Pod Like a Hole

Washing upon the beach of your shipwrecked life is another episode of Pod Like a Hole. The first of 3 episodes dedicated to the mighty Mastodon of the south.

Episode 1 (this episode) we cover the band's formation, the 4 members of this band, and the bulk of the discussion is the influences and peers that helped shape their sound. If you are a fan of ZZ Top, Thin Lizzy, Neurosis, Melvins, High on Fire, and even the Seattle scene of ...

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 tr...

We had to do a Nu Metal episode.

One hosts lived and breathed it during his teens, a real Jinco Wallet Chain nerd. Another host dabbled in the scene, sometimes to just check on his friend and make sure he wasn't too far gone. A third host was drafted into the No Limit army at the time and was too busy fighting on battles on the Sun Coasts and missed the entire movement back home.

In addition to discussing Toxcity track by track you...

Join the Pod Like A Hole hosts back at the Xmas Cabin for our kind of annual Holiday Special. Marc has a love and knowledge of Disney that only is rivaled by his love of U2 and Steve knew it would be catnip to trick him into doing another holiday special. Eric keeps the fire stoked and earns his pay. 

Enjoy the hosts of a certain age counting down their top 5 Animated Disney movies while you pack those last minute presents and to g...

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

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
• Fait...

Faith No More Part 2. Mike Patton Continued.

New Pod Like a Hole Episode. Part 2 of a 4 episode Mike Patton/Faith No more mini season.

We examine Mike Patton's prolific and varied output. Tomahawk, Fantomas, Lovage, Mr. Bungle, Dillinger Escape Plan, Dead Cross, Mondo Cane, Peeping Tom, and much more but not John Zorn.  Also talk about the Lakers and Sacramento Kings 2002 western conference finals.

If yo...

Faith No More Part 1.

New Pod Like a Hole Episode. Part 1 of a 4 episode Mike Patton/Faith No more mini season.

The first of which is a discography discussion of Faith No More - with the exception of Angel Dust which will have it's own track by track deep dive and was the catalyst for all this Patton talk. This episode covers the Chuck Mosley years, 1989's platinum Real Thing, King For a Da...

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...

the Pod Like a Hole Hosts celebrate Florence and the Machines’ 2011 release: Ceremonials.

If you are one of our listeners who says “Pod Like a Hole, we appreciate the wide variety of artists you’ve discussed, but often I find it’s either too much obscurity, too many riffs, or too much testosterone. Can you please give me a mainstream act that isn’t a balding man?”  Well, here you go. Steve pushed on the team a track-by-track discus...

In between episodes, Pod Like a Hole presents an extra special B-Side:  An interview with author Adam Steiner.  Previous guest, and friend of the show, Adam Steiner is back with a new book, "Silhouettes and Shadows: The Secret History of David Bowie's Scary Monters".    Eric, Steve and Adam chat about the revelations abound in the pages of Adam's book, revist our thoughts on the album, and get Adam's thoughts on Bowie's journey as ...

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

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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...

You find your self in an old boxcar bouncing over the railroad track with an old hobo howling in your ear.  Tales of love and loss, old dogs and prostitutes.  It's a cornucopia of creamed corn , but somewhere in that whiskey soaked word salad is the story of a man.  A man who harnessed the sound of a junkyard, cobbled it into a beautiful sound and aimed it our hearts.  

This is the story of Tom Waits, as only your boys at Pod Like ...

It is the second and final episode of our Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band mini season: track by track discussion of Darkness on the Edge of Town.

In the first installment we had an overview discussion of our history with E Street and their discog. In this episode we take a deeper dive into Bruce's 10 song long 1978 heart of darkness that contains many moments of joy as well.

How many sax solo samples can we get away with po...

Steve has hi-jacked the show for two episodes of in depth Boss Talk. Thankfully the other hosts are game and a Bruce time is had by all. Bruce is for everyone, and if you don't already believe that - you will.

Part 1 is all Bruce all the time with Plugs and News that are all E Street. Followed by the hosts personal history with the boss, Pop Culture E Street band musings, Clarence Clemons, and the bulk of the episode which is an en...

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-sledgeha...