Episode 62: Eff, Marry, Kill Shane Twice

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
1 1/2 starsGuns N’ Roses - Chinese Democracy (1 1/2 Stars) | Best Buy | iTunes

Music
Scope Sounds:
“The Fox” - Second Saturday

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Episode 61: An Historic Show

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
2 1/4 starsSnow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns - 2 1/4 Stars

Music
Scope Sounds:
“Ecstasy” - Black Lab

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The Podcast Trivia Challenge Finale is Here

The final round of MetroBuzz’s Podcast Trivia Challenge is now available. How did your Scope hosts fare in this knock-down, drag ‘em out slugfest of a trivia finale battle? We totally [REDACTED]! Check out Episode 2.33 of MetroBuzz for full details.

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Episode 60: The F@#king Short Version

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
2 starsOasis - Dig Out Your Soul - 2 Stars

Music
Scope Sounds:
“Only You Could Make Me Happy” - The Fire Apes

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The Scope Competes in the MetroBuzz Podcast Trivia Challenge

Your Scope crew competed this week in the semifinal round of MetroBuzz’s Podcast Trivia Challenge. Did we dominate in round one fashion, or did we fall flat on out faces accompanied by Tom Cruise’s mocking laughter? You’ll have to tune into Episode 2.31 of MetroBuzz to find out.

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Episode 59: Take Your Political Pundits and Shove ’Em Where the Sun Don’t Shine!

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
3 1/4 starsKings 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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Episode 58: The Real Victims of Shane

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
2 starsFringe - FOX Thursday 9:00E/8:00C - 2 stars

Music
Scope Sounds: “Patriotic Girl” - The Vinyl Strangers

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Episode 57: The 3rd Annual Scope Fall TV Preview

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
1 starThe Verve - Forth - 1 Stars

Music
“September Wind” - Hardwire Speers
Scope Sounds:
“Children In The Streets” - Edison Glass

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Episode 56: It’s The Drive That Sucks

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
3 starsBlack 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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