My name is Jake Fogelnest, I am a writer.
I've written on a bunch of TV shows. 'Wet Hot American Summer'
'Difficult People,' 'Girl Boss'
and this is What's in My Bag.
First thing's first, I found a cassette copy of
'Keep the Fire' by Kenny Loggins.
I think as far as an album cover goes
Kenny Loggins holding a ball of white light
it's almost like he's holding a whole world of possibilities of modern rock radio
that you can enjoy around '79 or '80.
And I love Columbia cassettes because they were uniform in their design
and it was always the big red font
and then the album title, so you can always have your
Columbia cassettes organized in a certain way.
I found a 7-inch of Josie Cotton 'He Could Be The One.'
I was introduced to Josie Cotton the way I think most of us were
and that was through the motion picture 'Valley Girl.'
And she also did 'Johnny Are You Queer'
Why would you not want a Josie Cotton record on pink vinyl?
Most of you have not been to my home
but if you were to come to my home, you'd be like, yeah that makes sense that Jake should have that.
So this is cool, this is, I guess, an original Ralph Records
7-inch of 'Duck Stab' by The Residents
I, for better or for worse, was one of those teenagers who was like, oh yeah The Residents
that's something that I'm going to just have to live with for the rest of my life.
I don't have this and it has one of my favorite Residents songs 'Constantinople' on it.
There's a great documentary about them called 'Theory of Obscurity' but gotta get a copy of 'Duck Stab'
as any American should.
The box set that I was very happy that you had
which is the Numero Group's Scharpling and Wurster 'The Best of The Best Show.'
Tom Scharpling is a comedy writer.
John Wurster is in Superchunk and The Mountain Goats and a zillion other bands but
they do this radio show, and they still do it online
thebestshow.net every Tuesday night at 9:00 p.m.
I think this is my favorite thing in all of comedy
And what is the name of the band again?
Gas Station Dogs.
The Gas Station Dogs.
Yeah.
That's a good name.
I know.
What do you mean, like the kind of dog that's at a gas station?
Yeah it's kind of like the dog... it could be taking several ways
It could be like the cool dog that just kind of hangs out at the gas station
or it could be the dog that's gonna rip your nuts off if you get close to it.
That's the dog I thought it was.
16 CDs plus a USB stick with extra stuff
and a bunch of trinkets and postcards and stuff, and a really beautiful book
and I did an interview with Scharping and Wurster which is in this box set.
It is the best, it is the funniest. No one is funnier than Tom and John
and I'm very proud to have been a part of this, and I was very happy you had a copy on sale.
One thing I wanted to ask you was when Happy Days was going strong
Yeah
did people know that you were the character that it was based on?
It was kind of bad because they'd see Fonzie doing all that weak stuff
and they'd say, Hey Gorch
you didn't really do that did you? You didn't really go save some puppies did you?
and I'd say, no man, I whipped some chains around.
Why wouldn't I get 'Streets of Fire' on Blu-Ray?
It's the other Diane Lane lead singer music vehicle
besides 'Ladies and Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains'
which I'm not going to talk about here because I've talked about it enough for a lifetime
but it is incredible.
You've got the director of 'The Warriors' making a fantasy rock musical
starring the guy from 'Eddie and the Cruisers' and Rick Moranis
The new Girlpool album.
It's just been cool to see
how they have been embraced by pop culture and the music industry and stuff
but are so original and thoughtful songwriters
and just very young and I just think they're a really cool band
and I have not heard this yet and I'm going to listen to it today.
This is a Roxy Music single, 'Same Old Scene'
which opens up one of my favorite movies of all time 'Times Square.'
The credit sequence uses Roxy Music's 'Same Old Scene'
It's one of my favorite Roxy Music songs, but I do love this song as well.
This is what you call Warner Brothers back-to-back hits
so it's like, alright 'Do the Strand.' We all want to hear Roxy Music 'Do the Strand'
but what if we flip it over and it's also 'Virginia Plain.'
That's a good two for Tuesday.
Look, if you've ever have the chance to get Giorgio Moroder and David Bowie together in the same room
to record a single, you say yes.
Is it the best Paul Schrader movie? Probably not. Is it a great song? Yes.
Is it used effectively by Quentin Tarantino in 'Inglorious Basterds?' Very much so.
This was a long time coming.
John Waters is my favorite, he is my hero.
You know, before 'Pink Flamingos,' John Waters made 'Multiple Maniacs.'
Yes folks, this isn't any cheap x-rated movie or any fifth-rate porno play.
This is the show you want. Lady Divine's Cavalcade of Perversions.
The sleaziest show on Earth.
Janice films and Criterion first did a theatrical re-release of 'Multiple Maniacs'
and then put out this blu-ray, they cleaned it up and made it look beautiful
and it is still psychotic and shocking
probably even more so in this new cleaned up print by Criterion.
Oh, Divine, you're still beautiful.
I don't a copy of Prince's 'Sign o' the Times.'
As a concert film goes you're not gonna find a better one.
It is incredible. No concert film is like this
probably because nobody was like Prince.
You've got Sheila E. It's really good and you know
I didn't buy one of them Sonos soundbars for no reason.
This is one of my favorite movies of the last year or so, 'The Love Witch.'
So what have you been so busy with? A man I hope.
Yes, it was a man. But it didn't work out.
Sorry.
Yes, it's a shame .
Written and directed by Anna Biller. She shot this on 35-millimeter
she made all of the costumes, she did all of the production design.
It's this incredible labor of love.
I made it just the way you like it.
Is there anything you don't do well?
Why don't you try me sometime and find out.
It's a psychological comedy about narcissism and witchcraft.
I don't want to speak on the feminism of it because I'm a straight white dude
it's not for me to speak on, but I really loved it.
A husband isn't a prince, Elaine, and life isn't a fairy tale. We have to face that fact.
Why?
Maybe life could be a fairy tale if you pleased your husband more.
This is the blood trilogy from Something Weird Video. Why not
watch these true exploitation gore movies
that were such an influence to John Waters.
Doggone it, if this ain't the best centennial anybody ever had.
There's commentary from Herschell Gordon Lewis and
I don't know if they're particularly good movies or bad movies but $9.99, y'know, three movies
and I just love Something Weird Video. They've been polluting people's minds for 30-40 years.
Thank you so much for talking with us today.
Yeah, no problem. Ok, cool.