BALLS.405 When even John Farnham is telling you to wind it up

This week: screaming over the peak, game state simulations, DLo Schröder, considering your options, this guy sucks, stopping Zion, 7/8 decision time, bad impersonations of the 2016 Cavs, the Alonso-Slater plan, get back East, Balkan beareotypes, Sisyphus’ job satisfaction, so much for that Patreon …

tripping balls.382 Oh that’s why this guy is a thing

This week: new albums from Tyla, the Libertines and the Dandy Warhols. Also: dangerous sand-atoll-adjacency, Adam Nation rise up, chillin’ with the vylan, in protest of protest music, an off-brand off-chops Pete Davidson, eight years late, how to get a number one, glum half-paced rubbish, terrace a…

BALLS.404 Nobody knows anything

This week, massive overreactions to one game of yada yada you know the bit by now: NBA playoffs edition! Also: the least essential substance in the universe, the inevitable wins pool recap, green drink, growth mindsets, bet irresponsibly, Zion’s Shakespearean arc, Trae Young’s playoff relevance, mi…

tripping balls.381 The record company’s gonna give me lots of money and everything’s gonna be alright

This week: new albums from Bob Vylan and The Black Keys, and last year’s next big thing Nothing But Thieves. Also: Muse for beginners, is this good, sprinkle-free, deluxe additions, having a guy, wallowing in nostalgia as a business plan, two piece endpoints, some of the same words, the raw and the…

BALLS.403 Chaos is a ladder

This week: final day permutations, three-way tiebreakers, nowhere to run, the Pacers’ turning point, handshake agreements, Houston might yet finish .500, bench punch, the future is in the future, Grayson Allen has an NBA skill, two old teams enter one old team ends, exporting your computer to Ameri…

tripping balls.380 Dumb fun and dead festivals

This week: new albums from The Jesus and Mary Chain, Drunk Mums and Gesaffelstein. Also: valiant pushes, random edit points, canefield circlework, the end of Splendour, does Kylie talk to kids, the Graun on festivals, the minimal viable product model of setlists, mind the gap, still chasin’ status…

BALLS.402 Spamming the Wemby button

This week: ice bath deep dives, turning a knob down*, sleepwalking to the playoffs, how do I explain that I have no external monologue, the Wayne Carey of baseball, all Wemby all the time, Western scrums, historic faithlessness, inadvisable tanking, has Bob Myers blocked Mike Dunleavy’s number yet,…

tripping balls.379 Never go full Kiedis

This week: new albums from Judas Priest, the Black Crowes and Talk Show. Also: never knowingly oversold, 1980s metal panic, greatest bits, doing yourself proud, the Powderfinger of the NWOBHM, unserious thrash, easing the seat back, have we learned nothing, pencil case recommendations, you give leg…

BALLS.401 Boomers in Paris

This week: the Rockets’ red glare, goodnight San Francisco, regicide, unnecessary runups, unwritten rules, the hot hand fallacy fallacy, someone has to be on NBA TV, recycled Heat storylines, I totally meant to do that: the Joe Mazzulla story, showing your working, Naz Reid Appreciation Night, is ‘…

tripping balls.378 That boy needs therapy

This week: old dogs, old tricks from Liam Gallagher & John Squire, Pulp fan fiction from Yard Act and SoCal fuzz from Meatbodies. Also: a message from our sponsored, unifying principles of Britpop, slipping into adult contemporary, more fluid than Jeff Beck, Wolfmother 4 Liverpool 3, live from the …