Brian has the pleasure of being a guest on The Brad Bogner Show to talk movies (Red State, Drive), books (Bossypants, Zombie Spaceship Wasteland, Shakespeare), and other assorted topics.

Not only is there a constant stream of TV of ‘now’ to be watching; all of the TV of ‘then’ is available too. For the obsessive pop-culture junkie, being well-versed could amount to a full-time job.

Where The Ram’s story is about an addiction to life in the spotlight, Paul Aufiero’s is about a working class brand of loyalty that looks an awful lot like religion, and all the contradictions that entails.

Between breaks for holidays and vacations, a brief return with notes on Patton Oswalt in ‘Big Fan’, ‘The State’ on DVD, Chan-wook Park’s ‘Thirst’, New Flaming Lips, and ‘Modern Warfare 2’ (with goggles?).

A top five from the Pineapple Express star, Mr. Oswalt addresses his alma mater, and Baby’s First Internet.