Greetings from La Jolla Cove! Andy gets heckled by sea lions and reviews The Mindful Cranks podcast. Sound jam featuring excerpts from a new poem - 'Wisdom 2.0 or The Mindful Nihilist'. Keep the show fueled - Buy Me A Coffee Cheers!
Andy takes a special preview tour around the prototype of the Trump Presidential Library. Please support the show, it's free so please share it or consider buying me a coffee?
Review of Ireland's greatest cultural export since Beckett, The Pogues and Guinness. Support the show, hit the tip jar here. Andy attempts to belatedly take part in FLANUARY. Wonder Years mashup mix attempting to understand the endless war. General Lee & The Dixie Schitz perform a new version of 'Deep in the Heart of Texas'. The new Interzone album, Eternal Fiction, is out now!
Bit of a change to the show this episode, following the passing of my brother. Here is the eulogy I've recorded for him. Taking a little break now and come back at you in January renewed and refreshed. I'll post upcoming show news and what pods I'll be reviewing in 2021 some time mid-December on the facebook page. Hug your loved ones, Andy (Azmagoth the Dementor)
Review of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour with Bill Smith from With Confetti in Our Hair. In this episode... Mario Rom's Interzone have a new album coming out! 'Eternal Fiction' will be their fourth album and you can pre-order it here along with lots of other special goodies. The Chelsea Hotel 1996. Andy tells the story of how he discovered who the actual Tambourine Man was who inspired Bob Dylan's big break out hit. Andy welcomes Bill Smith on the show to review Dylan's podcast. Andy procures some outtake verses from Dylan's new song 'Murder Most Foul'. Buy me a coffee here.
Review of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. In this episode... Andy asks Siri for help explaining the patriarchy to a six year old. Hedge attends Gender Sensitivity Training at the American Enterprise Institute. Sierra and Andy review the Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Podcast. A poem, 'How to Explain the Patriarchy to a Six Year Old'. Jazz provided by Mario Rom's Interzone. Episode image of Sierra taken by the Miki Devivo, circa 2012, San Diego.
Review of The Ballad of Billy Balls by iO Tillett Wright. Jazz provided by the excellent Mario Rom's Interzone. In this episode... Andy receives hate mail and is told to 'GO BACK TO BREXIT'. Jen and Andy reminisce about NYC. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service has a new mission statement and the civics quiz has now become, 'The American Values Test'.
Reviews of Pod Save America and Chapo Trap House. In this episode... Andy accepts the challenge from his big brother to attempt to review every podcast in existence. Hedge attempts to buy duck poutine again. Klaxton joins Andy to review the political podcasts. Andy is inspired by Screamin' Jay Hawkins and foolishly attempts a homage to the track 'Ignant and Shit', but this time calling out his white brethren.
Review of Myths and Legends from Jason and Carissa Weiser. In this episode... Andy is corrected by an anthropologist. Big Brother Carl poses an interesting challenge. Jeff helps review the podcast. Andy and Hedge get the munchies and attempt to buy poutine from a Food Truck.
Reviews of Death in the Afternoon, Death by Misadventure, Coroner Talk and Grief Out Loud. In this episode... Sierra is upset at the death of the Japanese Maple tree. Andy is upset at the concept of a 'Nation in Mourning' over George H.W. Bush. In the review of the Coroner Talk Podcast, Andy discovers Trans-phobic fear mongering from a coroner and has to issue a strongly worded rebuke. The family have a funeral for the tree. Two news anchors report on the state funeral of an American hero, heroically, for a nation of heroes.
Reviews of The Tiny House Podcast, Tiny House Lifestyle, Roll With Me, Tiny House Talk, Billy and Morg's Tiny House Hunt, Tiny House Tiny Heart and Giant Head / Small Kitchen. In this episode... Andy seeks help from Siri to send a robot army to stop Trump. Andy explains to Sierra that we are all skeletons covered in meat. Hedge procures lollipops from Hector's Herbals for a night at the Renwick Gallery. Andy attempts an Australian Sonnet about the Lemon, embracing the citric insults that beset English Americans and the overpowering aroma of his body wash.
Review of Song Exploder from Hrishikesh Hirway. In this episode... Andy has trouble with the Lemon Assimilation and gets lost at Home Depot. Hedge demands a stronger sponsor message for The American Shoe Council.
Review of S-Town from Brian Reed. Jazz provided by the incomparable Mario Rom's Interzone. In this episode... Blaise wakes up his Dad with a special gift and demands chocolate coins for breakfast. Andy begins podcasting and has found his first sponsor. Jen picks up some new body wash out of a long list of options.