Junk Filter Podcast
@junkfilterpod.bsky.social
Junk Filter: A culture podcast for our Extremely Online times. Film, music, politics and jokes. Hosted by Jesse Hawken.
New episode! @brianabrams.bsky.social returns to discuss the controversial PREDATOR 2, which had to be recut 20 times to avoid being the first movie to get the new NC-17 rating. A crass and cruel sequel that has its defenders (including @jessehawken.bsky.social) podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...
On the new @junkfilterpod.bsky.social, part 3 of the Prefab Sprout retrospective; the critic @briceezell.bsky.social is my special guest for a deep dive into their third album "From Langley Park to Memphis", the one that Sproutpilled me. (links in next post) youtu.be/hPXqQojE8TQ?...
Prefab Sprout - Cars and Girls 1988 French TV
YouTube video by bisonrav
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Part 3 of the Prefab Sprout series will be about “From Langley Park to Memphis”: their biggest hit, and certainly an influence on the evolution of Japanese City Pop in the nineties. Out in a few days! youtu.be/GrBy90CUXAw
Prefab Sprout - Nightingales (12" Version)
YouTube video by matiguri
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Got my Spotify Wrapped stats today and I’ll take this opportunity to thank my listeners, patrons and guests for all your love and support. More shows to come in 2026! And you can support the pod directly for a mere $5 a month at Patreon.com/junkfilter
Recording a show tonight about yet another banger by a director who has never really missed. Out in a few days!
Prefab Sprout invented Vaporwave in 1988... The next episode of the Sproutseries will be about their forward-thinking pop album "From Langley Park to Memphis" youtu.be/CGKU4v5Wa9I?...
Prefab Sprout - Knock On Wood
YouTube video by james tuivanu
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The Prefab Sprout series continues with a deep dive into their second album, 1985's "Steve McQueen" with special guest Vanity Fair's Erin Vanderhoof (@vanderhoofy.bsky.social)! A wonderful conversation about one of the greatest pop albums ever recorded; an episode designed to Sproutpill you! (1/2)
Of the many topics discussed on the upcoming deep dive into Prefab Sprout’s “Steve McQueen” is their massive popularity in Italy (including being invited to perform at the Sanremo music festival in 1986!) Out in a couple of days! youtu.be/ZBpqa5sN5ME
Prefab Sprout - Appetite - Live at Sanremo Music Festival 1986
YouTube video by VHYES
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Part 2 of the podcast’s Prefab Sprout miniseries concerns 1985’s “Steve McQueen” which turned 40 this summer, one of the greatest pop records of the decade and which still sounds fresh. youtu.be/H7sd8aV11rc
Prefab Sprout - Bonny (Live in Munich 1985)
YouTube video by Infinity
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Coming next week to the podcast: part 2 of the Prefab Sprout miniseries youtu.be/V3ghbfBfPLM
Prefab Sprout - Johnny Johnny (Live from The Tube, 1986)
YouTube video by PrefabSproutVEVO
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The Prefab Sprout miniseries is underway! On episode 1, we start at the beginning: Rob Stammitti @wormsgreenrealm.bsky.social discusses their early singles and their challenging debut “Swoon”, a post-punk spin on Bacharach and Broadway no one was expecting in 1984 www.patreon.com/posts/221-pr...
221: Prefab Sprout: Swoon (with Rob Stammitti) | Jesse Hawken
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The wheels are turning on the Prefab Sprout miniseries on the podcast: Part 1 will be about their origins, key early singles and their ambitious 1984 debut / declaration of intent “Swoon”. Recording next week!
This fall on the podcast: a special miniseries on Prefab Sprout, one of the best bands of all time who aren’t talked about nearly enough. youtu.be/7wLY1occ4nk
Prefab Sprout – Appetite (Sanremo 1986 - 2a serata - stereo)
YouTube video by Sanremo and more
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The latest episode is a deep dive into Ari Aster’s EDDINGTON with special guest, the film writer Del Winters (@absolutereality.blog). A spoiler-heavy discussion of a great, disturbing film. Watch the movie first, then listen to us grapple with it! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...
Patrons of the pod have a little bonus treat waiting for them on the Patreon feed..... youtu.be/CZVUzho-nok?...
Yvonne Elliman -- If I Can´t Have You [[ Official Video ]] HD
YouTube video by Mystic Plug Records II
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On the latest episode, Meg Shields (@theworstnun.bsky.social) returns to discuss Tobe Hooper's LIFEFORCE, a high-budget, overstimulated tribute to Hammer sci-fi horror, in particular 1967's QUATERMASS AND THE PIT! open.spotify.com/episode/247E...
Coming soon to the podcast: released at the almost exact midpoint of the 1980s, Tobe Hooper’s LIFEFORCE still rocks 40 years later.
Next month on the podcast: Lordy Lordy, look who’s 40
On the new premium episode of @junkfilterpod.bsky.social returning guest @adamjackson95.bsky.social and I went to see A WORKING MAN. We discuss the joys of Jason Statham working with director David Ayer with their latest, and last year's THE BEEKEEPER! Preview: open.spotify.com/episode/7EGK...
On the new episode, @seantcollins.com and Julia Gfrörer (@thorazos.bsky.social) are my special guests to bid a fond farewell to Gene Hackman and to discuss in detail one of our favourite films, Francis Ford Coppola’s THE CONVERSATION. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...
Just booked a guest for an episode in April about one of the greatest Australian films, directed by a Canadian: WAKE IN FRIGHT, which has just gotten a restoration, a film that infuriated the nation who didn’t like the mirror the movie held to their faces.
On the new Premium episode, the writer and film programmer @chriscassingham.bsky.social returns for a look at John Ford's 1955 comedy/tragedy THE LONG GRAY LINE and Ford's innovative use of the Z-Axis (the depth of the image) for a CinemaScope frame. Preview: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...
Two new episodes of the pod are out! On the public feed, @jmritchey.bsky.social and I talk about LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR, finally available on bluray after decades of music licensing issues; a thorny film long overdue for reappraisal. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...
Later this month on the podcast... a conversation about THE CONVERSATION
On the new episode, @guslanzetta.bsky.social returns from São Paulo to discuss 2 films by Walter Salles: CENTRAL STATION starring Fernanda Montenegro & I’M STILL HERE starring her daughter Fernanda Torres, both Oscar nominees for their work. Is it coming home?🇧🇷💥🏆 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...
New episode! The author @violetlucca.bsky.social returns to the show to talk about her new monograph "David Cronenberg: Clinical Trials" and the GOAT's 1991 version of William S. Burroughs' NAKED LUNCH. Exterminate all rational thought & smash that play button! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...
Coming soon to the podcast: a two-parter about LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR and IN THE CUT
On the new premium episode, James Slaymaker, author of "Time is Luck: The Cinema of Michael Mann" returns for a look at BLACKHAT 10 years later, with a discussion of the superior Director's Cut which directly addresses the flaws of the theatrical version. Preview: open.spotify.com/episode/7MQt...
Coming soon to the podcast: John Ford's only film shot in Cinemascope, 1955's THE LONG GRAY LINE, and his innovative use of the Z-Axis (depth) in shot composition.
