Kristin takes the reins of the show and formally introduces Steve to The Darkness. Before they get into the music Kristin talks about going to see the Darkness and big timing a member of our great listening audience. (To be fair, Kristin didn’t do it on purpose.) Also, Def Leppard has released another track off of their upcoming album, so the duo g…

Kristin and Steve take a listen to some songs that sound like they’re upbeat and happy, but when you really consider the lyrics…not so much. “It’s a secret no one knows.” So let’s talk about the “glory days” but don’t join with the “runaways” just yet. The show is still fun or so “some might say.” When it’s all said and done, Kristin and Steve “Kic…

Kristin and Steve turn the clock back 40 years to 1982 to talk the rock music of the era (too much to get it all in). They talk pop culture, tv, movies, ticket buying, vinyl prices, and have all sorts of fun in a show recorded live on mixlr! Get out your hairspray, fire up the Atari, make sure you’ve got plenty of quarters for the arcade, and watch…

Look….it’s the end of January so it seems a little late for a New Year’s party. But it’s never too late for a Rock Out Loud party! Kristin and Steve lay out some fun party songs to make your next get together rock just right! If you were waiting for this one to celebrate the new year then now’s the time! Party On!…

Steve and Kristin hang out, share some stories, play some tunes, and watch the pumpkin headed dancing man do his thing! This podcast was recorded WEEKS AGO! Sorry for the delay in release. We would love to hear from you as we get into the holiday season and look forward to a new year. What would you like to hear us talk about on ROL? ROCK ON!!!!…

Kristin and Steve listen through High ‘N’ Dry – the album that some fans say is Def Leppard’s last good album. Of course Steve and Kristin disagree that it’s their last good album, but they absolutely agree that it is an album chock full of rock and roll goodness. It’s a celebration 40 years in the making as the duo discuss lyrics, riffs, and class…

Steve and Krisin watched a documentary about Woodstock ’99. This prompted them to discuss the music of 1999. Steve wasn’t happy. But they did get to play some Creed. YEAH! It was a a time of angst turned to anger, disaffected turned to disrespect, TRL ruled the afternoon airwaves, Fred Durst felt like breaking stuff, Kid Rock should have been a cow…

Steve and Kristin sit down and drop the digitial needle on The Sophomore outing of Matchbox Twenty – Mad Season. Before they get into the album Steve reviews the Rock Sugar album, Kristin celebrates a big boost to her vinyl collection, and celebrates even more scoring some tickets. How does Mad Season hold up 21 years after it’s release? Steve and …

This time with more Sterek! What’s that you say? Kristin and Steve are joined by Derek Russell a founder of THE Smallville podcast on the internet during the time of the show. Steve was fortunate enough to be brought into the podcast Starkville House of El and a somewhat legendary podcasting duo was born. Kristin, Steve, and Derek talk more music f…

Somebody SAAAAAAVE MEEEEEE!!!! Kristin and Steve talk the show that is responsible for the podcast you are currently hearing – SMALLVILLE. Smallville was a show that was as much marked by its use of music as it was it characters and storylines. So our intrepid hosts take on their favorite uses of popular music throughout the series. Lots of geeking…

Steve and Kristin celebrate Valentine’s Day in perfect Rock Out Loud fashion – by playing sad songs of hopeless darkness. And they have a great time doing it! Steve’s wife even chimes in with her own list at one point. It’s a fun trek into sad songs. Purchase the songs through Amazon and support the shows through the links below or use amazon music…

Steve and Kristin get together to listen to the first album ever released by Rock Sugar – Reimaginator! Kristin has never listened to the album before, and of course Steve LOVES all things Rock Sugar. The duo have a fun time listening to some fun music and celebrating a new year, and their birthday month! (This was recorded not long after Kristin’s…

Steve and Kristin attempt to spread some holiday cheer while rocking out with their favorite rock Christmas songs! Merry Christmas from the Rockingest Podcast in The Land!!!!By Rock Out Loud

Kristin and Steve take a look back to the mid-nineties when grunge had a strong foothold in rock and roll, and the bands of the previous decade had become punch lines. Hard to believe it, but there was still some good music being put out by those 80’s “hair bands.” These Days is some of that good music. Complete with the greatest love song of all t…

Kristin and Steve listen to and discuss the latest album from The Struts – STRANGE DAYS. Kristin has heard that fans aren’t digging the album, and Steve hasn’t heard the album or anything about it. The two listen track by track reviewing each track, responding to criticisms and offering some of their own. In standard ROL fashion though, the pair ha…

Steve and Teresa join forces with Erich Schoeneweiss to talk the Pixar movie Cars. The gang has a great time getting back together and discussing what is considered by the panel a vastly underrated movie with a moving and poignant story.By Disney Vault Talk

Steve and Kristin continue to celebrate Almost Famous by walking through not just the soundtrack, but every piece of rock or pop music played in the movie. It’s a fun time including a little dancing pumkin head man as we wrap up our celebration of 20 years of Almost Famous!By Rock Out Loud

Kristin and Steve watch the 2000 Cameron Crowe film ALMOST FAMOUS, and they talk the whole time! So..you can either grab your copy and watch along or you can just listen and pretend you are watching. They cover everything from the vocals of Stillwater to the pronunciation of Frances McDormand. It’s Kristin’s favorite movie and one Steve has only re…

Kristin and Steve dig up one of the best albums that nobody talks about – Def Leppard’s Slang. The two discuss the songs, the sound, the production, and the era in which the album was released. Long times ROL listeners know how the ROL duo feels about music from the 90’s. 90’s fans rejoice as Steve and Kristin celebrate a product of the 90’s and be…

Not a movie from the 90’s starring the Looney Toons and Michael Jordan, but an episode devoted to songs about space. In honor of May the 4th (the Star Wars pun day) and the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back this week, Rock Out Loud brings you some of the best songs we know about space. Truthfully, Steve tried to avoid obvious ones for the…

Kristin and Steve are back with a show put together just to have some fun and help you feel good. We hope this show will help put a smile on your face, a dance in your step, and maybe you can put these songs together and DJ your own party right where you are. We took suggestions from YOU for this episode and had a great time just hanging out and ta…

Every now and then an idea morphs into something that could be either great or a mistake. This time out just such a thing happened. What began with the intention of a show focusing on Aerosmith led to a fun little piece of trivia connecting the band with Rock Out Loud favorite Bruce Springsteen. This revelation led to a shift in the discussion on t…

Kristin and Steve are back together for the marathon for CURE. It’s an epic sized Rock Out Loud as Steve and Kristin kick off the reunion with talk of all kinds of things. Then it’s the meat of the episode. With the recent news that My Chemical Romance is going on tour for the first time in years, it seemed only fitting that we celebrate by breakin…

Disney Vault Talk returns for the GOLiverse marathon and Teresa and Steve pick up right where they left off as they discuss the Pixar film The Incredibles. It’s a lot of laughs, news from around Disney, catching up on what we’ve been watching on Disney Plus, and of course NO CAPES! It’s the most magical podcast on the internet…it’s Disney Vault Tal…

Shazbazzar was literally in the house as the snow was fallin outside. The guys cut up and talked and talked and talked and talked. All for a good cause. There’s still time before February 15, 2020 to donate to CURE by going to www.bighonkinshow.com/cure If you haven’t give yet please consider doing so and helping us meet our goal of $5,000 raised t…

Steve is joined by Teresa and Erich – the old Rebel Yell gang – to discuss chapter 1 of The Mandalorian on Disney+. Erich didn’t know Disney+ had any other content. Teresa took an emotional health day and watched 13 titles which subsequently broke her. Steve is happy to watch Star Wars. Somehow they put together a little reaction show. Speculation,…

First of all, this episode was recorded way back in May of 2019. It never got posted because Steve is an idiot. So all of the news and stuff you hear will be pretty dated. Now then, Steve and Teresa get together to talk about Finding Nemo! One of the biggest of all of Pixar’s blockbusters, Finding Nemo takes us “under the sea” and into a dentists o…

Way back in February the GOLiverse held it’s fifth annual marathon for CURE Childhood Cancer. Disney Vault Talk was there! Vanessa Marshall stopped by to tackle some unanswered Disney questions as well as geek out a little over the things we all love. Then Sarah Woloski from Skywalking Through Neverland popped in to help tackle a few more questions…

Shazbazzar stops by to kick off the 2019 podcast marathon for CURE. The guys cut up and have some fun as the fundraising begins. If you haven’t donated to CURE yet this year there is still time until February 16th. Just head over to bighonkinshow.com/cure and help us meet this year’s goal of $4,000. Thank you to everyone who has donated thus far, a…

Teresa and Steve are back! This time out they are discussing Monsters Inc. What did they like? What didn’t they like? Can Teresa get through all the technical information? Has Teresa learned how to read large numbers? What really captured Steve’s imagination? Who cried? Who didn’t? What about the music? It’s all here along with a couple of 60 secon…

Jimmy Mac and Steve are back to get The Led out! This time the guys put the needle down on the A side of Led Zeppelin III. It starts with an in your face rocking track and then we begin to see a softer side of Zeppelin. The guys have a blast and hope you do too as we celebrate 50 years of Led Zeppelin on ROCK OUT LED!…

Teresa and Steve discuss the third feature film from Pixar. Woody has been kidnapped, Buzz is on the case. The whole gang winds up in a toy store. Newman is a toy collector. Steve and Teresa agree about a sentimental moment! It’s all the fun and information you’d expect from Disney Vault Talk as the team breaks down Toy Story 2!…

Bruce Springsteen’s Darkness On The Edge of Town turns 40 this month, and of course Kristin and Steve are going to celebrate! The pair break down the album song by song and though the message of many of the songs is somber, this doesn’t keep our duo from having some fun. Get ready to go on a trip through a factory town while racing in the streets, …

Kristin has returned from travelling across the world. Of course she’s seen some shows and done some things. So she and Steve hang out, play some tunes, and talk about life in recent months. They also talk about the trailer for Bohemian Rhapsody (the new Freddi Mercury/Queen biopic to be released in November) which leads into discussions about othe…

Steve and Teresa are joined by Riley. None of the three seem to be able to say words properly. They power through though to discuss Pixar’s second feature film, A Bug’s Life. Included in the discussion is a comparison to Antz, more about Pixar’s place in film history, the short film Geri’s Game, and the fact that they are all struggling with words.…

Teresa, Erich, and Steve are joined by Aaron Goins and Shazbazzar to discuss the final episodes of Star Wars Rebels. They ask the important questions like “When did Kanaan and Hera have time to have a child?” “What if Ezra had chosen his parents?” “Can Stuffedy make magic one more time?” “Did anyone see those squid-whales coming?” “How does one pro…

Teresa, Erich, and Steve tackle the first four episodes of the back half of the final season of Star Wars Rebels. The gang is joined by Aaron Goins to grapple with the loss of one of our heroes, the mysteries of The Force, and the revelation of The World Between Worlds. We prepare for the series finale of Rebels and Rebel Yell with the things we lo…

The Pixar watch begins as Teresa and Steve discuss Toy Story. Included in this episode is the introduction of a few new segments, a brief history of Pixar, and a discussion of why Toy Story seems to resonate with people of all ages. The fun and magic of Disney Vault Talk is back as we enter into a new era of the show!…

Shazbazzar is still in on the marathon day episode of Rebel Yell. He’s along with our cast of regulars – Steve, Teresa, and Erich to discuss the mid-season 4 trailer for Star Wars Rebels, and some Last Jedi talk. This episode was part of the day long marathon for CURE that happens every year. At the time of posting we are still about $1500 away fro…

Shazbazzar joins in here and there while Teresa and Steve celebrate marathon day 2018 by talking about Mary Poppins. Here are a few things to expect: Steve sings, Teresa cries, and we still haven’t hit our goal for the marathon. Please head over to geekoutonline.com/cure and donate what you can before January 31st to help meet this year’s goal of $…

Kristin and Steve sat down for the GOLiverse marathon and decided to open up the Rock Out Loud Hall of Fame. While the inaugural inductees may seem a bit on the nose, the inductees are rockers, and each one has had their place making ROL the rockingest podcast in all the land. This episode was recorded as part of the GOLiverse Marathon for CURE. We…

The gang discusses types of ships (which Teresa loves), Loth Cats (Which Erich loves), and the Loth Wolf (Which Steve loves to hear Teresa pronounce. Also, a trip to wookiepedia, RIP Old Jho, and the gang begins to examine the nature of the Force as well as the scariness of Thrawn. DUUUUUMMEBy Rebel Yell – Geek Out Loud

Teresa and Steve talk about some of their favorite moments of past shows and what they’re looking forward to in the upcoming weeks and months as they dive into the Pixar films. They also take this opportunity to clear out the mailbag and respond to facebook and twitter comments from the listeners. It’s an exciting time in the Vault and a great time…

Kristin and Steve play a few songs they like by bands they may not like so much. Get your judging fingers ready to e-mail us and tell us why we are wrong about things like Rush, The Beatles, and why Kristin is wrong about Zeppelin. Also, just have some fun with the pair as they rock out and enjoy what they enjoy. It’s the rockingest podcast in the …

Teresa and Steve are joined by Aaron Goins to discuss Disney’s Moana. The animation, the songs, the jokes, the chicken…IT’S ALL HERE! Then our hosts answer the question we’re all thinking…what now? Give us a listen and find out! YOU’RE WELCOME!By Disney Vault Talk

Kristin and Steve revisit Van Halen. This time they cover their favorite songs from the Sammy Hagar years. There are hot takes all over this one, from Kristin’s opinion about Eddie’s guitar playing to Steve’s feelings about a certain song. Yes…they seem to be on edge. But that’s due to outside forces beyond anyone’s control.…

Steve and Teresa discover how much they need Erich to keep them in line. The pair discuss “In The Name of The Rebellion.” Everything from Saw’s descent into insanity to Chopper’s paint job. Also included in this episode Saw reads Shakespeare.By Rebel Yell – Geek Out Loud

Teresa and Steve are joined by Sarah Woloski from Skywalking Through Neverland to discuss Disney Animation’s 55th feature – Zootopia. The gang laughs about the funniest moments, discuss the timeliness of the themes of the movie, Teresa and Sarah have a brief sing along, and Steve tries to do impersonations of Mr. Big. Also included are your e-mails…

Star Wars Rebels’ final season kicks off with a powerful two part episode showing effort to reclaim Mandalore from the GALACTIC EMPIRE. Sabine comes face to face with her past as the empire uses a weapon that is designed solely to target the armor worn by the warriors of the planet. Aaron Goins joins Steve, Teresa, and Erich to break down the episo…

Steve and Kristin overcome technological issues to bring you a fun episode of Rock Out Loud. One Hit Wonders are the topic of discussion and there are some surprising picks from the duo. Then in an effort to make a midroll a midroll Steve goes drags Kristin down a rabbit hole discussing an unlikely band and some likely bands. This is a fun one so g…