Rabbit Holes
MEGA UPDATE | JUNE 2026
We used to be "Semi-Retired," now we're "Rabbit Holes." Same guys, similar topics, groundbreaking new name. We're back, and here's our satisfaction guaranteed promise to you:
Every second Tuesday, co-hosts Richard and Dave go deep with insightful and humourous takes on topics including movies and series, music, technology, pop culture, and photography. Follow along; the path often takes unexpected turns.
Rabbit Holes
47 | This was Spinal Tap (warning: this episode goes to 11)
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Ah, the wretched excesses of late-70s English rock bands with roots in the kaleidoscopic, Swinging London days of the UFO Club, Carnaby Street, Twiggy, Vidal Sassoon, and Sgt. Pepperland. Rob Reiner's first-of-a-kind 1984 'mockumentary' follows fictional hard rock has-beens, Spinal Tap, as they try to get it together for just one more US tour to promote their pungently titled new album, 'Smell the Glove.'
Richard and Dave take their love of rock music to 11 this week with a characteristically freeform examination of this riotous masterpiece of cultural satire, in an episode that somehow devolves into fond reminiscences about paintball-related injuries in the closing minutes. For added content value, Dave provides a progress report on his avoidance of using five really stupid expressions.
Long Live Rock and Roll! Long Live Tap!
Music and image credits:
Dial at 11 by Three-shots from Pixabay
Semi-Retired “flipz” theme by tubebackr from SoundCloud
Music promoted by free-stock-music.com
Perforated steel by YuriyC from VectorStock