The originators of one of the first magazines published during the Dot-com boom, David and Curtis, have returned to give you their voices. Enjoyment is not guaranteed.
Crom and David have finally got EP 40 in the can! It's because the world has finally righted itself, everything is back to normal and we can... all... wait a second. Oh right, we wrote this during a fever dream where we thought it was 1992. Sorry. The Mall of America has not just opened, and the Cartoon Network has not just gone on the air. We're still in the psycho-times. We apologize for giving you this false hope. Toad the Wet Sprocket.
Crom and David shouldn't be allowed to broadcast messages to other humans - but they have. We talk about the level of idiotic space travel happening now, fires, baseball babies, Terrible Terry Tate, IG influencers who rent cars they shouldn't have, and the powerful Melon lobby.
Crom and David are not smoking weed when they make this podcast, but it's a tough argument to support. We talk about Heat, movie recommendations, the Census, Japanese Asteroid, Home-Made Bearspray, Hot Ones Hatred, SPICE!, Billionaires Suck, and TURK 4 MAYOR! P.S. LASER VACUUM.
David and Crom get talking about investing your hard-earned tokens at Bullwinkle's, what happens when you buy a toothbrush with more power than a hammer-drill, the cost of being a gamer these days, media worth watching, and they explore the existential mystery of how anybody in their right mind is still listening.
David and Crom are live in technicolor! We talk about bikes (as usual), Bobcat attacks, How renting a new movie at home is superior to stinky theaters, Art galleries that suck and some that are so awesome you should take a 19 hour flight to get there, and David has The Fear about 4Chan. Rightly so. The future is NOW, old man.
David and Crom are talking your language, if your language is people turning to goo in old movies, the death of Flash, corporate malfeasance, the lie that is the stock market, guitar chord-rigormortis, and the endless fiasco of Media in the West.
David and Crom have no plan - this much should already be evident by history. We talk about the best instruments, weird rants about slow-motion and video editing, and the irony of bringing your globally connected data-slurping microphone/gps along with you during the comission of a crime.
David and Crom are here for New Year's Eve to talk about deep dreams which challenge your musical prowess, Wine Fridges and their differences, Mind-blowing movies that you can't actually hear, Ikea furniture and why you should never move it, and 2020 goes bye-bye. Stay Safe, Stay Sexy. Pop Bottles.
David and Crom have no agenda - except FUN! The mics get sweaty as talk of copyright laws, Netflix cancellations, racist streaming, shitty video game development, and the worst sports coverage since the Roman era get hashed out. Merry Christmas, ya lovely bastards.
David and Crom are joined by three special guests for an episode focusing on the water-use controversy currently underway at the former Fortress Mountain Ski Resort. Our guests are Neil Warren - Ski guide in Alberta, Jason Billing - Mountain Guide and Sales Rep in the outdoor industry, and Becky Best-Bertwistle - Conservation Engagement Coordinator for the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Southern Alberta. This is the one to listen to... Make sure to checkout our full post on this for lots more information to checkout! http://smashthatlikebutton.ca/ep-31-a-very-special-episode-fortress-mountain/
David and Crom are talking all this GOOOOOOD shit about Biking with power, Interview Penguins and their danger to society, PS5 PRE-ORDERS and all other kinds of gibberish.
The title really summarizes the entire episode, to feel completely fulfilled scream the title in your best Bane impression for maximum results. Wear a can on your face and save lives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pg2CDCm34w You're going to need a new set of pants DAMN BOY
David and Crom are two dangerous men when they've haven't prepared at all to make podcast. But that does not stop them from doing it. They are without fear. Are you? We talk about drinking dirty liquor, babble about fancy stuff, wander aimlessly for awhile, and then start talking about the most expensive timepieces manufactured by man... and how you can't afford them. “Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.” ― Anthony G. Oettinger
David and Crom have no agenda - except FUN! The mics get hot from talk about selling used stuff on Kijiji, the quality of consumer products, Crom's embarassingly low knowledge about cars and subsequent manufacturing, and how you should open your YouTube videos. Murab with sails unfurled!
David and Crom talk many fine words into microphones about the pain of Moving your home (especially out of the province), how online ordering is both quantum leaps ahead and byzantine ancient magic, and the insanity that is signing legal documents in the Age of Covid and Facial Recognition. This is one a-spicy meatball!
Curtis and David said to hell with the plan and ignored their show notes. We get back into the Golf VR talk, check in on the wildlife running around Calgary, diss on Rockstar Games a bit, talk turkey about the Unreal Engine, we are scared of Moose and jacked-up Cats, and then we leave it all on a depressing note. Because that's what the people want.
David and Curtis get talking the real words about Calgary's golf courses opening up, antler murder, WiFi improvements, the drama around AR vs. VR and the subsequent products, and there's a lot of talk about Air Frying stuff.
David and Crom get talking about a lot of different animals for some reason. And then we fall down a nerd-hole from which no one can escape. After the Stampede is cancelled, where shall we go?
David and Crom get the mics hot talking about the Golf Wars happening between Alberta and Edmonton, the treatment of remote employees and the weirdest list of potential living destinations you'll find this side of the equator.
Curtis and David are happy to bring back a previous guest: man about town, multi-talented Wil Knoll. We milk is giant brain for information security tips and how to gut through terrifying docu-drama. SHAZAM!
We’re back a day later (and a year) to start season two of STLB. We’re collected our thoughts over the past few days (around 367 of them) to come back to a shaken and stirred world. Tuning in from dual studio setups, we’re catching up while remaining far far away from each other on this very special edition where we forget how to run this show and talk about hoarding behaviors. We have so much yet to discuss.
Crom and David get on the business, hacking through the dense foliage of baseball statistics they hardly understand in order to know why someone deserves to be paid more than NASA to play a game, how renewing your driver's license is as difficult as faking your own death, double cougar attack on a young boy and the superhuman WWE style mom employs, and how close Amazon is to their transformation into a cartoon terrorist organization. We hope you remembered your geritol... let's dance.
Curtis and David hit it good on the mics this week. Talking a lot of smack – much of it nonsense – about the utility of bike helmets; we trawl through Calgary's greatest and longest running mysteries; painful technical meltdowns with your favorite game console; Curtis' adventure in cannabis enthusiasts creating their own wedding experience and more. One gang could rule this city... one gang. CAN YOU DIG IT?
Curtis and David bring back our first guest back to the mic for another round of jabbering! Megan Maclean graces us again to talk about the mechanics of drugs and the personal revelations one can have with or without them; that our phones are listening to us and selling us fancy toilets; how bullshit normal broadcast TV really is; and how many things in your house can you plug into a router? Entaro Adun!
Curtis and David get greasy on the microphones and greet our lovely, funky guest - Mark McEwan! Executive Chef, rugby player, cougar expert (by proxy), knower of the lore called "Le Creuset". We talk a lot about the business of slinging burgers and fries, the terrible National, parachute bicycles and boiling food in a plastic bag. This message brought to you by us -- because we know very little about it.
David and Crom hit the mat hard but get up before the bell, with microphones in their hands. No guest this week means the duo can go deep on the toilet paper crisis in North America, the ultimate evil of Fyre Festival and social media idiocy, sneaky cats in the city, Categories of data cabling and the relative merit of multiplexing signal injection. Oh boy! You gotta stop chowing so much of this sweet TP down... NOTABLE LINKS The conflict of duelling Fyre documentaries. Ethernet cable standards... just in case you need them. The toilet paper crisis destroying Canada's forests. Glorious Italian French craftsmanship. (edit: Crom is dumb)
Crom and David get on the tubes with glorious punk-rocking, steak cooking, health teaching all-around mensch - Phil Brayton. From super powered hearing aids that detect cougar breath to poison kale, we cover it all. Are you a betting man? Will Bernie Sanders live to run for president? We also cover the best and worst shows you can play as an amateur punk rocker. How many shit tickets do you use? We are going to find out. You DONE Payless, take those Sketchers back to England and give them to Ringo
It's Crom and David together again and romantically just the two of them. They demand to know how many ounces are in the glass of delicious beer, how they can make money from Kelvin, debate cougar psychology, surf for brand new gadgets to own and track whether digital media can make money... or whether it will matter. Prepare your body for the Thunderdome. That is the New Law. NOTABLE LINKS Alberta political animals demand the curtailing of minimum wage increases. Some big bitch cougar went buck-wild on a poor farmer's livestock and the news item is written like the lead-in of a slasher film. Apple lowers the boom on app developers who monkey with screen recordings. Germany tells Facebook to get their shit off the teutonic lawn. The end is Nigh.
Crom and David get slippery with the mics and we've got Rob Agate, AKA RobTek, at the table. Jockey of the Discs, part of the management of Calgary's DJ-owned and operated Habitat Living Sound, and righteous player of classic 8-bit gaming. NOTABLE LINKS The righteous sound of Robtek Drink of the greatest Jr. High film ever created - Revenge of the Ninja Does Wayne Brady have to choke a cougar? Always watch your back... for a Hammer Attack.
Curtis and David yammer at one another about scientific facts they barely have a handle on, the nuances of world-record speedrun gaming, the greatest Hamburgler moment in history and how sad they are that more guests aren't clammering to be part of this wonderful show. NOTABLE LINKS The 2nd of mankind's wicked space probes to hit the streets in style. A breakdown of the Super Mario speedrun saga. HAMBERDERS.
Curtis and David finish their figgy pudding and then fire up the microphones. The last episode of 2018 happened after the presents were opened and food stuffed into gullets. The duo have no guests (they were all too scared to leave their families) so they have to talk Bearer Bonds, HDMI Cables, Internet shenanigans, good movies/tv, and counterfeit cheese. NOTABLE LINKS Food Insider on the important Parmesan details... Need those cheap HDMI cables? Just need MORE of them? All the sweet details on Bearer Bonds.
[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/7888295/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="100%" placement="top" theme="custom"] Curtis and David bring the funk AND the noise to this week's episode, featuring our latest guest Chris Calon. Former heavyweight flash coder, survivor of the Cambrian incident, general contractor and passionate lover of all social media (this is a lie). Notable Links Galileo Gallilei broke down that sick oscillation knowledge so YOU could tell the time. You ready for Check stop this Christmas? Because the game just got a whole lot more serious. Nintendo's badass DRM chips created the "blow on the cartridge" voodoo of our youth (Crom was wrong about the battery, that was for game saves :D). It should be noted this was to prevent cartridge pirating, the DRM of today is a little different animal... Some info on Segregation in prison's (we called it Solitary Confinement) and how it might just blow up your brain. (Crom would last approx. 11 minutes.)
Curtis and David return from the fires of Mount Doom with new thoughts. This episode enjoys the dulcet tones of Erik Larson. Owner and Operator of Calgary Cycle - Pure, life-time cycling enthusiast, pen-monger, inner ear warrior and ready to take on Marvel's C-list bad guys. Here's Erik as his alter-ego, Biggie Claus: NOTABLE LINKS Where can you get the best pen? There is at least one source... (we are not a paid advertiser... of anything actually.) Erik's current reading – Jocko Willink's "Extreme Ownership" 'Member BioPace? David remembers BioPace... Feast your eyes on... THE OWL.
Curtis and David celebrate life by yelling into microphones once more. This episode enjoyed, briefly but powerfully, the stylings of Neil Warren. Owner and operator of Alpine Threadworks, ACMG ski guide, and bringer of six-packs. Here's Neil doing his thing on a mountain: UNFORTUNATELY... Neil was forced to leave the episode early due to a family emergency. So our two heroes have filled the air with talk of a gigantic Cow, the Calgarian who made 52 different gins and we played our guest's lightning round against each other. Once again, we deliver what you crave. *UPDATE: EVERYONE IS SAFE AND OKAY* Notable Links Spawn Bicycles, fancy kids bikes The grim revelations of scientists misusing CRISPR technology. The angry retort of the co-inventor of CRISPR when she heard what China was up to... The dude with all of this friggin' GIN We remember people's names! Hi Scott Felter of Porcelain Rocket And here's a photo Crom took while shooting at Hexagon Game Cafe. ENJOY YOURSELVES.
Curtis and David heat up the tubes and deliver our most excited guest yet. Wil Knoll is Smashing – Actor, Nerd Master, Beer Slayer, and Champion of oblivious Bike riders across the globe and a member of so many cools things you need to check out his site to truly comprehend – Wil joins the two microwave lasagnas to discuss getting injured on the job, Calgary getting hardcore honey-dicked by Amazon, installing BSD over your router's previous OS, and the most aggressive conversation anyone has ever had about murderous self-driving cars. Notable Links Wil Knoll Headshot -- (look at this man's headshot. He is fine.) The Verge offers up global preferences for who self-driving cars will mangle in the event of a crash. The day Calgary realized Amazon don't give an F about us. Crom drew this albatross after we talked about it. This drawing is not good. We have told him about how bad he is at the drawing. He was unfazed. [embed]https://youtu.be/3dTgDJRE0jE[/embed] One of the many dope project Wil has been involved in - Calgary Protospace
Curtis and David keep turning on the mics (despite all this Olympic voting to do). Tyler Hellard, author and defender of Spotify, joins the duo to talk about Nightmare mascots, the utility of cassette tapes, Depressing Netflix shows, The End is Nigh for Olympics, Death races, and Man’s Search for Meaning… sort of. Notable Links Tyler's new released novel - Searching for Terry Punchout Calgary's Olympic vote - Results in a big ol' NOPE. Handy 90 minute cassette tapes And if you have all those cassettes - you'll need something to play 'em on.
Curtis and David mark a special episode with the first ever guest appearance. Megan MacLean joins Smash to talk about the sinister intentions of the Canada goose, seeking elegance in marketing death to the distracted, expensive books and bondage gear, and the speed at which a 3rd language disappears when hardly ever practiced. Notable links Venom filled Platypus Ride Share/Condom Disposal Moose or Squirrel? Calgary Cannons
Curtis and David are back on the mic to discuss the relative creepiness of single men handing out Halloween candy, the decision to cancel Calgary's 2026 Olympic bid, wicked art from the U.S. that kills the creator, and the failure of our education system to teach a young man to tie his tie.
Curtis and David get back on the mic to examine the strength of Icelandic monsters, question the honesty of our federal laws, and how Twitter might be the devil.
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