Episode 97: With Honors

It's graduation season and that means it's time to reminisce about the time we spent in college. And we do just that on this week's episode! We're discussing the soundtrack to the 1994 college dramedy With Honors. Joe Pesci plays homeless man Simon who befriends college senior Brendan Fraser, who's desperate to finish his senior thesis, and Pesci offers to help him in exchange for room and board. 

All the life lessons and general feelgoodery is the perfect canvas for a soundtrack full of early 90s schmaltz and Gen X longing. We get a surprisingly great theme song by Madonna; requisite cover songs from Duran Duran, Belly and The Pretenders. There's also a haunting duet between Kristin Hersh and Michael Stipe, a goofy one-off from Mudhoney, and hey! Lindsey Buckingham is back!

The film ain't much to talk about, but the soundtrack sent us down some wild rabbit holes. So crack open a cold one, put on your favorite alma mater sweater and join the party!

SHOW NOTES FOR THIS EPISODE:

• With Honors is available to stream here
• Libby's second novel "Negative Girl" is out now!
• Joe's writing about movies again at Joe's Cinemarama!
• INTRO/OUTRO: "Dance Rocket" by Jesse Spillane

MUSIC VIDEOS:

• "I'll Remember" by Madonna
• "Fuzzy" by Grant Lee Buffalo
• "Cover Me" by Candlebox
• "She Sells Sanctuary" by The Cult
• "Your Ghost" by Kristin Hersh (feat. Michael Stipe)

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