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Episode 9, our 2009 summer movie preview show, features the triumphant return of Kevin Peace to the podcast. Kevin's been on vacation the last few weeks, so his Good, Bad and Ugly highlights his experiences at Disneyland and at various movie theaters and ballparks in Southern California. Zen's G,B&U are as follows:

• Good: Text messaging gives people awesome super thumbs, especially when they are sending upwards of a thousand texts a month.

• Bad: One Star reviews of Classics on Amazon

• Ugly: Awkward Family Photos - (thanks to listener Jared Ivy for the tip!)

We love movies and we happily rundown all the big summer movies, giving a thumbs up to most of the flicks coming to theaters in the next few months. Keep in mind, however, that the slogan of the Zen and Peace show - "Opinionated Experts on Nothing" should be taken literally. We are not professional movie reviewers and speak only from our own particular movie tastes. For more seasoned movie reviews, we'd like to direct you to two of our favorite podcasts:

• Scene Unseen(Explicit Language)
  
• Filmspotting(Clean)

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The Zen and Peace Show would like to give a big Thank You to Engine Room Recordings for providing the music for this episode. We're proudly featuring Porter Block, a great New York band with a radio-friendly sound. Summer movies should be about having fun and escaping, and we think summer music should also be fun and something you can blast from your car while cruising to the beach. For the break, we present the song Wonder About Me and close out the show with their song Something Better.

For the latest info and tour dates, check out their MySpace page.

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The intro song is provided by IODApromonet.
(to download the mp3, click on the song title)

Ian Whitcomb
"Take Your Girlie to the Movies" (mp3)
from "Red Hot Blue Heaven"
(ITW Records)

Buy at iTunes Music Store
Buy at Amazon MP3

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Picks this episode:

• Kevin picks: Anvil
  
• Zen picks: Star Wait

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Spotlight Store Item: Don't miss the start of a great summer movie! Know what time to leave the house with this awesome Zen and Peace Show wall clock!

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