Nostalgium Arcanum - Episodes Tagged with “00s”

Coraline

Doug Lief — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:15:00 -0700

Be careful what you wish for this Halloween. On this special it's a family affair as the Other Doug and the Other Ami welcome their children Celeste and Ben into the other world of 2009's Coraline. This stop-motion masterpiece spins a web and puts a button or two on a modern Grimm fairy tale about how the grass seems greener on the other side of a tiny mysterious door.

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
All Score From Coraline by Bruno Coulais
The Other Father Song - They Might Be Giants
Treat Your Mother Right - Mr. T

Songs of 2001

Doug Lief — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:15:00 -0700

2001 was nothing like what Stanley Kubrick promised, but the music of that year continued to expand into a wide variety of different directions. Guests Ami Lief, musician Kyle Lieberman, and comedian Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) join us to roundtable our top ten songs of 2001.

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Musical Credits:
Dark Flute - Jim Guthrie
Clint Eastwood – Gorillaz
Save Me – Remy Zero
My Piece Of The Pie – Red Eye Flight
Hemorrhage (In My Hands) - Fuel
Whenever, Wherever – Shakira
Movies – Alien Ant Farm
Drive - Incubus
Everywhere – Michelle Branch
Mad World – Gary Jules
Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, P!nk
Thank You – Dido
I Want to Live - Spacehog
The Spicy McHaggis Jig – Dropkick Murphys
King Of All The World – Old 97s
One True Love - Semisonic
Last Nite – The Strokes
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger – Daft Punk
Bright Eyes – Jason Mraz
Crazy For This Girl - Evan and Jaron
Mississippi – Bob Dylan
Two Feet Of Topsoil – Brad Paisley
Drops of Jupiter - Train
Sunshine - Aerosmith
Crab – Weezer
Rest In Peace – Written by Joss Whedon, Performed By James Marsters
Sometimes It Be That Way - Jewel
Stan - Eminem
Imitation of Life – R.E.M.
The Middle – Jimmy Eat World
Last Beautiful Girl – Matchbox 20
Hash Pipe - Weezer
Feeling Good – Muse
Youth of the Nation – P.O.D.
Smile - Weezer
Jesus, Etc. – Wilco
In The End – Linkin Park
Act Naturally - Semisonic
Chop Suey – System of a Down
Fallin’ – Alicia Keys
Angry White Boy Polka – “Weird” Al Yankovic

2000s Movies: Part 2

Doug Lief — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:15:00 -0700

The second half of the 00s found Hollywood taking fewer big swings, but the ones that connected found an audience hungry for something bigger and better. Our review-crew of Ami Lief, Ryan Merlo, and Tania Newton are back to discuss their nostalgic cinematic memories of 2005 to 2009.

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
The Dark Knight – Hans Zimmer
We’re All In This Together - Matthew Gerrard; Robbie Nevil
Mr. and Mrs. Smith - John Powell
The Illusionist – Phillip Glass
Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Giulia y Los Tellarini
The Wedding Date – Blake Neely
500 Days of Summer - Mychael Danna, Rob Simonsen
Iron Man – Black Sabbath
That’s How You Know – Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino
Up – Michael Giacchino
Avatar - James Horner
Coraline – Bruno Coulais
A Good Year - Marc Streitenfeld
Stardust - Ilan Eshkeri
The Departed – Howard Shore
The Blind Side – Carter Burwell
Walk Hard – Dewey Cox

2000s Movies: Part 1

Doug Lief — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:15:00 -0700

The first half of the 2000s was a time for building franchises, adapting IPs, and getting a jittery country back on its feet. In this episode our crew (Ami Lief, Tania Newton, and Ryan Merlo) join us to round-table our favorite films from 2000 to 2004 and all that jazz.

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
All Score from “Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl” by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer
All Score from “The Butterfly Effect” by Michael Suby
All Score from “Frequency” by Michael Kamen
All Score from “The Count of Monte Cristo” by Edward Shearmur
“Cell Block Tango” by John Kander and lyrics written by Fred Ebb
All Score from “Donnie Darko” by Michael Andrews
All Score from “National Treasure” by Trevor Rabin
All Score from “The Others” by Alejandro Amenábar
All Score from “Black Hawk Down” by Hans Zimmer
All Score from Ocean’s Eleven by David Holmes
All Score from “Miss Congeniality” by Edward Shearmur
All Score from “Legally Blonde” by Rolfe Kent
All Score from “The Notebook” by Aaron Zigman
Fly by Lenny Kravitz
Keep Your Hands to Yourself by The George Satellites
All Score from “Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone” by John Williams
All Score from “The Patriot” by John Williams
All Score from “Spirited Away” by Joe Hisaishi
All Score from “Love Actually” by Craig Armstrong
All Score from “Spider-Man 2” by Danny Elfman
All Score from “Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind” by Jon Brion
All Score from “I Am Sam” by John Powell
All Score from “Remember the Titans” by Trevor Rabin
All Score from “The Lord of the Rings” by Howard Shore
“All That Jazz” by John Kander and lyrics written by Fred Ebb

Homestar Runner

Doug Lief — Mon, 15 May 2023 01:00:00 -0700

Everybody! Everybody! This week Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) joins us to click our way through Homestar Runner, a veritable witch's brew of inside jokes, songs, and games which exemplifies the dadaism of early 2000s internet flash cartoons.

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Everybody! Everybody! (The Brothers Chaps)
Trogdor (The Brothers Chaps)
Because It's Midnight (Limozeen)
The Ballad of the Sneak (The Brothers Chaps)
Circles (The Brothers Chaps)
Uptown Funk / Fhqwhgads Mashup by Deep V (Mark Ronson / Bruno Mars / The Brothers Chaps)