tripping balls (a music podcast?)

Going off, killing your brand, previously on the After Dark, The White Faps, blazer perverts, you had one job, shouts to Meg, Andrew Blake Mysteries, driving the forward focus, extra covers, Oasis West, problematic swag, problematic faves, you should see the other guy, Live At The Greek, T H R U S T, the Deep North, 'QOTSA-y' isn't actually a genre, Jimi on Lulu, Alley jams and the Top Gear Beetle. This week Beeso and the Doc reviewed new albums from former Stripe Jack White and super-producer Everything Is Recorded with Richard Russell, and argue which is the true Black Crowes classic album: Amorica, The Southern Thing And Thingy Thing, A.N. Other or (d) none of the above. Next week: Norn Iron blues-wranglers the Bonnevilles, QOTSA-y (no it IS a thing) Geordie three-piece Demob Happy and a fully-ticketed Classic Album™️ in the form of Cream's Disraeli Gears (1967). Current and recent review albums are on our After Dark album review playlist; our favourite tracks of the year are on our 2018 After Dark Mixtape.

It's our 150th episode and the end of the NBA regular season: LET'S GET CUSTOM HOODIES PRINTED WITH PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE INSULTS AIMED AT RIVAL PODCASTS! This week: CA say nein to Nine, saving cable TV, fun first rounds, everybody hates Chris, MIN win in, Blazers without Dame, switchflicking plagiarists, when you Kant play Melo,  the entire point of the NBA, altitude sickness, the joy of being Kiddless, Grizzling over value, SARVER SZN, believing in dinosaurs, Indy from the back of the field, Saint Brad Stevens, Andre Ingram for ROY, please consult your hoodie, Sixers surges, Ben's gap year, Thibs' tiki tour, Point Freak, combox coaching, Miami nightlife is undefeated, DC diva drama, giving up stuff to be worse, a Buss man's holiday, being a fan of the Magic ≠ being a fan of basketball, Heir Bud, our picks for 6th man, defensive player, rookie, coach and MVP of the year, the results of our second annual season-long Balls Podcast NBA Genuine Draft Beer Bet, and breaking down our brackets for the NBA playoffs, right through to the finals. Join our BALLSpod bracket comp on NBA Bracketology and match your playoff predictions against ours: www.nbabracketology.com/group/view/12511.

Thinking thinky things, the 1995 Venn diagram of words you couldn't use on posters and words compulsory to use on Picture magazine covers, tightening up, absolute garbage, doing yourself a favour, IT CAME... FROM AFRICAAAAA, very Wilt areas, belted onions, the peace pipe, registered sax offenders, Proto-Gurus, know your back catalogue, Saint Staffo, opening with singles, doing the pop*, playing Chuck Berry, Brisbane in January, convergent evolution, Bailey vs Kuepper and pubey covers. This week the Doc and special guest AlbionLoveDen reviewed new albums from Screaming Females and Femi Kuti, with the classic being Brisvegas legends The Saints' I'm Stranded. Next week Beeso's back to talk new Jack White, Everything Is Recorded with Richard Russell, and a mid-90s Black Crowes classic (or is this the real mid-90s Black Crowes classic?) Current and recent review albums are on our After Dark album review playlist; our fave tracks of the year are on our 2018 After Dark Mixtape. Thanks to ALD for guesting on this week's AD. 

*Brad Shepherd's pre-Gurus Brisbane punk band that recorded Savage (featured on disc 1 of Do The Pop and later covered by the D4 was the Fun Things. Not the Hitmen. Though he was in them for a bit as well.

Part 2 of our special guest weekend sees Bernie join the Doc for another instalment of the BALLS Motorsport Nerdpod, on a weekend when too much motorsport is barely enough - featuring Formula 1, Formula 2, MotoGP, Indycar, World Rally Championship, V8 Supercars, Super GT, Blancpain GT, the Nurburgring VLN series, British touring cars, World touring cars and World Endurance Championship pre-season testing. This week: everything is online, ruining it for everyone, slaying the beast, racetrack raceability, Holden's V6 cancellation as a metaphor for the state of Supercars, Hayden's Escort service, regional support series, that's DOCTOR weird vampire guy to you, very Tim areas, Lowndes re: tyres, the unknowable 2Girls, human interest stories, more Dans, Rossi's journey, caravanning with Criville, Marc's saves, Dovi's evolution, Mugello last lap specials, great nights in, Jenson does Japan, Bertie Baguette, any eyeball will do, the WEC Unleaded Season, Sebring solutions, LMP futures, we're all in this together, background baseball, racing mormons, Wicky Bobby, twitter spoilers and season predictions.

With Beeso still AWOL presumed passed-out in a camping chair reeking of cheap whisky and Kmart brand cola, we're welcoming a couple of special guest hosts this week - first up, friend of the show Albion Love Den joins the Doc to talk football: previously on this episode, serving notice, expansion packs, Legacy plans, never coming home, #FullPeterFitzsimons Round, it's a joke Joyce, being a hard Arzani, being literally too literal, Adidas WC away kits, In Soviet Russia, the Manc Derby, hello Salah, Baggies boxed and buried, Neutral fan hotel, hard resets, deep Pardoodoo, Ronaldo recency bias, Butt right out and Zlatan: 'You're welcome'.

Live* from the deserted sandblown badlands of Undisclosed Location National Park, their mic technique mysteriously deteriorating by the minute**, it's Beeso, Adamhfoto and the Doc with After Dark reckons on plastic fans, missions to Moscow, sidehustles, making Tracks, the god of Protracker nerds, industrial experiments, Origin fights, doing it yourself, I feel like Ringo, Roddy Bottum USA, animal husbandry, the rebelliness (?) of youth, Everything Is A Remix (Of Head Like A Hole), Beeso gets confused (and subsequently fired), progwaffle, aesthetic aspirations, positional changes, baby got bass, you've done it again, too much rugby league is barely enough, give the people what they want, 4 is more than 2, Crowe comps, sick a dis, she ain't messin', so bad it's bad, Winx twitter, picking classic albums based on your abillity to remember their titles, picking classic albums based on their cover art getting banned in conservative states, don't stick pencils in your ears and bloody Queensland drivers. This week we reviewed new albums from Tax The Heat and The Sword, with NIN's The Downward Spiral argued over for classic status. Next week Albion Love Den drops by to talk Femi Kuti, Screaming Females and The Saints' I'm Stranded. Current and recent review albums are on our After Dark album review playlist; our fave tracks of the year are on our 2018 After Dark Mixtape.

*well it was at the time

**apologies for the occasionally suboptimal audio; we'll be back to our more traditional excellent sound/terrible content nexus next week

Live (to tape) from an undisclosed location somewhere on the NSW coast, Beeso, Adamhfoto and the Doc give shouts to the NPWS, going full Peter Fitzsimons, hypocrisy and sanctimony, ambush marketing, we don't talk any more, bye bye Boofie, Reverse Swing 101 with J-Rod, Davey's dark arts, duties of care, Captain Cooked, addition by subtraction, Maxi-strength Gatorade, the Zen Master, Richie's dog toys, your takes are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter, lovable losers, Give Up For Australia, the bad touch, back to the future, The X Defector, 1978 in the house, why is Pat Howard, the Sutherland Mire, the Reds' reinForcements, nominative determinism, trade deadline Dray, as good as it gets, useless and premature playoff matchoff chat, who wants the Spurs, Negative Ghostrider, hope for a generation, Jazz records, #NBAtwitter truisms, the MVGM, Wizards wheeze, Donk itch, the backup to the backup and NHL No Star.

Biggie Cubes, how soon is too soon, what the fox says, being no longer prepared to wiggle, the new CRJ (see it at your Honda Powersports Dealer), cooking for kids, compression bandages, live-to-tape, Anna Logg, very Brunswick areas, hail performer well unmet, diminishing returns, twice the spice of Pepper, too listenable to listen, the Seppos get something right, I've just been reading NME about what lately has got cred (I tell you what as far as I can see they're massaging Kojak's head), maximum RnB, more sizzle, more live-to-tape, Tinfoil Billy, misremembered angst, failed relitigations and undisclosed locations. This week's all-Aussie adventures in new music were Late Teens by Press Club and Depth of Field by Sarah Blasko, while The Jimi Hendrix Experience's sort-of-self-titled-debut-album was the classic. Next week: The Sword, Tax The Heat and NIN's The Downward Spiral (1994), for our Live-Ish After Dark 130th Episode Coastal Elites Spectacular. Current and recent review albums are on our After Dark album review playlist; our fave tracks of the year are on our 2018 After Dark Mixtape.

We are not going to make it, Vivek respec, private schools are trash, no I said CUT through, what does the Fox say, pick of the bowlers, England's darkest hour-and-a-bit, Jim Maxwell: retire bich, brotherly love, 1970s punchlines, complementary skillsets, hoopage dreams, Big 3s, unexpected competence, Vancouver sledging, the Sellicans, good losses, Klay changes history, second opinions, Coke adds life, who to fire, why is Mike Francesa, why is the NCAA, bad ball/good narrative, the NRL gets disLodged, draft and stash, we can't pronounce Mangok Mathiang, big sports in little sports, the font of all misery and happy endings.

Why you should never look forward to anything, old music for old people, don't look back (you can never look back), chunks of fuzz, recycled leftovers, eatin' dust, going for it (live), fighting trucks, guitar-brand-based comedy, bootleg Buena Vista, get up (get on up), Beeso's motivations, tsunami warnings, teeting off, Thriller Is Trash V: Assignment Miami Beach, push the button(s), St George can't play, sizzle, flashes of inspiration, green and gold covers, transatlantic track shuffling, slicks in sleet and the importance of having good friends who support your creative endeavours. This week we reviewed new albums from The Breeders (again) and Fu Manchu, while Beeso's 'classic' is the 2003 debut album from The Cat Empire. Next week: the debut album* from Brunswick indie kids Press Club, new Sarah Blasko and classic experiential Jimi Hendrix from 1967. Review albums are on our After Dark album review playlist; our fave tracks of the year are on our 2018 After Dark Mixtape.

*this might be the giveaway Beeso was talking out his fundament ref. them being around when he was running venues in the early oughts