tripping balls (a music podcast?)

This week: previewing the playoffs (and reviewing the play-ins) at the pointy end of the NBA season. Also: basketball atheism, full replays, weird how you care now, Royal Neto, the TonyAllenification of Draymond Green, dirty 90s playoff basketball, WCF previews, Beeslieving in Klay, Bazeing less, fearing Grizzlies, selling the future, *very Barry the Baptist voice*, brickies labouring, irrational Glenn Maxwell defence, completely rational Paul Gallen shade, suspending disbelief, this pro-Pacers chat didn’t age well after they got stomped in the final play-in game, who or what is an Oshae Brissett, nihilism and statistics, Danny Ainge’s forever failure, tank karma, the Manly of the NBA, setting purple sectors, the strategic advantage of being unpopular, the chronic, we are loud wrong about the Warriors, deep psychological karmic trauma, LeBron always doing too much, Banana Boat playoff series, ‘ic-ky matchups, the BALLS Clasico of not having any confidence in your teams, Doc’s long list of Clippers he likes, best to fast-forward through most of the East first round series, still laughing at Boston, the Bucks’ bubble vengeance, seamless segues, how are the Knicks 10 games over .500, the real MVP, 19-and-heaps, hell freezes over in the wins pool, organisational integrity is no match for having to live in the armpit of Florida, Beeso gives thanks for the Eastern Conference, getting off that FPL narcotic, happiness insurance, Bad Charlotte, and yet more reasons to dislike Gordon Hayward. BALLS and tripping balls are available on their own RSS feeds, as well as being found together on Omny Studio, Spotify and Apple Podcasts (feel free to subscribe, rate and review) - and we welcome your reckons via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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This week: Adamhfoto joins the Doc to review new-old stock from vowel-dodging sadboi The Weeknd and Pitchfork faves Greta van Fleet. Also: RWC final spoilers, Heineken hats, what if Google was one of us, alleged greatest hits, working blue, weird spam, differently dull, that one song Bruno Mars did, take what you’re given, 808s and lunchbreaks, pay to play, showing your working, are Canadians allowed to use the N word, picking the wrong Led Zep noises to rip off, #DocReadsPitchforkReviews, heroin is confusing, ethical tackle shops, paying for the full hour, indifferent to opinion, no stairway? denied!, turns out Rage Against The Machine were a bit political, selling out for a Zinger and chips, upsetting Jamie Oliver, who reviews the reviewers, Buzz Rothfield’s ABC opinions, have we run out of music, shouts to Wa Wa Nee, self-strangulation, Reel Short Sets, has Adam’s dad been 70 years old forever, acoustic guitars are boring, the other Phil Jamieson, Tex Perkins humblebrags, the Questlove of RocKwiz, James Brown is dead, singing with your pianist, accidentally Even and pathetic halts. Next week: Beeso’s back with new albums from DJ Format, Iceage and Genesis Owusu. Recent review albums are in our current album review playlist on Spotify, with earlier stuff in our 2021 review archive, along with our 2021 tripping balls mixtape featuring our favourite tracks from new albums we’ve reviewed this year. The full list of all the albums we've ever featured on the show and Beeso's playlist for his boys are also available elsewhere on the internet. BALLS and tripping balls are available on their own RSS feeds, as well as being found together on Omny Studio, Spotify and Apple Podcasts (feel free to subscribe, rate and review) - and we welcome your reckons via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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This week: the two-three seeds in the BALLS NBA wins pool Adamhfoto and the Doc on misplacing 40 wins, a melange of mediocrity, Drummond gulf between talent and output, smart-casual observers, terrible testicular metaphors, bubble wonderkids, BALLS Clasico blood feuds, regional infrastructure, undisclosure, previewing a Lakers-Dubs play-in that probably won’t happen because of Beeso’s Suns, tanking out of the two, has anyone watched Atlanta this year, Wizards?, the Joel-Ben nexus, Heat-like things, high efficiency bench performances, get Carter a one-day, hands away black seven, the other BALLS Clasico, the Western Farce, televising administrative minutiae, talking about golf for eight hours, Jumbo-Visma don’t ride Campagolo groupsets you absolute #couchpeleton casual, bad times to bundy off, playing the game and still not understanding it, high risk pub banter strategies, rolling your what now, visiting Invercargill two times too many, NBA TV series revisited, winning the Celtics-Nets trade, it’s amazing what you can do with CGI these days, overtalented women, the Swans’ Simon Minton-Connell era, the Angry Ant as a netball coach, making a Kent of yourself, the Ben Ikin School of Constantly Overcompensating for Perceived Nepotism, not in your or any lifetimes, and better things to do in Milton than Magic Round. BALLS and tripping balls are available on their own RSS feeds, as well as being found together on Omny Studio, Spotify and Apple Podcasts (feel free to subscribe, rate and review) - and we welcome your reckons via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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This week: we review new albums from Royal Blood and Warish, and revisit Gorillaz’ debut 20 years on. Also: cartoon bad guys, that don’t upset me much, in a lot of ways kids are just small humans, never go full Moz, diluted Bleach, writing music for your dad’s workplace, don't try to beat Tony Hawk at pool, not what we came for, Muse cleanskins, setting appropriate expectations, a nink and a wod, on further review, Weezer do another Beverly Hills cover, blues-driven nastiness, Men Behaving Badly: Britpop Edition, fish with feet, sad hiphop filters, go listen to the Deltron 3030 album, rejecting puppet leadership, his father’s son, powerfully physical version of rock band, Denmark’s 1992 Euros team, bringing analytics to a reality food show and the big reveal of the cover art for the BALLS ep (if you know you know). Next week: Adamhfoto joins the Doc to review new-old stock from the Weekend and Pitchfork faves Greta van Fleet. Beeso's back in a couple of weeks to talk new albums from DJ Format, Iceage and Genesis Owusu. Recent review albums are in our current album review playlist on Spotify, with earlier stuff in our 2021 review archive, along with our 2021 tripping balls mixtape featuring our favourite tracks from new albums we’ve reviewed this year. The full list of all the albums we've ever featured on the show and Beeso's playlist for his boys are also available elsewhere on the internet. BALLS and tripping balls are available on their own RSS feeds, as well as being found together on Omny Studio, Spotify and Apple Podcasts (feel free to subscribe, rate and review) - and we welcome your reckons via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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