Comedian Carl Sobel stops by the pod lounge to talk some smack. First, Ross and Matt briefly review the new album from Dream Theater, before we move onto more important topics like The 2025 Grammy awards. We get an absolutely hilarious News of the World, talk Chet hanks, wrester Stephen Flow, the upcoming Super Bowl, Creed and Mark Tremonti, A24 movies, and Elon Musk cheating at video games. Plus tons more. Soak it in.

Joining us in the pod lounge are musicians Kyle Brown and Mike Schertenlieb from the band Kyle Brown The Human Condition. In the first segment we get the low down on Kyle’s history as a musician, their recording process, and general ethos as musicians. We then discuss the recent purchase of Marshall Amps to a Chinese holding firm, drum techniques, drum gear and drum heads, and staying inspired to practice and make music. In the second segment we get caught up on News of the World, we talk about the recent Washington DC plane crash, and P Diddy’s prison beef with Luigi Mangione. Then Ross goes hard again on the new Snoop album no one is interested in. Later, we discuss the authors Ray Bradbury and Joseph Heller. Plus tons more. Soak it in.

The Metal Maniacs are back like Scoliosis. In the first segment we discuss changing directions in your musical tastes, getting out of each others way in song writing, and bands that can't lose a member. We get into Mastodon, Nine Inch Nails live, Tool's Fear Inoculum, buying CD's at midnight, and Modd gives us a rundown on the High School Mockrock years doing black metal. In the second segment we lose video, but hear some news of the world, gets a fresh batch of Matt's Musings. Then we speak on Conan getting the Mark Twain award, and the Obama and Jennifer Aniston couple rumor. Later we deep dive on Nosferatu, and eating grapes at midnight on New Years. In the third segment we get video back online, talk about the show No Good Deed, the new Ari Schaeffer special, Dave Portnoy's pizza show, drumeo videos, and Ross drunkenly rants about the new Snoop and Dr. Dre record "Missionary". Plus tons more. Soak it in.

Back finally for 2025 we’re joined in the lounge by Grand Rapids based comedian Peter Cender. We get some background on Peters journey into stand up, Ross’s 2024 book updates, connections to Canada, the California Wildfires, and Ari Schaeffer’s new special. Then we review the new Nosferatu movie, and have deep thoughts about Nic Cage. In the second segment we get caught up on News of the World, discuss the death of Director David Lynch, and discuss who would win in celebrity Mortal Combat 2024 edition. Plus tons more. Soak it in.

In our 2024 wrap up, Ross and Matt discuss the terrible movies Trap, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. We finally get into our opinions on the new Opted record, and the new Snoop / Dre album. Later we check out a hilarious commercial, discuss the Jay-Z allegations, and how badly the movie Everything Everywhere All At Once ripped off The Matrix. Plus, what’s up with those drones over NJ? Soak it in.

Joining us this week in the pod lounge is Eric, Wayne, Josh and Jason from the band Low Light. We pour one out for Milhouse on the Simpsons, crap on early King Crimson, discuss our favorite bassists, and get obsessive over music gear. Later we get into the process Low Light uses for song writing, lyric writing tips, and figuring out how to make a band work in your 40s. Plus tons more. Soak it in.

*Note* We lose video about 2/3’s through the podcast. Coming in to the pod lounge this week are musicians Tony Piccoli, Nick Hagen, Jeremy Hyde and Chas Millican, to celebrate the return of Mike Portnoy to one of the our favorite bands, Dream Theater. We all bring in one of our favorite DT tracks from the Portnoy era, and have our minds once blown by the incredible musicianship that made us all fall in love with this band years ago. We also share our Dream Theater origin stories, argue about James LeBrie, discuss the good and the bad of the early albums, Portnoy’s boxing robe, and raise a glass to Mike Mangini. Then to top it off we dive into the newly released single, A Broken Man. Song picks: The Glass Prison New Millennium Honor Thy Father Scarred Trial of Tears The Dance of Eternity The Great Debate A Broken Man

In this episode of the podcast we are joined by our good friends Kevin and Camila to watch the Paul VS Tyson boxing match. We also talk about The Onion buying InfoWars, T-Pain and Mark Zuckerberg's collab song, and get an update on Camila's gaming career, as well as some tasty baked goods. Soak it in.