In this episode of the Spiraken Movie Review, Xan and Deke continue The Second Theme Month of 2011, The Month of Dope with a reinterpretation of Hunter S. Thompson's brilliant/insane novel about excess, violence, insanity, and Las Vegas as they review the 1998 movie, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Christopher Melani, Christina Ricci, several other cameos and a special appearance by the man himself, Hunter S Thompson. Our intrepid Hosts delve the depths of madness, talk about wizened old hippies, chronicle the life of Hunter S. Thompson, talk about Billy Joel, reference D&D, Talk about the value of sword steel and ramble on and on in this nonsensical and difficult to understand episode. They also introduce a new segment into the show. Check out the stinger to hear all about it . Please send us any comments concerns and ideas on how to make this podcast better. Let us know so we can do something about it. Also check out the facebook fan group Spiraken Movie Review, And finally, listen to the primary podcast, The Spiraken Manga Review and check out Xan's sidekickery on the fightbait.com podcast Hope you enjoy. Music For Episode: Background Music -Hi Hi Hi Saturn Valley by Hiroshi Kanazu, Keiichi Suzuki, and Hirokazu Tanaka (Earthbound OST), Background Music -Ewok Celebration by John Williams (Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi OST), Background Music - Combination of the Two by Big Brother and the Holding Company (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas OST), Intro Music -Mama Told Me Not To Come by Three Dog Night (Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas OST), Background Music -Spy vs Spy by Combustible Edison (Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas OST), Background Music -strong> White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas OST), Background Music - Mama Told Me Not To Come by Three Dog Night (Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas OST), Background Music -Lady by Beck (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas OST), Background Music -For Your Love by The Yarbirds (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas OST), Background Music -Expecting To Fly by Buffalo Springfield (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas OST), Background Music -She's A Lady by Tom Jones (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas OST), Background Music -Alice Bowie/ Earache My Eye by Cheech and Chong (Up In Smoke OST),Ending Music -Jumping Jack Flash by Rolling Stones (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas OST), Background Music -Theme Song (Debbie Does Dallas OST) Our Website http://www.spiraken.com Our Forum http://spiraken.darkbb.com Our Email Spirakenmovie@gmail.com My Email xan@spiraken.com Cohost's Email Deke.spiraken@gmail.com Our Twitter Spirakenmovie Our facebook fan group Spiraken Movie Review Xboxlive Gamertag Xan Spiraken Our Voicemail 206-350-8462 Random Question of the Week: How many times did they mention Adrenicrome and the Adreniline gland in The movie?
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