A short show this week, as the F.I.L.M. Army decides to cut out early and get a jump on the holiday weekend. Nevertheless we are packed with features for the young and old, and like one of those horribly unsafe and therefore completely awesome hand-slayer fireworks, we will probably cause grevious harm to ourselves or others. What is the singular noun for “fireworks” anyway? Firework just sounds odd.

Last Week’s Soundtrack: Transformers: The Animated Movie (Congrats to Wade!)

Segments:

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Wide Angle: Michael Mann

Leave No Man Behind: Near Dark

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Thankfully the Midwestern heat is gone, but that doesn’t mean the heat from our hatred has abated! We can still complain about lacking lan support, iPhone games, and having to run while playing games. I can’t believe you thought we were done hating. It’s un-American, dangit!

Stories:

Gamer Timers
No LAN in Starcraft 2
Gaikai preview
Pachter Report
Seek N Spell

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Though it’s never explicitly mentioned, Joel’s birthday is right around the corner, so this episode begins with a sassily sexy declaration of the value of life experience…and ends with a sneakily sleazy expression of longing for, as The Knack put it, “the touch of the younger kind.”  Hot stuff!

Della Reese – It Was A Very Good Year
Giles, Giles & Fripp – She Is Loaded
Aphrodite’s Child – The System/Babylon
Electric Light Orchestra – Four Little Diamonds
Charlie Dore – Pilot Of The Airwaves
The Wannadies – Cherry Man

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A very blustery show this week, perched as we were upon the Brit’s Pub patio. Since it was the first week where we could properly rock a patio, we weren’t going to let hurricane-force winds (and the attendant technical glitches) hold us back, by gum. And when our resolve wavered, we thankfully had Jay from The F.I.L.M. Army join us, so wavering was almost nil. And mostly on the Dave side of the equation. Just saying.

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