Episode 226 - SLC Punk!

Hey, it’s another show about another movie about more disaffected youth… only this time it’s Punk! SLC Punk, to be specific. This late 90’s indie cult movie chronicles what appears to be the only two punk rockers living in heavily religious Salt Lake City, Utah, circa 1985. While the semi-autobiographical film is light on story, it more than makes up for it with a boisterous aesthetic that DGAF… Which is kind of punk? Forget that it hews too closely to similar, more culturally significant films like Trainspotting and Quadrophenia about angry youth subcultures that feel trapped in existential crisis. But the lead performance by Matthew Lillard is very solid, and the soundtrack is a great Punk Rock 101 introduction. But does it hold up all these years later? | 0:00 - Intros | 3:30 - Coca Cola Starlight and other sodas | 7:06 - Russian Doll | 10:15 - Ozark | 17:34 - The Adam Project | 18:50 - Bullsh*t | 20:25 - The Pentaverate | 22:22 - The Kids in the Hall | 30:20 - SLC Punk!