On a very special gigantism-enhanced 100th episode of BALLS After Dark, Beeso and the Doc welcome Special Guest Star Albion Love Den to compare favourite albums of the year to date and of the last couple of years and argue about a legendary Brisbane band's comeback album, in amongst discussing the road to woke, how new music is(n't) dead, changing taste profiles mid-stream, algorithm is a dancer, royal bloodletting, the disease of more, Lorde of this world, ALD's back catalogue, vale FasterLouder, Beeso sit iniuria, country matters, winery tours, songs about going to the pub, the sound of Napalm in the morning, Baptists of fire, intermission (aka it's not plagiarism if it's a tribute), no original parts, geographical soundtracking, very Fleetwood Mac areas, Brisbane Sound ≃ Dunedin Sound, don't screw the crew, shouts to Angourie, polar opposites, why (...why?), lighting the place on fire, the elusive genius of simplicity, the double-edged sword of time and place, if you're not first you're last, navel-gazing whinge-pop, fragmentation is diversity, undiscovered classics, Beeso's lunchbox, mushroom festivals, extreme sub judice, Theophilis Thistlethwaite, Bunga Bunga, vale the (actual) Albion Love Den, and the Go-Betweens need an actual go-between. No new albums this week, but our favourite albums of the year to date and of 2015-16 (as namedropped in this pod) have their own spoilerriffic Spotify playlists. Also on Spotify: Our regular new + classic album review playlist and our 2017 After Dark Mixtape. This week's classic, selected by ALD, was the Go-Betweens' The Friends Of Rachel Worth (intro track: German Farmhouse therefrom). Next week: Polish Club, Hot 8 Brass Band... and a certain heavily-produced pop album by a certain NWOBHM-lite poodle rock act which means a certain Rockwiz tour guest vocalist must be making his triumphant return to a certain l̶o̶w̶-̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ po̶d̶c̶a̶s̶t̶ competing media platform. Sadly*, aforementioned heavily-produced pop album by aforementioned NWOBHM-lite poodle rock act isn't on Spotify, but here's its Classic Albums episode overdubbed in Russian, because The Internet. Thanks to everyone who's joined us on the road to 100 episodes - what a long, strange journey it's been.

On a very special gigantism-enhanced 100th episode of BALLS After Dark, Beeso and the Doc welcome Special Guest Star&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/Albionloveden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Albion Love Den</a> to compare favourite albums of the year to date and of the last couple of years and argue about a legendary Brisbane band's comeback album, in amongst discussing&nbsp;the road to woke, how new music is(n't) dead, changing taste profiles mid-stream, <a href="https://qz.com/571007/the-magic-that-makes-spotifys-discover-weekly-playlists-so-damn-good/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">algorithm is a dancer</a>, royal bloodletting, the disease of more, Lorde of this world, <a href="http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/author/brisjamin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ALD's back catalogue</a>, vale FasterLouder, Beeso sit iniuria, country matters, winery tours, songs about going to the pub, the sound of Napalm in the morning, Baptists of fire, intermission (aka it's not plagiarism if it's a tribute), no original parts, geographical soundtracking, very Fleetwood Mac areas, Brisbane Sound ≃ Dunedin Sound, don't screw the crew, shouts to Angourie, polar opposites, why (...why?), lighting the place on fire, the elusive genius of simplicity, the double-edged sword of time and place, if you're not first you're last, navel-gazing whinge-pop, fragmentation is diversity, undiscovered classics, Beeso's lunchbox, mushroom festivals, extreme sub judice, Theophilis Thistlethwaite, Bunga Bunga, vale the (actual) Albion Love Den, and the Go-Betweens need an actual go-between. No new albums this week, but <a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/theballspodcast/playlist/0hPuEIlPYjfQhw3nWCHVed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">our favourite albums of the year to date</a> and of <a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/theballspodcast/playlist/1Xp2x6kTSO1OcbiEWBramh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2015-16</a> (as namedropped in this pod) have their own spoilerriffic Spotify playlists. Also on Spotify: Our regular&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/1231783469/playlist/2ScOp42V2QFlFF0Tq4WAnT" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://open.spotify.com/user/1231783469/playlist/2ScOp42V2QFlFF0Tq4WAnT">new + classic album review playlist</a> and our <a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/1231783469/playlist/21wYaFyHTnYHOrY3jY0niA" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://open.spotify.com/user/1231783469/playlist/21wYaFyHTnYHOrY3jY0niA">2017 After Dark Mixtape</a>. This week's classic, selected by ALD, was the Go-Betweens' <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/44phMm5eeYNfnem9vibWXm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Friends Of Rachel Worth</a> (intro track: German Farmhouse therefrom). Next week: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2dYJKbxmIbpcec0FhLRHgd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Polish Club</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7FenHFdFJiVWuaivU1pap7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hot 8 Brass Band</a>... and a certain heavily-produced pop album by a certain NWOBHM-lite poodle rock act which means <a href="https://www.dailyexaminer.com.au/news/feeling-good-about-rockwiz/3196411/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a certain Rockwiz tour guest vocalist</a> must be making his triumphant return to a certain l̶o̶w̶-̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ po̶d̶c̶a̶s̶t̶ competing media platform. Sadly*, aforementioned heavily-produced pop album by aforementioned NWOBHM-lite poodle rock act isn't on Spotify, but here's <a href="https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1r9w18" target="_blank" rel="noopener">its Classic Albums episode overdubbed in Russian</a>, because The Internet. Thanks to everyone who's joined us on the road to 100 episodes - what a long, strange journey it's been.

Rambling arguments about sport and music between two people that know little about either.

Sport: BALLS with Beeso and Dr Yobbo, released weekends

Tunes: tripping balls (a music podcast), released midweek

Rambling arguments about sport and music between two people that know little about either.
Sport: BALLS with Beeso and Dr Yobbo, released weekends
Tunes: tripping balls (a music podcast), released midweek

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