Seaside Pod Review (A Queen Podcast)

Today we suspend normal operations to talk about one of the most important men in the history of heavy metal: the Prince of Darkness, the Madman, Ozzy Osbourne. Ozzy had a profound impact on so many people both on and off the stage. Through his highs and lows, and there were so many of both, he always maintained an integrity and humility that made a mockery of the satanic brush critics tried to pa...

We talk about punta. We talk about soca. We talk about calypso. We talk about merengue. We talk about salsa. We talk about ska. We talk about rocksteady. We talk about dubstep. We talk about dancehall. We talk about Oral. We talk about Belize country songs. Oh and I think we remembered to talk about Queen... If little Eric were to title this episode, he’d probably call it "Tear It Up" or possibly,...

Well, well, well. It's been over a year since we last visited the game! In June last year we were putting out the fire, but this week we're dealing with a frosty feline! It's a longer episode and for some reason we were very giggly and very silly when we recorded on Tuesday! Must be something in the water! But, we have the usual array of comments, minifestaytions, and shenanigans for you to listen...

How in the name of fuck is The Cardinal supposed to enjoy his onion rings with all this bro country dogshit that seems to be going on in his favourite restaurant? Why in the name Mary fucking Magdalene and sunny Jesus is Def Leppard playing Cuntry Thunder in Saskatchewan this year? And will somebody, for the love of all that is decent and good get that plook on Ruddy's arse sorted out! Apparently...

Well, we finished our first album and it's....... well look, it's not the jewel in the regal crown now is it! But is it as bad as all that? There surely has to be some gold buried in all that thar pyrite... right? To find out, we threw it out to you, our lovely listeners to rank these songs and help us definitively decide which song would sit atop the leaderboard for Queen's 1989 release. We were...

Hey! It's a good closing line. Maybe could have closed the album with it instead of more of that jazz..... Look, it's bananas. It's kooky. It's wild and woolly. It's Persian. It's Arabic. It's mainly absolute bollocks. But it's Queen. One might almost say it's none more Queen! But what in the green shit will the Cardinal make of this one??? And how many cheese puns are we in for on social media af...

Just as we announce an album wrap episode, this happens!!! It's another song from Queen's gigantic 1975 album, A Night at the Opera. Randy's promised to be 10% nicer to Kev, in fact he even wrote a song about it. Let's just see if he's a man of his word or if, as we all suspect, he's a cur and a knave and will start picking on poor Kev again, accusing him of being obssessed with classic classic ro...

Well well well, we spun a big 'un Marjorie! Better get the fishin' net there and get ready for some flippin' and a floppin'! We’s eatin whale tonight! It’s been a fucking long week, lay off me. One more day of meetings and then I can get back to the business of casting pods! For now though, sit back, pour yourself a sherry, slip in your monocle, and give Jeeves the night off, because we’re talkin’...

The Pope is tired. He doesn't wanna get up. He doesn't wanna pope any more! Just leave the guy.... huh? Ohhhhhh! He snuffed it? Oh well, Popes are like buses, you wait for one for ages then two come along. Or something like that... Look, I don't know what you want from me. My phone just told me it's my bedtime, I'm rushing to get this week's episode out and the mice in the wheel in my brain seem t...

Greg Davies, warbling eunuchs, and top notch production. It's all in this week's episode. Also, the Cardinal is SALTY this week! Someone's pissed in his chips, rearranged his daffodils, painted over his fresco of Jesus, shat in his cornflakes, and just generally pissed him off. It's like this every time he has to leave home and go out into the field to work! At least it's not winter so his nipples...

Randy is plotting to leave again to start up a podcast with Corey but he's currently in the west north west tanlge or some shit. We get into the weeds about the rock hall of fame and thankfully it's fallen to us to kick those Sheffield bell ends Def Leppard out and replace them with someone else! Oh, we also talk about a Queen song for a bit and of course, we discuss the weather in some depth! If...

The one where Randy wonders if Brian ever gets sick of the red special, Kev predicts that Ian Winick will become the first person in wheel-based podcasting history to manifest his song in back to back weeks, and the boys have a completely infantile discussion about the Cardinal's ailments! There's also a solid batman joke and we discuss the behaviour of Giacomo Tura (fuck that guy!) We also discus...

Ahhhh g'day mate! We're heading down under for one of Australia's finest. When Queen told us we had to look out for the planet, we really weren't fans of being preached at by rocks stars, so how will we find this politically-charged chart topper? We get another question in our #AskUsAnything channel from Barry and there's a little bit of Britney involved.... what a time to be alive! If Kev were to...

Randy is incensed about the hotels in Weyburn and their attitude to towel management. He's upset about the levels of snow on the ground in Weyburn and goddamn it he's blaming Corey Morrissette for all of it! Kev's buzzing off the back of a personal best night at bowling! Our pal Barry is back with another question for us! So we answered that question. Because we're really not rude men! Also fuck G...

Hear ye! Hear ye! Listen you lot! Listen you lot! We've got another episode for you - as you can tell because you're reading this. There's a bit more jibber jabber up front than usual, but it's all very information, very well thought out, and completely planned, so don't skip any of it, OK? If you skip the first twenty odd minutes you'll miss out on a secret to success that could change your life,...

Tack piano, thimbles, vocals toto loco, thieving magpies, Yamaha C7s, weather reports, and NO BRIAN MAY! That's what's in store for you this week and also Kev and Randy field questions from Barry John Williams aka Alice's Dad, and our good pal Ruddy "Mike is my Dad" Rutherford, who both want to know what our inside leg measurement is and where to find the best scotch eggs in Wimbourne for some rea...

Ballast Woods. Flin Flon. Minequakes. Average athleticism. Consensual Minotaurs. Max Martin. Pink. Fifth members of Queen. It's all going on in this week's episode along with some rather excellent original R&B from Kev! Humpt Bong indeed... what a ridiculous band name! It's a long one folks, but it's the longest song we've covered to date by a good couple of minutes, so y'know! If Ke...

Well that's The Miracle all wrapped up isn't it! I can't say that I'm sorry to see the back of it if I'm being completely honest. We've spun all ten tracks from this album now and not a single one from Flash! The wheel hates nice things. We get into a discussion about real instruments vs synthstruments again and Barry John Williams poses a couple of questions for us to chew on at the end of the ep...

Ten songs down on News of the World and only one to go after this week's episode! There's no Freddie. We're Freddieless. Bereft of Fred. There is a death, an absence, verily a Freddie-sized vacuum on this song. So, the question needs to be answered, will that dickhead Randy champion or dust it??? You're just gonna have to wait to find out I guess! We had a great little question, from our pal Dan F...

It's all kicking off! We've been bollocked by one of our listeners for not knowing enough about Marc Martel. We feel scolded and recalcitrant and we won't let it happen again. The next time we cover a Marc Martel song, we'll give a much more comprehensive bio on him! We'll even try to track down his mom to ask some very searching questions about Marc's teenage bedroom habits! Also, there seems to...

Wait, wait, wait! It's not Christmas! What the heck Chappers! We're delving into the world of Marc Martel and his exceptional voice this week with the opening song from 2009's album of the same name. Is there any festive spirit left in March for the boys? Tune in to find out! If Kev were to title this episode, he'd probably call it "How Many Kings", or possibly, "Zero or One. Take your pick!". The...

Episode 113 wherein Kev discovers that he has a pretty valuable 7 incher on his hands. ON his hands, not in his hands. Get yer minds out of the gutter. That's later..... Anyway, there's all the usual shenanigans from all the usual suspects and we just have to keep winning pucks in the corners and getting shots to the net and if we just execute the game plan and give our goalie a chance, I'm sure w...

If anyone is looking for Christmas gift ideas for The Cardinal, he'd love a 1967 Gretsch White Falcon. Or, if you have a way of acquiring one, one of Jimi Hendrix's Strats. And if you want to start receiving these episodes by tape cassette, what in the hell is wrong with you? (But, Kev is somewhat serious about doing a limited run!) We talk about wandering around Belfast armed, why cold is sometim...

Did you know that Randy went to hitman school? How about the fact that Kev feels that consistency is key when it comes to being an asshole. We also discuss what type of music a psychopath might listen to and what music we've been listening to other than Queen. The Cardinal is complaining about football again and Kev is frankly getting a little tired of his whining! I don't know if this partnership...

You know that saying "Go big or go home"? What if you were to do both? Well, that's what Queen attempted with the final track on The Miracle. They fired up the old Kurzweil, made Roger play a real drum kit and, if you can believe it, actually sat in a room as a band and recorded this one together. One of our listeners really sticks the boot in, so we return it in kind, and Randy is pondering an SP...