Beat Motel Zine Dr Sam Page and Andrew Culture

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


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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


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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


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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)

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“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?

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### 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.

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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/




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