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Sunday Feb 25, 2018

The Unforgiven III (Metallica)

Sunday Feb 25, 2018

I review and analyze The Unforgiven III. The trilogy is now complete.

Here are the show notes:

-James Hetfield’s Road Recovery interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p8q9svQXBo)

-The intro to my intro

-The frog in my throat

-Doing laundry

-The very beginnings of The Unforgiven I, II and III

-The sound of Death Magnetic

-The melody

-Hetfield singing and playing at the same time

-Hetfield’s lyrics

-Hetfield’s voice

-The lyrics of The Unforgiven I, II and III (them, you, myself)

-Forgiving yourself and forgiving others

THE LYRICS

-Sailing a ship

-New dawn’s light and Metallica’s fame

-What’s pulling him off course?

-Golden treasure and a free lunch

-Causing pain

-How to handle the careless dreaming

-The things he’s feeling

-Drinking as a way to numb grief

-The death of Hetfield’s mother and the danger of belief

-Psoriasis and cancer

-Afraid of what we’re feeling

-Sharing and showing your feelings

-Wanting to get away

-How can I be lost?

-Seas of gold and getting cold

-Looking back

-Who is he blaming?

-All the weight on his shoulders

-The fog

-The hell outside and intoxicating inside

-The angry teenager who lost his mom and dad

-The 20 something who lost his friend

-Party’s over, man

-His ship

-Fading?

-Hetfield’s fears?

-Now a castaway

-Forgive me, forgive me not and a callback to The Unforgiven II

-The word “love” in a Metallica song

-The best parts of the song

-Hetfield’s howl (Why can’t I FORGIVE MEEEE????)

-Kirk Hammett’s solo

-Hammett’s case for solos in Some Kind of Monster (he was right)

-St. Anger songs for future shows?

-Hammett’s guitar sound

-My Lawn Guyland accent

-How The Unforgiven I, II, and III go together

-The Unforgiven III live

-Seeing Metallica on the World Magnetic tour

-Not getting tickets to the Hardwired tour

-The live sound of the World Magnetic tour

-A deep tracks show?

-Fans voting?

-My favorite song on Death Magnetic

-Plugs

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Sunday Feb 18, 2018

Nirvana's Lithium from the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards

Sunday Feb 18, 2018

Waaaaaaay back in 2014, I recorded my thoughts about Nirvana’s Nevermind, song by song, and put them on YouTube. Now those musings are on the Music, Movies, and More podcast.

While obviously not featured on Nevermind, I have such fond memories of Lithium from the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards, that I felt motivated to comment on that performance.

The audio is a little choppy in some places and I can’t remember why. It’s been a long four years (and a really long 26).

Here’s the breakdown:

-Nirvana and music itself in 1992

-The MTV Video Music Awards and the first day of school

-Watching MTV in 1992

-Trying to find information in 1992

-The performance

-What Kurt Cobain looked and sounded like

-Dave Grohl and protein shakes

-Headbanging and brain damage?

-Krist Novecelic

-The audience at the 1992 VMA

-Where’s the bass solo?

-The live lyrics

-Metallica on Howard Stern

-The anti-rock stars

-Led Zeppelin

-Cobain’s look

-Krist Novoselic's bass accident

-Grohl and Axl Rose

-New sheriffs in town

-Metallica and Axl Rose

-The sensitive underdogs

-Plugs!

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Wednesday Jan 31, 2018

The Unforgiven II

Wednesday Jan 31, 2018

I review and analyze The Unforgiven II by Metallica.

Follow me on Twitter @mikelaneact and Facebook @mikelaneactor

Here’s the breakdown:

-What is going on in this song?

-The good and bad about absolutely knowing a song’s meaning

-Does even James Hetfield know what the song means?

-How Eddie Vedder changed the meaning of Pearl Jam’s “Alive”

-The production

-The music (country elements)

-Mama Said

-AC/DC, Slayer and evolving

-The Unforgiven II live

-My setlist wish

-The character in Unforgiven II

-What does it mean to be unforgiven?

-Interpreting songs

-The Beatles’ “Blackbird”

-A YouTube comment from Filandrianos helped my interpretation

-The Unforgiven III

-My email, Twitter, and Facebook

THE LYRICS

-Who is “They”?

-Make my demons run?

-The door to what?

-What does he mean by “true”?

-Paralyze and pair of lies

-The door cracks open

-Black heart

-The lyrics website sucks

-No sun shining

-Looking back

-Can he be open?

-Could she be the one?

-Uh oh

-Is he going to kill her?

-Never love again?

-She’ll be there when I’m gone

-Dead sure?

-Hetfield’s face in the video

-What has he done?

-So are your eyes

-Where it gets interesting

-The positive and negative sun

-Standing alone

-Dubbing thee

-The key

-The purpose of dark and tragic music

-Why Hetfield’s lyrics are great

-For those stuck in Metallica’s thrash period

-Heart, aggression, and music

-The music I love

-My music collection

-There’s room for it all

-Plugs!

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Thanks for living!

Sunday Jan 28, 2018

Nirvana's Lithium

Sunday Jan 28, 2018

I’m on Twitter @mikelaneact, and Facebook @mikelaneactor

Email me mikelaneact@yahoo.com

On with the show:

Waaaaaaay back in 2014, I recorded my thoughts about Nirvana’s Nevermind, song by song, and put them on YouTube. Now those musings are on the Music, Movies, and More podcast so feast your ears on my thoughts about “Lithium”. Lucky for me, I am joined by Erin.

Here’s the breakdown:

-I mangle Erin’s twitter handle (@erunuevo)

-The Lithium video

-Kurt Cobain died when Erin was in 5th grade (Mike feels old)

-Erin’s first memories of Nirvana

-The lyrics

-Contradictions

-Putting up a good front

-What would Cobain think of Nirvana’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction?

-Nirvana and the mainstream

-“Corporate Mags Still Suck”

-Sunday morning is every day (Mike no longer works a 9 to 5 job)

-The randomness of the lyrics

-Making sense but not making sense

-Lyrics in the CD booklet

-Trying to figure out all the lyrics

-The way Cobain sang it

-Using the Led Zeppelin model of dynamics

-The CD booklet picture

-“Not gonna crack”

-Plugs!

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-Erin lost her apartment to a fire and she needs things. Please donate to help her get back on her feet https://www.gofundme.com/erin-needs-things

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Tuesday Jan 23, 2018

The Unforgiven (Metallica)

Tuesday Jan 23, 2018

I review and analyze The Unforgiven from Metallica’s Black Album.

Here’s the breakdown:

-A gigantic goal in my life as it relates to The Unforgiven

-What this song is

-How it compares to older, more melodic Metallica songs

-When I first heard The Black Album in 1991

-Total suburbia in the 90s

-First impressions of The Unforgiven

-We thought it was Newsted

-Heavy lyrics, mellow chorus

-Emotion and timelessness

-Pre …And Justice For All versus post …And Justice for All

-James Hetfield’s feelings

-The Unforgiven II and III

-Listening to The Unforgiven now

-Hetfield’s age when he wrote this song

-Song #4

-The production

-Kirk Hammett’s solo and A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica

-Emotion versus technique

THE LYRICS

-“And quickly he’s subdued”

-Finding out the “why”

-Showing emotion as a man

-Disgrace

-Turning inward

-Repression

-Therapy

-Safe spaces

-Reading the lyrics as opposed to singing them

-“A vow unto his own”

-They

-A sign of hope?

-My will

-The chorus

-Never living up to your full potential

-What if?

-Why I started this podcast

-Joe Rogan

-Immortality and legacy

-Not really living

-My deathbed

-Life

-Motivational posters

-What the term “unforgiven” could mean

-Forgiving yourself

-Forgiving others

-Is there power in forgiveness?

-Hetfield’s angry and sensitive side all at once

-The struggle against They

-Pleasing them

-Being bitter

-Not wanting to accept

-1984 (SPOILER ALERT!!!!!)

-My deathbed, revisited

-Dying with regret

-Labeling

-The PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center)

-How labeling albums didn’t work

-Subduing

-Addressing the symptom

-The sound of Unforgiven III and Death Magnetic

-The sound of the Metallica albums

-If the first four albums had the Black Album sound

-The Black Album CD booklet

-Plugs!

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Wednesday Jan 17, 2018

Some Kind of Monster

Wednesday Jan 17, 2018

Steve and I watch and review Some Kind of Monster, the classic Metallica documentary. We also talk about other Metallica related issues in our review so even if you haven’t seen the movie, we think you’ll still enjoy this monster of a podcast.

And spoiler alert, even though you must know what has happened to the band by now, right?

-Intro

-The review

-Through the Never

-What did Steve think after seeing Some Kind of Monster for the first time?

-“My Metallica”

-What did Steve do after watching SKOM and listening to St. Anger?

-Steve watching SKOM as an adult

-“Non Metallica” moments in the 80s

-The Osbournes

-Reality TV

-This Monster Lives

-Dave Mustaine

-Ron McGovney

-James Hetfield and Mustaine’s image

-The tough guy exterior

-Hetfield missing his son’s first birthday

-Steve’s divorce

-Putting yourself first

-Ulrich and Hetfield’s personalities

-Ulrich’s upbringing

-Skylar Ulrich and Good Will Hunting

-Lars’ family

-MTV ICON

-Robert Trujillo

-The bass player auditions

-Geordie White and rape accusations

-The small world of Metal

-Trujillio and Jason Newsted in Ozzy Osbourne’s band

-Ulrich and “Fuuuuuuuck!”

-Newsted

-The music business

-The collective

-Ulrich and Hetfield’s politics

-Feeling the discomfort

-St. Anger’s creative process compared to now

-Kirk Hammett

-If Hammett left the band, would Metallica stay together?

-Slayer

-If Trujillo left the band, would Metallica stay together?

-Hammett’s solos

-Hammett’s work on Hardwired . . .

-Ulrich’s experimenting (“regular” and “solid”)

-Hammett’s presence

-What if Hammett died instead of Cliff?

-Hammett and Cliff Burton

-Burton’s influence and personality

-To Live is to Die lyrics and Excalibur

-Hammett as the glue

-Bob Rock

-Needing space

-Finishing St. Anger and SKOM

-Mike and Steve’s opinions on St. Anger

-St. Anger live DVD

-Fixing St. Anger

-Solos

-Coffee is great

-Seeing the emotion

-Phil Towle

-What makes a good therapist

-Zone It and life coaching

-HBO’s In Treatment

-The investment in Towle

-The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

-Newsted’s relationship with Metallica now

-Blackened

-Even if you’re not a Metallica fan . . .

-No one is not a human being

-Star Wars: The Last Jedi and “mine”

-Back to “My Metallica”

-Plugs!

Tofumofo https://tofumofo-nyc.bandcamp.com This is Steve’s album, called “Songs in the Key of Fuck You (The Angry Commuter’s Companion). If you hate your job and/or commute, you will like this album.

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Enjoy the commentary and please excuse the portions where I talked with my mouth full. I was really hungry.

-Cliff ‘Em All just might be next.

Wednesday Jan 10, 2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi with Erin (Spoilers)

Wednesday Jan 10, 2018

Erin and I see Star Wars: The Last Jedi on New Years Eve. It was the first time for Erin and the second time for me. What did we think?

It won’t take the Force to realize that there are major, major (not roger roger) spoilers ahead.

Here’s the breakdown:

-What did Erin think?

-Planet Crait

-Erin talked to herself during the movie

-Kylo Ren

-Mike’s fear of JJ Abrams

-Rian Johnson

-What Erin was expecting

-Rey’s parents

-Who can be a Jedi?

-Snoke

-General Hux

-Luke Skywalker

-“Let the past die”

-“Not my Star Wars” and the trap of expectations

-Mark Hammill

-Yoda

-Failure

-New York weather

-Carrie Fisher

-General Leia

-Poe Dameron’s arc

-Mansplaining

-Admiral Holdo

-Holdo and Dameron

-Kylo Ren and Rey’s relationship

-Rose Tico and women in The Last Jedi

-Kathleen Kennedy and the women of Lucasfilm

-Canto Bight

-Expanded Universe

-The gray area of Star Wars

-DJ

-DJ’s stutter

-Our favorite scenes

-Saint Fisher

-Rey being called a “Mary Sue”

-How does the Last Jedi rank?

-Luke’s arc

-Mike’s nephew’s reaction

-Understanding The Last Jedi at different ages

-Adam Driver’s performance

-The children of Canto Bight

-Animal rights

-Chewbacca

-The Porg and the Puffin

-Luke’s daily routine

-Mike is worried but hopeful about Episode IX

-Firing directors

-What Mike wants

-Plugs!

-Erin lost her apartment to a fire and she needs things. Please donate to help her get back on her feet https://www.gofundme.com/erin-needs-things

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Tuesday Jan 09, 2018

The Breakfast Club Review (Spoilers)

Tuesday Jan 09, 2018

Erin and I watch and review The Breakfast Club. Its been a long time since either of us have seen the movie so will we walk on by or will we call its name?

Stay tuned for the bonus commentary at the end of the review!

Here’s the breakdown:

-Intro

-Will Erin and I still like The Breakfast Club after years without seeing it?

-Mike is a proud SJW

-Erin lost her apartment to a fire and she needs things. Please donate to help her get back on her feet https://www.gofundme.com/erin-needs-things

-How this podcast works

The Review:

-Why is it called The Breakfast Club?

-The letter

-What did Erin think of the movie as an adult?

-Is the Breakfast Club outdated?

-Bender and sexual assault

-The romance

-Alison and Andy

-Alison’s makeover

-Claire and Bender

-Why is Claire into Bender?

-Is there justification for Claire and Bender?

-Bender is abusive

-Andy’s wrongdoing

-What did Erin think of Brian?

-Who can Erin relate to the most?

-The pressure of being perfect

-Erin’s favorite character

-Our favorite performance

-Allison and Ally Sheedy

-Would Erin recommend this movie?

-What did Erin not like?

-Vice Principal Vernon

-$31,000 a year and owns a home?!?!

-When Mike played a principal

-Claire’s lipstick trick

-TV shows and movies about kids

-The conversations teenagers have

-Sex and labels

-Building empathy when talking

-Why The Breakfast Club holds up

-Saying the “F word”, “N word”, “R word”

-Context

-Language in the 80s versus today

-No one was “out” in highschool in the 90s

-Language in the 90s

-Trolls versus people who don’t know any better

-Language today

-“You guys”

-When someone gets it “wrong”

-Compassion versus becoming a bully

-Why Bender treats people horribly

-Mike’s criticisms

-Mike was so hungry at Christmas. How hungry was he?

-Vegan lasagna

-Plugs!

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