The documentary Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain has been released. Director Morgan Neville assembled a playlist of music he found from Bourdain’s books, interviews, social media, and more. Tonight, we take a look at that music and how it ties back to the life and times of the late Anthony Bourdain. We’ll be joined […]
Prime Time Episode 197: Abe Flores, PDR Cigars
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Tonight we welcome the one and only Abe Flores of PDR Cigars as our special guest! In the past decade Abe has become a power in the cigar industry, and we’ll talk about his journey and get up to date on some of the latest happenings at PDR. Plus we will have our Live True, […]
Prime Time Special Edition 104: The Cigar Coop Coalition PCA Post Game Show, Part 2
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We thought Prime Time Special Edition 103 would be the final PCA Wrap-up show – it didn’t turn out like that. On Prime Time Special Edition 104, the whole Cigar Coop team will continue the recap of the booths we visited and go through a detailed run of what cigars were launched by what companies. […]
Prime Time Special Edition 103: The Cigar Coop Coalition PCA Post Game Show
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Prime Time Special Edition 103 returns – in what we thought would be the final PCA Post Game Show of 2021. This one will be a little different as we will take things from the Cigar Coop team point of view and focus on the most important and exciting part of the trade show – […]
Prime Time Episode 196: Eddie Ortega, Ortega Cigars
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While we couldn’t get him last week, this week we have the one and only Eddie Ortega of Ortega Cigars! Eddie’s an industry veteran and has done it all in the cigar industry. We’ll recap his journey and find out what he’s up to. Plus we will have our Live True, Sopranos, and DTT Industry […]
Prime Time Jukebox Episode 45: The Covers Show
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On Prime Time Jukebox Episode 45, we bring to you a show on covers. On the old Cigar Jukebox, there were a couple of Covers shows that were done, but now we bring it to Prime Time Jukebox for the first time. Dave and Coop will talk about what makes a good cover, and they […]
Prime Time Episode 195: Impromptu PCA Post Game Discussion
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Due to our guest being unable to make tonight’s show, we shifted gears and assembled a last minute panel for some impromptu PCA 2021 Trade Show talk. Aaron and Coop were joined by Cigar Coop team members Bear Duplisea and Ben Lee. We are also joined by Espinosa Cigars’ Director of Operations Hector Alfonso Sr. […]
Prime Time Jukebox Episode 44: Alphabet Series #1 – The Letter “A”
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On Prime Time Jukebox Episode 44, Dave and Coop begin “The Alphabet Series” – a series of shows where we cover songs devoted to a particular letter. We begin the series, naturally, with the letter “A.” Our goal with this show is to use this opportunity to cover a number of genres, bands, deep cuts, […]
Live from the Cigar Media Compound: The 2021 PCA Post Game Show
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The 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show is now in the annals of history. Following the completion of the show, Bear, Ben, and Coop have a brief recap on the show. This will provide some analysis in anticipation of our big Prime Time Special Edition 103 show on July 27. (Note: Due to age […]
Prime Time Jukebox Episode 43: Album Archaeology #7 -Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette
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Prime Time Jukebox Episode 43 features our seventh installment of our Album Archaeology Series. On this episode, we break down Alanis Morissette’s landmark album Jagged Little Pill. Much like an archaeologist digs and hunts for gems, on Album Archaeology we dig into the Jagged Little Pill album. We go deep into each of the tracks […]