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The Musician's Union campaigned to ban drum machines. That's like a chunk of cauliflower campaigning to ban toilet roll. It just makes no sense.

In this episode of The Beat Motel Andrew is joined by the always hardcore Dan Callis. What we didn't know before we started recording this episode is that Dan is currently under the influence of some fairly heavy sedation following surgery.

Listener discretion is advised...

### Riffs of the week

#### Dan's Riff

- How long you been driving - Party song (0:21)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Wolfheart - Ancient Cold

### Dan's track choices

1. Nerve Peel - Gutter Punx in Space (2:00)

2. Linus-Fitness Centre - Boot leather (3:09) - only 7 views!

3. Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Merry cyrstmeth (1:46)

4. Big Black - Kerosene (3:05)

### Andrew's track choices

1. Jesus and Mary Chain - Reverence (0:36)

2. Clipping - body for the pile (0:43)

3. Optimum Wound Profile - Tranqhead (2:49)

4. Carter USM - Only living boy in new cross (2:20)

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Girls in Cars? Boys in Cars? Nonbinary people in cars? Nongendered People in Cars? Animals in Cars! Animals driving cars! Absurd. Lets just stop, now. Please. PC gone mad! Slightly fluffy skin bags in cars!

Everybody loves a car, don’t they? They’ve have been a feature in rock’n’roll since rock’n’roll was wore bobby socks. (Apparently, Bobbysocks were a 1980s Norwegian band who entered Eurovision.) 

This week, Andrew and Sam take this week as their opportunity to explore, this week, the many-varied roll of the car in the modern Western rock and/or roll tradition. This week. And, boy do they do it! You gotta get your ears in this shit. Wowee. They conclude by discussing the unique perspective of Grace Jones channelling a parking space – she is objectifying the car whilst turning herself into an object. Wrap your head around that, academics. 

Andrew and Sam also discover the joy of internet comments. Sam wants the Internet to be turned off, as he sends these show notes in an email. If he posted them to Andrew, they’d take about 3 weeks to arrive. 

Love.

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- Dan Deacon - Sat By A Tree (0.10)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Rad Pitt - I went to Bristol and saw Macaulay Culkin on a boat once (1:20)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. Kaonashi - I hate the Sound of Car Keys (1.06)

2. Madness - I Like Driving in My Car (opening)

3. Velvets - My Baby's Car Crazy (0.06)

4. The Dead Milkmen - Bitchin' Camaro (1.43)

### Andrew's track choices

1. The Bluetones - Autophillia (1:17)

2. Suede - Breakdown (4:35)

3. Deep Purple - Speed King (1:47)

4. Grace Jones - Pull up to my bumper (2:15)

Listen to Rad Pitt - https://radpittradpitt.bandcamp.com/album/hymns-for-the-hopeful

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Noteable tracks we didn't choose

- Chop Suey by System of a Down

- I'm in love with my car - Queen

- All songs by Fu Manchu

- Little Red Corvette - Prince

- No particular place to go - Chuck Berry

- Maybelline - Chuck Berry

- Baby you can drive my car - The Beatles

We like to be unpredictable, so here's an episode with the brilliant Stuart Bowditch that focuses on the role of the mighty Church Organ in contemporary music, Courier Sound https://couriersound.bandcamp.com/ Stuart Bowditch on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bowditchstuart/ ### Riffs of the week #### Stuart's Riff - Sibelius - Finlandia (4:20) #### Andrew's Riff - Man/Woman/Chainsaw - What Lucy Found there (2:23) ### Stuart's track choices 1. Type O Negative - Xero Tolerance (3:30) 2. Clair M Singer - The Molendinar (20:45) 3. Ellen Arkbro - Chords for organ (12:00 4. Robert Curgenven - Bardo (longform) for Three Turntables, Pipe Organ & Piano (50:10) ### Andrew's track choices 1. Led Zeppelin - Your time is gonna come (opening) 2. The Incredible String Band - Darling Belle (9:00) 3. Bach - Toccata and Fuge in D Minor (1:29) 4. The Charlatans - Nice Acre Court (1:47) (Rob played organ in prison) Email us - [email protected] Get more Beat Motel at https://beatmotel.com/ Beat Motel Zine started as an award-winning print zine sometime around 2004, and this podcast continues that trajectory with attitude, enthusiasm and curiosity. Tune in, turn up & kick back! We dig into the alternative music we live for. Join us for deep dives, on-the-spot live reviews and laughs. This is not about the world of pop, this is an alt music podcast with a punk rock zine attitude. Beat Motel is about the fringes of the musical world, and we’re going to pull at those threads until it unravels. LISTENING LINKS: Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/beat-motel-zine/id1678093566 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2gScWrQd5kMCZDpu7X1smT Google Podcasts - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9kY2ZjMmM5MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@beatmotelzine Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/beatmotelzine/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/beatmotelzine

Summer lovin’: happened so fast. It was a bit disappointing that it took longer to clean up the mess.

In the last podcast to feature Sam until August (unless something strange happens), SAmdrew talk about the hot music of the summer: that’s right, shit that went down years ago, but they missed out. Because they were ignorant, entitled, cis-gendered white men, too busy concentrating on being cis-gendered to let their hair down and just enjoy themselves.

They talk about missing out on the Beastie Boys, At the Drive-In, and B*witched, amongst others.

Remember what Kurt Cobain sang: just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they’re not after you.

And, if summer music is about anything, it’s about missing out on what’s genuinely fun for whatever shit is playing festivals.

Lesson is: music isn’t want it used to be. We could’ve been there, we knew about it. But we weren’t there. Because being there isn’t cool, but it was too obvious.

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- April March - Ton Rayon Vert (0.37)

#### Andrew's Riff

- University - Notre Dam Made Out Of Flesh (2:16)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. At The Drive-In - Cosmonaut (opening)

2. Franz Ferdinand - Come on Home (1.10)

3. Deafheaven - Sunbather (4.50)

4. Iron Maiden - Aces High (1.15)

### Andrew's track choices

1. The Big - Insanity (0:40)

2. The Refused - New Noise (3:35)

3. Beastie Boys - Gratitude (1:41)

4. Wu Tang Clan - Method Man (1:45)

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Sam will write show notes

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- The Faint - Agenda Suicide (opening)

#### Andrew's Riff

- The Bluetones - If (opening)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. Coal Chamber - Big Truck (opening)

2. Newtown Grunts - Out of the Crowd (0.51)

3. Ruins Alone - Stonehenge (0.26)

4. Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (8.40)

### Andrew's track choices

1. The Charlatans - Then (2:50)

2. Still Little Fingers - Suspect Device (1:38)

3. Prolapse - Headless in a beat motel (3:20)

4. INSOMNIUM - Valediction (2:00)

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Chris Lamont commented: "what a boring load of shite"

100 volunteers, 40 production crew, one town. A ton of fun!

Gonzo review of day one of Brighten the Corners in Ipswich

They say write what you know, and many, many, many musicians have just done that. Obscure lyrics about mainlining Anusol, and tell-it-like-it-is ones about that weird smell at the back of the tour bus that was there before you bought it. It’s all there, and it’s all wonderful. 

Sam is back, so join him as he joins Andrew as they fail to check anything they say and barely talk about the music they’ve decided to talk about. This week’s sponsor’s include Shell Oil, Camel Cigarettes and the HMR Treasury. 

Did we talk about how awful the Offspring are these days or last week? Is Ed Sheeran still playing for them? The usual amounts of toilet humour and ponderings what embracing European orchestral traditions suggest in black metal.
Oh, and Metallica. Yes. They sponsor us this week, as well. (Actually? Not actually).  

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- Les Savy Fav - What We Don't Don't Want (opening)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Aquilus - Into the Earth (7:10)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. Minutemen - History Lesson, pt. 2 (1.34) - LOAD MATTS END AFTER THIS

2. Ozzy Osborne - Goodbye to Romance (opening)

3. Reel Big Fish - Sell Out (1.52)

4. Metallica - Turn the Page (0.30)

### Andrew's track choices

1. The Replacements - Treatment Bound (0:42)

2. Mindless Self Indulgence - Shut me up (0-:27)

3. NoFx - Theme From A NoFx Album (1:25)

4. Against Me - Even At Our Worst We're Still Better Than Most (The Roller) (0:57)

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https://youtu.be/QFvAf7rjtC8?si=8ZItdfW-e1f7jIfe

Duuuuuuude, did you hear that? Do ya know what that means? This changes EVERYTHING!

Have you had your brain wiring fuddled about with by a song, a band or genre? Have you emerged from a monocultural wasteland and found yourself bathed in the wonder of a brave new aural world?

Nah, us neither, here's two people talking spaff about some tunes they like.

Dr Sam's seat is vacant this week, so his socks are ably filled by Oli A.K.A Anrufen. Get Oli up in your chuff by visiting https://www.instagram.com/anrufenmusic/

### Riffs of the week

#### Ollie's Riff

- 'Ἡ τῶν λυσσημάτων ἄγγελος (2:30)

#### Andrew's Riff

- The Lemonheads - If I Could Talk I'd Tell You (2:09)

### Ollie's track choices

1. saleontomorrow - tide of tongue and toothache (1:45)

2. Jim O'Rourke - Ghost Ship in a Storm (0:24)

3. Storm & Stress - Meet Me In The Space They Stare At Leaving Their Seat During A Show (0:25)

4. Dettinger - Intershop 6 (4:47)

### Andrew's track choices

1. Subhumans - Apathy (0:11)

2. Against Me! - True Trans Soul Rebel (0:32)

3. Pelican - March into the sea (6:10)

4. Rival Consoles - Howl (2:22)

https://youtu.be/ywcshfrpO3A?si=EWPilc28r3Wc5A4K

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers (1.30)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Mother Mother - All the dying (1.14)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. The Offspring - We Never Have Sex Anymore (0.50)

2. System of a Down - Protect the Land (opening)

3. Rage Against the Machine - How I Could Just Kill a Man (0.20)

4. PJ Harvey - Prayer at the Gate (opening)

### Andrew's track choices

1. Duran Duran - White Lines (1:04)

2. The Kinks - Somebody Stole My Car (0:35)

3. Led Zeppelin - Hot Dog (0:55)

4. Metallica - Fuel (0:55)

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