The Disorder

DR 4-15-12

Eric — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:34:17 +0000

In this week’s episode, David and Eric discuss the fact that North Korea launches rockets it knows nothing about. Also, they have a spirited debate about whether Cabin in the Woods is a horrible movie.

DR 4-1-12

Eric — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:58:49 +0000

In this week’s episode, David and Eric talk about the Affordable Care Act with Professor Sheldon Nahmod. They also speak, in painstaking detail, about what they would do with lottery winnings. Joy.

Upcoming Tonight: David Returns from Exile!

Eric — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:48:18 +0000

We will also be talking about the Affordable Care Act Supreme Court case with Chicago-Kent Professor Sheldon Nahmod.

Why is Ruth Bader Ginsburg sitting away from everyone else? Find out on tonight's show!

DR 3-11-12

Eric — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:50:09 +0000

In this episode, David and Eric ponder the “skinny fat” yet again.

Upcoming Tonight: Divya Narendra!

Eric — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:29:17 +0000

Join us at 9 pm central. We’ll be touching on the news of the week, as well as Eric’s recent vacation. We’ll also be speaking to Divya Narendra, CEO/co-founder of SumZero. If you’ve seen The Social Network, you’ll know that Divya and the Winklevoss Twins™ founded ConnectU while at Harvard University. They accused Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg of stealing their idea. Lawsuits ensued. You won’t want to miss this interview!

Upcoming Tonight: Bobby Keys from the Rolling Stones!!!!

Eric — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:20:00 +0000

For our big Phoneathon show, we’ll be talking with one of the greatest saxophone players in the history of Rock and Roll…Bobby Keys from the Rolling Stones. You know his work from such classics as “Brown Sugar” and “Live with Me.” In addition, Bobby has played with The Who, Delaney Bramlett, George Harrison, and Eric Clapton among others!

And he has impeccable taste in vests.

Phoneathon 2012 and Update

Eric — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:53:17 +0000

Hey guys, I wanted to update everyone on the changes that are going on at the site and on the show. Of course, we changed the name of the program from “Morning Sickness” to “The Disorder.” Still the same brilliance, but now we no longer pay homage to a long-vacated time slot.

Also, in the coming weeks, there will be far more content to be found on disorderradio.com. You may have already seen the inaugural Minimally-Competent Review™ of the The Artist. David and some others will also be contributing. Please give us some feedback!

And most importantly, our home radio station, the venerable WNUR, is having our yearly Phoneathon Pledge Drive. This is the one time per year when we ask our listeners for some help paying the bills. Please, if you like our show or WNUR in general, consider donating a few bucks to the drive. Plus, if you donate, we give you some awesome premiums. We’ve come a long way from the days of the PBS tote bags.

To pledge, call (847) 491-3655 and say you’re donating for The Disorder/Morning Sickness. And THANKS!

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Minimally-Competent Reviews: The Artist

Eric — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:23:37 +0000

So, in what will become a regular segment here at The Disorder, I now present the inaugural installment of our Minimally-Competent Reviews™. These will be reviews of movies, tv shows, etc. Why minimally-competent? Because trying any less on these would translate to simply not doing them. Thus, I will do no research and shall entrust the accuracy of the reviews to my increasingly failing memory.

Without further adieu, here’s my attempt to review The Artist:

We’ve all been hearing about this film (“movies” involve the likes of Tom Cruise and–now apparently–Liam Neeson) for some time. It won several Golden Globes and will likely do extremely well at the upcoming Academy Awards. Movies like this make me laugh because I get the sense that most people see them only because of the buzz generated. I saw The Artist last night in a packed house, but you’d imagine that most of the people there had seen neither a silent film nor the two main actors before. But hey, you become cooler once you’ve seen it.

Interestingly, the same kind of popular sentiment that is currently driving the masses to see The Artist is masterfully satirized by the film itself. The Artist takes place between 1927 and 1932. The beginning finds our hero, silent film star George Valentin (Jean Dujardin), at the height of his powers. Of course, in 1927, silent films were commercially viable. By the early 1930s, however, the silent film star was a relic of the past age. The mob wanted “talkies” and Hollywood dutifully obeyed.

I have no interest in summarizing the plot. I will say that Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo (as the rising young actress Peppy Miller) were both electrifying. Their characters’ great friendship did not come across as any more forced than the typical real-world relationship often is. Casting relative unknowns in these main roles immerses the viewer totally in the world that director Michel Hazanavicius creates. Without the human voice to rely on, the actors are forced to utilize mere gesture and expression. But the result is just as stirringly communicative as the finest Shakespearean verse.

The Artist will be parsed for decades to come by film experts far more intelligent than I. My own contribution to that corpus is only that, from beginning to end, I was moved, entertained, and awestruck by this masterpiece. For once, the public buzz found and did something right.

Disorder Review:

5 Microphones out of 5.

DR 2-5-12

Eric — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:41:16 +0000

Unfortunately, our show from this magical Super Bowl Sunday was lost to the mists of time. Apologies to our podcast listeners!

DR 1-29-12

Eric — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:46:12 +0000

In this week’s episode, Eric and David are joined by special guest Desiree. Many laughs ensue regarding David’s love life. We also spoke about the recent ship wreck with former cruise director Robert Landau. Go to his site at www.RobertLandauMotivation.com !