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)

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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 - beatmotel@lawsie.com 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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Progressive music is a terrible name for a genre, isn’t it? If we take the dictionary definition (“happening or developing gradually or in stages”), prog doesn’t really live up to that. Instead, it’s a series of long winded nerdy time signatures and modes: ideas repeated since the late 1960s. No, you stop being so petty minded.

This week, we tackle the prickly subject of only needing one album from a band. Some bands, you don’t need an entire album of, with others, you’re missing a journey. But, what about that band that’s incredible for an album, and nothing else nears it again?

Of course, this is all tackled in a scatological-friendly approach. As it should be, right? And Sam reveals his deep love for documentaries on progressive bands and his deep mistrust of progressive bands actual output.

Leading us onto another subject: what bands would be better left as documentaries?

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- Fantastic Negrito - In My Head (opening)

#### Andrew's Riff

- John Kongos - He's gonna step on you again (2:45)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. Between the Buried and Me - Son of Nothing (opening)

Album - Colors

2. King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (3.56)

Album - In the court of the Crimson King

3. Slayer - Dead Skin Mask (opening)

Album - Abyss

4. Coheed and Cambria - Welcome Home (0.11)

Album - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

### Andrew's track choices

1. The Stone Roses - Elizabeth my dear (0:23)

Album - The Stone Roses

2. Santana - Hope you're feeling better (opening)

Album - Abraxis

3. Torche - Pirhaña (0:50)

Album - Meanderthal

4. Kiasmos - Looped (opening)

Album - Kiasmos

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What makes a great compilation album? Can they define a genre, or even a generation? How many of your favourite bands did you discover through compilation albums? Do you have a compilation album in your list of your most favourite albums? Do some of your fingernails grow much faster than others?

If you answer no (or yes) to any of these questions then you need to listen to the new episode of Beat Motel Podcast!

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Movies are too long these days. The big ones are all bladder-busting lengths, indulgences rarely seen since the bloated bullshit of early 1970s prog nonsense. If you want a bit of escapism these days, you tend to have to endure the flatulence of this nonsense. Is the death of the cinema neigh?

Who cares? A fun thing to do is watch music videos (Sorry, Jello Biafra—good ones are an art!). A lot of these, however, show us a scene and do not tell stories. But some give us a story like, er, Michael Jackson (maybe), was perhaps kind of the format.

This is why, this week, Andrew and Sam are back in their respective holes, studiously ignoring that and talking about other narrative-based music videos. Andrew gets Flowered Up, which makes Sam feel stupid about forgetting Red Fang. Sam panics and surprisingly finds a Primus song Andrew doesn’t hate (HE’S BREAKING).

All that nonsense and more. We love you.

sorry

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- Inter Arma - New Heaven (opening)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Francois X - Blurry Youth

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. Beastie Boys - Body Movin (0.30)

2. Fang Island - Daisy (1.50)

3. Primus - Wyonna's Big Brown Beaver (opening)

4. Guns N'Roses - November Rain (3.55)

### Andrew's track choices

1. Richard Dawson - Ogre (4:22)

2. Red Fang - Wires (1:47)

3. My Chemical Romance - I'm not okay (2:45)

4. Flowered Up - Weekender (11:00)

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Anybody can put out a classic album, yeah? Anybody. Like me. I’ve done it. Suck it. Anybody can put out two classic albums, yeah? Anybody. Like you. Or three. It’s EASY. I’ll tell you how. You can even ask ChatGBT to do it (but there’ll be something inauthentic about it, so maybe not).

But, what does it take to make a career in it? To transcend the scene one emerges from, to continuously make good, interesting music that means people don’t just want to hear stuff from your first two albums.

Maybe you can go down the tech death metal route, where stuff is just too complicated to digest and thus you can play anything you want. But ... I mean, who likes technical and progressive music, anyway?

Or you can go down the route where you take an artistic approach, and the music transcends its limitations.

So, this is how you can make a classic album: just copy Scott Walker. Or Robert Wyatt.

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- The Rentals - Friends of P (opening)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Green Lung - Mountain throne (opening)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. NoMeansNo - Heaven Is the Dust Beneath My Shoes (2.56)

2. Cannibal Corpse - Time To Kill Is Now (1.33)

3. Robert Wyatt - Just As You Are (0.48)

4. Scott Walker - The Old Man's Back Again (opening)

### Andrew's track choices

1. The Bluetones - My neighbours house (0:15)

2. Kyuss - Sandpiper (0:17)

3. Crowded House - Not the Girl You Think You Are (2:01)

4. Against Me - Rebecca (opening)

Andrew was going to choose Beatles but they get the video blocked worldwide!

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Sam swore 43:20

Comment from Callis

Hiiiirs!

Letter from Bowditch

Morning. Was listening to your podcast on the way to work and a couple of things about Cattle Decapitation. There is only one singer, Travis Ryan, who has an incredible range of styles. Plus, the band started out as having all vegan members and their position was that if we viewed what we do to animals as if we did the same to humans, its would be horrific. So that’s what their songs are about. Plus now also about the unsustainability of the human race as a whole. One of my favourite metal bands 🤘🏼

Gonzo review of Green Lung and Lowen at Colchester Arts centre. Thanks to Roki End Times, Joe and Paul for getting involved.

Sounds bad, feels so good.

There’s an abundance of tracks that sound jolly but have underlyingly bad lyrics. That’s what we covered last week. WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER WAY AROUND, though? Why does angry stuff HAVE to be angry, and can it be something other than just dumb/wacky comedy if its not?

Neither of us went down the comic root, and both of us struggled. Along the way, we explore the deeper meaning of Otto, whether evolution may save us, and what the hell is going on with Billy Bragg? Is he truly the UK’s answer to Bob Dylan?

As with every week, we also offer scatological advice and horrorscopes and riffs of the week. What does Husker Dü?

One world, one love. Why are they spending so much money on bombs, and not enough on health care?

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- Folterkammer - Agolagnia (2.43)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Husker Du - I'll never forget you (opening)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. Cattle Decapitation - Terrasitic Adaptation (1.35)

2. The Hirs Collective - XOXOXOXOXOX (opening)

3. Irreversible Entanglements - Our Land Back (3.17)

4. Billy Bragg - The Internationale (opening)

### Andrew's track choices

1. System of a down - Vicinity of obscenity (0:42)

2. Bjork - Hyperballad (1:54)

3. Dead Kennedys - Too drunk to fuck (opening)

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https://youtu.be/GUtQMfrhOeM?si=qfpukGNVbEbPSBSn

Happy Music, Dark Words

Your nan turns to you as you sit on the sofa, watching Tom Jones singing “Delilah” on the televised festival for OAPs (Glastonbury). “Isn’t that a wonderful song, darling. But I’m sure I heard something about a knife”, she says as she passes you the tin of Sainsbury own-brand non-alcoholic lager. You search the lyrics: aha. It’s a song about MURDER. But, it’s so much fun! HOW COULD THIS BE?

Lyrics, for lack of knowledge of a better word, tend to be somewhat onomatopoeic. As in, aggressive songs have aggressive lyrics, happy sounding songs have happy sounding music, and sad songs have sad sound music. How much this is project due to the lyrics, or projection on the lyrics due to the music, is no doubtful fascinating, but not for this discussion. What about when a song feels good, but the lyrics are telling you its not a good thing what is being sung about?

This week, Andrew and Sam are back spouting nonsense as they skip, hand-in-hand, though upbeat songs about murder, domestic disquiet, teenage prostitution, amongst other things. Mostly murder, though.

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- Ekko Astral - baethoven (0.45)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Wormwitch - Rayonnant banners (2:53)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. Hank Williams - Move It on Over (opening)

2. Sublime - Wrong Way (0:03)

3. The Cure - Close to Me (0.55)

4. Hall & Oats - Diddy Doo Wop (I hear the Voices) (1.48)

### Andrew's track choices

1. The Stone Roses - Bye Bye Badman (2:17)

2. The Beatles - Maxwell’s silver hammer (0:26)

3. Barry Manilow - Copacobana (1:04)

4. Lou Reed - Perfect day (1:46)

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Here's that Imperial Triumphant track with Kenny G on it:

https://youtu.be/ywcshfrpO3A?si=LL8RO_e_Y2nuQwpu

The Beatles put a copyright block on our video on these timestamps

0:39:38:29 to 0:40:16:15

0:40:24:29 to 0:40:40:13

Why can't our favourite artists get it right more of the time, with a lot more consistency? Why did that third album blow like a supercharged vacuum cleaner? Why do Metallica suck (most of the time). In this episode Andrew Culture is joined by Dan Callis to answer questions that really matter. ### Riffs of the week #### Dan's Riff - Scottish Gabber Punk - Tory Scum Get Tea Fuck (0:40) #### Andrew's Riff - Iron Monkey - Rat Flag (5:00) ### Dan's track choices 1. Metallica - For whom the bell tolls (3:07) 2. The Bled - You know who's seatbelt (2:20) 3. Alexisonfire - No Transitory (2:30) 4. Portugal the man - Kill me the king (2:31) ### Andrew's track choices 1. Crime in Stereo - Everything changes / Nothing is ever truly lost (opening) 2. Spaceman Three - An evening of contemporary sitar music (38:49) 3. Fu-Manchu - Evil eye (0:06) 4. Gravediggaz - Defective Trip (1:50) Email us - beatmotel@lawsie.com

“Watcha talkin’ ‘bout, Willis?” (Spelling as stylised by Google) Said Gary Coleman as his character Arnold Jackson in the sitcom Diff’rent Strokes. Far be it from us to analyse the racial and other identity-based issues bought up by the existence and popularity of that catchphrase and the related sitcom, rather it is a point of departure. It’s about capturing attention, jarring you out of your complacent listening, about refusing to be put in the background. Sam is back from his endless holiday seeking, watch an April snowstorm out of his window, and needs something to capture his attention away from the question of how to get a child home. That is a strange line. That is a great one. That is a ponderous what. What ARE they talking about? Does Willis know? Join us, again, as we ponder some great opening lines. Ones that shriek “look at me”, and ones that just jar. And for some Slayer-fan bating. ‘Cos Slayer got back together, and WHO CARES? Get more Beat Motel at https://beatmotel.com/

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- Iron Monkey - Concrete Shock (opening)

#### Andrew's Riff

- The Beastie Boys - Sounds of Silence (2:00)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. Against Me - TSR (opening)

2. A Tribe Called Quest - Buggin Out (opening)

3. The Clash - Koka Kola (opening)

4. Slayer - Angel of Death (opening)

### Andrew's track choices

1. Against Me - Bourne on the FM waves of Love (opening)

2. Subhumans - Apathy (0:15)

3. Jesus and Mary Chain - Snakedriver

4. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - Billy was a Mountain (opening)

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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

Ever fallen in love with a band you shouldn't have fallen in love with? What bands do you really love, despite the fact that you know you should hate them. The reason you should hate the band could be ethics, aesthetics or gross incompetence. But when that band comes onto the radio, you fist pump the air and singalong like a wrongun.

For this episode Andrew is joined by special Guest Dan Callis, AKA DS Happy Boi.

### Riffs of the week

#### Dan's Riff

- LustSickPuppy - Horniest Song Ever (0:10)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Born to run (2:30)

### Dan's track choices

1. Millionaires - Just got paid lets get laid (1:50)

2. Motley Cru - Too Fast for Love (1:20)

3. Bilmuri -Never Better Thicc Boi (1:50)

4. NoFx - Dinosaurs will die (1:20)

### Andrew's track choices

1. Led Zeppelin - In my time of dying (6:25)

2. The Strokes - Juice Box (1:50)

3. Ed Sheeran - Castle on the hill (3:50)

4. Paramore - That's what you get

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BOOK

Our band could be your life - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Band_Could_Be_Your_Life

DS HAPPY BOI

https://dshappyboi.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/callis1987/

ANARCHO SQUAT SAUNA!

What was that? Was that real? Is that just in my head? Where do you start with introductions to songs? Are they a part of the song, do they set the rest of it up, or are they just a side show, a distraction? Sure, there are many great introductions to songs, even if the rest of the song goes haywire, but what about those intros that stick out as a WTF?

In this episode, Andrew and Sam investigate the spooky but real world of random introductions to songs. These are introductions that either don’t seem to fit, seem tagged on, or just unedited. They both had a bit of a challenge finding them, but they come up with the goods and run the trajectory from hip hop, drug-addled Madchester types to some quite grating 2000s UK indie.

So, once again, take up your pitch fork and join them in trying to burn down the Frankensteinian labs of corporate music culture that undermine the ties that bind us. Why pay for your music to be on spotify when they don’t give you anything in return, and why vote Labour when they’re promising to manage Tory policies slightly more professionally than the Tories? Lets take a note of Kevin Rowland’s book and burn it down (not literally?).

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- Joy of Fire - Thunderdome (intro)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Bob Vylan - He's a man (0:51)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. Minutemen - This Ain't No Picnic (opening)

2. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (0.40)

3. Of Montreal - Bunny Ain't No Kind of Rider (0.30)

4. Busdriver - Bliss Point (1.11)

### Andrew's track choices

1. The Stone Roses - Breaking into heaven (4:12)

2. Arctic Monkeys - I bet that you look good on the dancefloor (opening)

3. Wu Tang Clan - Gravel Pit (opening)

4. Soulfly - Tribe (0:58)

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https://youtu.be/kVY7-Ti77UQ?si=oo90fKn5mBI6jj1b

What makes an band a band? Is it the songwriter? The singer? The relationship between the band members?

This time, we go a bit close to home. The Replacement’s are, arguably, one of the greatest acts of the 1980s, one of the greatest to emerge from the US punk scene that would eventually birth the Pixies, REM, and Nirvana. But, it all came crashing down with their last album, fuelled by professional regrets, personal losses, and the fatigue of substance abuse.

Is All Shook Down a The Replacements album? It features all four members of the line up of the time. The songs are penned by Westerberg. They have production hints ago-go that point toward the Replacements...

Yet, it was intended originally as Westerberg’s first solo album. It has a long catalogue of session musicians (including Abraham Lincoln). It doesn’t quite feel like The Replacements?

Andrew and Sam don’t know. Anything.

### Riffs of the week #### Dr Sam's Riff - Roots Manuva - Join the Dots (1.25) #### Andrew's Riff - Slift - Ilion (8:16) ### Dr Sam's track choices 1. One Wink at a Time - The Replacements (0.30) 2. Attitude - The Replacements (1.15) 3. My Little Problem - The Replacements (1.15) 4. Sadly Beautiful - The Replacements (0.20) ### Andrew's track choices 1. Merry Go Round - The Replacements (2:30) 2. Sadly Beautiful - The Replacements (1:50) 3. Bent out of Shape - The Replacements (opening) 4. All shook down - The Replacements (1:50) 5. My Favourite Thing - The Replacements (1:03) **Andrew's notes** Merry Go Round video - Westerberg looking bored, Tommy yawning One wink at a time has nice sax throb Tracks have Westerberg mumbled intros like classic Matts Very meandering, doesn't grab me immediately Banjos? Fucking banjos? Surprising Paul lived to finish the album, he was smoking speedballs They got fired after wearing Petty's wife's dresses on stage. Sadly Beautiful has a Lovely viola in it played by John Cale! Bent out of shape opener sounds like we're back to classic Replacements, even down to the lyrics The title is a classic Matts switcheroo Very country, I think Westerberg chose Slim Dunlap because he was a country guitarist Westerberg sounds drunk Ocarina played by John Cale! I can hear a lot of influences from this album in current 6music style bands Ends reasonably well, but the last track sounds like Randy Newman The band went from hating music videos to winning an award for the ‘when it began’ single from this album Abe Lincoln gets a credit according to Wikipedia All replacements members only play on one track, so this is NOT a replacements album LETTERS Briggs recommendation Matt screaming at his headphones Email us - beatmotel@lawsie.com

They said what? About who? Was that intentional? Why would they even allow to that to be released? All these questions, and more, arise when one actually starts to listen to lyrics. And, what do singers/vocalists/MCs know, hey? Do they actually think about what they say, or just whether it fits the music they’re putting their noises to? Some lyricists have been lauded as poets operating in another medium – think Bob Dylan, Shane McGowan, Cliff Richards… 

This week, Andrew and Sam show off their inability to double-guess the meaning and intention of singers. They always begin hopefully, but where will it lead them? To folly. As it always does. 

So, join them as they investigate the depths of Insane Clown Posse, Thin Lizzy (although AC/DC by mistake at one point), RunDMC, and so on. Go on. Please.

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- Ministry - New Religion (0.15)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Weird, but not illegal - Party Cannon (2:44)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. Insane Clown Posse - Miracles (1.47)

2. Alice Cooper - Feed My Frankenstein (0.55)

3. Rancid - Last One to Die (opening)

4. Flat Earth Society - Vole Sperm Reverie (0.10)

### Andrew's track choices

1. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (opening)

2. RUN DMC - You Be Illin' (0:15)

3. Green Day - Basket Case (0:58)

4. Alanis Morissette - Ironic (0:24)

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Do you like metal? Do you like death? Probably not, and that's quite understandable. But do you like live music that is more metallic than Iron Man's codpiece? Or would you rather a nice sit down? For this episode, we're in the Finland, soaking up punishing music that's brutal in timbre and attack.

Andrew Culture and Dr Sam went to Finland to attend the most punk rock Death Metal festival in Christendom. Expect strong language, brutal riffs and adult spicy language. Because we're going to Deathfest and we don't give a fig.

This is the first live review we've made a fancy pants video for, so even if you don't like death metal, you should at least watch the video for the spectacle of Sam and Andrew trying to look pretty for the camera.

Gonzo review of BC Camplight and William Doyle at The Baths in Ipswich, 9th March 2024

Part of the draw, the attraction, an aditctive element, of capitalism is that it is always presenting us with the new. We’re consistently being sold the latest technology, the latest fashion and the latest tunes. And this emphasis on endlessly new compositions is arguably a more significant marker of popular music than in other contemporary music forms, where we go for novel renditions of known music (think the latest conductor to present Mozart, or the latest (jazz) interpretation of April in Paris. Yet, popular musicians do occasionally reinterpret their own tunes. So, this is what Andrew and Sam discuss this week – what happens when a musician remakes their own tunes. What is the motivation behind it? Is it mostly to do with contracts, or because the job isn’t done yet? What happens when a musician dedicated to the new has to spend their life performing the old and well known? ### Riffs of the week #### Dr Sam's Riff - Darkest Hour - Societal Bile (opening) #### Andrew's Riff - Dissimulator - Neural Hack (0:25) ### Dr Sam's track choices 1. Dizzy Gillespie - A Night in Tunisia (1.29 - from Afro-Cuba) 2. Dead Kennedys - Pull My Strings (0.14) 3. Jawbreaker - Boxcar (0.18) 4. Taylor Swift - Shake it Off (Taylor's version - opening) ### Andrew's track choices 1. Bob Dylan - Lay lady Lay live in Stuttgard 91 2. Beastie Boys - Cookie Puss (0:58) 3. The Charlatans - Subtitle (1:40) 4. Green Day - Welcome to Paradise (2:00) Email us - beatmotel@lawsie.com

Field recording of a noise gig in Bury St Edmunds on Saturday 2nd March 2024. Recorded on location at The Rehearsal Rooms.

Featuring

DS Happy Boi

Diacritical Mark

Frazer Merrick

Billy Whizz

Paul Blart Wet Dream

Hell is worth all that. Natural habitat. Just a rhyme without a reason.

I am the table.

This week, Sam beseeches Andrew consider Metallica as an act with depth behind their 125 million+ album sales. Sam was introduced to Metallica through his brother at the age of 10, and they became an essential touchstone to his musical experience. Andrew neglected metal until his 40s, when he had to slow down (or else), but could never quite get beyond the 1980s production of some of the classics of the genre.

So, join us as we try to get beyond the myths and hype of Metallica, and understand some of the base appeal in at least four of their albums (Ride the Lightening, Master of Puppets, … And Justice for All and the black album). Through 30-second snippets, we highlight the details perhaps glossed over, and perhaps reveal the best way to listen to Metallica: in 30-second snippets.

Sam takes all responsibility for Metallica choices, and he has more time for Load/Re-Load than Kill ‘Em All. Oh, and hardly anything from the last 24 years is mentioned.

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

Laura Jane Grace - Hole In My Head

#### Andrew's Riff

The Lawrence Arms - Great Lakes/Great Escapes

### Dr Sam's track choices

Orion

Blackened

Master of Puppets

For Whom the Bell Tolls (S&M version)

Eye of the Beholder

Through the Never

Die Die My Darling

The Memory Remains

Dingdong! Hey now, what’s that sound? IS that the sound of a 1956 Morris Minor through a midi sampler? This week, Andrew and Sam discuss SOUNDS. Zounds, batman. These sounds might range from your “oo, that’s a lovely tone” sort of music-nerd appreciation sound to your “what on the fuck is that, then?” sort of music-nerd appreciation sound.

Along they way, they discuss said tones, the use of gravity to make music, and rototoms. God knows how they have the time in the life to do this sort of thing? Probably offloading their responsibilities to their other halves. Fuck the patriarchy.

They also spend a questionably long time just reading out the name of bands who are playing Finnish festivals this year. Good stuff. They do it to you in the earhole.

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- Year of the Knife - Your Control (opening)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Necrowretch - Dii Mauri (3:10)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. Charles Mingus - Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (0.20 - from Blues & Roots album)

2. Bjork - Solstice (opening)

3. Matmos - Ultimate Care II Excerpt Three (0.20)

4. Sly & Robbie - Dub Glory - original (1.20)

### Andrew's track choices

1. Little Dragon - Rictual Union (opening)

2. Pom Poko - Danger Baby (0:40)

3. Deep Purple - Living Wreck (0:10)

4. Jon Hopkins - Open Eye Signal (3:10)

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Music is frequently best when it is a communal experience. This is perhaps why we go and see bands perform live the exact version of a song we know from a record, it is why we pay good money to see this, and it is spoilt by the fuppers singing along over the vocalist. I did not pay to get in to hear you sing Born in the USA.

Except, frequently, in the best of experiences (for me), it is exactly what I paid for. It’s what I want, its what I crave. It is what destroys the stage, more than any declaration by a punk band that the “stage is yours” only to be invaded by macho morons who think music should be expressed with a kick in the head. Fup you. No, the voice is ours: it is what breaks down the individualism of the modern age, it is what grounds us in the here and now: there is no past, no future, only our voices.

This week, Andrew and Sam explore the singalong. They take their fair time to get there, but they enjoy themselves in the process. And then they discover the joy of singing along not only to the vocals but riffs. RIFFS. Madness, hey.

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- John Prine - Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore (opening)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Crowded House - Locked out (0:12)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. Metallica - Master of Puppets (4.00)

2. Ursus Factory - Rakkauttasi tarviten (3.20)

3. Sick of it All - Scratch the Surface (0:05)

4. Against Me! - We Laugh at Danger (2.30)

### Andrew's track choices

1. Sex Pistols - Buddies (0:22)

2. Black Sabbath - War Pigs (1:50)

3. Red Flag 77 - How Low (0:55)

4. Against me! - Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious (1:10)

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A few episodes ago we troubled your lugoles with some mildly profane chatter about which gigs we wish we could go back in time to attend for a second time. But what about legendary performances that you wish you could have been at regardless of decade, country, fiscal embarrassment or rank odour.

In this episode Andrew is joined by Jay Trenchart defy time, distance and some logic and reason as they delve through YouTube looking for the very bestest live clips in the world, ever.

### Riffs of the week

#### Jay's Riff

- Parquet Courts - Stoned And Starving (2:20)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Fat Dog - All The Same (1:25)

### Jay's track choices

1 - Koufar at Club Rectum (16:00)

https://youtu.be/T1_VkbeyDFE?si=3jHlf6b2hbLeovER&t=960

2 - Adam & The Ants - Physical (You're So) (Live in Manchester)

https://youtu.be/VusbSlufwmM?si=lKnvVredh1ZIH9r-&t=100

3 - Fucked Up Live on a Bridge at 2am (0:35)

https://youtu.be/TUVLm1V0pPs?si=Vi-yrjGF9m6ipBKz&t=35

4 - Bad Brains Live At CBGB's, New York City, NY 1982

https://youtu.be/WmfxWQkqLTg?si=ITLQjp__CXTmKXhg&t=1295

### Andrew's track choices

1 - Pentangle - Captured Live 1972 (9:39)

https://youtu.be/C3DFCXaqLrg?si=INKVGX-L-nAS5Z3V&t=579

2 - Rival Consoles Boiler Room x MUTEK MX Live Set (21:39)

https://youtu.be/v4gSk5GibB8?si=toWi8wQjC6JKUEeP&t=1299

3 - Crime In Stereo - Agent RR pt 1 (1:47)

https://youtu.be/RQoezd8xorI?si=85LkIeRq8Q8GClzX&t=107

4 - Coast Contra - Never Freesyle (3:05)

https://youtu.be/IdNxeepSpuk?si=rQsW51kO7UicIue5&t=185

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All the best band names are taken, but dear, oh dear. Why on earth would they stick with that? This is the topic of this week's show, and that’s about it. The concern isn’t so much about the music but more just badly chosen band names.

Most seem like a bad pub idea moment. Others go way beyond that. Of course, there are the wilfully (and, to an extent, lazily) offensive: An_l C_nt, An_l Beard. But, then there’s also the bizarre, the stupid and the in-joke that’s gone on too long and taken too far. And then there’s all three.

So, once again, join Andrew and Sam as they explore some different nuances of the culture around music. This is what this podcast is really about culture around music and the loving relationship between two cis-straight white middle-class men from the UK. Big love.

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- Thomas Ignatius - In germine (opening)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Archspire - Golden Mouth of Ruin (opening)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. The Flying Burrito Brothers - Do Right Woman (2.03)

2. Dananananaykroyd - All Us Authors (0.15)

3. The Mr. T Experience - Book of Revelation (0.15)

4. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Nootmare (opening)

### Andrew's track choices

1. ††† - Vivien (3:04)

2. Agriculture - Relier (4:45)

3. Prolapse - Killing the bland (1:36)

4. Seymour - Dizzy (2:49)

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Was 2023 a good year for pop'n'rock'n'hop? Was it a bad year? How do you quantify that sort of thing, anyway? It's all up to the ear of the beholder.

Andrew and Sam have probably been over exposed to harsh noises at this point, and can't understand what is conventional beauty in terms of music. Andrew wants to music out of angle grinders, and Sam talks about the nuances between punk-origin and metal-origin grindcore. Hence their choices of favourite music that came out of in 2023 is very person and not looking to impress. This, then, is a definitive list of music that we enjoyed and don't really care what others think or came top of other lists. We hope you're impressed.

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- Seavus Finns - Aeons of Spiritual Starvation (opening)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Liam Gallagher & John Squire - Just Another Rainbow (1:15)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown "Garbage Pale Kids" (0.15)

2. Squid Pisser - Both (0.16)

3. Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra - The Space Dance Experiment (3.04)

4. Kruelty - Reincarnation (2.33)

### Andrew's track choices

1. Agriculture - Look Pt3 (4:25)

2. Yard Act - The Trenchcoat Museum (2:10)

3. WOLFHEART - Iku-Turso (1:55)

4. Daniel Avery - New Faith (1:50)

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What’s a drum fill? Well, it’s that bit the gorilla plays in the chocolate advert, yeah? Which is something discussed in this episode of Beat Motel, which also heralding the return of co-host Dr Sam from his travels abroad and obligations of parenthood.

So, in other words: we fill up space by talking about fills while getting rid of the fill-ins. It has also made me realise what a good name Phil is for a drummer (looking at you Phil Random of the Random Heroes).

We run the gamut, as usual, from pop to psychedelic to punk rock and the heaviest of metal fills, discussing what roles and styles of fills mean for the context they find themselves in. Neglected are some of the genius’ of the style – particularly, Dave Ghrol, but he’s got enough on his plate.

So, to sum up: we’re talking about drum fills, and Sam is back. It’s nice to talk.

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- Pharrell Williams, Trey Parker - Hug Me (0.13)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Chelsea Wolfe - Dusk (2:50)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. Smashing Pumpkins - Jelly Belly (1.45)

2. Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine (opening)

3. NoFX - Franco Un-American (1.20)

4. Darkest Hour - The Sadist Nation (3.00)

### Andrew's track choices

1. The Beatles - Mean Mr Mustard (start, sort of)

2. The Clash - Train in vain

3. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis bold as Love (2:46)

4. Phil Collins - In the air tonight

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https://youtu.be/r1x1o9UZn8M?si=P6WJoeb_lEUcgLCL

Since the dawn of civilisation, rock’n’roll has been featured in films. Many talking heads, in documentaries featured once upon-a-time on the BBC, have spoken about the groin-and-brain-fireworks set off by seeing Willy Hailey and his Comets on the silver screen. Elsewhere, Elvis flooded cinemas with his cinematic gyros. Even Little Richard stood on a piano in one, and in doing so, stood above everyone. Ever. The real and true kueen (sic). 

Anyway, I digress. This week, we look at the efforts of bands to make films, themselves. Or at least, be heavily featured in them. In doing so, we look at Guitar Wolf, the Beedles, Weird Al, Floyd’s Pink Pants and still more. We explore how these two things are inexplicably linked – rock’n’roll and dramatic movies, and reach surprising conclusions. 

And Sam is back from spurlunking. 

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- Thumpasaurus - Struttin' (0:10)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Putrid Defecation - Impending Anal Leakage (0:36)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. Slade - Far Far Away (0.18)

2. Weird Al - Beat on the Brat (entire song!)

3. Guitar Wolf - Wild zero (opening)

4. Metallica - Through the Never (opening)

### Andrew's track choices

1. The Monkees - Porpoise Song (2:56)

2. Pink Floyd - Echos Part 1 - Live at Pompeii (7:49)

3. The Ramones - Rock and Roll High School (0:59)

4. Peter Sellers: A Hard Day's Night (0:10)

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Edit at 40 minutes

Ever fallen in love with someone you shouldn't have fallen in love with? Have you ever fallen in love with someone you should have fallen in love with?

In this episode of The Beat Motel Music Podcast Andrew Culture is joined by Luke Littleboy of the 'One sensational shot' podcast. Luke was also the singer for The Waxing Captors.

This episode explores songs that talk about relationships in an honest way. Not sappy, sickly-sweet love songs. We're talking about the songs that dig up the dirt but also shine a light on the glory, and terror of love and relationships.

### Riffs of the week

#### Luke's Riff

- Violent Femmes - Add it Up (1:20)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Blue Lake - Bloom (opening)

### Luke's track choices

1. The Au Pairs - It's obvious (0:58)

2. Tom Waits - Christmas card from a hooker in Minneapolis (0:33)

3. Descendents - Marriage (0:36)

4. The Beautiful South - Let love speak up itself (0:58)

### Andrew's track choices

1. The Replacements - Answering Machine (2:00)

2. Buzzcocks - What Do I Get? (0:30)

3. John Grant - Vietnam (4:10)

4. The Dopamines - Ire (1:10)

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What bands do you love, but your friends hate? Which acts do you absolutely adore, but you're left wondering why your friends don't hear the magic the same way you do?

Everyone has a few favourites that nobody else loves. And that's the topic for discussion in this episode.

Dr Sam is away on tour, so in this episode of the Beat Motel music podcast Andrew Culture is joined by Jay Trenchart of Italian Books and The Volunteers.

https://trenchartnoise.bandcamp.com/

### Riffs of the week

#### Jay's Riff

- Lungfish - Non Dual Bliss (3:37)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Agriculture - The glory of the ocean (2:48)

### Jay's track choices

1. Silverfish - Big Bad Baby Pig Squeal (1:46)

2. Sheep On Drugs ‎– 15 Minutes Of Fame (opening)

3. S.N.F.U - Cement Mixer (to all my beautiful friends) (1:01)

4. Slim Cessna’s Auto Club - Last Song About Satan (2:45)

### Andrew's track choices

1. Prolapse - Pull thru Barker (2:30)

2. Francois X - Blurry Youth (opening)

3. These Arms Are Snakes - Woolen Heirs (2:10)

4. Gravediggaz - 2 cups of blood (opening)

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Have you ever been to a gig that really made a massive impression on you? We know the answer is probably 'yes'. It's a dumb question, but what would you expect from us?

Have you ever been a gig that didn't make much of an impression on you at the time, but now that you 'get' the band in question do you wish you could travel back in time to that gig and experience it again? Now that's a far more interesting question.

Dr Sam is off on tour at the moment so for this Episode Andrew Culture is joined by special guest Martin Whiskin.

https://www.martinwhiskin.co.uk/

### Riffs of the week

#### Martin Whiskin's Riff

- The Imagined Village - Tam Lyn (Retold) (6:49)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Parannoul (파란노을) – Polaris (1:45)

### Martin Whiskin's track choices

1. Guns N Roses - It's so easy (0:29)

2. Guns N Roses - Estranged (0:10)

3. The Levellers - Riverflow (from start)

4. Godcone - Theme from Godcone (from start)

### Andrew's track choices

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

2. Fuck Buttons - Brainfreeze (0:25)

3. Queens of the stone age - Song for the dead (2:50)

4. Burst - (we watched the silver rain) (8:47)

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This episode is named after the feeling of post-orgasm similar to death. The moment of bare consciousness finds you after your peak. The history of pop music is resplendent with musical-about faces.

From Kraftwork giving up fingering their flutes to Finnish death metal pioneers Xsyma turning into a (more popular) indie band, plenty have given up their initial tinkering to find a more mature (and sometimes popular) sound. Yet, few have done changed their _immediately after_ their creative peak or in the face of success. 

And this is exactly what Andrew and Sam explore this week. Or sort of. So, hold onto your umbrellas as they splash about in stylistic changes that upset the earbuds. Sometimes, this led to the end of their immediate career; at other times, it cemented them as genius.

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- Danny Brown - Jenny's Terrific Vacation (0.10)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Ghost of a thousand - Left for dead (0:10)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. Space - There's No You (0.45)

2. Smashing Pumpkins - Pug (opening)

3. Slipknot - People = Shit (opening)

4. Vic Goddard & the Subway Sect - Hey Now (I'm In Love) (opening)

### Andrew's track choices

1. Nirvana - Tourettes (0:50)

2. The Stone Roses - Begging you (2:30)

3. Suede - Asphalt world (6:20)

4. The Sex Pistols - Who Killed Bambi (1:55)

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Roughly between 1967 and 2013 (these dates are arbitrary and unchecked, as is our diligence to fact-checking – Sam), the focus of many musicians (besides sex, drugs and rock’n’roll) was crafting the “perfect” album. This is something that should be endlessly playable, every track is a banger (fucking hell – Sam), but some bang (oh god – Sam) more than most. And, of course, there are some undeniable classics – Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run (you’re not ‘merican enough to like this, Sam – Sam), Limp Bizkit’s Three Dollar Bills, Y’all (I like this album, actually - Sam), Cliff Richard’s Kinda Latin (stop now, Sam – Sam), etc. – these choices are Bonafede classics. 

So, where will Sam and Andrew go with their choices? Will they provide easy listening surprises, or atonal noise assaults that means they probably need to stop and take a minute? What moral conundrums will they bring to bare in their exploration of the perfect album? Following Nitsche, if we are the creators of our own meaning, can any album be objectively perfect? 

Obviously, apart from Weezer’s Pinkerton. No. 

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- Git Some - The Test (1.55)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Caroline Polachek - Dang (from start)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. The Clash - Something About England (0.45) from Sandanista

2. Daughters - The Hit (0.40) from Daughters

3. Newtown Grunts - Newtown Grunts vs. The Insidious Right Wing Conspiracy

4. White Suns - Clairvoyant (opening)

### Andrew's track choices

1. The Stone Roses - Don't Stop (1:40)

2. Torche - Trumph of Venus (from start)

3. Mansun - Wide Open Space (3:30)

4. The Velvet Underground - Jesus (0:44)

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What does it mean to be consistent, as an artist? Careers in rock’n’pop now last decades – 2023, alone, has witnessed new albums by the Rolling Stones and a new single by the Beatles who began playing with themselves back in the ‘60s. Meanwhile, while rap-rock is so old that Rage Against the Machine’s debut was 30 years old last year.  

So, this week, we discuss the issue of late blooming in the pop’n’rock world. Our biggest question is, in the face of commercial failure, how can musicians work for so long and still keep putting out bangers? Can anybody use the term “bangers” without looking like a dick?  

Thus, join us as we run the gamut from those who start out well, start to suck, and then get good again, and those who start by sucking and then reveal their genius by the fact they didn’t give up. 

Remember, we’re celebrating the white-middle-class-and-middle-aged-man-down-the-pub style of accuracy. The twist is, we’re sober. 

Talking about late bloomers, Bertie Wooster makes a (probably copywrited infringement of an) appearance As AI in this weeks letters.

What maketh a cover? Is it the woman in his arms, just because she has big … No, that’s an obscure South Park reference. Not for this day and age.

This time, the smirking infantile smurfing inflatable men-children Andrew and Sam are discussing the art of covering other people’s music (by musicians post-1970s). Whereas once songwriting was the practice of the few and performance was of the many, we now expect our guitar-based musicians to sire their own stuff.

Yet, in other musical spaces – “Western Art Music” (ie. Classical music), jazz, etc. interpreting other people’s music is what is expected.
Then, what is in a cover? What are these musicians striving for? Authentic replication of the song, their own twist on it? What does it take to make a song written by someone else feel like it belongs to someone else?

And to make this more fun, they focus only on stuff done beyond the 1970s. Mainly because many of those successful musicians of the 1960s and (early) 1970s were so well-versed in the art of playing other people’s music.

So, slip on your adult nappy and join us for fake news and pseudo-academic critique as Andrew feels ill and Sam recovers from his child’s bout of vomiting the day before.

Also, second-time contributor Al Nicholl (of Bamalama Sing Song) briefly shares his experience of the art and joy of covering music.

### Riffs of the week

#### Dr Sam's Riff

- Anthrax - Got the Time (opening)

#### Andrew's Riff

- Bloodywood - Gaddaar (3:30)

### Dr Sam's track choices

1. Robert Wyatt - At Last I Am Free (1.56)

2. fIREHOSE - Sophisticated Bitch (2.10)

3. Two Minutes to Late Night - "Never in my Life" (0.28)

4. Dolly Parton - The Great Pretender (0.13)

### Andrew's track choices

1. Kirsty MacColl - A New England (2:40)

2. Echo and the Bunnymen - People are strange (2.50)

3. Bananarama - Venus (1:00)

4. Nirvana - Lovebuzz (2:10)

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#### A letter from Ruddiger Broomhilder

Subject: Love-Love, Game Over - Bidding Adieu to ATP

Dear Andrew Culture and Dr. Sam,

It's with a heavy heart and a twisted ankle that I, Ruddiger Broomhilder, serve this final ace to our peculiar little match. It seems my love for ATP (which I always thought stood for "Advanced Tennis Podcasts") has double-faulted into disdain.

Andrew, your last question about musicians and pizza chefs really tossed my dough into a burnout oven. I expected a slice of musical insight, but instead got a half-baked topping of irrelevance. And Dr. Sam, your melodic musings once strummed the strings of my heart, but now they sound more like a broken racket on a clay court.

I must confess, my understanding of a 'middle 8' was as confused as a linesman at a night match. And as for that drum solo query, it felt as out of place as a snowboard in Wimbledon. Your podcast, once a symphony of alternative beats, now echoes like the lonely claps of a one-man audience at a rain-delayed tennis match.

Regrettably, I'll be dropping my subscription faster than a player smashes a racket after a missed serve. It's time for me to explore other courts, where the music and tennis (or so I thought) resonate with my soul's strings.

In a twist of fate, as I pen this farewell, I fear I've trapped more than just my feelings; my foreskin seems to have found its way into the detergent tray of my mother's washing machine (again) – a fitting metaphor for our tangled relationship.

So, it's with a limp and a wince that I bid you adieu. May your podcast serve well in the future, but without me in the stands.

Sincerely flustered and forehandedly,

Ruddiger "Racket" Broomhilder

All Tomorrow’s Parties (ATP) was a UK-based festival and concert organiser and promoter from 1999 to 2016. It places musicians first, frequently letting the headlining act choose the festival's lineup. ATP felt like it was run by music fans who were never quite organised enough to get it together: it was a slightly shambolic affair. ATP Weekends were set in off-season holiday camps in seaside towns around the UK's coast. They also put on festivals in the US, Australia and Iceland. Another contribution to concert culture was having bands play (frequently classic) whole albums from start to finish. ATP entered the lives of Andrew and Sam around 2009, and they subsequently went to many of the festivals until the ultimate demise of the organisation in 2016. Here, along with other friends, they slept in chalets, provided their own choice of drinks (Andrew spent one weekend drinking 2.6% Sainsbury’s own brand bitter, wondering why he never felt drunk), discovered a treasure trove of “alternative” bands and witnessed some of their fondest gig memories. So, join them for a trip down memory lane. Along the way, friends Andy and Al pop up to contribute their experiences. They talk about the feels ATP still elicits, as well as the half-remembered rumours, they joy and the chaos. If you want to contribute to another ATP show, please send us a message via … and we’ll include it (probably uncensored, within reason): Interesting Times Gang video - https://youtu.be/FLA-lRb-Ixw?si=i4Fy-2i8sz3eESSE RIFFS OF THE WEEKParliament - Unfunky UFO (opening)The Interesting Times Gang - El Diablo Robótico (7:36)SAM'S CHOICESTweak Bird - A Sun/Ahh Ahh (1.24)Shellac - Wingwalker (3.54)Les Savy Fav - Patty Lee (0.11)Sleaford Mods - The Wage Don't Fit (0.27)ANDREW'S CHOICESThe Melvins - The Talking Horse (from start)Sunn O))) - Big Church [[megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért]] (0:15)Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (1:15)"Weird" Al Yankovic - Amish Paradise (2:19)RUDDIGER BROOMHILDER'S LETTERSubject: A Couple of Curiosities from a Woozy Music FanDear Andrew and Dr. Sam,Hope this finds you both hitting the high notes and staying in tune! Ruddiger here, still buzzing from the beat, albeit a bit dizzy from my recent gastric surgery adventure. Ah, the things we endure for the love of plums and podcasts!Suffice to say I missed your last episode, due being in the care of the NHS, but I felt compelled to email you anyway.Andrew, I have a question that's as straightforward as a drum solo. In your esteemed opinion, which famous musician would make the best pizza chef, and why do I ask? I can't shake the mental image of a rock star tossing his dough.Dr. Sam, onto a more melodic matter, though I'm afraid there's a bit of befuddlement in my noggin. I've been trying to wrap my head around the concept of 'middle 8s' and, for some reason, I've concocted this image of sharing a bath with a muddy rugby team (don't ask). Could you enlighten me - have you ever experienced a 'middle 8' in this peculiar context? Asking for a friend...Oh, before I forget, I've been reminiscing about that time I had to clean the dental surgery toilet after my unripe plum escapade. What a symphony of smells and memories! Definitely a story I'll keep in my back pocket, much like a well-loved bum plum.Well, I must dash. I've got a bit of a situation here; I think I may have trapped my foreskin in the detergent tray of my mother's washing machine. Suffice to say, it's a bit of a squat and a squeeze!Keep the beats flowing and the wisdom coming in my ears.Rock on,Ruddiger Broomhilder(Your slightly woozy but ever-devoted fan)

Gonzo review of BATUSHKA + Kanonenfieber live at The Dome in Tuffnell Park in London.

Cheers to Roki and Stuart Bowditch (and Stuart's mate talking about the moshpit) for getting involved in this episode.

Take it to the George Orwell bridge! Take it to the Friendship Bridge! This time 'round the musical merry-go-round, we discuss James Brown's favourite bit of any song: the Middle 8. This is a common part of many pop songs, which isn't either the verse or the chorus. So, join us and take it to the Eshima Ohashi bridge.

+ some REAL letters. As well as more AI ego trippin' for Andrew and Sam, including some really plumming stuff.

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Riff of the week:
SAM - Peter Brötzmann - Machine Gun
ANDREW - Kanonenfieber - Grabenkampf (00:30)
SAM'S CHOICES
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (1.54)
The Clash - Koka Kola (0.48)
Queen - Death on Two Legs (1.44)
Megadeth - Sweating Bullets (3.05)
ANDREW'S CHOICES
James Brown from https://youtu.be/zo80gXXIH_o?si=ZKsfswTaxX5SQZ8L
The Charlatans - The Only One I Know - (2:44)
The Kinks - Shangri-La (2:47)
The Refused - New Noise (3:35)
Led Zeppelin - The Crunge (3:17)

Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall when a fly on the wall documentary is made? Do music documentaries only tell a sanitised version of the truth?

We have no idea, which will become apparent when you listen to this week's episode. With special guest David Jago.

### Riffs of the week

#### Jago's Riff

- The Trio - Ennio Morricone (The Good, The Bad And The Ugly) (3:53)

#### Andrew's Riff

- The Ruins of Beverast - Exuvia (12:49)

### Jago's Track Choices

1. Metallica - "Some Kind of Monster" (7:35)

- Documentary: _Some Kind of Monster_

2. The Beatles - "The Long and Winding Road" (opening)

- Documentary: _Get Back_

3. Oasis - "Champagne Supernova" (1:56)

- Documentary: _Supersonic_

4. Bros - "Drop the Boy" (2:41)

- Documentary: _When the Screaming Stops_

### Andrew's Track Choices

1. Blur - "Oily Water" (4:30)

- Documentary: _Starshaped_

2. The Refused - "Rather Be Dead" (0:45)

- Documentary: _The Refused Are Fucking Dead_

3. Against Me! - "The Party's Over" (0:15)

- Documentary: _Never Going Home_

4. Public Enemy - "Fight the Power" (2:38)

- Documentary: _Camden_

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The best bits of the Bros documentary

https://youtu.be/LioQzFiPCyg?si=1NANEKbTOAg-b4vS

Gonzo review of Fascinating Aida live at Ipswich Regent on Saturday, 11th November 2023.

Thanks to everyone who got involved with the recording.

Gonzo-style review of Wolfheart and Before the Dawn causing structural damage to the foundations of The Dome in Tufnell Park, London.

Cheers to Roki for getting involved with this episode.

What’s the point? Contract fillers that contribute little if anything to the repertoire of the band?

This week, Andrew and Sam explore the world and purpose of live albums, and finish the episode without conclusion (although their thoughts are pretty obvious) to go on and indulge their ego at having some real letters sent in (as well as more AI letters).

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• Sam – Casiopea – Time Limit (opening)
• Andrew – Gravediggaz – Deathtrap (opening)

• Jello Biafra and The New Orleans Raunch and Soul All-Stars – Don’t Mess With My Toot Toot (opening)
• Otis Redding – I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (from Live at the Whisky – 2.40)
• Charles Mingus – Fables of Faubus (from The Great Concert of Charles Mingus – 19.10)
• Nirvana – Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For a Sunbeam (0.50)

• No Use For A Name – Outside Live in a Dive (10:45 on youtube version)
• Against Me! – Turn Those Clapping Hands Into Angry Balled Fists (4:20)
• Sex Pistols Bodies “Buddies” Live 1996 (0:15)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers- Intro/Can’t Stop – Live In Hyde Park (0:20)

Riffs of the week

Sam’s choicesAndrew’s choicesRuddiger Broomhilder’s letter of the week:

Subject: Harmonic Misadventures and Wheat-Field Woes!

Dear Virtuosos of Vibration at the Beat Motel,

I’ve recently immersed myself in the symphonic journey of your “field recording” episode, and what an expedition it was! Though, I must confess, the absence of Dr. Sam’s rhythmic repartee left a noticeable void, akin to a silent rest in a vivace movement. Andrew, while your solo performance was akin to a virtuoso’s bravura, the symphony of your combined energies was sorely missed.

Now, onto the heart of the matter! Andrew, your quip about the bassist’s existential crisis amidst detuned chaos was a true guffaw-inducer! It led me down a rabbit hole of pondering: If you orchestrated a symphony of musicians, each bewilderingly wielding instruments tuned to their own whims, what would this delightful dissonance be dubbed? I tender “The Harmonic Anomalies” as a suggestion, eagerly awaiting your creative decree!

And what fortune to have Stuart Bowditch in the mix, a maestro of the ambient and abstract! Stuart, your recounting of field recording escapades was a revelation. However, I must air my befuddlement. Upon your recommendation, I endeavored to set up my vintage recording ensemble amidst a local wheat field, envisaging the golden sheaves as nature’s own sound baffles. Alas, the pastoral setting proved perilous, as my prized equipment suffered an onslaught by the local rodentia, clearly mistaking my gear for an avant-garde granary! Could you elucidate how you safeguard your own apparatus from such agricultural adversaries during these ‘field recordings’?

And Dr. Sam, your drummer humor struck a chord, or perhaps a drumhead, with me. As a culinary and musical enthusiast, I’ve pondered over pizza and percussions: If a drummer were to set up a drum kit using only pizza boxes of various sizes and densities, what genre of music do you reckon would best be complemented by this saucy percussion setup? Could “Deep Dish Beats” be the next big thing, or is “Crust Punk” more apt?

I’ve championed your podcast as essential soul sustenance to every acquaintance within earshot, asserting its place as a staple in the diet of discerning audiophiles. Forge ahead on your melodious path, sirs, for you command the undivided attention of this enthusiastic, albeit recently rodent-thwarted, devotee.

In harmonious anticipation,
Ruddiger Broomhilder (Seeker of Sonic Sanctuaries and Defender of Vintage Gear)

P.S. Dr. Sam, your absence was akin to a missing downbeat in a baroque masterpiece. May your Italian sojourn be as enriching as your auditory embellishments are to our eager ears!

Beat Motel is a podcast hosted by two bassists, so it was inevitable that we would celebrate our comrades in the rhythm section at some point.

So join Dr Sam and Andrew Culture as we dive into the back section and raise an aural glass to drummers who beat their own path.

RIFFS OF THE WEEK
Sam - Marc Ribot, Tom Waits - Bella Ciao (opening)
Andrew - Truckfighters - Atomic (from 0:15)
SAM'S CHOICES
Sam Cooke - Twistin' the Night Away (from Live at the Harlem Square Club) (0.07)
Ruins Alone - Laipthcig (opening)
Adam and the Ants - Car Trouble (1.15)
Sepultura - Territory (opening)
ANDREW'S CHOICES
The Winstons - Amen brother (1.25)
The Melvins - A history of bad men (opening)
Nirvana - Scentless Apprentice (opening)
Batushka - Yekteniya II (opening)
Ruddiger Broomhilder's letter:
Subject: The Day the Beat Motel Universe Collided with Ruddiger's World!
Dear Andrew and Dr. Sam (or should I say Dr. Napalm Duck today?),
I must say, my world turned into an ecstatic mosh pit of joy when my ears graced the unexpected melody of my own name, Ruddiger Broomhilder, in your latest podcast episode! I've been dancing on cloud nine (perfectly in sync with the beat, of course) ever since.
First off, Andrew, your efforts to obscure the background with the flag are noble, indeed. It adds a layer of mystery, almost as if we're all part of some underground music revolution. Here's my question, though: if you had to choose a flag that perfectly represented the spirit of "Beat Motel," what would it look like? Are we talking guitars crossed like swords, a majestic eagle holding a microphone, or perhaps something so avant-garde it can't be described in mere mortal words?
Now, onto you, Dr. Sam, the man of a thousand names, each more intriguing than the last. Your sartorial choice, the 'napalm duck' t-shirt, has inspired heated debates and philosophical musings in my circle. So, Dr. Sam, amidst your myriad of personas, which one resonates most with your true self, and how does this alter ego influence your perception of the music you discuss?
Your podcast is like a back-stage pass to the concert of life, with each episode more riveting than the last encore of the night. Thank you for the shout-out; it's like a crowd surf that never ends, and honestly, I'm here for it!
Keep the beats eternal and the motel's lights burning bright!
Rockin' the ethers,
Ruddiger Broomhilder 🎸🕶️🚀