Gutterballs
272 episodes - English - Latest episode: 20 days ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsCasual esoteric nostalgia with just a hint of the macabre. A podcast.
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264: For Unlawful Cardinal Directions
April 09, 2024 15:03 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBConsonant-only words, devoting 2 hours of your time to Dennis DeYoung, Vedic architecture, bungalow living, how Brad experiences a bagel, all phenomena are empty, getting all the way past the varnish, I Once Was A Pert. Links: Gettin’ real with Thennis TheYoung Vedic architecture Bungalow living Plymouth Rock Episode music: Speshil Bonistrak by thurmite
263: Printing In The Background
October 14, 2023 17:14 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBBeing busy but not having anything to do or not having anything to do but being super busy, Bizzy noina frieda, tree cannot grow without roots, tomato plant, what America runs on, Brad’s choice of visuals in the art for ep 261. LINKS: tape worm bear Episode music: From Across Field19 by thurmite
262: Shoogleman’s Wall Times Ten
September 11, 2023 01:07 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBIs junior and the second the same, non-euclidean geometry strikes again, the lady that makes a chicken sound, gobstacking, can lawn care be Barmecidal, it’s the laminar flow, an epic miss that is somehow adequate, and shoogleman’s wall times ten, that’s how we live. LINKS: Barmecidal lawn care Laminar flow The Barmecide Feast Adam playing basketball Episode music: Six Pops by thurmite
261: Brad Has A Piece Of Paper With One Thing Written On It
August 01, 2023 01:06 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBThe tree cannot grow without roots, Brad has a piece of paper with one thing written on it, is amazon compressing with variable bit rate, Brad gets hoisted, many more sparroted lines which don’t make sense, tittynope, mannequin comparisons, and the double crackin’.
260: 10th Anniversary Pt. 3: Bird Song At The Brown River Lanes
November 23, 2022 18:01 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBOur birds sing, Brad’s search for absolute truth, making the case for a hum, some amateurish ATMOS talk, Revolver revisited, the unprofessionalism of commenting on a customer’s sludge river (“Stinky”), and a revisit in reverse chronology. Links: 2012 VW Jetta Revolver Super Deluxe Episode music: Seven Hole Stomp by thurmite
259: 10th Anniversary Pt. 2: Going Pear-Shaped
November 07, 2022 23:12 - 51 minutes - 48 MBWe are reclaiming the term pear-shaped, paddlin’ through the stew in my little potato canoe, revisiting recreating the entire earth and all of its contents by oneself, ups and downs of Seinfeld sans Larry David, reverse story structure. Links: Go pear-shaped Seinfeld: The Betrayal Reverse Story Structure Episode Music: Aunt Janet, by Thurmite
258: 10th Anniversary Pt. 1: Day Long "Fry Long"
August 09, 2022 22:53 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBWe discuss the first four episodes of Gutterballs, a few reminisces, a few laughs, Burton Ernie, closing several books, Carex testacea (orange sedge), The Duellists, Alien is an arthouse film, when periods are appropriate, Tina the maggot, Brad’s mind is like a Herb Alpert song, and another episode of Things Brad Typed at Me. Links: Carex testacea (orange sedge) The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle Alien Episode music: Pidgy Mig by thurmite
257: Cockles And Mussels
August 01, 2022 23:52 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBFar to near recesses, wide monitors and neck workouts, Taco Bell’s delicious fiesta treat, the difference between a taco and a burrito, French McDonald’s, living your cock’s life, the ebb and flow of covid trappings, and Brad’s photo show. Links: Fiesta Veggie Burrito The Worst McDonald's In The World Brad's Photos Episode Music: Split the Oak (Black) by thurmite
256: Torb 'n' Jirb
March 24, 2022 00:24 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBThe nutrient level of spinach, sometimes the age-appropriate humor level is two, USA Network’s iconic television program Silk Stalkings, buy the ticket get no nip, there should be no backwards lurching, the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice, Links: Jerry’s tape collection (S4E17 @12:19) Popeye spinach method Silk Stalkings Opening Music: Misfit Alley by thurmite
255: I’m Traveling By Steam Engine
March 10, 2022 21:40 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBUnstuck in Time, unbendable femurs and terminal uvulas, Lawrence Tierney’s horrifying antics on the set of Seinfeld, horoscopes, telling and not showing. Links: Unstuck in Time Cast of Seinfeld "reminisce" about Lawrence Tierney Episode Music, Inner Duction by thurmite
254: Master Of The House
February 16, 2022 20:57 - 58 minutes - 54.1 MBBrad’s updated relationship with film media, induction talk, Brad plays it coy about his color photography, Rhein II, you have to heal there’s no other way, excuses and 90s Star Trek feel good like a warm blanket, Elaine’s Dad and his song, we are wildly off base about Laurel and Hardy. LINKS: Seinfeld, The Jacket Portable Induction Cooktop Rhein II photo by Gursky Abbott and Costello Hertz U Drive Planet Money: Price Controls, Black Markets, And Skimpflation: The WWII Battle Against...
253: The Wall Of Judgment And Shame
February 08, 2022 18:50 - 56 minutes - 52.5 MBHe’ll know if you don’t mean it, why there needs to be a Hell, the gigantic video screen above the pearly gates that plays back your entire life and humiliates you, goat noises, vajaygogglin’, the grandfathers of The Dude and The Titular Big Lebowski throw down in a Midwestern set in the 1800s, we’re looking into some new merch featuring the updated podcast “logo” and we play us off with a little Let It Be mouth horn.
252: The Stuff Mirrors Are Made Of
January 07, 2022 20:14 - 1 hour - 59 MBBepis, Benis, and Conke, a new invitation to support our show, liminal spaces, Video Center’s special corner, peckers vs peppers, and how long it takes to give up on harvesting the platinum, iridium, and palladium from catalytic converters. Links: Please give us money (click “Support”) Liminal spaces More liminal spaces Catalytic Converter Platinum Removal Episode music: The Last Moment of the First Day
251: The Strength Of Slick Teeth And Other Mental Exercises
December 30, 2021 19:22 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBRecreating the entire world by yourself, how do Jedis defecate, long hundreds, arrogance calculus, sparky explosions, some sort of strange man dog, and colander helmets. Links: Long Hundred Pastafarians How to pronounce penis Episode Music: Escaping by thurmite
250: Had To Get Up For A Mattress Delivery
December 15, 2021 21:26 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBAnother episode of things Brad typed at me, beige food specializations, chicken fingers are effing goooood, liquified jalapeno peppers and capsaicin distillates, even plants want to take over the world. LINKS: Episode music: Down River by thurmite
249: A Funky Bunch Of One's Own
December 04, 2021 17:24 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBWe are going to leave the non-cosmos people out of it, show AND tell, good sensations and sweet vibrations, a new segment called “Things Brad Typed At Me,” different conceptual levels of experiencing music, you’ve forgotten that the box exists, we don’t want to get sidetracked on Encino Man, I Dig a Pygmy, opera singer violence, a discussion of Romulan culture, star-faring, make a big world by focusing on the small things, Brad’s workout regimen. LINKS: Marky Mark’s Good Sensations Encino...
248: The Simplicity Complex
November 18, 2021 21:44 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBSloughing the slough, with-it outcomes, VCR editing tips and tricks, Bob Seger and Pee Stain, Fool in the Rain and Houses of the Holy mixups, Vacation Bible School, Moondog v Ennio Morricone, James Horner or it didn’t happen. LINKS: Theme - Instrumental by Moondog On the Rooftops by Ennio Morricone The Strength of the Righteous (Main Title) by Ennio Morricone Adam's Vacation Bible School video from 1994 Creepy Uncle Bob Episode music: Airborne by thurmite
247: The Infamous Chewtar Incident
November 11, 2021 23:13 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBPlaying the thing in the box game, most infamous transporter accidents in Star Trek history, hypo, emotionally resonant violence, the Chew or the Tar, the vessel that contains the business papers must be moved, Miles of sexual tension, much like resistance eternal youth is futile, pill-taking technology. Links: Transporter Incident #1 from Star Trek: The Motion Picture Transporter Incident #2: Janeway Murders Tuvix Transporter Incident #3: Rascals Episode music: Outer Duction by thurmi...
246: Opposites Attract
November 04, 2021 19:07 - 46 minutes - 43.2 MBDubbed, you gotta spend your time somehow, looking for the weirdness, a little Gutterballs mug ASMR, the Emperor was a flipper, t-shirts, water bags, Knight Rider and SI-14, the school of these flippers, the romantic math of Paula Abdul’s hit single 'opposites attract.' LINKS: Opposites Attract See if you can find Knight Rider episode that included the SI-14 club Episode music: The 62 Year-Old Man by thurmite
245: Pie Gaps
October 29, 2021 18:39 - 58 minutes - 54.3 MBBuddhist rock, Winterhawk, northern routes and southern routes, different kind of shot different kind of cake, learning how to cachet right, green bean chocolate meat, the most appropriate things to eat after a days-long illness, the many uses for ranch and taco seasoning, where are the orange pies. LINKS: Winterhawk Orange Pies Gutterballs Mug Episode Music: Doo-Doo-Doo, Doo-Doo (Hey, Fella) by thurmite
244: Who Knows What Evil Lurks In The Hearts Of Predictive Text?
October 21, 2021 17:50 - 44 minutes - 41 MBAn unpaid Breville advertisement, the continuing adventures of Dr. Keyboard, a tech tips followup, how predictive text is intertwining in our modern lives to prop up capitalism, you can’t get to where you’re going if you don’t know where you’re going. Links: Breville countertop convection and toaster ovens Episode music: The First Moment of the First Day by thurmite
243: But The Churn Is Real
October 15, 2021 14:37 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBAdam’s Mayan ancestry, long timelines, once language and context are removed what’s left, don’t annoy roy the toyboy he’s coy, not wasting letters, going back to 0th principles, iphone tech tips, how to catch a fly. Links: How to install a widget on an iPhone First Principles Thinking Episode music: Superluminal by thurmite
242: Bottling The Jar
October 07, 2021 15:08 - 54 minutes - 50.6 MBThe shared connection between human and animals, cat talk and airfish, categorization of musicals, Uncle Rico, whistling to crows, Annette is another triumph of the arts, getting to the edge and looking down. Links: Crow Whistler Annette trailer Episode music: Edge of the Abyss by thurmite
241: Multiple Cycles
September 30, 2021 20:41 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBOffice talk, where we do our things, biking takes balance, on a long enough timeline everything comes back to time travel, lost in Lost, and the supereff cycle. Links: Heavyweight Lost ending explained The ending of Lost Episode music: Lost Interstate by thurmite Ad music: Interlude by thurmite
240: Alone Among The Plastic Sheets
September 09, 2021 20:39 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBDorm life, capsule hotels, the violence that has been done to our minds, Brad runs a simulation of himself, shower logistics, and an escape from New York. LINKS: Listen to this man Episode music: The Last Moment of the Last Day by thurmite
239: The Rebel
September 03, 2021 20:43 - 49 minutes - 50.9 MBWe can still hear Brad’s friend, the collective shit-losing when the wife comes home, when society abandons you, nonstandard business meeting times, circumstantial evidence, the difference between a middle-aged man’s sprint and stupid-looking fast walk, and a little about our sponsorship strategy. Links: Man Grate Don't Shake Your Baby Episode music: We’re in the Shower by thurmite
238: The Bird Skeleton
August 26, 2021 17:58 - 48 minutes - 49.8 MBA final answer about the anecdote about the bird skeleton, Hart talk, Brad is alright with not having toilet paper, rubbin’ stumps, and one dimensional livin.’ Links: Alone By Heart Episode music: Maw by thurmite
237: The Song That We Won't Be Around To Hear
August 19, 2021 15:32 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBThe cosmic ballet and the testicular dune buggy, Laphroig and its intentional peatiness, extra middle, Thích Nhất Hạnh, the power of potato chips, gettin' kicks on Route 66, overall side buttons, stylized meat sacs, Harley's guitars. Links: Laphroig Thích Nhất Hạnh The Sandhills Curiosity Shop Intro music: Te fuiste by Ballet Cosmico Outro music: Harley by thurmite
236: On The Consistency of Oil
August 14, 2021 01:24 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBHoney mustard is for the youths, a strange Venn diagram, generally General Tso's, Mr. Metaphor and his concrete rock of assurance........beep Links: Take Shelter ending scene Brad in 1996/7 holding a tiny can of Budweiser Pop's Soda Ranch Intro music: Sometimes by Mr. Metaphor Outro music: The Future Is In Your Hands by Glen Tomasetti
235: That Wookiee Glint
August 05, 2021 19:33 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBArt is in the eye of the beholder, whether or not intentionality matters when it comes to art, the difference between Monument Valley and a self-immolated monk, big boy TV, extensive examination of the film Take Shelter, little slices of cinematic spookery, predestination paradoxes, a coin-sized medal, and that Wookiee glint. Links: Star Wars medal scene Ansel Adams ice skaters Take Shelter trailer Intro music: Got Glint? by The Chemical Brothers Outro music: Gimme Shelter by The Rolli...
234: Flesh Fries
July 29, 2021 23:35 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBBrad's dilemma of offices, multiple fruit fly situations, bed bags, air fryer wings, ranch talk, slicing off the sides of Rembrandts. Links: Intro music: Spaces by Tesk Outro music: One of my Turns by Pink Floyd
233: Adventures In Yard Stuff
July 19, 2021 20:45 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBThe only failure is not learning from failure, maybe space and time are not the same thing, nostril deep in the soup, the dvd logo as a standin for a tesseract, the story of the 10mm socket, and an upended table. Links: Photo of the upended table Intro music: Stuck in the Middle with You by Steeler's Wheel Outro music: For Your Love, by The Yardbirds
232: What Is Keeping You From The Things You Want To Do?
March 24, 2021 22:39 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBConceptualizing the morning zoo format, a list of things to do, trying to blow up all dem balls, mocking up a ranch/blue cheese/mashed potato-dispensing helmet, pump talk, and losing the gaskets and pins. Links: Music: Gaskets by SKUDD
231: The Striving
March 23, 2021 22:30 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBIt's the striving that matters, Brad is really putting the work in, a tale of two ceramacists, we are all very sorry to hear about Smudge. Links: Supaman: Prayer Loop Song How to make pottery: Music: Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers
230: The Filthy Barrier That Is Somehow Adequate
March 18, 2021 01:49 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBA new slogan for the podcast, warm snow, fires in the old town, flew/flow, what is code, 199 year-old building, steam-based radiators, digging vs. chipping, leaving the bullets off too long, straight clean cylinders of filth. Links: Music: Ballskin by MF Doom
229: Big Effing Town Dot Com
March 17, 2021 02:11 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBBellefonte is not a beautiful fountain, it's smelty time, BFTDOTCOM, pre-map names, acceptable variance, nature makes beautiful casts, the dearth of Starbucks along the I-95 corridor, and get yourself a mug that's got a little "ting" to it. Links: What the heck does Bellefonte really mean?? BFT DOT COM Episode music: I-95 by Fountains of Wayne
228: Get On The Bussss
March 12, 2021 20:32 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBBrad's one memory as a Big Pee-er, heat for every seat, the coolness of a depot. Links: Episode music: Time by Pink Floyd
227: The Relationship Between Absolute Trust And Achievement
March 10, 2021 23:57 - 29 minutes - 27.6 MBBrian Wilson's favorite movie(s), auditions for how to say Norbit, acne pizza hide-outs, extending proboscises, DVD technology of yesteryear, and it's all about volume. Links: Brian Wilson on his love of Norbit Intro music: Young Norbit by David Newman Outro music: Brian Wilson by Barenaked Ladies
226: The Correct Amount Of Footsteps
March 08, 2021 18:33 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBCanceling Eminem, Nathan Fielder is funny, real like American movie is real, we discuss violence in music lyrics and we are totally out of our depth and should shut up, Eric Andre knows when he's gone too far, opening the tiny little door into your cold dead heart.
225: Regarding Tuvok
March 03, 2021 23:08 - 1 hour - 84.5 MBRancho Cucamonga Jam, better business through angel wars, developing a sophisticated ear, Cannonball Run 2, the difference between musical storytelling and non musical storytelling, the urgency of living before you die, apparent sucks, Han Solo picking up the MIllenium Falcon with his bicep, and the space cows finally come home. Adam resists regarding Tuvok. Link: Episode music: Fukuoka Jam #1 by Phish
224: Our Magnetic Selves
March 02, 2021 23:13 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBMagnetic molten lava, flashlights on drills, stuck in the back of a pitch black H Mart, pitching a new M Night vehicle, some light magnetism, the missing bits, light drivers. Links: Backyard scientist molten magnet Sammy Davis Jr Mr Bojangles
223: The Versatility Of The Flat, Thin, and Round
February 24, 2021 21:45 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBSome laser disc and compact laser discs and digital versatile laser discs talk, the end of a daft era, fun with electricity, a little Fugees Braddaissance. Links: Plugging in things that shouldn't be plugged in Intro music :All Out of Love by Air Supply Outro music: Make Love by Daft Punk
222: Diane, I am holding in my hand a small box of external hard drives
February 22, 2021 21:45 - 47 minutes - 44 MBIt gets cold when you're old, the merits of bargain computers, r-sync and the foibles of the desktop Dropbox app, Backblaze and other workflow talk. Links: Episode music:Back That Azz Up by Juvenile
221: Groats Making Sense
February 19, 2021 21:32 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBBrad is happy to revisit oatmeal, toasted groats are the goat, talking Talking Heads, Links: Swiss oatmeal Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense Boalsburg, PA, birthplace of Memorial Day Episode music: Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club
220: What Do You Do When You Are Missing A Nub?
February 17, 2021 17:17 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBOats vs beans, wheat vs chaff, a tired conversation about the various incarnations of Scooby Doo, OK Scrappy, Scooby and the arrival of beer, seats and lids and covers, potentially death-inducing nubs. Links: Nubs Rolled oats vs steel cut oats Intro music: Scooby Doo Papa by La Tropa Estrella Outro music: Scooby Snacks by Fun Lovin' Criminals
219: Multiple Invisible Tools
February 15, 2021 20:29 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBThe note also rises, the tink core, screen craps, once the drumming gets too complex, it's zines and scenes all the way down, learning to type, the T9 input method, it's nice when the tool becomes invisible. Links: Power Duo Intro music: Walk Away by James Gang Outro music: Walk Away by Phish
218: Mouth Horns For The Masses
February 12, 2021 21:58 - 28 minutes - 26 MBMoving masses of people via tweet, some whimsy talk, I'm gonna lick that, drinking molten flag poles, and the correct pronunciation of La Croix. Links: Some mouth horn competition for Brad Episode music: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly by Ennio Morricone
217: Brad's Fryed Travelogue
February 10, 2021 22:33 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBTracking Kevin Sorbo down through the ages to find the powers of trillions in the dirt-stained life of VR journeys to read the plaques at the forest prisons. Link: Boom Clap, Elk Road Remix
216: Three Spots Away, Maybe
January 18, 2021 23:23 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBUnfun, why people watch movies, mass quantities of mashed potatoes, empty backwards places, and old match discourse. Links: Is It You by Lee Ritenour Top of the World by Van Halen
215: Man Does Not Live On Cold Soda Alone
December 24, 2020 21:56 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBMorph cuts, Sleeping in a bucket, fun with bicycle pumps and soda, Brad likes it both ways, and listening to Frank Zappa instead of trying to somewhat improve our show. Links: Odo Shapeshifting Homer in the Real World Van Halen, Hot for Teacher Frank Zappa, Joe's Garage cover Frank Zappa, Watermelon in Easter Hay