Each episode of Music Raygun explores a different musical artist, topic or concept. Hosts Paul Ciampanelli and Kirk Pynchon watch and discuss related music videos, TV clips, commercials, interviews and other pop-culture ephemera on YouTube.
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Miniepisode: Spotify Crazy
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In this episode, Kirk reviews a concert at the Hollywood Bowl, Paul challenges Kirk to another round of Popularity Contest, and Paul attempts candy from the music trivia quiz.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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162: Massachusetts
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul visit the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts to talk about mostly Boston bands but one or two others from elsewhere in the Bay State.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: First-Name Bassist
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In this episode, Kirk presents the second part of his two-part book report on the new Journey bio. Then Paul challenges Kirk to a new game. Then it's the music trivia quiz.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul flash back to — big surprise! — the late '80s and early '90s to trace, in brief, the history of house from Chicago clubs to London clubs to New York City clubs to the top of the charts.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: Literally Corporate Rock
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about Nolan Thomas and Journey, Kirk plays the Popularity Content game, and blah blah music trivia quiz.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul watch a truly wild assortment of uncategorizable videos. It's another grab bag episode of "Music Raygun"!Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: The 10 Musical Pauls
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In this miniepisode, Paul pays tribute to his 10 musical namesakes, Kirk plays a new game called Popularity Contest, and they both do a music trivia quiz.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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159: Music Videos 1984
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul explore 10 music videos from the year 1984, "one of the top years in pop music" according to "many" according to Kirk.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: Harriet Wheeler's Ramekin of Ranch
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul play the laser round, and Kirk tries for candy in the music trivia quiz.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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158: MTV's 1st 10 Music Videos
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul watch and comment about MTV's historic first 45 broadcasting minutes on Aug. 1, 1981, including VJ segments and commercials.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: The Wives of Richard Marx
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In this episode: the surprisingly boring origin of one of the worst band names of all time; the surprising identity of Richard Marx's second wife; the surprising music course Kirk's son is taking at college; and the surprising Canadian songwriter Kirk thought directed the New York Philharmonic.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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157: Pro Set Superstars MusiCards
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul find out about the random bands they never heard of from the Trading Card Corner segments of the miniepisodes over the years.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: Don't Sing the Song You Don't Even Know
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul visit Trading Card Corner. Then they quiz each other about music trivia.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul wrap of the show's 12th season with another video for each of the previous 12 episodes' topics. It's another B-sides episode!Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: Big Ups to Garth Hudson
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In this episode, Kirk offers new seltzer flavors to Paul. Then there's a music trivia quiz.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In dieser Folge von "Musik Strahlenpistole,“ sprechen Kirk und Paul über Musiker und Bands aus dem großartigen Land Deutschland (hauptsächlich aus den 1980er Jahren).Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: Jammin' With Dimebag
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In this miniepisode, Kirk and Paul discuss Fred Armisen's "old punks" segment on "John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA." Then there's an "in memoriam" segment for the first time ever on the show. And then of course the music trivia quiz.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about the history and music of Beastie Boys.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: BBD or TLC?
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about their love for TLC.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about the work of music video director Mark Romanek.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: Money Going Up
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In this episode, Dave Holmes' new podcast "Who Killed the Video Star?" has Kirk and Paul taking off on MTV nostalgia. There's also a music trivia quiz.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Break out your pentagrams and turn your crucifixes upside-down, because in this episode of "Music Raygun," Kirk and Paul are worshiping the prince of demons, Beelzebub, aka Satan!Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: Sitting on Concrete at My Age
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In this episode, "Music Raygun" goes international.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul review the music video oeuvre of filmmaker Michael Bay. Spoiler alert: His music videos suck as much as his movies. April Fools? Afraid not. Fuck you, Michael Bay, you piece of shit.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: Return of the Waterboiz
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In this episode, the Waterboiz are back to say new seltzer ideas, Kirk and Paul play dual laser rounds, the music trivia quiz resets, and a soft rock legends dies during the recording.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul celebrate 150 episodes of "Music Raygun" with the show's 15th grab bag.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: I Would Love a Complete Change
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In this episode, Paul solves a decade-old musical mystery, and there's a music trivia quiz.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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149: Paisley Park and the Paisley Underground
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul celebrate the seventh anniversary of "Music Raygun" with another Prince-adjacent topic, or dual topic in this case: Prince's Paisley Park label and the early-'80s Los Angeles-based Paisley Underground indie-rock scene. And yes, the two topics are related.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: Michael Jackson's Thirst for Vengeance
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk some more about "The Greatest Night in Pop" as well as the "Thriller 40" documentary.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul watch music videos the include various forms of animation, including traditional animation, computer animation, laser animation and more.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode: a documentary recommendation, a laser round and a music trivia quiz. It's fun!Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk musical acts that consist of two people.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: A Sweet Little Rock-and-Roll Machine
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul discuss the music videos from MTV's first hours of broadcasting in 1981 and the truly interesting thing about hair metal also-rans Steelheart. Then it's time for the music trivia quiz.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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146: MTV News Year in Rock '94
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul watch the MTV News Year in Rock '94 special and reminisce about things that happened in the world, on MTV and in their own lives 30 years ago.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: 9 Years of Hard Knocks
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In this episode, the "Purple Rain" musical, Trading Card Corner and the music trivia quiz.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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145: The Bo Diddley Beat
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul listen to 50 years of hit songs featuring the inescapable — no that you'd want to escape it — Bo Diddley beat.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: Taylor Swift Guava São Paulo
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about ODB recording his feature on the "Fantasy" remix, then Paul plays the laser round and Kirk seeks to keep his streak going in the music trivia quiz.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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144: Native Tongues
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul look at the late '80s, early '90s Afrocentric and jazz-influenced hip-hop collective known as the Native Tongues, including music from De La Soul, Jungle Brothers and A Tribe Called Quest.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: Did You Get Wrapped?
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul review their Spotify Wrapped lists to discuss their top five most played artists and songs of 2023.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this season finale episode, Kirk and Paul revisit the episode topics from throughout season 11 for one more bite at the apple.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: Miles of Smiles
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In this episode, Kirk feels melancholy, "Where Dey From?" returns, and Paul tries to win candy.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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142: Music of 1977
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul time-travel 46 years into the past to explore some of the great music of the year 1977, one of the greatest years in music yet one that offers a few underappreciated gemsDoor Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: Best New Artist Is Always Jive
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk Prince, Milli Vanilli, and more.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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141: Bad Songs With Great Videos
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In this episode, Kirk watch a few really good music videos for truly atrocious songs. But wait: Isn't this an audio-only podcast? Yep!Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: The Most Perfect Song
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In this episode, boomers chime in, Kirk has something up his craw, and there's a Halloween music trivia quiz.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul reach back into the ol' grab bag for 10 great video clips with no unifying theme.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk more about the origins of emo, Kirk plays the laser round, and the music trivia quiz goes back to basics.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul revisit a topic from a past episode to talk again about piano in rock, jazz, classical and more.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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Miniepisode: Get Off My Lawn
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In this episode:Kirk is wrong.Is Green Day emo?David Fincher's "Express Yourself" inspo.The music trivia quiz.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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138: David Fincher
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In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about 10 of director David Fincher's 55 career music videos.Door Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
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