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Send us Fan Mail This episode is pretty boiler plate, Chart Chuggers, Concert Calendar and an exciting (for a moment) new frontier for the podcast. I misuse words and say a lot of things.  Music in this Episode:  Godflesh-Love is a Dog from Hell Atom Kraft-Queen of Death Venom- Lay Down Your Soul Arch Enemy-Dead Eyes See No Future  Motley Crue-Without You KISS-Rocket Ride Bon Jovi-Runaway Sleep To...

Send us Fan Mail Story time: A fond reminiscence/critical revisiting of a song and a night that are lodged in my memory like a cocklebur in my sock. Long one, but hopefully a goodin' Music in this episode: Godflesh-Love is a Dog From Hell Whitesnake-Still of the Night Cinderella-Nobody's Fool Scorpions-Big City Nights Kitchens of Distinction-Quick as Rainbows The Five Satins-In the Still...

Send us Fan Mail End of the year wrap-up time. Your fearful host and special guest from Hungary go through a list of the 10 best live sets, 10 best songs, and the 10 best albums. Spend a little time with me cataloging and exploring the best tunes and shows form the past years. And and and, write me please pisdcast@gmail.com Apologies: I mistakenly said “ Chemical Bath” is lead off track on Blood Q...

Send us Fan Mail Just a fun(?) little Bonus…In honor of the best time of the year that isn't spring or summer, we've called forth from the great hereafter, a very special guest from the Hungarian version of hell to layout a playlist of deeply troubling songs. Please enjoy and keep in mind she's 400+ years old and she's trying really hard... Music in the episode: Godflesh-Love i...

Send us Fan Mail This week it's story time again. It's a farewell of sorts to Ozzy and it's obscenely packed with a whole lot of flawed reminiscence. Plus an Album of the Week you really shouldn't miss.  Music in theis Episode. Godflesh- Love is a Dog from Hell Ozzy Osbourne-Sweet Leaf (live) Ozzy Osbourne-Flying High Again (live) Ozzy Osbourne-Bloodbath in Paradise Ozzy Osbour...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, It seems to be a summer of lists here at the Pisdcast. This one is a bit different in execution from the last one. This week we’re bringing in a guest DJ with a familiar voice to help us build the ultimate bonfire of bangers to inspire you to get out and punch Nazis, tear down the establishment and ignite the good fight. Lots o' music. Playlist is linked below (sorry I...

Send us Fan Mail Lots o’ Music this week. This week, your friendly neighborhood f**khead brings you a playlist reminiscent  of Summers bygone, foretelling of Summers never to come, and above all, a playlist as non-sensical as this description. Apologies upfront, I put my favorite M. Manson song on this playlist but I still think he's a mostly unsupportable stain of a person. Come for my bad m...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we do a quick recap of the championship of our March metal Madness Tourney. I tell you about a local show that blew my socks off and The tale of my near Exodus from Exodus. Music, Mirth, Meaning or 1 out of 3 of those things.  Music in this episode: Godflesh-Love is Dog from Hell WAIT//LESS-Another Year Thou- I feel Nothing When You Cry Karen Kilgariff -Look at You...

Send us Fan Mail This week we start the inaugural March Tournament. The contest this year is 64 albums from 64 bands all vying to be crowned best album of 2024 and put the debate to rest. Here we cover the first two rounds. Some great matchups, some stupid comments by me, and hopefully a lot of fun. Please get involved go to my Instagram Story Im @ pisdcast on instagram and vote for your favorite...

Send us Fan Mail This week we’ve gone visual, this the augmented audio version of our first ever video podcast ( you can watch me ugly shit up here... https://youtu.be/YyvR6LDlhIU?si=95i_fXnd0_kpgMb_ ). This week going through my top albums of 2024 and we have a Chart Chuggers or Billboard Bashers of whatever, the one where I pick out the heaviest songs on the Billboard Top forty chart for this we...

Send us Fan Mail An all segment episode to finish off 2023. We have a Snacks n Tracks, mini-Concert Calendar, Lesser Bangs and look at the Heaviest Hot 100 Chart entries in the history of Xmas/NYE week. I say a lot of stupid things, play music and work like a dog to entertain you. (two truths and a lie) Music in This episode: Godflesh-Love is a Dog from Hell Bikini Kill-StarBellied Boy Kesha-Backs...

Send us Fan Mail It's bonus time before we hit the end of year listravaganza. In truth I am testing out a couple of potential new segments. First Up, Lesser Bangs where I bash the venerated critic and highlight a song, album, or artist who is forgotten, unsung or non-traditionally heavy but should be celebrated. This installment its Generation Terrorists by Manic Street Preachers. Second Segm...

Send us Fan Mail This episode, we finish up the story started way back in June, I swear a lot, there's a banger for beginners, and a Concert Calendar featuring maybe the most hypnotic and deeply affecting live set I have ever seen. And, we avow allyship in the face of the recent red wave of dangerous stupidity that just last week, oozed across this deluded country like an impenetrable wall of...

Send us Fan Mail This episode, I recap my Saturday at the Aftershock festival in Sacramento and my son and I do a deep dive into a thumping great failure in the marriage of Coke and Oreo. Go figure. Music in this Episode Godflesh- Love is a Dog from Hell P.O.D. -Youth of A Nation (live) Body Count-Comfortably Numb (live) Lorna Shore- Pain Remains I: Dancing Like Flames (live) Jigsaw Youth-Lovesick...

Send us Fan Mail This short little bonus sees the return of my son, and the unfortunate return of Taylor Swift's AI doppelganger. We eat, we listen, we get out quick. Music in This Episode: Snack Jackson- Butt Inferno Olivia Rodrigo- Vampire Babes in Toyland- Handsome & Gretel PROTECT TRANS KIDS, TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS pisdcast@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail This week in honor of the Olympics, that are currently over, we sat down and handed out medals to Metal...songs from 2024. And when I say 'we' I mean me and my son. Lots o' music, a short concert calendar and elite level bullshittery. Music in this Episode Godflesh- Love is a Dog from Hell John Williams- Olympic theme Gojira-Mea Culpa (Ah ça ira!)  Party Cannon-Not...

Send us Fan Mail This week, I am on location with some special guests and you know what that means...bad audio and more entertainment than usual. We eat some semi-Italian Oreos and Bizzzkits, play a few songs and generally act like fools. Well, I act like a fool and call my son some not so nice names... enjoy.  Music in this Episode Godflesh- Love is a Dog from Hell Fleet Foxes- White Winter Hymna...

Send us Fan Mail Today we trip back to Nu Metal to talk about a punk show. Confusing? Probably. Truth? As I remember it. Fun? Almost.  A new banger for Beginners and that's about it. Music in this Episode: Love is a Dog from Hell-Godflesh Those Who Gave Us Yesterday-The Hope Conspiracy Honed Blade-Gel This Party Sucks- The Slickee Boys The Sound of Strength-Resilience Too Drunk to Fuck-Dead K...

Send us Fan Mail FINALLY, the conclusion of the wrestling story from February. A PACKED concert calendar and a few other things that probably don't deserve an ALL CAPS DELIVERY. But it's fun, I promise. And there's a ton of metal in this one.. of the -lica variety and the non-lica variety. This one is dedicated to my son and my wife who are both better than I deserve.  Apologies to...

Send us Fan Mail It's story time again, this time we start the case for one of the most reviled thrash songs of the 1980's and talk a lot about prep wrestling. Which, who among us doesn't love amateur wrestling talk.  I mean it's a subject that has inspired at least 2 podcasts that I can think of.  Come on along, I'll make it fun I promise. Also 2 albums of the week, a Ban...

Send us Fan Mail On this short and all too sweet episode, my son and I pop unfamiliar Pop Tarts into our mouths listen to 2 pop songs (one Metal, one meh) and I make fun of him for having head trauma, actual head trauma, while he sniffles into the mic and plays with fasteners. Music in this Episode: You Suffer-Napalm Death Boomerang-JoJo Siwa Half Black Heart-New Year's Day You Suffer-Napalm...

Send us Fan Mail Finally putting a bow on 2023's best and talking about my first few shows of 2024. Also a little audio essay on how the interwebs are a place where rumor is truth, and everybody's nose is 3 feet long.  Music in this week's episode: Love is a Dog from Hell- Godflesh Indoctrinated (outro)- Escuela Grind No Funeral- Mansion Voy Con Libertad -Summer haze '99 9 Moon...

Send us Fan Mail Ok, a rapid rundown of the best 24 songs this year. As chosen by Jesus, or as chosen by me if I was asked by Jesus to choose them. He and I aren't talking right now, maybe when I eventually get baptized into the Church of Cancer Christ we'll mend our fences. Happy Ewe Tears!! Here's a link to the YouTube playlist of all 73 songs... https://youtube.com/playlist?list=...

Send us Fan Mail That took a long time didn't? Rather than your honorless host blathering about the songs I loved this year, again, I thought I'd bring back an old...friend? Sailor reads out my favorites, you are entertained and everything goes off without a hitch. xmas miracle Songs featured in this episode (in order): Love is a Dog from Hell-Godflesh Faking It-Svalbard We're Still...

Send us Fan Mail The Lists continue, Thanksgiving and it's abject colonial horror history of prolonged bloodshed bumming you the fuck out right about now?  This will not help with that, but there is some good music herein contained. I run down my favorite songs of the year numbers 73-50. Maybe it'll bolster your playlist and you can go for a contemplative walk after eating 6500 calories...