Pod Like a Hole

The End. A review and a look back. It’s been over seven years since Marc and Steve brought on an intern  (Eric) to create a music review podcast.  Since then they covered every single NIN and Bowie song, and 42 separate albums by other artists ( plus related discographies).  The Trio has reached the end of the road, and they find themselves back at the starting line.  Pod Like Hole’s pilot experiment, the first episode, was Nine Inch Nails' “Pretty Hate Machine”, but the Hole Boys didn’t really know what they were doing yet.  Blushing amateurs, they bungled a classic record.  In the spirit of setting things right in this jacked up universe, they will finish what they started.  But this time....they’ll get it right. (what year is this?) Enjoy a track by track review of “Pretty Hate Machine” , and betwixt the analysis the guys will reflect on this project, their friendship, and the incredible listeners we’ve gotten to know over the better part of a decade. It's a loose, long goodbye. As the bionic guitars of Ringfinger echo into the stratosphere, so do your hosts. While our friendship is eternal, this project has been canceled.   This is our goodbye.  But …..to quote Joe Strummer, (co-creator of our only perfectly scored record), “ The Future is Unwritten”…. Links: Artwork by the great Greg Wolgast.  Check out his you tube channel where he destroys every drum cover he does..in a good way :  https://www.youtube.com/@someroomtodrum   Read the new book by frequent guest Guy Mankowski’s, “You Complete the Masterpiece” Buy on Amazon or even better your local bookstore And be on the look out for “Lived Through This”  based on the journals of late Hole-bassist Kristen Pfaff.    Listen to the incredible sophomore album by regular listener Michael Komonos , “My Mother and Child”. https://michaelkonomos.bandcamp.com/   Our listeners have been the extra fuel to get this baby to 88 MPH, thanks for seven years of friendship.

This episode concludes our discussion of The Cure and this Pod Like a Hole season by analyzing the album Disintegration. Do we end the season on a sour note, or do we find ourselves whisked away to a world of wind chimes and thunderclouds rumbling in the distance?  Just like one of the themes of the record, everything must come to an end. We thank you, faithful listeners, for following us as we talked for countless hours about our favorite music, artists, and bands in what felt, at times, a neverending project. We ain’t quite dead yet though. Stay tuned. All good things…   Pod Like a Hole Links: Direct Download Facebook Instagram   Twitter  Patreon Artwork by Greg Wolgast   Video Links: “Pictures of You” “Lovesong” “Lullaby” “Fascination Street”

This episode discusses our individual rankings for the Cure's studio album discography. This conversation is a prelude to our next episode where we review track by track the album Disintegration. Let us know how we did on everything by finding us below. Find Pod Like a Hole: Direct Download Facebook Instagram   Twitter/X  Patreon Artwork by Greg Wolgast

WE'VE GOT BATS IN OUR BELFRY!!!!! Grey would be the colour if we only had a way to colour-coat episodes.  It's Goth Month here on Pod Like a Hole, so get out your choker, get your eyeliner, and pick a safeword , we are covering Siouxsie and the Banshees and it is getting DARK.   It is Intern Eric's final pick of the season, and does he go out with a bang or a whimper?  You be the judge.  It's the 1980 record that brought Siouxsie to a new level of rock.  Listen as your boys pick apart the  ground breaking licks from John McGeouch, basslines from Steve Severin, and poundings from Budgie.  And vamping up front, is the true queen of the dungeon, Siouxsie Sioux.  Your hosts go into the history of the band, discuss at what point post-punk became goth, and how inspirational this band ended up being.  Then its a track by track review of Juju.   It's a whole episode of pain and pleasure.  The bitter and the sweet.  Enjoy.   Like this episode and want to buy us a cup of Joe in thanks? www.ko-fi.com/podlikeahole Direct download : https://podlikeahole.podbean.com/ Facebook (The only reason to visit that site) Pod Like a Hole: Run the Gamut Instagram (Unfortunately, no pics of the hosts wearing short shorts) instagram.com/ pod_like_a_hole_podcast/ Patreon (Until we muster up the courage for an OnlyFans site) patreon.com/join/podlikeahole Artwork by Greg Wolgast instagram.com/g.wolgast/

Well the dust is still settling from the betrayal that was our System of a Down episode, and it is positively palpable in the air.  However, this ravaged warground is the perfect location for the power of Fugazi's "The Argument".  Steve, Marc, and Eric spin this 2001 album, discuss DC Hardcore, the Dischord Records scene, the Post-Hardcore genre having a current moment,  and the history of Fugazi.  Then your hosts dive in to the track-by-track review of this genre-transcending record.  And after that experience your hosts are changed.  What were once blood stained helmets are now small beanies on their heads.  Hate in their hearts?  Now compassion.  There is only one reasonable next step here and elsewhere---ceasefire.  Table of Contents: 1.  Introductions- 0:00 2.  NEWS-6:16 3. Plug Like a Hole- 22:32 4. History of DC Punk/ Dischord Records/ Fugazi- 31:00 5. Post-Post Hardcore- 1:06:46 6.  The Argument Track-By-Track- 1:08:31 7.  Album Ranking/ Discog ranking- 2:22:00 8. Roll next Record- 2:30:43  Like this episode and want to buy us a cup of Joe in thanks? www.ko-fi.com/podlikeahole Direct download : https://podlikeahole.podbean.com/ Facebook (The only reason to visit that site) Pod Like a Hole: Run the Gamut Instagram (Unfortunately, no pics of the hosts wearing short shorts) instagram.com/ pod_like_a_hole_podcast/ Patreon (Until we muster up the courage for an OnlyFans site) patreon.com/join/podlikeahole Artwork by Greg Wolgast instagram.com/g.wolgast/

The discussion on Faith No More’s album Angel Dust concludes with talking about the second half of the record. Greg Wolgast joins on this episode that we mercifully split into two episodes.  Join us next time for a little Yuletide magic before we step into our next topic, System of a Down’s album Toxicity.     Video Links: Faith No More - A Small Victory Faith No More - Easy Some Room to Drum with Greg Wolgast - Everything’s Ruined   Pod Like a Hole: Facebook Instagram   Twitter/X  Patreon Threads Artwork by Greg Wolgast

In this episode,  we are joined by longtime artwork contributor, Greg Wolgast, to discuss Faith No More and their 1992 album Angel Dust. We discuss the first half of the album in this episode and will continue the conversation in an upcoming episode.    Video Links:   Some Room to Drum with Greg Wolgast - Everything’s Ruined Faith No More - Making of Angel Dust Faith No More - Caffeine (Live) Faith No More - Midlife Crisis Faith No More - Everything’s Ruined     Podcast Links: https://podlikeahole.podbean.com/ Direct Download Facebook Instagram   Twitter/X  Patreon Threads Artwork by Greg Wolgast

Your three hosts have reached the home stretch. The last handful of our favorite albums to review for our "Run the Gamut" season.  Steve, Marc and Eric have all had excellent picks, weird ones, and every now and then, one of us shows up with a card up our sleeve.  In this case, Eric is the Card Cheat, so to speak.   In this jam packed, bonus sized episode, we change our name to " Pod Em' Enough Rope " and give you the full run down of the Clash discography and its place in punk history,  touch on the solo and side work of Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, and then give you the coveted track-by-track analysis of "London Calling".   Does this record deserve it's spot on all the Top 100 lists?  Is it truly a "must have" for music fans?  Or is it a Cadillac oil stain on a supermarket parking lot?  We will decide...but you can decide too (though we know our rights as hosts to be correct).  Do you agree?  Disagree?  Who's your favorite Clash member?  Do you Stan-dinista?  Reach out and let us know.     Ok it's time to cut the crap, and enjoy this episode!      PLAH Links Like this episode and want to buy us a cup of Joe in thanks? www.ko-fi.com/podlikeahole Direct download : https://www.podbean.com/ei/pb-jxntx-13d7bd5 Facebook (The only reason to visit that site) facebook.com/podlikeahole/  Instagram (Unfortunately, no pics of the hosts wearing short shorts) instagram.com/pod_like_a_hole_podcast/    Patreon (Until we muster up the courage for an OnlyFans site) patreon.com/join/podlikeahole Artwork by Greg Wolgast instagram.com/g.wolgast/

This episode finds Eric, Marc, and Steven don our Sunday best to go door to door to spread the good news about Arcade Fire's Neon Bible. But, it isn't all good news when we discuss the bad news that Win Butler got himself into recently.  Video Links: "Black Mirror"  "Neon Bible" "My Body is a Cage" - Unofficial mashup with Once Upon a Time in the West   Pod Like a Hole Links: https://podlikeahole.podbean.com/ Facebook Instagram   Twitter  Patreon Artwork by Greg Wolgast

You and your buddies flip your collars, as the rain pours down.  You huddle under an awning as you finish your smokes.Life is good.  You are young, independent, and ready for trouble.    Then you head in to the bar.  the joint.  The dive.  It's your home away from home. Speaking of home, the bartender tells you that the police department called, and your house is on fire.  Then it occurs to you.  You aren't young.  You are 42.  And then occurs to you that you've left your children home along to go drink...  That scene and so many more await you on the Pod Like A Hole track-by-track review of Tom Waits' 1985 classic.  With still one foot in the boxcars, Tom Waits explores European avant-garde influences and the results...well you'll have to listen to Eric , Marc and Steve figure it all out.  How will they rate this album?  Is Rain Dogs an old dog, or a dead dog?  How would you rate this one, gentle listeners.     Like this episode and want to buy us a cup of Joe in thanks? www.ko-fi.com/podlikeahole Direct download : https://www.podbean.com/ei/pb-jxntx-13d7bd5 Facebook (The only reason to visit that site) facebook.com/podlikeahole/  Instagram (Unfortunately, no pics of the hosts wearing short shorts) instagram.com/pod_like_a_hole_podcast/  Twitter (self-promo or oh no) twitter.com/podlikeahole Patreon (Until we muster up the courage for an OnlyFans site) patreon.com/join/podlikeahole Artwork by Greg Wolgast instagram.com/g.wolgast/

We massively a-talk the band Massive Attack and their 1998 album, Mezzanine.    Episode Links: Risingson Teardrop Angel Pod Like a Hole: Direct Download Facebook Instagram Twitter  Patreon Ko-Fi Artwork by Greg Wolgast

In 1986, an ex-prog rocker introduced himself to the pop landscape and blew the doors right off.  Peter Gabriel, the suave art-rocker who was equal parts world music advocate, equal parts horndog-with-a-heart-of-gold, made an album so catchy, so honest, so unique that it captured the imaginations of music snobs and normies alike.  That album was "So", and your Pod Like a Steam hosts are here to evaluate it, Sledgehammer-by-sledgehammer, hit by hit.   Play along at home, give this seminal record a spin, and join Marc, Eric and Steve as they spend a little time celebrating Peter's discography, time with the band Genesis, and score work before diving in to "So".  It'll be a good time.  You might get a little hot and bothered, but who could blame ya.     Also- Pod Like a Hole studios apparently is still infested by frogs ever since the Tool episode.  Our apologies we are working on that.   TIMESTAMPS: Into/News Bulletins/Plug Like a Hole: 0:00- 24:26 Peter Gabriel History- Genesis/Solo Work: 24:26 - 1:38:50 SO (History/Track by Track analysis) :  1:38:50 - 2:49:04 Rankings/ Roll the Dice/ Outro :  2:49:04 - 3:02:00 Video Links  Sledgehammer (official video) https://youtu.be/OJWJE0x7T4Q Don't Give Up (official video) https://youtu.be/VjEq-r2agqc Big Time (official video) https://youtu.be/PBAl9cchQac Steam (official video) https://youtu.be/Qt87bLX7m_o Sledgehammer (Live 1987). https://youtu.be/W9oYSawDEkA PLAH Links Like this episode and want to buy us a cup of Joe in thanks?  www.ko-fi.com/podlikeahole  Facebook (The only reason to visit that site) https://www.facebook.com/podlikeahole/   Instagram (Unfortunately, no pics of the hosts wearing short shorts) https://www.instagram.com/pod_like_a_hole_podcast/    Twitter (self-promo or oh no) https://twitter.com/podlikeahole  Patreon (Until we muster up the courage for an OnlyFans site) https://www.patreon.com/join/podlikeahole  Artwork by Greg Wolgast https://www.instagram.com/g.wolgast/

In this episode, Marc selects Radiohead’s album from 2000, Kid A to discuss with Eric and to mildly annoy Steve. We take a brief look at the band pre- and post-Kid A to determine when they decided to have Q*Bert, the lovable orange video game thing, join the band. Then, as always, we go track by track to determine just how icy and cold the band sounds on the record as it shows on the album cover. Radiohead Official Videos (HD)   Find Pod Like a Hole at these places: Facebook Instagram   Twitter  Patreon Artwork by Greg Wolgast

Crashing waves. The warbling of a saw in the distance.  A suspicious waiter, and a dead lover.  It’s 2002 and your hosts, Eric, Steve and Marc, don their magnifying glasses, Panama hats, and Tommy Bahama shirts.  It’s a tropical musical mystery and your Pod Like a Hole hosts are asking the hard questions.  Who were “The Black Heart Procession”?  What was their hit album “Amore De Tropico” really about?  Who is that strange man bellowing about frozen peas?!  Your boys are on the case.  Listen to the episode as we dissect each track of this haunting album, dusting for prints and removing the clues.  We're sipping mai-tais, and breaking this case wide open.          Links:   Like this episode and want to buy us a cup of Joe in thanks?  www.ko-fi.com/podlikeahole  Facebook (The only reason to visit that site) https://www.facebook.com/podlikeahole/   Instagram (Unfortunately, no pics of the hosts wearing short shorts) https://www.instagram.com/pod_like_a_hole_podcast/    Twitter (self-promo or oh no) https://twitter.com/podlikeahole  Patreon (Until we muster up the courage for an OnlyFans site) https://www.patreon.com/join/podlikeahole  Artwork by Greg Wolgast https://www.instagram.com/g.wolgast/

It's a cold November morning.  A dead leaf does a dance in front of your feet as you walk through the breeze.  You walk by a storefront, the newspaper headline is "Invasion of Afghanistan" another bitter reminder that the world is harsh.   The only evidence you are still alive is the steam in air as you breath.  But that steam is snuffed by the cold air.  Cold like the ice in your heart.  It's 2002 and you've just discovered Black Heart Procession, and all that pain gets a little better knowing this strange band, with it's saws and broken pianos, well they understand you.      In the next main episode of  Pod Like a Hole, your boys will time travel to when they first came together in their early 20s, and dissect Black Heart Procession's, "Amore De Tropico" .  But not yet, no if being a broken hearted sadsack has taught you one thing, it's patience.  No this week, we will dive into the history of Black Heart Procession, Pall Jenkins, Tobias Nathanial, Three Mile Pilot, early 00's indie rock, and the dying art of a good small club merch table.  We hope you enjoy the journey.                         Links:   Facebook (The only reason to visit that site) https://www.facebook.com/podlikeahole/   Instagram (Unfortunately, no pics of the hosts wearing short shorts) https://www.instagram.com/pod_like_a_hole_podcast/   Twitter (self-promo or oh no) https://twitter.com/podlikeahole Patreon (Until we muster up the courage for an OnlyFans site) https://www.patreon.com/join/podlikeahole Artwork by Greg Wolgast https://www.instagram.com/g.wolgast/

In this episode, we peel back the layers of the 2001 Tool album, Lateralus. We attempt to separate our minds from our bodies as we overthink and overanalyze every track on the record. Does Marc and Steve’s feelings of nostalgia outweigh Eric’s skepticism? Or will there be a developing schism on the pod? Pod Like a Hole Links: Facebook Instagram   Twitter  Patreon Artwork by Greg Wolgast Video Links: “Schism” “Parabola”

In this episode, the hosts of Pod Like a Hole drive to the nearest Home Depot to go through every Tool aisle in the store to bring you this episode that needs no Home Improvement, if you ask me.    We discuss all things Tool (the band, not saws and hammers) and everything that orbits the band. Next episode we squee-gee our third eye open to analyze the 2001 album, Lateralus.    Until then, we hope this heaping helping of Tool talk tides you over.    Pod Like a Hole: https://podlikeahole.podbean.com/ Facebook Instagram  Twitter  Patreon Artwork by Greg Wolgast   Videos: “Hush” “Sober” “Prison Sex” “Stinkfist” “AEnema” “Schism”  “Parabola” “Vicarious” “Opiate 2” (Clip)

Ride Into The Fun!  That's right it's a new episode , and your Hole Boys (Eric, Steve, Marc) are dimming the lights, chomping on cigarette holders,  turning on the lava lamps, painting some soup cans, rolling up their sleeves and numbing themselves with the proto-punk drone jams of the house band.  None other than Velvet Underground.  We cover their early Warhol-history, avant garde nightmares and softer 70s moods.  Then it's on to the Track by Track of their final 1970 album "Loaded".  Will they love it or will it be old hat?  Only a listen will tell you for sure.   PLAH links: Facebook (The only reason to visit that site) https://www.facebook.com/podlikeahole/ Instagram (Unfortunately, no pics of the hosts wearing short shorts) https://www.instagram.com/pod_like_a_hole_podcast/ Twitter (Not run by a foreign nation bot)https://twitter.com/podlikeahole Patreon (Until we muster up the courage for an OnlyFans site) https://www.patreon.com/join/podlikeahole Artwork by Greg Wolgast https://www.instagram.com/g.wolgast/

The year is 1982 and Frank Tovey (aka Fad Gadget) releases the album "Under the Flag", a thematic record tackling the stress of raising a child in a world of increasing threats of fascism.  We discuss the history of Fad Gadget and Frank Tovey and give this record the Track-by-Track treatment.  It's an important record to electronic, industrial, and synth pop genres, and a milestone for co-host Eric.  Will the others like it?  Hate it?  Dance?  Cover themselves in shaving cream and feathers.....and more importantly, dear listener, WILL YOU?  Listen and find out.   Video Links: Mute Records Documentary:  "Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey" https://youtu.be/ElIPt9KNkBs Life on the Line https://youtu.be/TA_8nNNZqD4     PLAH links: Facebook (The only reason to visit that site) https://www.facebook.com/podlikeahole/ Instagram (Unfortunately, no pics of the hosts wearing short shorts) https://www.instagram.com/pod_like_a_hole_podcast/ Twitter (Not run by a foreign nation bot)https://twitter.com/podlikeahole Patreon (Until we muster up the courage for an OnlyFans site) https://www.patreon.com/join/podlikeahole Artwork by Greg Wolgast https://www.instagram.com/g.wolgast/

We conclude our trilogy of talking Depeche Mode by reviewing and analyzing 1997's Ultra. Does it hold up to our feelings of nostalgia? Does it sag under all of its emotional baggage? Or is it somewhere in-between being both? Video Links: Barrel of A Gun It's No Good Home Useless Pod Like A Hole Links: Direct Download Facebook Instagram   Twitter  Patreon Artwork by Greg Wolgast