All aboard for Brian and Dion’s wrap-up of their enthusiastic but respectful journey through the history of maritime disasters. They look back at the great shipwrecks of United States history—some famous (the SS Andrea Doria and the SS Edmund Fitzgerald), some less so (the American nuclear subs Thresher and Scorpion, and the Great Lakes excursion liner […]
Archive for May, 2012
Shattered Hulls, Part 3: Life in Dark Waters
Posted: 30th May 2012 by Podwits Administrator in History, PodcastTags: Andrea Doria, Disasters, Eastland, Edmund Fitzgerald, Scorpion, Thresher, U-869
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Siri Tells John Malkovich a “Better” Joke…
Posted: 29th May 2012 by Dion in Celebrities, Electronics, TechnologyTags: Apple iPod, John Malkovich, Sirri, The Aristocrats
In the popular new iPhone ads, John Malkovich asks Siri two one-word questions, to which she replies about the meaning of life, the weather, and then a joke. But in this parody courtesy of the Slacktory channel on YouTube, Mr. Malkovich is not impressed by her two jokes, so Siri decides to recite the stand-alone classic “The Aristocrats”, as applied […]
Podwit Profile – Naquan “Kuma” Baity, Kuma Kreations Entertainment
Posted: 27th May 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Podwit ProfileTags: Comix Zone, Kuma Kreations Entertainment, Nintendo Entertainment System, Prototype 2, PS3, PSN, RC Pro Am, Sega Genesis, Top Gun, Video Games
Our very own J. Marcus had a chance to sit down with a very good friend of The Podwits, Mr. Naquan Baity, otherwise known as KUMA — founder of Kuma Kreations Entertainment. Kuma shared everything from what drove him to review games in the first place to just what is up with those fangs (the […]
The Comic Rack
Posted: 26th May 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Comic Books, PodcastTags: Avengers, Captain Marvel, ComiCat, Elon Musk, Fourth World Comics, NASA, New 52, Shazam, SpaceX, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, Starship Enterprise, Ultimate Spider-Man, Victoria Hand
The comic book rack is the new water cooler, as your three well-read masters of ceremony discuss gay superheroes, digital comics, the old Spider-Man newspaper strip, and a whole host of other superheroic topics, along with some other unrelated side-excursions. Podwits Assemble!
A Short Doc on John Baldessari
Posted: 24th May 2012 by Dion in Art, Celebrities, Film, NewsTags: John Baldessari, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Tom Waits
I stumbled across this and couldn’t believe how marvelous it was. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art commissioned this film for a night honoring photographer and artist John Baldessari and Clint Eastwood, narrated by the man, the myth, the legend: Tom Waits. I wish filmmakers would use this as an example of how good a short […]
Music Preview: Rush’s Clockwork Angels
Posted: 23rd May 2012 by Brian in Music, Music ReviewTags: Alex Lifeson, Clockwork Angels, Geddy Lee, Kevin J. Anderson, Neil Peart, Nick Raskulinecz, Rush
When a band is well into the fifth decade of its career, with its members pushing sixty years of age, they’re usually relegated to the nostalgia circuit—you know, playing sold-out shows to aging baby boomers at outdoor concerts with one or two other “retro” acts, and coasting on the success of the back-catalog. If such […]
Anchorman 2 Teaser Released
Posted: 22nd May 2012 by Dion in Film, NewsTags: Anchorman 2, funnyordie.com, Will Ferrell
Over at Will Ferrell’s site FunnyorDie.com, a teaser trailer for his upcoming 2013 sequel to Anchorman was posted and it looks interesting to say the least.
Film Score Appreciation – James Horner
Posted: 21st May 2012 by J. Marcus in Film, Music, Music ReviewTags: *batteries not included, A Beautiful Mind, Aliens, Apollo 13, Battle Beyond the Stars, Bicentennial Man, Braveheart, Cocoon, Cocoon: The Return, Die Hard, Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, James Horner, Jerry Goldsmith, Krull, Project X, Sneakers, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Mask of Zorro, The Perfect Storm, The Rocketeer, Titanic
I was recently discussing my feelings about composer James Horner with a friend on Facebook. If the name is unfamiliar to you, I guarantee that his music is familiar. He has scored films for over 30 years and won two Oscars® (both for his work on Titanic). In addition to his accolades, Mr. Horner has also […]
Brian Shot First
Posted: 19th May 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Podcast, Science Fiction, TelevisionTags: Ernest Borgnine, Firefly, George Lucas, Indiana Jones, Joss Whedon, Serenity, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, The Avengers
It’s time once again for some Podwits goodness, straight from our mouths to your ears (in a not so disgusting kinda way). This week Dion and J. debate whether or not George Lucas or Shia LaBeouf is the root of all evil and heap lots of gooey praise on the the one and only Joss […]
Podwit Profile: Jackie Gleason
Posted: 18th May 2012 by Dion in Celebrities, Music, Podwit ProfileTags: Bobby Hatchett, Frank Sinatra, Jackie Gleason
Here at the Podwits, we try our best to bring our interests to you, the reader (and listener), while trying to then attach our spin on the subject, and perhaps shed light on something our audience might not have been aware of. Today’s subject is a profile on a man who, unless you’ve lived under a […]