This week: Beeso’s kitchen nightmares, Grandhomme designs, cricket gets publically owned, keeping the hoi polloi out, our extensive Rugby World Cup Final coverage, feeding the cable content maw, surprise packets, Portland’s centers cannot hold, everyone in the West is 5-3, all pod business is settled, nobody’s PPVing the Spurs, RINGZZZZ, Roypotheticals, replacing Kawhi, Sunny days sweeping the clouds away, big numbers in Ls, leaving you cold, angry heroball, bad Magic, basketballers on drugs, giant adult babies, BojBog’s buzzer beater, previewing Liverpool v Citeh, the absolute state of the rest of the top six, schedule clashes, more detail on Bathurst 1986 than anybody ever asked for, Nicholi Ro-splat-kin, d-d-dad of the year and building Lantanaland Rampage. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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Yes it's another big ol' round number special on the After Dark for episode 200, in which Beeso (fresh* from riverdancing at the Riverstage with the Chemical Brothers on a school night), Adamhfoto and the Doc pick out and count down their favourite song intros of all time. Also: art installations, solving Brexit through dance music, old VHS copies of ZOO TV, hitting the Wall, twitter boomer bantz, shut up and dubstep, anyway here isn’t Wonderwall, hating bangerz, dark energy, Gen X protest music, top 200 Patton side projects, the Beesoing Experience, wonky back ends, purple fireworks, the never ending introoooo, air raid offense, five syllables, the land of the ice and snow, being unable to stand it, strange slabs, Bristol scales, explodey action theme music, amen brother, they don’t make ‘em whiter, we’re all just playing Chuck Berry, expensive sample clearance, it’s still 2019, mah brother-in-law Billy-Bob has the fastest boat in the whole damn river, sugar free diets, olé olé olé, Beatles slander, forgetting to plug in, the alpha and the omega, on-brand for Brisbane, lazy tropes, audio installer tips, two outta three ain’t bad and discovering you are Danny Glover. Next week: back to the new stuff with albums from Mini Mansions and Cigarettes After Sex. Current & recent review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify (earlier albums from 2019 are archived here), along with our 2019 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums reviewed this year. Our full list of review albums and Beeso's kids playlist are also available. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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E's are good, progressive Mormonism, Rampage recap, going full Rogatkin, slopestyle stoners, canyonheroes, apparently Sweden doesn’t have big mountains, Will Pushoffski, exercise is good for you, starting to complain that there’s no rain, Atlantic echelons, peleton statistics, the Pats haven’t beaten anyone (this aged surprisingly well), being below average, browning out, offensive offensive lines, running outta Luck, Eddie and Ricky: the game’s greatest thinkers (this didn’t age as well), second string hookers, off the bench, the armband played on, underwater tractors, Purple Flower Week, festival queen blood feuds, Bash Arty, standing with giants on your shoulders, Because Australia, LaMelo vs RJ, endearingly crap, forgot about Dray, THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE, two Dellys in an overcoat, nuggets of concern, the 0-and-5 KANGZ of NBA podcasting, India is the new China, LOL Celtics?, the Bucks’ third options, Rockets 159 Wizards 158, calming arms, the ghost of Jimmy Butler, conditioned to failure, 60% of the time it works every time, Adam is the Knicks, why do they tank so hard, sh1te years ahead, hipster fun in Memphis, job swaps, Herroball and brand new combine harvesters. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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This week: new albums from Maundz and the Neptune Power Federation, Always Late with Beeso and Dr Yobbo, doing the voice, spousal appreciation, worldwide appeal, mind-altering substances, new power generation, Forever Malcolm Young, never go full Darkness, more ridiculousness, rock bedrock, continuation specials, spare hoodies, back in trackydacks, backpackers doing cashies, not doing the voice, doing your own thing, Britishness innit, hiphop is for the old heads, live from the gutter, ‘Brisbane isn’t as important as Sydney or Melbourne’, Friday presenteeism and getting strung out on life. Next week: our BALLS After Dark 200th Episode Craptacular. Current and recent review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify (earlier albums from 2019 are archived here), along with our 2019 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums reviewed this year. Our full list of review albums and Beeso's kids playlist are also available elsewhere on the internet. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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Pat drops in to half a lantanaland to talk the Dubs getting the 2020 number 1 pick, champion clip art, firing Rockets and top five European basketball bodies. Then the Doc calls in to talk number one Suns, Boston Pride and having the body of an athlete before Pat returns powered by lawnmower fuel to pick the first test team. 

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A tradition like no other, in which Beeso, Adamhfoto and the Doc draft the teams of the Eastern and Western Conferences in a battle for NBA regular season wins, prestige, klout and the distant, often unrealised promise of alcoholic beverages at the others’ expense. Also: hot Gladstone nights, Friends with benefits, the world in union, what’s a Drummoyne, old guys and analytics, NBA Twitter’s newest analyst, rules of engagement, coin flips, Mr East Coast, notes to self, STAY OWFFF THA WEEEED, overachieving underachievers, big IFs, selling everyone for parts, the 13th man, sliding doors moments, Shouty Jim’s split personality, going with the money, going against your own metrics, #FreeBlake, Beeso cheers for the Knicks, Pop’s coaching tree, the Queensland Cup Wallabies, Bathurst tickets, Freezing Cold Take me now I have seen it all, in shape for the season, promotional considerations, playoff lessons, you can’t beat the system, aggregator-worthy Rockets takes, upside picks, a man hurling a watermelon into a bin, 538 vs Vegas, college dropouts, the James Dolan Perpetual Trophy, Brand of Brothers, disaffected youths, picking eyelashes, not watching any basketball, VB mountain and gratuitious cross-promotional exercises. Our East preview begins from 8:50, with the West covered from 47:50. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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New albums from Warish and Mike Patton, existential angst, we stan the Gallaghers, alternative timeline Cobain idols, eleven divided by three, arthouse vs outhouse, all we need is a smack in the face, rock and roll is where Mike hides, noone’s gonna care, played to deaf, terrible late ‘80s Eurodance hits, dirty Oz hiphop, the Doc ruins music, the Post Malone of 2003, the Chemical Dependency Brothers, albums you were probably going to listen to anyway, Something Else, it’s still 1998 in Caloundra, easter eggs of the insane, Doc’s top 25 second chance albums of the YTD, home runs and strikeouts, Late Show hold music, the first ever After Dark review ep, the thrill of fear and This Is 40’s. Next week: new Maundz and Neptune Power Federation. Current and recent review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify (earlier albums from 2019 are archived here), along with our 2019 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums reviewed this year. Our full list of review albums and Beeso's kids playlist are also available elsewhere on the internet. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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This week with Doc and Beeso: Nancy Drew ARU mysteries, world cup draws, Chinese takeaways, mo' Morey mo' problems, Titman Frittata, chess not checkers, preseason overreactions to preseason overreactions, one year early, not trying to lose turns out to be good for winning, closing all the windows, basketball isn’t football, the Donald Sterlings of T20, big three on big three violence, revisionist Hohnstory, VicRoads do it better, reverse garbage time, Warner home vs a-Broad, Tottenham Hotgarbage, knowing when to walk away, Werner Herzog Space Jam, international over domestic, arguing with pigeons, overperforming mediocrity, looking stupid on the internet, K-Mart bargain buys and NBL owner-operators. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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Newly minted Scotsman and pod All Star Jarrod Kimber rejoins the pod to talk Low Hanging Fruit, personal warm up anecdotes, going through customs in custom kit,  the props of the Guardian’s OBO, T20 coaching roundabouts and being unemployed multiple times in a short period of time. 

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Adamhfoto joins the Doc to discuss new albums by filthy Scandiwegian garage rock merchants the Drippers and ageing punky brewsters blink-182, as well as things nobody has explained to Sweden, what’s a Chinchilla, Doc is bad at links, more bottom, harmony through dissonance, taking a bow, Finskt blod, Patton recognition, 28 minutes to burn, Dookie monster, over-rationalising the album of the year, the land that time forgot, nobody likes you when you’re 47, DeLonge view, being thankful, the three-colour Lego of rock, how hard can it be, Tool time, #social #media #content, first  and last live shows, Past Doc’s favourite festivals and gigs, nobody deserves music, stay hydrated, doing the Most, always put your money on Frenzal Rhomb, classically trained pianists, hitting most of the right notes in most of the right order, pre-gig preparations, bands to see before you or they die, this album did not get a rose and outros for AD200. Beeso’s back in a bit to chat about new albums from Warish and some French mate of Mike Patton's. Current and recent review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify (earlier albums from 2019 are archived here), along with our 2019 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums reviewed this year. Our full list of review albums and Beeso's kids playlist are also available elsewhere on the internet. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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