tripping balls (a music podcast?)

In which Beeso and the Doc talk to kids, discuss vocal astringency, the Hulltops, doing it yourself, living in interesting times, getting rocks chucked at you by Bathurst winners, Pleasantville, White-on-Black violence, Phil Rudd Drum Clinics, the Doc's truth, knowing them before they were cool, Pop music, smells like punk, the last ska punk band left in captivity, Dub Oh, Tiki tours, the Doc blanks on Che Fu's entire existence, beer chat, points vs playoffs redux, and we live call the Raw losing the Plate.

This week we review new albums by Underworld and Yeasayer, while chewing over whether Elephant was the White Stripes' best. Next week: Josh and Iggy, the Bennies and Salmonella Dub's classic Killervision. As always, this and next week's selections are on the BALLS Spotify playlist.

In which Beeso and the Doc address The Listener, Derek and Phil, misguided optimism, owning your fails, Rubirubirubirubio, 72 not out, the stinky-dinky lanky honky-tonky winky wonky Hinkie, the Doc's fairly average thermostat joke, playoff matchups west and east, Steve Kerr's Golden Guitar nom, Melbourne Cup Madness, the Butler did it (and by it we mean not much), Shark Jumpman, why you shouldn't read DMs from Beeso if you have live sport on your DVR, Americans ruining football, Wombling free, promoting relegation, points versus playoffs, bon voyTaj, boxes and bowls, Thursday Night Twitter and the scientifically-proven reason that darts is better than golf.

In which Beeso and the Doc talk Fully Sick Fat Habibs, Jeb(s)!, self-inflating singers, The 90s Revival: Blame The Parents, Nehwoebehem, Beeso's Soho Waco Yolo Fomo, WWOS montage music, rusty pipes, Shaun Goes Forth, Coxonless fours, ADAM WAS RIGHT, timing is everything, Twitter polls, the Doc recycles his cheesy old Blur post, insufferable hipsters, quantity over quality, mega mega white things, the death of Pablo, Blackstar 3.0, dog's breakfast with chips, Statham Of Origin, the Royal Fam loves the D, Netflix and Zero Chill, basement-dwelling nerd-trinket hoarders, and Mehdevil.

On this week's music menu Violent Soho and The Cult roll out new releases, while Beeso promotes Think Tank as the best of Blur's bunch. Next week: Underworld, Yeasayer and the White Stripes's '03 classic Elephant. As always, this and next week's selections are on the BALLS Spotify playlist.

In which Beeso and the Doc talk mini-breaks, Socc' You Pay Me, system selections, RIP the Dubs, too many right wingers, the Tesla launch, New Zealand is lumpy, Thibesota, Noah's AARRRGGGHHHKK, Swaggy P's jimmies get Russelled, the broken zombie Griz, the sum of other people's parts, high variance shambles, Tiger gets redshirted, being driven by demons, white men can't get drafted without getting booed, storytime with Keith and Dave, Loz v Gaze, baseball: not even for stats, Duke of Balls, Rat Pafter, hiphop beefs, uniform stupidity, Accidentally Richmond, boring league, performance detracting substances, Hopopoate's day off, unqualified failures and Stoffel's just desserts.

In which, in a special feature-length presentation of the BALLS Podcast, Beeso and Dr Yobbo discuss not knowing what we are doing, weedy guys with bad ankles and shoe deals thereof, the April sun in Cuba, alpha dogs and choirboys, Lola's Labelwank, thrush for the change of atmosphere, pixelated camo, consonantly craving, deaf mutes, the David Brent of the NBA, Smash Him Bro, the chase for 73, Casino Mike And Friends, meeting your KPIs, picking winnners, swapping vocalists, highs and lows, Zizou '02, Crapatreon, ta-ta Twatto, what does 'preternatural' mean anyway, a word from our sponsor, short shrift, I LUFF GOOOLLLDD, Voss winner fever, Horryble Histories, 30 For 30: On The Busses, #LVGIn Forever, the found objects player roster, sympathy for the devil, Expendables 5, Beeso's Coaching Motivation Masterclass, canopy, 24 Hours of Shanks Pony and the #SeaBin gets DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY. Thanks for listening to our first fifty - we hope you enjoyed them half as much as we did making them.

In a Very Special* 40th Episode of #BALLS After Dark, the Doc and Beeso discuss the Doc's twelve-beer singing voice, massive fans, Gold Coast Barbarians, Melbourne via Manchester, that guy at the party with the guitar, Yuck redux, Nirvana in pyjamas, how much fun it is to wind up a lot of people, the difficulties inherent in reviewing your mates' albums, hiphop for boomers, Do(ing) the Pop, Get up -> Get out -> Get loose, a better class of bogan rock, Appetite For Filler, Malcolm's a [redacted], Howlin' for you, your time has come, Blink Blank and cheese sandwiches. We apologise for the quality (hah) of Beeso's two-cans-and-fishing-line internets, brought to you by Malcolm, who is a [redacted]. This week's new albums were by Strayan acts Urthboy and the DMAs, with Aucklanders the D4 providing the Doc's classic. Next week: Violent Soho and The Cult bring the new, while Beeso makes the classic case for Blur's post-peak effort Think Tank. As always, this and next week's selections are on the BALLS Spotify playlist.

*not in any way special

In which Beeso and the Doc talk proper pre-pod preparation (preventing particularly-poor performance), Chris Walker T-Marts, Seppos in chambray, the generation gap, a score and a game clock (...two bits!), where you from, Mick Fanning's life turns into a crappy country music song, the Doc crushes on Tyler Wright, the Elites are sleek, park life, the world's test kitchen, missing Link, Pay Per Avoid, ducks and Foxes, Spurs v Dubs: For The First Time Since The Last Time, March Pointless, blame it on the Boogie, club vs country, Agaarrghhh, Dank memes, Bandanna Man, Failfax and everyone hates sloppy landings.

In a tremendously shambolic After Dark your friends and mine, Beeso and the Doc, get into production values, disregarding the Beatles, despising the Fauves, Vale Festy Hall, seabin redux, dogs are the best people, Ronseal, sonic youths, therapy?, releasing all the things, grow up Australia, the Kendrick Moratorium (not a Robert Ludlum book), going in to Sin City, bad accents and why you should buy our T-shirts. Then, in a very special all-new After After Dark your correspondents dive into blockbuster music, difficult artists, busking with Dave Graney and having access to ALL THE MUSIC IN THE WORLD. This week we reviewed new albums from Wolfmother and Yuck, and an orchestrally accompanied classic from Portishead live in NYC. Next week: Urthboy, the DMAs and the D4 from 2005. As always, this and next week's selections are on the BALLS Spotify playlist.

In which Beeso and the Doc discuss lullabies to paralyse, I Want To Believe, tractor boys, chasing rings, upstairs downstairs, ice bath challenges, shooting like a small child, the Luke Walton Sweepstakes, Rotorua's full of cranks, Warney vs Waleed, super Hornets, the Quiky Pro, power ranking 21 years of terrible Warriors footy jumpers, Graham gets the Richard, Billy Walletless, Special Snowflake Syndrome and the Samurai Pizza Cats. If you think you can do better, then we'll leave it up to you.

Shouts to the other sports pods we name-dropped (Athletico Mince, Full Credit To The Boys and Oh Errol), and to @nyonyua and his favourite team's gaffer for inspiring the sea bin. #LVGIn

In which Beeso and the Doc discuss the BS Report Report, confusion and delay, Welcome to Tairns, America is done, flagging interest, forgetting your Bad Dreems, harnessing rawness, down with boomers, inside baseball, aggressive doo-wop, Munt Chucks, string theory, hip-hop: it's really difficult and let us tell you why at great length, mattress fetishists, the Roar and the cooked, S&M was NFG, shopping by label, Josh Freese finds yet another LA rock band to drum for, and another edition of our award-winning segment Keys To Understanding Kendrick.

My flag submission. pic.twitter.com/3mMJ386o4y — Giovanni Tiso (@gtiso) May 13, 2015

In this week's ep we review new Frights, restrung Hilltops and '07-vintage Vasco Era. Next week: Wolfmother, Yuck and Portishead live in NYC. As always, this and next week's selections are on the BALLS Spotify playlist.