tripping balls (a music podcast?)

In which Beeso and the Doc discuss the brutal realities of extreme sports (i.e. it's more fun when people don't get killed), hills and spare time, five minutes before, David Kidwell has regrets, selection trials, recency bias, sixes and sevens, the shade is coming from inside the house, Grafton Cup form, motivational coaches (shouts to this amazing BBC history of England's 2013-14 Ashes failure), double Ds, Paul and James, rope-a-dope, It's A Knockout, the Clippers suck, #TheWestIsTrash, Billy gets himself fired, Casspi freaks, are we sure he's good?, Jaylens and/or Jaysons, installing violence, Jingles on the Lowe Post, Sixers at five, meaning to regress vs regressing to the mean, free agent karma, first-year engineering pranks, kit hipsters, the apocalypse and a series of noises. Vale Dan Hegarty.

In which Beeso and the Doc return after the After Dark for some quick hits on Jurman sausages, the triumph of low expectations, New York Knicknames, being an enemy of joy, syphilis v chlamydia, bad hats, #TheWestIsTrash (now with statistical support!), Rookwatch, Earl Watson unplugged, WBA-Stoke goes international, Farce Ventura and the Peruvian Susie the Waitress. Back in full effect next week.

In which Beeso and the Doc discuss excuses for absence, Movember pain, oil and water, freak flags at half mast, FODMAP, early Dark, playing with format, light industrial zones, MCM something, alternative INXS timelines, that other Doctor, Nassering, the new aesthetic, Dustbusters, 39% of 0.77, elefants in the room, the end of iTunes and guest Gallaghers, This week's new albums were Seven by Cairo Knife Fight and Vicious EP by Skepta. Classic album was MCM... MMXC... 1984 by Van Halen (with shouts to their self titled debut). Next week: Beck, BARTEK and the Herd's An Elefant Never Forgets (1999). Check out our After Dark review playlist and 2017 mixtape on Spotify.

Beeso's recovering from having expensive violence done to his eyeballs so in the meantime Doc chimes in with takes on nil-alls in World Cup playoffs, Ange's job prospects, new #BALLS, hammering Moyes, elite Ellyse, final Highlands flings, Ferrari tantrums past and present, the Cavs picking their spots, watching things on television when they are on television, Wrong Bledsoe, whither Delly, the West is trash (still), gots-to-go in Chicago and NFL owners are revolting. Back with the other half of the show (literally and figuratively) in midweek.

In which Beeso and the Doc get into being way behind, overarching narratives, the greatest crime possible within the Brisbane music scene, AOR remixes, the sky is falling, death is inevitable, not getting the joke, odd Queen, period video evidence supporting Dee Snider's thesis that metal is not and has never been ironic, mixtape vs #knickstape, the full 80 minutes, drive-thru shadings, time capsules, FENIMISMS, balls of hot wax, theatresports with Alanis, getting your money's worth, Rock Against Bush, now that's what I call 1995, gargling gravel, fighting against the pick, the other two, setting the template, seven year old emos and shouts to 1987 Right On Track (particularly Holiday Rap by MC Miker G & DJ Sven, whoever the hell they were.) This week's new albums were courtesy Custard and the Darkness, with No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom as the classic. Next ep: Norf Lahnden grimelord Skepta, Christchurch industrialists Cairo Knife Fight and Van Halen's 1984 (1984). We reviewed CKF's previous The Colossus on a (very) early edition of the After Dark - our second ever music ep - which you can find here. Insert standard-issue plugs for our After Dark review playlist and 2017 mixtape here.

In which Beeso and the Doc celebrate the West being trash by sliding into ambiguous DMs, being Inside Baseball, nothing making sense, Small Sample Size Theatre, how do we get to there, Never Google, Ewing Theory, Tenacious D, getting to the hoop, everyone is interesting, 13th in the East, #OctoberIsStillPreseason, breaking records, the Phoenix Suns are over .500 for some inexplicable reason, slagging people on the way out the door, ESPN's anti-Woj countermeasures, getting fired repeatedly, Ashes Groundhog Day, board stupid, the NRL CBA is AOK, this just in: Man City are good, Legacy gets crocked live on air, personalities over clubs, World Cup playoffs, Peru aren't Argentina (and other geographical learnings), Steve Smith Power Rankings, and the Barnaby Joyce of the NBA (and his controversial shower scene #forexposure).

In which the Doc talks traps for young players, the British Invaded, this isn't Spinal Tap, rocking the stops, shouts to Staffo, previously on After Dark, long ways to the top, coaching trees and no Nevermind without Never Mind. Beeso will be back next week once he scrubs the deposits off his rented tux; we'll be reviewing new albums from Brisneyland legends Custard and Oughts throwback hairmetallurgists the Darkness, and assessing the classic status of No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom of 1995. Usual plugs for our After Dark review playlist and 2017 mixtape. 

Mentioned in dispatches this week:

Beeso's on self-inflicted-injured-reserve this week but the Doc still wants to tell you about the West being trash, the Mount Rushmore of NBA names, getting ejected for being punched in the head, the kings of New York, not wanting to be here, Jameer over there, reverting to type, captain's calls, Jacinda's Curse, more reverting to type, sack races and porcelain buses. Back next week with a real one. 

In which Beeso and the Doc discuss keeping After Dark weird, Rorschach tests, bootleg rock operas, Argentine reds, the Beenleigh Dans, cultural Marxism, synthypop, heavy metal mystique, surfers and sax offenders, obligation to legacy, overexposed excellence, lyrical liner notes, fifty years on the job, IRL Spinal Tap, whistlin' STRITS, when parodies go straight, what is success?, our Custarrroooo correspondent, German words, melted Kiss and ukelele jams. This week we have new Primus and the Killers, and classic Deep Purple on deck. Next week: new Custard and the Darkness, and classic No Doubt. Review albums are on our After Dark Spotify album playlist while this year's best tracks from review albums are on the 2017 After Dark Mixtape. 

In which Beeso and the Doc discuss all your preseason takes belonging to bin, never watching injury replays, dragging Beeso for his Nets pick, pouring out for Rebel Sport, value for money, keep gettin dem numbers, living for that drama, the Doc Rivers School of Revisionist History, the Teodesic Era, you can definitely spell Swaggy P without D, getting lit off your Fertittas, the BALLS Podcast Derby, Relevance Deprivation Syndrome, fast Pacers offence, Stanley's shooting, international breaks, transferrable (lack of) skills, Leicester's Shakespearean tragedy, Hartley's holiday, always open, Klay's Bupa twin and the Brexit Champions League. Then, in bonus Sunday night content we get into Jacinda's Bledisloe curse, a certain kind of writer's MVP, Giannis taking souls, the Teodesic Era ends, a kind of Magic, division of labour, Portland LaMarcus, everyone's getting fired in Phoenix (some as soon as this morning) and Trigger's Grizz.