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2025-12-1617 min2025-12-1628 min2025-12-0935 min2025-11-1122 min2025-11-0433 minBursting The BubblePopped! - Alix Fernz 2Recorded and edited by Cece Callaghan
Special thanks to Phil Larocque
2025-10-2113 min2025-09-3027 min2025-09-2324 min2025-09-2325 min2025-09-0921 min2025-09-0934 min2025-09-0215 min2025-09-0225 min2025-08-2624 min2025-08-2616 min2025-07-2924 min2025-07-1520 min2025-07-1518 min2025-07-1515 min2025-07-1514 min2025-07-0128 min2025-07-0118 minBursting The BubbleThought Bubble - Barbershops: The Male Therapy OfficeRecorded & edited by Youssef Hamoda.
2025-07-0128 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - Classical Forms DisfiguredEpisode Notes
Recorded at Ckut Studios
2025-06-2429 minBursting The BubbleThought Bubble - Histories of Queer MontrealEpisode Notes
Recorded at Ckut Studios
2025-06-2422 min2025-06-2432 min2025-06-1726 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - MuralfestEpisode Notes
Recorded by Andrade and Paulin
Aired from CKUT Studios
2025-06-1721 min2025-06-1732 minBursting The BubblePopped! - Countercurrents Crew & CastEpisode Notes
Interview recorded by Youssef on June 3rd.
Aired live from the Ckut Studios on June 10th.
2025-06-1022 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - Grimey Pop-UpEpisode Notes
Recorded by Youssef at the Grimey Pop-Up.
Aired from the CKUT Studios.
2025-06-1013 min2025-06-0320 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - MIKE Show ft. Mike ShabbEpisode Notes
Recorded and aired from the CKUT studios.
2025-06-0328 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - Korean Film Festival: 11th EditionEpisode Notes
Recorded by Sofia Andrade. Aired from the CKUT Studios on May 27th.
2025-05-2737 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - Festival Accès AsieEpisode Notes
Recorded by Youssef Hamoda.
Aired on May 27th from the CKUT Studios.
2025-05-2727 minBursting The BubbleThought Bubble - Montreal Chinese Hospital & The Falooda CollectiveReferences:
“Montréal Chinatown 1980s - 2014”, David Chuenyan Li, Timothy Chiu Man Chan, www.sfu.ca/chinese-canadian-history/montreal_chinatown_en.html.
“A Chinese Hospital in Montréal.” Encyclopédie Du MEM, 2 June 2017, ville.montreal.qc.ca/memoiresdesmontrealais/en/chinese-hospital-montreal.
Fallooda Collective: https://www.instagram.com/faloodacollective/
“About Maxim Mazumdar - Alleyway Theatre Buffalo NY.” Alleyway.com, 2025, www.alleyway.com/alleyworks/mazumdar/about.
Yao, Diamond. “Falooda Collective’s Quest to Uncover South Asian Queer History in Montreal.” Xtra Magazine, 13 June 2024, xtramagazine.com/power/identity/falooda-collective-south-asian-queer-montreal-266118.
Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. “Canadian Theatre Encycloped...
2025-05-2728 minBursting The BubbleThought Bubble - Anglophone Theatre RoundupEpisode Notes
Recorded by Henry Kemeny-Wodlinger.
Aired on May 20th from CKUT studios.
2025-05-2013 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - Sounds from a Mereba ConcertEpisode Notes
Recorded and aired from the CKUT studios on May 20th.
2025-05-2026 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - Ophelie HatsEpisode Notes
Recorded by Kayla Gaisi.
Aired on May 20th from the CKUT studios.
2025-05-2020 minBursting The BubbleThought Bubble - Getting Involved in the Montreal Film IndustryEpisode Notes
Recorded by Sofia Andrade. Aired on May 13th from the CKUT studios.
2025-05-1323 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - MAI 25 Year AnniversaryEpisode Notes
Recorded and edited by Youssef Hamoda.
Aired on May 13th.
2025-05-1317 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - Variety Pack 03Episode Notes
Recorded live at the CKUT studios by Ella Paulin, Alara Rago, and Henry Kemeny-Wodlinger on May 6th.
2025-05-0616 minBursting The BubbleBest of BTB - Guest CallsEpisode Notes
Recorded on May 6th at the CKUT studios. Recorded by Ella Paulin, Youssef Hamoda, and Sofia Andrade.
2025-05-0632 minBursting The BubblePopped! - Tachie MensonEpisode Notes
Recorded at the CKUT Studios by Youssef Hamoda, Sofia Andrade, and Ella Paulin on Apr 29.
2025-04-2950 minBursting The BubblePopped! - Leonie GrayEpisode Notes
Recorded on Apr 22nd by Ella Paul-Chowdhury, Rowan Wright, and Youssef Hamoda at the CKUT studio.
2025-04-2230 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - Scatterbrain Launch PartyEpisode Notes
Commentary recorded on April 22nd by Rowan Wright at the CKUT recording studio.
Interviews recorded by Rowan Wright and Youssef Hamoda on April 4th at the Scatterbain launch party, hosted at SAT.
Special thanks to Michelle Wang.
2025-04-2234 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - Bad Objection EP LaunchEpisode Notes
Recorded on Apr 22 by rowan Wright, Youssef Hamoda, and Ella Paul-Chowdhury at the CKUT studio.
2025-04-2212 minBursting The BubblePopped! - UraEpisode Notes
Recorded on April 15th by Rowan, Youssef, Ella Paul-Chowdhury, Ella Paulin, and Stasia at the CKUT recording studio.
Filmed by Rowan and Stasia.
2025-04-1528 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - Nien Tzu Weng: The Lightest Dark ...Episode Notes
Recorded on April 11th by Ella Paul-Chowdhury.
2025-04-1523 minBursting The BubbleThought Bubble - Eid & Montreal's First MosqueReferences
Centre des musiciens du monde. “Artists - Centre Des Musiciens Du Monde,” March 26, 2025. https://centredesmusiciensdumonde.com/en/artists/.
Charland, Sarah-Danielle. “L’intégration Des Immigrantes d’Origine Algérienne, Marocaine et Tunisienne Au Québec.” Usherbrooke.ca, 2015. http://savoirs.usherbrooke.ca/handle/11143/2083.
Contributeurs aux projets Wikimedia. “Associations et Centres Culturels Musulmans Du Québec.” Wikipedia.org. Fondation Wikimedia, Inc., October 28, 2019.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associations_et_centres_culturels_musulmans_du_Qu%C3%A9bec.
Daher, Ali . “Les Musulmans Au Québec.” Centre justice et foi, 2017. https://cjf.qc.ca/revue-relations/publicati...
2025-04-0126 min2025-04-0148 minBursting The BubblePopped! - Sofia AndradeEpisode Notes
A conversation with Sofia Andrade. Recorded live at the CKUT studio by Rowan Wright, Ella Paul-Chowdhury, Mostafa Hamoda, Youssef Hamoda, Ella Paulin and Alara Rago
2025-04-0148 minBursting The BubblePopped! - Antoine TayarReferences
The Yellow Door
Montreal Public Libraries
Breakfast Club of Canada
Recorded at the CKUT studio by Ella Paul-Chowdhury, Rowan Wright and Youssef Hamoda.
2025-03-251h 00
What the Riff Next Gen1990 - December: AC/DC “The Razors Edge”1990 is an odd time for a hard rock band from the late 70's to make a comeback. Hair metal was declining rapidly, and music that would form the grunge movement was percolating up in the pacific northwest. But that is exactly what AC/DC did with their album The Razors Edge. The album reached number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart and number 4 on the UK albums chart, and it would become AC/DC's third highest selling album behind “Back in Black” and “High Voltage.”
After concluding their 1988 world tour the band had some changes and interruptions. Drummer Simon Wright left...
2025-03-2446 minBursting The BubblePopped! - Circle of FashionEpisode Notes
Coverage recorded on the 14th of March by Ava Francin and Alara Rago at the Circle of Fashion 2025 Runway.
Interview recorded on the 16th of March by Ella Paul-Chowdhury and Youssef Hamoda at the CKUT studio.
Aired on the 18th of March on ckut.ca and 90.3 FM.
2025-03-1820 minBursting The BubblePopped! - IncognitoEpisode Notes
Recorded by Rowan Wright, Ella Paul-Chowdhury, and Youssef Hamoda on April 18th at the CKUT studio. Intro by Alara Rago.
2025-03-1835 minBursting The BubblePopped! - Mending NightEpisode Notes
Recorded by Rowan Wright and Youssef Hamoda on April 16th at the CKUT studio. Intro by Alara Rago.
2025-03-1835 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - Cabaret FundraiserEpisode Notes
Recorded on MAR 11 by Ella Paul-Chodhury, Rowan Wright and Youssef Hamoda in the CKUT Studio.
2025-03-1125 minBursting The BubbleThought Bubble - Women of Montreal's HistoryReferences
Contributeurs aux projets Wikimedia. “Film Réalisé Par Xavier Dolan et Sorti En 2014.” Wikipedia.org. Fondation Wikimedia, Inc., April 18, 2014.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mommy.
Este, David, Christa Sato, and Darcy McKenna. “THE COLOURED WOMEN’S CLUB of MONTREAL, 1902-1940.” Canadian Social Work Review 34, no. 1 (August 29, 2017): 81–99.
https://doi.org/10.7202/1040996ar.
https://www.facebook.com/GrSMontreal. “Marie-Marcelle Godbout, Mother Teresa of the Quebec Trans People - TransAvenue - GrS Montreal Blog.” TransAvenue, June 30, 2020.
https://blog.grsmontreal.com/en/marie-marcelle-godbout/.
Larin, Vincent. “La ‘Mère Teresa’ Des Trans Au Québec Est Décédée.” Le Journal de Montréal...
2025-03-1130 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - AGOReferences
Art Gallery of Ontario. “New Exhibition Tissot, Women and Time Opens at the AGO on Dec. 20 | Art Gallery of Ontario,” December 5, 2024.
https://ago.ca/press-release/new-exhibition-tissot-women-and-time-opens-ago-dec.-20.
Katz, Brigit. “These Stunning 19th-Century Artworks Reveal the Contradictions of the Modern Woman.” Smithsonian Magazine, January 15, 2025.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/these-stunning-19th-century-artworks-reveal-the-contradictions-of-the-modern-woman-180985827/.
2025-03-0419 min
Club ChatClub Chat Episode 6: Molique Wright '25, Men of Color Alliance Vice PresidentWelcome to Rowan University’s newest podcast, Club Chat! Best friends and hosts Kaitlyn ’25 and Kynedy ’25 speak with a variety of student club members. Each episode highlights ways to get involved with the 200+ student clubs on campus. In Episode 6, we’re joined by Men of Color Alliance Vice President, Molique ‘25. He talks about MOCA’s mission, the interview process to join the club, and his journey from club member to Vice President!
🎙️If you're interested in featuring your club: go.rowan.edu/ClubChat
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2025-02-2618 minBursting The BubblePopped! - Ian ThomasEpisode Notes
Recorded at the CKUT Studios on Feb 25 by Ella Paul-Chowdhury, Rowan Wright, and Youssef Hamoda.
2025-02-2557 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - Variety Pack 02Episode Notes
Recorded by Ava Francin and Alara Rago.
2025-02-2518 minBursting The BubbleThought Bubble - Artist CalloutEpisode Notes
Recorded at CKUT Studios; aired on Feb 18, 2025.
2025-02-1810 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - Radio Shimo-KajiroEpisode Notes
Recorded at the CKUT Studio. Interview by Rowan Wright.
2025-02-1817 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - Valentine'sEpisode Notes
Recorded by Rowan Wright and Ella Paul-Chowdhury.
2025-02-1113 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - Black History Month Opening CeremonyEpisode Notes
Recorded and edited by Youssef Hamoda. Aired on Feb 4, 2025
2025-02-0432 minBursting The BubbleOut the Bubble - Variety Pack 01Episode Notes
Recorded at the CKUT Studios; aired on Feb 4, 2025
2025-02-0424 min
Rowan Radio On DemandCareer Talk - Nuclear Engineer Dr. Nannette WrightHost Ruben Britt from the Rowan University Office of Career Advancement speaks to nuclear engineer Dr. Nannette Wright about her life and career.
2024-10-0529 minWhat the Riff Next Gen1990 - November: Megadeth “Rust In Peace”Who's up for some thrash metal?
Megadeth is one of the founding bands of the thrash metal genre, and considered one of the "big four" of U.S. thrash metal (along with Anthrax, Metallica, and Slayer). The heart of the band, primary songwriter, and sole constant member of the band throughout the years is Dave Mustaine. The formation of the band is well known as a revenge effort on Mustaine's part. He was fired from his role as lead guitarist of Metallica just prior to the recording of their debut album due to personal issues with James Het...
2024-07-2248 minRowan Radio On DemandCareer Talk: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Coach Cecil Wright on a Legendary CareerHost Ruben Britt from the Rowan University Office of Career Advancement speaks to Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Coach Cecil Wright.
2024-05-2428 min
SCRUTINISE THISThe Oscars #10: American FictionEpisode 10 from the The Oscars Podcast Series by SCRUTINISE THIS. Where the team will be reviewing American Fiction. American Fiction is a 2023 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cord Jefferson in his feature directorial debut. Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, it follows a frustrated novelist-professor who writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical "Black" books, only for it to be mistaken for serious literature by the liberal elite and published to high sales and critical praise. It stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander...
2024-03-191h 02What the Riff Next Gen1968 - October: Marvin Gaye “In the Groove”Although one of the most successful artists and songwriters of the 60's, Marvin Gaye had not released a solo studio album for two years prior to In the Groove, his eighth studio album. Instead he had been releasing duet performances with artists like Kim Weston and Tammi Terrell. Gaye was one of the primary artists shaping what would become the Motown sound, first as a session player, then as a solo artist and songwriter.
Gaye formed a vocal quartet called The Marquees shortly after leaving the Air Force in the late 50's. The Marquees performed in the D.C...
2023-05-2235 min
Across the Margin: The PodcastEpisode 160: Future Sea with Deborah Rowan WrightThis episode of Across The Margin: The Podcast features an interview with Deborah Rowan Wright, an independent researcher, ocean advocate, and marine-policy researcher who writes about marine conservation. She has worked with the UK NGOs Whale & Dolphin Conservation, Friends of the Earth, and Marinet. Her work on marine renewable energy, ocean governance reform, and public-trust law has been published by the International Whaling Commission and the Ecologist, among others. In 2010, her policy document The Ocean Planet formed an integral part of Marinet’s Common Fisheries Policy reform campaign, and it won her Friends of the Earth’s Communication of the...
2023-03-2930 minWhat the Riff Next Gen1980 - January: Pink Floyd “The Wall”Pink Floyd would score another big hit and some mainstream crossover success with their eleventh studio album, The Wall. Originally conceived by bassist Roger Waters, The Wall explores the self-isolation of a cynical rock star named Pink, and portrays events in his life from the loss of his father, to childhood trauma, to the pressures of rock stardom as bricks forming the wall. Parts of the story are autobiographical from Waters, and parts naturally are based on former front man Syd Barrett. The album was a commercial success, the most successful double album of all time, the second most pop...
2023-01-3043 minWhat the Riff Next Gen1980 - January: Pink Floyd “The Wall”Pink Floyd would score another big hit and some mainstream crossover success with their eleventh studio album, The Wall. Originally conceived by bassist Roger Waters, The Wall explores the self-isolation of a cynical rock star named Pink, and portrays events in his life from the loss of his father, to childhood trauma, to the pressures of rock stardom as bricks forming the wall. Parts of the story are autobiographical from Waters, and parts naturally are based on former front man Syd Barrett. The album was a commercial success, the most successful double album of all time, the second most pop...
2023-01-3043 minWhat the Riff Next Gen1970 - September: Black Sabbath “Paranoid”Rolling Stone magazine ranked Paranoid, the second studio album by Black Sabbath, to be the number one of its "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time." Originally known by the name Earth, the band took the name Black Sabbath from a 1963 horror film starring Boris Karloff. The band members were Bill Ward on percussion, Geezer Butler on bass, Tony Iommi on guitar, and Ozzy Osbourne on vocals. It was originally a heavy blues band from Birmingham, England, but took on a darker complexion with lyrics of doom.
Much of the music on Paranoid was developed during jams while the...
2023-01-2336 minWhat the Riff Next Gen1970 - September: Black Sabbath “Paranoid”Rolling Stone magazine ranked Paranoid, the second studio album by Black Sabbath, to be the number one of its "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time." Originally known by the name Earth, the band took the name Black Sabbath from a 1963 horror film starring Boris Karloff. The band members were Bill Ward on percussion, Geezer Butler on bass, Tony Iommi on guitar, and Ozzy Osbourne on vocals. It was originally a heavy blues band from Birmingham, England, but took on a darker complexion with lyrics of doom.
Much of the music on Paranoid was developed during jams while the...
2023-01-2336 minWhat the Riff Next Gen1973 - March: Pink Floyd ”The Dark Side of the Moon”Arguably the biggest album of the entire rock era, Pink Floyd's eighth studio album would propel them to superstardom. The Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most acclaimed records in history, and it is commercially unmatched in its longevity. It topped the US Billboard Top LP's and Tape chart, and charted for 962 weeks in total!
Pink Floyd at this time was David Gilmour on guitar and vocals, Roger Waters on bass and vocals, Richard Wright on keyboards, and Nick Mason on percussion.
The Dark Side of the Moon was envisioned as a co...
2022-11-2139 minWhat the Riff Next Gen1973 - March: Pink Floyd ”The Dark Side of the Moon”Arguably the biggest album of the entire rock era, Pink Floyd's eighth studio album would propel them to superstardom. The Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most acclaimed records in history, and it is commercially unmatched in its longevity. It topped the US Billboard Top LP's and Tape chart, and charted for 962 weeks in total!
Pink Floyd at this time was David Gilmour on guitar and vocals, Roger Waters on bass and vocals, Richard Wright on keyboards, and Nick Mason on percussion.
The Dark Side of the Moon was envisioned as a co...
2022-11-2139 min
Pressing Issues!Aliens: Salvation and Superman vs AliensThis week our hosts begin a secret hidden mini-series! That's right, folks, it's a mini-within-a-mini. Welcome to Comics Go Hollywood: The Horror Trilogy: Part 1: Aliens. We promise we mostly know what we're doing. Join us as we board some leaky, creaky, and creepy space freighters to discuss the worst pests in the galaxy, the Xenomorph! Topics discussed involve: What makes a perfect Aliens story, Mike Mignola's unbelievable attention to detail, and why Superman shouldn't say Hell.The comics we will be looking at today include:Aliens: Salvation #1 (1993) - Written by Dave Gibbons, Illustrated by Mike...
2022-08-141h 19
TOTAL MASSACREEverything Everywhere All At OnceCarli, Rowan, and Kev are joined by special guest Rebekah Valentine for the hit multiverse movie of the year, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE. We talk about its parallels to the Wachowskis and Edgar Wright, the joy of seeing this cast pull this off, and wait a minute are they really going full Wong Kar-Wai????
2022-07-111h 57What the Riff Next Gen1988 - March: Robert Plant “Now and Zen”If Now and Zen, the fourth studio album by Robert Plant, sounds like Led Zeppelin, there's more reason for that than just the fact that Plant was the lead singer for the band. In addition to continuing use of computerized technology in the album, Plant also incorporated more blues and Middle Eastern elements into his music. He also had his Led Zeppelin band mate Jimmy Page contributing guitar to a couple of tracks.
Plant wanted to create an album that created electronic music with a more soulful sound than was typical at the time. He also benefitted fro...
2022-04-1144 min
TOTAL MASSACREPolice Story 1Total Massacre check's out Jackie Chan's nitty-gritty police procedural POLICE STORY, complete with Phoenix Wright-esque courtroom drama, three cakes to the face, bumbling cops who have to be able to break the rules, and the wildest bus stunt you'll ever see!
2022-02-011h 06
TOTAL MASSACREScott PilgrimRowan is joined by Carli, Kev, and Dylan for a raucous late-night examination of Edgar Wright's 2010 cult hit SCOTT PILGRIM VERSUS THE WORLD. That cast! That style! Those jokes! That core romantic plot that doesn't actually work! Stories about our encounters with celebrity! And we also talk about the action occasionally or whatever.
2021-10-312h 10
Across the StarsAcross the Stars One-Year Anniversary Jeopardy ChampionshipThis is it. The final round. The last stand. The crème de la crème of Star Wars podcast Jeopardy champions duke it out in the final installment of our anniversary game. Will Dr. Wright win, as expected, or will Xander or Kiran steal the win out from under him? Only one way to find out...
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2021-07-3036 minAcross the StarsAcross the Stars One-Year Anniversary Jeopardy, Part TwoDr. Wright, Tommy Tomasian and Dan Cousins compete in the second edition of our one-year anniversary Jeopardy game!
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2021-07-0839 min
Platforms and PitfallsPlatforms and Pitfalls Episode 34 - CrossoversThis month we are looking at crossovers! We are going beyond Smash to look at games that rather than bringing in lots of characters to one system, how these games’ systems intersect and merge. We looked at Professor Layton VS Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Cadence Of Hyrule: Crypt Of The Necrodancer featuring the Legend Of Zelda, Etrian Mystery Dungeon, Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark Of The Millennium and Monster Hunter World.
2021-05-1559 min
Across the StarsThe Last Jedi, Part 2 with Brennen Savery and Dr. WrightCanto Bight (arguably the most divisive point) is now over, but The Last Jedi itself is not, Brennen and Dr. Wright are still here, so it's time to discuss the (objectively) best moments in the film, and perhaps in all of Star Wars. But we know, the big question remains: are the people on this podcast ever going to agree on the movie as a whole? Find out in PART TWO of our review...
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2021-04-151h 40
Across the StarsThe Last Jedi, Part 1 with Brennen Savery and Dr. WrightIs it time to review the most divisive Star Wars film of all time? I think it is...but we would not even think of doing it without guests! Rowan and Sebastian have very different opinions on The Last Jedi, so Brennen and Dr. Wright have arrived to back them up. Is it the worst Star Wars film, is it mediocre, or is it among the best? Listen to find out, we may or may not come to a conclusion in PART ONE of our review...
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2021-04-081h 58
Across the StarsThe Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) with Dr. Mark WrightThe infamous holiday special of 1978 is somewhat of a myth to Star Wars fans. Today, Rowan and Sebastian (along with returning special guest Dr Wright!) disassemble the mythos of the much-maligned special, including its origins, highlights and musical numbers (yes, we're as surprised as you are).
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2020-12-2443 min
Across the StarsThe Golden Age of LucasArts with Dr. Mark WrightDr. Mark Wright joins Sebastian and Rowan to discuss classic Star Wars video games, their contributions to canon (and legends alike) and weird, useless elements of the Star Wars universe -- such as Davin Felth, the stormtrooper who said “Look sir, droids!” and received a two-page backstory in the Essential Guide to Characters.
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2020-10-0159 minWhat the Riff Next Gen1981 - August: (various artists) ”Heavy Metal” SoundtrackIn 1977 Leonard Mogel began publishing a dark, illustrated, steampunk, and somewhat erotic science fiction and fantasy magazine called Heavy Metal, and in 1981 an adult animated sci-fi fantasy film by the same name was produced by Mogel and Ivan Reitman. The film would become a mainstay of the midnight movie circuit (along with “the Rocky Horror Picture Show”) throughout the 1980's, and would also lead to a hit album which would peak at number 12 on the Billboard 200 chart.
The movie mirrors a comic book, in that it strings together a number of shorter vignettes into an entire animated movie...
2020-07-1338 minWhat the Riff Next Gen1981 - August: (various artists) ”Heavy Metal” SoundtrackIn 1977 Leonard Mogel began publishing a dark, illustrated, steampunk, and somewhat erotic science fiction and fantasy magazine called Heavy Metal, and in 1981 an adult animated sci-fi fantasy film by the same name was produced by Mogel and Ivan Reitman. The film would become a mainstay of the midnight movie circuit (along with “the Rocky Horror Picture Show”) throughout the 1980's, and would also lead to a hit album which would peak at number 12 on the Billboard 200 chart.
The movie mirrors a comic book, in that it strings together a number of shorter vignettes into an entire animated movie...
2020-07-1338 minWhat the Riff Next Gen1968 - July: Pink Floyd “A Saucerfull of Secrets”In its second album, Pink Floyd would begin its transition from a psychedelic 60's era band to what would become an icon of the rock genre. A Saucerful of Secrets is a strange album, and the only one in which Pink Floyd would consider themselves to be a five piece band. Frontman Syd Barrett had begun his slide into insanity, and was too unstable for the band to rely on him for concerts and recordings. They brought in David Gilmour to supplement Barrett on guitar, while Nick Mason (drums) Roger Waters (bass) and Richard Wright (keyboards) continued in their...
2020-02-1036 minWhat the Riff Next Gen1968 - July: Pink Floyd “A Saucerfull of Secrets”In its second album, Pink Floyd would begin its transition from a psychedelic 60's era band to what would become an icon of the rock genre. A Saucerful of Secrets is a strange album, and the only one in which Pink Floyd would consider themselves to be a five piece band. Frontman Syd Barrett had begun his slide into insanity, and was too unstable for the band to rely on him for concerts and recordings. They brought in David Gilmour to supplement Barrett on guitar, while Nick Mason (drums) Roger Waters (bass) and Richard Wright (keyboards) continued in their...
2020-02-1036 minWhat the Riff Next Gen1976 - February: Heart “Dreamboat Annie”Heart hailed from and played in the Seattle area, but recorded this debut single in Vancouver, Canada. Dreamboat Annie appeared in Canada in the summer of 1975 and debuted in America on Valentine's Day 1976. In a male-oriented rock world the unusual sound of a female-fronted rock ensemble would both draw appeal and create friction that would drive a wedge between the group and their original Mushroom Studios label and propel them on to further success. Heart would go on to be almost a celebrity group in the MTV age of the 80's, but chafed against the insulting sexuality that the...
2019-12-3043 minWhat the Riff Next Gen1976 - February: Heart “Dreamboat Annie”Heart hailed from and played in the Seattle area, but recorded this debut single in Vancouver, Canada. Dreamboat Annie appeared in Canada in the summer of 1975 and debuted in America on Valentine's Day 1976. In a male-oriented rock world the unusual sound of a female-fronted rock ensemble would both draw appeal and create friction that would drive a wedge between the group and their original Mushroom Studios label and propel them on to further success. Heart would go on to be almost a celebrity group in the MTV age of the 80's, but chafed against the insulting sexuality that the...
2019-12-3043 min
3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFEWomen Take East End Film Festival in 2018Host Stuart Wright talks with Rowan Woods about some of programming thoughts behind 2018's East End Film Festival.
Over a third of the films are made by female filmmakers.
Five of the eight films in competition for BEST FILM are by female directors.
EEFF prioritises itself as a platform for women in the film industry.
The festival opens 11 April and closes 29 April and is in various cinemas and venues around East London...
The full programme and how to buy your tickets is here http://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme/
Specific films/events discussed in the podcast
Boom For Real: The Late...
2018-04-0633 min
Profiles in SportsEpisode #8 (1/6/15): Scott RowanNo other professional sports franchise has altered the course of human evolution like the Chicago Cubs. That is proven in great detail by author Scott Rowan in his recently-released book, "The Cubs Quotient: How the Chicago Cubs Changed the World."
Nearly 200 stories, spread over 77 chapters, cover this team’s influence on various aspects of our society: from White House scandals to secret societies; firsts in medicine, psychology, architecture, music and race relations; covert relationships with underworld figures and unknown connections to some of the most notorious figures in American history.
For more on "The Cubs Qu...
2015-01-0628 min