Mai Tai Happy Hour

This week on Mai Tai Happy Hour, the great Sal Lucci joins us to battle over whether The Queers "Love Songs" belongs in the Punk Rock Canon. The post Punk Rock Canon: The Queers, She-Ra, Game of Thrones Woes appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

Big Warning: The second half of this episode is full of spoilers pertaining to Avengers Endgame and the latest episode of Game of Thrones. If you don't want to be spoiled, stop watching after the Dark Side of the Ring segment. The post Bad Religion “Age of Unreason,” Dark Side of the Ring, Avengers spoilers, Game of Thrones appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

This week on Mai Tai Happy Hour, Hambone gives his non-spoiler thoughts of Avengers Endgame. The post Avengers non-spoiler review, Cobra Kai, Santa Clarita Diet RIP, Hot Water Music appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

This week, we fight over whether Damaged by Black Flag is deserving enough to be admitted into the Punk Rock Canon. The post Black Flag’s “Damaged,” Glass and Black Summer reviews, Game of Thrones appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

Ian Gonzales joins us for this week's edition of Mai Tai Happy Hour as we review a ton of new movies, including Shazam!, Pet Semetary and Hellboy. The post Shazam!, Hellboy, Pet Semetary, Disney+, Game of Thrones appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

Join us on this week's Mai Tai Happy Hour as a cast of characters call in to talk about their adventures over Wrestlemania weekend. The post Wrestlemania wrap-up, Sabrina, The Tick appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

This week on Mai Tai Happy Hour, we review the Motley Crue biopic, The Dirt, based on the best rock & roll book ever written. We also got to see Jordan Peele’s new horror masterpiece, Us, and we were shocked to hear that Avail is reuniting for at least one show in Richmond, VA. Also, […] The post The Dirt & Us reviews, Avail reunion announced appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

This week on Mai Tai Happy Hour, we discuss Stadia, Google’s upcoming cloud-based video game system that will compete with Sony and Microsoft. Building on last week’s conversation about the best Marvel movies, we argue over the worst movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Last but not least, we review the latest episode of The […] The post Google Stadia revealed, worst Marvel movies, The Walking Dead gets dark appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

This week on Mai Tai Happy Hour, the Semitic Svengali, Josh Goldfarb joins us as we review Captain Marvel, which I think is one of the best Marvel origin movies to date. We also battle to the death over which one of three legendary Ramones records belongs in the Punk Rock Canon. Finally, we discuss […] The post Captain Marvel review, the best Ramones album, Punk documentary on Epix appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

Tonight on Mai Tai Happy Hour, we eschew our regularly scheduled programming to mourn the loss of the greatest actor in television history, Luke Perry. We also talk about the 25th anniversary of the Van’s Warped Tour, Hambone reviews Dave Makes a Maze and I go deep on The Masked Singer. Oh, and Hambone teaches us […] The post Luke Perry RIP, Dave Made a Maze, Masked Singer, Warped Tour appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

This week on Mai Tai Happy Hour, Hambone reviews Fighting with my Family, the Rock-produced biopic about WWE superstar Paige. The movie is getting tremendous reviews from the general media, but Hambone gives us his perspective as a hardcore wrestling fan. We also eulogize the end of the Marvel Knights cinematic universe, which Netflix announced […] The post Fighting with my Family, Marvel Netflix RIP, Zombie Village, True Detectives appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

This week on Mai Tai Happy Hour, Adam Bird of aBird fame joins us to argue whether or not Operation Ivy’s “Energy” belongs in the Punk Rock Canon. We also fight over the better neo-goth, kinda-superhero, school TV show is. I’m talking about Umbrella Academy vs. Doom Patrol vs. Deadly Class. Finally, we discuss the […] The post Punk Rock Canon: Operation Ivy, Umbrella Academy vs Doom Patrol vs Deadly Class appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

This week on Mai Tai Happy Hour, we review the new time loop series. Russian Doll and fight over whether it’s better or worse than Happy Death Day and Groundhog Day. We also just caught the new trailer for Pet Semetary and ponder whether Stephen King is having a second coming or if this is […] The post Russian Doll, Stephen King, DC on TV, Elimination Chamber predictions appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

This week on Mai Tai Happy Hour, we’re joined by a close friend of the show and drummer of Cyclone Static, Jonathan LeVine, to talk about his band’s new album, From Scratch. This is no-holds barred interview about a punk rocker trying to run a huge art gallery in the heart of New York City. […] The post Cyclone Static and the wild world of Jonathan LeVine appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

On this week’s episode of Mai Tai Happy Hour, Hambone and I ponder the age old questions — does Weezer suck? I mean, their first two albums have aged well and the new Teal Album is a great collection of covers, but are they really any good? Hambone also reviews the new half season of […] The post Weezer: Do they suck?, Kimmy Schmidt, I Am the Night appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

My old partner in crime, Michael Dolan, joins us to give Hambone an influencer makeover and talk about the disaster that was the Fyre Festival. We also review Punisher season 2, the latest season of True Detectives and Star Trek Discovery. Mike also lays the smackdown on all the Fallout 76 haters out there and […] The post Fyre Festival Revisited, Punisher, True Detectives appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

If you had asked me three years ago if I could make 100 episodes of anything I would have laughed. But here we are, episode 100 of Mai Tai Happy Hour and we’ve got a helluva a show in store for you. To celebrate, we’ve got our biggest guest to date, Frank Iero, of My […] The post Frank Iero interview, Refused in the Punk Rock Canon, GG Allin Documentary appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

We’re back with our “what we did over our winter vacation” episode of Mai Tai Happy Hour and we couldn’t be more excited to be back on the air. This week, we review a slew of new movies and TV shows, including DC’s disappointing Aquaman (according to me), Bumblebee, A Series of Unfortunate Events and […] The post Aquaman, Bumblebee, Unfortunate Events, Agnostic Front documentary appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

The lord of holiday darkness, Krampus, returns in search of a new disease to bless upon the masses and Hambone is more than willing to take on the challenge. More importantly, Krampus and Hambone discuss why Simple Plan’s legendary album, “Get Your Heart On,” deserves entry into the Punk Rock Canon. Also, Hambone reviews Spider-Man: […] The post Krampus returns, Spiderman reviewed, Simple Plan rules appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

I have returned from my SoCal adventures and we are ready to party. This week on Mai Tai Happy Hour, Hambone and I go deep on our thoughts of the Avenger’s Endgame and Captain Marvel trailers. Hambone reviews the remixed PG-13 version of Deadpool 2 and gives his honest opinion on whether you need to […] The post New Marvel trailers, Deadpool PG-13, TLC preview appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.