Nostalgium Arcanum Doug Lief

Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel, 1999's remake of The Thomas Crown Affair twists and turns as Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo twist and turn around each other. Guests Tania Newton and Ryan Merlo join us to discuss high class art thievery, thrill seeking, and Pepsi guzzling.


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Musical Credits:


Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Sinner Man (Les Baxter and Will Holt, performed by Nina Simon)
Everything (...Is Never Quite Enough) – (Wasis Diop)
Windmills of Your Mind (Alan and Marilyn Bergman and Michel Legrand, performed by Sting)
All score from The Thomas Crown Affair by Bill Conti

Hi-ya! We kick back with Josh Covel of the Still Loading podcast to knuckle up with Rocky, Colt, and Tum-Tum on their first adventure. The film hit hard in the early 90s with its blend of kid power, high kicks, and hijinks.


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Musical Credits:


Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Kid Power - Richard Marvin and Will Roc
All score from 3 Ninjas by Richard Marvin
Ninja Training Academy - Ryan Raddatz

South Park, CO may be a quiet mountain town but decades on it remains the locus for satire, profanity, and the occasional doomsday prophesy. Friendly faces Dave Jackson (the Tales From the Backlog podcast) and comedians Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) and Rolland Lopez (@rollandlopezvoiceactor) join us to go down to South Park and have ourselves a time with their 1999 musical feature outing that fully let Trey Parker and Matt Stone off the leash of basic cable.


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Musical Credits:


Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
All songs from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Mark Shaiman


Suck my balls!

We conclude our survey course of 90s movies by revisiting the late teens of our crew of guests (Ami Lief, Tania Newton, and Ryan Merlo) for those films that challenged us and shaped us into who we are. Once again, our lists feature fan favorites and hidden gems alike.


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Musical Credits:


Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Where Is My Mind – The Pixies
Hackers – Score by Simon Boswell
Out There – Alan Menken / Stephen Schwartz (Performed by Tony Jay and Tom Hulce)
These Eyes – The Guess Who
Liar Liar – Score by John Debney
Sliding Doors – Score by David Hirschfelder
Se7en – Score by Howard Shore
American History X – Score by Anne Dudley
Ever After – Score by George Fenton
Die Hard With A Vengeance – Score By Michael Kamen
Face/Off – Score by John Powell
The Matrix – Score By Don Davis
Braveheart – Score by James Horner
Fear – Score by Carter Burwell
Fight Club – Music by The Dust Brothers
Life Is Beautiful – Score by Nicola Piovani
The Truman Show – score by Burkhard Dallwitz, Philip Glass, and Wojciech Kilar
Amish Paradise - “Weird” Al Yankovic

On this episode our crew (Ami Lief, Tania Newton, and Ryan Merlo) join us for the first of a two-part roundtable of our top ten 90s films. This part focuses on movies released from 1990 to 1994. See if your favorites line up with ours, and perhaps you'll find a few hidden gems you may have missed.


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Musical Credits:


Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Misirlou – Dick Dale
Green Onions – Booker T. & the M.G.'s
The Lion King score by Hans Zimmer
The Fugitive score by James Newton Howard
Low Rider – War
The Man In The Moon score by James Newton Howard
The Joy Luck Club score by Rachel Portman
Oh Happy Day – St. Francis Choir featuring Ryan Toby
Schindler’s List – Score by John Williams
The Silence of the Lambs – Score by Howard Shore
Philadelphia – Score by Howard Shore
Be Our Guest – Howard Ashman / Alan Menken
Candyman – Score by Phillip Glass
The Shawshank Redemption – Score by Howard Shore
Jurassic Park – Score by John Williams
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare – Score by Patrick Lussier
Forrest Gump – Score by Alan Sylvestri
Point Break – Score by Mark Isham
I Got You Babe – Sonny and Cher

Mel Brooks' crowning achievement, Blazing Saddles blazed a trail and confronts racism with equal parts ferocious satire and wild cartoon abandon. Writer/comedian/filmmaker Tarik Davis (@tarikrdavis) joins us to celebrate 50 years of this film's uncompromising hilarity and empathy. We are awake, but we are very puzzled.


You can find Tarik not only on NBC's The Amber Ruffin Show, but on his essential podcast, Brothers From Another Planet, see him perform live with Freestyle Love Soupreme, and seek out his short film "Doc - Race, Revolution, Relativity, and the Confessions of Time Travelling Terrorist".


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Musical Credits:


Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks / John Morris)
I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter, sung by Cleavon Little)
Camptown Races (Stephen Foster, sung by Slim Pickens)
The Ballad of Rock Ridge (Mel Brooks)
Merrily We Roll Along (Charlie Tobias, Murray Mencher, and Eddie Cantor)
I'm Tired (Mel Brooks)
The French Mistake (Mel Brooks)
All score from Blazing Saddles by John Morris
National Brotherhood Week (Tom Lehrer)