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Cochise Soulstar & Cos G
Chicago emcees and geek culture fanatics Cochise Soulstar and Cos-G take you on a nerdy deep dive, analyzing and riffing on music, entertainment and games with a hip-hop perspective.
[NOTE: This episode was recorded in February of 2020, before 2020 took several crazy turns. It was a more innocent time…]
00:00 into
00:32 introducing Kao Ra Zen
03:40 Blaxploitation
08:07 Black comics heroes of the '70s
15:00 Kung Fu movies
17:37 "the darkening" of comics in the 1970s
34:20 The birth of Hip-Hop
41:22 Fly Notes
49:54 a plug for Kao Ra Zen's single, "Morning In America"
50:32 outro
00:00:00 | intros
00:01:11 | Nacrobats reunion show
00:05:10 | Dignity: Battle 4 It!
00:12:57 | Cochise's afternoon with Vic Spencer
00:25:10 | Favorite comic book battles
00:53:19 | Fly Notes
01:02:01 | outro
00:00:00 » intro
00:00:37 » the art of the hip-hop battle
00:26:36 » favorite diss tracks
00:55:32 » Fly Notes
01:06:26 » outro
00:00:00 | intros
00:01:05 | Star Wars Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker
00:21:35 | What Are We Looking Forward to in 2020?
00:35:16 | Nacrobats Reunion
00:43:00 | Fly Notes
00:58:11 | Cochise's Anime Adventure
01:03:55 | outro
In their year-end episode, Cos, Cochise and Scott Free get into the history of Star Wars, their own personal histories with Star Wars, and their hopes and fears for the upcoming Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker. Plus the best of 2019 and, of course, Fly Notes.
00:00:00 intros
00:01:03 Joker
00:23:53 Watchmen
00:30:58 House of X and Powers of X
00:54:00 Fly Notes
01:14:51 Goodbyes and Outro
Cochise and Cos G go deep into the history of the robots in disguise, the Transformers.
00:00:00 » intro
00:01:43 » Batman
00:33:51 » The Sony/Disney split and the future of Spider-Man
00:43:57 » Ashley Woods: the interview
01:02:05 » Fly Notes
00:00 intro
01:04 MCU Phase 4 announcements
32:48 DC announcements
33:35 other comics news
35:38 the hip-hop/comics connection
56:25 Fly Notes
From the comics to the cartoon to multiple cinematic universes, Spider-Man has been a fixture in Geek Culture since 1964. Cochise and Cos swing through Spidey's storied history, from Amazing Fantasy #15 to Far From Home.
Because you demanded it, Cochise and Cos talk about all things DC: the comics, the Arrowverse, the DC Animated Universe, the DC Animated Movie Universe, the DC Extended Universe…and why that may be too many universes.
00:00 Intro
00:33 Congratulations, Cochise and Laurie
02:22 The DC Comics Universe and the Big 3
08:21 old-school Superman movies
10:43 Batman on TV and in the movies
28:51 The DC Extended Universe
34:49 The DC Animated Universes
38:36 The Arrowverse
40:23 Doom Patrol, and giving Grant Morrison his due
44:03 Back to Justice League…grudgingly
57:45 Fly Notes
Sound Effect “Painful Sounding Punches” by kuzyaburst, aka Danil Nikiforov, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License
Sound Effect "Jet_Whoosh.WAV" by benboncan, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License
Batman Brass by www. NewYorkBrass.com
00:52 The history of the X-Men comics universe
17:33 The X-Men movie trilogy
33:33 First Class, Wolverine, Deadpool
50:19 Dark Phoenix
1:01:30 Fly Notes
Intro/Outro music: "Twilight" by Cochise Soulstar [Soulnerd Records]
Electricity sound effect by Halleck, used under a Creative Commons attribution license
Electric wooshes sound effect Glaneur de sons, used under a Creative Commons attribution license
Lightning sound effect by Taira Komori, used under a Creative Commons attribution license
Laser Charge sound effect by GeronimoGeronimo, used under a Creative Commons attribution license
00:32 Game of Thrones series finale
34:35 Brightburn
46:20 Wu-Tan Clan: Of Mics and Men
Cochise and Cos break down Avengers: Endgame and hypothesize about the future of the MCU.
WARNING: this episode is 100% spoilers!!!