Caustic Soda’s talking about killing sprees and we’re not gonna stop! It’s a killing spree spree! Today you’ll hear about the ‘yellow son of a bitch’ who inspired Natural Born Killers, grenades in China, the oddly dressed rich idiot who killed 35 people, a guy who killed 21 people with an ax and more wonderful, uplifting, life-affirming stories!
Music: I’ll be glad (When you’re dead) – Louis Prima
Movie Reviews
Natural Born Killers
Toren: 6/10
Kevin: 4/10
Joe: 5/10
The Fisher King
Toren: 7/10
Kevin: 7/10
Joe: 9/10
The Frighteners
Toren: 6/10
Kevin: 6/10
Joe: 6/10
Boondock Saints
Kevin: 6/10
Joe: 5/10
American Psycho
Kevin: 10/10
Joe: 7/10
Joe, you really need to learn the correct pronunciation of “Appomattox”.
I was just using the “semi-penultimate” rule. aPOMatox. It’s usually right, just not always.
Are there any other sprees beside shopping and killing?
How could you forget CRIME SPREES!
A couple more pop culture connections to spree killers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_%28song%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_Like_Mondays
Does Columbine not count? Only on one campus, I suppose.
I have to say, guys, that this was probably the most disturbing of your episodes I’ve listened to so far (having listened to all up to this point and a number beyond). I guess by talking about things (and especially poking fun at them occasionally) you can take their power away, but there were some mighty powerful examples you spoke about. For example, I hadn’t heard nearly as much detail on the Port Arthur killings as here, and I live in Australia (not Tasmania though). It had a bit effect on gun laws anyway – the federal Govt convinced the public to agree to a cash-for-guns programme to massively reduce the number of guns around the country.
Thanks for the education.