The High Five Podcast Episode 26 – Rebel Girls With Dr. Elizabeth Keenan-Penagos Part 2

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On this week’s episode, I continue chatting with author and music professor Dr. Elizabeth Keenan-Penagos. In the first part, which you should definitely listen to, we got into the characters and setting of her 2019 YA novel Rebel Girls. In this one, we dig further into the pop culture that fuels the book including Athena’s love of Bikini Kill’s Revolution Girl Style Now tape, Shaun’s affinity for Spider-Man and our own love of David Lynch! I hope you enjoy part two of our talk from the end of last summer!

I put together a lengthy Spotify playlist based on Elizabeth’s suggestion, you can check that out here. You can follow Elizabeth on Instagram and Twitter and also keep an eye on her website, ElizabethKeenanWrites.com! You can email me at high5tj at gmail.com or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. Oh and here’s a video of Bikini Kill performing “Rebel Girl” from the Tubes for good measure:

The High Five Episode 24 – Wild Canadian Horror

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Yesterday was Canada Day. To celebrate the independence of our neighbors to the North I made my way through a stack of Canuxploitation flicks. Some made the list…others did not. Find out by listening to the episode…or scrolling down and looking at the posters in the gallery below.

In the episode I talk about the great Canuxploitation.com and it’s primer on the idea, which you can find here. I also mentioned the excellent HorrorMovieADay by Brian Collins. He doesn’t post daily anymore, but still reviews flicks on there and around the web. Plus, the archives are incredible. Oh, and here’s my old review of The Pit.

Feel free to leave a comment here or rate the show on Apple Podcasts. You can email me at high5tj at gmail com or drop me a line on Instagram or Twitter.

The High Five Episode 20 – Excellent Eighties Disc 12

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On today’s episode, I roll the metaphorical dice and watched five different movies all from the 12th disc of the Excellent Eighties DVD set! It was…something.

If you want to get in touch with me, hit me up via email at high5tj at gmail dot com. I’m also on Instagram and Twitter.

The High Five Podcast Episode 17 – Lost Screenplays Adapted As Comics

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On today’s episode, I’m running through a quintet of fabulous comic books that adapt unfilmed screenplays of somewhat historical significance. They also happen to be super fun reads.

I read the Things from Another World interview with Phil Hester and Jonathan Lau here.

If you’re curious about the novelization of William Gibson’s Aliens 3 script, here’s the Amazon link.

In addition to the intro penned by William Gibson, I also read this Wayback Machine archived blog post he wrote.

If you have Marvel Unlimited, check out The Star Wars here. You can watch Empire Of Dreams on Disney+!

Here you can see the official Jim Henson Company clip about Time Piece. If anyone knows where I can see the full version and/or The Cube, let me know.

I refer to this Ramon K Perez CBR interview conducted by my pal Steve Sunu!

The High Five Podcast Episode 16 – May The Force Be With Me

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On this week’s episode, I’m celebrating my nearly life-long Star Wars fandom! From the days of watching the movies on cable to earning a few bucks from one of my favorite franchises, this one covers it all!

  • My VHS Set Way To The Left
  • My Star Wars Figures
  • The Kids At Disney Studios
  • The Star Wars Section Of My Office Right Now

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The High Five Podcast Episode 11 – The Amazon Queue Clean-Up

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On this week’s episode of The High Five Podcast, you get to hear about the movies I dug after cleaning out my Amazon Video queue and going all the way back to the beginning of that list!

In the episode I mention both Friday the 13th: A New Beginning and Vertigo Visions: Phantom Stranger. Follow those links if you want to read my thoughts on those stories! Oh and if you’re curious about It’s All Connected 2020, you can check it out here. It was a lot of fun and I hope to integrate this year’s version into the podcast down the line!

The High Five Episode 10 – Amazing Aliens Artists

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Tying into this week’s release of the very intriguing Aliens #1 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Salvador Larroca, I’m looking back at a quintet of fantastic artists who played in the toy box built by H.R. Giger at Dark Horse in the early 90s! It’s a real murderer’s row of talent.

If you’re curious about the Blumhouse.com article I mentioned, you can read it here. It took me way too long to find it!

Xenopedia is great too!

The High Five Episode 7 – ’50s Inspired Musicals From The ’80s…Mostly

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Hi there cats and kittens, this week’s episode of The High Five podcast gets hep with a quintet of musicals from the 1980s that have roots going back to the 1950s! We have Happy Days and Grease to thank for these, plus the eventual power that kids who grew up in that older decade had in the latter one! This one was a real wild trip, but I had a gas putting it together!

Oh and if you want to list to the Spotify playlist I put together based on some of these films’ soundtracks, check it out!

Here’s a few cool pieces of Little Shop Of Horrors art too!

The High Five Episode 5 – The Kids’ Favorite Shows Of 2020

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On this week’s High Five Podcast I’m joined by not one, but two very special guests: my kids! On this one, the three of us discuss our favorite TV show watching experiences of last year. It might sound a little funky because it was recorded differently than the others, but I hope you’ll enjoy our takes on some of the best shows for families around!

The High Five Podcast Episode 3 – Awesome Current Women Horror Directors

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On this week’s High Five Podcast I’m celebrating five fantastic female horror directors making awesome movies right now! The list includes Anna Biller, Ana Lily Amirpour, Natalie Erika James, Jennifer Kent and Karyn Kusama, five of the best the genre — and many others — have to offer right now!