tripping balls (a music podcast?)

Does anyone actually read these? I mean, we are just thankful that you listen to our waffle without reading it as well. Oh you do? Ok then, this week The Doc and Beeso talk about engineering students vs Russian Manly Men, riding bikes down hills, getting sacked from your job for ridiculous reasons, not being Jason Taylor, the US supporting sports that the rest of the world plays and they aren't very good at, foreshadowing, stealing other podcasts material, the Doc has a new phone, fascist motorsport and if we really have to, the NBA finals. That all clear?

In which Beeso and the Doc talk getting diabetes from leppards, Sikh and destroy, AllBlackface, you say Panjab I say Punjab, received voice, can you please give it up Savage, shouts to tha wimminz, DO IT PROPERLY, singled out, comedy vocals, one trick ponies, gargling Valvoline, Viking drinking games, steel and iron(y), back into '92, missing links, nu-metal: just say nu, Found Prophets, #WakeUpSheeple, the historically unmatched efficacy of boomer protest albums, great disappointments of the 1990s, kicking out other people's jams, Mumia Mia, the Matrix regurgitated and don't read the reviews. Beeso's new albums are from L-Fresh the Lion and Amon Amarth, while the Doc's classic is Rage Against The Machine's debut - all on the BALLS Spotify playlist, along with next week's triumvirate of The Kills, Car Seat Headrest and Lily Allen.

Beeso and the Doc are back and are not here to (a) do things to spiders or (b) listen to opposing points of view as they get into: the best around (nothin's gonna go and keep you down), cash grabs, filthy casuals, club and country, El Catalan, Arsene's been drunkshopping on eBay again, Steph's tennis shoes get roasted, my era's heroes > your era's heroes, the backlash to the reaction to the backlash to the reaction, Kerr's programmic specificity, red rags to a baller, Young Liberal anthem singers, Big Cans Bynum, England are rooned, 57 channels and nothing on, Robin Hood MFs from Souvlakia, our contractually obligated Keef Flint reference, Money Bill Williams solves the Auckland housing crisis, don't tweet ill of the dead, and why noone in the NBA can be bothered going to Rio whether their baby smiles at them or otherwise.

Yes kids it's Part 2 of our 50th Episode Desert Island Discs Spectacularrrrrrrr, in which host @Beeso, designated munter @DrYobbo and stunt butt (of many, many Def Leppard jokes) @adamhfoto bring the heat as they argue through each other's top fives. [Cue Commodore 64 crowd-cheer SFX that sounds a lot like thunderstorms on Beeso's roof.] Agenda items: Compost, more on that band that were around with the Stones, nah nah nah nah nah-nah-nah nah, blind truthers, surprise metal, equal opportunity sledging, rock cheese, fake drama and midlife crises, why you should never let Mike Patton get you a drink, Journey To Somewhere, the Doc's Keef Flint Gridwalk Update, missing puzzle pieces, the McDonalds cheeseburger of music, your new favourite compilation, Axl rises, Now That's What I Call The Hottest 100, and Chinese-Australian Democracy. Sincere thanks to Adam for guesting on this very special double ep of the show, and to everyone who sent in their desert island music feels, many of which were discussed in Part 1.

Next week we're back on format with the New Album Challenge - Beeso has picked newies from Sikh-Australian hiphop artist L-Fresh the Lion and Viking black metallurgists Amon Amarth, while the Doc is caping for Rage Against The Machine's debut as the classic. Back into '92, still in a room without a view. All of the above are available on the BALLS Spotify playlist, along with the album picks from AD.49.

It's Part One of our After Dark 50th Episode Desert Island Discs Spectacular! In which Beeso, Dr Yobbo and Special Guest Heather Locklear @adamhfoto talk Hottest 100s Of All Time Of Their Time, being interesting on Facebook, you say anima I say anaemia, MAHHH WAHHHFFE, the Predator unplugged, avalanche warnings and other extreme weather events, scabby junkies, Alley cats, searching for the guy from that Sugarman doco, Tori Amos PTSD, rusting out, Beeso talks to kids, that band that were around when the Stones were around, music to drive tractors to, music to get in the sea to, Beats One killed the Rdio star, caping for Lana Del Ray, young LNP thrusters, niche work if you can get it, and Fitzy's tight five. Beeso, Adam and the Doc argue for their own Desert Island Discs selections in Ep 50 Part 2, out later this week.

Thanks to all who contributed top fives, not all of whom we could squeeze into this episode (including but not limited to Mrs Beeso, Dan and Dave from At The Drive Thru, Ben Cuzzupe, Spankee, Lenny from the Brothers Stoney, Beeso's old Alley bar and stage crew, Ben Connolly, John Alexander and the poor touch footy types who Beeso shouts at a lot.) Special appearance from the Podfather, John Birmingham, who pops on opposite #BALLS' very own JB to talk through his list. A reminder, our special brand of ill-informed shouting features alongside actual #content on Birmo's blog Cheeseburger Gothic.

In which Beeso and the Doc discuss boomers ruining things, J-Rod likes big bats and he cannot lie, British balls behaving badly, champagne comedy, Delly channels Chris Paul, Steven Adams Getting Assaulted Face, Beeso gets rained on, CHO-K-C, momentum equals mass times velocity, Dubs in five, European expansion, Leiceland, our one mention of State of Origin in this entire episode, the English stay home, Ze Chermans win on penalties, Euro favourites, Serie D, Panenka Begins, fizzling finals, conference calls, BLAT with turkey, three and D, Drummond's brain hurts, Drop the Pilates, this week's Red Bullshit and a man forgets how to drink milk. Geek out with the Doc over the Euro squad lists here.

In which Beeso welcomes himself back to join the Doc inside the After Dark glasshouse to hurl rocks at classically trained pianists, people caping for the Lumineers, radio washed-ups offering advice on podcasting, conversation hours that go for 40 minutes, the insidious practise of Beesoing, the demise of gun axes, jangly Americana, cross-Commonwealth collaborations, stopping the BOATS, Wandering Off, Alley afterparties, the Doc's love letter to rock and roll, the rules of engagement for Desert Island Discs, golf, people who play golf, people who watch people spell things on television, vinyl freaks, Metallica's musical journey, death metal typefaces, sellouts a-brewing, Spotify heroes and Big L Literature journals that have less reach than our dodgy podcast. Includes bonus After After Dark which, as the name suggests, was recorded beforehand. AND IT'S SHUT DOWN.

Parquet Courts, The Living End and Fat Freddy's BOATS were reviewed in this week's pod, and are available on the BALLS Spotify playlist along with the picks mentioned in this ep (L-Fresh, Amon Amarth and RATM's debut) which we'll get to in AD.51.

Next week is our 50th episode Desert Island Discs special, and we're welcoming listener submissions - send your top 5 (with reasons, if you got 'em) via tweet, DM or Facey post.

In which Beeso and the Doc discuss technical fouls, somebody setting us up the bomb, doubling down on trolling fate, red mist players, point guards that don't, stupid narratives, refs Hardening up, learning on the job, Steve's fastball, short rotations, Torontwho?, Love finds a way, Special deliveries, being just good enough to be disappointing, the Princeton Office, The Zlatan, Kevin Verstappen, Ricky Bobby, unscripted segues, New Burger Rings, what's German for Hardies Heroes and ESPN nominative determinism. 

It's time to start the music, it's time to hit the lights... Yes mothers, it's time for the #BALLS After Dark Accidental Metallica Special. But first, Dr Yobbo welcomes Accidental Georgie Parker @adamhfoto to discuss answering his critics, having a finger on the pulse, one man bands, pregnant hipsters, Beesoing albums, promotional considerations, rage against the enemy, wheezing jets*, Berning out and/or fading away, Adam capes for every mediocre adult contemporary pop-rock act in Christendom, National Send Nudes Day, Captain Duffer, large lumps of metal, because nerds, monkey business aka never go full Steven Adams**, Orion rising, filthy riffs with filtier lyrics, Aussie kids are Kiwi kids, deliberately visiting Tamworth on purpose, and Beeso gets mail. Soon. Album reviews this week: Adam's millennial coworkers picked the Lumineers' Cleopatra, while his strong personal antipathy towards anything recorded in the past 20 years picked Metallica's Master Of Puppets. As mentioned last ep, Parquet Courts, The Living End and Fat Freddy's BOATS will be on next week's After Dark, and on the BALLS Spotify playlist.

*Can we be bothered explaining the in-joke about the high school band? They played Better a lot. That'll do yeah?

**Yes we know (now) that Robert Trujillo (a) wasn't in Sepultura and (b) is actually Mexican-American not Brazilian. NOW who's accidentally racist huh

In which, with Beeso away on a dirty weekend, the Doc and guest host Adamhfoto discuss having all the gear and no idea, history repeating, little chippy guys with big mates, bonus dead air, subtweeting via the medium of three point shots, Home Brand Warriors, exceptionalism, Bogut is bogus, OKC is also bogus, Hawks-Swans is even more bogus, the Suns are setting, the Gold Coast is a graveyard, the peninsula is insular, a man announces he is changing jobs, Red Zone and Red Tube are different platforms, Hawks-Swans is still bad, points vs playoffs redux, cycling: test cricket with better scenery, Brazil: it's NFG, how New Zealanders train for rowing events, happy 21st Annual St Totteringham's Day, the karma of #LVGIn, feet of clay, finding your level, Adam watches golf, why not make scratch louder, Hawks-Swans is beyond salvation, and why all sportsmen are bastards.