Episode 16 - Josh Groban and a Bunch of Movies

Welcome back to our sixteenth episode! We do apologize for taking a one month leave of absence, but we are finally back. In this recording, you will be joined by Phil, Colleen, and Rob as they share the movies they've watched within the month that we've been away. Before they discuss about movies though, Colleen and Phil be sharing their experience attending Josh Groban's concert at the Wells Fargo Theater. Later on, Rob will talk about his thoughts on the first season of Fallen Skies as well. Please join us as we have a full episode for you this week.

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1. Concert
- Josh Groban's tour at Wells Fargo Theater
- Phil and Colleen's experience

2. Fallen Skies
- How was the first season?

3. Movie Catch Up
- Thoughts on Dirty Dancing and Footloose remakes
- New movies our contributors had watched (Stupid Crazy Love, Planet of the Apes, and Change Up)

4. New Movie Releases
- Conan the Barbarian
- One Day
- Spy Kids
- Fright Night



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On the Rocks: Ep 7 - More Woody Allen & Movie Teasers

Welcome to the seventh episode of On the Rocks! In this installment, our contributors talk about the most random things. They start it off with talking about horror movies that actually scares them and then move on to the Dark Knight Rises teaser. Since we were on the subject of movie teasers, the Amazing Spider-Man was also brought up. Man... How can a film go wrong with Emma Stone in it? Anyway, if we've seen the Dark Knight teaser, that basically means we have also watched the final Harry Potter film. Each contributor shares their opinion about it. Was it good or was it a miss? Most importantly, who cried? With Harry Potter's final movie out and the Twilight series ending soon, which book series will be the next big thing? Of course, we also pick up from our original recording to continue discussing about Woody Allen films. What is his style and how many awards are under his belt?

Of course, our contributors discuss about more random things as well, so please check out what they have to say!



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Episode 15 - U2's 360 Tour & Woody Allen

Welcome back to the Natural Blog of X's 15th podcast episode! In this installment, Rob speaks about the two country concerts he attended while Colleen shares her experience at U2's 360 tour. There have been plenty of television news between Two & a Half Men killing of Charlie Sheen's character, How I Met Your Mother extends the series, and Breaking Bad returns to AMC. Phil will be leading off the movie topic. It was announced that Woody Allen's newest film, Midnight In Paris, has become his highest grossing film. We will be discussing our favorite projects from him and also discuss about the new movies that released during the weekend.

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1. Concerts
- Keith Urban
- Brad Paisley
- U2

2. TV News
- Breaking Bad returns
- Two & a Half Men kills of Sheen's character
- How I Met Your Mother extends for two more seasons

3. Woody Allen
- Midnight in Paris became his highest grossing film
- Each contributor's favorite Woody Allen Film

4. New Movie Releases
- Captain America: the First Avenger
- Friends with Benefits



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On the Rocks: Ep 6 - Final Destination Marathon & Making Skippies

Welcome back to the Natural Blog of X's uncensored segment, On the Rocks! Please join us as we share our recent marathon for the Final Destination franchise. Besides for that, we will also be talking about the big change that was announced for the Glee cast and our comparison to other shows like Friday Night Lights and Degrassi. Join us as we discuss about other things as well.

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On the Rocks
- Final Destination Marathon
- How to make Skippies
- Glee cast graduating
- In comparison to other shows like Friday Night Lights
- Can Glee survive without Leah Michelle's voice?
- Heroes vs Lost
- Harry Potter trio
- Predictions on their future movie career
- Best Picture nomination for Deathly Hallows?
- Jeter's 3K Hit



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Episode 14 - Google+ & Harry Potter Craziness

Welcome to the 14th episode of the Natural Blog of X's podcast recording! If you don't live under a rock, you might know that the new and final installment of the Harry Potter film had made its wide release this weekend. Colleen will be leading off the long discussion about this beloved franchise that grew up with us from the beginning. Please join us as we reveal our thoughts about the whole series as a book and movie. If you enjoy this episode and want to know more about our blog, please visit our wordpress page.

1. Google+
- Our thoughts and experience so far
- Comparison against other social networks

2. Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Season premiere

3. Our long time friend, Harry Potter
- Our likes and dislikes of the series
- What we took from it
- Why we love this franchise

4. New Movie Releases
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 2
- Winnie the Pooh



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On the Rocks: Ep 5 - Who is the next Tom Hanks?

Welcome to our only unedited and uncensored segment for the Natural Blog of X. Today, our contributors mainly stayed on the movie topic. With how Larry Crowne failed miserably in the box office and with critics, some people might have harsh criticisms about Tom Hanks' current acting career. No matter what though, he will always be loved by the contributors of the Natural Blog of X, but the main questions is: Can there be a new Tom Hanks? If so, who will it be? As we discuss about this, we couldn't help but notice the actresses were being left out during this conversation as well. Does Hollywood or writers actually treat actresses fairly? Seriously, how many films have you seen that actually revolves around a female role instead of the male?



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Episode 13 - Late Night Battle & Movie Pass Fails

Welcome back everyone! Thank you for joining Phil, Dan, and Rob as we have much to say in our 13th episode of the Natural Blog of X podcast. If you usually watch the Grammys award show, I'm sure you have always noticed the huge number of categories they have. Recently, 30 categories from the Grammys had been cut out. Phil will be leading this topic as we express our opinions on this action. Afterwards, Rob will be leading the discussion on the ratings battle between Late Night with Jay Leno and Jon Stewart's the Daily Show. The two shows mainly aim for the same age demographics and Leno had always gotten the most ratings compared to any other late night talk shows. However, the Daily Show had recently dethroned Leno's show. Does this mean Stewart is the new king of late night talk shows? Listen on as we reveal what our thoughts are and what other late night talk shows we watch mostly. At the end, Dan leads the discussion on the failure of the Movie Pass and this weekend's new movie releases, Zookeeper and Horrible Bosses. Not too long ago, something called the movie pass was introduced to the public, but it was never fully launched. A beta version was being held, but it was short lived due to the big name theaters such as AMC and Landmark could not agree on this.

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1. Grammy Category Cuts
- 30 categories cut or merged
- Which categories?

2. Battle of Late Night
- Is Jon Stewart the new king of late night?

3. Movie Pass Test Run
- Was it a good idea?
- How did it fail?

4. New Movie Releases
- Zookeeper
- Horrible Bosses



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On the Rocks: Ep 4 - Challenge Announcement & Morgan Freeman Marathon

Welcome to our fourth installment of On the Rocks! There are many things that we speak about this week, which includes our Morgan Freeman marathon, the announcement for our next challenge, choosing fictional characters for president, New York passing the law to allow gay marriage, and many more. Please join us for this crazy and uncensored segment.



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Episode 12 - Big Win for Gamers & James Spader in 'the Office'

Welcome to the 12th episode of our podcast! In this episode, you will be joined by Dan, Phil, Rob, and Colleen. This week, we replaced our music discussion with a video game topic instead. In 2005, Governor Schwarzenegger attempted to pass a law for California to prevent minors from buying violent video games. However, this law was blocked by the lower courts before it was ever legalized. Phil will be leading this discussion later. It was announced that James Spader will be joining the cast of 'the Office', but he will not be replacing Michael Scott's position at Dunder and Mifflin. Rob will be leading this discussion and reveal who Spader's character will replace instead. If you actually went to watch Cars 2 recently, you might have also caught the teaser for Pixar's next project, Brave. Dan will be leading this topic along with this weekend's new movie releases. If you enjoy this, please feel free to also visit us on wordpress.

1. Supreme Court Ruling on Video Game Law
- Governator tried to pass the law in 2005
- Supreme Court's decision in 2011
- What kind of effect it could have done to the movie and music industry?

2. 'Office' Character Replacement
- James Spader will become a new cast member but not for Carell's character

3. Pixar's 'Brave' Teaser
- Our thoughts

4. New Movie Releases
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- Larry Crowne
- Monte Carlo



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On the Rocks: Ep 3 - Morgan Freeman & Ryan Dunn

Welcome back to the third installment of our special segment, On the Rocks. Let me remind you, this is an uncensored and unedited segment of the Natural Blog of X. For On the Rocks, we discuss interesting and hot topics that cannot be fit into the Natural Blog of X podcast. This week, two major things had taken place. Below is the outline for our discussion

1. Morgan Freeman
- AFI presented him the Life Achievement Award
- Betty White performed
- Our favorite Morgan Freeman movie

2. Ryan Dunn's Accident
- Drinking and driving is nothing to look up to
- Roger Ebert's tweet



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Episode 11 - Governor's Ball & The Killing/Game of Thrones Finale

Welcome and thank you everyone for joining us on our eleventh episode of the Natural Blog of X podcast. Before breaking down our discussion topics for this week, please join me to welcome Michael Sheehan from On the Movie Front! For this episode, the speakers are going to be Philip, Rob, Colleen, and Dan. Below is the complete outline of the topics that we will be discussing about and please also visit our original blog on wordpress.

1. Governor's Ball (led by Colleen)
- Rob and Colleen attended this last weekend
- Which performance they liked best

2. Season Finale for the Killing and Game of Thrones
- Our reactions

3. Academy Awards Changing Best Picture Rules Again

4. New Movie Releases
- Cars 2
- Bad Teacher
- A Better Life



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Episode 10 - NKOTBSB Concert & Tracy Morgan's Anti-Gay Joke

Welcome to the Natural Blog of X's 10th podcast episode! Like last week, only Phil, Rob, and Colleen will your host today. Unfortunately, we recorded late this week, so there will be no On the Rocks segment, but we still have a good episode for you this week. Rob and Colleen attended separate concerts last week that had double-headers, and they will share their experiences. Other topics we will cover are the drama with Tracy Morgan's drama with GLAAD, the future for 3D movies, and this weekend's new movie releases. Please feel free to also visit our blog at wordpress.

Below is the outline...

1. Double-Header Concerts
- The Get Up Kids/Saves the Day (led by Rob)
- New Kids On The Block/Backstreet Boys (led by Colleen)

2. Tracy Morgan's Anti-Gay Joke Drama
- Did Tracy go too far?
- Almost backed up by Chris Rock
- Still has a job with '30 Rock'
- Apologized

3. Future for 3D Movies
- 'Wow' factor is gone after Avatar
- Scorsese, Spielberg, and Bay trying to save the industry

4. New Movie Releases
- Green Lantern
- Mr. Popper's Penguin



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On the Rocks: Ep 2 - Gwen Stefani/No Doubt & WiiU

Welcome back to our unedited and uncensored segment of Natural Blog of X! In this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly, there will be an interview with Gwen Stefani on her solo career and if there is still a future with No Doubt. We will be sharing our thoughts on both topics and comparing other artists that made the same attempt as Gwen Stefani. Being a game nerd that Phil is, he had followed the full coverage of E3 on G4TV but didn't have enough time on the segment to share all his thoughts. The group did discuss about Nintendo's new console though, WiiU. Below is the full outline for this segment. Of course, don't forget to visit our wordpress account.

1. Gwen Stefani and No Doubt
- Why No Doubt is awesome
- Our thoughts on Gwen's solo career
- Other artists who made the same attempt (ex. Fergie, Justin Timberlake, Michael Jackson, etc)

2. WiiU
- New innovation

Others...
- What came first? Ice Breaker mints or gum
- Our next live blog event announced




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Episode 9 - 'Once' Going Off-Broadway & British Bans Human Centipede II

Welcome back to the Natural Blog of X podcast! You are joined by Colleen, Rob, and Phil in the 9th episode. Although there aren't as many topics as last episode, we will still be carrying out interesting discussions about events that occurred in the past week. Below is the outline for this week's podcast episode. Also, please don't forget to check out our original blog on wordpress.

1. 'Once' Live on Off-Broadway (led by Colleen)
- Will we be attending?

2. Reese Witherspoon Receives Generation Award (led by Phil)
- Robert Pattinson is way too awkward
- Reese's controversial speech

3. Human Centipede II Banned (led by Rob)
- Claimed to be too obscene

4. New Movie Releases
- Super 8
- Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer



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On the Rocks: Ep 1 - Muppets Trailer & Video Game History Month

Welcome to On the Rocks' first official recording! If you listened to our seventh podcast episode on Natural Blog of X, you might have also got a taste of a special debut of On the Rocks segment. If you followed that episode all the way to the end, you might have noticed the episode was cut off in mid-sentence. In order to avoid that from happening again, we had decided to make On the Rocks into a completely different recording session every week. Like how we explained last week, this segment is unlike anything else on the Natural Blog of X. The topics we discuss about usually don't fit too well into the Natural Blog of X and everything is raw and uncensored. Please enjoy our free discussion about the following while we drink up...

1. Movie Trailers/Teasers
- The Muppets written by and starring Jason Segel
- Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (U.S. version)

2. Video Game History Month
- A month late
- Contributors' thoughts and experience of old games

Others...
- Carson Daly still has a show?
- What's going on with Stephenie Meyer or J.K. Rowling?
- Preparation for final Harry Potter film
- Memories of Saturday Night Live



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Episode 8 - Brad Paisley's New Album & Community/Couger Town Crossover

Welcome to our eighth episode! In this episode, we have a full house of contributors completely ready for discussions on our topics of music, television shows, and movie releases! Below is the complete outline for this episode. Also, we hope you enjoyed our On the Rocks segment last week because we are officially adding this new segment onto our blog. However, On the Rocks will be on a completely different post and recording session. If you are interested, please feel free to check out our On the Rocks segment right above this post or on our wordpress account.

1. MET Museum's Event (led by Colleen)
- Glen Hansard's live performance
- Guitar Heroes Exhibition (Not Video Game!)

2. Brad Paisley (led by Rob)
- This Is Country Music (New Album)
- Clint Eastwood featured song

3. The Hobbit (led by Colleen)
- Release dates announced
- Reprising roles

4. Community/Cougar Town Crossover (led by Dan)
- Rare event with rival studios

5. New Movie Release (led by Chris)
- X-Men: The First Class



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Episode 7 - L.A. Noire and New "On The Rocks" Segment

Welcome to our seventh episode! This week, you will be joined by Phil, Chris, and Rob, and do we have a special treat for you listeners this week! Before we explain what is special about this week's episode, allow us to summarize our usual topics.

As a loyal gamer, Phil had recently purchased a copy of L.A. Noire and explained why this has the potential to be game of the year already. Rob will be sharing his experience at the Sleigh Bells show he attended two weeks ago and lead the discussion on the Office finale and Conan O'Brien's documentary, "Can't Stop". As some of you might know, Hangover 2 and Kung Fu Panda 2 came out this Friday as well, so Chris will be leading that discussion on these two sequels and whether Hangover 2 can do better in the box office compared to its predecessor.

After the first hour of this episode, we added a new segment called On the Rocks. This segment somehow extended the seventh episode for an extra hour. The main purpose of "On the Rocks" is to have undisclosed discussions about topics that do not fit into our usual discussion and are all uncensored. Please enjoy the extra hour as we freely talk about the recent, and unfortunate, death of Macho Man. Chris led the discussion by sharing the way Randy Savage had changed the face of wrestling and how he essentially paved the road to success for guys like Shawn Michaels and Jeff Hardy. We also spoke about Oprah's final show this past week and many other topics, including all of our contributor's 30 Day Song Challenge picks.

Below is the basic outline of episode 7. If you would like to read more though, please visit us on our wordpress account by clicking here.

1. Sleigh Bells
- Rob's experience watching them @ Webster Hall

2. L.A. Noire
- Philip's thoughts on the game so far
- Not a review

3. Television (Led by Rob)
- The Office finale
a. Can they last one more season?
- Conan O'Brien's "Can't Stop"
a. Documentary after leaving NBC

4. New Movie Releases (led by Chris)
- Hangover, part 2
a. Can it be funnier, or funny enough, to be compared to the first installment?
- Kung Fu Panda 2

5. On the Rocks
- "Macho Man" Randy Savage
a. Our favorite matches
b. His important role in the wrestling world
- Oprah's Final Show
- First Beer Memories
- 30 Day Song Challenge



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Episode 6 - Fall Television Line-Ups and George Washington's Beer Recipe

Welcome to our new podcast episode! In this new installment, we left out the music topic and replaced with a beer tasting event Philip attended this past Wednesday night. In the spirit of celebrating the centennial of New York Public Library's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, many special events have been taking place. One of them is the resurrection of the beer recipe that was created by our founding father, George Washington. Philip will be sharing his experience at Rattle N Hum's beer tasting event for this special beer. Also, we will be discussing about the announced television line-up for fall and this weekend's new release, Pirates of the Caribbean 4.

The following are the discussions for episode 6 of our podcast...

1. George Washington's Beer Recipe
- Rattle N Hum served it one night only
- Phil had attended the event and shares his experience

2. Announced Television Line-Up
- Discussion led by Dan

3. New Movie Release
- Pirates of the Caribbean



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Episode 5 - Julie Andrews Book Signing & Renting Movies on YouTube

In this new episode of our podcast, two of our contributors had attended two separate live events, The Naked and the Famous performance & Julie Andrews' book signing. While Rob and Colleen share with us their experience and adventure, we also discuss about Paula Abdul's predictable move by joining the X Factor, YouTube competing against companies like Netflix, and many other things. Please enjoy!

1. The Naked and Famous performance
- Rob's experience

2. Julie Andrews' Book Signing
- Colleen's adventure & reaction

3. TV
- Paula Abdul joins the X Factor

4. Movies
- Warner Bros acquired Flixter, which means owning Rotten Tomatoes as well
- YouTube renting out movies

5. New Movie Releases
- Bridesmaid
- The Priest



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Episode 4 (Extended)

For our first extended episode ever, we will be sharing our thoughts on the first month of the MLB season. Is it even possible for us to predict who will already be making it all the way to the World Series?



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Episode 4

Welcome back as we post the fourth episode of the Natural Blog of X podcast. In this episode, Chris joins us as all four of the contributors are in the house as well. As usual, many topics were discussed, including one to help celebrate the joyous occasion of the Royal Wedding by sharing our favorite media couples. Also, our team had slightly changed the format of our podcast where each contributor will take on the role to lead a discussion. We had so many base to cover that there is an extended episode for this podcast on our thoughts about the first month of the MLB season. Below is the list of our discussions...

1. Introduction
- Format Change

2. Bamboozle 2011
- Rob's Experience
- Super Mash Bros/Girl Talk comparison

3. Verdict for TV Shows
- Our thoughts on shows that were renewed and cancelled
- Our predictions on shows that have not been determined yet

4. Favorite Media Couple
- Each contributor's favorite couples from either movies, tv shows, books, video games, or real life

5. Movie News & New Releases
- Arnold returning as Terminator
- Thor (new release)
- Something Borrowed (new release)



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Episode 3

On the third episode of Natural Blog of X podcast, our fourth contributor, Colleen, finally made an appearance since the launch of this project. She will be sharing her experience on attending Tina Fey's book signing for Bossy Pants at New York City. Also, this coming weekend is the yearly music event, Bamboozle, which our own Rob and Colleen will be attending for the Saturday showing. We will share about our experiences from the past Bamboozle shows. Of course, there will be other interesting topics that we'll cover as well. Below is the list of our discussions...

1. Welcoming Colleen!

2. Bossy Pants
- Colleen's experience at the book signing
- Her thoughts on Tina Fey's book so far

3. The Voice
- Does American Idol have a competition?
- Will we watch?

4. Bamboozle
- What bands will Rob and Colleen be looking forward to watch?
- We share our favorite moments from past Bamboozle experiences

5. New Movie Releases
- Fast Five
a. Is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson a good enough reason to watch it?
- Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil
a. What was the first one about again?
- Prom
a. Disney and Aimee Teegarden... Maybe worth a shot?

6. NFL
- Update on the lockout
- Draft

7. Future posts and projects to look forward on blogofx.wordpress.com



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Episode 2

Welcome back as we air episode 2 of the Natural Blog of X podcast with a guest and old contributor, Chris. A few topics that we will be discussing about consists of HBO's new show: Game of Thrones, DirecTV's video on-demand announcement from CinemaCon, and an overview of this season's NBA playoffs.

1. Game of Thrones
- Synopsis of pilot episode
- Our thoughts on the show and how it will do

2. Coachella
- Our thoughts and free YouTube streaming

3. DirecTV's video on-demand
- How will this effect theater owners

4. New Movie Release
- Water for Elephants

5. NBA Playoff
- Our thoughts and predictions



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Episode 1

Welcome and thank you for listening to Natural Blog of X's very first podcast recording!
Below are the topics we discussed about...

1.  Introduction

2.  Can a television show survive without the leading actor?
  -  Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men
  -  Steve Carell on The Office

3.  New Movie Discussion
  -  Scream 4

4.  Rihanna ft. Britney Spears - S&M Remix

5.  Sports
  -  NBA MVP
    -  Stat heads vs non-Stat heads
  -  NHL playoff matchups




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