La Plancha

formerly ’The Panini Press’. now the internet's pre-eminent ethel cain/bruce springsteen/bong joon-ho podcast.

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Episodes

Virgin (#20)

Tuesday Jul 29, 2025

Tuesday Jul 29, 2025

yah yah yah lorde lorde lorde
00:00:00 - andrew tries to name a woman
00:02:45 - trevor discovers the chill pill
00:05:42 - the gang reminisces on the old show
00:07:40 - a lorde history lesson
00:17:17 - Virgin
00:25:18 - one of us one of us one of us
00:31:05 - when playing the hits stops paying off
00:37:21 - no sex for lorde (the part with the steve harvey bit)
00:45:39 - “What Was That?” - Wendy Williams
00:54:36 - the world’s first 3-sided album
00:56:00 - the final four
01:14:46 - Favourite Daughter
01:25:24 - Clearblue
01:27:49 - Current Affairs
01:34:17 - Shapeshifter
01:35:41 - gen z goes boomer
01:41:10 - the reason allison chose this album: sometimes a bitch needs to yap
01:44:53 - ratings
01:48:28 - trevor’s pick for next time (Michael Mann’s “Heat”)

Wednesday Jul 16, 2025

chris christie if you're listening to this kill yrself
the little girl counter still stands at 2
00:00:00 - putting the club in bookclub
00:04:00 - spike lé
00:07:41 - how to dodge the draft with bruce springsteen
00:11:22 - the story so far
00:19:45 - Born to Run
00:26:43 - the ultimate tortured soul album
00:33:29 - lyrical miracle
00:44:03 - a town full of losers
00:55:36 - all the little pretties raised their hands
01:04:11 - off you scream into the night
01:14:12 - you could hear the whole damn city crying
01:34:04 - i’ll love you with all of the madness in my soul
01:52:11 - she knows that it kills me
02:00:56 - word’s been passed this is our last chance
02:09:24 - soul engines runnin’ through a night so tender
02:24:05 - knowing when it’s done
02:26:12 - ratings
02:34:16 - what happened next: industry plant accusations, mental breakdowns, and lawsuits

In the Mood for Love (#18)

Sunday Jul 06, 2025

Sunday Jul 06, 2025

say you can't sleep, baby, i know. that's maggie espresso
00:00:00 - andrew’s fbi guardian angel
00:03:55 - e-girls n’ roses
00:07:59 - gene simmons is an idiot and all of his fans are jaded losers
00:15:06 - In the Mood for Love
00:22:53 - the belle of the cinema ball
00:26:13 - never gonna fall for modern love
00:35:28 - when movies had color
00:43:07 - human like you
00:51:48 - the love we think we deserve
00:56:50 - the ending we think we want
01:08:00 - the slipper conundrum
01:09:09 - maggie cheung, gone but not forgotten…and also not dead
01:18:24 - the reason andrew chose this movie: it’s been a long, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time
01:25:06 - ratings
01:29:06 - allison’s pick for next time (Lorde - Virgin)

Tuesday Jul 01, 2025

just put the fries in the bag bro: the concert: the movie
00:00:00 - stunning
00:02:50 - andrew hallucinates a somehow even weirder version of the movie
00:05:17 - The Song Remains the Same
00:11:13 - gettin the led out
00:15:03 - Dazed and Confused
00:23:10 - warts and all
00:27:20 - backstage freestyle
00:29:45 - mr. page’s daycare center
00:35:11 - robert plant’s cock (The Rain Dong)
00:39:01 - faces in the ocean
00:49:34 - No Quarter
00:51:43 - Stairway to Heaven
01:03:20 - the fantasy sequences or: rock n’ roll peaks
01:12:33 - ranking the fantasies
01:28:08 - blackpilled robert plant
01:32:31 - jimmy “matthew mcconaughey” page
01:35:25 - the reason trevor chose this movie: the novelty and an unattainable past
01:41:45 - ratings
01:43:29 - andrew’s pick for next time (Wong Kar-Wai’s “In the Mood for Love”)
01:46:43 - we should catch up soon!

The Hunger Games (#16)

Tuesday Jun 24, 2025

Tuesday Jun 24, 2025

the book not the movie you fuckin district 12 pleb
00:00:00 - andrew gets a gig writing for stephen a.
00:07:39 - a suzanne collins history lesson
00:15:28 - The Hunger Games
00:20:56 - allison revisits her teenage standom
00:24:40 - the feminist ac/dc fan conundrum
00:30:20 - the hunger games XXX
00:40:56 - gotta go fast
00:55:55 - here’s to you mrs. everdeen
01:17:01 - institutionalized, i could still kill me a tribute
01:23:41 - the prize is i won’t stab you
01:29:16 - redneck hunger games
01:35:05 - "did you hear the japanese call?"
01:37:29 - the reason allison chose this book: modern cruelty
01:43:34 - ratings
01:50:54 - trevor’s pick for next time (Peter Clifton & Joe Massot’s “The Song Remains the Same”)

Sunday Jun 15, 2025

listen to my podcast tonite and i promise i'll love you forever
the little girl counter currently stands at 2
00:00:00 - andrew pokes the k-pop bear
00:04:14 - trevor pokes the arianators bear
00:07:05 - sonic as a sleep paralysis demon
00:09:56 - trevor hijacks the conversation to talk about the lions
00:12:29 - a long time coming
00:15:12 - a Bruce Springsteen history lesson
00:21:19 - The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
00:31:33 - the goat conversation
00:38:10 - The E Street Shuffle
00:45:55 - 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
01:02:00 - Kitty’s Back
01:06:39 - Wild Billy’s Circus Story
01:12:50 - Incident on 57th Street
01:21:32 - Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
01:31:14 - New York City Serenade
01:41:35 - ratings (andrew pokes the mars volta bear)

Sunday Jun 01, 2025

*stares into yr eyes for all 76 minutes and 34 seconds of this episode*
00:00:00 - devil went down to jersey
00:04:07 - Memories of Murder
00:09:17 - the 3 stooges but they’re korean cops
00:19:18 - our best friend song kang-ho
00:25:03 - when violence isn’t enough
00:31:56 - an ordinary killer
00:39:08 - the eeriness of peace and quiet
00:45:32 - jumpscares are cool now
00:57:01 - remember to breathe
01:02:20 - a shark in denim
01:05:00 - the american remake
01:10:23 - ratings

Demon Days (#13)

Saturday May 24, 2025

Saturday May 24, 2025

ooooooh flimsy steve, where did you go, what have you seen
00:00:00 - the time i had dinner with lou reed
00:03:55 - the andrew help hour
00:06:54 - a gorillaz history lesson
00:13:43 - Demon Days
00:19:27 - the right album at the right time
00:27:45 - Dirty Harry
00:33:02 - gorillaz on a balancing beam
00:37:37 - taylor swift, goddess of bridges
00:48:19 - Every Planet We Reach Is Dead
00:50:59 - this could be the start of something new
01:00:48 - Don’t Get Lost In Heaven / Demon Days
01:06:22 - flimsy steve’s flimsy politics
01:14:36 - All Alone
01:15:41 - White Light
01:18:08 - Dare
01:21:26 - Fire Coming Out of the Monkeys Head
01:25:14 - El Mañana
01:28:44 - the reason andrew chose this album: the opening of the musical eyes
01:32:45 - ratings
01:39:21 - allison’s pick for next time (The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins)

Live Through This (#12)

Wednesday May 14, 2025

Wednesday May 14, 2025

we call to order the first meeting of this male feminist's support group (no girls allowed)
00:00:00 - daaaaa pope
00:02:51 - the british must be stopped
00:05:56 - wallace & gromit & ralph
00:08:16 - sinners
00:09:16 - a Hole/Courtney Love history lesson
00:16:07 - Live Through This
00:18:30 - artist as subject
00:28:27 - more hooks than a bait shop
00:33:53 - the new girls
00:37:20 - Plump
00:39:55 - riot grrrl
00:54:51 - Rock Star
01:05:52 - Miss World
01:07:47 - where are youuuuuuuu?
01:10:30 - Asking For It
01:20:41 - Jennifer’s Body
01:22:56 - Doll Parts
01:30:08 - could you milk me?
01:33:17 - She Walks On Me
01:37:40 - the reason trevor chose this album: an overdue fascination
01:39:19 - ratings
01:42:42 - andrew’s pick for next episode (Gorillaz - Demon Days)

Tuesday May 06, 2025

y'all mind if a white boy speak a lil KO-REAN?!?!?
 
00:00:00 - fascism comes to our old neighborhood
00:05:28 - trevor predicts the 2028 election
00:11:45 - trump’s je ne sais quoi
00:15:50 - the beginning of bong
00:22:46 - Barking Dogs Never Bite
00:28:54 - laughing through it
00:39:56 - signature bong rips
00:49:18 - homeless, asian michael myers
00:54:34 - actors acting actorly
00:58:24 - conspiracy vs. stupidity
01:01:13 - capitalist malaise
01:07:53 - my bitch wife*
01:13:19 - my sympathetic wife*
01:14:44 - a true first film
01:21:54 - ratings

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