tripping balls (a music podcast?)

In which Beeso and the Doc discuss being down in the park, things Beeso needs to apologise for, the worst part of the pod, ashes of Empire, hoarding old shirts, washed out or washed up?, when good albums turn bad, genre be good, quantity and quality, contempoilaries, you are not helping, Beeso falls down a well, Nonagon Harder, the Steven Adams of dub, the cultural imperialism inherent in chip packet colours, and having a story to tell. 

Albums reviewed this week: The Cat Empire's pension scheme, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's Nonagon Infinity on loop (naturally) and classic Oils On The Water, live in '85 on Goat Island. Beeso's off this weekend pillaging the Noosa Wine & Food Festival (which you can probably hear about on Cheeeeesy) so Parquet Courts, The Living End and Fat Freddy's BOATS will be on next week's #BALLS After Dark. All of the above, as always, are on the BALLS Spotify playlist.

STOP PRESS: Emergency guest host @adamhfoto has picked the Lumineers' Cleopatra as our New Album for this week. His thinking behind the selection process: "I asked around work to our cool kids, who were given the task to find an album the cool kids like but we'd probably hate." STRAP IN FOR SOME #QUALITY #CONTENT.

In which Beeso and the Doc engage in semi-professional grade about being Sans Antonio, value-based judgements, Charles Boltley, the Blazers' bright future, Russell Aesthetics, Goran getting typecast, a better class of heave, high ceilings and long benches, the strangest player comparison Beeso has ever come up with, let's do it: let's fire our coach, not wanting to come home, Grizzly Adams, the Antipodean advantage, Webber flipping out, Everton have several new orifii, All Hail Fat Sam The Unrelegatable, Caxton Street Preachers, #LVGIn (no seriously it's a real thing that is actually happening), actual netball coverage (ditto), vale Stevie Smith, throwing the book at Parra, brown bag protection rackets, recycling jokes, and D'Brickashaw Enough.

In which Beeso and the Doc talk running up that hill, getting chippy, oils ain't oils, talking to chicks on the internet, ruining your own argument, Smash B-Sides, Muster Bug*, is this good?, Balkan by myself (I hope you understand), rusted-on punishers, Best Of Breed, musical light switches, Beeso plugs his mates' bands, commitment to genre, the Empire strikes back, ¡Viva Espana!, tramps at the unibar, who is this generation's Beyonce, and THE PROBLEM WITH THE YOUTH OF TODAY.

New this week: The Heavy and Beastwars. Old this week: INXS. Old next week: The Cat Empire, King Gizzard (again) and classic Oils live at Goat Island. This and next week's albums are, as always, available for your listening pleasure on the BALLS Spotify playlist.

*Of course Mr Big weren't Kiwis, god knows where the Doc got that idea from

In which Beeso and the talk about getting feedback, five thousand to one shots, not shopping at Bi-Lo anymore, death by a thousand passes, actual football analysis, beers on the coach in the stands, when good enough isn't, The Big Four Killed My Baby, no rest for the cup-tied, Fast Show references being completely lost on Beeso, Phil Jackson's restaurant reviews, West Bromwich Albion Love Den, conflicted loyalties, Frank No-Gel and Mike Dan Tony, Knicks fans learn expectation management, Draymond gets whistled for an illegal (blue) screen, why ranking players in a vacuum sucks, And Here's Why, Leader Of Things, I agree with me, running up the score, game threes, board stupid, Eddie Everywhere ruins everything, Hello Bruce, Volvo takes their bat, ball and car and goes home, rocket science and sub-Optusmal.

In which Beeso and the Doc ton up (golf clap) and discuss secret shows, Milk Milk(ing) Lemonade, pop eating itself, FOMO like a MOFO, D.I.V.O.R.C.E., dragging Drake, 2Chains' existential dilemma, lullabies to paralyse, Beeso epistles all over a bus shelter, The Leftovers, getting from A to B, the final insult, coming late, being blamed for stuff your successors do, Nirvana in pyjamas, brass holes, kicking off, bargain bin diving at Big W, open up and say Meh, Now Available In Two Stroke, the Canadian national anthem, and registering sax offenders.

New albums this week were courtesy The Dandy Warhols and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (as distinct from the Zeros, who were better. Spoilers.) You Am I's Hi-Fi Way was the Doc's classic nomination for this week. Next week: UK soul-funkists The Heavy, Kiwi metallurgists Beastwars and INXS. Can you guess which of these isn't the new album. This and next week's albums are, as always, available for your listening pleasure on the BALLS Spotify playlist.

    * Yes, our secret word for the week is 'insipid'
  ** Those world superbike dudes were fine, but Guinters needs a lie down
*** Listen carefully to pinpoint the exact moment the Doc's voice exploded. Hint: like many things, it's Axl Rose's fault.

In which Beeso and the Doc discuss massive dysfunction, #PitinoGame ain't walking through that door, Lindividual brilliance, spews from the 6, flat track bullies, Bill Simmons Takes: Live From 2004, learning to count NBA style, the benefits of trading down, Lakers getting off Scott free, incompetent bespectacled selfabuse enthusiasts, your moral obligation to get paid not what you deserve but what you have the leverage to negotiate, Beeso's Koaching Korner, the bleeding obvious, Stadler & Waldorf go large, Dallas Washed Baller Buyers Club, the Clips' fickle finger of fate, Daddy issues, 2 Blazed 2 Beat The Dubs, St Totteringham's Day II: Totter Harder, Dele versus Delly, Tim Duncan is nice to people and chaos ensues, smokin' with Laremy, coaching distractions, this week in #LVGIN, when Poznans attack and our usual roundup of niche sports which matter only to us.

Bonus feature for our listeners: in tribute to Laremy Tunsil's draft stock, listen as the Doc's voice disintegrates in real time!

In which Beeso and the Doc pour some out for Prince, as was the fashion of the day (last Friday night, specifically.) Bring out your dead, all takes taken, Gett On (The Job), won't somebody think of the parents, partying with the Budgie, Solo Man, symbolism and fragmentation, the case for 1991, blaming Prince for MRAs, Keep Earth Weird, popping off, reefer madness, concept > reality, run the show, Insufficiently Blazed 2 B Unfazed, the case for cliches, the case for not doing your job properly, Beeso's blood feud with Katie Noonan, music to die to and The Shelf Life Of Pablo.

Reviewed this week: Pop/Homme's Post Pop Depression, The Bennies' Wisdom Machine and Beeso's classic pick, Killervision by FWTB* Salmonella Dub. Next week: The Dandy Warhols are still a thing, something called an Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and the definitive 90s Australian indie album, You Am I's Hi-Fi Way. This and next week's albums are, as always, available for your listening pleasure on the BALLS Spotify playlist.

*Eff dot dot dot Wellington Trumpet Band, for those who came in late

In which Beeso and the Doc talk SPOOORRRRRT, fake ad reads, Brownie's bro-code, Olympic selections, Alan Jones' audience, improving golf, Cairns goes downhill, totes awks combox convos, Thibs to the Wolves, Beeso's Koaching Korner, foonkle injuries, TrueHoop, KD AIN'T CLUTCH part 37 and a half, Heroball Forever, is Westbrook's wifi working, edited highlights of other people's podcasts, a new Grand Wizard, MOAR Thibs to the Wolves, WHUFC to the EPL: jog on with your narrative, whither the North East, Wallys with Brollys, relegation resets, getting owned badly, parachute payments, and EVEN MOAR Thibs to the Wolves because Beeso has a compulsive obsession with a team that hasn't made the playoffs since the neolithic era and are run by muppets. So, much like his Suns then.

In which Beeso and the Doc hurl the established AD format in the #SeaBin and get into Coachella Live, You Am Her, band dynamics, how bizarre, Coachapalooza, golf: hard to cover and even harder to watch, same time next week, PED cheats in pink fluoro, Welcome Back Staffo, Adani and the Lakers, the Doc has length issues, no swag for punters, Keeno vs Sherliggett, Just Umedjun, AD alumni doing it live, Splendour 2001, Australian Democracy, Avalanche warnings, Dial-A-Remix, Homage For Men, Marlboro Red Bull, the benefits of just giving up, Record Store Daze and our wishes for all the ladies. Reviewed this week: nowt. Reviewed next week: the stuff we said we'd review this week, namely Post Pop Depression, Wisdom Machine and Killervision. Last and next week's albums are, as always, available for your listening pleasure on the BALLS Spotify playlist.

In which Beeso and an apparently-recorded-down-a-well Dr Yobbo talk broken records, going out and getting buckets, The Pop Culture Things, 73: it's one more than 72, big market players, job hunting, gummy (Grizzly) bears, Cryo-Dirk, Haralaknob, GO TEAM SUPERFRIENDS!, Delly v Kyrie, Sleepless in Toronto, #KANGZ, The Mighty Bosh, Bracketeering, Beeso makes a brave prediction which he almost immediately regrets as of game one of the East playoffs, nine points from greatness, #LVGIN update, going downhill fast, Kobe breaks Twitter, Lewis breaks his engine, and the Victory aren't, don't or haven't (strike out as grammatically appropriate).