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You, my friends, are cordially invited to the ceremonial opening of the 4th wave of Ska.

To open proceedings, we're joined by the official first 4th wave band, Broken 3 Ways!

This double trumpeted ska-core outfit have skanked their way into MLPP towers fresh from a week long run with The Slackers, and are in to tell us all about it!

As well as that, we discuss Tom's theory that there are more ska bands in areas where there was coal mines, we hear about the making of a music video, Welsh food festivals and we also talk for disproportionately long about a place they're not even from.

Bazz has a gid review from Bolton featuring The Papashangos and their desired effect on audiences, he also provisdes a holiday report and of course, Tom has a game for the guests.

Music This week is by: Capdown, Hark! A Shark!, Big D & The Kids Table, The Nightbirds and Tearjerker.

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Minimal Faff are in the hot seat today!

They come from Manchester with tales of evictions, setting boundaries and other depressing matters. But, delivered in an upbeat and jaunty way.

Barrett has tales from Whitby Abbey, Tom has another comprehensive book review for you and we finally put the "My Gay Uncle" debate to bed.

Music this week is from: The Scutches, Nothing Thrives, The Vandals, My Gay Uncle and The Drowns. 

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A returning guest for you this week, Mr Dan Goatham!

Ahead of touring the UK with nothing but his acoustic guitar, Dan fills us in on what he's most excited about and nervous about for his trip. 

We also chat new projects, Spoilers, Snuff and the Dan's new Gimme Gimme era. As well as that, Dan joins us for a culinary based game.

Tom and Barrett have been like ships in the night at a gig, Barrett has done some research on mislabelled Napster songs and much more.

Music is from: Manic Hispanic, Neato, DK vs The Kingdom, Every Time I Die and Rad Skulls.

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Berkshire beckons us in this week, as political punkers Tape It Shut pop in for a chinwag.

We hear about gigs that were let downs, gigs that were great, least favourite politicians, parasites, capitalism of varying styles and the inspiration behind their tracks.

Tom shares how he's been straying from the punk path, Barrett's buddy gets banged up, we get a story from Tom's past and of course there is a very sad Top 5 pertaining to losses we've recently suffered.

Music this week is from: Secret Army, Old Foes, T.S.O.L, The Toasters and Hospital Job

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We were graciously invited by our chums at Punk Rock Elite Podcast to attend the UK premiere of the new NOFX feature length documentary '40 Years of Fuckin Up'. Which we gratefully accepted.

Join Tom and Danny Barrett for a whistlestop tour through Obese Mick's latest cinematic offering, including remarks about: the dangers of roving microphones, seeing Wattie Buchan on the silver screen and a blow by blow account of the 'Sexhibition' we were forced to look at.

Music is obviously from NOFX, but scouse buggers Code Break also make a sneaky appearance.

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Leicester is our destination, and Last Edition are our inspiration for our second Ska band in 3 weeks!

Matty, the top brass, is in telling us about his pop group which features a pregnant person currently, including some of their very salubrious gigs and the not so salubrious.

We chat crisps, dead snooker players, Englebert, stupidly spelled place names and soccer.

Tom and Danny Barrett discuss celestial events, a Sowerby Bridge gig report, holiday nightmares, our upcoming jolly boys' outing to see the premiere of the NOFX Film and the Prime Minister's trigger happy approach to warnings of certain death.

Music this week is courtesy of: Dance Hall Crashers, Guineapigs, Making Friends, NOFX and Swayze.

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MLPP Towers offers some respite to 3 weary Punkabillies this week, who are unfortunately located in Stoke on Trent.

The Two Step Goodbyes are very forthcoming with their song topics, their drug (purely medicinal) addled car journeys stoking local beefs, and their tip top band nights in Stoke, "Bars Attacks". They also go all in on a brand new game of Tom's invention called "Rockabilly or Notabilly" (yes, he knows its a fantastic concept, no need to write in).

We have a gig report from the centre of the universe (Nuneaton), Barrett has been forced to relocate due to nature getting its revenge, and we take an advance look at the Easy Fest '26 line up!

Songs this week are from: Travis Cut, A Murder of Crows, Tinseltown Rebellion, Code Break and The Offsailors.

Additional voicework provided by Mark L Williamson

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For the first time in a very long time, we have a fully fledged ska band on! And that band is West Yorkshire's Nutty Skunk! They, by their own admission, were groomed....into ska at a young age.

Logistics are a key topic in the conversation for this 7 piece who have a "do what you can" attitude to practicing. We also hear a HMV horror story, discuss the sound engineer reaction to seeing a 7 piece band with a brass section arrive and also put the world to rights a little bit.

Tom has a gig report from Devon, Barrett has his top5 and all the usual stuff.

Music is from: Sick Of It All, Trivia, Pennywise, Pansy Division and Meryl Streek.

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Putting the "oop" in Super-Group this week are our guests, fen dwellers Al Pacino's Sister.

This rock band is made up of members of both Sprainer and Das Kapitans, so get yourself excited.

We discuss their extensive tours, their back catalogue which is so robust they've had to put out a compilation and we get the inside track on how a super group copes with multiple egos and creative stylings.

Tom's got a gig report from Croc Fest '26, we break down Dick Van Dyke's family tree, learn where to hear the best flute solos and of course, there's a Danny Barrett Top5.

Music on this occasion is from: Macc Lads, Sha Rivari & the Maybes, The Apers, Character Actors and Snuff.

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It's over. All done for four years. 

The MLPP World Cup closing ceremony is contained within this episode! We're joined by some of our participants to round off the tournament and to reflect on some of the music we've discovered.

We also hear from "Campiones Del Mundo", Spain's Main Line 10 who have been in touch to collect their trophy.

Music this week is from: The Shivvies, Turd Sandwich, Codigo Rojo, Lion's LAw and Main Line 10.

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The 48 have become 4. Only one more game to cover after these!

Argentina, Spain, France and England battle out to be 90 minutes (plus half time show) away from the WORLD CUP FINAL!

Our bands are Cadena Perpetua, Main Line 10, Lion's Law and not Leatherface this time I'm afraid....

As well as the soccer, we also review a BBC drama and announce our excitedness about what our pals at Punk Rock Elite have up teir sleeves next month!

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We're down to the last 8. Not many of the original 12 punk pundits remain. It's hotting up, but is it coming home?

Our remaining guests are Josh (Character Actors), Willie Shango (The Papashangos), TJ Whittaker (77 Spears), Richard F White, Dave Rolfe (Guineapigs), Benny Rabble and Dave Shackleford.

The music this time is provided by Lion's Law (France), The Promdates (Norway), CRACKUPS (Belgium), Leatherface (England), Cadena Perpetua (Argentina), Taqbir (Morrocco), Main Line 10 (Spain) and Uberyou (Switzerland).

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The second part of the Round of 16 (aka The Culling) is covered in this episode!

With our team managers Steve Potter & The Prisoner of Peterborough & Simon Bailey (off Das Kapitans), Benny Rabble (People's Poet), Josh Booth (Character Actors) Big Willie Shango (The Papashangos), Dave Shackleford and TJ Whittaker (77 Spears) have been putting a shift in

The bands are: Taqbir, Perritos Genericos, Leatherface, Codigo Rojo, Gnar Jar, Uberyou, NOBRO and Cadena Perpetua.

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We're whittling 'em down like nobody's business now.

The first half of the Round of 16 is covered in this episode and features our intrepid correspondents TJ (77 Spears), Ross (Shackleford) Willie Shango (for the Papashangos), Richard White (the aldi cider aisle), Steve Potter and the Halfbood Prince (Das Kapitans) and Dave Rolfe of Guineapigs.

The bands providing the feast of global punk are: Nau (Brazil), Main Line 10 (Spain), The Promdates (Norway), CRACKUPS (Belgium), Joyce Manor (USA), Area 69 (Paraguay) Lion's Law (France) and The Youths (Portugal).

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Pour one out for some of the great (and not so great) bands/songs we learned to love in the group stages. Sadly, we lost 2 of our 12 participants in the Round of 32, so join us in commiserating them.

Things are hotting up now gang, so buckle up and get ready.

To play us out this time, it had to be the Bosnian Crash Mats: The Dubioza Kolektiv

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Tom and Danny Barrett provide an update on which bands were sadly eliminated from the MLPP World Cup.

No huge losses, but sad all the same. Music to commemorate the fallen is from Tunisia's KHASSARAT.

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Welcome to the North West of England, where we keep a band called Lynskey. We've let Bea come on the pod to share their new, updated and extended line up as well as the vast majority of their latest EP "This is for you".

We chat about hate crime near misses, putting a tour together featuring musician thespians and plate spinning.

Tom declares VV day, Barrett gives a gig report on his South Park tribute gig and we get a submission from a wordsmith listener.

The bands providing tunes this week are: The Queers, Scatterbrain, Blink 182, The Hormones and Western Addiction.

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The final group up for dissection is group L.

The musical sleuth assigned to unearthing bands from each place is Dave off Shackleford. The countries he's got to work with are:

England, Ghana, Panama and Croatia.

The bands he's chosen are Leatherface, Mizerija, Factor VIII and Osekre & The Lucky Bastrds

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Group K. Probably the most geographically disparate group of them all.

The person who has been extracting nugs from this particular diamond mine is Steve Potter, off Das Kapitans.

The countries in that group are: Portugal, Uzbekistan, Columbia and DR Congo.

You'll be very glad to here that the Nazis make a return, as well as Northern Irish soap stars and property experts from North East England.

The bands chosen to represent their countries are: The Youths, Trimmigrant, Codigo Rojo and SaU.

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9 down, 3 to go!

Group J of the MLPP World Cup is managed by top spoken word artiste, Benny Rabble!

All of his countries except one begin with A. They are: Argentina, Algeria, Austria and Jordan.

The lucky bands that he's selected are: Red Lights Flash, Jabal Al Mareikh, Demokhratia and Cadena Perpetua.

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Global super star Richard Fuckin' White is in to explain his choices to represent the countries which populate group I. He also explains the backstory of a song that was snatched away from him because he got the artist's nationality wrong. 

Those countries are: Iraq, Senegal, Norway and France.

The bands he has chosen are: Lion's Law, The Promdates, Dog Faced Corpse and scene stalwarts Malick Pathe Sow & Bao Sissoko.

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Group H representatives have been chosen by Dave Rolfe from off Guineapigs. He has been lucky enough to have to research punk artistes from Spain, Cape Verde, Uruguay and Saudi Arabia.

The artists he has chosen are: Main Line 10, Scúru Fitchádu, Porfiados and Sound of Ruby.

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Group G of this global punk odyssey is curated by none other than Willie Shango, bass twanger for The Papashangos! Willie has had the good fortune to select bands from Belgium, Iran, Egypt and New Zealand. 

The Bands he's chosen are: The Lashes, Gnar Jar, Dick Move and Crackups.

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Don't tell my heart, my achey jakey heart. That's what will be ringing around stadiums of Group F in Japanese, Swedish, Arabic (Tunisian dialect) and Dutch. Jake Dobbins has been allocated to this one, and the bands he's chosen to represent their countries are: Hi-Standard, The Shivvies, Khassarat and Adhesive.

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The representatives of Group E have been chosen by stand up comic and podcaster Eddie French off the Punk Rock Elite Podcast.

The nations having their punk rock gubbins explored this time are Curacao, Ivory Coast, Equador and Germany. The representatives for those countries respectively are The XQs, Akeikoi, Senor Jaid and Turd Sandwich.

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We're joined by our first of two Shackleford members of the tournament, namely Ross the singing bass player, who has had the unenviable task of choosing punk rock representatives for all the nations in Group D of the World Cup. Those nations are: Turkey, USA, Australia and Paraguay.

The chosen representatives are: Padme, Joyce Manor, Local Resident Failure and Area 69.

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Group C is introduced to your earholes today, and your global guide will be none other than 77 Spears frontman, TJ Whittaker!

Group C has offered up some mixed blessings for TJ. The group comprises of Brazil, Scotland, Morocco and Haiti. So there was some digging required.

In the knockout stages TJ has announced he will be joining us from the USA LIVE!

Music this episode comes from: Nou, Bratakus, Taqbir and Zonbi

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The second group in this global feast of punk is introduced and explained today by none other than Leeds' very own Josh Booth off Character Actors.

Josh was fortunate enough to draw the group containing: Qatar, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Canada and Switzerland. Get ready for quips about desserts, neutrality, nazi gold, being polite all the time and everything you've come to expect from us.

Music is from: Samad, Uberyou, Dubioza Kolektiv and NOBRO.

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It's World Cup Time! And to talk us through his chosen representatives for each country in Group A, it's Simon off Das Kapitans!

Simon's had the pleasure of researching bands from Mexico, South Korea, Czechia and South Africa.

Enjoy this taste of what's to come! only 11 more to go, and that's just the group stages!

Music is from: Los Perritos Genericos, The Veggars, Hanba and All These Wasted Nuts

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WELCOME TO THE BIGGEST CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL PUNK ROCK ON THE GLOBE!

12 fact-mad punx will be researching punk bands from exotic locations that are represented in the 2026 World Cup.

They will each start off with one of the groups and choose a band for each country in that group. We'll have chats with them about their selections and as the tournament progresses, there will be further episodes as our guests and their chosen bands go head to head in the knockout stages.

Apologies for worse than usual audio, it was lifted from a facebook live stream.

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Orange County's Mad Tab are in the hotseat this week. Their versitility and skilled musicianship will amaze you, their in-depth knowledge of all things punk, ska and reggae should astound you. When they last shit their pants will blow your mind. Also, their record label gaffer, Norwood from Fishbone, also pops in for a bit.

Tom's got a gig report from his home county which includes the worst fight ever. Tom makes up a new country, Tom and Danny plan their next big day out, there's a top 5 and everything else you've become used to.

Music this week is from: Rancid, Frenzy of Tongs, Billy & His Imaginary Wigan Mates, SNFU and Wheelchair Sports Camp.

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We are Bolton-bound this week to chat with Lancashire legends, The Papashangos!

Lol Shango and Jimmy Shango are in MLPP Towers after we saw them wearing dildos at MPF and thought "these are our kind of people".

We chat Shango history, getting pre-judged by people and venues, animal hostage situations, the Cambridge definition of confetti, song inspirations, live recordings, hating vinyl and having a namesake band.

Barret's been at a fest, Tom's social life has fallen through again, one of our mates was in a collision with an ice cream van and loads more stuff that i can't recall right now but trust me its there.

Music this week is from: Leech Bleeders, Million Years, Sloppy Seconds, The Aquabats, The Apers and Play Lunch.

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It's a rock n roll legend extravaganza this week as Blag, frontman of The Dwarves, comes to MLPP Towers to cause some chaos!

As well as discussing The Dwarves new record "Jenkem" (which lands on 5th of June) we hear stories about very short gigs, fibbing your way onto an acclaimed documentary, get some views on punk and rock royalty, discuss English weather, English hotels, living life in the fast lane as you get older and of course, your questions get answered in the Big Book of Bullshit.

The hosts have had a relaxing weekend involving doing very little, Tom goes on a mission in order to become husband of the year, a host gets annoyed with local youths and we list some "play on words" band names that we've been creating.

Songs this week come from: Sloppy Seconds, A100s, Hell Beach, Off With Their Heads and Gas Station Boner Pills.

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Oh Heck! It's Hell Beach! 

Manchester (New Hampshire) minstrels Hell Beach are under the microscope this week.

Their top boy, Jordan has visited MLPP towers to share their 2024 record "Beach World" with you all as well as discussing such diverse topics as: songs being bleeped unnecessarily, Manchester NH punk rock deep cuts, Keytars, bad high school memories and festivals. Once again, apologies to people from Blackpool, but it is a shithole, you can't argue with that.

Tom and Danny Barrett tackle more key issues such as amateur chiropody, trips to the big cinema and excitement about future guests.

Music is from Mad Tab, Mutiny!, Bad Religion, The Dawarves and Terror (Feat. Hot Water Music)

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We have a Number 1 charting artist (I don't make the rules) in MLPP Towers this week. Pet Needs' very own Johnny has taken time out from extremely significant life events in order to talk to us two idiots about his band's latest album: Elbows Out! This is Capitalism.

We get tour stories, board gaming with philosopher stories, acoustic songs on the Caribbean sea stories and many more stories. Plus, Tom and Johnny discover a mutual connection!

Danny Barrett has a gig report, the hosts clash over confectionary and there's another Top 5 punk songs to commemorate an important event.

Music this week is from: Snuff, Slagfeldt, The Abs, Fear and The Raging Nathans.

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Some folks from Suf-folk join us this week. The Winonas are in to discuss (mainly) their newest release, the full length "Dead Romantic" (out now on Socks On Records, who also have a podcast, apparently).

As well as that, though, we chat about preferred grammar, create a new slang term, garage rock and its loudness, the south east scene and much more.

The hosts are stuck in a timewarp, the big book is bulging at the seams so jump on in and have a laugh!

Music is from: The Bennies, Minimal Faff, 30 Foot Fall, The Lippies and Popeless

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Phew. Have you recovered yet?

A handful of brave souls convened to discuss the MPF 2026 experience on Wednesday night to recount and piece together the previous weekend.

We all discuss our personal highlights and lowlights, including self analysing all our own performances. But, to get your juices flowing like ours were:

• Which guest is a security risk?
• Who turned up in a sarong?
• Why did Danny Barrett get a bottle of water chucked at him?
• Does Tom know how many kids he has?
• Who is the best son out of the guests?

Music is courtesy of: Pizzatramp, The Papashangos, Fucked Up and Healer of Bastards

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In order to slake our thirst for justice, we knew exactly what to do when we were invited back for the (record breaking, history making) 3rd time to Manchester Punk Festival: a courtroom style, debate, thing.

Tom is judging, Danny Barrett is clerking. The legal team of Dickkie Watson (Shackleford), Eddie French (off Punk Rock Elite Podcast) and Archie Moss (Clayface & Incisions) are doing legal battle with Alex Lowe (Healer Of Bastards), Mark L Williamson (The trainline) and Benny Rabble (Serial Bowl Records).

Precedents will be set, matters will be resolved and we get an insight into the minds of our top barristers.

Music is from: The Clash, Descendents, Sublime and Guttermouth.

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It's back, it's still unofficial (but aren't most fun things?) and it's BIGGER THAN EVER! It's the MLPP MPF 2026 Preview show!

Tom and Danny Barrett sought out the quickest wits and greatest minds in the DIY punk scene for contributions, but sadly they were all busy. So, instead, we put together a team of punters and performing artistes to hype up this year's MPF, discuss what we're all looking forward to and what our plans are. 

The Team in question are:

Riaz off Grail Guard

Dickkie off Shackleford

Archie off Incisions and Clayface

Al Lowe off Healer of Bastards

Duco Van Der Veen off Interpol's most wanted list

Benny Rabble off Serial Bowl Records

Richard White off Crimewatch

We cover all the exciting acts playing the fest this year, as well as the dangers of industrial equipment, celebrity manslaughter, Al's harsh punishments for his cats, Duco's sporting career, Benny Rabble's emigration, Richard White's hangover and completely unpromted, a number of guests share their first bands' first cover versions.

I'm not going to tell you who the music's by, or which bands get mentioned. You'll have to listen, won't you?

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A warm trans-atlantic welcome to Oh The Humanity this week who are in for a chat ahead of their upcoming uk tour!

Kevin, their esteemed vocalist takes us through all the stops on their jaunt, as Tom and Jake (off Los Fatso Libres) offer up pearls of wisdom and judgement on each town and city (sorry, Leeds). We also talk about previous UK tours, dental hygiene, fests around the world and song writing problems.

Jake provides us with a gig report, a top 5 AND a stag do report. Tom outlines his pathetic existence of late, but then cheers himself up with an impromptu announcement.

Music this week is courtesy of: TSOL, Last Ditch Effort, Bad Year, Zero Cost and Avem.

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It's Dinner (lady) Time!

We're joined by one third of Merseyside's lunch-themed sextet Pete Bentham and the Dinner Ladies this week, and what a visit it was!

We deep dive into the trend of wearing the merch of left wing bands whilst being a right wing piece of garbage, we dissect the Rebellion Festivals booking of The Wurzels, hear about how the Dinnerettes craft their choreography and we disclose a village in Warwickshire's top shagger.

Tom asks all the big questions about cosplaying, Danny Barrett shares his nerdy day out and we discuss what happens when you head to the wrong town for a gig.

Music this time is provided by: WIZO, The Winonas, Healer of Bastards, The Hawaiians and The Aquabats.

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We're on a highway to Hull this week as we're joined by the kings of The Humber, Zero Cost!

They have their debut full length out later this year on Engineer Records and they tease us with some details about their record release show. We also discuss rural crime, a homage using a "huh", the worst time to have a bath, water storage within one's self and a lot more.

Danny Barrett furnishes us with another top 5 punk songs, Tom hears a heart breaking story about a man whose illness prevents him from listening to the pod and we finally get around to discussing our views on "ska for BBQs", Sublime.

Music this week comes from: The Dirtbombs, Headaches, Dead Kennedys, Rivalry and The Overbites.

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Boss La! and all that. 

It's time for another Tom On One this week where I take my years of psychology experience, which I got from watching Frasier, and grill a lone punk rocker about their journey through the genre and beyond.

This week it's the turn of Garreth Hirons, bass maestro from Merseyside's angry speed daemons, Code Break!

Mr H has some very eclectic song choices to keep you on your toes. We also discuss his honeymoon, covid employment practices, an English brewery in Tokyo and much more.

Sweary Jon's regular question finally comes back to bite him on the arse, so enjoy that.

Music comes from: Chixdiggit, The Bucky Bombs, Rocket From The Crypt, Dirtbombs, Guitar Wolf and The Chats.

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How Do? Goo, West Yorkshire's finest indie-pop-punk rockers are in today. Well, one of them is as they've just got back from tour and they're all full of germs. 

Kurt, the drummer, has stepped up to the plate though and explains to us: the joy of 7"s, the motivational power of dividing your work day into quarters when hungover, a curry conundrum and delayed christmas clear-ups.

Bazz has created a new segment which is about haircuts this time, Tom's been out and about in Peterborough and we reveal our list of weird names for the remote control as compiled by you, the listeners.

Music is from: Sublime, Mutiny, Los Fatso Libres, AFI, The Clash and Joyce Manor

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The Remote Controls are in this week ahead of them being buried alive by snow as we spoke!

It's straight up punk rock from these three, no messin'. We talk drinking culture, smoking culture, dream opening slots and, of course, their two full length records, the newest of which (Too Tough) came out late last year. And, you can get it from Brassneck Records, apparently.

Danny Barrett takes his new place in the co-host chair for his maiden voyage, so go easy on him, because I didn't.

Songs this week come from: The Vandals, unpolished*, Buzzcocks, Billy Bragg and Grail Guard.

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Yam Oroight? Another Tom On One for you all this week, and the "one" is none other than Healer of Bastard's very own bass player, Al Lowe!

Al is a full on west midlander, with the voice and everything so Tom is very happy to be amongst his people.

We discuss key musical moments from Al's life: From when he turned greeb as a teen, all the way through to when he turned 30.

SERIOUS WARNING: There's some quite graphic injury detail, so if you're squeamish or listening with kids (you shouldn't be, it's quite sweary) then maybe skip the skateboarding segment. 

We also reminisce about songs the pandemic gave us, build Al's ultimate bass trio, hear about millionaires after free stuff and just who did Al name his cat after?

Songs this week are from: Green Day, Guttermouth, Grail Guard, NOFX, Pears and Bad Religion. 

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Happy New Year! To kick off 2026, we have a Tom On One episode, featuring friend of the show, bed pisser, front man of Born Shit Stirrers and the second most understandable member of the Fukpunk Radio crew, Jon Bates.

We hear about tracks that accompanied Jon's life when he turned 18, 21, 30 and 40. We discuss some significant events from Jon's life in those years, as well as significant global events.

The tracks this week come from Ten Pole Tudor, Millionyears, Avail, Randy, Red Alert and The Queers.

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The swindle continues in the second part of our festive magnum opus: The complete deconstruction of 1980s highest grossing movie (about the Sex Pistols) "The Great Rock 'n Roll Swindle".

Danny Barrett off The Crash Mats and Eddie French off Punk Rock Elite Podcast are still in and Danny is revealing himself to be a Sex Pistols expert as we move through.

This half has changing nationalities, a trip to Brazil, a talking dog, a French resistance fighter (probably) and of course, more flaccid cocks.

Merry Christmas Everyone. See you in 2026.

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Merry Christmas one and all! We all like a good movie over the festive period, but we also like slagging off crap movies too. Hence, Tom has summoned the two best film critics he knows: Danny Barrett off The Crash Mats and Eddie French off Punk Rock Elite Podcast to discuss, dissect and review Julien Temple's 1980 "documentary", The Great Rock 'n Roll Swindle, which stars The Sex Pistols and their hangers on.

Part 1 has all the things you imagine when thinking about punk rock: Gimp masks, funk medleys, jamming rock n roll standards, child nakedness and singing lessons.

The film's available to watch on YouTube, so it may be worth watching that so you know what we're on about here.

Part 2 will land in a couple of days!

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A festive stateside visit beckons this week as Tom and his able assistant Mark Murphy (off Crocodile God) chat with The Brokedowns about their latest record (out now on Red Scare) Let's Tip The Landlord.

We chat about famous punk houses, a terrible slipping over incident, health gurus, the International Criminal Court and much more.

Tom's on one about audiobooks, Mark reveals his Christmas party plans and a previous guest from the North East thinks something is a fookin disgrace.

Music this time comes from: Blink 182, Ugly Criers, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Clash and Pot Valiant.