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Episode 62: Eff, Marry, Kill Shane Twice
November 24, 2008 | Posted by: The Scope
The Scope helps Metrobuzz’s John & Colleen feel regret over having Jared and Shane on their show by putting the podcasting duo through an unnecessarily long and arduous interview (and the world-famous Nerd Degree.) Take that, you Award-Nominated Podcasting Superstars!
We also help Colleen announce her wedding date…We know she and Jay will be very happy. But will The Scope be asked to DJ?
Adam also reads someone else’s Guns N’ Roses review (but has the nards wisdom nards to not pass it off as his own); let the lawsuits commence.
And finally, it becomes crystal-clear why everyone wants Shane erased from the face of a little blue & green planet we all call Earth.
Reviews
Music
Guns N’ Roses - Chinese Democracy (1 1/2 Stars) | Best Buy | iTunes
Music
Scope Sounds: “The Fox” - Second Saturday
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Category: Episodes | Time: 6:00 am (CST) | Comments: 1 |
Episode 61: An Historic Show
November 10, 2008 | Posted by: The Scope
Your hosts pretty much phone it in on this show. We finish up The North Shore General Trivia Competition, but only after Shane and Adam discuss politics while Jared searches for suitable music to underscore the rhetoric. But more importantly, Adam was doodling throughout most of the show. The results are revealing.
Reviews
Music
Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns - 2 1/4 Stars
Music
Scope Sounds: “Ecstasy” - Black Lab
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Category: Episodes | Time: 6:00 am (CST) | Comments: 2 |
Episode 60: The F@#king Short Version
October 27, 2008 | Posted by: The Scope
The Scope time travels again as we resume our review of 1998. This time we discuss some of our favorite movies of that year. Do we pick Air Bud: Golden Receiver? That’s our sweet secret.
Also, music correspondent Al returns to the show to lend his learned opinion to all things Oasis, and we try to arrange a Kentucky play date for Adam.
Reviews
Music
Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul - 2 Stars
Music
Scope Sounds: “Only You Could Make Me Happy” - The Fire Apes
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Category: Episodes | Time: 6:00 am (CST) | Comments: 1 |
Episode 59: Take Your Political Pundits and Shove ’Em Where the Sun Don’t Shine!
October 6, 2008 | Posted by: The Scope
We may not do a podcast that either the moderator or Joe Biden want to hear, but we’re goin’ to talk straight to the American people and let them know our track record also.
That could mean one thing: another highly informed and rational political discussion. Jared, Adam, and Shane take aim at the Vice Presidential debate (not at wolves from helicopters) and break it down like only a trio of geeky, sometimes lonely, men would.
We also travel back to the simpler time of 1998 (when you could love Third Eye Blind and *NSYNC in public!!!) to wax poetic about the music of those 365 days. You may take bets to whether Adam sheds a tear over the mere mention of Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On.” Also. O’Biden.
Reviews
Music
Kings of Leon - Only By The Night - 3 1/4 Stars
Music
“Looking Back” - Everyday Atlas
Scope Sounds: “Today, Today, Today” - JJ Appleton
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Category: Episodes | Time: 8:00 am (CST) | Leave a Comment |
Episode 58: The Real Victims of Shane
September 23, 2008 | Posted by: The Scope
While Carrie knew what she was getting into when she married Shane, it’s unlikely that the rest of her family knew they would be the subject of ridicule by your Scope hosts. Yes it’s time once again for that “one game where Shane asks his in-law relatives general questions, and we lay down huge money bets to see if they got them right or wrong ™”!
We also go over the over-sexualized party for Jared’s birthday, The Scope’s utter domination in trivia, and the terrors of houses making phone calls!
News
Cable dominates the Emmy’s again.
The first phone running Google’s cell phone OS (Android) coming soon.
In her defense, it’s not like Alaska has its own email system.
Adam’s life once again has meaning, as the next expansion to World of Warcraft gets a release date.
The 360 outsells both the Wii and PS3 in weekly sales in Japan for the first time.
Reviews
TV
Fringe - FOX Thursday 9:00E/8:00C - 2 stars
Music
Scope Sounds: “Patriotic Girl” - The Vinyl Strangers
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Category: Episodes | Time: 6:00 am (CST) | Comments: 4 |
Episode 57: The 3rd Annual Scope Fall TV Preview
September 8, 2008 | Posted by: The Scope
You’re red, we’re blue, whatever you say bounces off of us and sticks to the east coast liberal media elite.
Yes, it’s that time of year once again. So that means a spirited political conversation revolving around a cast member from NBC’s 30 Rock. Oh, we also delve into the 2008 Fall television schedule. And find out how much Adam hates the new album from The Verve (not Pipe).
All of this tomfoolery couldn’t take place without fan-favorite girl guest, Molly, stopping by the Scope Studios! Take it from your hip Scope hosts…this show is poppin’!
One final thing: could someone please leave a comment or two? We can tell that at least five people are listening (not counting wives, girlfriends, and fellow Dukes of Hazzard fan club members.) And, while it pains us to say this, every time we go comment free, Jared feels compelled to punish himself by watching an old rerun of The Facts of Life. From the uninspired final season. Ick. So comment, won’t ya?
Reviews
Music
The Verve - Forth - 1 Stars
Music
“September Wind” - Hardwire Speers
Scope Sounds: “Children In The Streets” - Edison Glass
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Category: Episodes | Time: 8:00 am (CST) | Comments: 9 |
Episode 56: It’s The Drive That Sucks
August 25, 2008 | Posted by: The Scope
Your Scope crew reunites after five long weeks off with tales of gaming, girls, and geography. We also talk Olympics, and Jared shamelessly admits to watching New Kids on the Block at Mall of America.
Reviews
Music
Black Kids - Partie Traumatic - 3 Stars
Music
“East Side Bar” - Josh Woodward
“Returning Home” - jsf
Scope Sounds: “I Want a Better Life” - The Shakes
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Category: Episodes | Time: 12:47 pm (CST) | Leave a Comment |
Episode 55: We Love Christopher Bale!
July 21, 2008 | Posted by: The Scope
In the latest episode of The Scope, Shane can’t get enough of post-CONvergence wrap-up conversation, Jared can’t get enough of the pseudo-racist accents in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, and Adam can’t get to the show on time.
And because somebody has to fill the vacuum left by Ebert and Roeper, your Scope hosts also take out the review gun and aim at the latest from Beck and some movie with a guy dressed as a studly, spooky bat. And we’re not talking about every one of Adam’s student films.
Reviews
Music
Beck - Modern Guilt - 2 3/4 stars
Film
The Dark Knight - 3 1/4 stars
Music
“Spacequest” - Pro Audio
Scope Sounds: “Shine” - Patty Hurst Shifter
Category: Episodes | Time: 6:00 am (CST) | Comments: 3 |
Episode 54: CONvergence 2008 - Lean, Mean Podcasting Machines
July 7, 2008 | Posted by: The Scope
Once again, The Scope packs up and heads to Minnesota’s most exciting geek convention. We may not have all the fancy bells & whistles of our typically awesome show, but we do have interviews with: Superman, Wonder Woman, long-time listeners Nicky and Gary, some dude named “Luke Ski,” and a random convention goer.
Oh, if you listen closely, you can hear the faint sound of horror from Adam’s longtime girlfriend as she participates in her first CONvergence ever. It is, as they say, a beautiful thing.
Category: Episodes | Time: 9:11 pm (CST) | Comments: 7 |
Episode 53: Hell is Here
June 23, 2008 | Posted by: The Scope
The Scope staffs up for a discussion of ultimate songs by ultimate bands with Scope Music Correspondent Al dropping in from the Cairo bureau. Plus, Adam manages a layover between Kentucky and Idaho to regale us with tales of travel and time zones.
Reviews
Music
Coldplay - Viva La Vida - 2 1/4 Stars
Film
The Incredible Hulk - 2 3/4 stars
Music
“The Greatest” - DJ Suicide
Scope Sounds: “Dead Again” - Possible Oscar - From the Tom Smith Fundraiser collection
Category: Episodes | Time: 9:05 am (CST) | Comments: 5 |