Andy & Scott’s social

This week, the lads dived into the annual ritual of pretending we’re all chill about Christmas… while secretly eyeing up the mince pies in Tesco the second Halloween ends.

They're the wise men of the festive debate.........minus the wisdom, gifts, and any sense of direction.

The big festive question: when is it actually acceptable to start celebrating Christmas?

Andy reckons there should be rules — written, laminated rules — about when it’s okay to put the tree up, blast Mariah, or start panic-buying Terry’s Chocolate Oranges. Scott, meanwhile, just wants everyone to calm down and let him enjoy his turkey when he’s good and ready.

And then came the real battle:

Is Die Hard a Christmas film?

Scott delivered his full rant — complete with logic, passion, and the sort of energy normally reserved for VAR decisions. 

It got heated. It got festive. It got… weirdly deep for two blokes having a beer.

If you’re pondering your own Christmas cut-off point (or if you just enjoy grown men arguing about Bruce Willis in a vest), this one’s for you.

Sit back and chill, press play, and get involved.

Strap on your water wings - this week the lads are going off at the deep end.

Scott bravely plummets into the hadal zone — the underwater nightmare trench where sunlight, joy, and common sense go to die. It’s essentially the ocean’s version of “don’t come in here,” so naturally Scott went in anyway.

Andy then unleashes a set of sea stories so distressing they may qualify as emotional waterboarding. Expect mystery splashes, cursed ships, and at least one creature that definitely hasn’t been approved by science.

Next up: The Quiz. A “Top 10 Highest-Grossing Sea Movies” extravaganza. Listeners are legally (OK, emotionally) obligated to grab a pen and paper and play along to see if they can do better thank Scott. Spoiler: they absolutely can.

And of course, the finale: mermaids. Majestic. Mythical. Almost certainly plotting something. Andy dives into tales of these fishy temptresses while Scott tries not to picture one sliding headfirst through the studio door.

Recorded a week late, Andy & Scott mark Remembrance Day in our own way: a mix of remarkable tales of bravery, a few lighter historical gems (including the unbelievable story of Corporal Jackie the monkey!), and their usual chat, metal riffs, and questionable humour. A warm, respectful nod to the past… with the those 2 inevitably wandering off into the weeds along the way.

Recorded late, and posted even later, Andy and Scott have a look into haunted locations and items after halloween.

Would you stay in a haunted house overnight?  Should Sonia let Scott stay in Eastfield drive (Pontefract) one night?

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Back after the break in recording!

Jump back in to join the lads in a discussion around serial killers.

Part 1 of 2

No, this weeks pod isnt ridiculously long, a recording mishap caused a break which cut into 2 epsiodes!

Keeping with the horror theme for Halloween, this week Andy has looked into serial killers!

The guys also discuss their thoughts on watching the horror movie classic 'The Entity'.

All this and the usual catch up and nonsense.

As discussed in episode 26, Andy & Scott have taken a look into cults this week, and its amazing how some of these start to stray into the conspiracy theories (check out episode 20).  Are the Hollywood elite part of the occult?  And what would happen if Ozzy osbourne, Russell Brand and David Blaine had a love child in Victorian times?  The answer to that question has suckered the lads in to join and they're planning matching tattoos as a result!

We also get to Andys take on the Exorcist.  Spoiler alert, he's really not impressed and Scott is ready to fight on this one.  Could episode 27 be the final episode, or can the boys get past this point?

This week we hit an its time for a pat on the shoulder as episode 26 hits the 6month mark of Andy & Scott social.

Andy has taken a bit of a deep dive into different milestones and what they mean to people.  Scott has gone in the other direction and prepared a work based appraisal for Andy.

The usual nonsense, plus a bit of planning, find us on Facebook or TikTok to drop a message on what you'd like to hear us ramble about.

In between episodes 24 and 25 has been a flurry of gigs.

Straight after recording episode 24, Andy and Scott went straight into Leeds for an awesome night watching Lastelle who were awesome, supported by Blight Town who they'd also recommend.

From there, Scott took his family to London to see Wargasm playing at HERE at the Outernet.  This is an interesting night including squeaky bum time with age restriction requirements and ultimately, a fantastic night.

And then Andy and Rach spent a day at Novocaine in Sheffield.  A whole day of bands.

Pull up a chair and listen to the break down, were the bands good?  Who do they recommend?  Open your Spotify, Apple, Amazon or whatever music service you use and get ready to listen to the recommended bands.

Spoiler alert, in the pod, Here are the list of bands and some of Andys thoughts on them:

the five hundred

They were awesome, a new style of metal and and energy which was so refreshing they had a song called rain maker and it just went off mosh pits, walk of deaths and head banging songs 10/10

Bleed again

They were the highlight of the day for me and I got the chance to have a chat with them when I bought some merchandise, they were just so humble and appreciated that we took the time to say hi and genuinely think I made some new friends.they played a song called black heart and it got me in the feels I love when metal bands tone it down a touch and then do a big finish.10/10

Dacara 

A female fronted band, if you like enter shikari and spirit box this band is the best parts of both them band some sing along bits and you genuinely just lose your mind watching them I highly recommend you see them.8/10

Night thieves

A female fronted band, I wasn’t keen to start with the music was mint but you couldn’t hear the singer clearly but when they adjusted the sound the last 4/5 songs were really good the song I really liked was through the looking glass a solid 7/10

Reanimate

A local band from Sheffield must of had a good following we missed half the set which I’m a bit gutted about but I needed a sit down I’m just gonna have to accept I’m getting old. But they were awesome the songs I saw. 8/10

Ocean thieves 

These were phenomenal if you want good time lots of fun and song along and the guy got everyone involved they played a song called these days and the song along he got it going the crowd was quiet so he did it again it was so infectious because once you knew the words every one was singing 9/10 it’s only 9 because I just wanted more plus the shirt he was wearing Rach bought for me.

Broken empire

If you like alter bridge and mastodon you will love these they came on first band we saw and I was like this is gonna be awesome and they were so tight they did a cover of locked out of heaven by Bruno mars but metalled it up and turned it into an absolute banger 8/10

This week, Andy has found himself down another rabbit hole, this time on inventions.  Some great, others........... Not so much.

How much of a genius was Nikola Tesla?  In the modern day, is Elon Musk sending a robot workforce up to Mars?

The height of creative genius, all the way down to printing your own face on a slice of toast, none of it is safe.

All of this taken into the usual intelligent, in depth review as we see if this can help Andy and Scott come up with their own genius inventions.