It's rare that an actor inhabits a role so much that even the people closest to the real Jim Morrison were confused on whether or not it was really him. In the 1991 film by Oliver Stone Val Kilmer became the legendary lead singer of The Doors.

I was ultra stoked to talk about this film because I have a real life super fan of The Doors along for the ride, Jai! We talked about the real story of the band, the conspiracy theories, and wonder why Meg Ryan was cast as Pamela.

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It's time for another interview series! I've been a student of Meghan's through her insightful TikTok, and I knew that I had to talk to her about being in the epicenter of what became known as 'grunge' in Seattle in the late 80s/90s. We had a time and covered so much ground.

Some of the points we chat about include: indie record culture, the death of paper concert tickets, working the famous Nirvana in-store show, and moving to Palm Springs, CA and opening a vintage store. I found out what it's really like to go viral online, views on fashion TikTok and IG, sustainability in fashion, and cap it off with a Henry Rollins anecdote.

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Finally, after our technical snafus here is the episode on Annie Hall. This has been on the list for both me and Charles since the start of this podcast. During our teenage years we both saw Annie Hall and the filming structure and humor was nothing we had ever seen before.

Diane Keaton is a breath of fresh air in this captivating titular character that inspires the fashion industry almost 40 years later. Me and Charles basically quote the entire film and point out the details in cinematography that were so modern for the time and even now few filmmakers master.

off-topic rants: male TikTok thirst traps, Jaws, Oscars history minute

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Yet another time for me to exercise my reality tv brain and who better than Kara Berry?

I'm a superfan of her Bravo recaps each week on Everyone's Business (but mine) Podcast so I couldn't wait to find out where it all started. We get into Real World seasons being the lead in and where we fall now.

around 26:00 is the Bravo chat including RHOC being our gateway, forgotten Bravo shows we need released from the vault, thoughts on RHOA, Summer House, Vanderpump Rules, and why Kelly Cutrone needs to be on the new RHONY

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Guest: Kara Berry of Everyone's Business But Mine Podcast @everyonesbusinessbutmine / Linktree / Patreon

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Yes, it's finally here. The day we are talking the 1991 hit and fashion foundational film, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead. It's been a long time coming since this is my first official complete watch ( I know I'm ashamed, don't talk to me). Charles tells the story about how this is one of the building blocks of his film education, and for good reason.

I get into why no one told me me there was a c***y version of Mulder and Scully, why Rose Lindsey is best feminist icon, and just how worthless the rest of this family is besides Swell. Also touching on the scary realities of the corporate world, the feeling when you first discover 'petty cash', and the similarities to 'The Hills'.

Off-topic rants include: office horror stories, Drag Race, my first time viewing of Chinatown, early Project Runway

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It's that time again! Dusting off one of our early episodes for a remix edition! We're going back to Salt Lake City, Utah in the mid 80s to see what Stevo and Heroin Bob are up to. I really need no excuse to talk about this film again. Our first episode was during the pandemic so it's high time that I review one of my 'foundational' films again.

Mikey joined me on this one to talk about our love for Matthew Lillard, the outlandish and amazing fashion, and the countless hilarious scenes and characters we meet along the way.

Off-topic rants include: more Scream talk, a brief chat on the Mod subculture, how Showgirls really is one of the best films of the 90s

Listen to our first episode on SLC Punk!

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It's been a time but Jai is back with me to talk about the hot topics in fashion. We were going to do a runway collection review but there are so many news topics to chat about instead. Basically we talk on the phone about this anyway so why not have another random chit chat fashion episode?

We get into our thoughts on current fashion journalism, what's next for i-D and Nylon magazines, Alessandro Michele at Valentino, Dries leaving, and tons more

Enjoy!

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What is it about Christian Slater? He has the charm to basically almost carry anything. Well, Kuffs is a little known action comedy from 1992 that only really survives because of the magic of our lead character. Charles picked this one and it was a light refresher into why the 90s had such a diverse group of film genres.

We talk about the unexpected fashion we loved, just wonder what the hell this script was about, and take a look at the recent work of Slater and why this movie would have made a fun tv series.

Off-topic rants include: my GOT watching progress, Real World: Hawaii, and I ask Charles whether or not I should start watching Scandal

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