2010 may have ended a while ago but who cares. If magazine and news shows can have year-end wrap-up shows being published and aired before the year even ends, then Brian and I can release our own year-end wrap-up well after the year has ended.
The Some Dude & Some Guy Podcast, “2010 Took Its Talents To South Beach” Edition
In Part 1, Brian and I start out by saying our farewells to Ronnie James Dio, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Greg Giraldo, Dennis Hopper, and J.D. Salinger. We then move on to LeBron James (and, of course, The Decision); we ultimately decide that he is a giant douchebag unworthy of further analysis. We also cover some of the sports highlights of the year, including the Isner-Mahut Wimbledon match that ended with Isner winning 70-68 in the fifth set, and the Blackhawks winning the Stanley Cup. From there, we touch on the Arizona immigration brouhaha on the rise of the Tea Party. We are both kind of confused by the Tea Party, and Mike has some words about the people who are anti-immigration.
You can listen to Part 1 below, or right-click here and download it.
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In Part 2, we talk about the things we loved about 2010 (including things that weren’t necessarily released last year). Brian’s lovefest includes the movies The History of Violence, There Will Be Blood, Taken, and Eastern Promises; the TV shows It’s Always Sunny, The Walking Dead, The Ricky Gervais Show, and Eastbound and Down; the metal band Bolt Thrower. Mike’s lovefest includes the movies Toy Story 3, Inception, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Black Swan, Tangled, and The Fighter; the TV shows Breaking Bad, 30 For 30, and Modern Family; the novel Freedom by Jonathan Franzen (Mike’s review of Freedom can be found here.) From there we go into our Ranty Rants section: Mike rants about The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons (click here to read Charlie Pierce’s epic takedown of the book too). From there, the Ranty Rants get heartier and filled with more swears: Brian hated Grown Ups with the intensity of 1,041 suns; Mike hated The Social Network with the intensity of 1,047 suns.
You can listen to Part 2 below, or right-click here and download it.
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(Please note that we are still trying to get our footing down with the recording and editing process of podcasting. Apologies in advance if the sound quality isn’t up to par, and if the lo-fi “mixing” of the intro and outro tracks is annoying. Mike happens to like the lo-fi quality of that mixing. So there. The intro and outro track is “Man on the Silver Mountain” by Rainbow.)