Podcast

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

The third Bald Movie, “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” was an interesting choice for us.  Based on the book by the same title, (and screenwritten by the same author), I had started to talk myself into the notion that this movie could be cool; after all, Abraham Lincoln is the kind of historic figure that has the larger than life biography to fit something like vampire hunting into his life’s nooks and crannies, the Civil War provides an always fascinating background for great stories to be told, and, you know.  Vampires.  What did we think in the end?

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Rock of Ages (2012)

Our coverage of the first listener assigned movie, the 80’s rock musical extravaganza “Rock of Ages”.  In this episode, we meet a fan, discuss the trailers we saw, what we thought of the movie, and meditate on Tom Cruise’s facility at portraying megalomaniacal super stars and G-rated strip clubs in the spoiler section.

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513 – “The Phantom”

Well people, it’s been fun.  We’ve laughed, we’ve cried, we’ve said good bye to several characters, some more permanently than others.  In this episode of the Happy Hour, we part ways with Mad Men after another phenomenal season, as we cover the finale episode “The Phantom”.  We talk Pete’s unhappiness, Megan’s treachery, Don’s rot problem,…

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Prometheus (2012)

Our little experiment starts this week as we take a stab at reviewing the new Ridley Scott scifi-horror film, “Prometheus”. This is a free bonus cast so you can gauge what you’ll get for $1 when we do it “for real” next week. If you’ve seen the movie, you might want to take a peek at this livejournal review that analyzes some of the deeper themes involved, as Jim and I make reference to it quite a bit in the spoiler section.

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Ep 32 – Extreme Ironing

You want it, you got it – another lively episode of The Because Show! Enjoy xxoo

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A Modest Proposal

[poll id=”2″] TL;DR summary:  Jim and I want to start doing one movie review a week, and are wondering if the listeners would be willing to pay $1/to listen to the resulting cast.  Read on for details… So, Jim and I started talking last night about things we could do to take Bald Move to…

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512 – “Commissions and Fees”

Jim and A.Ron mourn the death of decent man in this week’s podcast, featuring our complete coverage of the penultimate episode of Mad Men season five, “Commissions and Fees”.  A decent, thieving, book cooking man, which by SCDP standards makes him something of a Saint.  Somber as the subject matter is, you know we’ll find…

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511 – “The Other Woman”

Jim and A.Ron thought this was the best Mad Men of the season, and one of the all time greats.  But what did you think?  Join us for a discussion of prostitution, privilege, pimps, Pete, and as always, your awesome feedback. If you want to give us a shout out, or otherwise give us a piece…

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510 – “Christmas Waltz”

Jim and A.Ron break down episode 510 of Mad Men, “Christmas Waltz”, alternatively titled “Harry Krishna”.  ‘Tis the season for Lane to be upgraded to full suicide watch, to speculate on Don, Megan, Roger and Joan’s love-square and  debate Paul’s devotion to the Krishna’s. If you want to give us a shout out, or otherwise…

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509 – “Dark Shadows”

Jim and A.Ron break down episode 509 of Mad Men, “Dark Shadows”.  In which we’re treated to multi-generational Draper bitchface, multi-cultural prejudice, and poison clouds of gas.  It probably didn’t originate from Betty, but we can’t really be sure. If you want to give us a shout out, or otherwise give us a piece of your…

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