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 careers of the Run the Jewels members: Killer Mike and El-P. Our focus remains zeroed in on El-P's record label (Def Ju...
Aug 05, 2021•55 min•Season 3Ep. 118
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 classic. Official Video Links: Back to School (Mini Maggit) Digital Bath Street Carp Teenager (Rober...
Jul 11, 2021•2 hr 33 min•Season 3Ep. 117
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
Jul 08, 2021•45 min•Ep. 116
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 stalwart Sean Bivins (Eightfourseven, Will Haven Enjoy our conversation (and Steve's follow up with Joey from NYC coming soon)...
Jun 28, 2021•36 min•Ep. 115
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 them in a dark alleyway or a local dive bar? Find out these answers and more in a rundown of the Def...
Jun 21, 2021•2 hr 27 min•Season 3Ep. 114
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 the history of shackles. Will Marc appreciate Daveed Diggs' spaced aged swagger? Will Steve graffiti #2331's ly...
Jun 04, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Season 3Ep. 113
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, your PLAHBoys go through their history of Hip Hop music. It's a fun L-train ride through the sights and sounds of hip hop in t...
May 28, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 112
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 Night? Or jusa nudder loss angle? (I'm pretty sure that's what Mr. Mojo Risin is saying). Anyways, sit back, p...
May 22, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Season 3Ep. 111
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 in next week, when we give L.A. Woman, The Doors sixth and final album with Jim Morrison, a little ...
May 15, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 110
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.
May 11, 2021•27 min•Ep. 109
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 discover he's hellbent for leather? Will Eric defend the faith of Weird Al's Livin in the Fridge? W...
Apr 28, 2021•3 hr•Ep. 108
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 the great band from Seattle, The Murder City Devils, and their 2000 album, In Name and Blood. Pod Li...
Apr 09, 2021•2 hr 53 min•Season 3Ep. 107
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 overlapping with Pod Like a Hole’s Run the Gamut season: Tricky Massive Attack The Clash Depeche Mode ...
Mar 25, 2021•59 min•Season 3Ep. 106
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 are about to release one of the most lauded, and debated, releases of the genre, “Millennium.” WATCH! Eric ...
Mar 19, 2021•2 hr 46 min•Season 3Ep. 105
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 paint? Will Marc finally correctly name the genre "Blackened Death Metal?" Listen to find out. #behmoth...
Mar 10, 2021•2 hr 45 min•Ep. 104
In this episode, we conclude our Cave in A Hole series by discussing Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds seventh studio album from 1992, Henry's Dream as nominated by Marc. We discuss the details of the Dream of Henry (not to be confused with Sting's Dream of the Blue Turtles, that'll have to wait for Season 4: Adult Contempto like a Hole-oh) and find it not to be a nightmare at all. Well, unless you don't count what's going on with John Finn's wife. As Marc likes to say, it's a rip roaring episode wher...
Feb 19, 2021•1 hr 58 min•Season 3Ep. 103
In this thrilling conclusion, the Pod Like a Hole zoo crew call upon the author to explain the rest of the history of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. We briefly discuss the rest of Nick's discography through The Boatman's Call to Ghosteen with a stop into Grinderman territory. We find out if Nick Cave's mustache inspired one of your intrepid hosts to grow one themselves and if one of our wives was spirited off by the impish Pan wizard, Warren Ellis. Next episode we finally get down to brass tacks a...
Feb 04, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 102
The Pod Like A Hole podcast has landed on an album that is so big we are going to give it the King Ink's treatment. Before the PLAH team dissects the 1992 release Henry's Dream, they are going to go through the timeline from the formation of the Birthday Party, through all of the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds releases, up to what Nick and the band are up to in the current day. We will briefly discuss the sound and the evolution of the band album by album, peppered with observations of various hair...
Jan 25, 2021•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 101
100th Episode! In this season we roll our diamond dice, and it directs to one of our favorite albums of all time. That's the great thing about this "Run the Gamut" season about Pod Like a Hole. This time we landed on the 1986 Goth-Rock classic "Floodland" by Sisters of Mercy. Being Eric's pick, he arrives to the showing in a duster with swinging chains and a shiny cane, ready to show Marc and Steve how those synth bass grooves and reverb guitar riffs can, in fact, get into your veins. Will Dr. A...
Jan 08, 2021•2 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 100
It's been another year, and we've taken a break from our usual "Run the Gamut" release schedule. Eric, Marc, and Steve get together, share some 'nog, and celebrate the holidays in this very special episode. We discuss thing we enjoy about the yuletide season, do a very exciting Top 10 Holiday Films listicle, and and special guest drops in to say "Ho-ho-Hi!" It's a good time for all, and our way of singing awful carols on your doorstep, interrupting you dinner, and forcing you to throw hot coffee...
Dec 23, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Season 3Ep. 99
Tonight the boys of Pod Like a Hole, who are still at large, will take you through Uncle Acid and the Deadbeat's seminal 2010 album BLOOD LUST - which is literally a candy lane of murder and mayhem. We go into the history (6:20) of Kevin Starr's sludge doom occult groove rock band, some brief discussion of the genre and what even is this genre. Then the pride of Sacramento and Uncle Acid and expert of all things Rock and Horror Darryl (27:20) calls in to give share his thoughts. Followed by the ...
Dec 17, 2020•2 hr 16 min•Ep. 98
In this exciting third season of Pod Like A Hole, we "Run the Gamut" and each episode we sample some interesting albums by our favorite artists, track by track. For this episode, co-host Eric chooses the 80's post-punk classic "Night Time" by UK legends, Killing Joke. Over the course of this episode you will receive an in-depth retrospective of their history, other classic albums, side projects, and an exclusive track-by-track analysis of the album. Steve will perform a ritual of dark magik, Mar...
Nov 27, 2020•2 hr 28 min•Ep. 97
Purple Rain, Part 2! In this episode the gentlemen finish their discussion of the album Purple Rain by Prince and Revolution (in particular track by track discussion of I would Die 4 U, Baby I'm a Star, and Purple Rain). Tears are shed. But first - a Pod Crossover! Eric and Steve sit with Sly Dog of the Sly Dog Music Cast and Sly Dog goes deep on walking us through the first decade of Prince's career. We appreciate the Sly Dog calling in and hope you'll follow him home to his podcast in the futu...
Nov 21, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 96
In the first hour we have a wide-ranging conversation covering our history with Prince, Prince and the Minneapolis sound, Trent Reznor’s run in with Prince, the Movie Purple Rain (and it’s sequel) and Morris Day’s laughter. In the second hour we begin dissecting Purple Rain track by track – in this episode we cover Let’s go Crazy through When Doves Cry. Next week N Part 2 we will cover the rest of the album. Will Marc’s cold shower ever end after hearing Darling Nikki? Will Eric’s son discover t...
Nov 13, 2020•2 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 95
Your intrepid Pod Like a Hole hosts finish our discussion on Pink Floyd's The Wall by analyzing each track on Side 2. Do we heap praise on the classic rock song staples found within? Without spoiling too much, you're damn right we do. We also roll the bones to see what album we're discussing next as we run the gamut of our musical taste this season. We would like to hear what you think about The Wall. Let us know at one of these places: Facebook Instagram Twitter Patreon Artwork by Greg Wolgast ...
Oct 30, 2020•2 hr 53 min•Season 3Ep. 94
Welcome to Season 3, where Pod Like a Hole runs the gamut of music styles, bands, artists, and albums. In our season 3 premiere, we discuss the first half of Pink Floyd's 1979 album, The Wall. This epic concept record is so sprawling it required two episodes for us to give it proper due. POD LIKE A HOLE LINKS Facebook Instagram Twitter Patreon VIDEO LINKS Another Brick in the Wall, Part Two...
Oct 16, 2020•2 hr 50 min•Season 3Ep. 93
As you, dear listeners wait for Season 3 to begin, we greet you during this break with a very special bonus episode. In this hour, Eric interviews Adam Steiner, author of "Politics of the Asylum" and "Into the Never- Nine Inch Nails and the Creation of the Downward Spiral"). Adam discusses his process in researching this album, and what he learned along the way. The conversation digs deep in to the importance of NIN and spirals into tangents about 90's angst, American gun culture, The Manic Stre...
Sep 27, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 92
This is part 2 of a 2 part finale. The hosts have some musings about what they learned over the last two or so years in discussing 27 David Bowie albums. That is followed by a a rousing discussion of their TOP TEN DAVID BOWIE SONGS. Spoilers: Eric tries to get too clever for his own good, Steve cheats, and Marc actually plays by the rules of a top ten list. The episode is capped off with the revelation of where this tin can will fly in season 3. Thank you from the bottom of our black hearts for ...
Sep 16, 2020•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 91
In the first of two wrap up episodes, the Pod Like a Hosts countdown and compare their ranking of all the David Bowie albums with a focus on the top ten. Followed by a brief essay question segment that Steve forced Eric and Marc to participate in. We considered dropping this as one giant 4 hour episode but why not milk the podcast feed a bit more and take another few weeks off. Saying goodbye is hard to do after all, as Marc will discuss with the audience when he has a moment during Blackstar. I...
Sep 06, 2020•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 90
For this little morsel, Steve and Eric interview Professor Glenn Hendler, author of the newest release in the 33 1/3 book series. This scholar's take on "Diamond Dogs" expands some minds and certainly adds to our previous dissection of the album. Listen, enjoy and buy his book! It's great! Buy it here! https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/david-bowies-diamond-dogs-9781501336584/ 33 1/3 Book Series Info: http://333sound.com/33-13-series/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/podlikeahole/ Instagram https://...
Aug 31, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 88
