Speaker 1: Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of
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Speaker 1: Mind listener mail. This is Robert Lamb and this is
Speaker 1: Joe McCormick, and we're bringing you some of the messages
Speaker 1: you've sent in over the past couple of weeks. Rob,
Speaker 1: If you don't mind, I'm going to kick off with
Speaker 1: a response to the Furry Fish episode. Oh go for it. Yeah.
Speaker 1: So this comes from Yanni, and this is one of
Speaker 1: those emails where it's clearly responding to something specific that
Speaker 1: we said and I don't remember what it was, which
Speaker 1: makes for some of the most fun listener mail because
Speaker 1: you have to play a little sort of internal past
Speaker 1: memory detective work. But Yanni says, Hi, Robert and Joe
Speaker 1: or is it Joel, No, it is Joe. I'm Yanni,
Speaker 1: and I'm sending you my greetings from Finland. Love your podcast.
Speaker 1: I was listening to the fish Head for episode and
Speaker 1: I had to check. There really is a Christmas edition
Speaker 1: of Big Mouth Billy Bass. There are also videos of
Speaker 1: it on YouTube. Peace Lennox and Love Yanni. So I
Speaker 1: assume you must be a developer of some kind if
Speaker 1: you have that much Lenox passion. But but so I
Speaker 1: looked this up. You're correct, Dannie. Uh we. I think
Speaker 1: in the episode we were talking about what were the
Speaker 1: different songs the big mouth billy bass sings. Uh So
Speaker 1: there was take Me to the River, there's the one
Speaker 1: that sings y m c A. I think I may
Speaker 1: have mentioned that. The one that sings y m c
Speaker 1: A I remember is in a Sopranos episode. It's like
Speaker 1: a Christmas episode. I think Tony gets it as a
Speaker 1: Christmas gift, so maybe that's what leads to this. But
Speaker 1: there are indeed big mouth billy basses that's in in
Speaker 1: Christmas songs, and they're not just Christmas songs. They're like
Speaker 1: novelty hayseed country versions of Christmas songs. So it's got
Speaker 1: a dashing and through this no kind of thing. God. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so particularly egregiously annoying, and uh I don't know why
Speaker 1: they did it that way. Why not with just some
Speaker 1: regular recording of the song. Beats me. Well, if there's
Speaker 1: anything that could make jingle bells more annoying, it's having
Speaker 1: a big mouth billy bass sing it, I imagine. And
Speaker 1: I say that as someone who greatly enjoys many holiday songs.
Speaker 1: About well, jingle bells is just the worst rob. I'm
Speaker 1: right there with you. I I don't hate Christmas music.
Speaker 1: I love a great many Christmas songs, but there are
Speaker 1: a few that are just oh they're just razor blades
Speaker 1: going under my eyelids. It's just awful. Yeah, I'm partial
Speaker 1: to God Bless you Mary, gentlemen, because it has the
Speaker 1: devil in it um, which I guess you know, brings
Speaker 1: us back in season here because we don't want to
Speaker 1: get too far ahead with the holiday stuff, because this
Speaker 1: this listener mail's coming out during the height of the
Speaker 1: Halloween season. You know. One of the Christmas carols that
Speaker 1: I really like, I I think I tend towards the
Speaker 1: ones that are in more a minor key and have
Speaker 1: kind of a note of uncertainty, and that will tie
Speaker 1: into our very next message of For example, one that
Speaker 1: came to mind is, uh, you know, I love I
Speaker 1: Love Green Sleeves. That starts with the minor third. Yeah,
Speaker 1: green sleeves is great. Or I guess the Christmas version
Speaker 1: with the lyrics is what child is it? Or what child?
Speaker 1: What child is this? Yeah? Yeah, that's it. But that
Speaker 1: should lead right into some responses to the episode that
Speaker 1: I did on Spooky Music and Uncanny Melodies with the
Speaker 1: with special guest our producer Seth all Right, I'll read
Speaker 1: this one from Matt. Really enjoyed the episode and Scary
Speaker 1: music and the characteristics thereof The major and minor discussion
Speaker 1: was particularly interesting in that I thought immediately of Celtic
Speaker 1: Gaelic music. I play a lot of old Irish and
Speaker 1: Scottish tunes with my brother and friends and have always
Speaker 1: loved the interplay between minor and major keys in reels, jigs,
Speaker 1: et cetera. The quick switches are both fun to a
Speaker 1: company and make things more musically interesting. Always thought it
Speaker 1: was a unique example of both miners and majors inspiring
Speaker 1: good feelings rather than apprehension, as is usually the case
Speaker 1: with the former huge Black Sabbath fan. I must admit
Speaker 1: also get the same sorts of impressions from a lot
Speaker 1: of Middle Eastern music, which is pretty cool. It's one
Speaker 1: of the reasons I gravitated to such genres early in
Speaker 1: my amateur music career. Thanks for the show and Happy
Speaker 1: Canadian Thanksgiving, Matt wait is Canadian Thanksgiving in October? Yes
Speaker 1: it is. It is the second Monday in October so yeah,
Speaker 1: here we are, Matt. I think I know what you're
Speaker 1: talking about with the the the alternations between major and
Speaker 1: minor keys and like the uh what do you call them? Oh? Well,
Speaker 1: by the way, that that Scotch and Irish music really
Speaker 1: also does have like some of the best names for
Speaker 1: things reels and jigs that almost doesn't sound like music.
Speaker 1: It sounds like stuff you'd use to like kill a fish,
Speaker 1: to kill a fish. Maybe I just got billy bass
Speaker 1: on the mind. Okay, So this next uh, this next
Speaker 1: message comes from Dan. Also about the music episode. Dan says,
Speaker 1: I just finished listening to your episode on Scary Music
Speaker 1: and have an album recommendation for Rusty Needles Record Club.
Speaker 1: This is Seth's new podcast, and uh, Seth and I
Speaker 1: talked about me possibly going on there to talk about
Speaker 1: Neil Young. Uh, Dan says. When we get into discussing
Speaker 1: the stranger records in Neil Young's discography and what Dan
Speaker 1: recommends his his album trans from nineteen eighty two. It
Speaker 1: is his Kraft Verk inspired album and features a lot
Speaker 1: of vocoder and synthesizer work. So maybe Robert could also contribute,
Speaker 1: being as how he loves synth music. Are either of
Speaker 1: you familiar with this record. Computer Age that's the name
Speaker 1: of the song is a total bop. According to Young,
Speaker 1: part of the inspiration behind this album was as a
Speaker 1: way for him to communicate with his young son, who
Speaker 1: has cerebral palsy and was unable to speak. Apparently this
Speaker 1: was lost on Geffen Records and the start of their
Speaker 1: infamous lawsuit against Neil Young for not making Neil Young albums.
Speaker 1: And then there's abrupt transition, also being this is a
Speaker 1: stuff to blow your mind, listener email, I have a
Speaker 1: suggestion for the role of Tom Bomba Dill. I would
Speaker 1: like to nominate Danny de Vito. Is he the right choice?
Speaker 1: Maybe not. It's been a long time since I read
Speaker 1: Fellowship of the Ring, but the thought of Frank Reynolds
Speaker 1: and a Lord of the Ring's adaptation is such a
Speaker 1: perversely amusing thought. I cannot resist imagining how that would
Speaker 1: play out. It's always sunny in Middle Earth, The Gang
Speaker 1: Steal the One Ring. Thanks as always, Dan Well. First
Speaker 1: of all, sometimes I kind of speed read these emails
Speaker 1: as they come in, and so I I thought Dan's
Speaker 1: recommendation was ultimately that Neil Young played Tom Bomba Dill
Speaker 1: and so I've been thinking about that, um all morning,
Speaker 1: and I was thinking. I was thinking to myself, you know,
Speaker 1: I could imagine that. You know, I often associate Neil Young,
Speaker 1: of course, with the harvest season. That's that's the time
Speaker 1: of year when I'm most likely to fire up uh
Speaker 1: some some of old Neil and listened to him. Um so, UM,
Speaker 1: I don't know what to think about Danny DeVito. Haven't
Speaker 1: had time to process that. I'm still on on on
Speaker 1: Neil Young as bomba deal. I mean, we know Neil
Speaker 1: Young can sing. Other than that, I don't know if
Speaker 1: his if his vibe is really on. I mean Neil,
Speaker 1: as I said on the music episode, I'm a big
Speaker 1: fan of Neil Young, but he he always comes off
Speaker 1: as kind of a weird old crank and not sort
Speaker 1: of the jolly, care free Bard image we get of
Speaker 1: Tom Bomba Dill. But I don't know. Yeah. Also, I mean,
Speaker 1: Neil Young is someone who has always been He's always
Speaker 1: been willing to tackle uh, you know, political issues, uh
Speaker 1: in his lyrics, and Bomba Dill is is you know,
Speaker 1: largely cut off from the politics of the world. Uh So, yeah,
Speaker 1: it seems like they're completely opposite each other. In that regard,
Speaker 1: but Bomba Dill is constitutionally incapable of engaging in politics,
Speaker 1: like he's not even on the same plane as them.
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, yeah yeah. But oh but also your mention
Speaker 1: of the Neil Young album the so Um If you're
Speaker 1: not familiar, this album trans by Neil Young that came
Speaker 1: out in nine two. It is the classic example of
Speaker 1: the Neil album that even a lot of die hard
Speaker 1: Neil fans make fun of and and think, Okay, that's bad.
Speaker 1: And you know, when I was a younger Neil fan,
Speaker 1: I felt the same way. I mean, it does have
Speaker 1: some arguably very goofy production choices, but I've come around
Speaker 1: on it over the years. I think it is absolutely
Speaker 1: worth a second listen. And I really like the song
Speaker 1: that Dan singles out here, computer Age. That's a good one.
Speaker 1: I the one that sticks with me the most is
Speaker 1: Sample and Hold. That one has a good beat to it,
Speaker 1: and it very much has the the synth, the vibe
Speaker 1: and the robot voice. Um yeah, to probably do the
Speaker 1: surprise of No. One. I've always loved this album. I
Speaker 1: heard this. This is one where my dad had some
Speaker 1: Neil Young, and I don't think he had the album
Speaker 1: trans but he had another album that, weirdly enough, had
Speaker 1: two of the songs off of this US some other material.
Speaker 1: I forget what it was called. Oh yeah, so it was.
Speaker 1: It was weird in that regard because it's just here's
Speaker 1: some robots songs and here's some more traditional stuff, and
Speaker 1: I was like the Robots songs. But yeah, I probably
Speaker 1: heard those tracks way before I actually heard any Kraftwerk,
Speaker 1: so it was kind of an early introduction to that
Speaker 1: world that's a wonderful kind of inside out. You know.
Speaker 1: There's a moment in the song computer Age where, like
Speaker 1: a lot of the songs on this album, is hard
Speaker 1: to tell what the lyrics are, but there's one part
Speaker 1: early on where it sounds like Neil is singing the
Speaker 1: phrase I stand for the signal, And I think that
Speaker 1: might literally be about a crosswalk on the street, like
Speaker 1: the line right before it is about cars or something.
Speaker 1: But it's one of those great lyrics that you hear
Speaker 1: with a weirder secondary meaning that may not be intended,
Speaker 1: but either way it gives me a shiver. I stand
Speaker 1: for the signal. It's like it's like in Tron, like
Speaker 1: I fight for the users. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I can
Speaker 1: I can see that connection. Oh and also yeah, X
Speaker 1: be Damned. I like the electronic take on Mr. Soul.
Speaker 1: I think some of the song concepts on this album
Speaker 1: might be much better received now with a just slightly
Speaker 1: different production approach, Like I think I think Computer Age
Speaker 1: could have a slightly more goth techno edge. I'm thinking
Speaker 1: about production more like bands like The Knife and Uh,
Speaker 1: I don't know if you call that a band, whatever
Speaker 1: you call that, and it might be considered a classic
Speaker 1: sibling duo. How is that what it is? Yeah? Okay? Uh?
Speaker 1: And one last thing that I thought is hilarious is
Speaker 1: that you can sometimes still hear Neil's Canadian accent through
Speaker 1: the vocoder. There's this song on there. It's one of
Speaker 1: the Goofier ones. It's called Computer Cowboy has like horsehoof
Speaker 1: clip clop sounds, but he's he's singing vocoder and you
Speaker 1: can still hear It's Nail Young. Oh well, I don't
Speaker 1: remember that track in particular. Yeah, I guess it's been
Speaker 1: a little else since I've fired it out. I mainly remember,
Speaker 1: and I guess when I dip back into it, I
Speaker 1: tend to play sample and hold Computer Age. Uh. Maybe
Speaker 1: one other Transformer Man. Gotta Transformer Man is good. That's
Speaker 1: the other one. Yes, yeah, that one got a beautiful
Speaker 1: low low tech rendition on Neil's nineteen nineties unplugged album
Speaker 1: I did it, Okay. I don't know if I've heard
Speaker 1: that well anyway, that was an extremely strange digression, but
Speaker 1: h well, no, it's an interesting album. And of course
Speaker 1: now with with with digital and streaming, I mean it's
Speaker 1: widely available. Everyone can go out and have a have
Speaker 1: a taste of this album. So I mean, I don't
Speaker 1: I don't want to oversell it. Again, I could not
Speaker 1: deny that a lot of the production is is undeniably
Speaker 1: pretty goofy, but I still think there's some cool stuff
Speaker 1: in there. Rob, you want to do this one about
Speaker 1: Hilda and the Lindworm? Alright? This next one comes to
Speaker 1: us from Greg. Greg writes, I subject my four and
Speaker 1: a half year old to quote daddy's boring podcast on
Speaker 1: our regular commutes. Um, I don't know. I guess I'm
Speaker 1: cool with that, knowing but knowing the kind of things
Speaker 1: kids are into. Um, yeah, maybe our our podcast is
Speaker 1: a little bit boring, uh to to the younger listeners.
Speaker 1: But that's okay either. You know, perhaps they'll age into it. Anyway,
Speaker 1: Greg continues his opinion of your podcast maybe changing, as
Speaker 1: he was ecstatic to hear Hilda and the Lendworm referenced
Speaker 1: in the latest artifacts segment. At this point, this would
Speaker 1: be Artifacts slash Monster Facts segment from a couple of
Speaker 1: weeks back. Uh. He continues, like Robert's son, he was
Speaker 1: familiar with the Lendworm from our repeated viewings of Hilda.
Speaker 1: We got to discussing how he thinks you could improve
Speaker 1: the podcast. His suggestions are, number one, more Hilda content.
Speaker 1: Number two space sound effects. Uh, in fact, seth Can
Speaker 1: we go ahead and have a little space sound effect
Speaker 1: just to just just to help out the listenership? Okay?
Speaker 1: And train sound effects for the episode it's about trains.
Speaker 1: Hold on staff, no train sound effects yet because we
Speaker 1: need to we need to line up a train episode.
Speaker 1: But I could. I would be into that doing something
Speaker 1: related to trains or subways. I I live next to
Speaker 1: a train track and am fascinated by trains. I love trains,
Speaker 1: and I think I think we may well have even
Speaker 1: a creepy train related episode coming up. That's right, we do, Okay,
Speaker 1: all right, Well it's a possibility no promises, but a
Speaker 1: strong possibility. Okay, that one will probably not be good
Speaker 1: for kids though, but but yeah, we'll have to do
Speaker 1: some train content in the future anyway, Greg continues. Hilda
Speaker 1: for the uninitiated is a children's Netflix program that is
Speaker 1: based on the graphic novel series by Luke Pearson. It
Speaker 1: frequently features mythological creatures from around the world in stories
Speaker 1: with animation that appears to be influenced in small part
Speaker 1: by Calvin and Hobbs. You have my full support in
Speaker 1: doing a lengthier deep dive into the mythological creatures as
Speaker 1: referenced in Hilda. It might make for a fun twist
Speaker 1: on your anthology shows, but please know who trained sound effects. Greg,
Speaker 1: what was this conflicting advice? I don't know what to
Speaker 1: do with that. Well, I don't think there are any
Speaker 1: trains in Hilda. I don't remember there being one. But anyway,
Speaker 1: at any rate, Hilda is indeed a fabulous show. Um,
Speaker 1: I haven't seen it. It's a kid's show, but it's
Speaker 1: one of these great kids shows that you don't need
Speaker 1: to be watching it with a kid to enjoy it.
Speaker 1: It's it's adorable and cute, but not in a sickening way. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's very sweet, and it has all of these
Speaker 1: various mythological creatures pop up. You will be delighted to
Speaker 1: know that the Yule Lads pop up in one episode.
Speaker 1: Oh spoon liquor and and what goat Claude sucker or something. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I forget what what names are given, but I believe
Speaker 1: Andy Cirkus is in that one playing the voice of
Speaker 1: one of the ul children. So it's pretty great. That's
Speaker 1: too good. Sausage Swiper, I think is only something like that,
Speaker 1: but I highly recommend Hilda It's it's a wonderful show. Uh,
Speaker 1: just absolutely wonderful. All right. I guess we're gonna look
Speaker 1: at a couple of messages regarding Weird House Cinema. This
Speaker 1: first one comes from Matt. Matt says, good Day Fellas,
Speaker 1: the episode on the Thing from Another World was pretty neat.
Speaker 1: I'm definitely going to try to give it a watch.
Speaker 1: Couldn't help but immediately consider some plot parallels with HP
Speaker 1: Lovecrafts at the Mountains of Madness, both said in an
Speaker 1: Arctic waste, both with some variation on a vegetable based
Speaker 1: or partially vegetable based species from beyond and to a degree,
Speaker 1: the marauding mindlessness of the show goth seems to fit
Speaker 1: the uncaring approach of the movie Monster. I can only
Speaker 1: assume some inspiration was taken from Ole Howard to reference
Speaker 1: what I think is in this context and ironic quote
Speaker 1: from the story quote, poor old ones, scientists to the last.
Speaker 1: What had they done that we would not have done
Speaker 1: in their place, being scientists themselves. I think the old
Speaker 1: ones would have very much enjoyed your shows. Thanks again
Speaker 1: and all the best. Matt. Wow, that's nice, man. I
Speaker 1: don't think the old ones would have liked our show
Speaker 1: very much. I don't think so at all. I don't know.
Speaker 1: They might not even been able to listen to it.
Speaker 1: I don't know. Um, it was just incomprehensible squealing to them,
Speaker 1: and then they would devour us right, eat our souls,
Speaker 1: and they would have their own podcasts, which to our
Speaker 1: ears would be incomprehensible squealing and the piping of mad
Speaker 1: flutes and so forth. Uh. I think I've seen somebody
Speaker 1: somewhere makes some connections between the Thing at least Carpenters
Speaker 1: the Thing, and and Lovecrafts of the Mountains of Madness.
Speaker 1: But for the life of me. I can't remember what
Speaker 1: those connections were other than the obvious. You know, they
Speaker 1: have a frosty settings being Guiama Do Toro was was
Speaker 1: going to do and at the Mountains of Madness adaptation
Speaker 1: that was like his pet project. But it was as
Speaker 1: if I remember correctly, like it was going to cost
Speaker 1: a lot of money and it was one of these
Speaker 1: films it was only going to get made if Tom
Speaker 1: Cruise was on board, and Tom Cruise it was apparently
Speaker 1: on board, and there was but what but it was
Speaker 1: like you still couldn't get it made for some reason,
Speaker 1: so it just did Cruise what well. I mean it
Speaker 1: makes sense right if you if you're gonna have a
Speaker 1: soup a monster movie, just it's so expensive, like you've
Speaker 1: got to have somebody like like Cruise in it, or
Speaker 1: you know, you've got to have a total uh you know,
Speaker 1: sure shot a lister at the helm and then you
Speaker 1: can have all the monsters you want. I'd go with
Speaker 1: the Rock, you know, the Rock, Yeah, I mean that
Speaker 1: would seem that would seem to be a strong choice.
Speaker 1: You know, if if you get the Rock on there,
Speaker 1: then who's gonna mess with you? It's they'll let you
Speaker 1: have all the monsters you want, but I'm probably over
Speaker 1: simplifying things. I know the Rock has been attached to
Speaker 1: two projects that have yet to come to fruition, so
Speaker 1: who knows how Hollywood works or or by connection? How
Speaker 1: about Vin Diesel? There you go, Vin Diesel at the
Speaker 1: Mountains of Madness. As long as it doesn't it wouldn't
Speaker 1: endanger our next Riddick movie with it. Uh it can't,
Speaker 1: it can't. Possibly. Okay, we got one more Bomba Dell contribution.
Speaker 1: At some point I think we must just have to
Speaker 1: stop reading these as they will just keep coming in forever.
Speaker 1: But this one was too good to skip over. I
Speaker 1: thought this was truly inspired. Choice. Do you want to
Speaker 1: read this? Oh? Yeah, I'll get it. This is from
Speaker 1: Nick subject line bomba Deal quote? Is this bit still going?
Speaker 1: I thought i'd add my suggestion before a halt is
Speaker 1: called to all bomba Deal dreamcasting. When I visualized Tom
Speaker 1: bomba Deal, I can picture no other than Kevin Murphy.
Speaker 1: For many years the voice of Tom Servo on Mystery
Speaker 1: Science Theater three thousand. You might also remember him from
Speaker 1: the Roman Times interstitial sketches, where he played a fog
Speaker 1: horn voiced Miles Glorious type. What I'm not sure what
Speaker 1: he's referring to. Oh no, this was the Roman Times
Speaker 1: on a mystery Sense theater through thousands miles gloriosis, glamles glorio.
Speaker 1: There you go, miles gloriosis type. Okay. He had all
Speaker 1: the qualities of Tolkien's Mary Fellow an or an orotunned
Speaker 1: and booming voice, a joeyal demeanor, a hefty frame, and
Speaker 1: a winkle in his eye, as well as a penchant
Speaker 1: for constantly breaking out into song in response to nothing
Speaker 1: in particular. Really, he's the most bombadilly person. I know.
Speaker 1: This is perfect. I feel like this can't be beat
Speaker 1: I as soon as I saw this, I was like,
Speaker 1: oh my god, it's right. Kevin Murphy is Tom bomba Dill.
Speaker 1: He's got every he hits every single note. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I think I think he does. Plus he's I've seen
Speaker 1: episodes of MST where he breaks into a Tom bomba
Speaker 1: Dell impersonation like he's singing, you know, Tom bomba dilloh
Speaker 1: and all that. Yeah that might don't remember that Jack
Speaker 1: Frost that might be in the Jack Frost trip that
Speaker 1: he does that a bit. Okay, So yeah, he's he
Speaker 1: is Slash was perfect for this role. If Jackson wasn't
Speaker 1: going to cast him, Uh, then it's just as well
Speaker 1: that we didn't get it, you know, Hey, Doll, Mary Doll,
Speaker 1: I cannot disagree. Al Right, Well, we're gonna go ahead
Speaker 1: and close the hatch on this particular listener mail, but
Speaker 1: we'll be back next Monday, so keep them coming. In
Speaker 1: the meantime. What I goes on during the week, well,
Speaker 1: we have our Tuesday and Thursday Core episodes. We have
Speaker 1: Artifact or for the at least the rest of the
Speaker 1: month of October, Monster Fact, but who know it may
Speaker 1: be Monster Fact will return in December and we'll do
Speaker 1: some some Christmas creatures. We have Weird House Cinema on
Speaker 1: Friday's that's our chance to talk about a weird movie
Speaker 1: of choice. And then on the weekends we run a
Speaker 1: Vault episode, which is a rerun from the previous year.
Speaker 1: Huge thanks as always to our wonderful audio producer Seth
Speaker 1: Nicholas Johnson. If you would like to get in touch
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