Strange Bedfellows

There's a new girl in Stoneybrook named Ashley Wyeth, and she's captured the attention of a certain young babysitter named Claudia. But, more importantly, there's a newcomer to the podcast as well named Goliath Hardbody, and we think you listeners are really going to like him. (But please don't fall in love with him and leave the podcast. We need you. You're all we have.) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support

It’s pilot three of three! Now that we’re teetering on the edge of uncertainty, with only a couple Super Special books left before we need to find something new to podcast about, we’ve got one last podcast concept for you to check out.

This week, Tanner and Bolphunga the Unrelenting are trying something a little different. We’re calling it High Brow/Low Brow and it’s an exercise in drawing suppositional insights from a text or body of work in an effort to elevate that work to a level of discourse fitting the standards of academia. Which is to say that we talk about dumb stuff like comic books in a smart way. Oh, and vice versa.

This week, we’ve prepared two selections:

• “The Waste Land” by T. S. Eliot
• The first three trade paperback collections of Geoff Johns’ run on the Green Lantern comics, including:
• Green Lantern: Rebirth
• Green Lantern, Vol. 1: No Fear
• Green Lantern Corps: Recharge

We hope you enjoy! We’ll be back to our regularly scheduled nonsense next week.

Music Credits:

• “Sonatina No. 1 in C Major - I. Allegro” by Aaron Dunn
• “Song Groove (Abortion Papers)” by Michael Jackson
• “The Waste Land” (Audio Recording) by T.S. Eliot

The theme song for High Brow/Low Brow is “Grizzly Bear Sharktopus” by Holy Coast (with some lyrical accompaniment from Tanner Greenring).

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Stacey’s chopper is down and she’s missing in the jungles of Hawaii. Meanwhile, back in Stoneybrook, Mallory has alienated a potential client by mishandling a tantrum. Are these two crises treated with equal gravity and concern in this novel? Yes. Because this is the Baby-Sitters Club, and, frankly, Stacey is expendable. Fair warning: This one’s rated R, not just because of the helicopter carnage, but because there is a surprising amount of Arm Stuff, and some EXTREMELY enlightening new rules for the delicate dance known as Da Bonky. Have fun and be careful!

Music credits:

“Movie Trailer Action,” by AllenGrey

“Polish Funk,” by Artur Orbelyan

“Rendezvous 72.5,” by Adrien Wilcox

“Dark Cybernetic World,” by AllenGrey

“Tanzen,” by KieLoBoy

“Sadness,” by AudioRose

Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Superbrat for the outro music.

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Everyone remembers the 24 to 72 hours immediately preceding the first time they ever met Kristin Amanda Thomas. For most of the girls in the Baby-Sitters Club, the moment Kristy entered their lives, everything changed, because when you meet Kristy Thomas, all your problems seem to disappear. The same holds true for Jack and Tanner. Their lives have never been the same since first being introduced to Kristy and their fortunes, positive attitudes, and gainful employment records have never wavered since.

Music Credits:

• “Into Darkness” By Allen Grey on Envato Elements
• "On Fire" by Robin Hustin
• "At Doom's Gate" from the soundtrack to DOOM by Id Software
• "Sad Feelings" by Enrize on Envato Elements
• "Iris" (Karaoke Version) originally performed by Goo Goo Dolls

Thanks to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music and Superbrat for the outro music.

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Put a dollar in your Pete jars, folks, because the boys are talking about the Pete Lerangis Super Special so nice ... they read it twice! That’s right, your good buddies Weed Lord and Half Pipe are back for a second hit from the gravity bong that is Super Special #12, "Here Come the Bridesmaids!” and this time they’re not leaving until Dawn’s dad really makes it official by kissing Carol for a second time. And hold onto your wedding veils because there’s a brand-new, extremely cool catchphrase in this one, as well as a surprising amount of Rusted Root.

“Teenage Freakout,” by Mules

“Air on G String,” by Adigold

“Dark Cybernetic World,” by AllenGrey

“Jingle Bells (Dark Piano Version),” by Myuu

“Tanzen,” by KieLoBoy

“Sadness,” by AudioRose

“Battle Area,” by Fifty Vinc

Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Superbrat for the outro music.

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