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We recorded this week’s episode of the 9to5 Entertainment System as the results of the 2026 Quebec election were rolling in. Maybe it’s fitting then that we talk a lot about a bunch of horror movies in the second half, am I right anglophones?

I went to a couple of “big” concerts over the last few weeks. I saw Weezer and Gorillaz about a week apart. The contrast was pretty stark. Both shows were great. But where Weezer stuck to crowd favorites that were mostly recorded in the 90s, Gorillaz sampled from their full catalog, mixing up classics from 25 years ago with tracks off their latest and everything in between.

It leads me to suggest: Are Gorillaz the most consistently relevant act of the last 25 years? If you want to hear me fully defend this position you should probably listen to the episode. See? That’s how we get you!

2026 has been a pretty landmark year in the world of horror. I watched Resident Evil, Jon and I watched It Ends and Scott watched Obsession. We give you mostly spoiler-free takes on It Ends but if you want to hear our full deep-dive you should check out this week’s “Garbage Time”. For the other two films we provide more of a “first take” since we’ll wait until a few more of us get the chance to watch these flicks to give a more measured take.

Over on Garbage Time I give more or less my closing thoughts on 100 hours of Cyberpunk 2077. Jon and I dive into spoilers about the meaning and metaphors of It Ends and then I make Jon and Scott watch the absolutely bonkers sex scene between Elizabeth Berkley and Kyle MacLachlan in Showgirls. We also talk about how Waterworld could have been so, so much better if it had a better soundtrack and editor.

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Credit Where Credit is Due

Our intro song is a brand new jam cooked up by OKU-DA just for us, do yourself a favour and check out his SoundCloud).

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