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Speakeasily Vs The 80s is a rip-roaring trip down the drain of '80s trash cinema with special guests from the live performance, podcast, and film worlds. Both Speakeasily Vs. The '80s and The Speakeasily Hour Minute Podcast are audio shows of ill-repute that grew out of the Speakeasily comedy collective. Morphing from a live Bay Area burlesque show into a web-based video burlesque talk show into a sketch comedy thrupple, the hydra-headed Speakeasily now provides comedy podcasts for your list ...
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The Speakeasily gang is back to resurrect another camp classic with schlockmeister director Frank Henenlotter's 1990 master-piece, FRANKENHOOKER! Is this a gritty update to the Frankenstein mythos or a po-mo feminist manifesto? Is any of us more than the sum total of our parts? WANNA DATE?! More Speakeasily vs. the '80s on our Facespace group, Libs…
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Speakeasily vs. the ‘80s returns to your $hitterverse after having left you alone for way too long and for no good reason! We're back, baby, and we're here to talk about Michael Gottlieb's Mannequin (1987) with our guest, performance artist Annalyn Bond. There comes a time in every boy's life when he falls in love with his own fiberglass creation, …
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Speakeasily vs. the ‘80s welcomes podcast pioneer and author of The Georgia Guidestones: America's Most Mysterious Monument, Raymond Wiley, to venture into the wilds of The Beastmaster (1982)! This sword and sorcery celebration has everything you need in a movie: dudes in ominous robes, ferrets, equal opportunity nudity, hot mutant witches… It’s Co…
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Odessa lil just wants you to know about a new podcast about the past that she's co-hosting with Raymond Wiley of Disinformation, Out There Radio, and The Shadow of Ideas. It's called RETROPHILIA and this season focuses on the 1990s. Please check it out and subscribe/rate/review on the iTunes. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retrophilia/id1598…
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Are you ready to have a BALL? Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes returning guest, comics industry maven, professional nerd, and furball expert, Jann Jones to discuss Critters 2. Cashing in on the Gremlins creature feature craze, Mick Garris’s 1988 follow-up to Critters, is truly a peek ‘80s trash experience with its ferocious man-eating balls, inter…
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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes Joe Donohoe (writer, nurse, former taxi driver, and publisher of Specious Species magazine) for a BRAINZ-fueled discussion of Dan O’Bannon’s game-changing zombie punk hit, Return of the Living Dead. With its goth punk soundtrack that’s all killer no filler and a tomb-strippin’ Linnea Quigley, this is a modern horro…
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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes no-budget film auteur Davenzane Hayes to discuss 1984’s sword and spaceship classic Ice Pirates! Join us as we contemplate how mechanized castration, robot pimps, Bruce Vilanch, and the Knights Templar all ended up in this pile of post-apocalyptic piraty poop. Warning: listening to this episode may increase your ri…
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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes Christian Divine, writer for the award-wining video game franchise LIFE IS STRANGE, for sone Druidic horror with Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)! What do Stonehenge, robot assassins, melting heads, and novelty salesmen have in common? Not much! Except this film that reminds us to FEAR the IRISH. Christian…
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Bonnie Bloomgarden of the mystical rock band Death Valley Girls joins us for a very special episode of Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s. Together we somewhat bravely tackle the controversial and stylized movie about teen murder, disaffected stoners, and the dark morality of peer pressure – 1986’s River’s Edge. There’s also Goth talk, Little White Doggie ta…
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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes drag performer, cosplayer, cat costumer, and Sacred Silversexual Annalyn Bond for a deep dive into the 1987 coked-out classic Hard Ticket To Hawaii. This movie is where dad jokes meet sexual harassment. It really has everything: exploding blowup dolls, a frisbee death scene, at least three Playboy Playmates, karate…
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It’s end-times fun-times as Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes musician, composer, DJ, and synth master Gregg Foreman (aka Mr. Pharmacist) for an earth-shattering discussion of Night of the Comet (1984). What better time than the dystopian present to immerse ourselves in this apocalyptic teen comedy classic. This movie has everything: zombies, guns,…
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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes creator of the interactive Listography books and pioneering former owner of Oakland's Eli’s Mile High Club, Lisa Nola, and her partner James Spooner who directed the 2003 documentary AfroPunk, co-founded the AfroPunk Festival, and works as a cartoonist and tattoo artist in Los Angeles! Together we dive headfirst in…
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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes comics industry luminary and C.H.U.D.thusiast Jann Jones (AKA Pickles Kintaro) to discuss the great Regan-era tale of government environmental conspiracy. C.H.U.D. – it’s an acronym that has become a noun, a verb, an adjective, and even a dance, but we dive deep into its underground origins in the hellacious New Yo…
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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes Bay Area art curator, artist, Dj, actor, activist, and overall ‘80s pop culture nerd Jeff Bostic to discuss the 1985 feel-good suicide classic Better Off Dead! From dare-devil skiing to guitar-playing hamburgers to psychotic paperboys, this one has it all. The first film in the Savage Steve Holland teen trilogy rea…
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Take your protein pills and put your helmet on because Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes “Flash” Gordie The Mailman Adams of the Gordcast and Zardozen Minutes podcasts for the space opera spectacular Flash Gordon (1980)! Prepare to blast off for Mongo, and don’t forget your S&M gear, green Twinkies, and cha-cha heels because I hear we’re in for som…
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Pour yourself a cup of ambition because Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes Jamie Bancroft (AKA Dolly Trauma), a founder of Austin International Drag Festival and the upcoming website The Drag Channel, to discuss the sexual harassment classic, 9 to 5 (1980). Are you thirsty for Dabney? Jamie Bancroft: www.facebook.com/jamie.bancroft More Speakeasily:…
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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes two titans of podcasting – Mogwai Minute’s Neil Brown and Bat Minute’s Niall McGowan – to vibe out with us for the 1988 romantic occult comedy VIBES. Cindi Lauper, Jeff Goldblum, and Peter Faulk make up the wackiest and sexiest version of the Three Stooges since Moe Howard gave up mini-skirts. Neil Brown: https://t…
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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes, all the way from Liverpool, fashion photographer/blogger Lal Gall and Jonfen Parker, the host of podcasts Bat Minute and Hedwig: Inch by Angry Inch, for a close encounter with Troll-kind. Yes, a film that’s so good it doesn’t need a Troll 1 – we’re talkin’ ‘bout Troll 2! Besides being blatant anti-vegetarian propa…
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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes Alamo Drafthouse New Mission SF’s Creative Manager and shlockmeister supreme Jake Isgar. He is the Wizard of Weird Wednesdays and the Tsar of Terror Tuesday, and he brought us a prime cut of revenge porn called Eye of the Tiger (1986). See Gary Busey as a Vietnam vet who takes on the local dirt bike gang behind a f…
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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes actor Galen Howard, known for roles in Agents of Shield, Brooklyn 9-9, and also as that guy who ate a bunch of Cannoli in that one Weezer video. Galen brings us a charming romantic comedy about a modern woman and the robot who loves her -- Susan Seidelman’s Making Mr. Right. This stylish piece of New Wave eye candy…
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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s is joined by “Cine-Masochist,” musician, and co-founder/producer of the long-running SF club Popscene, DJ Omar Perez. He joins us for one of his favorite violations of decency and taste, Mortuary Academy (1988), proving that he is perhaps more of a “Cine-Sadomasochist.” Is this film simply Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov’s lov…
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Are you ready for this NSFW MEGASODE!? The Speakeasily Hour Minute Podcast welcomes smut royalty with the king & queen of biker-erotica, Piper & Jack Davenport! Prepare to rev your engines as they each do dramatic readings from some of their best MC romances. We also spend time munching away in the Honeycomb Hideout and talking about Zach Galifiana…
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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes Thee Eric Wynn, host of the radio show Goth Yearbook and the music director of Santa Rosa's indie station KRJF, to the trash dungeon to discuss the 1984 schlocky ski sex comedy, HOT DOG...THE MOVIE. Strap on your skis and whip out your hot dog because it's gonna be a gnarly slope of a ride. Eric Wynn, Goth Yearbook…
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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes filmmaker, musician, Diane Lane enthusiast, and all-around Dracula NERO NAVA to discuss 1984’s STREETS OF FIRE. This “rock and roll fable” is a prime example of ‘80’s ‘50s and an adventure in miscasting. Extra points for the inclusion of Willem Dafoe’s pleather waders and Rick Moranis as Dick More-anus. Nero Nava: …
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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s returns with a special guest, 1980’s trash aficionado Gabriel Wheeler. Gabriel chose 1984’s HARDBODIES – a sex comedy of epic proportions guaranteed to fill your beach bum with sand. So let us go on a journey to a world without AIDS and skin cancer to this t#ts flick about three middle-aged assholes preying on the young, be…
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Welcome to our new side series, Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s -- a crash course in ‘80s schlock movies you’ve probably forgotten (or should have). Our first episode covers the John Murray vehicle Moving Violations (1985). A cast full of near-famous siblings presides over this wacky traffic-school comedy. Watch for a frizzy-haired Jennifer Tilly, a very …
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The Speakeasily Hour Minute Podcast welcomes L.A.'s most disastrous drag queen, Disasterina, and artist/performer Ave Rose! Hang out with us as we discuss taxidermy, ComicCon booths, literal trash, Dragula, scientific stuff we don't know enough about, everyone's favorite carb -- crackers, and the partying vampires in What We Do In The Shadows! Cred…
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The Speakeasily Hour Minute Podcast invites you to step up and smell the cape of one of the hawtest, most talented Mexican Jews around, Chaki the Funky Space Wizard! We turn up the heat and a few stomaches with bags of Flamin' Hot Doritos and watch the heavy-handed scathing commentary of the Art world, Velvet Buzzsaw. The gloves come off and our tr…
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The Speakeasily Hour Minute Podcast forays into the world of fabulous filth with the multi-talented probationer Cheeki Kahnt. In-depth discussions of Korean spray toilets, Drag and body hair, Selena vs. Mötley Crüe, and the nightmare candy Peeps ensue. Have you seen The Dirt? Two out of four have not. Credits: "The Whip" by The Frantics Guest: Chee…
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The Speakeasily Hour Minute Podcast continues its campaign against decency by dragging Liverpool's Fab Two -- fashion photog & blogger Lal (kamikazerainbow) and podcasting's dark knight Jonfen (The Bat Minute) -- into a cultural exchange of drag talking, Cadbury Creme egging, and Russian Doll trolling. Credits: "The Whip" by The Frantics Guest: Lal…
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The Speakeasily Hour Minute Podcast pushes things to the border walls this episode with our guest, the Satanic sweetie Szandora LaVey, and her insatiable lust for pickle-flavored chips! Not unlike poutine enemas, once you pop you can't stop. We also discuss The Little Hours, a dirty nun comedy based on Boccaccio's Decameron. Credits: "The Whip" by …
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Baby, I'm Traumatized! It's the Speakeasily Hour Minute Podcast Year in Review! If this year was a movie, we'd walk out. But memorable it was and we talk about the highs and lows America weathered in 2018, including our hot take on the "Baby, It's Cold Outside" controversy. The '40s were a rapey time. Credits: "The Whip" by The Frantics "Chiwawas J…
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Things are all shook up in the world of Speakeasily! Shecky is a free man, Klingon Vanna White must re-name the Kitty Kat Korral, Odessa Lil's basement is infested with Fresno meth zombies, and we're all pretty sure it has something to do with the force of nature that is Annalyn Bond, the Bay Area performer and cosplayer who joins them this episode…
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The Speakeasily Gang gets some culture and talks with Twelve Chimes It's Midnight podcastateer Aimee Pavy about old-timey radio shows, writing, acting, barking like a dog, and animated butts. Was Incredibles II a step forward for mom butts everywhere or yet another blatant example of the objectification of cartoon characters? Are Green Tea Kit Kats…
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Join us as we get chip-faced with Bay Area comedian Evelyn Eerie Diamond and hash out the difference between comedy, communism, and Kettle Chips with a few detours into werewolves, Jello Jigglers, and that "baby smell." We learn that all comedians are liars and that Lavrenti Beria was an epic child molester. And yes, The Death of Stalin is a black …
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Holy Shitgibbon, Batman! Speakeasily welcomes DJ, producer, podcast baron, and funnyman Jason Nevermind for our dirtiest episode yet...and that's really saying something. Somehow, we manage to review the film Blockers, Hello Panda cookies, DJ techniques, and what was confiscated from Michael Cohen's office. Credits: "The Whip" by The Frantics Comme…
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Hey you Snowpissers! Speakeasily welcomes our first guest! Pickles Kintaro is a burlesque performer and the mastermind behind Tight & Nerdy: the world's first & only all-Weird Al burlesque troupe. She's also a fantastic nerd and has lots to add to our discussion of Black Panther. BTW, was Wakanda in outer space? Oh, and Shecky makes us some Prison …
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A Speakeasily Quickie highlight from episode 2: A coming attraction for THE DEVIL'S DOUGH, A Speakeasily film. Satan wants you to carb-load and laugh maniacally. More Speakeasily: speakeasily.tv youtube.com/user/OdessaLil facebook.com/speakeasilyshow instagram.com/audrawolfmann twitter.com/speakeasilyshow itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/speakeasilys-po…
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A Speakeasily Quickie highlight from episode 2: Klingon Vanna White teaches the world to sing. And Pluto is still a planet. More Speakeasily: speakeasily.tv youtube.com/user/OdessaLil facebook.com/speakeasilyshow instagram.com/audrawolfmann twitter.com/speakeasilyshow itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/speakeasilys-podcast/id960169254?ls=1 https://soundcl…
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The Speakeasily gang ruins everything from current events (Trump's toupee) to art ("The Shape of Water," AKA "Amelie F's A Fish") to fine cuisine (Fuego Takis) in their second episode. Probiscis, proboscis...let's call the whole thing off. Credits: "The Whip" by The Frantics More Speakeasily: speakeasily.tv youtube.com/user/OdessaLil facebook.com/s…
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Not ready to commit yet? Here's a quick highlight from episode 1...Edible! Edible has the largest number of audio books read by distinguished actors who have just consumed edibles. Hear the greats half baked. Credits: Edible music: "Ukulele" by www.bensound.com More Speakeasily: speakeasily.tv youtube.com/user/OdessaLil facebook.com/speakeasilyshow…
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Blast off with the Speakeasily Gang on their pilot episode of The Speakeasily Hour Minute Podcast. The Burlesque show turned internet TV sensation turned comedy troupe turned podcast reunites Odessa Lil with Klingon Vanna White and Shecky Davis, Jr. to discuss the important issues of our times. This week, that would be incarceration, Star Wars, and…
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Speakeasily presents Molly Mills, Paranormal Librarian Detective: a radio series about a librarian who works in the secret paranormal division of the Library of Congress. Via a magical occult literary device, Molly is able to bring once dead writers and fictional characters to life to help her reclaim lost texts. Please note all actual incantations…
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