We watched "Dig!", the 2004 documentary by Ondi Timoner that follows two bands, The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols, over seven years of their musical careers.
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For Season 2 we'll be talking about band documentaries. We kick off the series by looking at 2004's "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster", which chronicles the band during the recording of their 2003 album, St. Anger.
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We're back from a bit of a break, and we're hitting the ground running with a topic of great importance: Television. We talk Real Housewives, Brooklyn Nine Nine, and more. In our time off we did some brainstorming about the future direction of the show, and we have a pretty cool idea for "season two," so stay tuned.
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Tech bros have envisioned a future where reality and the internet have merged: The Metaverse. While there are many grand visions of what Web 3.0 might eventually be, right now it's a disjointed collection of odds and ends: Facebook meetings, VR concerts, NFT real estate, and simulated Walmart Supercenters. Put on your best luxury NFT wearables and join us as we explore the depths of the Metaverse.
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In this episode, we talk about Peter Jackson's new documentary series "The Beatles: Get Back" as well as popular culture's reaction to it. We also discuss the Beatles as a band, their legacy, and the original "Let It Be" film project.
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Live from New York, it's Turn on Your Monitor! Nick got sick and we missed a week, so we're catching up on all the things that have been going on in the world.
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The Zodiac Killer case has been solved! Or has it? In this episode, we take a look at the lasting obsession our culture has with the Zodiac Killer, and we examine the recent evidence put forward by "The Case Breakers," a group that claim to finally know Zodiac's true identity.
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Seinfeld is now streaming on Netflix. In this mini-episode we talk about whether or not it will be able to resonate with new, younger audiences.
The Barstool Sports guy has a podcast about Tik Tok teens? Famous celebs might be buying up NFTs? For our tenth episode, we take a look back at some of our previous topics to see what new developments have occurred.
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No stranger to controversy, Eric Clapton has found himself in hot water yet again. In this episode we take a look at Clapton's recent anti-lockdown and anti-vax songs as well as the support they have found among reactionary boomers and conspiracy theorists of all stripes. We also take a tour of Clapton's storied personal life and musical output. This ain't your dad's blues!
It probably is your dad's blues, actually.
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In this episode, we talk about The Suicide Squad (James Gunn, 2021), a fun film that shows that comic book movies don't always have to suck. Along the way we discuss all things trash cinema: Lloyd Kaufman, the planned Toxic Avenger remake, European exploitation films, and more!
If we got some details about World War II wrong, don't get mad at us. We weren't planning on talking about history, so it's not our fault.
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As Nick and Jess have continued to protect cinema from threats too large for any one podcaster to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Marvel Studios, LLC, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios. A corporation of intergalactic infamy, their goal is to expand the Marvel Cinematic Universe, blockbusters of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict their twisted will on all of reality. Everything Turn on Your Monitor has fought for has led up to this moment; the fate of popular culture and existence has never been more uncertain.
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On this episode we watched the new HBO documentary "Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage" which examines what happened at the ill-fated music festival. We talk about the movie, the festival itself, and the bands that played there. Through the course of making this episode we accidentally became Limp Bizkit fans, and we watched their whole Lollapalooza '21 set. It was genuinely good.
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In this episode, we take a look at the world of performance enhancing "supplements" in sports, Hollywood, and elsewhere. Spoiler alert: a whole bunch of people are on gear, and there are some very good reasons why they don't want you to know that. Turn On your Monitor is here to lift the veil on some of the mystery.
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In this episode, we watch the critically panned 2013 film "CBGB" (starring Alan Rickman) and learn almost nothing about the '70s New York music scene in the process. Maybe the real punks were the friends we made along the way?
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Get yourself together, man. Move to LA. Rent a huge mansion. Center part your hair. Find 20 or 30 young content creators. Make Tik Toks with them. Book some brand deals. Stream. Drink Bang Energy. Listen to The Kid LAROI. Start some type of salsa company.
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In this episode of Turn on Your Monitor, your hosts explore the fake TikTok war currently waging between millennials and zoomers (and the fake word "cheugy") while hitting some of the high points of millennial culture—nu metal, Hamilton, Harry Potter fan fiction, and more—along the way. Episode art by Jess.
In the first episode of Turn on Your Monitor, your hosts explore the world of NFT art: tech bros making "content" as art, jpegs that are worth millions of dollars, the scourge of the San Francisco street art scene, blockchain findom, and more. Episode art by Jess.