Half A Stick Of Dynamite

Half A Stick Of Dynamite: Episode 10

In this episode, we discuss our Top Five favourite wrestlers... not who we thought were the best, but our favourites (that's an important distinction to make). If we list them here, there'll be no point in listening so, sorry about that. As per usual, there's a lot of laughs but we did make a valiant effort to bring this episode in at one hour. We blew it, but not by much. Actually, we blew it by quite a lot but we phased it out at the end to teach us both a lesson... and it still clocks in at an hour and a half. One day, we'll get it right. Meanwhile this is Half A Stick Of Dynamite: A pop-culture podcast for the people who time forgot.

Half A Stick Of Dynamite: Episode 9

Welcome to another multi-parter which we have (not really) tried to disguise as one long episode. This week, we broach our Top Ten TV Shows Of All Time In Under Four Hours Even If Everybody Else Thinks They Suck episode. Please don’t try and count them…there must be at least forty mentioned because one of us simply can’t commit (and yes - we did throw out Doctor Who and Lost for being shoddy once too often when they needed to look at where they'd placed the bar). We do however include (and we’ll name a few of them here because algorithms thrive on this kind of thing): Life On Mars, Game of Thrones, Monkey, The Walking Dead and Californication but you know how it works by now… along the way we will name-check shows you may never have heard of, so grab a pencil.  To save you some time, if you're listening to the end waiting for one of us to mention Metal Mickey, you're going to be really disappointed. Then again, if you're hoping somebody might mention Sniffer, you're in luck! This is Half A Stick Of Dynamite: A pop-culture podcast for the people who time forgot.

Half A Stick Of Dynamite: Episode 8

Well... this one took a while due to a) running with scissors in the street and b) horses running wild in the night, but we stuck with it and broke the 3 hour mark (and trust us, it was edited down). To hell with Part 1, 2 and 3 we thought... they can handle it. Thus we hereby proudly present: The Best New Guy That Was Brought Into The Band And Turned Out To Be Better Than The Original Guy That Got Booted Out episode. Sure, it's a little cumbersome for a title, but now it really does do what it says on the tin. There's all kinds in here ranging from Journey and Iron Maiden right across to bands you might never have heard of but can find easily enough on your streaming platform or YouTube. This rabbit hole was deep and held many distractions - as always, we apologise for none of it. Hope you like our new - and permanent - theme tune.  This is Half A Stick Of Dynamite: A pop-culture podcast for the people who time forgot.

Half A Stick Of Dynamite: Episode 7

It’s Part Two of our Top Ten 80s Movies and this one is long show as well, but everybody knows that long-form is the way to go so that’s OK. There’s even some World Cup chat, an appearance by Howard the Duck, the knowledge that Mork and Mindy originated in Happy Days, a Big Bird documentary to watch and, well… our advice (if you want to come down the rabbit hole with us) is to arm yourself with a pencil because there’s at least 100 digressions that will take you to a pot of gold. This weeks intro tune is taken from the second unreleased album - Takin’ It To The Next Level - by The Scream. Half A Stick Of Dynamite: A pop-culture podcast for the people who time forgot.

Half A Stick Of Dynamite: Episode 6

This week, we thought it would be fun to discuss our favourite 1980s movies - as it turned out, the damn thing got pretty long so this is merely Part One. Part Two will turn up next week. And hey… aren’t you in for a treat because in this episode there’s some bonus material at the beginning in which we discuss important topics such as Pot Noodles, which crisps make the best sandwiches and other snacks to help you stay healthy and alive in these testing times. As such, if you feel the need to wander off to grab some yams to see you through the next two hours, knock yourself out. Along the way, we also managed to discuss (amongst other things) zombies, discovering that Bernard Bresslaw wasn't actually a wrestler and the repercussions of asbestos poisoning, which goes a long way to explain why it took two hours to run through 10 movies. Don't expect Part Two to any slicker. This weeks intro is Hard Times by The Parlor Mob. Great band. Great album. Go find it. Half A Stick Of Dynamite: A pop-culture podcast for the people who time forgot.