Great. Japan is one of the few countries I actually wanted to visit, and now an earthquake has led to a tsunami which has led to a meltdown which might reduce it to a nuclear pothole. While this all sounds perfect for the creation of Godzilla, I can’t help but […]
If you follow folks like Katie Perry or Kim Kardashian on Twitter, I won’t judge you (outside of assuming that you’re a vapid stooge and somehow even less intelligent than they are). But there are definitely celebrities out there that know how to bring some real entertainment in 140 characters […]
I watch a lot of movies because I’m an asocial homebody and they do all the living for me. Why play sports when I can just watch Major League or Raging Bull? Who needs to go out and party when Risky Business does it better than I ever could? Besides, […]
I spent my elementary school years playing the Nintendo Entertainment System the way the Asian kids studied math. It was a glorious time. There were no system wars: You owned an NES or you were a bigger outcast than the children whose parents were divorced. And, then, a funny thing […]
How did my 30th birthday turn out? Where will co-host Billy Basil decide to spend his 28th birthday? How stupid and unaware can our callers get? All this and more in today’s Papa’s Basement. Papa’s Basement 3-7-11 (Left-click this link to listen to this episode immediately. To download this episode, […]
Ridley Scott has had an extremely prolific and successful career as a director. The man is responsible for Alien, Black Hawk Down, Gladiator (and, Thelma & Louise, strangely enough), just to name the highlights. Sure, he also made G.I. Jane and Kingdom of Heaven, but every talent has their slumps […]
For a week now, the world has endured Charlie Sheen deluging it with insane rant after insane rant like a fire hose attached to a hydrant of batshit crazy. Yesterday, he started a Twitter account, which has been gaining roughly 50,000 followers per hour and shows no signs of slowing […]
February’s been an amazing month for me: I turned 30, got a radio show on the station I grew up listening to and, most important by far, I’ve been eating daily on the cheap at Subway due to their awesome Februany promotion, which discounts sandwiches that typically cost six – […]
I drag my butt into the studio rather than spend my 30th birthday in the bottle to cover Charlie Sheen and his batshit ravings. Papa’s Basement 2-28-11 (Left-click this link to listen to this episode immediately. To download this episode, right-click this link and select “Save Link/Target As.”)