Pod Like a Hole

Take your Dramamine and ginger capsules as you board the Bastard Boat to set sail through the Seas of Cheese in Primus history. In preparation for our album discussion of Tales From the Punchbowl, we discuss our personal history with the Bay Area band. We hope that you have the stomach for a 3-hour tour!   Pod Like a Hole Links: https://podlikeahole.podbean.com/  Direct Download Facebook (The only...

What has become a PLAH tradition, we meet in the cabin for a cozy and loose discussion as we close out 2021. Some year end reflections, Sopranos and Succession talk, Bioshock Infinite, Marvel Movies, Deep Space Nine, Deafheaven, Tribulation, It's A Wonderful Life. All this and more by the crackling fire.   See you next year starting with a full month of Primus episodes. 

In this episode, your Hole-boys strap on some wallabies and Wu-wear visors.  After covering the history and impact of the Wu-Tang Clan in our last B-side episode, we now focus on one of the more iconic solo records of the group.  The boys discuss and ruminate on the escapes of Ghost, Raekwon and Cappadonna.  We knock our heads to the subway boom bap of RZA production numbers.  We analyze it track...

The 36 Chambers of Wu-Tang :  A Wu-trospective  For our next full episode we have a track by track analysis of Ghostface Killah’s “Ironman”.  However, before you can fully appreciate that hip hop classic allow the boys in Pod Like A Hole to give you a crash course in the Wu-Tang Clan.  Eric and Steve break down the important of the Wu and the 9 members that make up this collective.  Enjoy, and if...

To put a button on our Talking Heads series, this is a quick phone call recording with Trent talking Heads. next week - Wu Tang episodes.

Part 2 of our Talking Heads Talk (or THT, if you're Bon Scott) In this episode the team dives deeply right into Talking Heads 1980 release "Remain In Light." The Pod Like a Hole team discuss the album track by track and along the way stumble into family and life philosophies, dance-able angles and jangly grooves, Eno Talk, and memories of Norm MacDonald (RIP) For all things Pod Like a...

Part 1 of our Talking Heads deep dive.  In this episode the team Plugs Like A Hole, discusses the history of the Talking Heads, the mind and heart of David Byrne, and sets the stage for next weeks track by track of Remain In Light. Will Eric go back to wearing oversized suits? Will Steve amount to anything more then buildings and food? Does Marc know how he got here? Listen to find out. For all th...

We conclude our discussion on LCD Soundsystem by analyzing 2007’s Sound of Silver track by track. Do we find it to be pure gold or a piece of scrap metal bound for the junkyard? Do we revert back to being emotional teenagers once the sound hits our ears? How many Uncle Fun-Time freakouts occur? All these burning questions will be answered.   For all things Pod Like a Hole: Direct Download Facebook...

In this episode, Marc, Steve, and Eric discuss the background of LCD Soundsystem and a quick run-through of their history and discography. Next episode, we will go track by track on 2007's Sound of Silver. So, get out your cowbells and move the furniture to the garage for another rip-roaring, high-flying episode.    Pod Like a Hole Links: https://podlikeahole.podbean.com/  Direct Download Face...

The air is thick, the temps are rising, there is no doubt we are knee deep into the dog days of summer.  And what better way to wind up this summer than with a track by track analysis of Run the Jewel's "RTJ4"(2020).   We go through an abbreviated history of Killer Mike and El-P's solo and joint work before tackling this mammoth record.  This album was an instant classic for the ba...

There are 4 Elements of Hip Hop.  The mic, the turntable, the breakdance and the spray paint.  There are also 4 elements to Pod Like a Hole.  Marc, Eric, Steve and Ethan Hunt.     In celebration of our next proper episode, a track by track analysis of "Run the Jewels 4", 2 out of those 4 elements (Eric and Steve) present a very special B-Side.  In this bonus episode we look at the solo car...

To conclude our discussion on the Deftones, the hosts at Pod Like a Hole analyze White Pony track by track. The third album is considered the album that pushes the Deftones into a new level of the nu-metal category and arguably ejects them from the genre.  Join us as we saddle up the White Pony (with a respectful nod to the Black Stallion remixes) and ride through the dark backroads of this modern...

In the third episode of our Deftones mini season, Joey from New York calls into the show to discuss the late 90s and early 00s  Sacramento music scene, the Deftones, and the power of physical media.  How did this born and raised New Yorker become part of the Far street team? Listen to find out. Come back next time for the White Pony track by track discussion with the other two hosts. #glassjaw

In the spirit of celebrating The Deftones , and in preparation of our official "White Pony" episode, we decided to give a little context to the music scene in Sacramento, especially during the late 90's early 00's.  This will give some context to why that album was so special, geographically speaking.     In this episode we speak with local musician and Sacramento music scene stalw...

In this episode, the hosts take you through the Deftones history and discography in preparation for the discussion and analysis of White Pony.  As always, we strive to answer the burning questions of the day. Do they shake off the label of being simply poster children for Nu Metal? Do they deserve a key to the city for their musical heroics? As fellow Sacramentans, have we ever crossed paths with...

We are back to conclude our coverage of the industrial hip-hop group Clipping and their ambitious 2016 concept album "Splendor and Misery".  Eric, Steve and Marc wrap this one up for you with a track-by-track analysis.   This album is the story of the relationship between an escaped slave from the future and the computer AI of the ship he commandeers.  It explores the nature of freedom and...

For this season of Run the Gamut, we've got a few grimy, head bopping hip hop albums.  Of course the diamond dice, in their infinite wisdom, have rolled one of the most unconventional boom bap records on this list.  The experimental, concept story of Clipping's "Splendor and Misery" is a heavy one, but there's work to do before we get to that.    In this Introductory episode, y...

If you just got into town about an hour ago, took a look around to see which way the wind blow, you will know that the big boys from Pod Like a Hole are talking about The Doors sixth studio album from 1971 L.A. Woman.  Last episode we took you through a history of the Doors and now it's time to go track by track on Marc's nomination of L.A. Woman. Are you a lucky listener in the City of Ni...

Mother? Yes, son? I want to listen to....Pod Like a Hole ALL NIGHT LONG YEAH. In this part 1 of a 2 part series on The Doors, your lizard kings at Pod Like a Hole discuss what those boys in Venice Beach were up to when they decided to Walk On Down that Hall of rock history. We also have time to march along with the Soft Parade in this episode. THE MONK BOUGHT LUNCH (yeah, he bought a little!) Tune...

Nine Inch Nails and HEALTH released a collaboration in the form of one song last week. At Pod Like A Hole we cut our (with) Teeth on discussing all things Nine Inch Nails, and this will be no different. This is a brief discussion of Health and the song Isn't Everyone on the Pod Like A Hole Podcast.

Pod Like A Hole are Screaming For Vengeance, or at least podcasting for it. This 3 hour podcast episode of Pod Like A Hole is a celebration of the British Steel known as Judas Priest. In addition to discussing the history of the band, the hosts analyze the 1978 album: Stained Class - track by track (album talk begins at 59:00). This podcast a point of entry for new and casual fans alike. Will Marc...

In this episode, your hosts take you to a dirty alleyway in the Pacific Northwest to find a bunch of young toughs sitting under a streetlight, howling at the moon with a half-drunk bottle of Rebel Yell being shared between them. Is it a minor league hockey team? Is that Mike Mills from R.E.M. with a cool denim vest with iron-on patches?  Both of those assessments could be correct, as we talk about...

In this B-Side, Eric interviews writer Guy Mankowski, author of “Albion’s Secret History: Snapshots of England’s Pop Rebels and Outsiders “.  The book is about pop culture rebels of the UK, and their relationship with English society.  It’s a fascinating look into why these artists were important, in the context of modern British history.  Eric discusses Guy’s works, and the artists that he covers...

This week on “Pod Like a Hole:  Run the Gamut”  The diamond dice have kissed Intern Eric square on the forehead and blessed him with this episode’s pick.  It’s 1994.  The world is ablaze with the pulsating synths and stomping beats of industrial music.  Front Line Assembly (Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber) ,one of the premiere rivet head artists, are signed to Metal label Roadrunner Records, and they ar...

Love. Death. God. Satan. Riffs. Blast Beats. The Cure. Corpse Paint. Shoulder Pads. Rutting Ecstatically. All these topics and more are summoned from beyond by the Pod Like a Hole team. They discuss Behemoth's 2018 masterwork - I Loved You At Your Darkest. Will Steve succeed in making his case for the validity of Extreme Metal? Has Eric been converted and shows up to his PTA meetings in corpse...