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Order Of The Shallows: The 22s Of MLB
May 22, 2018 – 8:20 AM | 2 Comments
Order Of The Shallows: The 22s Of MLB

Ranking the major-league gents wearing the double deuce.

Order Of The Shallows: US Open 2017
September 4, 2017 – 8:31 AM | 3 Comments
Order Of The Shallows: US Open 2017

The tennis hotness rankings return…and the upsets at Arthur Ashe this time around definitely included our stomachs.

The Poppy-Fields Movie Couch Of Fame: Almost Famous
June 5, 2017 – 12:31 PM | 10 Comments
The Poppy-Fields Movie Couch Of Fame: <em>Almost Famous</em>

No, you’re a golden god.

Order Of The Shallows: US Open 2016
September 5, 2016 – 3:50 PM | 5 Comments
Order Of The Shallows: US Open 2016

Hellew! Buntsy here. Welcome back to the tennis hotness rankings — now known to those with the secret handshake (oh yeah: that’s you) as the Order Of The Shallows! And we’ve got a new pledge!

MASTAS Episode 7: Mazzy Star, “Fade Into You”
April 22, 2016 – 6:51 AM | No Comment
MASTAS Episode 7: Mazzy Star, “Fade Into You”

Special guest Joe Reid joins us as we open the listener mailbag and pluck out Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You,” our most-requested song.

Twomato Concentrate: 16 July 2015
July 16, 2015 – 1:49 PM | 7 Comments
Twomato Concentrate: 16 July 2015

Again With This, Emmy oversights, and the Girls’ Bike Club’s sad prescience.

Putting The “Ass” Back In “Midsummer Classic”: MLB Manager Hotness Rankings
July 13, 2015 – 12:52 PM | 13 Comments
Putting The “Ass” Back In “Midsummer Classic”: MLB Manager Hotness Rankings

My esteemed colleagues Paul Quinn and John Ramos and I didn’t arrive at the idea of ranking managerial hotness first…but I suspect the Hotness Council is the first to compare a Brewers skipper to both …

31/31: Beautiful Darling
January 31, 2015 – 9:27 AM | No Comment
31/31: <em>Beautiful Darling</em>

Beautiful Darling has a sweet nostalgic sadness to it, like its subject, the former James Slattery who became a Warhol-Factory “Superstar.”

22/31: Birdman
January 22, 2015 – 3:14 PM | 3 Comments
22/31: <em>Birdman</em>

Couch Baron, Blankenship and I discussed the good, the bad, and the flighty about Birdman.

13/31: Bad Girls
January 13, 2015 – 5:59 PM | 3 Comments
13/31: <em>Bad Girls</em>

Couch Baron and I planned to do a dialogue-style review of Bad Girls, but then CB fell asleep.