tripping balls (a music podcast?)

In which Beeso and the Doc discuss Songs of Algester, the Joh Line, Literally Brisbane, Hiphoppinghorse, getting angry at boomers, getting angrier at edgelords, organic segues, Previously On Leicester, long runups, content warnings, avoiding Club 27, brain chemistry is complex yo, weaponised vocals, being the presidents, Jewish waitstaff, production variance, This Is Not Meant For You, in memoriam: Roger Moore/fun Bond films, the old punk rock, Inside Baseball, existential crises, hiphop namedrops, the cultural appropriation of cultural appropriation and why you shouldn't write fantasy novels or listen to this podcast. This week's new albums are courtesy Dappled Cities and Kasabian, with Soundgarden's Superunknown the classic of the week. Next week: new Frenzal Rhomb and At The Drive In, and friend of the pod Ozi Batla's classic Wild Colonial. All that and more are on the BALLS After Dark Spotify playlist, with our track picks of 2017 on the 2017 After Dark Mixtape.

In which Beeso and the Doc discuss Tom Poomoulin, Bees-sides, switching the pick and roll, Lacob out here Lacobing, JR out here JR-ing, spooky Spurs, flat earth podcasters, The Cricketers Brand, how to succeed in business, tough under pressure, diversity isn't dumb, A Stephen Smith, Kimber on data, choreographed farewells, Conte's finest achievement, club-based Brexit, counting on Antoine, jersey-related child abuse, Spanish sausages, image wrongs, sokkah twitter all up in its feelings, the Strikers' Grand Final 20 years on, NZ gets over rugby, Dubs dynasty, vale Nicky Hayden, Gronk gets paid (ish), Nando goes fast, Panic! At The Drive-Thru and Court out.

In which Beeso and the Doc discuss a farewell to Chris Cornell, Italian translations, the Smooth FM of grunge, late 90s comebacks, wriggle-related mischief, Van Halen covers, going commando, easy listening noise, Dads of Gizzard, warehouse units, Quan: singular sensation, safe skips, Prince ripoff power rankings, cheap imitations, Sub(versive) Pop Records, middle-aged white Australian men defining what is and isn't hiphop, Long Live The King, Unit B, Ed and Rod, the Band in the Bubble, the evolution of creation, finding Happyland, losing Festival Hall, no Fly zones, fire matchday experiences and Garden coverings. This week's new albums were from NZ bands Dad Jokes and Teeth; we like Regurgitator's Unit stuff better than their other stuff. Next week: Dappled Cities of Sydney, Kasabian of Leicester City and Soundgarden's Superunknown of a Seattle many years ago. All our current, former and future albums of review are on the BALLS After Dark Spotify playlist, with our pick of the best tracks making it to our regularly added-to 2017 After Dark Mixtape.

In which Beeso and the Doc discuss making friends in Boston, vulgar displays, Patriot bleed, NHL goonery, leaving the Bay, stress testing, cap smoothing, lottery winners and losers, frozen envelopes, laughing at Knicks fans, big fat blokes, I don't want no Dubs (Dubs are a club that can get no first-team-all-NBA votes from me), getting the super-duper-ultra-mega-mecha-Streisand max, the NBA's Roman Abramovich, We Try Harder, the mid-West, PG-13 is a homesick Vic, the end of LeBron, believing in Magic, industrial disputation, the South Pacific Indies, CA cannot internet, trying to out-compete the most competitive people in Australia, divide and be conquered, the AFL's Wacky Wildcard Finals Thing, confected traditions, the EPL's Wayne Carey, Inter chase Conte, Arsenal fans deserve mediocrity, Pep's parts, good heads for scrums and kia kaha to the Kentucky Kid. 

In which Beeso and the Doc discuss how to make beer, how not to make cheese, Eau de Hot Portaloo, Damon's brief (isn't), Aye Carly, racking zeds, one word reviews, the origins of that Theophilus Thistler sample, frying* MCs like a pound of bacon, Lazy Grey versus lazier journalism, you're only as good as your fans, Surprise Pantera, marginal niches, alt-commentary, #NZMM highlights, Team Scab, Quan's keytar, vale Colvinius, shouts to Dr Dex and the Toronto Rockets. This week's new albums were Humanz by Gorillaz and Still Hungry by DJ Format & Abdominal. Supergroove's Traction was our classic for #NZMM (YT link for those outside NZ). Next week: Dad Jokes, Teeth and Regurgitator's Unit turns 20. All our current, former and future albums of review are on the BALLS After Dark Spotify playlist, with our pick of the best tracks making it to our regularly added-to 2017 After Dark Mixtape.

*yes that should be chopping, if getting Vanilla Ice lyrics word-perfect is important to you

In which Beeso and the Doc get into the demise of non-Origin rep league, everyone is on drugs, national identity, Japan beating NZ in rugby (no seriously), combine harvesting, Subterranean Homesick Vics, the other Danny Green, Pop rocks the Rox, flowcharts and missing parts, wild wacky inflatable flailing arm tube man, Manu's mental block, Dray vs Klay, Delly Olynyk, Big Baller in the Big Apple, trading Vlade vs trading with Vlade, getting paid vs getting Joe Ingles Paid, Patty Mills: Origin bolter, Mike Antoni, the unbearable lightness of being Spursy, the Dubs' Plan B is spelt KD, LeBron gets buckets, perceived vs actual value, the Anti Mark Schwarzer, Franco's team, #WengerIn's surprise supporter, Sydney FC win a thing they had already won, being constipated by fear and incompetence, Ernie Merrick: Political Kingmaker, the Pat-er Principle, last lap lunges, RIP Louie the Lip and why the NBA playoffs have had more blowouts than the Phillip Island Supercars weekend. 

In which Beeso and the Doc talk clinks and cans, not angry just disappointed, doubling down, on brand for Beenleigh, Pubrock Will Eat Itself, arrivistes and strap-ons, black band name matters, punching dwarves, before the experimentation, fitting in boxes, music as art installation, liner notes as Cliff Notes (shouts to TISM), is this fun?, mental privilege, tipping points, soundtrack to slow expiry, She's So High And Dry, re-format, uncredited Noel, the Doc cannot Te Reo and cures for bus-lag. This week we reviewed new albums from 1982-era Alberts Productions time-travellers BAD//DREEMS and neo-psychedelia WSL production truck faves the Black Angels, with the classic elephant in the room being Radiohead's seminal release (snerk) OK Computer. Btw someone found their album cover highway. Next week: DJ Format & Abdominal are Still Hungry, Gorillaz are Humanz (allegedly) and Supergroove got Traction in 1994, the young scamps. Happy New Zealand Music Month to everyone outside NZ who that Supergroove link probably won't work for (try this if it doesn't). Our current, former and future albums-for-review are on the BALLS After Dark Spotify playlist, with our pick of the best tracks making it to our always-evolving 2017 After Dark Mixtape.

In which Beeso and the Doc talk Crosspromotion Corner, being too broke for Big Baller, that Funeral Game life, habitual switch-flippers, it's the hope that kills you, MDA on MDMA, Patty Mills Party Time, Beeso has a theory, Doc bets he doesn't, Clipper For Life (no parole), Utah morals, Dray The Builder (Can he kick it? Yes he can), Shea on LMA, Niggle & Flop (new to ABC3), Wayne Bennett's New Idea, Chelsea: Before They Were Unlikeable, Europe is done, Confed Cup confab, Squires on the A-League Grand Final, the Sky is falling (Fan Pass prices aren't), They Don't Know What They're Doing, Entertaining As Hell revisited, whither the pets of Newcastle East, Bernie paints himself into a corner, cycling is infectious, they ain't gon' rook Alonso*, one hand one bounce and why these playoffs are going to be FINE.

*The thing Doc forgot to mention about Alonso's rookie test: it pulled an utterly unprecedented million viewers worldwide on livestream. But yeah, they totally should have got some Nascar guy eh.

In which Beeso and the Doc have hot thoughts about pronouncing words you can't read, Doc visits the Gents*, dropping a mixtape (not an euphemism), the Darwin Fish of shoegaze, Mean Tweets (Gallagher Brothers edition), nursing home tours, Guide To Better Listening, woodwork tips, Cypress Hill I'm looking in your direction, tragedy = distance + time, surf music and The Problem With Radiohead. Reviewed this week: Hypopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia by Hypochristmutreefuzz, Damage and Joy by the Jesus Paul and Mary Lizard and Grinspoon's not-that-difficult second album Easy. Next week: BAD/DREEMS have had a Gutful, The Black Angels' Death Song and a certain 20-year-anniversary-celebrating Radiohead album. Everything is louder than everything else on the BALLS After Dark Spotify playlist.

In which Beeso and the Doc pour one out for TruehoopTV and the ESPN redundancies, blame Pop, defend pay TV sports channels, steal things they've already paid for, Fear The Zombie Grizz: The Final Chapter, and celebrate Nuclear Free New Zealand, Rond'oh, Iso Joe, Enjoyable But Scary: The Coach Draymond Story, Clips gon' Clip, Gordon Stayward, the Patrick Beverley of the BALLS Podcast, Leeds Untied, the cancellation of St Totteringham's Day 2017, the cons of pro-rel, HR disputes and unintentional ANZAC tributes, shop steward Steve, old world thinking, Mark Cuban being right, building podcast networks, Dale Jr's career, Rotorua in March, tennis is 'great', Chris Paul isn't and [unprintable swearing in Romanian].