The boys here at the Podwits Podcast Network have been currently reworking the site and planning a very exciting, relaunch very soon. So just to let the fans know, we are still here and have some very BIG plans that will be announced very soon. In the meantime, please have a great season, and you can directly […]
Archive for the ‘Art’ Category
As Some of You May Have Noticed…
Posted: 1st July 2015 by Podwits Administrator in Art, News, Podcast, Podwits Exclusive, Uncategorized, Up on The Soap BoxA Podwits CLASSIC: “There’s ALWAYS Time For Columbo !”
Posted: 2nd May 2015 by Podwits Administrator in Art, Best of, Celebrities, Film, Film Review, Food, History, Literature, Podcast, Recap, TelevisionTags: A Treasury of Recipes, Al Lewis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bo Svenson, Charlie Chan, Christopher Lee, Darren McGavin, Donald Pleasance, Elisha Cook Jr, England, Fire!, Gene Kelly, Hammer Films, Horror, Jackie Cooper, James Cagney, Jeff Rice, Keye Luke, Kingdom of the Spiders, Kolchak the Night Stalker, MacGyver, Maniac, Martin Freeman, Michael Caine, Mr. Moto, Nightmare on Elm Street, Patrick McGoohan, Peter Cushing, Peter Falk, Peter Lorre, Poltergeist, Quality Street, Richard Matheson, Robert Culp, Robert Logan, Roma Wine, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, Sidney TolerX Simon Oakland, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Snowbeast, Suspense, The Conjuring, The Entity, The Great Mouse Detective, The Italian Job, The Night Strangler, The Woman in Black, The X-Files, Victor Sen Yung, Victoria Price, Vincent Price, Warner Orland, Willie Strode, yorkshire, Yorkshire Girl, Columbo, Day of the Triffids, Joe Spinell, Jose Ferrer
(Originally Aired April 2014) The Podwits have a VERY special edition of the podcast this week, with AM 331’s own Yorkshire Girl in studio to expound on anything and everything that matters… And what does the lovely lady have on her mind? Horror movies; the amazing sub-subgenre that is the 1970’s TV movie; the love for […]
On the Lam, While Warming the Cockles…
Posted: 14th February 2015 by Podwits Administrator in Art, Beer, Celebrities, Games, History, Music, Music Review, News, Podcast, Recap, Technology, Television, The Comic Spinner, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Beck, Billy Zane, Douglas Adams, FXX, Game of Thrones, Garbage, Grammys, Harry Potter, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Kanye West, Lord of the Rings, Marvel, Matt Garrison, Old Ox Brewery, Paul McCartney, Philadelphis Union, Red Bull, Red Eagle Entertainment, Robert Jordan, Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four, Sheri Manson, soccer, Sony Pictures, Spiderman, The Beatles, The Fantastic, Wheel of Time, Winter Dragon, X-Men
This week finds the boys on the run, after an ill-advised attempt to play John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd, now recording their podcast from their current hideout, a waste-basket cabinet at a local Manhattan eatery. They briefly try to dissect whatever you want to call the latest act of buffoonery by Kanye West at this year’s Grammy […]
New Podcast: All (About) That JAZZ
Posted: 29th November 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Art, Audio Review, Celebrities, Electronics, History, Literature, Music, Music Review, Notes & Chords, Technology, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Caravan, Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, Dexter Gordon, Dizzy Gillespie, Elvis Presley, Foo Fighters, Frank Sinatra, Howlin' Wolf, Jackie Gleason, Jimmy Smith, Joey Defrancesco, John Coltrane, Jon Faddis, Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Miles Davis, Muddy Waters, New Orleans, No Chaser, Oscar Peterson, Preservation Hall, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ray Charles, Red Garland, Robert Johnson, Sonic Highways, Sonny Rollins, Straight, The Meters, The Village Vanguard, Thelonious Monk, Tom Waits, Tommy Dorsey, Wes Montgomery, Willie Dixon
The boys are cookin’ and steamin’ this morning! They first jump into their love for Preservation Hall in New Orleans, which leads into a very spirited discussion of their love of all things Jazz. They chat about their favorite jazz musicians, jazz albums, and even give off-the-cuff 5 jazz picks for anyone wanting to get into the genre. Dion […]
Check out Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers!
Posted: 17th October 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Anime, Art, Books, Cartoons, Celebrities, Comic Books, Cyber Mailbag, Ernest Borgnine, Film, Film Review, History, Literature, News, Podcast, Science Fiction, Technology, Television, Uncategorized, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers
Please pay a visit to our latest Podwits venture, Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers! Dion Baia and J. Blake of the Podwits fame highlight films from their youth that would have typically been rented for a weekend sleepover by you and your friends. A new movie may be thrown into the mix to spice it up, but cult […]
RIP Hollywood Make-up Legend Dick Smith
Posted: 1st August 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Art, Celebrities, Film, History, News, Obituaries, Technology, Television, UncategorizedTags: Altered States, Amadeus, David Bowie, Dick Smith, Dustin Hoffman, Ghost Story, Jack Pierce, James Caan, John Carpenter, Linda Blair, Little Big Man, Marathon Man, Martin Scorsese, Max Von Sydow, Nighthawks, Quentin Tarantino, Rick Baker, Stan Winston, Starman, Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, The Exorcist, The Godfather, The Hunger, The Stepford Wifes, Tom Savini, William Friedkin, William Hurt
The Podwits were saddened to learn that Oscar-winning make-up icon Dick Smith, who defined generations with his pioneering makeup effects, passed away July 30th at age 92. Before CGI was common place, Smith practically invented techniques that are still used to this day, and is credited by Special Effects legends like Rick Baker and Tom Savini in spearheading where Universal Studios […]
The Podwits Pocket guide to Camping and Fishing
Posted: 7th June 2014 by Podwits Administrator in A Case of the Munchies, Art, Books, Celebrities, Electronics, Film, Film Review, Food, Games, History, Housekeeping, Literature, News, Podcast, Technology, Television, Up on The Soap BoxTags: camping, Coleman, Disasters, DIY Projects, Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th The Series, H.P. Lovecraft, Herbert West–Reanimator, hunting, McDonalds, Preppers, science, The Dark Side, The Reanimator, The Walking Dead
The Podwits are in the weeds this week- literally! After debating the merits of preservatives, the boys go on about hunting, camping, DIY home projects, and doing manly things to help reinforce their fragile egos and prove they are still in fact MEN! Keep their fire going and download the podcast today! Footnotes: 1970’s Las Vegas Home bomb […]
Georges Arnaud’s Wages of Fear
Posted: 29th May 2014 by Dion in Art, Books, Film, Film Review, History, Podwit ProfileTags: Alfred Hithcock, American Werewolf in London, Chester Himes, Dashiell Hammett, Diabolique, Flesh and Fire, Georges Arnaud, Henri-Georges Clouzot, James M. Cain, Jeff Ryan, Le Salaire de la Peur, Les Diabolique, Mickey Spillane, Nintendo, Norman Dale, Rage, Raymond Chandler, Scarface, Sorcerer, Super Mario Bros, Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America, The Boys From Brazil, The Harlem Cycle, The Last Man on Earth, Wages of Fear, William Friedkin
I have very fond memories of playing with my G.I. Joe’s and Construx on the carpet in the living room of my parent’s old New Haven home -their rug I now recall as an imagery world, that would encompass the area from under the bay window where lived in front a massive 16″ Quasar cabinet television, to the large wooden coffee table […]
“There’s ALWAYS Time For Columbo !”
Posted: 12th April 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Art, Celebrities, Film, Film Review, Food, History, Literature, Podcast, Podwit Profile, Recap, TelevisionTags: A Treasury of Recipes, Al Lewis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bo Svenson, Charlie Chan, Christopher Lee, Columbo, Darren McGavin, Day of the Triffids, Donald Pleasance, Elisha Cook Jr, England, Fire!, Gene Kelly, Hammer Films, Horror, Jackie Cooper, James Cagney, Jeff Rice, Joe Spinell, Jose Ferrer, Keye Luke, Kingdom of the Spiders, Kolchak the Night Stalker, MacGyver, Maniac, Martin Freeman, Michael Caine, Mr. Moto, Nightmare on Elm Street, Patrick McGoohan, Peter Cushing, Peter Falk, Peter Lorre, Poltergeist, Quality Street, Richard Matheson, Robert Culp, Robert Logan, Roma Wine, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, Sidney Toler, Simon Oakland, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Snowbeast, Suspense, The Conjuring, The Entity, The Great Mouse Detective, The Italian Job, The Night Strangler, The Woman in Black, The X-Files, Victor Sen Yung, Victoria Price, Vincent Price, Warner Orland, Willie Strode, yorkshire, Yorkshire Girl
The Podwits have a VERY special edition of the podcast this week, with AM 331’s own Yorkshire Girl in studio to expound on anything and everything that matters… And what does the lovely lady have on her mind? Horror movies; the amazing sub-subgenre that is the 1970’s TV movie; the love for Darren McGavin’s Kolchak The […]
“Drama is Universal, Comedy is Personal”
Posted: 29th March 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Art, Celebrities, Film, Film Review, History, Literature, News, Podcast, TelevisionTags: A Fish Called Wanda, A Philadelphia Story, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arsenic and Old Lace, Black Dynamite, Burt Reynolds, Caddyshack, Cary Grant, Comicbooks, Dr. Strangelove, Four-Color Fanboys, Galaxy Quest, Ghostbusters, Hercules in New York, His Girl Friday, Humphrey Bogart, Ireland, Ivan Reitman, Jack Benny, Jackie Gleason, Little Feat, Max Headroom, Mr. Moto, Mr. Moto takes a Vacation, My Cousin Vinny, Napoleon Dynamite, Noah, Peter Lorre, Ralph Bellamy, Roddy Doyle, Sabotage, Smokey and the Bandit, Stanley Kubrick, Stanley Kurbrick, Stephen D Youngkin, Stripes, Terminator, Terminator: Genesis, The Big Lebowski, The Blues Brothers, The Commitments, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Lego Movie, The Long Goodbye, The Lost One, The Muppet Movie, The Passion of the Christ, The Robe, The Sandlot, Vincent Price
…His name was Laszlo Lowenstein… In this brand-spankin’ new edition of The Podwits Podcast, the boys are talking movies, and more specifically, their favorite comedies. What do they find funny? What do they think (in their HUMBLE opinion) was a miss? And what the heck is up with Arnold Schwarzenegger giving away spoilers for all his […]