In episode 32 we get bombarded on Lombard Street by the hot takes and cold cuts of two of Dublin's crowning jewels, Conor Lumsden (of too many bands) and Ross Hamer (of the rest). 

Higher Fidelity returns after an un-welcome break with even less sense and even more tangents. 

This episode is harder to follow than Hansel and Gretel with a handful of breadcrumbs. We go from Valentines woes, to almost murdering The Mysterines, to breaking into the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame (for a peak at our OWN stuff), to a run in with The Charlatans and 10cc, to 7 hours of non-stop musical improvisation in Trinity College, to the majesty of High School Musical 3, to our childhood mass location rotations, to taking care of ailing orchestra members, to disowning Georges Harrison's perm (while forgiving Kevin Keegan for his) to trying to find out what the deal is with Kim Deal and the tragic cacking of an extra in Winning London. All the while meandering through segments new and old ('That Sounds Like This', 'Sonic Seconds', 'Vox Pas' and 'One's We'll Finish Later') complete with a cameo from Dylan McClorey. 

This landmark episode has two landmarks.

First landmark: this episode has two landmarks. Dublin and Cavan. 

Second landmark: this episode features our first ever Scot in the form of Jack Magee, our resident outhouse artist. 

Bound by the distance between us, Ev, Ross, Jack and I wind our way through Workfarce, Sonic Seconds, Vox Pas, Sid Didn't Die and Second Best, taking in every ghastly opinion along the way. 

The podcast already predicated on unconventionality is further unconventionalised by what follows thusly. 

Our third Christmas Special is nothing special, much like us. 

We discuss the high fidelities and the low fidelities of a year that saw us make a fist of it and then make a mess of it. 

Our exotic international location in this episode did nothing to inspire new avenues of conversation. 

In this episode alone, Evan turns 25, (as the show turns 27), we dissect our show at DCU, discuss our time at Left Of The Dial festival in Rotterdam, update you all on the comings, goings and wentings of our experience in Amsterdam, introduce you to our latest obsession 'BattleBots', relive our appearance on KINK, lament the decline of Smash Mouth (morally, not artistically), tell the tale of 'A White Shirt' and then talk about music (for a bit*)

* at the end. 

Recorded in-between back to back shows in Rotterdam with Left Of The Dial festival we made a right show out of a show. You've heard of a blowjob, you've heard of a tough job but this was a rush job! 

Plenty of changes in this episode, a producer, mic stands (free hands for gesticulation {and other unmentionable -ations-} and by extension, free-er minds for pontificating), and a trigger pad for the jingles! But, if you're afraid of change and all that is a bit much for you, don't worry, there's more of the same old shite from us. 

Joe and The Shit Boys drop in at the end for a quick natter and scatter. 

The quadranscentennial jubilee installment of this show sees us discuss everything we've done over the last few weeks which is everything. Everything includes listening to the Beatles Capitol albums on the way to Listowel, Pete and Ev's stint as crew for a festival tour with Dea Matrona, (successful for Ev, disastrous for Pete), watching 'Enter The Dragon', our assistance in the nation-wide battle against teen-depression, Ross' recents stint in Cork, Sam's soon-to-be stint in Rome and then a heated debate about the properties and practicalities of swapping the characteristics and excretory locations of different bodily fluids. And that's BEFORE we even get into the segments. What a pre-amble. 

Pete, wary of being held in perilously high regard by the world at large, decides to nip it in the bud now with one of the most brutal Workfarces yet. 

'Five Live Yard Beours', episode 24 of the SINstitution that is 'Higher Fidelity, sees us stray even further from God's light and take even MORE leave of our senses. For reasons unbeknownst to us know but were presumably knownst to us at the time, we make a lot of animal noises, discuss our dreams, break Bill Wither's record for the longest note (35 seconds, eat shit Withers) and expand Pete's Patent Pending to include the ideas of idiots. 

Later than usual, but better than ever, this episode sees us descend into fits of laughter that we never truly recover from. 

We also discuss The Zen Arcade's FIRST encounter with a listener in the wild! Molly from Virginia, we need that photo, Spotify do your thing.