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A punk and a metalhead started a podcast because they want to show each other records and they both have ADHD and need to make the other listen to and now they're going to make you listen to them. Side One/Side B with Dave & Steve is a podcast put together with two bandmates with ADHD who have a similar Venn diagram of music tastes, but Dave comes at it from the punk perspective and Steve from the heavy metal perspective. It’s kind of like crossfire, except we don’t hate each other, or make ...
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Original Geek is the podcast for Gen X geeks who rolled their first D20 on shag carpet and still argue over who shot first. Hosted by stand-up comic and lifelong nerd Steve Scarfo and the Forever DM Jeff Shaw, Original Geek dives into the sci-fi, fantasy, and comic book culture we grew up with—and how it's evolved. Each episode explores the worlds of Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel, Dungeons & Dragons, and more—with plenty of sarcasm, nostalgia, and side quests along the way. Whether you're sti ...
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Send us a text Check out our review of the album proper here. Spirit Phone is the seventh studio album by Lemon Demon, a musical project created by American musician Neil Cicierega. The album was released digitally through Bandcamp on February 29, 2016, marking his first full-length album in eight years. All tracks were written, performed, and reco…
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Connect with us! The 1980s teen experience in one filmography. In this episode of Original Geek, Steve Scarfo and Jeff Shaw dive into the John Hughes universe—The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Uncle Buck—and ask the big question: do these classics still hold up in 2025? Expec…
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Send us a text Side Two of this album is the EP we are reviewing today if you want to check it out here. https://struggle31g.bandcamp.com/album/one-settler-one-bullet At the turn of a decade, 1990, aligned a group of angry, disenfranchised teenagers from San Diego who connected in that they all had something similar to say about the city around the…
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Connect with us! In this episode of The Original Geek, hosts Steve Scarfo and Jeff Shaw are joined by their friend Dave Tufts as they dive into the evolution of geek culture through the eyes of the Dungeon Master. Once just the Gen X kid running games in a basement, the DM has now leveled up into performer, storyteller, and even paid professional. …
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Send us a text Check out Jacob's band Robo Dojo Bread were an American soft rock band from Los Angeles, California. They had 13 songs chart on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1970 and 1977.[2] The band was fronted by David Gates (vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, violin, viola, percussion) with Jimmy Griffin (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussi…
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Send us a text Autobahn is the fourth studio album by German electronic music band Kraftwerk, released in November 1974 by Philips Records. The album marked several personnel changes in the band, which was initially a duo consisting of Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter; later, the group added Klaus Röder on guitar and flute, and Wolfgang Flür on pe…
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Connect with us! “Remember keeping baseball box scores by hand? Today, those same stat-obsessed weirdos run billion-dollar fantasy leagues and sports betting apps. In this episode of Original Geek, Steve and Jeff take a nostalgic (and hilarious) look at how sports geeks went from the stands with scorecards to running the game from behind the screen…
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Send us a text Full Moon Fever is the debut solo studio album by American musician Tom Petty, released on April 24, 1989, by MCA Records. It features contributions from members of his band the Heartbreakers, notably Mike Campbell, as well as Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison(who died prior to its release), and George Harrison, Petty's bandmates in the Travel…
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Send us a text We Cool? is the debut solo studio album by Jeff Rosenstock.[3][4][5][6][7] It was released by SideOneDummy Records on March 3, 2015. The album crashed the SideOneDummy website upon its release.[8] It debuted on the Billboard charts at #7 for Heatseekers Albums, #43 for Rock Albums, and #157 for Current Albums.[9] It features guest ap…
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Connect with us! Foam Swords & Lightning Bolts: The World of LARPing & Renaissance Faires - Boyd Returns! Ever wondered what happens when D&D leaves the basement and hits the forest? We’re diving headfirst into the geeky clash between Renaissance Faires and LARPing. Foam swords, lightning bolt spells, turkey legs, costumes, and way too much ale—thi…
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Connect with us! Finish Him! Arcade Wars, Console Battles & VR Dreams with Guest Boyd Tufts “Finish Him!” From Gauntlet and Mortal Kombat to Xbox vs PlayStation, the gaming world has always been a battlefield. This week, guest Boyd Tufts joins us as we relive the quarter-eating arcade monsters, the console wars of the ‘80s and ‘90s, and where VR is…
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Send us a text Check out Clayton's band Jeremy Mercy and the Rapture Orphans Speak of the Devil is a live album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, released on 22 November 1982 by Jet Records in the United States.[6] It is a double album consisting entirely of live renditions of songs originally recorded by Osbourne's previous band Black S…
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Connect with us! Blockbusters: From Jaws to Barbie… Now What? Blockbusters once ruled the summer—Jaws, Star Wars, Batman, Jurassic Park. But now? Theaters are empty while streaming drops movies like they’re TikToks. Did Hollywood kill the blockbuster, or did audiences? We break down the highs, the lows, and why the smell of popcorn in a packed thea…
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Send us a text Check out our folky live set we talk about at the end of the episode Violent Femmes is the debut album by Violent Femmes. Mostly recorded in July 1982, the album was released by Slash Records on vinyl and on cassette in April 1983, and on CD in 1987 with two extra tracks, "Ugly" and "Gimme the Car". Most of the songs on Violent Femme…
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Connect with us! “Are Comedy Movies in Theaters Dead?” | Nostalgia, Reboots & Streaming Takeover Whatever happened to the big screen comedy? From Ghostbusters and Caddyshack to Anchorman and The Hangover, comedy once crushed theaters. Now, it’s all reboots, streaming, and “comedies” that feel more like dramas with punchlines. Are comedy movies dead…
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Send us a text Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection is a compilation album by American rockband Pere Ubu. Released in 1985, the album compiles several of the band's early singles and B-sides, including the Hearthan singles recorded with founder Peter Laughner that were initially compiled on the Datapanik in Year Zero EP, and continuing through la…
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Connect with us! 🚨 DROP ALERT 🚨 You asked. We delivered. The full Original Geek theme song is finally here—and yes, it was generated by AI… but it still shreds harder than a critical hit with a Vorpal Sword. Whether you’re rolling dice in your basement or coding in a hoodie, this is your new anthem. 🎧 Crank it up. Summon your inner nerd. And rememb…
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Connect with us! From Dial Up to Downloads: The Evolution of The Internet Dial-up tones. AOL chat rooms. LimeWire viruses. The Internet was once slow, weird, and kinda dangerous—and now it runs our lives. We take you from the basement modem days to today’s TikTok scroll hole, with plenty of nostalgia and stories from the early, chaotic web. What wa…
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Send us a text Check out Chubs’ new song on Spotify Licensed to Ill is the debut studio album by the American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released on November 15, 1986, by Def Jam and Columbia Records. The album became the first rap LP to top the Billboard 200 chart, and was the second rap album to be certified Platinum by the Recording Industry As…
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Connect with us! Star Wars vs Star Trek: The Ultimate Geek Showdown | Galaxy Quest, Acolyte & Sci-Fi Fails It’s the question that has divided geeks for decades: Star Wars or Star Trek? We’re putting both on trial, debating lightsabers vs phasers, Kirk vs Luke, Jedi vs Klingons, and whether Galaxy Quest secretly beats them both. No gatekeeping, just…
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Send us a text Unknown Pleasures is the debut studio album by the English rock band Joy Division. It was released on 15 June 1979 through Factory Records.[4] The album was recorded and mixed over three successive weekends at Stockport's Strawberry Studios in April 1979, with producer Martin Hannett contributing a number of unconventional recording …
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Connect with us! Comic Book Chaos: From Pajama Suits to the MCU Multiverse Once dismissed as “kids’ stuff,” comic books have taken over pop culture. From the days of heroes in pajama suits to the billion-dollar MCU, we trace how panels on a page became the center of Hollywood. Expect Marvel vs DC shade, multiverse confusion, and plenty of nerd love…
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Send us a text So Far, So Good... So What! is the third studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth, released on January 19, 1988, by Capitol Records.[1] It was the band's only album recorded with drummer Chuck Behler and guitarist Jeff Young, both of whom were fired from the band in early 1989, several months after the completion of the al…
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Connect with us! Original Geek Origins: D&D, Satanic Panic, and Growing Up Nerdy Before geeks ruled pop culture, we were the weird kids in the basement rolling dice—and getting blamed for Satanism. We go back to the roots of geekdom with Dungeons & Dragons, Atari, comic shops, and the culture wars that made being a nerd a liability. This is the unt…
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Send us a text Changestwobowie is a compilation album by English rock musician David Bowie, issued in November 1981 through RCA Records.[5] It is a companion volume to the 1976 compilation Changesonebowie, and its title and artwork follow the format of that album. In addition to selected post-1976 singles, the album collected five songs from earlie…
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Send us a text Heavy Metal is a 1981 Canadian adult animated science fantasy anthology filmdirected by Gerald Potterton (in his directorial debut) and produced by Ivan Reitman and Leonard Mogel, who also was the publisher of Heavy Metal magazine, which was the basis for the film. Support the show Check out our post-punk band The Alliterates new son…
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Send us a text Check out Jimmy's projects: spareparts, Not Ben Shin, No Functional Purpose, The Bricks Support the show Check out our post-punk band The Alliterates new song The House Came Crashing Down on the Vol 1: Let's Begin compilation from Shift-Ctrl-Music Check out our cover of Child's Christmas in Wales (OG by John Cale) on Chaos For Christ…
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Send us a text Point Blank is the only studio album by heavy metal band Nailbomb, released on March 8, 1994, by Roadrunner Records. The side project was started by Max Cavalera and Alex Newport in the mid-1990s. Part of the first track, "Wasting Away", plays in the 1995 film To Die For. The album cover is a photo of female Vietnamese civilian with …
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Send us a text Viagr Aboys is the fourth studio album by Swedish post-punk band Viagra Boys. It was released on 25 April 2025 through Shrimptech Enterprises. Support the show Check out our post-punk band The Alliterates new song The House Came Crashing Down on the Vol 1: Let's Begin compilation from Shift-Ctrl-Music Check out our cover of Child's C…
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Send us a text System of a Down is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band System of a Down, released on June 30, 1998, by American Recordings and Columbia Records. The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in February 2000. After the success of the band's following album, Toxicity (2001), System …
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Send us a text Throb Throb is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Naked Raygun, released on Homestead Records in 1985.[4] It was the first of the band's releases to feature the musicianship of John Haggerty whose guitar playing distinguished the band's sound during the 1980s. Quarterstick Records reissued the album in 1999, and added …
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Send us a text Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2 is a double album by Jerry Cantrell, released on November 26, 2002, through Roadrunner Records.[1] It is an expanded limited edition of Cantrell's Degradation Trip album, which was released five months earlier. All the songs were written long prior to the first release of Degradation Trip.[7] The title …
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Send us a text Check out our guest Dan's project Shrouded Day on Bandcamp! Spirit Phone is the seventh studio album by Lemon Demon, a musical project created by American musician Neil Cicierega. The album was released digitally through Bandcamp on February 29, 2016, marking his first full-length album in eight years. All tracks were written, perfor…
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Send us a text Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2 is a double album by Jerry Cantrell, released on November 26, 2002, through Roadrunner Records.[1] It is an expanded limited edition of Cantrell's Degradation Trip album, which was released five months earlier. All the songs were written long prior to the first release of Degradation Trip.[7] The title …
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Send us a text Paris au Printemps is a live album recorded by Public Image Ltd (given as 'Image Publique S.A.' on the cover) in 1980 on two consecutive dates in January in Paris, and released in November the same year. The title of the album is French for 'Paris in the Spring', with French names also given to the band itself and songs in the track …
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Send us a text Judgment Night is a 1993 American action film[3] directed by Stephen Hopkins. Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jeremy Piven and Stephen Dorff star as a group of friends on the run from a gang of drug dealers (led by Denis Leary) after they witness a murder. Support the show Check out our post-punk band The Alliterates new song The H…
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Send us a text Snakes & Arrows is the eighteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on May 1, 2007 by Anthem Records.[1] After their R30: 30th Anniversary Tour ended in October 2004, the band took a one-year break; during the break, they agreed to start work on a follow-up in January 2006. The album was recorded in five weeks with co…
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Send us a text New Clear Days is the 1980 debut album by the British rock group The Vapors. It spent six weeks in the UK album charts, reaching a highest position of No. 44 in June 1980. It contains their best-known song, "Turning Japanese", which reached No. 3 in the UK chart in February 1980 and was also a worldwide success. A remix of "News at T…
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Send us a text Vol. 4 is the fourth studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, released in September 1972, by Vertigo Records. It was the first album by Black Sabbath not produced by Rodger Bain; guitarist Tony Iommi assumed production duties. Patrick Meehan, the band's then-manager, was listed as co-producer, though his actual involvement in…
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Send us a text All Mod Cons is the third studio album by the British band the Jam, released in 1978 by Polydor Records. The title, a British idiom one might find in housing advertisements, is short for "all modern conveniences" and is a pun on the band's association with the mod revival. The cover is a visual joke showing the band in a bare room. T…
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Send us a text V-Rock is a radio station based in Reddick, Florida in 1984 and later Vice City by 1986. It broadcasts to Vice City. The station is featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. It was originally hosted by Couzin Ed, until Lazlow Jones took over in 1986, when Grand Theft Auto: Vice City takes place…
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Send us a text Catholic Boy (1980) is the debut album by The Jim Carroll Band, led by Jim Carroll, who is notable for publishing the 1978 memoir The Basketball Diaries, and poetry collections including Living at the Movies. They were able to secure a recording contract with Atlantic Records with the support of the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards. Th…
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Send us a text Workingman's Dead is the fourth studio album (and fifth overall) by American rock band the Grateful Dead. It was recorded in February 1970 and originally released on June 14, 1970, by Warner Bros. Records. The album and its studio follow-up, American Beauty, were recorded back-to-back using a similar style, eschewing the psychedelic …
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Send us a text Iron Maiden is the debut studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 11 April 1980[2][3] by EMI Records in the UK and Harvest and Capitol Records in the US. The North American version included the song "Sanctuary", released in the UK as a non-album single. In 1998, along with the rest of the band's pre-1995 rele…
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Send us a text You're Living All Over Me is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. It was released on December 14, 1987, through SST Records. A refinement of the formula introduced on the band's debut album Dinosaur, You're Living All Over Me features drawling vocals paired with loud guitars and driving rhythms, pres…
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Send us a text Document is the fifth studio album by American rock band R.E.M., released on September 1, 1987, by I.R.S. Records. It was their first album to be co-produced by the band and Scott Litt. Continuing in the vein of their previous album Lifes Rich Pageant, Document features more audible lyrics and a harder rock sound in comparison to the…
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Send us a text Badmotorfinger is the third studio album by American rock band Soundgarden, released on October 8, 1991, through A&M Records.[5] Soundgarden began the recording sessions for the album with new bassist Ben Shepherd in the spring of 1991. The album maintained the band's heavy metal sound, while featuring an increased focus on songwriti…
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Send us a text Power in the Darkness is the debut studio album by English punk band Tom Robinson Band, released in early 1978. The UK LP had ten tracks. It included inside the album cover a stencil similar to the cover art, but with the album title replaced by "Tom Robinson Band"; it held the warning, "This stencil is not meant for spraying on publ…
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Send us a text Check out our guest Mario's band ALTURA: Bandcamp Instagram Crack the Skye is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Mastodon, released on March 24, 2009, through Reprise, Sire and Relapse Records.[7][8] The album debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200, selling 41,000 copies in its first week.[9] In Australia, the al…
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Send us a text Fun House is the second studio album by American rock band the Stooges. It was released on July 7, 1970, by Elektra Records.[4] Though initially commercially unsuccessful, Fun House has since developed a strong cult following. Like its predecessor (1969's The Stooges) and successor (1973's Raw Power), it is considered an integral wor…
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