tripping balls (a music podcast?)

This week: new albums from English Teacher, Wine Lips and Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol.
Also: tailoring banking to your needs, the laundry-related talk-singing UK band Doc couldn’t think of is Dry Cleaning, punishing theatre kids, indie Thursdays, joke metal alloys, pro Canada, rocking horse rarities, after-dinner gelato, getting headless, Chic freaks, treble-hat-Gibson triple threats, Led Zep starter kits, Jungle gym and Team Beeso's mission to prove the Zoo owners wrong.

Next week: Nia Archives | The Zutons | Slash
Spotify playlists: Current albums | 2024 mixtape | All our playlists
The database: Review albums since 2015 and year-end top 5 lists
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This week, nearing the 3am-ugly-lights stage of the NBA playoffs second round: fast forwarding to the inevitable, being criminally French, views from the podcastariat, Doc complaining about someone else’s takes lacking nuance, Denver’s counterpunch worked until it didn’t, silence your notifications, Dortmund uber alles, good stories don’t make good contests, we can’t count, benching Giddey, Trae Young’s fit, draft dodging, losing on purpose gets an appropriate karma response, strategically advantageous ACLs, reasons the East sucks, Ange is disgusted to discover the depths of the absolute loser mentality at the heart of his club and of England as a nation, tinpot leagues, pay to play and being at absolutely no risk of dying with the music in you.

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This week: new albums from Brittany Howard, Master Peace and Mdou Moctar. Also: government handouts, closed Zoos, Rev limiters, ranked Arenas, broken records, Music Hall passes, live performance headwinds, tiny desks, managing to both misspell and mislocate Seattle’s KEXP, the Black Keys playing your high school hall, not in those shoes mate, an inverse Bonnie Tyler, security risks, Sunday night blues, Jungle at the BRIT Awards, African cooking, a lack of imajighenation, sub-Saharan geography, Beeso hates joy, Beeso hates the 2023/24 Suns, Prince cosplay, lead white dudes, Pop music, unpicked options, teach your children well, the Demon Knight soundtrack, pocket-dialling the internet and underage outrage. 

Next week: English Teacher | Wine Lips | Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol
Spotify playlists: Current albums | 2024 mixtape | All our playlists
The database: Review albums since 2015 and year-end top 5 lists
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This week: an early-second-round vibe check from the NBA playoffs.
Also: I’ll have what she’s having, one-seeds dropping one, Boston did the thing, the Dirkification of Jokic, Ant and the Antettes, 70s throwbacks, m isplaced faith in the ancients, engaged in the discourse, the Boogie Zone, your mileage may vary, Bread Corner, Thibs’ high-wire act, culturally appropriate NY teams, everyone built the PatBev monster, Cricket Gold rabbit holes, complicated legacies, Australia being mostly bad from the 1996 cricket world cup semifinal until the 1999 one, all questions answered, oh Canada, giving Uncle Jeff a call, Bayern Munich energy, vibes-based podcasting, clearing house vs partial remodelling and Coaching Corner: 'Eat Pray Love' Edition.

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This week: new albums from Justice, Marcus King and Regurgitator.
Also: listener endorsements, Kiwi mild butter chicken, walking in Memphis, archived angst, Rick Rubin is still in the league, confusing a severe weather event with a LA glam metal band, off chops, perfect bops, Gurge side projects, where does Quan do his big shop, barely recalled reviews, Shakes Gilgeous Alabama, doubling down, if ‘dog’s breakfast’ is your drinking phrase congratulations on your unconsciousness, countries that are near Nigeria that are not Nigeria, everything on the internet is a bit and double joker weeks.

Next week: Brittany Howard | Master Peace | Mdou Moctar
Spotify playlists: Current albums | 2024 mixtape | All our playlists
The database: Review albums since 2015 and year-end top 5 lists
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This week: the Leastern Conference, sim to end, the 1991/92 World Series Cup, turning blind, close ≠ good, camping with the Knicks, bits we lost control of, the quietest of quitting, not liking our allies, the decline and fall of a one-time BALLS Podcast Spirit Vegetable, trading rosters, architectural flaws, the one guaranteed way to lose in the new NBA, cap smoothing, trading for 2019 Kawhi, Thibs’ ultramarathon training regime, underdog coaching, Freddy Kluger, home chalk, imperial crowdfunding, the curse of ’21, previewing Nuggets-Timberwolves, a good shout, touch MDF, previewing OKC-Mavs, future Knicks, more of what you didn’t ask for, being great vs being cool, no he’s just French, Laker recriminations, rare metal and getting too excited.

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This week: new albums from Khruangbin, BODEGA and West Thebarton.
Also: Barry Football, travelogue incidentals, new-old stock, first-year arts discourse, Talking Heads, low-energy genres, no dunks, violent dreams, melancholy Cletus, 2018 was a Different time, reciprocal memberships, Adelaide connections, grunge-informed noise, stupid Zac Efron movies, what Tim and Guy did next, always up to something, New Words With Doc, pull your pants up, going too early, anything could happen/nobody knows anything and the legacy of legacy acts.

Next week: Justice | Regurgitator | Marcus King
Spotify playlists: Current albums | 2024 mixtape
The database: Review albums since 2015 and year-end top 5 lists
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This week: screaming over the peak, game state simulations, DLo Schröder, considering your options, this guy sucks, stopping Zion, 7/8 decision time, bad impersonations of the 2016 Cavs, the Alonso-Slater plan, get back East, Balkan beareotypes, Sisyphus’ job satisfaction, so much for that Patreon pledge, has KD ever run a play, New Words With Beeso, latitude-dependent shooting, the worst kind of loss, the worst coach left in the playoffs, JJ’s audition tape, selling the show, as a franchise a record label and a MFin crew, a momentary dip in our usual levels of Knicks positivity, remembering random Dubs, a great philosopher once said, the two Wemby problem, Godzilla vs Kong, having NO crowd, insurance fraud crackdowns, feels-casting the rest of the first round, not-so-bulletproof Monk, rage against the dying of the machine, scheduling Boston’s annual meltdown, two sad teams being sad at east other, proving playoff cliches, sticks through the spokes, the front fell off, this sounds racist, guts injuries, fantasy-drafting the New Sonics, should Ben Simmons wear 45, ZUBAC CHAT, is Nikola Jokic the best-conditioned player in the NBA, a Filo Mixed Touch World Cupdate, you can’t win anything with kids, the Roy Masters school of coaching and minding the game.

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This week: new albums from Tyla, the Libertines and the Dandy Warhols. Also: dangerous sand-atoll-adjacency, Adam Nation rise up, chillin’ with the vylan, in protest of protest music, an off-brand off-chops Pete Davidson, eight years late, how to get a number one, glum half-paced rubbish, terrace anthems, blaming Metacritic, Casiotone demo modes, urban jungle, whither backannouncers, the habit of 25 years, having a crack, having a Slash, thick girls, my god it’s full of B-sides, a National disgrace, rap beef, blowing up deluxe, clearing out the angst backlog and an unexpected Big Rock Ending. 

Next week: Khruangbin | West Thebarton | BODEGA
Spotify playlists: Current albums | 2024 mixtape (NEW!)
The database: Review albums since 2015 and year-end top 5 lists
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This week, massive overreactions to one game of yada yada you know the bit by now: NBA playoffs edition! Also: the least essential substance in the universe, the inevitable wins pool recap, green drink, growth mindsets, bet irresponsibly, Zion’s Shakespearean arc, Trae Young’s playoff relevance, missing 100% of the shots you take or don’t take, choosing your own adventure, forgetting EPCOT, get up Joel, beating up on noone, you thought the East was bad before, Despnikolable Me, the sad end of John Wick, the world’s worst drive-by, threes and vibes, the Dubs return to their roots, last day parity, sunlight and oxygen, backs against the wall, Weekend at Jimmy’s, moving an entire conference to NBA TV, idiot offspring, two months of sorting, streaming for the sickos, Howie and Meg, obscure 90s movie references, and complaining about having to turn up to your job.

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