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Welcome To The Home Of It’s Not That Bad
It’s the show that does its best to defend the unfairly maligned movies, to find the silver linings in the films deemed “less than great”. Every week, host Jason Whissell is joined by a guest to discuss a movie that has been poorly rated by the critics or by the fans. We do our very best to find good things to say about them, and to show those flicks in a light that you may have not noticed before. We are also always happy to hear what movies you think should be covered, as well as what you thought of the movies themselves. We’ll be posting blogs on here as well as keep you updated as to what to expect in the coming months.
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Ep. 139 – Teen Wolf
High school can be a weird time in a teen’s life. Your voice goes through changes, you start growing hair where there didn’t used to be any, and you all of a sudden realize that you have a strange habit of howling at the moon. Okay, maybe not every teen…but if you’re Michael J Fox, most definitely. Luckily, we’re here to witness it all because Teen Wolf is not that bad.
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Spin Shuffle Skip – Daft Punk – Discovery
This week, we delve into the electronic as we tackle one of Daft Punk’s biggest albums. It’s a disc so epic, that it formed the basis for an entire movie. Now, Alex Whissell returns to the show as we drop our Spin, Shuffle and Skip picks from this mechanical masterpiece.
Below, you’ll find the Spotify link to the full album. Have a listen, take a deep dive, and be sure to let us know in the comments below which songs would have made your list.
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Keep Watch Pass – Monster Movies
Big or small, menacing or cute, monsters have been a staple of cinema since silent movies. Now, we go through the hallowed history of the monsters of the matinees, the creatures of the cineplex, and make our Keep, Watch and Pass picks. Which monstrosities made our list? Tune in and fine out.
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Ep. 138 – A Million Ways To Die In The West
In the game Oregon Trail, perhaps the most memorable end is when your character dies of dysentery. That seems like a walk in the park to everything listed or described in this film, making me wonder if it’s less a fictional tale and more a public service announcement that there are in fact a million ways to die in the west. Either way, we’re here to prove to you that the movie is not that bad.
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There Can Only Be One – The B-52’s
It’s not just rock…it’s a rock lobster! Sherry Thomas from The Aquarian Weekly joins the show to go through 8 albums of a band that made us wonder if the tin roof is, in fact, rusted. Which songs made our B-52’s list? Tune in and find out.
Below, you will see the playlists made by both Sherry and myself. A couple of notes on these lists: 1) The Mesopotamia EP itself is not on Spotify. However, the songs picked were on Party Mix, so those versions have been put on to the playlist, and 2) Funplex is not available in its entirety on Spotify…at least, not in Canada. However, I have added the songs to the playlist on the chance that those songs are available to you wherever you are in the world. Listen, enjoy and lets us know in the comments below which songs would have made your lists.
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Keep Watch Pass – Life Outside Hogwarts
We decided to give ourselves a challenge with this episode. We were only allowed to pick actors who had appeared in the Wizarding World films, were only allowed to use an actor once, and we could not use any of the Wizarding World movies as our picks. So, which films (and actors) made our lists? Tune in and find out.
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Ep. 137 – Passengers
If someone wakes you up before you’re ready to get up, you’d be a little mad. Now imagine that you’re woken up 89 years before you’re ready and they don’t even have the decency to have a cup of coffee waiting for you. Pretty maddening, right? Probably about as egregious as the critics because Passengers is not that bad.
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Spin Shuffle Skip – Babylon Zoo – The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes
The 90’s brought us a lot of different types of albums with some, for lack of a better term, avant-garde music. This week, we take a look at one album that garnered wide attention thanks to the appearance of a song on a Levis commercial in the UK. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but the debut album from Babylon Zoo is definitely worth checking out.
Below, you’ll find the link to Spotify for the full album. Give it a listen and let us know which songs would have made your list.
And, as promised, here is the Levis commercial that featured Spaceman.
2 responses to “Spin Shuffle Skip – Babylon Zoo – The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes”
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It’s refreshing to hear you never saw the Levi’s ad and bought the tape anyway. Same goes for Australia, and it still did really well. So, ‘Fire Guided Light’ is one of my faves on the album (it was actually planned as a single in 1994 but scraped). ‘Don’t feed the animals’ should be last. And sorry to say it, I never liked ‘The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes’ that much so that’s the one I’d skip. And funny you mention it sounds like a concept album, the artist would later describe Babylon Zoo as a concept band. Lots of inspiration from sci-fi and b-grade horror which is heard all throughout the album 🙂
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I’ll admit, in the 90’s, I couldn’t walk into a CD shop without buying something so I would always find new discoveries. Also, half the fun of the show is hearing comments like these from people rediscovering those older albums and hearing what songs spoke to them, so thank you for dropping a line. Here’s hoping we can stir up some more musical memories. 🙂
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Keep Watch Pass – Movies Of 2014
10 years doesn’t seem like a long time ago if you’re looking at the movies that came out that year. In some cases though, it doesn’t seem like it was long enough ago. Have a listen as we go through the cinema crop that sprouted up in 2014 and make our Keep, Watch and Pass picks.
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Ep. 136 – Zoom
As a general rule of thumb, most superhero movies from 2008 and onward have been pretty good. Movies B.I.M. (before Iron Man)…not so much. However, can a clan of capeless crusading kids unshackled from the weight of an actual comic book line fly high? Find out as we attempt to prove to you that Zoom is not that bad.
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