All posts by murphyslaw@hobotrashcan.com (Joel Murphy)

Hobo Radio 614 – Mabel Memorial Hobo Madness There Can Only Be One Director Tournament – Final Four and Finals

directors, Featured, films, Hobo Madness Tournament, Hobo Radio, movies, Podcasts

Joel Murphy, Lars Periwinkle and their friends are back with the ninth annual Hobo Madness Tournament.

This year, they are pitting 16 prolific directors against each other to decide which director’s filmography is Thanos snapped out of existence and which director’s oeuvre lives to battle another day.

For the final round, they are joined by Erin Fox, Marty McGuire and Jonathan Monroe.

Final Four:

  • The Coen Brothers vs. Rob Reiner
  • Stanley Kubrick vs. Hayao Miyazaki

Finals:

  • ??? vs. ???

[You can find a larger version of the tournament bracket and future episodes here.]

This week’s music:

  • Intro – “Giddy Up” by Tahuna Breaks
  • End – “Also Sprach Zarathustra” by Richard Strauss

You can leave a message for Joel and Lars anytime at 213-770-7241.

Hobo Radio is presented by HoboTrashcan.com and is a part of the Peak Sloth Podcast Network. Hear more shows at PeakSloth.com.

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Hobo Radio 613 – Mabel Memorial Hobo Madness There Can Only Be One Director Tournament – Round Two

directors, Featured, films, Hobo Madness Tournament, Hobo Radio, movies, Podcasts

Joel Murphy, Lars Periwinkle and their friends are back with the ninth annual Hobo Madness Tournament.

This year, they are pitting 16 prolific directors against each other to decide which director’s filmography is Thanos snapped out of existence and which director’s oeuvre lives to battle another day.

They are joined by Christopher Scarborough and Patrick Storck for the second round of the tournament.

Round Two:

  • The Coen Brothers vs. Penny Marshall
  • Spike Lee vs. Rob Reiner
  • Harold Ramis vs. Stanley Kubrick
  • Hayao Miyazaki vs. Steven Spielberg

[You can find a larger version of the tournament bracket and future episodes here.]

This week’s music:

  • Intro – “Giddy Up” by Tahuna Breaks
  • End – “Dirty Sugar” by Wasted City

You can leave a message for Joel and Lars anytime at 213-770-7241.

Hobo Radio is presented by HoboTrashcan.com and is a part of the Peak Sloth Podcast Network. Hear more shows at PeakSloth.com.

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Hobo Radio 612 – Mabel Memorial Hobo Madness There Can Only Be One Director Tournament – Round One

directors, Featured, film, Hobo Madness Tournament, Hobo Radio, movies, Podcasts

Joel Murphy, Lars Periwinkle and their friends are back with the ninth annual Hobo Madness Tournament.

This year, they are pitting 16 prolific directors against each other to decide which director’s filmography is Thanos snapped out of existence and which director’s oeuvre lives to battle another day.

They are joined by Andy McIntyre and Molly Regan for the opening round of the tournament in this supersized episode.

Round One:

  • The Coen Brothers vs. Alfred Hitchcock
  • Penny Marshall vs. Ridley Scott
  • Paul Thomas Anderson vs. Spike Lee
  • Kathryn Bigelow vs. Rob Reiner
  • Harold Ramis vs. The Wachowskis
  • Stanley Kubrick vs. Quentin Tarantino
  • Hayao Miyazaki vs. Guillermo Del Toro
  • Martin Scorsese vs. Steven Spielberg

[You can find a larger version of the tournament bracket and future episodes here.]

This week’s music:

  • Intro – “Giddy Up” by Tahuna Breaks
  • End – “Tired” by Bronson Scott

You can leave a message for Joel and Lars anytime at 213-770-7241.

Hobo Radio is presented by HoboTrashcan.com and is a part of the Peak Sloth Podcast Network. Hear more shows at PeakSloth.com.

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Hobo Radio Interview – Imperfect directors Regan Linton and Brian Malone

Audio Interviews, Celebrity Interviews, Chicago, Featured, Hobo Radio, musica theatre, Podcasts

With the Oscars right around the corner and CODA nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, it’s the perfect time to think about representation and inclusion in Hollywood.

That’s why we’re excited to bring you our recent conversation with Regan Linton and Brian Malone about their documentary Imperfect. The film follows the Phamaly Theatre Company, which is comprised of actors with all nature of disabilities – including spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s Disease, cerebral palsy, autism, low vision/blind, and multiple sclerosis – as they rehearse and perform the musical Chicago.

This week’s music:

  • Intro – “Giddy Up” by Tahuna Breaks
  • Interstitial – “Vishnu Meets Funk” and “Ancient Ritual” by Lucas Perný & Miloslav Kollar
  • End – “Roxie” by Emily Robinson

Find more interviews here:
https://www.hobotrashcan.com/interview-archive/

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Hobo Radio 611 – The years start coming and they don’t stop coming

Batman, Featured, Ghostbusters, Hobo Radio, Podcasts, Shrek

It’s Lars Periwinkle’s birthday! So Joel Murphy and Lars celebrate by taking a trip down Memory Lane and trying to figure out why Shrek has become such an enduring film. (Shrek and Shrek 2 were recently in the top 10 most watched list on Netflix.)

Joel also vents about his disappointment with The Batman and he and Lars debate whether or not the ending of Ghostbusters: Afterlife was good.

This week’s music:

  • Intro – “Giddy Up” by Tahuna Breaks
  • End – “YMCA” by Jon Sudano

You can leave a message for Joel and Lars anytime at 213-770-7241.

Hobo Radio is presented by HoboTrashcan.com and is a part of the Peak Sloth Podcast Network. Hear more shows at PeakSloth.com.

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