We draft our ultimate desert island picks across film, TV, books, games, music, and one wild card, then close with an Avett Brothers cover and a look at what makes “In The Curve” quietly devastating. Along the way, we argue, laugh, and find strange comfort in constraint.

• corrections corner on Vegas residencies, Die Hard CGI, and language details
• YouTube setup, lighting tweaks, and thumbnail confessions
• consumption corner on Gershwin, SimCity 2000, and George Benson’s Breezin
• Stranger Things finale thoughts and Pluralistic sci-fi impressions
• food waste progress and a frittata save
• desert island rules and tradeoffs for each category
• movies by actor: Kurt Russell vs Hugh Jackman
• TV long-hauls: South Park vs The Simpsons and soap opera temptation
• author picks: Orson Scott Card, Stephen King, Dan Simmons
• games: Tetris flow vs Baldur’s Gate 3 choice depth
• music agony: Steely Dan orbit vs Weezer comfort
• wild cards: The Great Courses vs The Why Files
• “In The Curve” meaning, live variants, dream covers, and B-side ideas

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Two married hosts riff from holiday movie night to cult-film carnage and back to the velvet soul of Curtis Mayfield, stitching jokes, nostalgia, and real music talk into a warm, chaotic hour. We test why jazz hits live, why spectacle sometimes wins, and why a tender doo-wop melody still floors us.

• show format built around a 50s “waiting in line” conceit
• corrections corner on names, titles, and royal forms of address
• Beatles wordplay and soundtrack albums as genre mixers
• jazz talk on Oscar Peterson with Lester Young, swing vs bebop for focus
• Die Hard with a Vengeance rewatch and buddy-action chemistry
• family board games, telestrations anarchy, and house rules
• SimCity 2000 MIDI nostalgia and why simple scores stick
• New Year resolutions on consistency, workflow, and food waste
• main feature: Ricky O cult-gore tour with subtitles and influence on games
• song segment: the Impressions’ I’m So Proud, arranging with xylophone
• cover versions, dream pairings, and why the original’s restraint wins

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We build a new studio, sip eggnog, and chase big ideas: why Blink still chills, how Strange New Worlds S3 swings and misses, and why Quincy led Thriller with a soft duet before the heavy hitters

• new basement setup and lighter upfront banter
• quick corrections on films, TV, and music trivia
• Elvis 2022 standout scenes and soundtrack choices
• Strange New Worlds S3 highlights and weak spots
• Doctor Who Blink recap, Weeping Angels rules, time loop device
• practical effects, awards, and quantum-locked logic
• Thriller singles strategy and why The Girl Is Mine came first
• session lore on Toto, Eddie Van Halen, and MJ’s directing style
• harmony talk on borrowed chords and vocal-arrangement tricks
• dream cover pairings, B-sides, and pop-culture duos

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