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Go Plug Yourself 325: “Sports!”

by on November 27, 2025 at 6:29 am
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The Montreal arts & entertainment podcast takes a break from our usual programming and invites Scott MacIver (from our other show 9ES) to talk about sports! We’re a Montreal sports show now! I’ll be totally up front though, about 95% of the sports talk is hockey centric. Scott and Chris talk a little about football and baseball towards the end there but we love in Montreal and this is a hockey town so this is kind of a hockey podcast.

Deal with it!

The three of us break down the first 25% of the season for our beloved Montreal Canadiens who are quickly becoming one of the most exciting iterations of this team that we’ve had in recent memory. We also spend a good chunk of time celebrating the woes of the Toronto Maple Leafs. We all knew the wheels were going to come off but so far it’s been even more dramatic than even my wildest predictions.

We talk about Team Canada, which Habs might make the cut for not only Team Canada but who else will be heading to Milan for their respective countries and Scott pretty much fixes the All-Star game.

We close things off talking about the Milwaukee Brewers and Chris proclaims the MLB playoffs and World Series to be the most entertaining post-season in sports.

Sports!

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As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Chris Venditto is another funny person in Montreal who you can see all over the place and if you don’t want to miss him take the stage you should follow him on all the socials. He’s @chrisvenditto on Twitter and Instagram so you should follow him on those two things. He also produces shows with the guys at Perfect Bite Productions who you should also follow on Instagram and on Facebook.

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

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9ES 323: There Is So Much Batman

by on November 16, 2024 at 2:03 pm
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If you’re into horror movies (and if you’re a devout 9ES listening you just might be) I don’t mind telling you that ‘The Substance’ might be my favorite horror movie of 2024.

I think the shortlist here includes Longlegs and maybe Cuckoo but The Substance is an easy pick over both of those films if only because it is more interesting to look at it and sticks with you in a much, much more visceral way. The Substance also has a lot more to actually “say” than those other films and that counts for a lot too.

Donald Trump is going to be President again and there was kind of no way we weren’t going to talk about it a little, but I promise we try not to wallow too much and keep it as light as we can. Also, we recorded this on Monday so when Keith was like “Elon Musk might definitely be a part of this government”, it hadn’t happened yet. Womp womp. He gets his own whole new department of the government! What a fun and cool turn of events!

Meanwhile over on Garbage Time… we finally finish off going over Rolling Stone’s “Top 150 Best Science Fiction Movies” list that came out earlier this year. That means we finally get through the Top 10! Honestly we were pretty sure of a lot of these before we went further into the list but there were still a few surprises. Hot take – we have hot takes. If you would like to show your support and head over to Patreon and subscribe at the 9ES Deluxe tier to listen to this and all past episodes of Garbage Time that would be appreciated.

PS: Sorry this episode is a little late – Jono has strep throat so has been down for the count this week.

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9ES257: The Ring

by on March 24, 2022 at 4:26 pm
Posted In: 9ES, Podcast, Podcasting

 

The Montreal podcast that is doing its best not to get Covid-19 is back! Jon was off in last episode due to illness that was not Covid-19 but felt like it, Scott conveniently timed contracting the virus with the off-week for podcasting and Keith is currently living in his home office while he tries not to catch Covid from his wife! Happy 2nd Pandemic-versary everyone!

 

So yeah, after two years of recording remotely and always talking about the pandemic one of us finally gets to experience it and share their experience with you, the loyal listener.

 

Keith watched “The Batman” and navigates his way through a mostly spoiler-free appraisal of the latest big screen Caped Crusader, Jono is 150 hours into the latest epic from From Software Elden Ring and because Keith enjoyed Spiderman No Way Home so much he played through the Spiderman game on PS4.

 

Scott talks about his latest mobile obsession a cool 1st person shooter phone game called “Frag” and Keith once again recommends Ridley Scott and Aaron Guzikowski’s Raised by Wolves which just completed its second season.


Watch it if you want some bizarro hard sci-fi android milk blooded wonderment.

 

Finally, since we recorded this on NHL Trade Deadline Day we talk a little about the moves made by our beleaguered but beloved Montreal Canadiens.

 

Meanwhile, this week’s episode of Garbage Time is a topic that Jon had researched for the main episode but forgot to mention it since he was having so much fun recording the main deal. Of course we are talking about Ernest Shackleton’s failed expedition to Antarctica, listen now by subscribing on our Patreon page at the 9ES Deluxe tier.

 

 

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9ES256: No Impact

by on March 10, 2022 at 9:37 am
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It’s probably for the best that we spend most of this episode talking about Spiderman and AEW Revolution because no matter how strong our opinions might be about the Russian invasion of Ukraine we are almost certainly among the worst people to listen to about this particular ongoing tragedy.

 

I have been doing mental gymnastics to not kind of go into a spiral about the impending possibility of World War 3. How could I possibly watch movies and wrestling and do escape rooms while we teeter on the edge of a global armed conflict?

 

Well, I try to tell myself that whether I watch Batman tonight or not my actions have nearly no impact on the situation. This isn’t like the pandemic where I maybe have people in my circle who may benefit from honest and open conversations about science. I don’t know anyone who needs convincing that this is a terrible, terrible thing that Russia is doing.

 

Of course you can (and should, if your means allow) donate to relief efforts. It can be hard to know where to donate, what charities are reputable and where your money is actually going. Charity Intelligence.ca has published a helpful list of some of the most reputable places to send your money along with guidelines about where these charities focus their efforts.

 

So yes, we do talk about Ukraine a little bit but then we spend the vast majority of the episode talking about Spiderman and the AEW Revolution Pay Per View. Jon has seen neither of those two things so his absence is barely noticeable.

 

Meanwhile, this week’s episode of Garbage Time is all about the worst comic book film adaptations ever made. We use ScreenCrush’s list as our reference. If that sounds fun, check it out over on our Patreon page at the 9ES Deluxe tier.

 

 

 

 

 

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Go Quarantine Yourself: SPORTS (and Succession) (GPYS 246)

by on December 24, 2021 at 12:26 pm
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The Montreal podcast that is back in isolation returns to talk about sports.

As Chris Venditto continues his mission to work his way into sports talk radio we bring back “Go Quarantine Yourself” to talk about sports and Succession.

This is a fun, free wheeling conversation between myself and Venditto that spans the wide world of sports during a pandemic. We talk (obviously) about the resurgence of Covid-19 that has rendered a show about plugging other shows a little useless, discuss whether or not any athletes should go to the Olympics (probably not), review what 2021 has been like for our beloved Montreal Canadiens and then dig into one of the best television shows on the air right now: Succession.

Stay tuned for our next episode which will of course be our annual holiday sh!t show. Were we looking forward to getting together in person to get drunk and ramble on mic for an hour? Of course we were. But it looks like we will probably be recording this year’s edition remotely… again.

Stay safe everyone. Support local business and local artists and all that so that we have all of those wonderful things when this thing is finally over.

*sigh*

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As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Aural Turpitude!

Chris Venditto is another funny person in Montreal who you can see all over the place and if you don’t want to miss him take the stage you should follow him on all the socials. He’s @chrisvenditto on Twitter and Instagram so you should follow him on those two things. He also produces shows with the guys at Perfect Bite Productions who you should also follow on Instagram and on Facebook.

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

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9ES244: Relevant

by on September 23, 2021 at 9:09 am
Posted In: 9ES, Podcast, Podcasting
The Montreal podcast that is your number one stop for Machine Gun Kelly news and current events is back with a brand new episode devoted entirely to the world of MGK.

For at least a few minutes anyways.

At the top of the episode Mr. Machine Gun’s fame and relevancy levels are called into question. His most recent album “Tickets to My Downfall” came out only a year ago and hit #1 on the USA and Canadian charts and was certified Platinum with over 126,000 in record sales and he has a new album due out any day now.

He also played Tommy Lee in that movie “Dirt” that I don’t think any of us watched.

Enough about him though, we also talk about the Montreal Canadiens because somehow the NHL season is about to start again even though it only seems to have ended a few weeks ago.

Keith finally watched Catwoman, a movie that should have been called “A Cat-Woman” as it had nothing to do with the comics, and speaking of comics we talk about The DC villain The Creeper and Marvel’s “What If…” show on Disney +.

Since we are experts in lists, we take our critical list making eye to Rolling Stones Top 500 Best Songs of All Time on this week’s episode of Garbage Time, which is available as part of the 9ES Deluxe level over on our Patreon.

Our intro song is a brand new jam cooked up by OKU-DA just for us, do yourself a favour and check out his SoundCloud).

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9ES 238 – Tour de Farce

by on July 1, 2021 at 6:08 am
Posted In: 9ES, Podcast, Podcasting

The Montreal podcast that always caters to all of your geeky desires discusses… *checks notes* the Tour de France and the Stanley Cup Playoffs?

I guess we are a sports podcast now so you’re just going to have to deal with it. Happy Canada Day!

Jon returns from his one show break to talk about that lady who single-handedly tried to ruin the Tour de France. Keith ran a session of the Alien RPG from Free League Press and Scott and Keith both watched Loki and share some fan theories about what is going that will almost certainly be obsolete by next week.

We also talk about how weird it is that Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride is still actually a ride at Disneyland, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In The Heights” and Keith gets assigned his next movie watching assignment for Best Worst Movie Ever.

If you enjoy our brand of podcasting and also comics you should really do yourself a favor and check out the “9ES Deluxe” level over on our Patreon. Jon and I talk about the many different ways cultures begin and end their fairytales and we briefly talk about who Lloyd Alexander is.
Listen to the main show, subscribe to the Patreon, then listen to 9ES Garbage time. <3 U

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Our intro song is a brand new jam cooked up by OKU-DA just for us, do yourself a favour and check out his SoundCloud).

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

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9ES 237: Podcast 43

by on June 17, 2021 at 9:28 am
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The Montreal podcast that devotes most of its runtime to breaking down “Movie 43” returns in all of its glory.
The loyal 9ES listener will notice that Scott and I are holding down the fort alone on this one and they may suspect that once again Jon is having computer issues. They would be wrong though. Jon has just entered the world of active fatherhood so we decided he deserves at least one episode off from our grueling recording schedule.
We also talk about the Habs ongoing and unexpected run in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, beer cooler backpacks and how inclusive GI Joe has been through the ages. But seriously, most of this episode is about Movie 43 and how awful it is. It’s a shame that Jono missed it. Maybe we’ll make him watch it for his Best Movie Ever.
If you enjoy our brand of podcasting and also comics you should really do yourself a favor and check out the “9ES Deluxe” level over on our Patreon. Scott and I get into Spiderman, Frank Miller’s Daredevil run, Silver Surfer Black and a bunch more.
Listen to the main show, subscribe to the Patreon, then listen to 9ES Garbage time. As you were.

Credit Where Credit is Due

Our intro song is a brand new jam cooked up by OKU-DA just for us, do yourself a favour and check out his SoundCloud).

The bed music while we explain what the episode is about is Son of a Bit “Chased by a Running Chupacabra” used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

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9ES236: Bades Er Stee

by on June 3, 2021 at 7:10 pm
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The Montreal podcast that knew deep down the Leafs would blow it returns to bring you musings upon the world of sport, television and comic books.
Disclaimer: This podcast was recorded a day before Game 7 of the Habs vs Leafs Playoffs series, we moved the recording date so that we could watch said game and boy did it not disappoint.
Also, there is a point of contention here about the over/under on the mob attendance downtown following the Habs victory. The word “riot” gets tossed around, and there certainly was not a riot. So in that sense Scott has the edge, however, I make the statement “there are more than 100 people on Sainte Catherine street if the Habs win” and in that sense, I was also right.
I guess it shouldn’t surprise you that in a podcast where we have spent over 200 episodes being so very right about so very many things we would find a way for both of us to be right.
We also catch up on Raised By Wolves, Ridley Scott sure loves himself some androids, the Sony store, Spiderman comics and Amazon Prime’s “Invincible.”
Get it while the getting is good.

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The bed music during our advertising is an old loop by OKU-DA and our intro song is a brand new jam he cooked up just for us (note: both songs do not really reflect his usual style, but do yourself a favour and check out his SoundCloud.

 

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9ES198: Ok But You Don’t Really Need One, Right?

by on December 6, 2019 at 8:00 am
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The bed music during our advertising is an old loop by Dan of Steel!

The bed music while we explain what the episode is about is Son of a Bit “Chased by a Running Chupacabra” used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Finally, the song we use in the intro is “Shiny Spaceship” by the 8-bit Ninjas.  Used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

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