Time
• The House of Yes

This week we discuss September, 1995. We talk about the album, Nowhere to Here, from Blue Rodeo. We also examine the movie, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, from director Beeban Kidron.

• Nowhere to Here
• To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

This week we're talk about June 5th, 1998. That is the week Smashing Pumpkins released, Adore, while The Truman Show, from director Peter Weir, played in theaters. With special guest, Matt Holborrow.

• Adore
• The Truman Show

We’re still in the throws of October and that means we’re looking back at the week of January 15th, 1998. That week gave us Wide Open Spaces from Dixie Chicks & Ringu, from director, Hideo Nakata. With special guest, Banan Ead.

• Wide Open Spaces
• Dixie Chics doc
• Ringu

This week we cast our eyes and ears back to October 26th, 1994. We discuss the album, Blowout Comb, from Digable Planets. We also opine on the film, The Last Seduction, from director John Dahl.

• Blowout Comb
• The Last Seduction

This episode we're going back to the week of May 24th, 1991. Again! This time we're discussing Mercury Rev's Yerself Is Steam and Hudson Hawk, from director Michael Lehmann. With guest, Paul Wegmann.

• Yerself Is Steam
• Hudson Hawk

This week travel back to October 15th, 1996 and discuss Recovering the Satellites, from Counting Crows, and Swingers, from director Doug Liman. With special guest, Scott Reithel.

• Recovering the Satellites
• Swingers

This week we discuss the week of May 28, 1999, the album, Play, from Moby, and the film, Notting Hill, from director Roger Michell.

• Play
• Notting Hill

This week, we talk about the album, The Art of Rebellion, from Suicidal Tendencies and the movie, A League of Their Own, from director Penny Marshal, both released the week of July 1st, 1992.

• The Art of Rebellion
• A League of Their Own

This episode we cast an eye to 30 years ago and discuss the music of 1990 with Greg Linton, Jeanne Norris, Scott Reithel, & The Captain Nik Degler.

This week we're looking back to the music of 1991. We're joined by Banan Ead, Captain Raoul (Nik Degler), & Scott Reithel.

On this episode, we are joined by Captain Raoul to sail the seas back to the week of May 6th, 1996. We chew on the album, Wild Mood Swings, by The Cure and debate the merits of Mary Harron's feature film debut, I Shot Andy Warhol.

• Wild Mood Swings
• I Shot Andy Warhol

On this episode we do something a little different and go back to the week of January 19th, 1990. We discuss the album, Pale, from Toad the Wet Sprocket and the movie, Temors, from director Ron Underwood. With guest, Matt Siemer.

• Pale
• Tremors

We look back at the week of June 19, 1998. We discuss F# A# ∞ by Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Mulan from directors Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook. With special guest, Banan Ead.

• F# A# ∞
• Mulan

231 - Nimrod Last Summer

It’s the dog days of summer and we turn our attention to the week of October 17, 1997. We talk about the album, Nimrod, from Green Day. Then on the second half, we discuss the movie, I Know What You Did Last Summer, from director, Jim Gillespie.

• Nimrod
• I Know What You Did Last Summer

Other Links:

-Top ten singles

-Top Ten Movies

We're at it again. We look back at the week of August 8th, 1995. We invited Greg Linton back to talk about the first Ben Folds Five album and the movie, Virtuosity, from director Brett Leonard.

• Ben Folds Five
• Virtuosity

This week we look back at April 14, 1995 and discuss the album, You'd Prefer an Astronaut, from Hum and the movie, Rob Roy, from director, Michael Caton-Jones.

• You'd Prefer an Astronaut
• Rob Roy

We're going back to December 23, 1998 this week and we talk about the Evanescence EP and the film, The Thin Red Line, from director Terrance Malick.

• Evanescence
• The Thin Red Line

This episode we look back at The Return of the Rentals from The Rentals and the movie, Get Shorty, from director, Barry Sonnenfeld. Both were released the week of October 25th, 1995.

• Return of the Rentals
• Get Shorty

This week we look at the week of April 12th, 1994. We talk about Hole and their second album, Live Through This, and we discuss the movie from John Waters, Serial Mom. With special guest, Jeanie Norris.

• Live Through This
• Serial Mom

This week, we go back to the week of May 1st, 1998. We talk about the album, Moment of Truth, from Gang Starr and the film, He Got Game, from director Spike Lee.

• Moment of Truth
• He Got Game

Everything is green on this episode of the podcast. Because of St. Patrick's Day. We discuss the film, Hidden Agenda, from director Ken Loach. And we discuss the album, The Simpsons Sing the Blues, both released around the week of December 4th, 1990.

• The Simpsons Sing the Blues
• Hidden Agenda

On this episode, we are looking back at the week of April 16th, 1999. We talk about Symphony No. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya", from composer, Philip Glass, and the movie, SLC Punk, from director James Merendino. With special guest, Paul Glaser.

• Symphony No. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya"
• SLC Punk

This week we look at December 13th, 1997. That's when Takako Minekawa released the album, Cloudy Cloud Calculator, in Japan and the movie, Scream 2 from director Wes Craven, was released in the U.S.

• Cloudy Cloud Calculator
• Scream 2

This week we look back at October 8th, 1993. That's when Yo La Tengo released their album, Painful, and Marco Brambilla released the movie, Demolition Man.

• Painful
• Demolition Man
• Runaway Train article

This week, it's back to August 20th, 1993. We talk about Kerosene Hat from Cracker and the movie, Wilder Napalm, from director Glenn Gordon Caron.

• Kerosene Hat
• Wilder Napalm

Hey, we're shoving an old episode into your queue. This is a replay of episode 15. We discussed 1990,  Nomads Indians Saints from Indigo Girls and the movie, King of New York, from director Abel Ferrara.

This episode, we look back at the week of November 15, 1996 and talk about the soundtrack to Space Jam and the movie, Space Jam. With special guest, Greg Cejas.

• Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
• Space Jam

This week we are looking back at October 1992. We discuss the 10,000 Maniacs album, Our Time in Eden. And the film from director, Robert Redford, A River Runs Through It.

• Our Time in Eden
• A River Runs Through It

This week we celebrate Black History Month by casting our eyes back to the week of May 26th, 1993. That week, Fishbone released their album, Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe, to record stores. While the Hughes Brothers released Menace II Society to theaters.

• Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe

• Menace II Society

This week we're looking back at April 1998 and we're talking about the album, Glee, from Bran Van 3000, and the movie, Sour Grapes, from director Larry David. With special guest, Captain Raoul.

• Glee
• Sour Grapes

We're going back to November 4th, 1997. We talk about Jay'Z's In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 and Eve's Bayou from writer/director, Kasi Lemmons.

• In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
• Eve's Bayou

We look back at November 11, 1994 and discuss the Christmas album, Merry Christmas, from Mariah Carey and the Tim Allen film, The Santa Clause, from director, John Pasquin.

• Merry Christmas
• The Santa Clause

This week we're looking back at the week of March 13th, 1992. We talk about the first album from No Doubt and the movie, My Cousin Vinny, from director Johnathan Lynn. With special guest, Phil Norris and Jeanne Norris.

• No Doubt
• My Cousin Vinny