December Archives
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Rico's Best Of The Year
A random bunch of things I found to be Best in 2010, whether they originated in 2010 or not... Read more...
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Episode 77: The Best of 2010
This week: Our favorite stuff from the last 12 months - starring Das Racist, Rainn Wilson, Molly Ringwald, Sebastian Junger, mutant barnyard animals, drunken traders, adult kamikazes and a goat named Lincoln. Plus music from Ariel Pink & Sage Francis... and an easter egg omelet. Read more...
Episode 76: Sofia Coppola, Air-ial Assaults, and Superflops
This week: Writer-director Sofia Coppola reveals she was heir to *another* Hollywood legend... A killer smog chokes London... And Broadway's Spiderman breaks several legs. Plus: a dear joke from Badly Drawn Boy, and a holiday tune from Bishop Allen. Read more...
Moth Joke: The Epic
Watch Norm McDonald turn The Moth Joke (as told by Los Lobos' David Hidalgo in DPD #75) into a saga for our downcast age. Read more...
Yes, Virginia, There Are Drinkable Peanuts
In episode #75, we despaired over the absence, on our planet, of a peanut liqueur. Our listeners set us straight. Read more...
Episode 75: Christian Lander, See No Weevil, and Stealth Miso
This week: Satirist Christian Lander talks about Stuff White People Like... a town goes nuts after a boll weevil blight... and Brendan looks into the future of food, but can't see the stealth miso. Plus, a joke from Los Lobos and a tune from Toro y Moi. Read more...
See No Weevil
Back in 1915, the insidious boll weevil decimated the cotton crops of Enterprise, Alabama... and paradoxically paved the way for a stronger local economy. Read more...
Episode 74: Kid Cudi, Starstruck, and Reindeer a la Palin
This week: Rap iconoclast Kid Cudi comes in for a check-up... An Alabama woman gets star-struck... And Sarah Palin slays a reindeer. Plus, a joke/hallucination from Bob Odenkirk, and a classic track from Thin Lizzy. Read more...
Extinction Level Event
This week back in 1954, Alabama housewife Annie Hodges became the first person in recorded history to get hit by a meteorite. But the space rock didn't do nearly as much damage as the fame that followed. Read more...
Episode 73: Diplo, Tofu U, and Pong Pong
This week: Global DJ and music mogul Diplo takes a call... The besotted birth of the video game industry... and Rico gets schooled at America's most vegan-friendly campus. Plus "medicinal" vodka and a new tune from Cloud Nothings. Read more...
The Pong Pong
This week in 1972, a fledgling company called Atari installed the prototype of its first-ever video game in a Silicon Valley bar. Hear the story of how the simplest game ever launched a $60-billion-dollar industry. Read more...
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