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The Americans (2013) The FX series is Adam’s pick. With so much new TV it is hard to find the time for even the best series. The show is filmed around New York and has been going on 4 seasons. The principles live in Brooklyn and have children together. You can check out the Americans on Amazon Prime, or purchase it on iTunes. NEXT WEEK: We conclude Okay Finally with Keith’s pick - a band, The National.  You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can follow Adam on twitter @lllmoerderlll and take a listen to his work from 2016 here on Soundcloud. You can follow John on twitter @lordjoho  You can see Keith’s art on earthlingkeith.com You can follow Jules on twitter @beautifuljules

Antichrist (2009) Jules’ finally is a tough one- the movie that people walked out on at Sundance. Lar Von Trier is a challenging figure, he is notoriously hard on female actors and portrays women harshly in a number of his films. Charlotte Gainsborough plays a woman who seems to be falling apart because of the death of her son, but may have had some darkness stewing before that. Willem Dafoe plays a manipulative psychologist husband who is trying to fix his wife, arguably so she conforms to his idea of grief. You can purchase Antichrist on iTunes and Amazon, or stream it on Netflix. NEXT WEEK:  Adam’s pick is up - the FX series, the Americans! You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can follow Adam on twitter @lllmoerderlll and take a listen to his work from 2016 here on Soundcloud. You can follow John on twitter @lordjoho  You can see Keith’s art on earthlingkeith.com You can follow Jules on twitter @beautifuljules

Welcome to our third season! Hot Fuzz (2007) John took this topic as an opportunity to finally watch the Edgar Wright picture Hot Fuzz. Following in the success of Shawn of the Dead, Hot Fuzz continued the love note to genre that Edgar Wright’s Coronetto trilogy embodies. John had seen the first and third movie in the loose trilogy, but it wasn’t until just before this show that he saw the middle picture. You can purchase Hot Fuzz on iTunes or Amazon. You can also stream it on Netflix. NEXT WEEK: We get to Jule's Okay Finally - the controversial film Antichrist!  You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can follow Adam on twitter @lllmoerderlll and take a listen to his work from 2016 here on Soundcloud. You can follow John on twitter @lordjoho  You can see Keith’s art on earthlingkeith.com  You can follow Jules on twitter @beautifuljules

Looking Ahead to 2017  Jules’ is excited to read more, and is marginally interested in the new crop of podcasts and movies. He’s also excited to see where streaming services go. John is excited for GenCon 50. He’s also preparing to renovating then moving into a new place in Brooklyn. Keith is excited to see what new stuff is coming for kid’s animated television. NEXT WEEK: SEASON 3!  You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can follow John on twitter @lordjoho  You can see Keith’s art on earthlingkeith.com  You can follow Jules on twitter @beautifuljules

Looking Back on 2016 Keith kicks us off with Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History podcast.  Jules’ highlight was the HBO series Westworld. John comes in with his favorite new thing in 2016 - the Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn. NEXT WEEK: The final episode of Season 2. We look ahead to season three and 2017! You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can follow John on twitter @lordjoho  You can see Keith’s art on earthlingkeith.com You can follow Jules on twitter @beautifuljules

The Pillowman (2003) This play by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh is John’s pick for a tearjerker this week. He saw it with Mary when it was playing on Broadway. The original London cast included David Tennant as the author. In the American New York production Billy Crudup played the author. You can find the play online, sometimes copies come up on Amazon. You can watch some production people have uploaded to YouTube. If you’re lucky enough to have a production run near you we would recommend it! NEXT WEEK: We are coming up on the end of Season 2. We’ll take a look back at 2016 in our next to last episode of the season. You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can follow John on twitter @lordjoho  You can follow Mary on twitter @maryvarn You can follow Jules on twitter @beautifuljules

Yes, Please (2014) Mary’s pick this week for a tearjerker is the ‘Sorry Sorry Sorry” chapter of Amy Poehler’s auto-biography Yes Please. There a number of biographies of comedic actors to check out, the chapter that Mary highlights is brutally honest and clearly in Amy’s voice. The skit in question isn’t too hard to find with a search of the internet. The woman who Amy un-wittingly lampooned spoke at the 2016 DNC. You can purchase Yes Please on Amazon.  NEXT WEEK: We continue our topic of Tearjerkers w/ John’s pick, a play “The Pillowman.” You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can follow John on twitter @lordjoho  You can follow Mary on twitter @maryvarn You can follow Jules on twitter @beautifuljules

White Light / Black Rain (2007) Kicking off our new Topic is Jules with ‘White Light / Black Rain,’ a documentary about the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima at the tail end of World War Two. The controversy as to whether we should have used the weapons is secondary to the suffering of the people who were effected. Commonly is it the perspective from the sky that we tend to focus on in terms of the nuclear bomb. It is the artwork and recounting of eyewitnesses that lets this documentary show you the effects of the bomb from the ground. You can purchase  White Light/Black Rain on Amazon and iTunes.    NEXT WEEK: We continue our topic of Tearjerkers w/ Mary’s pick, Amy Poehler’s “Yes, Please” auto-biography. You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can follow John on twitter @lordjoho  You can follow Mary on twitter @maryvarn You can follow Jules on twitter @beautifuljules

Oliver! (1968) The musical based on the stage play based on the novel by Charles Dickens is Keith’s pick this week. The movie garnered multiple Oscars for its cast and crew. Mark Lester played the titular Oliver. The young Lester had a very specific look and it was put on his cast mates and director to get the performance from the fledgling actor.You can purchase Oliver on Amazon and iTunes. The soundtrack is available on  Amazon. ______________________ NEXT WEEK: We start a new topic “Tearjerkers” w/Julien’s pick, the documentary “White Light, Black Rain.” You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can find Keith’s are on his site http://earthlingkeith.com/ You can follow John on twitter @lordjoho  You can follow Kristen on instagram @kristnshrm  You can follow Jules on twitter @beautifuljules

Jesus Christ Superstar (1970) The sung through rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice is Jules’ pick for musicals this week (and Kristen taught us the term ‘sung through’).  The musical draws parallels to the cultural revolution of the 60′s and the rise of the Christ cult, and the violence that ended those movements. There are also notions of inevitability and questions of freewill. Specifically that Judas’ betrayal and Jesus’ fate were preordained and the will of God, and no matter how hard they worked against that fate the outcome would be the same. The songs run the gamut of emotional, sappy, silly, and dramatic. Behind the scenes, Judas, Jesus and Mary Magdalene on the left.  You can purchase or stream Jesus Christ Superstar on Amazon and iTunes. The soundtrack is available on iTunes, Amazon and Spotify. NEXT WEEK: One last pick with Keith’s pick, the Dickens musical Oliver. You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can follow Jo

Into the Woods (1987) Kristen’s pick is the Sondheim take on the classic fairy tales. This musical was recently released as a movie.  The musical combines the Baker & his Wife, Rapunzel, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and Jack and the Beanstalk and a few more tales. The original cast included Bernadette Peters as the witch. Kristen played the witch in her high-school production. Kristen post transformation.  Pick up the filmed live production on Amazon or iTunes and the soundtrack on Amazon, iTunes, or streaming on Spotify. Avoid the new movie (that’s our consensus) but if you really need to see it you can find it on Amazon and iTunes. ______________________ NEXT WEEK: We’ll continue our look at musicals with Jules’ pick Jesus Christ Superstar. You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can follow John on twitter @lordjoho  You can follow Kristen on instagram @kristnsherm. You can follow Jules on twitter @beautifuljules You can check out Keith’s art on his t

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (1998) We kick off musicals with a conceptual underground drag club punk show turned off-Broadway musical turned rock opera film turned Broadway musical. Hedwig is a gender-queer punk rocker who underwent a botched sex reassignment surgery to flee East Berlin and came to the US where she became leader of a dive-bar band. Left to Right: Katie Roumelprod (producer on the film), John Cameron Mitchell (creator, writer), Christine Vachonprod (producer on the film) and Stephen Trask (composer and lyricist). The song “Origin of Love” features a great animated sequence from Emily Hubley. You can purchase the soundtrack on iTunes and Amazon or stream it on Spotify. You can purchase the movie on iTunes and Amazon. You can see the live show on its current tour.  NEXT WEEK: Kristen’s pick is up as we go Into the Woods. You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can follow John on twitter @lordjoho or on snapchat notdeadjohn You can follow Kristen on

We wrap up horror this week and as we get into the pick Keith brings a couple things that are new to him to the table: Turbo Kid from Netflix and Malcolm Galdwell’s Revisionist History. Horror VR (Vive or Gear) Jules had us over one by one to play a variety of VR horror games.  A Chair in a Room: Greenhaven is a spooky Myst puzzle psychological horror game. Pretty creepy. Brookhaven Experiment is a shooter thriller. The Scary sisters is on the Gear VR, a simple story based experiment. The Vive allows you to interact with the environment with hand controls and a little bit of actual tracked body movement. The gear is a simpler headset system with a controller. NEXT WEEK: We return next week with a new guest for the topic Musicals! You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can follow John on twitter @lordjoho or on snapchat notdeadjohn You can follow Giaco on twitter @giacofurino & see his clippings here. You can follow Jules on twitter @beautifuljules You can che

From Beyond (Movie, 1986) John brings a b-movie from the 80′s to the plate, the less successful second Lovecraft based film from the director of Re-Animator.  The imagery is pretty interesting and the visual effects are very entertaining. The original Lovecraft story that the film is based on, also called “From Beyond” is not considered one of Lovecraft’s better stories. The cast and sets are pretty sparse, but John contends that that is something the director intentionally sought. From Beyond is available on Amazon.  Giaco recommends the Seattle EMP music museum. They are currently hosting a Horror Film exhibit. NEXT WEEK: One more week of More Scarier with Jules’ pick . You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can follow John on twitter @lordjoho or on snapchat notdeadjohn You can follow Giaco on twitter @giacofurino & see his clippings here. You can follow Jules on twitter @beautifuljules You can check out Keith’s art on his tumblr earthlingkeith.tumblr.com

“PSYCHO” Elvis Costello (Song, 1989) Keith’s pick this week is a cover of a strange country tune. There a couple live versions and a studio version of Elvis Costello’s rendition out there. The track was originally written for Eddie Noack. You can find the track on the extended version of Almost Blue, but it is a tough one to dig up to buy. ______________________ NEXT WEEK: John brings a movie of Lovecraftian horror from the team that brought you Re-Animator. You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can follow John on twitter @lordjoho or on snapchat notdeadjohn You can follow Giaco on twitter @giacofurino & see his clippings here. You can follow Jules on twitter @beautifuljules You can check out Keith’s art on his tumblr earthlingkeith.tumblr.com

We’re starting a new topic this week with a returning guest host, Giaco Furino.  Before digging into the first pick John recommends “Stranger Things” from Netflix. ______________________ Shock Value by Jason Zinoman (Book, 2011) Giaco’s pick is a non-fiction book that explores the rise of the ‘new horror’ genre in the 60′s through the 80′s. The book explores masters of horror that wrested the genre from the likes of Hitchcock and Corman. Wes Craven’s Last House on the Left is used to define the strong shift from code films into post-code.   The genesis of the film Alien is explored in the rocky career of Dan O’Bannon. You can purchase Shock Value on Amazon. ______________________ NEXT WEEK: More More Scarier with Elvis Costello’s rendition of the song “Psycho.” You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can follow John on twitter @lordjoho or on snapchat notdeadjohn You can follow Giaco on twitter @giacofurino & see his clippings here. You can follow Jules on twi

Oh Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack & Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde  Before we get into our topic John tells us about his recent experience seeing Weird Al on the Mandatory Fun tour.  Pat and Keith tell us about what they want to share with their sons, and the consensus is music. Pat has been playing for and singing with Henry. His hope is to get Henry playing music with him, and if anything come to love the traditional/gospel music as represented in the Oh Brother soundtrack. Keith is excited to share some of the later Blonde on Blonde tracks with Felix. At the moment Felix is into the Jack Johnson Curious George soundtrack. A pale imitation of Spider-Man House. ______________________ NEXT WEEK: We’re joined by our friend Giaco to reprise our topic Scary with our new Topic MORE SCARIER. You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can follow John on twitter @lordjoho or on snapchat notdeadjohn You can find more about Pat on his website patcupples.tumblr.com/ and h

  Kubo and the Two Strings (Animated Feature 2016) Before we dive into our pick we discuss two new series: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell from the BBC and The Get Down from Netflix. We also expound on the virtues of a forgotten piece of tech, the antenna. This was a consensus pick, we all saw this film recently. You can likely discount the conspiracy theories about the formation of Laika, we’re ill-informed animation nerds, but you can take our word at face value on the process- that’s our jam. Laika continues to push the boundaries of stop-motion animation. We can’t stress enough that seeing their movies and telling other people to go watch them supports this art. Kubo is still in some theaters and is available for pre-order on streaming and physical formats.  ______________________ NEXT WEEK: We’ll return to discuss a new topic for an episode, Father’s and what they want to share with their kids. You can follow us on twitter @newtoyoushow and you can leave comments down below! You can follow Mr Mr on

Teylor kicks us off this week with a details of her Pokemon Go exploits.  ___________ pt4: Cowboy Bebop (Anime 2001) Keith’s pick this week is the genre-blending series from director Shinichirō Watanabe. This 26 episode series (plus a movie) explores a futuristic galaxy with a group of bounty hunters. The writers started with extensive world building, detailing all the different planets and expressions of civilization throughout the universe. They then played with different tropes within the world they had built. Originally imagined as a toy vehicle Bandai gave them cart blanche, the one condition being they have cool space ships. Part way through the project Bandai toys realized the series wouldn’t work for their purposes. Bandai Visual (a separate division) swept in before the series was cancelled to be a production partner. Composer Yoko Kanno formed a Jazz & Blues band “The Seatbelts” as part of the process of composing the score and soundtrack for the series. The music is some of the best written for

In our opener Keith expounds on his favorite museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. You can get a membership to this beacon of culture in a desert of lots of other culture that is NYC. ___________ pt3: Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad (Manga & Anime 1999-2008) John’s pick this week, which he gets to after a rambling retelling of his path to discovering Anime, is the music/rock band anime & manga “Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad.”  The Manga started in 1999 and finished in 2008, it was collected in 34 volumes. Unfortunately the US localization rights were released before the entire series was published in the states. The mangaka Harold Sakuishi was a fan of wrestling and baseball, both of which he did comics for and references in Beck. The animated series is pretty economical and relays the first third or so of the manga over 26 episodes. The Beat Crusaders provided most of the music, making this one of the better series about musicians and bands, with fun and poppy rock music. Fender released a series of guitar