The Hourchive

Muh-muh-muh-muh-muh-muh-muh-Mike Westfall joins us to celebrate the 180th anniversary of the Percolator and discuss a recent Donkey Kongtroversy, the latest Marvel trailers, Nick's trip to Kansas City, and the secret history of Stinger, the lost Muppet Baby. 

Don't be dogmeat. Brave the fury of Vul-Kar with us this week as we explore the nebulous origins of the beloved '80s board game Fireball Island, then stick around as we play it live and encounter the limits of marble physics firsthand. 

Like a spider (or a particle beam creating alternate realities in which monsters could potentially invade the earth), Tom Delonge creeps into our conversation on the latest Cloverfield film, Altered Carbon, and the Avengers: Infinity War Super Bowl teaser.  

Come on in and get caffeinated as guest Hourchivist Kelly returns to help us brew a big pot of thoughts on the culture, clientele, and complications of coffee shops. 

Guest Hourchivists Kelly and Xavier are back with us this week to help us launch a new segment of social media steepage, analyze Adam's inability to pronounce "mercury," and revisit our old friend Alex Jones. 

Guest Hourchivists Kelly and Xavier enlist this week for a revolutionary discussion on the origins, highlights, and cultural resonance of Lin-Manuel Miranda's historical hip-hop hit musical. 

A new era begins this week as we now preface our percolations with a stop in the Prefatorium, the Hourchive's foyer of sorts, to touch briefly on show matters and comments before getting down to a healthy steep on helpful things like how to drive away chatty symphony seat neighbors and repel unwelcome dancefloor encroachment. 

Not so fast, 2018. Better late than ever, we present our "Final Thoughts" on everything great that came out of the past year. 

We return to the Percolator for the first Trailing On segment of 2018.

Porg 2 of our Last Jedi debrief tours Luke's island, ponders the importance of Supreme Leader Snoke's backstory, and finds immortal wisdom, as always, in the thoughts of George Lucas.  

You've seen power like this once before; if it didn't scare you then, you'll love our two-part analysis of yet another one of those Star Wars movies. This episode we'll share our general feelings about The Last Jedi, consider the Mark Hamill take, assess the physics of space bombing, and place our bets on what makes a good casino planet. 

In our first full-crew steep of 2018, we introduce a new feature, revisit old websites, and put Adam back into place. 

Our final 1987 Retrospectacular has such sights to show you. Pull up a chain as we peel Clive Barker's gory, groundbreaking directorial debut off the attic floor and sink our hooks into it.  Show Notes 01:34 The Stooges: Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell 08:01 Elistination: The Hellraiser series 42:24 "Jesus wept." 44:50 Frank explodes 47:28 Final shot of Big Trouble in Little China 57:10 Color Dreams' unreleased Hellraiser NES game

We emerge from the rubble of 2017 with important thoughts on a new season of Black Mirror, the December birthday shaft, and what (apparently) separates an heir from an heir apparent.   Show Notes 03:50 John's new camera 05:50 Steve Martin Masterclass on comedy

Bundle up! Due to a serious case of the holidaze, we're emailing it in this week with 12 handpicked tunes of our discontent.  Show Notes 01:17 LCD Soundsystem: Christmas Will Break Your Heart 07:39 Starter Jacket: Landline 10:26 America: Ventura Highway 14:57 Run DMC: Christmas in Hollis 00:00 Nicholas Jarr: History Lesson 00:00 The Young Rochelles: Organ Trade 00:00 Stella Donnelly: Mechanical Bull 27:24 Hamilton: You'll Be Back 00:00 Rostam: Bike Dream 00:00 Owl City: Fireflies 00:00 Together Pangea: The Cold 43:30 Hans Zimmer: Pirates of the Caribbean Main Theme