Each episode of Music Raygun explores a different musical artist, topic or concept. Hosts Paul Ciampanelli and Kirk Pynchon watch and discuss related music videos, TV clips, commercials, interviews and other pop-culture ephemera on YouTube.
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166: Saxophone III
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about music featuring the woodwind instrument invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax. It is called the saxophone.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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On this episode, Kirk and Paul are joined by fan and friend Sarah From Austin. They talk about the Beatles, visit Trading Card Corner, and play the music trivia quiz.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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165: Michel Gondry
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In this episode, Paul and Kirk watch music videos directed by filmmaker Michel Gondry ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "Be Kind Rewind," others) in the 1990s and 2000s.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul look for a new introduction to the podcast; Kirk's son checks in about his college Beatles course; and there's a quiz on music trivia.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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164: Divas
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about divas, and, no, it's not the first-ever opera episode of "Music Raygun."Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk reports news about old white rockers fighting, Paul has more to say about "E-Bow the Letter," there's a laser round, and there's a music trivia quiz.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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163: Back to School
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul get nostalgic remembering the songs they were listening to at the start of the school year way back when they were young.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk reviews a concert at the Hollywood Bowl, Paul challenges Kirk to another round of Popularity Contest, and Paul attempts candy from the music trivia quiz.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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162: Massachusetts
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul visit the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts to talk about mostly Boston bands but one or two others from elsewhere in the Bay State.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk presents the second part of his two-part book report on the new Journey bio. Then Paul challenges Kirk to a new game. Then it's the music trivia quiz.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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161: House
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul flash back to — big surprise! — the late '80s and early '90s to trace, in brief, the history of house from Chicago clubs to London clubs to New York City clubs to the top of the charts.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about Nolan Thomas and Journey, Kirk plays the Popularity Content game, and blah blah music trivia quiz.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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160: Grab Bag XVI
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul watch a truly wild assortment of uncategorizable videos. It's another grab bag episode of "Music Raygun"!Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this miniepisode, Paul pays tribute to his 10 musical namesakes, Kirk plays a new game called Popularity Contest, and they both do a music trivia quiz.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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159: Music Videos 1984
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul explore 10 music videos from the year 1984, "one of the top years in pop music" according to "many" according to Kirk.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul play the laser round, and Kirk tries for candy in the music trivia quiz.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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158: MTV's 1st 10 Music Videos
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul watch and comment about MTV's historic first 45 broadcasting minutes on Aug. 1, 1981, including VJ segments and commercials.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode: the surprisingly boring origin of one of the worst band names of all time; the surprising identity of Richard Marx's second wife; the surprising music course Kirk's son is taking at college; and the surprising Canadian songwriter Kirk thought directed the New York Philharmonic.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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157: Pro Set Superstars MusiCards
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul find out about the random bands they never heard of from the Trading Card Corner segments of the miniepisodes over the years.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul visit Trading Card Corner. Then they quiz each other about music trivia.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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156: B-Sides XII
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul wrap of the show's 12th season with another video for each of the previous 12 episodes' topics. It's another B-sides episode!Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk offers new seltzer flavors to Paul. Then there's a music trivia quiz.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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155: Germany
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In dieser Folge von "Musik Strahlenpistole,“ sprechen Kirk und Paul über Musiker und Bands aus dem großartigen Land Deutschland (hauptsächlich aus den 1980er Jahren).Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this miniepisode, Kirk and Paul discuss Fred Armisen's "old punks" segment on "John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA." Then there's an "in memoriam" segment for the first time ever on the show. And then of course the music trivia quiz.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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154: Beastie Boys
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about the history and music of Beastie Boys.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about their love for TLC.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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153: Mark Romanek
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about the work of music video director Mark Romanek.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Dave Holmes' new podcast "Who Killed the Video Star?" has Kirk and Paul taking off on MTV nostalgia. There's also a music trivia quiz.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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152: Hail Satan!
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Break out your pentagrams and turn your crucifixes upside-down, because in this episode of "Music Raygun," Kirk and Paul are worshiping the prince of demons, Beelzebub, aka Satan!Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, "Music Raygun" goes international.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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151: Michael Bay
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul review the music video oeuvre of filmmaker Michael Bay. Spoiler alert: His music videos suck as much as his movies. April Fools? Afraid not. Fuck you, Michael Bay, you piece of shit.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, the Waterboiz are back to say new seltzer ideas, Kirk and Paul play dual laser rounds, the music trivia quiz resets, and a soft rock legends dies during the recording.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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150: Grab Bag XV
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul celebrate 150 episodes of "Music Raygun" with the show's 15th grab bag.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Paul solves a decade-old musical mystery, and there's a music trivia quiz.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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149: Paisley Park and the Paisley Underground
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul celebrate the seventh anniversary of "Music Raygun" with another Prince-adjacent topic, or dual topic in this case: Prince's Paisley Park label and the early-'80s Los Angeles-based Paisley Underground indie-rock scene. And yes, the two topics are related.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk some more about "The Greatest Night in Pop" as well as the "Thriller 40" documentary.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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148: Animation
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul watch music videos the include various forms of animation, including traditional animation, computer animation, laser animation and more.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode: a documentary recommendation, a laser round and a music trivia quiz. It's fun!Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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147: Duos
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk musical acts that consist of two people.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul discuss the music videos from MTV's first hours of broadcasting in 1981 and the truly interesting thing about hair metal also-rans Steelheart. Then it's time for the music trivia quiz.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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146: MTV News Year in Rock '94
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul watch the MTV News Year in Rock '94 special and reminisce about things that happened in the world, on MTV and in their own lives 30 years ago.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, the "Purple Rain" musical, Trading Card Corner and the music trivia quiz.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul listen to 50 years of hit songs featuring the inescapable — no that you'd want to escape it — Bo Diddley beat.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about ODB recording his feature on the "Fantasy" remix, then Paul plays the laser round and Kirk seeks to keep his streak going in the music trivia quiz.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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144: Native Tongues
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul look at the late '80s, early '90s Afrocentric and jazz-influenced hip-hop collective known as the Native Tongues, including music from De La Soul, Jungle Brothers and A Tribe Called Quest.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul review their Spotify Wrapped lists to discuss their top five most played artists and songs of 2023.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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143: B-Sides XI
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In this season finale episode, Kirk and Paul revisit the episode topics from throughout season 11 for one more bite at the apple.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk feels melancholy, "Where Dey From?" returns, and Paul tries to win candy.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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142: Music of 1977
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul time-travel 46 years into the past to explore some of the great music of the year 1977, one of the greatest years in music yet one that offers a few underappreciated gemsPor Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk Prince, Milli Vanilli, and more.Por Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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