Episode 247: The Way to Get It Up is to Remember How Good It Used To Be
On the TFT Podcast, we tackle Meat Loaf’s 1993 follow up to his smash “Bat Out Of Hell,” “Bat Out Of Hell II: Back into Hell.”
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Hair Metal on Overthinking It
Episode 228: “I’ll Just Take the Cassette Single of ‘November Rain’, Thanks.”
On the TFT Podcast we listen to and discuss Guns N’ Roses 1991 double-release, Use Your Illusion I & II.
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Episode 224: America Is Hangry
On the TFT Podcast, we tackle Metallica’s self-titled 1991 album, known as “The Black Album.”
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Episode 202: Guns Vs. Roses is a False Dichotomy
On the TFT Podcast, Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss “Appetite for Destruction,” the debut album of Guns N’ Roses.
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Episode 173: The Butt Rock of the 70s, 80s, 90s, and Today
On the TFT Podcast, Ryan and Jordan listen to and discuss Quiet Riot’s, “Metal Health.”
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Episode 207: Sing A Song into Our Butt
The Overthinkers tackle the movie Rock of Ages, and ask: What makes rock ROCK?
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From Stage to Screen: “Rock of Ages,” Urban Planning, and the Culture Wars
Why is the villain in the “Rock of Ages” movie a Bible-thumping prude instead of an evil real estate developer?
Open Thread for January 6, 2012
Welcome to the first Open Thread of 2012, our farthest year into the future ever! I wish I had some more for you, but it’s been a slow week in the world of pop. Portlandia and Downton Abbey are coming … Continued
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Steel Panther: The “Starship Troopers” of Heavy Metal?
Steel Panther: brilliant metal parody, or just exploitation artists? Either way, they sure do rock.
Cock Rock Commitment
It is natural to think of Whitesnake entirely in the past tense; one only ever encounters them duringkaraoke nights, Vh1 Best-Of countdowns, and the occasional feminist musicology/culture studies article. As a result, it is easy to reify the band in … Continued
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