198.4 KFLX Fiction Radio

It's a New Years movie!
"Get Crazy" is a wild and spoofy film that we had never heard of, but it's the perfect way to end the year. This is awesome 80s goodness featuring a young Daniel Stern as he tries to put together a concert to save the Saturn Theatre. It features acts such as Reggie Wanker – a smug British solo rocker, Captain Cloud – leader of a hippie collective, King Blues – writer of many famous Blues tunes, Nada – a new wave/glam rock act, and Auden – a singer/songwriter who looks suspiciously like Lou Reed, and we're covering all of their music and more in our final episode of 2025!
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At Christmas, you tell the truth...
And the truth is, we're covering "Love Actually" this week in the first episode of the holiday season. This movie of intertwined character pieces is full of dated takes on dating in the early-2000s UK, but we're going to zero in on one very important cover song that ties all the stories together: Billy Mack’s gloriously cynical Christmas cover of The Troggs’ “Love Is All Around.” We’ll unwrap several other versions of the song as well as take a listen to Bill Nighy’s surprisingly extensive singing résumé!
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What happens when a superfan gets called up to sing for their favorite heavy metal band?
A kinda...kinda weird movie happens. Mark Wahlberg is the titular "Rock Star" in this 2001 film that was largely overshadowed by a national tragedy. We're digging into Marky Mark, as well as a number of real-life voices behind the singing in this movie, which is sort of based on a true story. And yeah, we have another one of those near-misses when trying to suss out the inspiration for one of the tunes. Can you help us?!
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This episode is more fun than an emotionally charged summer road trip with a famous band in the 1970s!
We're doing Cameron Crowe again this week, this time with the 2000 film "Almost Famous" and the band at the heart of it - Stillwater! We'll cover all the nods to other 70s rockers – intended or not – plus get some behind-the-scenes info on how these songs came together with the help of Peter Frampton, and Nancy Wilson from Heart. Also, as with our last Crowe flick, there is a grunge element.
Plus, caller Aviv Rubenstien hits us with an absolute deluge of Almost Famous facts and goodies!
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We'll be back with a new episode next week! In the meantime, please enjoy the time Goofy stopped by for an enlightening studio visit.
He was only tryin' to take his boy fishin’, okay?
Boy oh boy do we have a special episode for ya! From the Powerline hits that never go out of style to a surprising revelation about the Goof Troop theme song, we’re gettin’ Goofy with it this week, a-hyuck!  In a KFLX first, we are joined by our first ever in-studio guest: none other than the star of this film - the Goofster himself! We dive into connections to The Newsies, the insane decision that almost changed Goofy’s voice forever, and more!
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It’s still Halloween in our hearts! Enjoy this classic from last year and we’ll be back soon with new episodes!
This week we explore the depths of hair metal horror with the "Trick or Treat" from 1986. This classic from the Satanic Panic era has everything: A slasher villain with a set of pipes, Gene Simmons putting on his acting boots, and lots of weaponized electricity. We also help Shawn's friend Lard Humungus get to the bottom of his demon problem. And yep, this one has a quiz.
 
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Spooky season continues!
Shawn and Dustin have brewed up the perfect mixtape for your Halloween party! We're running through a monster mash of fictional artists, starting with some greasy, shirtless sax appeal from "The Lost Boys" (1987). Then, we're attending Tracy Jordan's spooky, scary "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah" from "30 Rock." After that, we'll see what happens when indie rockers Low Shoulder from "Jennifer's Body" (2009) make a deal with the devil. We'll then head to the Titty Twister to catch a set from the vampiric house band Tito & Tarantula from "From Dusk til Dawn" (1996). And of course, no Halloween is complete without a spellbinding performance from The Sanderson Sisters in "Hocus Pocus" (1993). So light your jack-o'-lanterns and press play!
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Ya'll wanna resurrect a dead body?
The last time we had Erik in the studio he suggested “Hard Rock Zombies” for a future episode of KFLX. Welcome to the future, baby! This 1985 gem was originally conceived as a short film, but the creators just had too much to say so it became the full-length extravaganza of half-finished plots, stop-motion asides, and surprisingly palatable rock music that we’re discussing today. There’s dodgy dialogue all over this movie, and at least one beyond-questionable love ballad, but also some legitimate rockers from these zombies on a mission of revenge.
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It was a box-office flop that got a second-wind on cable TV because the music is just that good!
1984's "Eddie and the Cruisers" is one of those movies so revered for its fictional music that it's honestly a little crazy that we're just now getting to it. And this is a double-feature, because we're covering "Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!" as well! Packed full of songs that could top the real world charts (including some that actually did!), we had a lot of fun breaking down the tunes from both movies, all provided by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band. Yes, we'll dive into some Springsteen comparisons. How could you not when every sax-filled rock song on these soundtracks is absolutely dripping with New Jersey-ness? But there's more to explore here than just The Boss. Let's get cruisin'!
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Y'all like grunge?
Then have we got THE show for you this week! Let's take a trip back to the dawn of the Seattle sound. Cameron Crowe's "Singles" is absolutely stacked with grunge goodness. Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament & Stone Gossard from Pearl Jam, along with Matt Dillon, make up the fictional band Citizen Dick. Chris Cornell also makes a cameo - and it turns out some of Soundgarden's biggest songs were inspired by a prop on the set of this very movie.
PLUS: Our pal Jacob Givens (from the Waterproof Records Podcast and the internet at-large) joins us for the whole episode!
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