FIRST THING’S FIRST: Paul obliquely confesses a past sin during this episode, it’s kind of a super tense moment, but Arlo has cleared off-mic that it was not a criminal act! So...do with that what you will! Elsewhere, the world is fucking ending, so you might as well watch The End of the Fucking World. Paul and Arlo muse on the collapse of civilization, discuss proper social distancing etiquette, and recommend things to watch and read as society dissolves. Some of those recommendations: The Hunt, now available on VOD since movie theaters have shuttered; comfy junk food movies like Yes Man and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past; Netflix’s I Am Not Okay with This; Hawkeye: Freefall by Matthew Rosenberg and Otto Schmidt; Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber’s uproarious Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen; and, of course, perennial classic Good Burger.

 

Next: Ten years. 400 episodes. It’s all led to this. It’s a shame we’re all dying.




THE BREAKDOWN

Total Run Time: 02:08:53

  • 00:00:46  - Random thoughts on the end of the world
  • 00:59:30  - Paul interrupts the flow to obliquely confess a past sin
  • 01:13:00  - What to watch / read as we slowly go mad and die alone 
  • 02:02:26  - Outro / Next



THE MUSIC

  • “Doom Days” by Bastille, Doom Days (2019)
  • “Make Art Not Friends” by Sturgill Simpson, SOUND & FURY (2019)
Direct download: Episode_399.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 7:49pm CDT

We start with frozen dairy dessert. We end with a world on the brink of madness. Between that gulf lies...nothing, everything. Paul chides Arlo for becoming obsessed with Black Hammer. The boys laugh about getting the @Gobbledygeek Twitter handle back. Good stuff. You like that, right? Well, guess what? Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have coronavirus, the NBA has suspended the season, all travel from the EU to the US has been stopped, our president appears to be slowly dying on national television. All that, in real time. Read the mouse print, baby: it’s the end of all things.

 

Next: assuming we make it, there’s another Four-Color Flashback. Yep, another one. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. Alison Bechdel. See you then.




THE BREAKDOWN

Total Run Time: 01:46:30

  • 00:00:33  - Madness!!! 
  • 01:44:25  - Outro / Next



THE MUSIC

  • “I’m Going Slightly Mad” by Queen, Innuendo (1991)
  • “Creeping Death” by Metallica, Kill ‘em All (1983)



THE LINKS

 

 

Direct download: Episode_398.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 9:54pm CDT

Don’t you just hate it when you’re a superhero who saves the world and then gets zapped to a shitty little farm town in another dimension that you literally cannot leave? In Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston’s Dark Horse series Black Hammer, Abraham Slam, Golden Gail, Barbalien, Talky-Walky, Colonel Weird, and Madame Dragonfly sure do. For this month’s Four-Color Flashback, Paul and Arlo discuss the recently concluded “main” storyline of Lemire and Ormston’s ever-expanding creation, consisting of Black Hammer issues #1-13 and Black Hammer: Age of Doom issues #1-12. From a backwater farm to the furthest reaches of time and space, our heroes explore every facet of the superhero genre. Along the way, they confront the metatextual realities of comics storytelling--and the just plain textual fact of aging.

 

Next: we have no plans.




THE BREAKDOWN

Total Run Time: 02:33:48

  • 00:00:37  - Intro
  • 00:02:14  - Black Hammer
  • 02:29:10  - Outro / Next



THE MUSIC

  • “(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville” by R.E.M., Reckoning (1984)
  • “How You Gonna Keep ‘Em Down On the Farm” by Andrew Bird, Soldier On (2007)



THE LINKS

 

 

Direct download: Episode_397.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 1:08am CDT

No one, especially not Alan Moore, ever really wanted a Watchmen sequel. Which is exactly why handing the reins to Damon Lindelof, who has a history of disorienting and upsetting expectations, is a stroke of genius. Last year’s HBO series, spearheaded by Lindelof, is a bold, startling continuation of Moore and Dave Gibbons’ graphic novel masterpiece--so of course, after talking about the book, Paul, Arlo, and reformed podcaster Greg Sahadachny had to discuss the TV show. The gang talks about the ways in which Lindelof subverts and pays tribute to Moore and Gibbons’ work; how Lindelof built a writers’ room with people who were not like him; the show’s provocative exploration of race and authority; whether or not the show sticks the landing; and much, much more.

 

Next: due to one scheduling kerfuffle after another, we’ve got another Four-Color Flashback for you! Paul and Arlo will discuss Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston’s Black Hammer.




THE BREAKDOWN

Total Run Time: 02:32:50

  • 00:00:30  - Intro
  • 00:05:40  - Sturgill Simpson’s A Good Look’n Tour
  • 00:28:28  - Watchmen
  • 02:28:25  - Outro / Next



THE MUSIC

  • Turtles All the Way Down” by Sturgill Simpson, Turtles All the Way Down (2014)
  • “Best Clockmaker On Mars” by Sturgill Simpson, Sound & Fury (2019)



THE LINKS

 

 

 

Direct download: Episode_396.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 3:08pm CDT



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