The Ill Crate

Ill Crate episode 49, a.k.a. Rock Star: Supernova, Week 10 Performance

LG — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 04:42:24 +0000

We tried something a little different this time. We recorded this show while watching Rock Star: Supernova, specifically the performance episode for week 10 (Sept. 5, 2006). The idea was that you’d get to listen to our wisecracks while watching your own recording of the show at home. Unfortunately, you’ll have to guess at the right time to start your MP3 player and your VCR/TiVo/whatever, because we couldn’t get the TV audio to pick up well at all on the microphone. Oh well, hopefully you will find our entertaining insights, er, uh, entertaining. We did also slip in some bits of our regular features, too (Slangoria and Reposing or Decomposing?).

Episode 49 in plain-jane MP3 format

Episode 49 with visuals for iTunes, iPod, QuickTime, RealPlayer

Ill Crate episode 48: Krushed by Kompressor

LG — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:44:55 +0000

Here’s the forty-eighth episode of our little podcast. No, it shouldn’t be the last, despite Padrino’s bellyaching. This time we listen to German/alien industrial act Kompressor. And, lucky you, we also have our regular features Slangoria, Reposing or Decomposing?, and The Geek Zone.

Episode 48 in MPEG-4 (includes slideshow)

Episode 48 in MP3 (audio only)

Ill Crate episode 47: Zayra Alvarez

LG — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 04:07:02 +0000

This week (month? biennium?) we focus on Zayra Alvarez, one of our favorite “rockers” from Rock Star: Supernova. Yeah, we know she doesn’t exactly “rock,” but she does have a certain undefinable quality that we like (maybe it’s that Puerto-Rican-ness). You will also hear our regular features Slangoria, Reposing or Decomposing?, and a tiny bit of The Geek Zone.

This episode does not come in MPEG-4 flavor with an embedded slideshow like the last couple of episodes (due to annoying GarageBand gremlins), so this one is slideshow-free. If you iTunes/iPod fans miss the slideshows, let us know.

Ill Crate episode 47

Ill Crate episode 46

LG — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 18:02:30 +0000

Jello Biafra and Mojo Nixon.

Ill Crate episode 46 (MPEG-4 for iPod/iTunes)

Ill Crate episode 46 (MP3 format for everything else)

Ill Crate episode 45

LG — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 03:05:15 +0000

In this episode, Ministry is out for some Rio Grande Blood, so we give their new album a listen (no, that’s not R. Lee Ermey. Also, Padrino shares a story about the cruelty he endures at the hand of his wife 101011. In our regular features, we butcher the English language in Slangoria and we test our knowledge of celebrities living and dead in Reposing or Decomposing?. I know this is a short post, but it’s a short podcast (if 43 minutes can really be considered “short”).

Ill Crate episode 45 in iPod-ready MPEG-4 audio or good old-fashioned MP3 format like Mom used to make.

Ill Crate episode 44

LG — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:26:57 +0000

What do Godzilla and the number 44 have in common? Um… probably nothing until now. Our 44th episode features music in tribute to the giant lizard by Taz Dev, Michael Graves, Roy Buchanan, and SpEnt fiXer. We also take an early visit to The Geek Zone, which may as well be called “The MacBook Zone.” Also among our regular features: Slangoria butchers the English language once again, and Reposing or Decomposing? tests Padrino’s knowledge of Playboy Playmates.

Ill Crate episode 44

Experimental episode 44 in MP4 for Apple players (some visuals not safe for work)

For context (no, really, that’s all), here are links to the Playmate pictures that LG was showing to Padrino during Reposing or Decomposing? (these contain nudity and are not safe for work):

Episode 43: the Wheel of Chaos returns

LG — Mon, 22 May 2006 20:35:13 +0000

In our 43rd episode, the Wheel of Chaos (originally appearing in episode 30) gets dusted off again and we spend the entire show picking songs entirely at random by SpEnt fiXer, The Zarkons, In the Woods, and Lizzy Borden. Also, Padrino is inspired by his upcoming golf trip to wax philosophical on the game. We take one last look at the The Amazing Race 9, its season finale, and a flashback to Padrino’s prediction on the outcome. Our “Slanguage” segment is renamed Slangoria just in time for Halloween (okay, we’re a little early). In the Geek Zone, LG discusses this week’s spam woes and the death of the Blue Frog, but cheers up with the latest on Kari Byron of Mythbusters and now FHM(!!). Finally, in this week’s Reposing or Decomposing?, we challenge each other on famous Misters as well as members of the Reagan Administration.

Ill Crate episode 43 (43:22)

Life, the Universe, and episode 42

LG — Fri, 19 May 2006 01:53:53 +0000

This week, out of the Ill Crate we pull melodic rockers Rilo Kiley (featuring lead vocalist Jenny Lewis). In our regular features, we learn more Slanguage, we consider The Amazing Race 9 and its penultimate episode (in which we learn more about crickets than we ever cared to), we challenge each other to identify dead celebrities in another round of Reposing or Decomposing?, and in The Geek Zone LG whines about his new Apple card. Also, Padrino considers Preparation H and other creams, we observe a moment of silence for a dear departed canary, and LG longs for an endorsement deal for Kettle Chips.

Ill Crate episode 42

Deep inside episode 41: S.W.A.T.

LG — Mon, 08 May 2006 01:39:31 +0000

In the 41st episode of the Ill Crate, we examine S.W.A.T., a one-off project of Jim Goad that in 1994 went Deep Inside a Cop’s Mind. Then Padrino brings us more Slanguage, and we discuss The Amazing Race and the nail-biting 10th episode. Next you can play along with Reposing or Decomposing?, in which LG challenges Padrino with game show hosts (mostly) and Padrino challenges LG by being a big fat cheater. In The Geek Zone we learn about the new woes of the Blue Frog (a spam-fighting service we first mentioned in episode 33). Last but not least, Padrino shares a special gift from a fan.

Ill Crate episode 41 (23.3 MB, 51:00)

Episode 40: DragonForce–Anatomy of a Song

LG — Wed, 03 May 2006 16:29:35 +0000

For this episode, the Ill Crate takes a new turn and zeroes in with laser-like focus on a single song by insane speed-metal rockers DragonForce: “Fury of the Storm” from their album Sonic Firestorm. We also share a fan’s interesting factoids about D-Force and lead guitarist Herman Li. Also, Slanguage is back, as is our commentary on The Amazing Race (episodes 8 and 9). Then you’ll want to play along with Reposing or Decomposing, especially if you remember Alice, Sanford and Son, Gilligan’s Island, What’s Happenin’, and The Six Million Dollar Man. Then, in the Geek Zone, Padrino and LG go to the Apple Store, where LG lusts after a MacBook Pro and… its terminal window.

Ill Crate episode 40