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For the second time in the history of the podcast, we've got a bit of a juicebox on our hands. Your hosts are falling rapidly in love with the work of Jon Brion, the composer of the Punch-Drunk Love soundtrack. NHR, who was already an afficianado of the film itself, explains how the soundtrack brilliantly mirrors and reinforces the action. Tristan, encouraged by the one song Brion sings on the soundtrack (Here We Go), together with the fact that Brion was the producer of Robyn Hitchcock's Jewels For Sophia, is now getting into Brion's only released solo album, Meaningless (2001, reissued 2022). This rich work (Meaningless, not the Punch-Drunk Love soundtrack), with its chequered history, is a prime example of a certain kind of highly produced piece of work by a perfectionist artist who serves liberally as a tonic to others but struggles with their own stuff (cf. Van Dyke Parks). We got rid of our one segment, where we guess about the topic. It's probably best if you don't think about whether you ever enjoyed it. Punch-Drunk Love is the 2002 soundtrack album featuring music composed by Jon Brion for the film of the same name. The album includes the song "He Needs Me" by Shelley Duvall from Robert Altman's 1980 film Popeye. The soundtrack received an enthusiastic review from classical music critic Greg Sandow.[1] Brion provides main vocals (in addition to playing most of the instruments) in the song "Here We Go". Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. Tristan on Instagram. NHR on Instagram. We Can Pedia on Instagram

Your hosts are back at it, locked in combat. We discuss the idea of the glory of war, how it may have peaked around the time of Napoleon, and how this is a problematic idea to express properly. If a name originally means something etymologically, are you 'misspeaking' when you call something with that name when it lacks the feature that the name originally meant? NHR, astonishingly, argues for an affirmative answer. Tristan is gloating about his personal life going well (fortunes since reversed following the recording). NHR attempts to explain the Napoleon Complex through the lens of schema therapy. We stumble upon what we believe to be the best coat of arms ever. The invasion of Capri was the successful recapture of the Italian island of Capri from Britain by the Kingdom of Naples on 4–18 October 1808. Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. Tristan on Instagram. NHR on Instagram. We Can Pedia on Instagram

A nice political episode. Tristan comes out against the Vietnamese and doesn't know what the Eye of Soron (?) is. NHR blames the hippy movement for the rise of organised crime in the Americas. The security policy of the Enrique Peña Nieto administration that governed Mexico from 1 December 2012 to 30 November 2018 prioritized the reduction of violence rather than attacking Mexico's drug trafficking organizations head-on, marking a departure from the strategy of the previous six years during Felipe Calderón's administration.[1] Peña Nieto has set up a number of conceptual and organizational changes from the past regime policy, and one of the biggest contrasts is the focus on lowering murder rates, kidnappings, and extortions, as opposed to arresting or killing the country's most-wanted drug lords and intercepting their drug shipments.[1] The government of Calderón, however, has justified its position by stating that the current violence in the country is a necessary stage in Mexico's drug war, as weakening criminal groups fight for territorial control against one another and the government. Moreover, part of Peña Nieto's strategy also consists on the creation of a national police made up of 40,000 members, known as a "gendarmerie." He also proposed on centralizing the sub-federal police forces under one command.[1] The president-elect emphasized that he does not support the involvement or presence of armed U.S. agents in Mexico, but considers allowing the United States to instruct Mexico's military training in counterinsurgency tactics.[2] Beyond that, Peña Nieto promised that no other measures will be taken by the U.S. in Mexico.[2] While campaigning, Peña Nieto appointed a former general of the National Police of Colombia as his external advisor for public security, and boldly promised to reduce 50% of the murder rates in Mexico by the end of his six-year term.[3][4] Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. Tristan on Instagram. NHR on Instagram. We Can Pedia on Instagram

We got a juicebox on our hands here. After toiling through articles about moths and meaningless sport statistics, an oasis appeared before your hosts when Wikipedia's Random Article link took us to My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010) starring Alyssa Milano and two blokes we aren't aware of. Unavailable on streaming services in both Australia and the UK, an ex-rental DVD copy formerly owned by Civic Video in East Brisbane was secured in the leadup to the episode, along with a USB-based DVD drive. We watched it together over Zoom and carried out a Critical Analysis in preparation for the main record, parts of which we will throw to from the studio. What you learn about this sprightly 84-minute film will shock you, it will make you laugh—but it may also make you think. The main love-interest Ethan drinks from a comically large mug (although we never mention that in the episode). He plays a game of tip, or tag, with a child—a game which in the world of this film has an eyebrow-raising name. Then the crown jewel: NHR breaks open a radical line of inquiry into the true meaning of the film, a Salt Lake City based production, that goes to the heart of the Mormon worldview. We engage in some frank soul-searching about why one of the emotional peaks of the film, involving an anguished confession regarding a sensitive topic, made us laugh so very hard. Closing out this rich tapestry are two cents from the polyamory community, in the form of an interesting and thoughtful lady by the name of Joreth. My Girlfriend's Boyfriend is a 2010 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Daryn Tufts, and stars Alyssa Milano, Christopher Gorham, Michael Landes, Beau Bridges, Tom Lenk and Carol Kane. Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. Tristan on Instagram. NHR on Instagram. We Can Pedia on Instagram.

If you're a New York mobster from the 1950's, what does it mean for your biographer to write that you talk like a New York mobster from the 1920's? Does it just mean that the way you speak is a bit out of date? The two circles 'boomers on Facebook' and 'extended families of gangsters' are discovered to coincide in a very attractive way. Tristan would have become a gangster if Goodfellas ended right after the Luftansa Heist. Nathan is struggling in London. Edward "Eddie the Butcher" Cummiskey Jr. (1934, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan – August 20, 1976, Chelsea, Manhattan) was a New York mobster who served as a mentor to Jimmy Coonan, leader of the Westies. Cummiskey is reputed to have shown Coonan how to dismember and dispose of murder victims by scattering their remains into the waters around the sewage treatment plant, which was operated by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection at Randalls and Wards Islands, notably in the Hudson River. Cummiskey was murdered by hitman Joseph Sullivan on August 20, 1976, in a bar. Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. Tristan on Instagram. NHR on Instagram. We Can Pedia on Instagram.

NHR provides a long overdue explanation of what he was thinking with the original title of the podcast. Tristan hauls him over the coals again. We discuss NHR's antipathy to biology, and the fact that he has reached full maturity. We get into what it means to dry a moth for a collection, and how the resulting item could survive a fire. As the episode draws to a close, NHR argues that Tristan is a Renaissance man and we announce NHR's move to London to pursue a career in stand up comedy, all while wearing headphones and recording the pod. Oenochroma is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Achille Guenée in 1857.[1] Oenochroma means "wine colored" from the greek oeno (wine) and chroma (color). Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. Tristan on Instagram. NHR on Instagram. We Can Pedia on Instagram.

Antun Vujić (born 14 July 1945). A fruitful episode about a fruitful man. From dissident political activity to squabbling over words. Was the wolf tamed? Or his vigour sublimated? NHR is off his chipolatas. We really like Antun. Where are the men like this in our culture? From heady beginnings in 1967 with an underground magazine before winding up at the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute in the early Seventies, we are dealing with a truly impressive man. He also completed a PhD in Philosophy of Science in 1985. We explore his virility. He received a sash and star. Antun Vujić (born 14 July 1945[1]) is a Croatian politician, philosopher, political analyst, lexicographer and author serving as a director of the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography since 2012. He was a member of Croatian Parliament and Minister of Culture in the Croatian Government from January 2000 to December 2003. Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. Tristan on Instagram. NHR on Instagram. We Can Pedia on Instagram.

Sveti Bartul (Italian: San Bortolo) is a village in the municipality of Raša, Istria in Croatia.[3] According to the 2021 census, its population was 265.[2] Theme music by Edward Lonsdale. IG: @wecanpedia See also Tristan's other podcast, Ultimate Segment with Tim Knight.