Almost Famous Minute

Discussing the 2000 Cameron Crowe movie Almost Famous one minute at a time. Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.

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Minute 69 - Stress Boners
The sixty-ninth minute starts with Ben offering a thousand more words and ends with William taking the laundry.
61 min
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Minute 68 - I'm Singing about What I'm Saying
The sixty-eighth minute starts with sleepy and sexy “hello"s and ends with Ben liking what we're saying.
45 min
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Minute 67 - Posed at His Desk
The sixty-seventh minute starts with the second half of the deflowering and ends with Ben Fong-Tores calling from Rolling Stone.
52 min
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Minute 66 - Troglodytic Way of Thinking
The sixty-sixth minute starts with William talking with Penny in the bathroom and ends with the start of his deflowering.
35 min
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Minute 65 - Mom on Tour with the Rock Band
The sixty-fifth minute starts with William writing in the bathtub and ends with Penny making plans with William.
29 min
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Minute 64 - Dick Dale Concert in Utero
The sixty-fourth minute starts with Elaine telling her class that her son has been kidnapped and ends with William in the bathtub.
38 min
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Minute 63 - Writing It All Down
The sixty-third minute starts with Doris heading down the road and ends with Elaine not being able to concentrate.
28 min
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Minute 62 - That's What Buses Are For
The sixty-second minute starts with Ed drumming his leg and ends with everyone except Russell singing.
31 min
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Minute 61 - Build Down and Pay Off
The sixty-first minute starts with Russell rejoining the band on the bus and ends with the bus leaving Topeka.
28 min
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Minute 60 - Big Knobs
The sixtieth minute starts with Dick trying to convince Russell to rejoin the band and ends with Dick guiding Russell back to the bus.
31 min
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Minute 59 - Worried about the Keg Industry
The fifty-ninth minute starts with William and Russell working on his last words and ends with Russell wanting to stay with his new family.
39 min
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Minute 58 - Choke on a Leaf
The fifty-eighth minute starts with Russell finishing drinking a beer with acid in it and ends with the partiers cheering for Russell.
48 min
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Minute 57 - Poofier Hair
The fifty-seventh minute starts with Russell talking about real things again and ends with Russell drinking from a red cup that has beer and acid in it.
59 min
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Minute 56 - Channeling His Inner Mom
The fifty-sixth minute starts with an invitation to a party and ends with Russell and the teens waving to William.
54 min
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Minute 55 - Amazing Party Wagon
The fifty-fifth minute starts with Russell telling William that he is real and ends with a van of teenagers pulling up and one of them saying that/asking if he is Russell, from Stillwater.
40 min
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Minute 54 - Fake Friendly Pat on the Back
The fifty-fourth minute starts with Jeff explaining the roles in the band and ends with Russell telling William he's only interested in "real".
39 min
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Minute 53 - Cop Out Answer
The fifty-third minute starts with Jeff explaining the roles in the band and ends with Jeff continuing the argument.
41 min
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Minute 52 - Ouch
The fifty-second minute starts with everyone's initial non-verbal reactions to the t-shirt and ends with the "t-shirt argument" continuing.
38 min
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Minute 51 - It's Not All Happening
The fifty-first minute starts with a possibly misconstrued "I love you" and ends with the unveiling of the first t-shirt.
34 min
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Minute 50 - She'll Always Be Beth from Denver
The fiftieth minute starts with William telling his mom names of cities and ends with Beth from Denver yelling "Your aura is purple!"
33 min
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Minute 49 - So Snack Focused
The forty-ninth minute starts with William telling Penny about needing to do his interview with Russell before Greenville and ends with Elaine telling William what he told her.
39 min
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Minute 48 - Crossed Her Limit of Allowed Absences
The forty-eighth minute starts with Larry telling Russell to wake up and ends with Penny asking William if he's going to Cleveland.
36 min
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Minute 47 - Reverb in a Concrete Tunnel
The forty-seventh minute starts with Marc Maron still yelling and ends with the bus driving toward the sun.
43 min
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Minute 46 - Ding Dongs in the Way
The forty-sixth minute starts with Russell getting electrocuted and ends with Marc Maron yelling at the band.
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Minute 45 - Slightly More Loud
The forty-fifth minute starts with Russell telling secrets to the one guy you don't tell secrets to and ends with Russell holding the microphone, but not singing.
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