tripping balls (a music podcast?)

In which Cleveland trades everybody, Steve gets snubbed, Kris snaps, Don kicks, it's not the heat it's the humidity, Konspiracy Korner, the Cavs get remodelled, the Raptors are a real (?) thing (??), Foles calls Philly Special, the Superbowl is unexpectedly great (unless you like defence), every Rose has its Thibs, Lachlan Penfold talks Dubs, Sweet Lou gets paid (ish), Sweet Lou blows up your spot, Exum re-enters, medical malpractice costs IT, Elon waves it in the wind, this show is brought to you by Bud Very Light, banning international T20, saying hi to our friends in Adelaide, I'm A Celebrity Push Me Into The Sea, barking at right angles and burning your best takes.

In which Beeso and the Doc talk SADCs, second cousins, staff karaoke, Underbelly Adelaide, storytime with Beeso, failure to proceed, whatever happened to their rock & roll, moves like Jagger on meth, longer shortlists, the Parklands badlands, home viewer mixtapes, over the Falls, Hottest 100 1997 vs 2017, the reverse Gizzard, Hillsong hold music, popularity is mediocrity, Monster Magnet > Myron Magnet, Fatboy Slim Dusty, essence of 1987, doing it for Brisbane and problematic faves. This week's new albums were K21's Any Given D-Day and BRMC's Wrong Creatures with the Hives' Veni Vidi Vicious nominated for classic consideration. Next week: DZ Deathrays' Bloody Lovely, Turbonegro's ROCKNROLL MACHINE and Icehouse's Man Of Colours (1987). All that and less on our After Dark album review playlist; not much yet on our 2018 After Dark Mixtape but check out our 2017 version in the meantime.

In which Beeso and the Doc get into Blake Griffin: Clipper For Life, in the weeds, the Lee Jenkins Rebab Clinic, ping pong trophies, fixer-uppers, LBJ invites himself into the Dubs' heads, stoner unicorns, marginal interests, don't touch the talent, Beeso's best bets, Russ vs Embiid, getting salty in DC, PRUNTY SZN, don't read The Pick & Roll AU, punchy from swamp heat, Jazz themes, EPL competitive imbalance, buying into the game, Frank statements, shouts to Milli Vanilli, partying in Loganholme, #Legacy, Aussie Bert, the Herald Snub (#buythepaper), I bless the players down in Africa, good stadium food, bad stadium food, bad stadium design, losing at WIN, Wahoo and yahoos, goodnight grid girls and cross-promotional considerations.

It's our Mixtape Special, in which Beeso and the Doc wrap 2017 Unwrapped (our AOTY special), Abs in the menchies, retiring on top, old man hats, red mad and nude, lovely bits, summery summaries, The Curation, seamless transitions, signposts and movements, setting the table, Tay slander, Hov slander, bangers and fizzers, taking over the neighbourhood, pivoting ponies, making gravy, even deeper water, the downward spiral, Mike Patton Is Mike Patton In, secret tracks, what are you into, getting your $1.79 worth, coffee and beer > coffee in beer, mixtapes vs playlists, 80s cul de sacs, short attention spans, alphabetic copouts, recency bias, grotty old blues, fitting the flow, how to spell K21 and New York vs everybody. This week we reviewed Beeso's mixtape and the Doc's mixtape. Doc dumped a bunch of mixtape cover art from his back catalogue into a gallery on our FB page. Other mixtapes are available (send us yours and tell us about them, via socials or email) - including our glorious 2017 After Dark Mixtape, with our favourite tracks from albums we reviewed last year (and all the songs from last week's AOTY special.) Next week: the 2018 review season kicks off with K21's Any Given D-Day, BRMC's Wrong Creaturesand the Hives' 2000 banger Veni Vidi Vicious.

In which Beeso and the Doc talk the All Star Draft, the rancid stench of failure, the West being trash for not being demonstrably less trash than the East, on-paper Clippers, Kyrie's feels, Cavs Academy 7: Mission To Mediocrity, captain-coach-GM-owner, the Bucks stopped here, from the booth to the bench, watching basketball in the '90s, systems coaching, Dan Tony, Tunnelgate walkbacks, All Star Dapto 2019, #TeleviseTheDraftOrAtLeastLeakTheOrder, Mr Beeso Goes To Washington (And Trashes Everything About It), NBA Australia are bad, Mick Hucknall's love child takes 8 for 35, the Stern Conference, is T20 good for developing young spin bowlers: a pointless but enthusiastic argument, the Bert van MarWiki, hello and goodbye.

It's our 2017 Album Of The Year Special, in which we figure out our 2017 Album Of The Year, which is Special. Beeso and Dr Yobbo count down their Top Five (ish) albums of 2017 as reviewed on BALLS After Dark, as well as their worst reviewed albums and favourite undiscovered classics. Here's the full list of the albums we reviewed this year. We also sizzle next week's Mixtape Special - in which we dial it back 20 years and put together our best 80 minute CD-R playlist. Send us your mixtapes (streaming service playlists, track listings from old C90 tapes or CD-Rs, whatever). Also this week: sliding locks, flawed but fun, great but problematic, historic prejudices, Previously On After Dark Album Of The Year, mildly interesting, drug use and big muffs, banging the under, effervescence, shouts to Salt N Pepa, truth telling, the Rowling Effect, online edits, getting into yourself, cereal killers, TWATTO, summer lovin', 2016 drivebys, don't read the comments, Album Of The Last Week Of December, Voltron records, stayaways, #susanalbumparty, different bad, getting high on your own supply, future classics, time and place, mixtapes: they're why albums matter, bangered out and born ready. 2018 new music SZN starts in a few - our album review playlist will be updated post-next-ep with new picks. Our 2017 After Dark Mixtape is finished in all its glory - check it out. Send us your 80 or 90 minute playlists for next week via the social medias or via email (ballspodcast at gmail). Bless.

In which Beeso and the Doc return for 2018 to talk fun and games in the Association, inverted summers, Chris Paul finally leading a team somewhere, 73-and-none, Cleveland in January, LeGone James, low intensity minutes, Lonzo's All-Star votes, Pelicans invading LA, Jimmy rubs off, intermittent Thunder, New Yuks, Kemba surprise, Kawhi so serious, Beeso cannot maths, I keep on searching for the tunnel's end and I'm struggling for light, #TeleviseTheDraft, the No Fun League, break up the Pats and old man arguments. After Dark 2017 Album Of The Year special coming soon..

In which, in our traditional end-of-year motorsport wrap, Dr Yobbo and guest host @bernietb get into Supercars short-circuiting in Newcastle (literally and figuratively), making F1 dumb enough for Americans to understand, washing your Helmet for Rusty French, Tesla's troubles, Formula E's shambles, Roland's Sandman, why Cleveland rocks, who inherits Team Penske, why is Toyota-at-Le-Mans still a thing and what is Wheels Magazine going to do for all its covers now. Here's that Carsguide piece on summer motorsport viewing (kudos for getting '2 Girls Whincup' into the opening par). Beeso and the Doc are back in a few weeks - till then, have a great New Years.

In which, for the final time in 2017, Beeso and the Doc talk spinning 78s, the Seventies are back (again)(again), #NeverGoogle, shouts to Scandiwegia, *very John Inman voice* I'M FREE, in the conversation, the recent history of British pop-rock, Bug Or Feature, what even are genres, Maynard & Tori, white male angst, 1996, the Ozzest 100, why are we whispering, background research and disappointing legacies. Our final new albums of 2017 were by Warbly Jets and Honeymoon Disease, while Beeso's classic was Tool's Aenima. Check out our After Dark album review playlist and our now-completed 2017 mixtape on Spotify. BALLS After Dark will be back in mid Jan with our 2017 Best Of ep, counting down our favourite albums of the year. Here's the full list of the albums we reviewed this year.

In which Beeso and the Doc get into Thunder clapbacks, fifties in losses, stat-chasing the MVP, Sam Dekker Revenge Games, Net gains, losing enterprises, the West < the Mid-West, Xmas Day previews, picks ≠ rings, silly Billy, the Moneyball Mavs, before the Beard, bouncer beatups, fast and good, WSC records, rebel leagues, why XFL v2.0 will fail, royal seals, pay cuts, building roleplayers, Kobe's laundry day, Magic and Isiah, Mamba Mentality, All Star Draft subplots, Trent Woodtroll, Beeso loves western Sydney, Tim from Afghanistan, gonzo cricket and punching on.