Casting for Fun Podcast

My brother Danny returns to dive into Incubus's Light Grenades album for its 20th anniversary. We go extensively into the major singles Anna Molly and Dig, and discuss the experimentation the band did musically for this particular album. We even go over Japan exclusive bonus songs Punch Drunk and Look Alive.

We're celebrating the 20th anniversary of one of TV's greatest Super hero dramas, Heroes on this week's episode. I go into briefly the breakout stars of the show, the concept of 'Save the cheerleader, save the world,' my all time favorite episode 'Company Man,' and so much more! I also address what went wrong in later seasons of the show.

To conclude the Summer and Fall of Rock 1991, I discuss the final two albums of the era, Blood Sugar Sex Magic and BadMotorFinger, going over the main singles and interesting facts behind each album. I also rate my order of the seven albums that make up the Summer and Fall of Rock 1991. At the top of the show I discuss the Dodgers, USMNT, and recent music that I've been listening to. Chili Peppers talk starts at 14:39 and Soundgarden talk starts at 41:15 if you wish to skip ahead.

Nathan Cross is back on the show and we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Killers second album Sam's Town. We discuss all twelve tracks, interesting facts about the album, the story of how random fans are brought up on stage to perform For Reasons Unknown with the band, and much more! The Killers definitely busted the sophomore slump on this album!

One the greatest and most important albums in music history celebrates its 35th anniversary, Nevermind by Nirvana. Friend of the show Davis Bench returns to the show to dive into all twelve songs (13 if you include the hidden track) and discuss interesting facts about one of the key albums from the Summer and Fall of Rock 1991.

We're celebrating the 25th anniversary of the early 2000's comedy Zoolander starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. One of many movies that the two of them have done together. My brother Danny returns to the show to discuss this movie extensively, favorites scenes, jokes, the many cameos appearing in the film, and much more!

For a special bonus episode this week, friend of the show Nathan Wolfe returns and we dive into the recent Nintendo Direct presentations that Nintendo just put on. We discuss what games we're excited about, the live action Legend of Zelda movie coming in 2027, bucket list locations to visit like the Nintendo Museum in Japan, and of course, the HD from the ground up remake of Ocarina of Time. November 5th can't come soon enough!

Continuing on with the Summer (and Fall) of Rock 1991 35th anniversary, we dive into Pearl Jams' monumental debut album Ten on this week's episode. The early history of the band, a track by track review of the album itself, and other cool facts about this landmark record in rock history!

We're celebrating the 35th anniversary of perhaps Nintendo's greatest console of all time, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System! My younger brother Danny returns to the show where we discuss the history of the console, the rivalry between the SNES and the Sega Genesis, the legendry Paul Rudd commercial advertising the console, and lastly our top ten SNES games of all time!

Continuing with the Summer of Rock 1991 35th anniversary, we're diving into the number one selling heavy metal album of all time, Metallica's self titled record commonly known as the Black Album. Hard rock enthusiast Davis Bench returns to the show to dive into all 12 tracks, give our thoughts and impressions, and discuss why this album stayed on the Billboard top 200 for 800 combined weeks, one of only four albums in music history to do so.