Life to Labyrinth

Recorded in January of 2022. We listened to the 2009 album Feel the Steel, by Steel Panther. Knowing very little about what we were in for, we dove in and just had to face the music...so to speak. Join us as Bryn asks for forgiveness and Angie and Emily learn where their respective lines are when it comes to musical parody humor.

For our return episode we decided to review something we're all familiar with that's celebrating it's 25th anniversary this year! 1998's Moon Safari by Air. Comfortably fitting into the Relaxtronica genre, we had a great time reminiscing as we revisited this old friend

Once upon a time, we had a podcast, then it seemed like we didn't....but we do. We wanted to explain ourselves and see if you'll take us back

On this episode we listened to three bothers and another guy throw it down Frankenmuth-style, it's Greta Van Fleet with their album from 2017, From the Fires! Marvel as we talk about how they aren't Led Zeppelin; how Bryn is a music gear nerd, and Angie fills us in on how she fills out a SPANX Podcast Theme Music by Devon Rose

On this, our fifty first episode we are taking a listen to another of Emily's picks, An Evening with Silk Sonic from 2021. A strong album featuring Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, with Bootsy Collins... but can they bring in both the noise and the funk? Podcast Theme Music by Devon Rose

For our 50th episode we've stretched ourselves way out of our comfort zones with Bryn's pick of Jacob Collier's 2020 release, Djesse Vol. 3. Not only did we learn that it's the piano that's out of tune, but we'd need to know a lot more about music theory to scratch the surface on what he's doing. Needless to say, Angie had some feelings on this... Podcast Theme Music by Devon Rose

On this episode we listen to one of Angie's picks that she took right out of a Heineken beer commercial, she thinks....Gin Wigmore's 2011 album Gravel & Wine. This New Zealand artist has a voice as powerful as the landscapes of her home country, although these days you can find her in Palm Springs running a hotel, and hopefully destroying on karaoke night in the hotel's lounge, but that's just us dreaming. Podcast Theme Music by Devon Rose

Emily comes back to join Angie and Bryn as we establish our new normal with the three of us, and brings her first album choice to the pod with Broken Bells' 2014 sophomore album, After the Disco. We all agreed it was a strong start to her suggestions and despite wandering into tangents, many of which ended up on the cutting room floor, we found lots to discuss about this band. Podcast Theme Music by Devon Rose

We kick off Season 3 officially with our new host Emily who last joined Bryn and Angie on our Rocky Horror Picture Show Episode. This week we were listening to the 2016 album Funs Cool by The Prettiots. A one album band that seems to have come and gone too quickly. Will their sweet ukulele jams, tongue in cheek attitude and pointed lyrics be enough to win us over? Podcast Theme Music by Devon Rose

After talking about how they wanted to revisit these albums since the podcast started, Bryn and Angie have finally let themselves listen to the Canadian phenomenon that was the Big Shiny Tunes compilations. Focusing on the two most important in their lives they've gone with #2 and #3 from 1997 and 1998 respectively. Podcast Theme Music by Devon Rose

In this episode we really expose how far in advance we record episodes vs when we release them. In September 2021, for our first anniversary as a podcast we closed out our musical reviews with the 1986 movie Labyrinth. Staring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly we look at this crazy Jim Henson movie and discuss the bizarre David Bowie soundtrack....you know when we weren't getting sidetracked by the prominent Bowie Bulge Podcast Theme Music by Devon Rose

On this episode we come in under our usual time due to technical issues when we were recording, but we were so excited to talk about 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory that we pushed on and tried to still salvage an episode out of it. We figured it's a bizarre movie with weird music and this bizarro episode is probably suitable. I SAID GOOD DAY! Podcast Theme Music by Devon Rose

For this episode we took it way back to 1960 for the TV broadcast of the 1954 musical of the story of Peter Pan, Staring Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard. Bryn and Angie reflect on how despite this being the most low budget production they've ever seen, everyone they spoke to over the week had absolutely seen it. Clap for Tinker Bell so she knows you believe in fairies, and doesn't die...clap! don't let Tink die! CLAP!! CLAP!!! Podcast Theme Music by Devon Rose

After much promising that went unfulfilled we finally got a bonus episode done! We've joined in the annual fun of watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show for Halloween and have of course spent time listening to the soundtrack. Joined by a Angie's friend Emily, we share stories of loving the music and the movie that we've all seen "a bazillion" times, while simultaneously never having committed much of the plot to memory. Who actually knows the correct Time Warp dance moves? Emily claims it's her.... Podcast Theme Music by Devon Rose

On this episode as we continue forth with exploring and reviewing musicals we arrive in 2001 for Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! Angie teaches us that this falls into a new category of musical that we were unfamiliar with, Rob doesn't hold back about his love for Nicole Kidman, and Bryn just can't enjoy a good thing and needs to discuss tuberculosis. Podcast Theme Music by Devon Rose

In this episode we continue our attempt of watching and reviewing musicals with 2005's The Producers. Featuring Mel Brooks' soundtrack as a backbone we explore a first time watch for Bryn and Angie, while our guest host Rob enjoys another of his many rewatches of this legendary film. Podcast Theme Music by Devon Rose

After discussing it for ages and teasing it in past episodes we finally dove headfirst into our first week of watching musicals. Our friend Rob is back to help us review and try to understand the cultural milestone that is Disney's Mary Poppins. We share memories of the movie and talk about how Mary Poppins is perhaps not really the hero of the story. Podcast Theme Music by Devon Rose

On this episode Bryn and Angie discuss how watching the documentary Summer of Soul turned into listening to Sly & The Family Stone's performance at Woodstock. The album is called The Woodstock Experience and it's an amazing snapshot of one of the best bands every put together at the top of their game. Naturally the conversation drifts to talking about the The Woodstock Music and Art Fair and the Harlem Cultural Festival that the Summer of Soul documentary is about. Podcast Theme Music by Devon Rose

On this episode we wrap up our 90's theme with Angie's own pick for her birthday. The 1998 self titled release by Eve 6, yes the "Heart in a Blender song" album. We manage to draw our conclusions and tangent all under 50 min for this pocket sized episode. By the way, in case we don't mention it in the episode you can find their twitter here. Podcast Theme Music by Devon Rose

On this episode we have our second week of 90's music and take our second try at reviewing two albums by the same artist. We tackled 1996's Spice and 1997's Spice World by the world wide phenomenon known as The Spice Girls. We had so much to say we only went on one little tangent about Robbie Williams and some other English boy band that only Steven has heard of. Podcast Theme Music by Devon Rose We even found Geri Body Yoga