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Mike takes us even further from the lingering stench of Punk Month with possibly the only Italian metal band on earth that doesn't play romance novel dragon music and we get so deep in the metal weeds that we need help from our friend Shelby.

Punk Month is now as dead as can be so we turn our undivided attention to all other things dead and death related - the death metal quandary of good cop and bad cop, the deathlike sounds of satanic ska, the deadly accuracy of building a life inside the computer world, and the 90s giant pants death-sounds of New Jersey's own AS DARKNESS FALLS.

We shamble slowly out of our disorganized holiday dormancy to discuss vibes, magic, and the new years ball. a hard shinyball. Then we get into the swing of things with a softball... a very soft ball... but also a tricky ball. The soft, tricky ball of Long Island's INSIDE.

To close out PUNK MONTH as well as the year 2023, we finally remember that we have friends who actually listen to PUNK and we tag one in. And then we (possibly) hit him with a hardcore record instead. Tyler from KINGS OF PUNK Podcast joins us to translate the inter-genre hard-punk of Umea Sweden's hi-tech sons DS-13.

Punk Month rolls on with extremely underground discussion of Kiss, Abba, Elf, and Sports. Also we talk about one guy in a basement making SLOGAN BOY.

We discuss STATS and WRAPPED and BENCH PRESS and then plow right back into Punk Month getting knees up down the pub with the match on the telly courtesy of SF's own blackletter boot stompers, UNITED BLOOD.

PUNK MONTH Continues this week as we phone it in with swollen, drunken holiday abdomens featuring a era-concluding Taco Bell scene report, unbridled record buying, creamy drinks, and the harsh PUNK sounds of Mike's homeland as fractured through the prism of BOILING MAN.

PUNK MONTH WEEK 1 - Instead of warming up with some softballs, we go directly personal by analyzing the band of a direct acquaintance like he's not gonna hear this some day. Join us as jeopardize some relationships with Albany's long lost sons THE DISENCHANTED.

This week we face the unruly demon of what happens when the spotlight effect turns out to be true before doing a little webslinging and poverty tourism on our way to ingest the intricate victorian remains of Chicago legends KUNGFU RICK.

Join us on a post-halloween journey into what it means to be a spooky father and a high rolling arts supporter before tucking a napkin into your collar and digging into the thick juicy steak of Virginia Beach's most notable C-band, CHANNEL.

We're Back! Did you miss us? No for real though did you? This week we talk about dancing, eating, hornplay, kornplay, and keep digging into the soft deep earth to find the sun source of all chugga slams. Today our journey brings us to the chocolate coated depths of the rust belt to examine the allegedly proto-sXe ur-mosh of CONVICTION.

Well... we've never done this before - An immediate sequel episode! This week we briefly discuss some important internet and Taco Bell news before continuing our exploration into the Downcast extended universe by inhaling the dank mushroom clouds downwind of JARA.

This week modern medicine nearly takes us of the board for good but as innocent protagonists, we no longer fear the traps of Jigsaw. With our renewed sense of foolish immortality, we step into the off-limits pit of Ebullition Records #1 ubiqui-legends DOWNCAST.

New Feature - the First Seven Inch Club Book Club! I don't think we'll ever actually talk about the book again or anything but JOIN JOIN JOIN. After you have JOINED, don't forget to come back to your podcast player hear fun facts about LIHC supergroup BLOOD RED.

This week one of us goes nowhere because it's closing and the other goes everywhere because they have monster trucks. Eventually we get buzzed enough to challenge each other to a bowline tying contest over the rope hauling work chants of well known seafaring town Austin, TX own able seamen, EMPLOYER EMPLOYEE.

Hey did you know there was not exactly a punk show at a Taco Bell? NOW YA DO. Today we talk about soft pop, difficult zines, award winning slams, and the extremely hard biker sounds of Orange California's ENEWETAK.

This week everyone overdid it and sounds like death warmed over so we decided to take it easy and discuss two short songs played by (but not written by) AC/DC and Foster the People labelmates STOMPBOX.

This episode is a call to cherish the time you have left because if someone as strong as Bray Wyatt is susceptible, aren't we all? Are you as strong as... Bray Wyatt? After meditating on death and art and media resurgence, we consume the most focused ice dagger of hardcore available to the forgotten world of Boston 2002 - CLOSE CALL.

This week we discuss fast cars, hot jean meat, lucozade and some extremely prominent emo that we have avoided enjoying for 26 years before getting down to some straight Houston shhhhhh with Equal Vision Records #2, REFUSE TO FALL.

Today we spend 3 and a half hours discussing our favorite guns before running out of minutes on our data plan. Hopefully an algorithm fills in some info about Massachusetts skate rock demons HALLRAKER so you guys can find out about all of that.