The American Civil War never ended! It has raged on in one form or another from Fort Sumter to Appomattox Court House all the way through this, the 28th Episode of Rabbit Fighters, where this week we examine the much beloved punk rock anomaly that is The Monitor, the 2010 Civil War “concept” album by New Jersey’s finest, Titus Andronicus. Joshua is a huge fan (+@ forever!) and Brian and Greg are green(ish) recruits who have just been conscripted and sent down south to fight Johnny Reb, only to f...
Apr 30, 2024•58 min
The Peanut Butter Solution Recipe The culinary concoction of Michael Rubbo, this delectable French Canadian dish dates as far back as 1985. Most notable for its ability to make children misremember having eaten it at all, The Peanut Butter Solution has a way of sticking to the roof of your brain. Cooked atop the flame of immolated winos. You'll soon enjoy ghostly fragrances of hair loss, sinister art teachers and wig glue. Scents which dance upon the nose as if to say, "Why are we making this?" ...
Apr 24, 2024•59 min
Join The Rabbit Fighters this week as we discuss Grant Lee Buffalo's 1994 album Mighty Joe Moon . Greg is "Ride Or Die" for GLB, and neither Joshua nor Brian had ever heard of them, which (statistically speaking) means 66.6% of you out there have never been acquainted either. (That's just math facts.) So tune up your Dobro , pop on an episode of Gilmore Girls , and turn an ear or two to the old timey wireless in the corner as The Rabbit Fighters' put on a clinic on our collective 90's Alternativ...
Apr 16, 2024•51 min
The Rabbit Fighters get their briefs on and head to the gym to loudly discuss their illegal counterfeiting operation amid the general public as they review the 1985 William Friedkin thriller, To Live and Die in LA. Rick Masters is Willem Dafoe. Or is Willem Dafoe Rick Masters? We forget. William Petersen is definitely crooked secret service agent Richard Chance. Chance is hell-bent on bringing down Masters, who killed his partner, Jimmy. Masters is hell-bent on printing fake money, rolling aroun...
Apr 09, 2024•1 hr 1 min
But wait, there's more! The Rabbit Fighters had way more to say about Dune than even a single episode could contain! So here's a special B-Side to Episode 24 where you'll hear the Fighters 1. bring back our beloved Krautrock Fremen from Episode 5, 2. make fun of Walken: Emperor of the Known Universe, 3. wage a Jihad of Butlerian proportions against 4D Theaters, 4. rank the Frank Herbert novels post-Dune, 5. listen to Joshua foolishly try to defend the plot of God Emperor of Dune, 6. discuss whet...
Apr 05, 2024•23 min
Kull wahad! Calibrate your thumper for a great grandfather of a worm and join the Rabbit Fighters as they discuss Denis Villanueve's Epic translation to the big screen of Frank Herbert's sci-fi masterpiece, DUNE . Which film will reign supreme: Part 1 (2021) or Part 2 (2024)? Or will David Lynch's 1984 version surprise us all? (Much like Shai-Hulud breaking through the Shield Wall carrying an army of Fedaykin on its back sure surprised those pesky Sardaukar!) Or will it continue to disappoint, b...
Apr 02, 2024•59 min
After a raucous Spring Break adventure to Señor Frogs, The Fighters triumphantly return! … OK, nobody invited us to spring break, BUT we did revisit the 2020 sci-fi action thriller, Tenet. Released mid-pandemic, this mind, time and narrative bending journey escaped the radar of at least two of our kin. Today, we right that wrong as we attempt to wrap our heads around a plot square rooted in theoretical physics, divided by action sequences and then multiplied by our level of confusion. A film tha...
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 1 min
The Rabbit Fighters put on their best striped sweaters and fly high over Manhattan with The Pollen Jocks in this strangely misguided 2007 Dreamworks animated film crafted by Jerry Seinfeld and Steven Spielberg. Jerry Seinfeld plays Barry B Benson, a recent graduate of bee college. His family wants him to be a humble honey-stirrer, like his father. But Barry yearns for life outside the hive! So he sneaks out and discovers the world of humans. Over the course of 90 minutes, he manages to: Win the ...
Mar 12, 2024•43 min
It's the year 2027 (gulp!) and no babies have been born for 18 years. People have collectively lost hope. Society is in ruins. There are riots, shortages, wars, nuclear attacks, migrants detained in cages, and an alarming uptick in the number of white people with dreadlocks! Our central figure, Theo, is a humdrum desk jockey played by Clive Owen when he was popular. When SUDDENLY, his ex-wife, played by Julianne Moore when she was popular, kidnaps him so that he'll help a mysterious refugee lady...
Mar 05, 2024•57 min
In a first, the Rabbit Fighters welcome a special guest: noted podcaster and Weezer Apologist, Raman! We talk about Weezer's 2021 pandemic album, OK Human , and the sweep of their 30-year history as a band. Will the band be haunted by their first two albums forever? Has Weezer made anything good in the last 20 years? Did OK Human pull the band out of a creative tailspin? Can you write a good song using a spreadsheet? What is Unfrozen Caveman Weezer? Would you be caught dead on a Weezer cruise? H...
Feb 27, 2024•54 min
This week we find The Rabbit Fighters talking about everybody's favorite "so bad it's good/but it's also just kinda bad" B-Movie-with-a-huge-budget action flick, Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers . Is it a tongue in cheek send up of Robert Heinlein's love letter to military dictatorships? Is it a surprisingly deep commentary on how fascist ideology dehumanizes us all? Or is it just an excuse to showcase sex and violence? It's got bugs, it's got boobs, it's got bullets....(Jesus H. Christ, it's ...
Feb 20, 2024•53 min
As the saying goes, "hell hath no fury like a nerd scorned for ska-punk." This week, The Fighters take the opportunity to revisit a beloved band from their youth. The Impossibles, a power-pop, pop-punk, ska-punk band from Austin, TX. Armed with baseball jerseys, "chucka-chucka" ska rhythms, catchy lyrics, and a penchant for explosive choruses, The Impossibles rocked our young hearts from 1994-2012. In this episode we return to the oft-maligned genre of ska to discuss a band that deserved so much...
Feb 13, 2024•56 min
Up from the depths! 30 stories high! Brea-thing fire! His head in the sky! GODZILLA! GODZILLA! and Godzuuuuki The Rabbit Fighters don their rubber monster suits and freon tanks as they plumb the depths of despair experienced by Japanese survivors trying to rebuild their lives after the horrors of World War II. The country is reduced to zero. And then Godzilla comes and brings zero to minus one. A failed kamikaze pilot, a scientist with great hair, a vengeful plane mechanic, and dozens of ex-navy...
Feb 05, 2024•53 min
Join the Rabbit Fighters as they debate the dark truths behind Big Duct, which was brought to light in the revolutionary 1985 smash hit documentary Brazil , by Director and Expat-Midwesterner Terry Gilliam. Just kidding. It's a dark, depressing tale of pointless jobs and crushing mediocrity in a soulless hyper bureaucratic vision of the past/present/future. But there's room for dreamers too, you know? And anarchist HVAC workers. And plastic surgeons. And babyfaced samurai... Fill out some paperw...
Jan 23, 2024•59 min
The Rabbit Fighters kindly ask that you take off your sunglasses. In this episode, join us as we dive into the cult classic film, "They Live," directed by the legendary John Carpenter. We unravel the layers of this sci-fi thriller that goes beyond its seemingly simple plot. From its iconic sunglasses that reveal hidden messages to its social commentary on consumerism and authority, we explore how "They Live" remains eerily relevant today. Get ready for a journey into the world of subliminal mess...
Jan 16, 2024•56 min
Barbie is a Barbie girl, living in a Barbie world. Literally. There is a separate universe in which Barbie products live and interact. Barbies have all the power. The Kens just kind of...beach. And everything is perfect. Every day. UNTIL! ONE DAY! Stereotypical Barbie is stricken with thoughts of death. Barbie and Ken travel to the real world for answers. In so doing, they become Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. And unwittingly open a Kendora's Box of troubles. THE PATRIARCHY COMES TO BARBIE WORL...
Jan 09, 2024•55 min
Welcome to Season 2 of Rabbit Fighters! This week we find the Rabbit Fighters dissecting random pick Dirt , the seminal 1992 album by "Seattle Sound" pioneers Alice In Chains. Somehow, even though the sludge heavy Alice In Chains are on the Mount Rushmore of Grunge, it was a blind spot for Joshua. Would(?) Brian and Greg be able to Dam That River and lift Joshua out from Down In A Hole and convert him? Or will he Hate To Feel, leaving Them Bones on an Angry Chair (of ignorance)? Join us and find...
Jan 02, 2024•48 min
Break out the oven mitts and wake up Uncle Art because it's potluck time. In this overstuffed two-parter, the boys bring their most listened to records from this year. Not to be confused with a best of list, we keep it loose around here. The only criteria for a nomination is to have discovered the track during this listening year. Plug in, grab a snack and see if any of our top picks tickle your ear holes. Albums Reviewed: Parannoul - To See The Next Part Of The Dream (2021) 100 gecs - 10,000 ge...
Dec 28, 2023•44 min
Break out the oven mitts and wake up Uncle Art because it's potluck time. In this overstuffed two-parter, the boys bring their most listened to records from this year. Not to be confused with a best of list, we keep it loose around here. The only criteria for a nomination is to have discovered the track during this listening year. Plug in, grab a snack and see if any of our top picks tickle your ear holes. Albums Reviewed: Hop Along - Get Disowned (2012) Hotline TNT - Cartwheel (2023) Pale Saint...
Dec 28, 2023•42 min
Bill Murray is asshole television executive Frank Cross, who is mean to everyone. He's also "Lumpy," the meet-cute former beau of Karen Allen's heart-of-gold social worker, Claire. As Christmas, 1988 approaches, along with a high-stakes live televised version of A Christmas Carol that Frank is betting on, art and life overlap as Frank himself is visited by three ghosts. WILL Lumpy win back the nice lady who gives him endless chances? WILL Bobcat Goldthwait utter a coherent sentence as he tries t...
Dec 19, 2023•39 min
This week we find the Rabbit Fighters deeply divided over Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, the 2010 comic book/manga/video game/indie-music darling mashup movie. It's a visual feast that brandishes great tunes, wall to wall gags, and a deep bench of acting chops, but is that enough to overcome deep navel gazing and lack of character development? It's Rabbit Fighter vs. Rabbit Fighter vs. Rabbit Fighter as we battle it out and see who comes away with the most loonies . Next Week - A Very Special Holi...
Dec 12, 2023•1 hr
The infectious energy of Talking Heads is on full display in the recently remastered version of their 1984 concert film, Stop Making Sense. Back in theaters after forty years, The Fighters don their finest muted attire and settle in to ask themselves, is this the greatest concert film ever made? Next Week - Joshua's Pick: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World [Originally published December 5, 2023] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube ....
Dec 05, 2023•54 min
The Rabbit Fighters return to New York, because every movie on earth is filmed there, and find themselves hanging again on Coney Island. This time, the battle starts at the water, and the Warriors are the Allies and Nazis in World War II. Don Knotts (Henry Limpet) trades Mayberry for Brooklyn and doesn't even get to wear a uniform, because the military doesn't want him. The ladies in his steno pool don't want him, either. His wife, Bessie, is totally schtupping his "best friend," George. And all...
Nov 28, 2023•47 min
The Rabbit Fighters go get a real racist slice of Brooklyn style pizza and catch up on Do The Right Thing , Spike Lee's seminal work. It's a hot day in Bedford-Stuyvesant and all hell is about to break loose. Will Americans finally learn their lesson from this film and treat each other with dignity and respect? Will Mookie go have a catch with his son? Will Da Mayor use the Weirding Module to chill the streets out? Will the power be fought? Join us and find out, won't you? Next Week - Greg's Pic...
Nov 21, 2023•55 min
Well, I think I should point out first, that in all fairness, we are not, in fact, the rescue committee. However, The Fighters have clandestinely assembled to view the controversial Monty Python production, Life of Brian. So, buy a bag a gravel, kick off a sandal and follow us blindly into a discussion about this 1979 comedy classic. Next Week - Random Pick - Do The Right Thing [Originally published November 7, 2023] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify...
Nov 07, 2023•44 min
The Rabbit Fighters strap on their stillsuits and walk without rhythm into the deep desert to tackle the always weird Dune... or at least the 1984 David Lynch version. A movie chock full of vagina-mouthed navigators and Gumby-suited death-time stabbers, which may or may not accurately reflect Frank Herbert's effed up vision of life in the way, way distant future. Next Week - Random Pick: Monty Python's Life of Brian [Originally published October 31, 2023] And as always, you can check out the RF'...
Oct 31, 2023•57 min
The Fighters discuss I Think You Should Leave - Season One. The absurdist Netflix sketch comedy show is either "Right in Your Q Zone," or it's "Pretty Meat and Potatoes." There's no middle ground. The Rabbit Fighters are doing the best at this... Next Week - Random Pick: Dune (1984) [Originally published October 24, 2023] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube ....
Oct 24, 2023•51 min
Slap on some face paint, grab a baseball bat and join the Fighters on a dysfunctional ride through NYC. This week, we jump into the 1979 cult classic, The Warriors. Can you dig it? Next Week - Random Pick - I Think You Should Leave (Season 1) [Originally published October 17, 2023] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube ....
Oct 17, 2023•47 min
The Fighters take a crack at the 1989 Tom Petty classic, Full Moon Fever. In this episode, Greg says no to drugs (but yes to Mick Jagger's flexibility) while the rest of the gang tries on oversized top hats. Next Week - Random Pick - The Warriors [Originally published October 10, 2023] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube ....
Oct 10, 2023•45 min
In this inaugural episode, the Rabbit Fighters experience the 2022 box office savior, Top Gun: Maverick. How did we miss the target on this one? Next Week - Random Pick: Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever [Originally published Oct. 1, 2023] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube .
Oct 02, 2023•48 min
