Episode Twelve - Born To Roll!

Kevin visited all the way from super-sunny Arizona to sit down to discuss Harry Potter, Pokemon, old school video games, and cult films.

Also in this episode:

- The Shopping Cart Situation
- The Forty Cheeseburger Fiasco
- The Vince's Spaghetti Incident
(Does Kevin have any stories that don't end in a debacle?)
- Kevin, Aaron, Sandra, and Ann Marie discuss ultimate zombie killing weapons - a debate as old as time
- More Hypertheticals, including why you wouldn't want to end up in a "Freaky Friday" situation with Kevin
- What boys do at slumber parties
- "Crucify me in Gravel"
- "Gulping Whiskey"

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Picnic in the park before the podcast! From left to right: Kevin, Aaron, Megan, Sandra, AnnMarie

Referenced in this episode:
A very moving documentary short about the lengths one will go to for something they believe in.

K Meets Condom by Outcry Productions

My Mom is Ruining My Subculture Momcast!

My Mom is Ruining My Subculture Momcast

On this very special episode of The Internet is Ruining my Subculture, Megan and her mom sit down on Mother's Day to talk about comedy!

My mom talks about her seedy teenage past, hanging around comedy clubs while drinking apple cider. Which gigantor actor from Everybody Loves Raymond sarcastically called my mom a princess? When Blue Collar Comedy just isn't enough anymore, which up-and-coming stand-ups should you watch?

Intro/outro is "What a Fool Believes" as covered by Self

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Mom and I getting ready to head to the Improv!


Referenced in this episode:

My mom's recommendations:
http://www.mazjobrani.com
http://www.icehousecomedy.com/
http://www.improv.com/ComedyClub/brea/Index
Bobby Collins
John Heffren
http://sebastianlive.com/
John Pinette
John Caparullo
Frank Frosty and Heidi
Adam Carolla


Megan's Recommendations:
http://www.nerdist.com
http://www.earwolf.com, et al.
http://www.paulftompkins.com
and many many more.

And some people we can both agree upon:

http://kylecease.com
Ian Bagg

Episode Number Nine - Episode Wham!

Straight outta Wham!Con!

On this very special episode of The Internet is Ruining my Subculture, Emsie and Megan just got back from Wham!Con 25 at the Rancho Cucamonga Senior Center, and boy do they have stories to tell!

-Andrew Ridgeley factoids
-Our Wham!zine Fanzine against Sad Boys Fanzine
-The hotly debated "The Denim Years" E.P. - Fact or Fiction?
-The seedy side of the Wham!fan subculture
-Replicating Wham's classic couture
-A dramatic reading from a very famous scientist!

Intro is "Bad Boys"/Outro is "Club Tropicana" both by Wham!

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Megan and Emily at Wham!Con 2011


Referenced in this episode:
WhamFan.com

Scan of the cover of the Denim Years E.P. What do you think? Legit?


Our hand-screened Wham shirts. Sold out within two hours!:



Classic fashion (Wham fan art courtesy of Jared "The World's Greatest Actor" from Sad Boys Fanzine):




Although there are many super sweet videos, this is one of our favorites:



And last, but certainly not least, we present to you the greatest Wham photo EVAR:

Episode Eight - Snooooozeville!

Episode Eight! - "Snoooooozeville!"


Today we learn:
-The reasons for Scottrik's absence
-Fidel is terribly bored
-Who snores loudest?
-How we do Saturday, 11PM


Also:
-Are air quotes pretentious or just laaaaaaame?
-Scott's terrible sex addiction
-Hookers and blow galore!
-Let's go to Canada to see a movie!
-Words of wisdom from Scottrik, Chris, and Megan
-Snooooooooooooozes from Fidel

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Counterclockwise from top: Scottrik, Megan, Chris, Fidel

Intro/Outro is "Better" by Square

Thanks for listening!

P.S. Please disregard everything mentioned in this episode.

Episode Double 0 Seven!

Episode Double 0 Seven! - "Love Lift Us Up Where We Blog"


Today we learn:
-Emily has a dark pageant past
-Megan has a dark broadcasting school past
-They both have a dark gangsta past
-Who Emily's oldest and dearest celebrity friend is


Also:
-A SRSLY IRL scary moment in apartment living
-Exclusive behind-the-scenes look at podcasting
-Today is Friday, Friday
-Ghost Bro, ghost! Ghost Adventurer Hour with Megan and Emily
-The correct spelling of the word "pants" (spoiler, it's not "P-A-N-T-S"!)
-A dramatic reading of the greatest banana phone-related song!

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Emily and Megan getting ready to record.

Referenced in this episode:

BANANARCHY! by Mitch Clem


Bananaphone by Raffi.

Bad Fan Fiction Idea generator

Thanks for listening!

P.S. Pretty sure I suck at the new audio set-up. It'll get better.

Episode Six!

Episode six with Megan P.I., Emsie Hammer, Aaron, and Scott, Esquire!


Today we learn:
- Who are Emsie's favorite creepsters?
- How to bring World Peace
- Scott is a big fan of Bryan Adams
- To blame it on the rain
- Aaron is the premiere Megatron fan-fic writer
- The real names of the Aristocats
- The proper way to cook an Ewok

Also:

- Lessons in netspeak
- Mad props for Bryan Adams!
- America's Prisoners Got Talent!
- Aaron sullies the good name of Reading Rainbow
- Aloysious Manzella, where are you?!
- World's greatest Chuck Klosterman impersonation!

Music used in this episode by Kevin MacLeod.

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From right to left: Megan, Scott, Emily, and Aaron.

And seriously Al Manzella, if you're out there, email us.

Episode five!

Episode five with Megan P.I., Lou, and Scottrik, Esquire!

Today we learn:

-This sound quality of this podcast is abominable!
-Warhammer explained!
-Gundams explained!
-Lou and Scott fight like a married couple!
-Scott hates NPH! D:
-And then Scott loves NPH! :D!


Also:

-Is Lou a super spy?
-Is Lou's dad really Indiana Jones?
-Warning: Moby Dick spoilers ahead!
-Blank White Cards explained!
-Scott's very special New Year's resolution.
-Yet another round of Chuck Klosterman's Hypertheticals

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Episode intro is "Mariachi Snooze" by Kevin MacLeod.

Mentioned in this episode:
Lou's site isn't up yet, but I scrounged up a few photos of his work:


Custom-painted miniature


Lord Raptor


Dark Night Gundam


Learn more about Blank White Cards.

From left to right: Scott, Megan, Lou

Episode 4!

Episode four with Megan P.I. and Aaron!

Today we learn:

-Aaron is a priest at the altar of the live metal show!
-Russel Brand is not amusing!
-In a parallel world, Aaron would be the BIGGEST REO Speedwagon fan!
-Aaron would not allow his soulmate's collarbones to be broken!

Also:

-The show that got away!
-The Eagles mysteriously grow wings!
-World's Greatest Scott Stapp impersonation
-If we hate Creed so much, why do we mention them so often?
-a round of Chuck Klosterman's Hypertheticals

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Mentioned in this episode:
Well, ok, there were many many bands listed. These are a couple of the less obvious musicians Aaron talks about:

Joel Ceballos
Brother Daniel


As always, find Aaron at After the Fall.

From left to right: Megan, Aaron, Sandra

Episode 3!

Today we learn:

- Emily wants to harm Megan so she can bring her back from the brink of death!
- Emily serenades Megan with the scariest song in the world!
- Megan would prefer to restrict freedom of speech!
- Emily is going to end up married to a bro!
- Emily's dramatic skills rival Hollywood's A-list!

Also:

- Harry Potter's wand?!
- A series that makes less sense than Twilight?!
- Kids these days! (get off our lawn!)
- Pro-tips on srs matchmaking!
- The true meaning of Wham's "Wake Me Up (Before You Go Go)"!
- The World's best Chuck Woolery impression!
- A dramatic reading of one of the greatest contemporary compositions!
- Megan finds the sound effects button!

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Also, you can totally subscribe to the podcast's RSS feed here.

Referenced today:


Harry and the Potters


A short film starring Mr. Hasselhoff:

From right to left: Emily, Megan

Episode 2.5!

In episode 2.5, Megan interviews Scott about his nerdy origin story!

Today we learn:
-Scott demands to be addressed as "Scott, Esquire"!
-Scott's parents are smarter than Satan!
-Rules lawyers are Debbie Downers!
-"That's what she said" will rarely fail to make Megan laugh!
-Scott hopes his future kids do not turn out to be douches!

Also:
-A true life expose on the drug-fueled nerd orgies of the 80s!
-Grandpa Scott and Grandpa Megan talk about kids these days (get off our lawn!)

Download episode 2.5!

From left to right: Scott, Megan

Episode 2!

On today's episode:
-They're just like people! We talk about our brief encounters with Eddie Izzard, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, Frank Portman, and the MC Bat Commander.
-Emily doesn't like having dirty hands (weirdo!)
-Which Fresh Prince of Bel Air super star shops at Target?
-Reason #1 Megan and Emily aren't allowed to travel together


A little behind the scenes info for you: Emily and Megan are actually part robot. Though they try their best to not let their human slip, at times in this episode they let their robotronic show. Sorry!

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Pictured: Emily(back)and Megan (right)

Episode 1!

Yay! First episode. You'll learn that both Emily and Megan say "like" a lot (and that it's difficult to edit it all out), both of us to like to laugh at our own jokes, and Megan has a lot of wigs stored in the attic of her apartment building (she also likes to speak in third person on this blog).

Episode 1:
-Hola!
-Real letters from the Oregon Trail
-Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog
-Borderlands
-Bad Harry Potter fanfic tribute
-Sayonara!

Download episode 1!

Referenced in the episode:



My Immortal, the awesomely awful quintessential Harry Potter fanfic.

Pictured: Emily (blue tank) and Megan (pink tank)