Apologies for the late episode - both Dan and Riley have been on tour, but we've got this one for you (recorded a while back). Contained herein: ideas for new recipes, Nazi statue watch, and the Tory leader "uniting the country" with a very thin gruel of vibes alone.
Chuka Ejeckam joins Dan and Riley to discuss "The Freeland Doctrine," friendshoring, and the mysterious professor of mealtimes.
Will "Movie Mindset" Menaker joins Dan and Riley to discuss the 1964 Cansploitation B-movie classic, "The Naked Flame." Get the full episode on www.patreon.com/dabottlemen
The PAL boys join Dan and Riley to watch another episode of Canada's favourite show... Robocop, the Robot Cop!
Dan and Riley discuss, inter alia, the new Quebec premier, the inability of the centrist party to fight the lurch to the right, and the British firm cutting down old growth forests named after a Bond villain. Get the full episode on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen
Dan and Riley remember Canadian politics keeps happening. Queen's Dead, Pierre's in Charge, and our allies abroad are as cool headed as ever. We have a Patreon! It's www.patreon.com/dabottlemen
Riley and Dan were in the Trashfuture studios last week, and we spoke to certified indie superfan and sometime producer Nate Bethea about synthesisers, what it means to like music others find offputting, and (according to Riley) definitely making up at least half the band names. Check out the full episode on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen
Well, the mad lad did it: Canada's oldest young conservative Pierre Poilievre is head of the Conservative Party. We talk about what makes him a particular threat to Canada's comfortable governing consensus, which is essentially that he has matched the energy and madness of his crazy ideas with the permanent grinding crisis in which Canada is stuck. PS: Sorry about late episodes, everyone! Riley, Dan, and Milo (who produces this show) have all been away, and Riley's internet has been down. But we...
Dan and Riley are recording together in Montreal for the first time (temporally) and the second time (as far as you know). We discuss the emerging scene around the happening "Donald Duck Tavern Quadrilateral," and how all of Montreal's coolest people have become Orthodox Catholics. Additionally, we take in the newest phenomenon in Canadian politics sure to sweep the nation: Centre-Ice Conservatism. Get the full episode on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen...
Note: this one is mentioned as the premium but we decided to make it a free one! Peter Korotaev (known by an alias on previous episodes, while he was in Kyiv) rejoins us to talk about the strange war economy that Ukraine has found itself with. Heavily indebted, heavily privatised, and *still* citing the disproven/disgraced "Growth in a Time of Debt" hypothesis. Check out his writing in Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/2022/07/ukraine-neoliberalism-war-russia-eu-imf Also, check out our Patreon! It's ...
The War Nerd is back to discuss why Canada can't seem to learn to stop buying the F35, and why the boring bureaucracy of military spending bloat is the "banality" to the "evil" of the world bestriding colossus. Get the full episode on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen
Riley and Dan speak about the history and politics of fertiliser with Matt Huber, author of Climate Change as Class War . But first, we review the strange world of the Pacific Northwest that Dan saw on tour. Long story short, a lot more shantytown and a lot more of the wreckage of a scooter based economy. Check out our patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen...
Dan is off being a rock star, so Riley and Tech Won't Save Us's Paris Marx take a look at That Rogers Outage and question how "more competition" could have stopped this, but first - a few developments in the mad world of self driving cars, a concept that only makes sense when you assume money is free forever. Get it on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen
With Bitcoin done, Canada's putative conservative leader becomes absorbed by the forest, and emerges as an esoteric log-o-crat. Also, we look at the emergence of "UltraFast" delivery in Canada - a business model that never made any money or sense anywhere else... but that we didn't want to be left out of. Finally, we review some expert testimony on Eastern Europe that the NDP's most prominent theatre fan was not so keen on. Forget it Jake, it's Starship Troopers. We've got a Patreon! It's www.pa...
It's a Canada Day Bonus! Dan and Riley talk about Canada's cheerleading of further escalation in Eastern Europe, as well as going back to the Trucker Protests, who have now identified some war heroes who are going to go and tactically cry at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa. Get it on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen
Dan and Riley reflect on what the crypto crash means for Canadian bitcoin maxi's like Pierre Poilievre, as well as other scurrilous programmes designed to part musicians from their worthless fiat currency and art in exchange for valuable database entries. Also, we look at a list of Bad Tweeters assembled for the purposes of national security. Check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen
On this rare Riley-less episode Dan is joined by Michael Barclay, Arlen Thompson and Tim Kingsbury to discuss Michaels new book on the rise (and rise!) of Canadian Indie Rock 2000-2006. Why do these bands have so many members? Did Fugazi brain poison a generation into self sabotage? Are the rents too damn high to facilitate another scene? All this and more as we survey The Half Decade When Canada Was Cool* *Canada was not and never will be cool
It's in the title, folks - as the Ontario election comes to a close, Dan and Riley reflect on the musical highlights of the campaign, specifically the Doug Ford campaign song Get It Done. Then, we go West to investigate police forces in BC's lower mainland taking a turn for the Salo. Get the full episode on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen
Bye bye to the very nasty Jason Kenney! Sorry the base of hooting suburbanite fascists you created slipped out of your control! Bad luck! Don't let the door hit you on the way out! Dan and Riley reflect on the life and career of Alberta's former premier, and how he's part of a large machine that ratchets politics to the right by living in a fantasy world of ice cream for dinner. Also, we look at developments in Ukraine.
Riley, Dan, and Liv all got nickel poisoning from our deep dive into Pierre Poilievre's long, strange history on youtube. Come for the giant novelty nickel, stay for the giant novelty penny. Get the full episode on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen
In case you didn't know, there's an election coming up in the very heart of Downtown Canada. Jacobin magazine contributor and Michael and Us co-host Luke Savage joins Riley and Dan to discuss the state of play in Ontario politics, a reflection on the sucking charisma void at the heart of the CPC leader's debate, and we get to know "Hrulf" from Quebec, who is just really into runes. We have a patreon! It's www.patreon.com/dabottlemen
Will Menaker rejoins Dan and Riley to enjoy yet another film set in the "Toronto Standing In For Detroit" cinematic universe... the inexplicable, Canadian-made Robocop TV show that aired for twenty one glorious episodes in the 1990s. Check out our Patreon! It's www.patreon.com/dabottlemen
It's a rare all-in-person Bottlemen episode! Dan and Riley are in the trashfuture podcast studio with Milo and Nate to talk about some Canadian goings-on, but mostly to recount our trip to the British Museum where we were hoping to touch the mummies. Check out our Patreon, at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen
We've talked a lot about the information environment in the West, as it pertains to support for the War and its uncomplicated nature. Yasha and Evgenia of The Russians podcast join Riley and Dan to talk about the other side of that information environment - namely, what is being shown to Russian boomers on TV every day? Where did we get the Z? How have a particular view of history and geopolitical realities interacted to produce a strange outcome? All this and more! Check out their s ubstack to ...
Jess Green returns to discuss Canada's new budget with Dan and Riley, with a special focus on the climate plans. We're taking the carbon, and we're putting it underground, folks! Down below the planet's crust it will surely only bother Morlocks, and we can continue living our lives in relative ease. Also, check out our Patreon, which is at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen
Arcade Fire's Tim Kingsbury joins Riley and Arcade Fire's and Wolf Parade's and Operators' and Handsome Furs' Dan Boeckner to discuss their holiday in the irradiated wastes of the American South West, the worst bar in St. Louis, and what happens when you're just starting out touring and you stay with random people from your route, such as a local version of GWAR with only old guys in it. Get it on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen...
It's coming! The NDP and Liberal parties have decided to work together to achieve a social settlement beyond our wildest dreams, including what appears to be plans for full employment based on an endless profusion of exploratory committees. Get it on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen
Dan and Riley appeared on a bonus episode of Riley's other podcast to talk about a very strange movie made by a local council in 1960's Scotland - Cumbernauld Hit! Normal service resuming this week, thank you for your patience! If you're not a TF patron, get the full episode on here at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen and if you are a TF patron, sorry!
Alex Scaggs of Barrons joins Dan and Riley to discuss the sanctions being levelled on Russia. What do they entail? How will they work in practice? What the fuck is SWIFT? Also, we look at - and are entirely unsurprised by - which NATO finance minister/deputy prime minister was the architect of the sanctions on Russia's central bank, or as it is affectionately called, an "economic nuclear bomb." We have a patreon! It's www.patreon.com/dabottlemen...
PREVIEW Well, it happened. Dan and Riley discuss the Ukraine invasion, Western responses (and preparations), and consider what kinds of blowback we might be setting ourselves up for. Also, we dig into the different psychologies of the Canadians who have decided to go and fight. Get the full episode on www.patreon.com/dabottlemen
