Beat Motel Zine

By: Andrew Culture
  • Summary

  • Welcome to Beat Motel Zine, the comedy-infused alt-music podcast! Born from a zine from the DIY scene, we blend laughs with punk, metal, and everything offbeat. Discover the weirder side of bands, from unintentionally funny stage antics to musical mishaps. Tune in for a profane, comedic journey through alternative tunes, where every episode is a laugh. Join us as we explore music's funniest fringes with a punk rock spirit! Can the alternative music scene and comedy mix? Of course they can; we'll prove it to you. Warning, episodes contain creative profanities in the vein of The Thick of It.
    Andrew Culture
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Episodes
  • Naff debut album, great follow up
    Sep 16 2024

    ### Riffs of the week


    #### Dr Sam's Riff

    - Citric Dummies - Look Out World (I'm Eating at Arbys) (0.30)

    #### Andrew's Riff

    - Smashing Pumpkins - Sighommi


    ### Dr Sam's track choices

    1. Metallica - Creeping Death (1.24)

    2. Black Midi - John L (opening)

    3. GWAR - The Salaminizer (opening)

    4. Beastie Boys - No Sleep Til Brooklyn (opening)


    ### Andrew's track choices

    1. David Bowie - Join the gang (1:31)

    2. Blur - She's so high (0:52)

    3. Slayer - Black Magic (2:30)

    4. Radiohead - I can't (0:10)


    Email us - beatmotel@lawsie.com

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    59 mins
  • Bands with fake drummers
    Sep 9 2024


    The Musician's Union campaigned to ban drum machines. That's like a chunk of cauliflower campaigning to ban toilet roll. It just makes no sense.


    In this episode of The Beat Motel Andrew is joined by the always hardcore Dan Callis. What we didn't know before we started recording this episode is that Dan is currently under the influence of some fairly heavy sedation following surgery.


    Listener discretion is advised...


    ### Riffs of the week


    #### Dan's Riff

    - How long you been driving - Party song (0:21)

    #### Andrew's Riff

    - Wolfheart - Ancient Cold


    ### Dan's track choices

    1. Nerve Peel - Gutter Punx in Space (2:00)

    2. Linus-Fitness Centre - Boot leather (3:09) - only 7 views!

    3. Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Merry cyrstmeth (1:46)

    4. Big Black - Kerosene (3:05)


    ### Andrew's track choices

    1. Jesus and Mary Chain - Reverence (0:36)

    2. Clipping - body for the pile (0:43)

    3. Optimum Wound Profile - Tranqhead (2:49)

    4. Carter USM - Only living boy in new cross (2:20)


    Email us - beatmotel@lawsie.com



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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Cars in songs
    Sep 2 2024

    Girls in Cars? Boys in Cars? Nonbinary people in cars? Nongendered People in Cars? Animals in Cars! Animals driving cars! Absurd. Lets just stop, now. Please. PC gone mad! Slightly fluffy skin bags in cars!


    Everybody loves a car, don’t they? They’ve have been a feature in rock’n’roll since rock’n’roll was wore bobby socks. (Apparently, Bobbysocks were a 1980s Norwegian band who entered Eurovision.)


    This week, Andrew and Sam take this week as their opportunity to explore, this week, the many-varied roll of the car in the modern Western rock and/or roll tradition. This week. And, boy do they do it! You gotta get your ears in this shit. Wowee. They conclude by discussing the unique perspective of Grace Jones channelling a parking space – she is objectifying the car whilst turning herself into an object. Wrap your head around that, academics.


    Andrew and Sam also discover the joy of internet comments. Sam wants the Internet to be turned off, as he sends these show notes in an email. If he posted them to Andrew, they’d take about 3 weeks to arrive.


    Love.

    ### Riffs of the week


    #### Dr Sam's Riff

    - Dan Deacon - Sat By A Tree (0.10)

    #### Andrew's Riff

    - Rad Pitt - I went to Bristol and saw Macaulay Culkin on a boat once (1:20)


    ### Dr Sam's track choices

    1. Kaonashi - I hate the Sound of Car Keys (1.06)

    2. Madness - I Like Driving in My Car (opening)

    3. Velvets - My Baby's Car Crazy (0.06)

    4. The Dead Milkmen - Bitchin' Camaro (1.43)


    ### Andrew's track choices

    1. The Bluetones - Autophillia (1:17)

    2. Suede - Breakdown (4:35)

    3. Deep Purple - Speed King (1:47)

    4. Grace Jones - Pull up to my bumper (2:15)


    Listen to Rad Pitt - https://radpittradpitt.bandcamp.com/album/hymns-for-the-hopeful


    Email us - beatmotel@lawsie.com


    Noteable tracks we didn't choose

    - Chop Suey by System of a Down

    - I'm in love with my car - Queen

    - All songs by Fu Manchu

    - Little Red Corvette - Prince

    - No particular place to go - Chuck Berry

    - Maybelline - Chuck Berry

    - Baby you can drive my car - The Beatles



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    1 hr and 6 mins

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