[Originally published Aug 30, 2018, as a video podcast. Link below...]

On the fourth episode of Pollute Brain TV, Nathan and Hank are joined by Nashville punk band Shanghai Theater (Jay Martin, Matthew Boles, and Zach Dietz) to discuss The Decline of Western Civilization, Penelope Spheeris's seminal 1981 record of the then-burgeoning Los Angeles hardcore punk scene. Discussed are Black Flag, The Germs, X, FEAR, Circle Jerks, Slash Magazine, why we love punk, and what's become of our favorite genre (yeah, yeah, fuck you).

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Check out our website: https://www.pollutebrain.com
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pollute.brain

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Links:

Decline on YouTube (shh) -
https://bit.ly/2LEMMo1

Decline on Letterboxd -
https://bit.ly/2MEhTp9

Penelope Spheeris on WTF podcast -
https://bit.ly/2Lyg0Fj

Germs segment -
https://bit.ly/2LEJgdx

FEAR on SNL -
https://bit.ly/2BWjuBQ

X: The Unheard Music (documentary) -
https://bit.ly/2wx9BVo

Complete Slash Magazine archives -
https://bit.ly/2LFH5X4

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Intro Theme "AVP" composed and performed by Glen Vollmer
Outro Theme "Mugwhumps" composed by Nathan Black

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Watch this episode on YouTube -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0JBKxGGoJ4

PB/TV Episode 4 - THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION

[Originally published Sep 7, 2018, as a video podcast. Link below...]

On the fifth episode of Pollute Brain TV, Nathan, Kolin, Conner, and Hank discuss some real fucking kino, boys. It’s Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, a bizarro 1990 anti-drug television special financed by McDonald’s and featuring all your favorite cartoon characters, including the Smurfs, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Muppet Babies, Alf, Bugs Bunny, Slimer from Ghostbusters, and George H.W. Bush. Also discussed are modern anti-tobacco PSAs, conspiracy theories, crack rock, why Garfield sucks ass, and the Hepatitis Hose. Remember, though: PB/TV is a gateway drug, so please enjoy responsibly.

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Check out our website: https://www.pollutebrain.com
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pollute.brain

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Links:

Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue on YouTube -
https://bit.ly/2wLFOcf 

Garfield Minus Garfield (because holy fuck is it better than every Jim Davis comic ever, I swear to GOD) -
https://bit.ly/1gnKl4k 

Big Tobacco financing anti-tobacco ads -
https://nyti.ms/2hPJ6Dy 

Hank’s Blaze review (coming soon) -
https://bit.ly/2CnTyiH 

Goys Next Door podcast -
https://bit.ly/2wLomF5 

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Intro Theme "AVP" composed and performed by Glen Vollmer
Outro Theme "Mugwhumps" composed by Nathan Black

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Watch this episode on YouTube -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdnd8KP4wmw

PB/TV Episode 5 - CARTOON ALL-STARS TO THE RESCUE

[Originally published Sep 18, 2018, as a video podcast. Link below...]

On the sixth episode of Pollute Brain TV, Nathan, Conner, and Hank discuss "Blaze," the new Blaze Foley biopic from director Ethan Hawke that's sure to be overlooked this awards season (y'all don't like country music much, do you?). Speaking of awards season, also discussed are TIFF, Venice, Cannes, what we're looking forward to, and what we're not (I'm looking at YOU, "A Star Is Born").

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Check out our website: https://www.pollutebrain.com
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pollute.brain

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Links:

Hank’s "Blaze" review -
https://bit.ly/2D83htN

"Blaze" trailer -
https://bit.ly/2MMQ0HY

Blaze Foley live, 1986 -
https://bit.ly/2NpunS0

Living in the Woods in a Tree (Sybil Rosen memoir) -
https://amzn.to/2QHaWSU

Ethan Hawke and Ben Dickey on KEXP -
https://bit.ly/2OAy3Ne

Showtimes in Nashville -
https://bit.ly/2piur7N

Hank's Cannes column -
https://bit.ly/2D74YHW

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Intro Theme "AVP" composed and performed by Glen Vollmer
Outro Theme "Mugwhumps" composed by Nathan Black

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Watch this episode on YouTube -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wDFiCK102o

PB/TV Episode 6 - BLAZE

[Originally published as a video podcast. Link below...]

On the Season 2 premier of Pollute Brain TV, Nathan, Kirby, and Hank cash in on a trend! They discuss Netflix’s and Hulu’s warring Fyre Fest documentaries: “Fyre: The Greatest Party that Never Happened” and “Fyre Fraud”. Also discussed: annoying trends in documentary filmmaking, pandering to millennials, that sonofabitch Ja Rule, the thoughts of geese, and how we have NO idea what we’re doing.

00:30 - Season 2 announcements
02:02 - Fyre Festival disaster
10:04 - Netflix vs. Hulu doc discussion
25:02 - CARROT-CAST
26:48 - We kill ourselves/upcoming events

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PB/TV on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UJEv7d 
PB/TV on SoundCloud: https://bit.ly/2GpMEKe  

Check out our website: https://www.pollutebrain.com
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pollute.brain
Join our community Discord: https://www.discord.gg/TzCBv5q

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Links:

“Fyre” on Netflix -
https://bit.ly/2S7OztW 

“Fyre Fraud” on Hulu -
https://hulu.tv/2WI2Oo6 

The anatomy of Fyre Festival -
https://bit.ly/2keSiFA 

Ethics of both docs -
https://bit.ly/2DbHFd3 

Hulu paid Billy McFarland -
https://bit.ly/2S8r2Jo 

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Intro Theme "AVP" composed and performed by Glen Vollmer
Outro Theme "Mugwhumps" composed by Nathan Black

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Watch this episode on YouTube -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEhdN7zS6SM

PB/TV Episode 7 - FYRE FEST DOCS

[Originally published as a video podcast. Link below...]

On the eighth episode of Pollute Brain TV, Nathan, Kolin, and Hank go BACK IN THE CLOSET to get their vogue on and talk "Paris is Burning," Jennie Livingston's seminal 1990 dive into the drag ball culture of 1980s New York. Also discussed: our Oscar predictions explained IN 30 SECONDS OR LESS.

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PB/TV on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UJEv7d 
PB/TV on SoundCloud: https://bit.ly/2GpMEKe  

Check out our website: https://www.pollutebrain.com
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pollute.brain
Join our community Discord: https://www.discord.gg/TzCBv5q

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Links:

"Paris is Burning" on Netflix -
https://bit.ly/2sKAl4N

Venus Xtravaganza's nephew on her legacy -
https://bit.ly/2tnYSLJ

Willi Ninja in Malcolm McLaren's "Deep in Vogue" vid -
https://bit.ly/2dt1rEa

2:30 AM at a 7-11 near Disney World, 1987 -
https://bit.ly/1Bo5Uh9

Full 2019 Oscar nominations -
https://bit.ly/2W7eXm8

How did "A Star is Born" lose momentum? -
https://bit.ly/2SFCPiw

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Intro Theme "AVP" composed and performed by Glen Vollmer
Outro Theme "Mugwhumps" composed by Nathan Black

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Watch this episode on YouTube -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEIGNm4Dnys

PB/TV Episode 8 - PARIS IS BURNING

[Originally published as a video podcast. Link below...]

On the ninth episode of Pollute Brain TV, Nathan, Scott, and Hank DEFY THE LAWS OF PHYSICS to talk about "Dark City," a 1998 sci-fi/noir thriller that predated "The Matrix" (and kinda outdid it, too).

1:00 - "Dark City" discussion
15:38 - Announcements/JOIN OUR DISCORD
16:20 - We fucking DIE

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PB/TV on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UJEv7d 
PB/TV on SoundCloud: https://bit.ly/2GpMEKe  

Check out our website: https://www.pollutebrain.com
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pollute.brain
Join our community Discord: https://www.discord.gg/TzCBv5q

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Links:

"Dark City" on Letterboxd -
https://bit.ly/2Xkrza7

"Dark City" trailer -
https://bit.ly/2h8Krmx

Roger Ebert's GLOWING review -
https://bit.ly/2CDZLFD

Retrospective on AV Club -
https://bit.ly/2Tin6p8

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Intro Theme "AVP" composed and performed by Glen Vollmer
Outro Theme "Mugwhumps" composed by Nathan Black

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Watch this episode on YouTube -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUrwC_F2c8Y

PB/TV Episode 9 - DARK CITY

Pollute Brain TV is a weekly (well, in theory) podcast that brings you just what you've been looking for: unsolicited film opinions from young, white movie nerds! Each week, we discuss one movie, be it old, new, mainstream, or overlooked, and dish out our very own HOT TAKES on film culture.

PB/TV is also available as a VIDEO PODCAST on our YouTube channel. Follow the link at the bottom of this description.

For written content, including reviews, essays, and works of fiction, visit pollutebrain.com, and for regular updates on Pollute Brain comings and goings, follow us on Instagram (@ POLLUTE.BRAIN) and Twitter (@ POLLUTEBRAIN).

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