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Lemon: May 22, 2003

SilentChaz posted:

https://archive.org/details/blameitonouterspace07

Thanks!

# ? Jul 21, 2022 12:48

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# ? May 30, 2024 04:03

Captain Hotbutt: Aug 18, 2014

I had fallen off the show for a while but coming back to the 1-2-3 punches of Thor, Clash, and American Pie have me all in. Just a stellar string of episodes.

# ? Jul 22, 2022 13:32

Iron Crowned: May 6, 2003; by Hand Knit

New variant of the theme with the 4-LOM episode, took me a few seconds to realize which podcast I was listening to.

# ? Jul 22, 2022 13:37

GoutPatrol: Oct 17, 2009; *Stupid Babby*

excellent new theme, they should start using it main feed

# ? Jul 22, 2022 14:39

Angry_Ed: Mar 30, 2010; Grimey Drawer

Captain Hotbutt posted:

I had fallen off the show for a while but coming back to the 1-2-3 punches of Thor, Clash, and American Pie have me all in. Just a stellar string of episodes.

Meth'd out Roadie Charon was amazing

# ? Jul 22, 2022 20:18

ricro: Dec 22, 2008

DoubleCakes posted:

Weird that BIOOS never did a flat earth episode

Too mainstream

# ? Jul 22, 2022 20:59

Calaveron: Aug 7, 2006

David Warner now truly is in pepperoni heaven

# ? Jul 26, 2022 01:07

Iron Crowned: May 6, 2003; by Hand Knit

Calaveron posted:

David Warner now truly is in pepperoni heaven

I listened to that episode on Sunday. This is all my fault.

# ? Jul 26, 2022 01:12

Invalid Validation: Jan 13, 2008

Wtf CBD dog treats. Podcast adverts really scrape the bottom of the barrel.

# ? Jul 26, 2022 15:35

dorium: Nov 5, 2009; If it gets in your eyes
Just look into mine
Just look into dreams
and you'll be alright
I'll be alright

they work by all accounts, dunno about this brands, but they seem to work well for when dogs/cats are terrified of fireworks and stuff.

# ? Jul 26, 2022 19:03

Timeless Appeal: May 28, 2006

Yeah, we give dogs antidepressants, so it's not really all that weird. I think it is funny because there definitely is some free association going on of it having CBD so it gets talked about on the stoner adjacent podcast.

# ? Jul 26, 2022 19:16

mweber: Dec 24, 2003

Eric has Star Wars
Steve has Spiderman
Andrew has Star Trek
Chris has Reboot

# ? Jul 27, 2022 18:59

Jose Oquendo: Jun 20, 2004; Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a boring movie

In case anyone was wondering about one of the reasons Jupin left the JBFC: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/arts/jacob-burns-film-center-westchester.html

# ? Jul 27, 2022 21:20

dorium: Nov 5, 2009; If it gets in your eyes
Just look into mine
Just look into dreams
and you'll be alright
I'll be alright

ive reached my limit of being a freeloader

# ? Jul 27, 2022 21:53

claw game handjob: Mar 27, 2007; pinch pinch scrape pinch
ow ow fuck it's caught
i'm bleeding
JESUS TURN IT OFF
WHY ARE YOU STILL SMILING

Jose Oquendo posted:

In case anyone was wondering about one of the reasons Jupin left the JBFC: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/arts/jacob-burns-film-center-westchester.html

quote:

For more than two decades, the Jacob Burns Film Center in Westchester County has been a glimmering success story: an oasis for film lovers drawn to the art house cinema’s offerings and the panache of its A-list leaders, members and visitors.

Ron Howard sits on its board, as did Steven Spielberg. Jonathan Demme, also a former board member, ran a film series at the center, located in a historic Spanish Mission-style theater in town that was renovated at considerable cost.

In an era when art houses and commercial theaters seem perennially under threat, the nonprofit Burns Center has thrived, adding screens and broadening its ambition by opening a Media Arts Lab and later developing a “Creative Culture” program for emerging filmmakers.

“The J.B.F.C. is a force for social change disguised as a movie theater,” Demme once said.

But now something more unsettling than a sudden, cinematic cut to black has stirred debate at the institution in Pleasantville, about 30 miles north of Manhattan.

The former head of programming, Brian Ackerman, was quietly fired in May after more than 20 years of service. Though the film center did not publicly announce the dismissal, it had decided, it later said, that he had become a bully at work, menacing staff and unable to control his temper.

Two people — one longtime employee and another person who worked at the center part time for years — then stepped away in protest and Mr. Ackerman drew multiple letters of support.

“It was completely inconsistent to me that he would be working with someone who felt threatened by him in a way that they had to insist on him being removed from his position,” Karen Goodman, who worked with Mr. Ackerman on programming at the Burns for years, said in an interview. “It’s almost laughable its so insane.”

But the film center has held firm, shedding its initial reticence to discuss a personnel matter by responding with a statement that said Mr. Ackerman’s dismissal had been based on multiple episodes of bad behavior.

“There is a well-documented history of at least four instances just over the past 14 months of threatening, intimidating and harassing behavior by Mr. Ackerman, most of which involved female staff members,” the film center said in the statement. “Several employees at the Burns have voluntarily come forward to express gratitude to the Burns’ management for their taking action to remove Mr. Ackerman and some even described additional incidents of Mr. Ackerman’s bullying behavior.”

Last week, in the latest development, Mr. Ackerman sued for millions of dollars in damages, asserting in a 39-page lawsuit that his termination was part of a plot hatched by the film center’s founder and former executive director, Stephen Apkon. The lawsuit accuses Mr. Apkon of trying to regain his influence at the center so he can hob nob with its deep-pocketed donors and leverage those relationships into support for his new nonprofit, Reconsider. The nonprofit organization describes its mission as working “to address mental health and societal challenges by supporting the emergence of transformational medicines, including psychedelics.”

Stephen Apkon, left, the film center's founder, with Brian Ackerman and Janet Maslin in 2001 before screenings began in the renovated Rome Theater.
Stephen Apkon, left, the film center’s founder, with Brian Ackerman and Janet Maslin in 2001 before screenings began in the renovated Rome Theater.Credit...Debbi Morello for The New York Times
In a statement, Mr. Apkon said he was “deeply troubled” when he learned of Mr. Ackerman’s behavior and offered support for the board, executive staff and employees. But he did not directly address the lawsuit’s allegations about him.

To the film center, the matter is straightforward: An employee exhibited serious harassing behavior and was fired. It characterizes the suit as part of a continuing effort to distract, seek attention and harm the organization.

“We believe there is no merit to this lawsuit, and we will vigorously defend the Jacob Burns Film Center and its people,” the film center’s board said in a statement.

The four episodes cited in firing Mr. Ackerman began last year, the film center said. In one, the film center said, he threatened a female executive, saying to her: “I was deciding whether I should quit or come back and destroy you.” In the others, film center officials said, Mr. Ackerman, using profanity, belittled a female colleague after a disagreement over plans to refurbish a theater; screamed at a colleague who had asked him about the feasibility of using a hybrid model for a coming film festival; and yelled at a person in a meeting.

Months before his dismissal, Mr. Ackerman had been formally warned about his behavior by the director of human relations, the film center said.

When the termination finally occurred, it was carried out by the film center’s executive director and soon thereafter relayed to the board, according to Mr. Ackerman’s lawsuit. The court papers said the film center refused to tell Mr. Ackerman why he was fired and has ignored requests for documents that outline the misconduct he was accused of.

Told about the details of the allegations as provided by the Burns Center, Robert D. Piliero, one of Mr. Ackerman’s lawyers, said the information “reveals how pretextual the whole thing is.”

Mr. Ackerman said in a statement: “A co-founder wanted to come back and turn a beloved institution into a toy for his own personal gain, and I refused to allow it.”

For some, Mr. Ackerman’s removal has underscored a broader shift in the culture at the film center, from small, friendly and familial to something larger and more impersonal.

Janet Maslin, the Burns’ board president and the former chief film critic for The New York Times, said the way Mr. Ackerman’s firing was handled was “completely unprecedented” and said that the case for his termination was “not made to my satisfaction.” In an earlier era, she said, those in a dispute like this would have worked things out around a table.

“It just got ratcheted up to 11, and it should never have come to this,” said Ms. Maslin, who has been affiliated with the center since its early days. “I just wish this hadn’t turned into a war because I think it could have been settled more humanely.”

Ms. Maslin, who occasionally reviews books for The Times, said she was aware of complaints that Mr. Ackerman had become irritable. “He started acting out,” she said. “He was saying no to things. It was very hard to program anything.”

Still, she said it “really hurt” when, at a recent screening attended by Ethan Hawke, it dawned on her that Mr. Ackerman would never be at the theater alongside her again. “Without Brian, I don’t think this thing would have worked.”

The story of Jacob Burns Film Center begins in 1998 when Mr. Apkon, a Pleasantville resident, bought the Rome Theater, an old movie house driven out of business by nearby multiplexes. With help, he formed a nonprofit organization, bought the lot adjacent to the Rome and started a $5 million capital campaign to build a film center.

From the start, the effort drew big names. Glenn Close and Martin Scorsese helped lead the capital campaign. The center opened in 2001 and Mr. Ackerman, whose family owned a number of art house theaters in New York City and beyond, became its first and only programming director. (The center’s tax return for the year ending September 2021 listed his salary as $154,000.) A page on the center’s website listing “special guests” includes smiling photos of Ahmir “Thompson, known as Questlove; Bong Joon Ho; Meryl Streep; Michael Douglas; and George Clooney.

The center, which has a $6 million budget, says it shows more than 200,000 people more than 400 films each year. It was for a time, court papers say, “the highest-grossing suburban art house in the United States.” But screening movies eventually proved insufficient. Today, in addition to the center’s five-screens, it has a media education center, hosts discussions, houses artists-in-residence and teaches filmmaking to students.

In his role, Mr. Ackerman was responsible for curating the presentation of the film center’s independent, documentary and world cinema, duties he was credited with being skilled at performing, but work that is now being performed in part by a committee, according to the lawsuit. “Brian was instrumental in the creation of this unique institution,” Joanne Howard, Demme’s widow, wrote in an email to the film center’s board.

But the film center said his bullying behavior simply became intolerable. At least one of his tirades had driven a co-worker to tears, according to the center, which said it “was left with no choice but to terminate his employment.”

Sheelagh McNeill and Alain Delaquérière contributed research.

# ? Jul 27, 2022 22:09

Cael: Feb 2, 2004; I get this funky high on the yellow sun.

I have a friend who runs a newsletter about (performing) theater companies highlighting their frequent managerial incompetence, and it�s nice to see that the poo poo management extends into film theaters too. Geez, loving sucks but respect to Andrew for leaving a lovely toxic place at the cost of a long time job.

# ? Jul 27, 2022 22:11

claw game handjob: Mar 27, 2007; pinch pinch scrape pinch
ow ow fuck it's caught
i'm bleeding
JESUS TURN IT OFF
WHY ARE YOU STILL SMILING

I meeeeeean he may be one of the two people who resigned in solidarity is how I read that.

Edit; I've just realized you aren't disputing that and in my defense it's 100 degrees here

# ? Jul 27, 2022 22:14

Cael: Feb 2, 2004; I get this funky high on the yellow sun.

Lol it�s high 90s in Houston so I feel you. And yeah the article makes the guy fired out to be a problem, but Andrew tweeted someone else taking how great of a guy he was and commented that management sucks.

# ? Jul 27, 2022 22:20

claw game handjob: Mar 27, 2007; pinch pinch scrape pinch
ow ow fuck it's caught
i'm bleeding
JESUS TURN IT OFF
WHY ARE YOU STILL SMILING

Oh poo poo, August gonna be a wild one for patrons

Episode 624— Escape Plan: Live from Boston
Episode 625 — Robocop 3: Live from Detroit, featuring the Season 12 finale of the VHS Trailer game!
Episode 626 — Under Siege: Live from Charlotte
Episode 627 — Stop or My Mom Will Shoot: Live from DC
Episode 628 — Footloose (1984): Live from Nashville

Patreon Episodes:
Patreon Exclusive We Love Movies — Robocop (1987)
Animation Damnation — Dilbert: "Little People" (s1,e8)
The Nexus: TOS: "Day of the Dove" (s3 e7) TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise" (s3, e15)
Gleep Glossary: Mace Windu
Melr0210: 90210: "A Walsh Family Christmas" (s2, e18) Melrose Place: "Of Bikes and Men" (s2, e5)
Once in a Lifetime: The Wrong Roommate

# ? Jul 29, 2022 17:44

Rageaholic: May 31, 2005; Old Town Road to EGOT

e: ^

August BDD is out and the WLM month usually taking place in December is now taking place in November with an H instead of an L as the Patreon movie that month.

Also, holy poo poo, one of the dopest WLMs to ever happen this month! This month will be a great excuse to rewatch the entire Robocop series :getin:

Episode 624� Escape Plan: Live from Boston

Episode 625 � Robocop 3: Live from Detroit, featuring the Season 12 finale of the VHS Trailer game!

Episode 626 � Under Siege: Live from Charlotte

Episode 627 � Stop or My Mom Will Shoot: Live from DC

Episode 628 � Footloose (1984): Live from Nashville

Patreon Episodes:

Patreon Exclusive We Love Movies � Robocop (1987)

Animation Damnation � Dilbert: "Little People" (s1,e8)

The Nexus: TOS: "Day of the Dove" (s3 e7) TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise" (s3, e15)

Gleep Glossary: Mace Windu

Melr0210: 90210: "A Walsh Family Christmas" (s2, e18) Melrose Place: "Of Bikes and Men" (s2, e5)

Once in a Lifetime: The Wrong Roommate

Rageaholic fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Jul 29, 2022

# ? Jul 29, 2022 17:44

GoutPatrol: Oct 17, 2009; *Stupid Babby*

Gonna be an excellent WLM and Nexus.

# ? Jul 29, 2022 17:46

claw game handjob: Mar 27, 2007; pinch pinch scrape pinch
ow ow fuck it's caught
i'm bleeding
JESUS TURN IT OFF
WHY ARE YOU STILL SMILING

I legit think every one of those paid episodes is gonna be good discussion or a nuclear roast, no in between, and I cannot wait.

# ? Jul 29, 2022 17:51

Leatherhead: Jul 3, 2006; For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,
And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed;
And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill,
And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still

I was at the 'Stop or My Mom Will Shoot' recording and it felt like great episode. They were having so much fun they had to rush through like the last half hour of the movie to get in under time.

I also got Omicron there, but I assume that wasn't their fault.

# ? Jul 29, 2022 18:16

Soup du Jour: Sep 8, 2011; I always knew I'd die with a headache.

the return of WHM episodes on lovely christmas movies, gently caress yeah

# ? Jul 29, 2022 18:50

Billy Gnosis: May 18, 2006; Now is the time for us to gather together and celebrate those things that we like and think are fun.

Leatherhead posted:

I was at the 'Stop or My Mom Will Shoot' recording and it felt like great episode. They were having so much fun they had to rush through like the last half hour of the movie to get in under time.

I also got Omicron there, but I assume that wasn't their fault.

That happens to most of their live shows. I was at the one for the Rock and basically the same thing happens.

# ? Jul 29, 2022 22:06

Rageaholic: May 31, 2005; Old Town Road to EGOT

Ghostbusters Afterlife live show starts in a few mins! I think if you bought a ticket and can't watch it live, it's available for 7 days after the premiere. After that it's gone...until they inevitably release it as an episode on the main feed eventually.

# ? Jul 30, 2022 00:56

dorium: Nov 5, 2009; If it gets in your eyes
Just look into mine
Just look into dreams
and you'll be alright
I'll be alright

Gunna have to catch it once it�s done and do a taped viewing.

# ? Jul 30, 2022 01:22

Vakal: May 11, 2008

Leatherhead posted:

I also got Omicron there, but I assume that wasn't their fault.

Did Steve spit on you?

# ? Jul 30, 2022 20:41

SilentChaz: Oct 5, 2011; Sorry, I'm quite busy at the moment.

Anyone else pay for the afterparty but unable to watch it live and find you can't watch it now?

Because I can watch the live show itself just fine, but the afterparty, which I was a little rich boy and paid extra for, is not available.

# ? Jul 31, 2022 01:34

SilentChaz: Oct 5, 2011; Sorry, I'm quite busy at the moment.

Double post because the afterparty issue is now fixed:

https://twitter.com/WHMPodcast/status/1554166915505000448?s=20&t=45ziKnBkAkZplXn5d8wiQw

# ? Aug 2, 2022 00:30

Leatherhead: Jul 3, 2006; For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,
And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed;
And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill,
And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still

Vakal posted:

Did Steve spit on you?

No I didn't pay for the VIP session

# ? Aug 2, 2022 20:38

Arson Daily: Aug 11, 2003

Nu Metal version of the theme song when

# ? Aug 2, 2022 23:00

mweber: Dec 24, 2003

It�s a shame they don�t include 90210 in listener request months, because we aren�t going to get to Jamie Walters as Ray Pruit for years, and he is, without a doubt, the worst actor on either 90210 or Melrose by miles and miles.

# ? Aug 6, 2022 14:01

Henker: May 5, 2009

The American Pie episode briefly mentioned the time Thomas Ian Nicholas was involved in a New York Times Best Seller book scam, but they barely even touched upon how batshit insane the whole thing was. Thomas Ian Nicholas wasn't even the most pathetic person involved. There's a great Let's Read about the book (which is how I first head of it): https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3831791

# ? Aug 7, 2022 23:53

Rageaholic: May 31, 2005; Old Town Road to EGOT

Cabin won this season of the VHS Trailer Game, so there will be an episode on Nothing But Trouble!

# ? Aug 9, 2022 05:40

Mola Yam: Jun 18, 2004; Kali Ma Shakti de!

Feel like we're in a weird twilight period where we're saying "Romani" now, but are still talking about them going around putting curses on people.

# ? Aug 9, 2022 09:50

Soup du Jour: Sep 8, 2011; I always knew I'd die with a headache.

https://twitter.com/ericszyszka/status/1556972315291910144?s=21&t=skC1DYj5YK8GhekKxVyL5Q

# ? Aug 9, 2022 16:31

Tato: Jun 19, 2001; DIRECTIVE 236: Promote pro-social values

I really hope he uses his cameo on Ernie Hudson again.

Congratulations for winning the contest on your pooooodcast�again.

# ? Aug 9, 2022 21:04

Iron Crowned: May 6, 2003; by Hand Knit

Tato posted:

I really hope he uses his cameo on Ernie Hudson again.

Congratulations for winning the contest on your pooooodcast�again.

# ? Aug 9, 2022 21:08

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# ? May 30, 2024 04:03

Invalid Validation: Jan 13, 2008

Guess it�s time for Cabin to take over the jamemaster role so someone else can win.

# ? Aug 9, 2022 21:49

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