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Episode 69: 2016 in Review, part 2

Painting by Jack Bangerter

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Here’s the second part of our 2016 year in review podcast. Think of it as an early Christmas present from us to you! On this episode Jack Bangerter joins us to talk about the year in art, culture and food, and Aaron Peck comes to talk about all things film. We’re pretty happy with how this one turned out, so please enjoy!

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Art & Culture with Jack Bangerter

Jack’s Hairstyle of the Year:

The Last supper [La Ultimate Cena]

Jack’s Art Show of the Year:

John Kilduff’s Art Basil LA

Our TV Recommendations from 2016:

  • Trailer Park Boys [Jack]
  • HBO’s Night Of [Jack]
  • Detectorists [Steel]
  • Maria Bamford’s Lady Dynamite [Steel]
  • Stranger Things [Dave]
  • Rewatch 30 Rock [Dave]

The Year in Film with Aaron Peck

Top 5 movies this year that you probably didn’t see

    • The Witch

    • Krisha

    • Swiss Army Man

    • Cameraperson

    • Manchester by the Sea

Best performance by the Rock in 2016

  • Central Intellegence [the misspelling here is soooo fitting, Dave]
  • Ballers (HBO) [Aaron]

Surprising film you really enjoyed

  • The Shallows [Aaron]

Family film that you were into

  • Pete’s Dragon [Aaron]

  • Trolls [Dave]

What are you looking forward to in 2017

  • John Wick 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Aaron]

  • Fate of the Furious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Dave]

Featured image: Photography of a recent oil painting by Jack Bangerter. Jack writes: “There are spirit/shadows of the players represented by chess pieces. I was inspired by images of Ajax and Achilles playing a board game/planning a war on some Greek amphora pots.”

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Episode 67: Our 2016 Guide to Christmas

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Ho! Ho! Ho! This week on Off the Chain Dave and Steel are joined by their old friend Jordan to discuss all things Christmas. The three of them share Christmas memories, cover their gift giving guide (with lots of help from Oprah), give a quick run down of the best/worst Christmas movies ever made, share great Holiday music from the Jenson Family, Neil Diamond, Eef Barzelay, and the Jackson 5, and drop some Seussian book wisdom.

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Gift Giving Guide

Christmas Movies Appraised [by Jordan, mostly]

BEST

  • Die Hard
  • Home Alone
  • A Christmas Story
  • The Original Grinch [animated]
  • White Christmas
  • Jingle All the Way
  • Elf
  • Rare Exports (Finnish movie)
  • Saint Nick (Sint)
  • Scrooged
  • Nightmare Before Christmas
  • Muppet Christmas Carol
  • Joyeux Noel (WWII Christmas)
  • Rocky IV (Rocky fights Drago on Christmas day)

WORST

  • It’s a Wonderful Life
  • Jingle All the Way
  • Silent Night, Deadly Night
  • Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
  • Gremlins
  • The Home Alone sequels
  • Jack Frost
  • Fred Claus (Vince Vaughn is Santa’s older, loser brother, Fred)

DISPUTED [BEST & WORST]

  • Hook
  • Jingle All the Way

OTC Festivities & Feasts

Recommended Eats & Drinks

  • Darigold Eggnog. It’s the best there is. Available in both original and old-fashioned varieties. [Dave]
  • North African Christmas! Don’t eat the same old doldrums. Try making and enjoying something from North African this year, like this spiced pie dish. [Steel]
  • Turon
    Turon

    “We always eat food white people don’t eat or even know what it is. Things like lumpia, pancit, ginataan, polvo, puto, pan de sal, leche flan, sinigang, champurrado, etc. Oh and turon! Oh my gosh turon. You guys would like turon. It’s a big chunk of plantain wrapped in a flaky pastry, coated with sugar syrup and then fried in butter. It’s so sticky and gooey sweet delicious. So good! Reminds me of Christmas! Also ube cake, white rabbits, chocnut.” [Jordan]

Unchained Melodies

Book Wisdom

Dave shared the final lines of Dr. Seuss’s immortal “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!“