Category Archives: musicals

Silver Linings Playback 235 – Rent (ft. Shawn M. Smith)

Chris Columbus, Featured, Jonathan Larson, musica theatre, musicals, Podcasts, Rent, Silver Linings Playback, Taye Diggs

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For November, they are watching maligned musicals.

This week, Joel and Andy are joined by Rent superfan Shawn M. Smith to discuss the film adaptation of the popular Broadway musical that was inexplicably directed by the guy who did Home Alone and two Harry Potter movies.

  • Rent (2005)
  • Directed by: Chris Columbus
  • Written by: Jonathan Larson (book), Stephen Chbosky (screenplay by)
  • Starring: Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Tracie Thoms, Taye Diggs

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

Silver Linings Playback recently launched a Patreon, which you can sign up for here.

Silver Linings Playback is 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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Silver Linings Playback 234 – Pennies From Heaven

Bernadette Peters, Featured, musica theatre, musicals, Podcasts, Silver Linings Playback, Steve Martin

AUDIO VERSION:

Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For November, they are watching maligned musicals.

This week, Joel and Andy discuss the odd and incredibly dark Steve Martin musical Pennies From Heaven, which they both found utterly delightful.

  • Pennies From Heaven (1981)
  • Directed by: Herbert Ross
  • Written by: Dennis Potter
  • Starring: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Jessica Harper, Vernel Bagneris, John McMartin, Christopher Walken

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

Silver Linings Playback recently launched a Patreon, which you can sign up for here.

Silver Linings Playback is 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 555 – Klondike 5 (ft. Jonathan Monroe)

Clint Howard, Featured, Hall and Oates, Hamilton, Hobo Radio, musicals, Podcasts, We have to ask

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Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle are joined by Jonathan Monroe of We Have To Ask.

Joel tries to get Lars and Jonathan to squash their longstanding beef (which was reignited when Lars appeared on a recent We Have to Ask). They also discuss teaching during quarantine, Hamilton, Clint Howard and Hall and Oates.

This week’s music:

  • Intro – “Giddy Up” by Tahuna Breaks
  • End – “If You Let Me” by Aya Ito

Hobo Radio is part of the Peak Sloth Podcast Network. Hear more shows at PeakSloth.com.

Hobo Radio 418 – But, stuff!

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Chris Hemsworth, gay sex, Hobo Radio, musicals

Like many of you, Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle have been feeling anxious since Tuesday’s election results. So in an effort to give you a much-needed distraction, they talk briefly about their feelings at the top of the show, before moving on to their normal inane chatter.

They talk about a wide range of subjects, including Lars’ gay thoughts, the mysterious strangers that helped both of them recently, Joel’s middle school infatuation with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s maligned New Starlight Express and a magical room full of puppies.

Does Lars have a thing for bad boy murderers? What’s keeping Joel from having sex with Chris Hemsworth? How do you measure a year? The answers to these questions and more are in this week’s podcast.

This week’s music:

  • Intro – “Giddy Up” by Tahuna Breaks
  • End – ” Home Base (ft. Long John)” by Cheese N Pot-C

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Hobo Radio is part of the Peak Sloth Podcast Network. Hear more shows at PeakSloth.com.

Hobo Radio 418 – But, stuff!

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Chris Hemsworth, gay sex, Hobo Radio, musicals

Like many of you, Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle have been feeling anxious since Tuesday’s election results. So in an effort to give you a much-needed distraction, they talk briefly about their feelings at the top of the show, before moving on to their normal inane chatter.

They talk about a wide range of subjects, including Lars’ gay thoughts, the mysterious strangers that helped both of them recently, Joel’s middle school infatuation with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s maligned New Starlight Express and a magical room full of puppies.

Does Lars have a thing for bad boy murderers? What’s keeping Joel from having sex with Chris Hemsworth? How do you measure a year? The answers to these questions and more are in this week’s podcast.

This week’s music:

  • Intro – “Giddy Up” by Tahuna Breaks
  • End – ” Home Base (ft. Long John)” by Cheese N Pot-C

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Hobo Radio is part of the Peak Sloth Podcast Network. Hear more shows at PeakSloth.com.