After Dark is off this week, so instead enjoy this 'From The Vault' special (previously unavailable on Omny/iTunes) featuring Beeso and Ozi Batla (The Herd, Astronomy Class, Wild Colonial) having an entertaining and thinky chat about the past, present and future of hiphop. Batla's pick of Diamond D & The Psychotic Neurotics' Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop (1992) is the classic.

STOP PRESS: Beeso's on Injured Reserve for next week's ep so we're breaking the glass on emergency guest host @adamhfoto who'll join the Doc to talk new Strypes and old Pantera (the logical extension of Adam's Def Leppard fandom?) It's all on the playlist, so there's that. Lurgy willing, Beeso will be back next week when we'll have Dizzee Rascal, Meg Mac and the Beastie Boys Classic Album Royal Rumble: eight albums enter, one album leaves.

Original AD.23 shownotes:

BALLS After Dark.23 With the hippin' and the hoppin' and the bippin' and the boppin'

Original release: October 16, 2015

Yes yes y'all it's an After Dark Hiphop Special, in which Beeso and guest host Ozi Batla get into some good times and classic memories from back in the day when Beeso ran a couple of Brisbane music venues and did his bit to promote the nascent Noughties Oz hiphop scene, of which Batla's troupe the Herd were in the vanguard. Or the Tarago. In the process Beeso and Batla review Diamond D and the Psychotic Neurotics' Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop, a slept on classic (which explains the creases). They also get to mad scientists of recording, Sell Out With Me Tonight, losing your edge, it's the vibe, Batla's solo album Wild Colonial, the importance of time and place, why don't we get Kendrick Lamar, where's the fun in modern hiphop, why can't Beeso remember which classic album we did last week (hint: it definitely maybe wasn't (What's The Story) Morning Glory), why every head loves Roots, digital versus physical, and Batla's Mexican food biz. Other Batla-related adventures can be found at elefanttraks.com.

Other archive eps in which Batla joined us to talk NBA (BALLS.07 Cool story Glenn), AFL (BALLS.31 No Buddy to love) and tunes (BALLS After Dark.02 Bigger balls than the original) are available elsewhere on the internets.

In which the Doc and guest host @bernietb discuss why friends should never let friends Richmond, needling the needlers, the Western Farce, nuking WA: the case for, carpark Scalextric, the FUTURE Future future of Formula E and Le Mans, Toyota to DTM (is a thing we just made up), come for the food..., Hondaaarrrghhh, Kevin Magballsen, New-E, viva A1GP, rose-tinted Sierras, the past ain't what it used to be, old rich guys, trust British tourers (sure can), Maro out here making mistakes all weekend, the Rockenfeller Shank, online brands and nuking WA: the case against. Then, in something that probably should have been an After Dark except we ended up talking about much the same stuff: sledging the dead to save print media, bringing the kiddies back to stock car racing, the 1999 CART World Series, trying not to die in race cars, bad F1 ideas, bad Tilke ideas, racing turkeys, abandoned Tilkedromes, down on the farm, weird Spanish Bathursts, Force Not India, bad Welsh accents, Buemi goes buerko, spectacle and narrative, how Hermann gets hired and you picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel.

In which Beeso and the Doc talk International Beer Day, death to pseudocraft, keep doing what you're doing, a bit too much perspective, licking wookees, What's Wrong With Steve, Live at the Greek, sub-winery, original signals, triphop geography, not quite massive, now available in two-stroke, they don't make 'em like that any more, gendering albums, return of the Mac, beastie modes and the particular intricacies of making mixtapes in the CD-R era (go make your own 80 min playlist on Spotify and show us how easy it is). This week it's a end-of-Double-Dragon-esque brofight with the Black Crowes' Chris (Robinson Brotherhood) and Rich Robinson (The Magpie Salute) throwing down, while we discuss triphop's philosophy of drug use as it relates to artistic endeavour and/or the Sneaker Pimps' 1996 debut. Next AD (in two weeks' time): Dizzee Rascal, Meg Mac and our classic album is the Beastie Boys. All of them. Until we figure out whether they actually made a *classic* *album* or not. Also on Spotify: the After Dark playlist (current, former and future review albums) and our 2017 After Dark Mixtape (fave review tracks of YTD).

In which Beeso and the Doc return to talk last week tonight, cricket's pay deal, idea-flogues, board stupid, the workers united never being defeated, AFLW vs NRLW, picking outside your pool, putting it out a bit, no I said FIGUREhead, Stephen Moore Stephen Moore riding through the land, Ben's Mowing, Kyrie vs The Man, the Uncle Drew League, leaving home (life was never good to me), hung up on the first ring, coaching humblebrags, Mamba mentality, the real plus-minuses of Real Plus-Minus, ESPN's early season NBA win projections, the predictive worth of late season runs, Swag value, Omny Casspi, Thibs being Thibs, the Seven Second Spurs, Neymar gets paid: chaos ensues, one and a half way players, crunchy mammals, vale Les Murray and everyone's favourite hit segment (literally) HHRBFDRTW. 

In which Beeso and the Doc are off this week, so instead here's a classic After Dark from our pre-Omny/iChoonz days (Oct '15) featuring new from Lana del Rey (timely) and the Prodigy, and Oasis' Definitely Maybe as the (very) arguable classic. Also contains a bonus After-After-Dark #BaeOfPigs special, because that was a thing which definitely doesn't date the ep completely. You can find all our pre-Omny content (up to Balls.44 & After Dark.35, Feb 2016-ish) on Beeso's blog Lantanaland. Original shownotes:

BALLS After Dark.21 Now available in two stroke

Original release: October 1, 2015

In their 50th podcast Beeso and the Doc review the Number One Album in Australia, talk the scientific application of ultraviolence, ketamine and paint thinners, one trick ponies and cow tipping, why the Doc never was a Cornflake Girl, music to neck yourself to, kickstarting hearts, anger management, Ibiza Parklife, BLOOOZE EXPLOSION, Noelling in the bushes, great overrated indie anthems of the 90s, the Doc goes off on one, sport gets in the way, Beeso is very white, and the Bae Of Pigs invasion. This week's reviewables were Lana del Ray's Honeymoon and the Prodigy's The Day Is My Enemy, with the Doc nominating Oasis' Before They Were Stars effort Definitely Maybe for classic discussion. On next week's ep: Villainy, Ivan Drago and Dire Straits. Next week's and this week's releases are on our #BALLS Spotify playlist.

In which Beeso and special guest, sports writer Erin Riley, have a reasoned and intellectual discussion about the changing landscape of women's professional sport and the dearth of analysis and nuance in the Australian sports media marketplace.* This week: Shrubsole's spell in the Women's World Cup Final, The Cricket War II: Cricket War Harder, Erin's Michael Bevan Rant, will AFLW kill Olympic women's sport in Australia, Beeso is a complete amateur, fighting over juniors, netball numbers, college education, sloppy seconds, taking credit, Kyrie Ablett Jr., the AFL fan dichotomy, the pointlessness of parochial code feuds, Australia's Great Sandy Desert (of decent sports writing), losing the lottery, vale SBS Zela, Erin's forthcoming piece on the AFLW State of Origin, and fine dining in western Sydney and the death of WEC. Read more from Erin at erinriley.com.au or follow her on the Twitterggghhh at @erinrileyau. Hear less from the Doc by listening to this episode of BALLS, or Beeso's foodie pod Cheeeeesy (this week: sakè and whisky. Very #onbrand.)

*The Doc was disqualified from any and all reasoned and intellectual discussion about women's professional sport on the basis of this tweet alone ref. the result of yesterday's Matildas-USWNT game. He will return at a later date, as will our regular motorsport correspondent @bernietb, who has no idea who 'Matt' is.

In which Beeso and the Doc discuss not being At The Drive Thru, nominative determinism, "hard" "rock", chucking a mono, RIP old mate from Linkin Park, not being the man, not being funny, Twitter tolerance, judging depth, novelty movie podcasts, weaponised Baz Luhrmann, unmet challenges, Beeso ill-advisedly attempts to reinvent our tried-and-true once sober/once drunk testing methodology, for those who hate our old man hiphop content: here's more old man hiphop content, Hairy Mary, the high point of Golden Era rap, the somewhat contrived misadventures of Tony Hawks, improving Aerosmith, chasing Beasties, cheesy riffage, self-indulgence, fighting crowes, the anti-Wu Tang Clan and may you live in interesting tunes. This week's new albums were by emo-screamo Melbournians Alpha Wolf and AD.100-era Albion Love Den faves Future Islands; the Doc's classic this week was Run-DMC's Tougher Than Leather. (1988), who provided the ep intro this week. Next week it's the poddy of brotherly love, with new projects from the Black Crowes' Chris (Robinson Brotherhood) and Rich Robinson (The Magpie Salute) facing off; Beeso's classic is from late-90s trip-pop act Sneaker Pimps. Also on Spotify you can find the After Dark playlist (current, former and future review albums) and our 2017 After Dark Mixtape (fave review tracks of YTD) as well as After Dark.100's 2017-to-date and 2015-16 best-of album playlists. 

In which Beeso and the Doc talk Roxstarters, selling high, mobilising billions, buying local, rich guy exceptionalism, Beeso eerily foreshadowing his Suns' aimless pursuit of Kyrie twelve hours before it hit the news, the Antipelicans, geographical allegiances, Welcome to New Jersey, Marvel Jerky, sleeveless not in Seattle, Gay conversion, standing still = going backwards, the endBA?, relatable #content, South Africa stay on brand, KP goes home, Halo hell no, crosstown rivals, shouts to Aeon Flux, reasons to like GWS, celebrities vs loyalists and TBA production meetings. Bonus: secret testing footage of F1's Halo.

In which Beeso, the Doc and special guest Adamhfoto get into After Dark 101 course prerequisites, RUOK, unhappy endings, the rock revival revival, running out of good ideas, never Beeso, never bagpipes, bootleg Buena Vista, doing it for the #content, Muse's muse, hair metal family trees, Open Up And Say Ehh, diabetes, suspension of disbelief, arguing with scoreboards, lumpy sugar, Beeso talks to kids, tough times = great art, the horrors of the past, the world's worst Def Leppard cover band, cat updates from Phil Jamo, the oral history of Walk This Way, getting the skits and guests agreeing with other guests. This week's new albums were from Polish Club and the Hot 8 Brass Band. No points for guessing who picked that one. The classic: Hysteria by Def Leppard (the original, not this shitty Spotify cover.) No points for guessing who picked that one either. Title track: Pour Some Sugar On Me (In The Name Of Diabetes). Next week's albums: Future Islands, Alpha Wolf and Run-DMC (and we're) Tougher Than Leather. Elsewhere on Spotify: Our regular new + classic album review playlist and our 2017 After Dark Mixtape, as well as AD.100's 2017-to-date and 2015-16 best-ofs. For more on the back story of Beeso's unnatural aural predilections, check the end of BALLS After Dark.10: More Brass Than Class.

In which Beeso, the Doc and special guest Adamhfoto discuss getting Peevered off, expiring contracts, Andy Murray: Feminist Icon, basking Sharks, Holden Cup basketball, Lonzohotakeapalooza, the oral history of NBA Jam, salary cap strawmen, Ron Burgundy gets paid, coach Kobe, parla Ingles-y, $200M is not a large amount of money (?), twenty year beer bets, Game of Zones, four more years boys, Oily Lakers Guy, CasualSpace, high Delleverage, Lions tour takes, the ARU recruiting the finest young minds of a generation, Swans vs GWS (in which Adam trashes Sydney AFL fans for being bandwagoning arrivistes), Seatless Stadium, (radio)active support, motivation > preparation, Jahson Thurston, Rooney does it for the kids, down with this sort of thing, Ninja Washed, the other Kevin Bartlett, the more punchable Woj, boxing is tops and the future of American football.