tripping balls (a music podcast?)

In which Beeso and the Doc get into the existential pointlessness of intros on podcasts, the Doc's cutlery drawer, Pop of Brit, Linnaean classification systems for music, The Way You Make Me Feel, Andrew Blake Mysteries, scoreboard, Dorifuto Kingu, deliberate cheese, old man yells at iCloud, a powder-blue suit and a pair of trackpants, gig promotion pre-socmed, merch for fake bands, Long Way To The Middle, Beeso's new favourite Insta account, missing units, dropped Scrabble boxes, being more constructive with your feedback, revisiting the 80s: it's pointless and it's going to suck, and Beeso shills for Netflix and loses another six pack in the process. This week's new albums were by Spoon and Damien Cowell's Disco Machine, with Beeso's classic courtesy Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes. Next week: unpronouncable Belgian art-rock contrarians Hypochristmutreefuzz and reunited shoegaze pioneers The Jesus And Mary Chain, while Grinspoon's not-so-difficult second album is our classic. This, last and next week's albums are on our Spotify playlist with the best tracks of 2017 getting air on the After Dark Mixtape.

In which Beeso and the Doc talk getting on the cans, the Expendabulls, Boston doing nowt, mo' Williams mo' problems, the Toronto Barneys, the Bucks own the future, college coaches in the playoffs, offensive rebounds, Westbrook's broken field runs, the Rocket Machine, Beeso loves golf, Atlanta chooses poorly, we pause to laugh at the Knicks, Fiz does shirts (as do we), the Stifled Tower, Austin Rivers is of some perceptible use, elongated tails, Kyrie rejects your reality and substitutes his own, Phil does performance art, giving up on your team, adjusting the first round lines, netball implodes at the worst possible time, revenue sharing, broke shoe nerds, Never (forget to) Google, the AFL does something right, the King of the Kids, BREAKING NEWS, where was he radicalised, preventing falls in the elderly, A German Team, the romance of the FA Cup < having actually decent games to watch, promotion playoffs, giving up on your team again, crunchy Fevola and more BREAKING NEWS.

In which Beeso and the Doc review classic Rocket Science, new Goldfrapp and Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, and get into how Oils ain't oils, politics isn't worth a half eaten bag of chips, vale John Clarke, things that are about 100 metres, Daggumentaries, farnarkling, Goldeneyeing, homeopathy, Beats Mode, spaced jams, the official rapper of white thinkpiece writers on twitter, comeback acts, colour and movement and stupidity. Next week: Spoon, Damien Cowell's Disco Machine and mid-'90s Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes. This, next and last week's albums are on our Spotify playlist (note to self: it's your last week to go back and listen to last week's albums) with our faves of 2017 repping on the After Dark Mixtape.

In which Beeso and the Doc recap the NBA regular season (and more importantly their regular season team draft competition), and get into tone-deaf marketing, backing your own picks in the MVP debate, general relativity as it relates to NBA defence, SAS training missions, the Heat gets turned down, somebody wins beer, the Kawhi of Crankworx, the tyranny of low opportunity, Alonso does America, what football is for and previewing the first round of the NBA playoffs.

Here's how the NBA regular season (and our team draft picks) turned out.

In which Beeso and the Doc discuss Jobe lots, MTV's Battle Of The 'The' Bands 2002, Swedish throat lozenges, stadium rock attitude on a pub rock budget, Vid Vicious, if everybody looked the same, the ace of clubs, Adaming: worse than Beesoing?, fully professional and properly weird, losing your moment, what is house (oh baby don't hurt me), splendour in the lineup, Father John Mumford, designing festivals for washed Gen-Xers and contact lows. This week we review new albums by Satan Takes A Holiday and Pulled Apart By Horses, and a clubland classic by Groove Armada. Next week: Goldfrapp, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears and Contact High by Rocket Science (c. 2001). This, last and next week's albums are all on the BALLS After Dark Spotify playlist; check out our favourite tracks of 2017 so far on the After Dark Mixtape. Pod it forward if you like the show - subscribe and review on your favourite pod platform, like and share us on the socials, tell a friend, tell a random, shout out your car window in traffic, it's all good.

In which Beeso and the Doc get into drinking on holiday, learning tracks with Jacques, off-field spending, the Doc's diatribe, words without pictures, lapsed code fans, the Sportress' bad couple of decades, the roles of development leagues, European rugby, poor governance and pay TV in the absolute state of Super Duper Rugby, the other other (other) Tony Martin, the fable of the Brumbies, the tedium of code wars, corporate raiders, one-sport kids, Western Conference bracketology, Billy Donovan's party piece, Spurs picking their spots, DNP-Schedule, the Chris Paul Clause, LeBron wants you to know how much he doesn't care, taking offense at the MVP debate, East playoff matchups, why Fear The Deer?, reintegrating superstars, DPOY CBF, why SEN isn't short for SENsible and how the Ringer is failing Grantland's analytical legacy. With less than a week and a handful of games left in the regular season, here's how our NBA team draft comp/beer bet sits (check this @theBALLSpodcast twitter thread) - still time for a buzzer beater...

In which, with Beeso literally powerless to stop him, the Doc talks to himself about the Cavs being bad, Noah being on the gear, Dray boycotting the Raiders, the Spurs picking their spots, the Bulls getting TurNT, no overtaking in Melbourne, HHRBFDRTW, BOOO-is Hamilton, IT'S A PINK CAR redux, and quick hits from the AFL, cricket and international football. Beeso will hopefully have dried out by next week and will be back on the show. Nobody wants the Doc to have this much of a platform to himself.

In which Beeso and the Doc review new albums by the Shins and Tosca, and a *very \m/ >.< \m/ areas* Norwegian deathpunk classic from Turbonegro. Also this week: casting Ace-persions, Zach Braff soundtrack music, marginal Finns, OK Stop, cutting back on sugar, how to make a Pooñata, funk-informed background music, subtlety of genre, throwing horns and banging heads, best-case scenarios, really smart Americans listening to terrible music, narrative band names, if you're fond of Sandhu, Jaymirokay, Nick Mason's expensive weekend, better living through winery tours, cakes v scallops and Countdown Beer Bargain Bin Diving. Next week's albums are courtesy Satan Takes A Holiday, Pulled Apart By Horses and Groove Armada (circa 2001). This, next and last week's albums are all on the BALLS After Dark Spotify playlist. Check out our favourite tracks of the year so far on the After Dark Mixtape for 2017. If you like what we do, please pod it forward - subscribe, review, like, retweet, @ us, all that stuff. We appreciate it.

In which Beeso and the Doc get into Russ chasing round numbers, Nugs and Blazers swapping spare Balkans, the Batman School of Parenting, where's Williams?, pay to play in F1, shouts to Squires, bad camo uniforms, the Doc's big cans, sex and PB&Js in the NBA, engineering a home advantage, nationally televised reserve grade, footballer maths, fighting with your boobs, electrical tape and sump oil, Australian surfing stories, riding bikes down hills, F1 going digital, the death of rugby union, Smarsh madness, moving the AFL Grand Final, Taumalo-long contracts, Arsenal single-handedly keep an industry aflight, the gig economy in college sports and why Supercars are more woke than F1.

In which Beeso and the Doc discuss why they even have a music podcast, is [genre] dead, the beauty of being Beeso, doing all of the things, making movies, incidental things are incidental, Mashed Banana off your 'nana, action aplenty at the Mr Whippy Grand Prix, double (J) edged swords, unexpected comebacks, no more pop culture for you, contractually obliged mentions of our new podcast feeds, how Discover Weekly's magic algorithm works, music-based social siloing, Jake Hole and the children are our future. This week we reviewed new albums from All Them Witches and Crystal Fairy, with Beeso nominating Decoder Ring's '02 debut as his classic. Next week: Tosca, The Shins and Turbonegro's own After After Dark from 2012. This, next and last week's albums are all on the BALLS After Dark Spotify playlist. Check out our favourite tracks of the year so far on the After Dark Mixtape for 2017. Please subscribe and review us on the pod platform of your choice.