Episode 4: Mine's a pint

The Dysfunction Room is haplessly recorded in the illustrious snug of The Grove Inn in Leeds . Warning: sweariness abound.

In this episode we wonder what makes a good beer. To help us along we have a bit of a tipsy chat with the enthralling and endearing Melissa Cole in the equally marvellous Hop Hideout . You should check them out and follow them on social media. https://twitter.com/melissacole https://twitter.com/HopHideout

Credits: The underappreciated task of recording and editing is mostly undertaken by Sam and you can poke him with a stick on Twitter @andomain Rambling and vague leadership was provided by Luci and you should follow him on Twitter @generallucifer Andrew was mostly in a booze haze but his random shoutings are broadcast on Twitter @cyclingtiger Mental lubrication was supplied by good breweries and we recommend supporting yours (and ours because they're better).

Questions, comments and abuse can be sent to us by email to [email protected]. If your email title is Nincompoop then we'll add you to our newslist for new episode notifications and occasional other communications.* Important ramblings will be broadcast from Twitter @dysfunctionroom Fine art will be put up on Instagram @dysfunctionroom

Thanks for listening.

*Personal data will only be used for the expressly stated purpose of communicating Dysfunction Room business and no other reason. Your personal data will only be sold to a third party upon receipt of the exact and true sum of ten billion pignuts. No substitutions, no alternatives. Pignuts or owt lad.

Welcome to the chronically overdue 3rd episode where we meander awkwardly from public transport to chindogu, UFOs, pork scratchings, books, scuplture, B sides, angry music

Reference points of varying qualities and importances:

Faces of Death Cacas: Encyclopedia of Poo Chindogu The Little Book of Big Penis Scarfolk Jenny Randles Ray Grays Openshaws Simmonites Mr Weebl Ben Myers Adele Stripe Do Series Jam Factory + Gavin Strange Verity Bobby Gentry Crab Feast Babysitting Trevor Dirty Projectors Next Music Podcast

If you have enjoyed this podcast, please come and tell us on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DysfunctionRoom/ Alternatively, tweet your appreciation to @dysfunctionroom and follow for important ramblings Questions, comments and abuse can be sent to us by email to [email protected]. If your email title is Collywobble then we'll add you to our newslist for new episode notifications and occasional other communications.* Fine art and stark imagery will be put up on Instagram @dysfunctionroom

Credits: As mentioned at the top, we are graciously hosted by The Rutland Arms and our music is still provided by Loco Lobo (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/). The entirely unthanked task of recording and editing is mostly undertaken by Sam and you can tickle his fancy on Twitter @andomain. He also does most of the work with the website. Standing and delivering was provided by Luci and you should follow him on Twitter @generallucifer. He is also mostly responsible for our Social Media presence. Andrew was responsible for the shocking decline in standards and his random shoutings are broadcast on Twitter @cyclingtiger. Mental lubrication was supplied by good local breweries and we recommend supporting yours (and ours because they're better).

Thanks for listening.

*Personal data will only be used for the expressly stated purpose of communicating Dysfunction Room business and no other reason. Your personal data will only be sold to a third party upon receipt of the exact and true sum of ten billion pignuts. No substitutions, no alternatives. Pignuts or owt lad.

CT

Earlier this month the intrepid denizens of The Dysfunction Room set off in search of a place more bleak, more dispossessed and further from home than Crow Crag. It was found with ease within the bounds of Leeds. 

Fortunately succour was found in the safe haven of The Hyde Park Book Club, home to a cast of hosts offering bright libation and a dark tale.

Here's the rude outcome of our trip to see Withnail & I, one of the most iconic films ever made.

General notes: Through this episode we mention the following bits and pieces, some or none relate directly to Withnail & I

We originally claimed that we were in Coffee Raid, a hip coffee bar in Leeds that is actually called Coffee RAND. We weren't, we were in the Opposite Cafe which is a hip coffee bar next door.

We then moved on to The Hyde Park Book Club, we at least got the name right on that first time.

Films and TV shows mentioned: Brazil, Commitments, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Whistle and I'll Come To You, Kes, Scum, Cathy Come Home, Platoon. We also laud Red Dwarf and Star Trek,  

The band Andrew couldn't remember is Gut Shot. Andrew was convinced Luci would drive a battered Vauxhall Astra. He doesn't, it's a fairly nice Skoda.

As usual, contacts are:

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Please tell us what you think of Withnail & I and what your favourite British films are.

Episode 2: Hard Crisps for Sex Games

This episode of The Dysfunction Room was casually recorded in the illustrious upstairs room of The Rutland Arms in Sheffield. It features Sam, Luci and Andrew

In this episode we thrash out the hardest crisp and discuss the merits of other pub snacks. Sam tells us about his visit to the dirty south and The Design Museum and we talk about tattoos and phobias. For those that need to qualify and quantify our irrational fears further, you may want to google megalophobia, thalassophobia and ailurophobia. 

We talk about books by Brian K Vaughn, Ray Bradbury, Raymond Briggs and JG Ballard

Andrew peeks inside the expansive ground of street art including the now absent Westgate Festival Mural in Exeter and the works of Sheffield locals Phlegm and Kid Acne.

Sam enthuses about No Children by the Mountain Goats and Luci holds forth on the Theremin.

Amidst all that we skim lightly across such erudite subjects as fisherman couture, superheroes, dying words, prison sinks and Sam and Andrew tell Luci that he shouldn't run.

If you have enjoyed this podcast, please come and tell us on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DysfunctionRoom/ Alternatively, tweet your appreciation to @dysfunctionroom and follow for important ramblings Questions, comments and abuse can be sent to us by email to [email protected]. If your email title is Nincompoop then we'll add you to our newslist for new episode notifications and occasional other communications.* Fine art stark imagery will be put up on Instagram @dysfunctionroom

Credits: As mentioned at the top, we are graciously hosted by The Rutland Arms and our music is still provided by Loco Lobo (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/). The Sysiphean task of recording and editing is mostly undertaken by Sam and you can coo over him like an infant on Twitter @andomain. He also does most of the work with the website. Roaring and mild shock was provided by Luci and you should follow him on Twitter @generallucifer. He is also mostly responsible for our Social Media presence. Andrew was of little help but his random shoutings are broadcast on Twitter @cyclingtiger. Inbetween episodes he asks annoying questions like "have you finished that yet" under the guise of trying to keep us organised. Mental lubrication was supplied by good local breweries and we recommend supporting yours (and ours because they're better).

Thanks for listening.

*Personal data will only be used for the expressly stated purpose of communicating Dysfunction Room business and no other reason. Your personal data will only be sold to a third party upon receipt of the exact and true sum of ten billion pignuts. No substitutions, no alternatives. Pignuts or owt lad.

CT

The Dysfunction Room is ineptly recorded in the salubrious upstairs room of The Rutland Arms in Sheffield. Warning: there will be sweariness.

This episode may contain the following subject matter; angst, boilers, Enya guilt, crowbars, Vitriola, Chris TT , The Huntsman Comes A Marchin , Golden Brown, Crooked - Richard Pett, My Dad Wrote a Porno, Pounded in the Butt by my own eBook, Kindle amateur literature, Post Office, , Spurn Point Bones, 

Credits: Mostly the hard work of recording and editing has been undertaken by Sam and you can fawn over him on Twitter @andomain Principle inspiration and motivation was provided by Luci and you should follow him on Twitter @generallucifer The onerous labour of booking a free room was undertaken by Andrew who's random shoutings are broadcast on Twitter @cyclingtiger Loquaciousness was supplied by goood local breweries and we recommend supporting yours (and ours because they're better). Music by Lobo Loco

Questions, comments and abuse can be sent to us by email to [email protected] Important news will be broadcast from Twitter @dysfunctionroom Pretty pictures will be put up on Instagram @dysfunctionroom

Thanks for listening.