Christmas Past Songs from 2009 Podcast

Christmas Past (2009 Pop Song Redux) 

The return to podcasting after surgery begins

Places listening - Heavy in France, especially Paris thanks to Deezer podcast service 

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Places listening France has been number 1 for 2 weeks. USA 2, UK 3, followed by Canada, Pakistan, Cayman Islands, Egypt, Kenya, Australia, Philippines, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Seychelles (Say Shells), Poland, Peru, Netherlands, East Timor aka Timor-Leste, South Africa, Brazil, Ivory Coast, Fiji, Tanzania, Lithuania, Sweden, Bahamas  

25 countries on 6 continents — tell your friends doing research on Antartica that we want to go 7 for 7 

Little know fact - New Zealand is part of a submerged continent and Italy is also part of a submerged continent that smashed into europe and was most buried beneath it. Welcome to Plate Tectonics 

Top Cities: Paris by a mile followed by Tampa, Karachi, Georgetown (cayman), LA, Miami, NYC, Nairobi, Cairo, London, Walpole Mass, and Las Vegas  

Lightning round: Only in Boston’s twitter feed had a list of Billboard’s 2009 top songs - immediate reaction to them

#19 Kiss me thru the phone (garbage from Usher, he’s better than that)

#18 Live your life (Fire)

#17 I know you want me (Our introduction to Mr Worldwide, Mr 305, Pitbull — aka Mr. 1234 uno dos tres quatro

They skipped 16

#15 knock you down (can’t remember it)

#14 Use somebody (KOL’s coming out party was def in 2009)

They skipped 13

#12 Dead and Gone (can’t remember it)

#11 You belong to me (taylor swift’s coming out party in 2009 as well)

They skipped 10

#9 Heartless - can’t remember it

#8 Single Ladies (FIRE - prob most popular song on this list)

They Skipped 7

#6 Right Round (can’t remember it)

#5 Love Story (T Swift Killing it)

#4 I got a Feeling (Looking back, Black Eyed Peas we jumping the shark soon after 2009)

#3 Just Dance (Lady Gaga blew up in 2009)

#2 Poker Face (Like I just said Lady Gaga blew up in 2009) - this song is fire still

#1 Boom Boom Pow — this song looking back, was the beginning of the end for Blacked Eyed Peas magical run

Take aways - Taylor Swift, Pitbull, Lady Gaga, Kings of Leon were the Big Pop Music winners in 2009 - and they all kept it rolling  

Southern Charm Season 6 - Episodes 1-3 Breakdown Show - Low Country Boil

Southern Charm season 6 

Places listening The Philippines, Spain, UK, Australia, Pakistan, Canada, Brunei Darussalam, Finland & South Africa 

My biggest issue is that I can’t fast forward on demand 

Episode 1

People love Craig now - he has a personal assistant for essentially being Craig - he also found his “groove by going to the Bahamas” 

People don’t like Shep anymore - why? 

Kathryn and Whitney are a thing again

Eliza? who cares?

Austen stinks/ Madison stinks

Chelsea is a super star

Naomi is a thirsty B - it’s confirmed 

Speaking of thirsty people - Why is Ashley coming back 

Episode 2 

Cameron and Eliza get pedicures — Eliza is the most annoying i know. Cam tries to talk sense into Eliza - it goes poorly. She’s tone deaf and I dislike her.

Limhouse is her last name - she calls herself “Charleston Royalty” - but then her Dad had an affair and now she’s not invited to anything anymore - so you’re not royalty if you’re not allowed to “debut” at a Debutant ball.

Kathryn moves into a $6,600 a month rental home “south of broad” charleston. Bravo is paying for this correct? 

So Austen and Kathryn talk about Madison 

Craig "I just need someone to nag me that’s not my girlfriend”

I hate the Naomie has Gizmo — that’s my biggest problem with her.   

Shep and Danni have lunch - they talk about Madison and Austen - to get that viral video from last season’s fiasco back on tv.

Danni is dating a guys named Gentry. 

I continue to be blown away by the commercials I’m exposed to when watching this 1 bravo show - Delta Shower head - dude w/ being dancing in the shower.

Chelsea’s interior designer Kim comes by - and Chelsea fixed her own house. "I’ve finally found a man, he drives a truck, he likes to hunt, he likes to dip, and i think that’s sexy” - people who find dipping attractive is mind blowing!!!!

Cam and Naomie and Danni on a roof top bar — we all need to go there next time we’re in Charleston. 

Ashley got “Nurse of the year” award - guys she’s the worst - how can she get an award, after we’ve all seen her true colors on Season 5. 

Scott from Island Coastal Lager — makes Austen “miffed” — but then he admits that he couldn’t afford to be a brewer so put it on the back burner — he’s weak

Hammer & Nail - Red Neck Drinking game / Dizzy Bat 

Flash back to Kathryn & Thomas in Season 1 after the Whitney and Kathryn hooked up convo — Thomas was really handsome back then. 5 /6 years of partying really took it’s toll on Thomas physically  

Elvis Sighting on Chelsea’s dock — Shep reaches into a crab trap - also he has all the worst Hats

Episode 3 

Chelsea’s dad throwing some shade on Nick the Sailor’s absentee boyfriend-status - Chelsea seems to embrace the long distance relationship. 

Chelsea’s dad calls Austen a house cat. 

Cameron and her mom talk about her drinking —Cameron looks at work at a reprieve from being a mom. She doesn’t like the isolation. 

But then she does a “if something ever happened to Palmer?” - Is Cameron a mental case or what? 

Sherwin- Willams commercial that they are designing Kathryn’s living room - now it makes sense — her place is essentially being paid for by the show. which is totes cool btw - but let’s not pretend that she’s “throwing her money away on rent” - she’s making money for the show on this deal.  

Of course Craig is on the floral landscaping trip w/ Chelsea

Kathryn bought a Rolls Royce - and she’s dating a senator who’s a democrat. and he’s disgraced and there’s a lot of drama around him. So dang.

Kathryn is planning a girls trip to some tree house place - to cope w/ all of thomas’ legal issues. 

Sounds like Madison DM’d Danni’s boyfriend Gentry — YIKES! Shep’s line “Brother you are getting cuckolded” - Double Yikes. 

At this point the original cast basically just talk dirt about other folks to keep stuff interesting. Austen and Madison talking on film - whack-ness personified 

Will Smith as Aladdin commercial comes on — Darrah you have kids… you going to see this one? 

So NICO restaurant is in Mount Pleasant? Interesting — they’ve invited a bunch of Charleston influencers. 

Chelsea hasn’t heard from Nick in 6 days — this keep’s coming up. Are they still together in the present day? 

How about Metul getting Cameron all “a flutter”?!?!?! 

The Seafood Towers at Nico — okay i’m in - i love me a seafood tower 

Do we think the Madison reaching out to Gentry is made up for “TV Show Drama”?

Shep and Craig couldn’t be a worse duo to break bad news to somebody - two guys with very little Moxie for this type of straightforward conversation. 

How about the “Misslle shot” - red bull with a shot... shot gunning the concoction. 

Drunk phone break up - with Craig and Shep egging you on — what could possibly go wrong?

Is Austen crying — Craig, “I’m glad we have each other.” 

Bird Box podcast movie review. The Mule movie review. Happy New Year 2019

Bird Box on Netflix ends 2018 in the meme hall of fame 

Did we watch this movie because you the fact that it dominated the “meme” scene on instagram between Christmas and New Year’s

Did we like a Sandra Bullock’s performance? What’d we like about it. 

What happened to the Police academy recruit and her Tall blond junkie paramour? Where’d they go? why? did they make it? why no closure? And here’s why I ask, “The OB/Gyn lady from the beginning of the movie came back at the end, so if we’re randomly closing that loop, i feel like we should’ve closed the one of the police girl and her junkie BF.”

Why were certain people “immune to the mass suicides”? The only quasi-explanation we got was “people who aren’t right mentally” are totally fine. But they also think that 1) whatever they’re seeing is beautiful, and they're compelled to show everybody "the beauty”. But, they are somehow cunning enough to fein victimhood even though they know they are making people kill themselves, and seem lustfully determined to let them kill themselves. 

They never really explained “what the evil spirits were”. They essentially used “sound, wind effects, and creepy music” in place of a true villain or monster (which is creative). 

The spirits not being able to “come inside the houses” also seemed a little flimsy… but I get it. 

John Malkovich was being John Malkovich 

using the car to go to the grocery store — the most far fetched thing — that “GPS NAVIGATION” works well enough to drive you to your destination while you’re blinded. 

The Birds “knowing people were good ad bad” i guess we needed that part. Since it’s the name of the movie 

Was this movie short on explanations because it was haphazardly created, or were they “crazy like a fox” in knowing that they’ll likely make a sequel? 

The Mule review: Had an interesting premise, had a strong cast, and somehow it never quite became the movie we hoped.

Seemed heavy handed in the plot twist movements. Clint missed his daughters wedding for a flower convention. wouldn’t you choose a wedding day that is mutually agreeable for the parents of the bride? Wouldn’t you do so out of “season” especially since they lived in Peoria, Illinois and therefore have a winter/ no growing season. 

The relationship between Clint and Bradley Cooper was really “Chummy” and his relationship with the Cartel prior to Andy Garcia’s character getting murdered was really chummy. 

The grand daughter’s relationship with Clint’s character was way too manufactured and the way in which she called him to say that his ex-wfie was sick and her acting in that scene, not strong. Felt like a Lifetime TV movie in terms of quality. But, somehow Clint and Bradley Cooper and Lawrence Fishburn and Andy Garcia are in the cast. 

I’m not sure I buy the whole “started muling” in 2017 after he lost his business… would have been more interesting if he’d been  mule the whole time and that’s why his family life was garbage. The fact that he put family over business and somehow was still Broke at between 2005 and 2017 because the “Internet” killed the mom and pop flower business… that took my interest level down a few pegs for sure 

Clint confessing to everything at the end - seems like the right move to save his family. If he gets off on probation that Cartel definitely comes after him.

The overly stereotyped messaging in this film was basically, if old white men wanted to be mules and the Cartel would just let them meander around at their own pace, then they’d be #1, also seems like wild hyperbole. 

Rank the places listening in terms of where you’d like to visit next: Ashburn, VA / Atlanta/ Toronto / London / Angeles City Philippines/ Willemstad Curacao / Athens / Cape Town / Christchurch NZ / Orebro Sweden / Schwabisch Hall Germany / Sao Paulo  

Kayne West White House

Places listening Czech Republic - Uhersky Brod. Ashburn, VA Chicago, Providence, Miami, Des Moines, Atlanta, Omaha, Denver, Pretoria South Africa, Stuttgart Germany, Abu Dhabi, Scalfati Italy and Bogota Colombia, Singapore and Malta

Cable is out - internet is out. In the age of streaming videos — i’m really missing my DVD’s and/or VHS collection — i had a great VHS collection 

What is Kanye’s deal? This is a publicity stunt to help himself in some weird way, right? Because if it’s a publicity stunt to help Trump, all Kanye is doing is making himself look like a joke (but not in a ironic way), he’s just literally the butt of the joke. 

Is this career suicide? 

Who is Kanye’s “fan base now’? Who is he trying to make his fanbase? 

hot take - he knows his creativity tank is empty. He knows Trump supporters care way more about FAME than substance. So, he’s appealing to that small but fiercely loyal niche of the trump train to carve out a new fan base. Problem is — he’s alienating people who like good music and who have “common sense” in the process. 

Does he come back from this? If so, how does he come back from this?

Being involved with the Kardashians never ends well for the non-Kardashian.

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Philadelphia Eagles in for a bumpy ride? Just askin' Dude

Places listening: Phillippines, India, Senegal, Canada, UK, Germany, Peru, South Africa, Nigeria (first time), UAE, Japan, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia,

Rant of the month - girl on the Mobike asking me for money while i was running

US Open - Djoker is back, Nadal is back, Federer is he wins tonight is essentially back. Del Potro has been very dangerous at US Open lately. Who’s winning this thing? 

Labor day is for the laborers — any fun work related stories you’d like to share with us. 

Do the eagles have a potential QB controversy on their hands? 

Roseanne is back, Rant of the month & props to Van Halen

Places listening Tokyo Japan #1 city listening last week and Japan was #2 as a nation to the United States

Kansas City , Tatabanya Hungary and Lima Peru get props as well

Ain’t talkin’ bout love is Van Halen’s best overall song - it’s their most Van Halen-Esque song. 

It hits everything those guys are great at and none of the stuff they’re not.

Vince Carter- left school early. Played at UNC 3 season, made the Final Four twice.  Finished degree & Walked at graduation during the playoffs a few years later

Here’s my beef. People gripe that these guys don’t go to school, but they also gripe that he chose to walk for graduation during playoffs. 

And you can question his focus in that moment… But he’s played in the league for like 20 years. He’s reinvented his game twice. 

You can’t question his love and drive to play hoops and make money. 

Vince Carter has had the last laugh - he’s 40 years old, playing in the NBA 

8x All-star 2x all nba rookie of the year and greatest slam dunk champ ever - certainly top 3. Was picked #5 in the 98 draft 

Played for 7 NBA teams // won Gold Medal at 2000 olympics  

#11 all-time in career earning with over $167 million in salary 

Only 7 guys have played 20+ seasons in nba. Only Kobe and Vince were wings - and Kobe came out of high school - Vince went to UNC for a couple years 

Robert parish 21 seasons most all time

Kareem, Dirk, Kevin Garnett, Kevin Willis

Tom Brady’s injured hand — how much stock do you put into it?

Who you picking for Eagles - Vikings game? 

If Crystal Palace wins London Derby over Arsenal this weekend, i’m elevating CP over the Gunners in my heart and the only way Arsenal gets it back is to win the Europa League

top Nations listening - United Kingdom, France, Saudi Arabia, Peru, Hungary, Canada, Spain, South Africa and Australia

Wearing a Hawaiian shirt — for good Karma - it’s been cold in the east, we’re supposed to get 1-3 inches of snow in charlotte - which will shut Charlotte down… they’ve literally already cancelled school.

So i’m in New York walking around and it’s raining — more like misting, and a lady is walking her dog. The dog has like 4 little boots on it’s feet. like aqua socks but for a dog.

If you have time to put “water shoes” on your dog to go out in the rain for a walk- you’ve got too much time on your hands (not snow & ice, rain! Not extremely hot blacktop, rain)? Dogs descended from wolves. Wolves don’t wear shoes ever - dogs will be ok in the rain. 

And if you’re worried about our dogs feet messing up your house- maybe you’re not a dog person

You know how airports have the bag sizing apparatus- so they can nix certain bags from carry on? They should have one for passengers - and ban certain people from sitting in the middle seats in coach

Cosby Show remake — like the Roseanne remake — No Cliff Huxtable, but Claire and all the kids are in the show. And don’t call it the Cosby show, and don’t have Bill Cosby in the show. Call it the Huxtables. People would watch that. 

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