In this episode we continue our head to head battle to the death between the Fat Music and Punk-O-Rama compilation series. This episode focuses on volumes 3 and 4 of each. We also get the exciting conclusion to the current mini campaign of Basements and Boneheads. And we look back on season 3 and talk about our favorite records from the season.
We start comparing the Fat Music and Punk O Rama comps. The basements and boneheads campaign from Bonus Fat Volume 2 continues. We also talk about our favorites from 2023. Stay tuned for part 2!
Albums Discussed: Consumed - Breakfast at Papa’s Swingin Utters - Sounds Wrong The Ataris - Look Forward to Failure Dillinger Four - Midwestern Songs of the Americas https://fatwreck.com/products/breakfast-at-pappas https://fatwreck.com/products/the-sounds-wrong-e-p https://fatwreck.com/products/look-forward-to-failure Season Finale! It’s an EP episode! There’s a lot of talk about Cincinnati’s culinary contributions. We talk about some light divination. We try to count lips rings in the cover art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3CdsYK-iiA&ab_channel=BarRescue https://www.vice.com/en/article/pav8vn/dillinger-four-midwestern-songs-of-the-americas-the-shape-of-punk
Albums Discussed: Swingin’ Utters - Five Lessons Learned Armchair Martian - S/T Samiam - You Are Freaking Me Out https://fatwreck.com/collections/swingin-utters/products/five-lessons-learned This record has a lot of personnel. We are shockingly positive about this record. Are macbook cords caviar for cats? Should you trust that car from your gearhead friend? What are the potential consequences of befriending that mature student in your art class?
Albums Discussed: Snuff - Tweet Tweet My Lovely Husker Du - Zen Arcade Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams https://fatwreck.com/products/tweet-tweet-my-lovely Snuff: a ticking timebomb. Humor, ability, and nine different tempos. What a deadly combination. Ben makes a god damn fool out of himself reading tweets he thinks are funny. “I love this 70 minute record.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2188242/ https://ew.com/article/2005/07/22/professional-wrestling-bob-mould/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8zVO5Ug0zA
Albums Discussed: Strung Out - Twisted By Design Bigwig - Stay Asleep Shai Hulud - Hearts Once Nourished With Hope and Compassion https://fatwreck.com/products/twisted-by-design We all love this record. We talk about our ultimate devotions. We also read a buzzfeed listicle about torture. LTD Guy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHQ7e2XlfXc
Albums Discussed: Good Riddance - Ballads from the Revolution Kid Dynamite - Kid Dynamite Kill Your Idols - This Is Just the Beginning https://fatwreck.com/products/ballads-from-the-revolution One of us sings this episode. Alex is at risk of drowning in historic floods. Josh is a pants guy now. We read some fan feedback. There’s discussion of a potential patreon feature. RIP Main Entrance.
Albums Discussed: 88 Fingers Louie - The Teacher Gets It Snuff - Schminkie Minkie Pinkie Goober Patrol - Eight of Spades Avail - Over The James https://fatwreck.com/products/the-teacher-gets-it https://fatwreck.com/products/schminkie-minkie-pinkie https://fatwreck.com/products/eight-of-spades An EP potpourri! We discuss the finer points of sleeping on the couch. This episode also features some comics talk. The return of Before They Got Fat!
Albums discussed: Bracket - Novelty Forever Teen Idols - S/T Knapsack - This Conversation Is Ending Starting Right Now https://fatwreck.com/products/novelty-forever Alex is invisible and Ben is popping in and out of reality. We’re talking Novelty Forever. Ben tells us about a traumatic coffee accident that resulted in an ER visit. We discuss Oppenheimer’s attempt at assassinating his professor. Camel Cash!
Albums discussed: Lagwagon - Double Plaidinum Bouncing Souls - S/T Green Day - Nimrod https://fatwreck.com/products/double-plaidinum We are joined by Justin to talk Lagwagon again. We discuss whether the album title is a KISS reference or not.
Records discussed: No Use For a Name - Making Friends Silent Majority - Life of a Spectator Shelter - Beyond Planet Earth https://fatwreck.com/products/making-friends Season 3 features more records we do not like than ever before. Making Friends is one of them. This is an album titled Making Friends but all of the subjects in the song lyrics sound like terrible friends. We talk about imaginary friends and entire imaginary worlds on the break.
Albums discussed: Snuff - Melons and Potatoes Lifetime - Jersey’s Best Dancers Rancid - Life Won’t Wait https://fatwreck.com/products/potatoes-and-melons-wholesale-prices-straight-from-the-lock-up Snuff is bringing you some sweet sweet ska on this one. This is basically a cover album.
We are back for season 3, and first up is Hi-Standard's "Angry Fist". We talk about our records as fighters on the break.
Happy International Asteroid Day! We have fanmail for once. Ben commits Harry Caray in shame.
Happy Flag Day!!! We beta test a new Table Top RPG called Basements and Boneheads. Think D&D mixed with something like Mother or Undertale. There’s a detour to talk about John Cena’s view on “mistakes”. We talk about our favorite records from 2022 and share it with you halfway through 2023.
Albums Discussed: Me First & The Gimme Gimme’s - Have A Ball; Movies Watched: SLC Punk; https://fatwreck.com/products/have-a-ball; Season Finale! We’re joined by our friend Justin to talk about Me First and the Gimme Gimmes “Have a Ball”! It’s great he’s here because Alex and Ben don’t really like this record. When will we see a Punk Goes Drill comp? We speculate on Joey Cape’s whistling prowess. We make light of John Denver’s death. We discuss the Mama Mia Cinematic Universe as well as the Tucciverse. Speaking of cinema we watched SLC Punk and discuss its merits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6VrKro8djw
Albums Discussed: Screw 32 - Under the Influence of Bad People; AFI - Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes; The Nerve Agents - The Nerve Agents; https://fatwreck.com/products/under-the-influence-of-bad-people; Ponderosa Pondo-Combo We Want Value! A value packed episode where we talk about three records we all love. We play a new game called “Who’s on Fat?”. We also play a game called “Famous Bad People”. http://geocities.com/stubblemusiczine/screw32.html; https://revhq.com/blogs/speak-up/eric-ozenne-unit-pride-redemption-87-the-nerve-agents; https://infiniteconversation.com/; https://www.pinterest.com/pin/christmas-cheetah-playing-bass-stone-coaster--515099276139413624/; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmjz9uFFW6k
Albums Discussed: Bracket - E Is For Everything; The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good; Superchunk - Here’s Where The Strings Come In; https://fatwreck.com/products/e-is-for-everything-on-fat; A real change of pace. We get sidetracked admiring the Caroline Records roster. We’re all just guests in someone else’s talk show. B is for Bondage Volume 1. We chuckle way too much. We research Frankie Muniz beefs. Listen to Dumptruck - “For The Country”.
Albums Discussed: Screeching Weasel - Bark Like a Dog; Descendents - Everything Sucks; The Queers - Don’t Back Down; https://fatwreck.com/products/bark-like-a-dog; Ben Weasel, he’s an asshole. Ben Weasel, he’s a jerk. That’s it.
Albums Discussed: Swinging Utters - A Juvenile Product of the Working Class; Social Distortion - White Light, White Heat, White Trash; US Bombs - Garibaldi Guard!; https://fatwreck.com/products/a-juvenile-product-of-the-working-class; Were the Utters originally supposed to be a New Jack Swing band? Ben screws up a Dirty Work joke. More Dropkick Murphys hate. “Spicy McHaggis can eat a meat pie!” We also didn’t do our homework so Alex has a new edition of Maximum Obscurity. Most of this record is about alcohol.