Last Updated on January 16, 2026
This week Andrew is joined by the ever-lovely Dr. Sam to discuss albums that feel like coming home. Naturally, they barely stick to the topic. Expect bowel-related rants, coffee-fuelled enema chat, and Dr. Sam outing himself as the world’s most dangerous urinal misuser.
They dive into the albums that comfort them like a warm blanket (or a familiar loo seat), including Ugly Kid Joe, Black Sheep, The Kinks, and the Charlatans, while getting stuck into the finer points of why Weird Al is the hero we don’t deserve, why Led Zeppelin would have been insufferable to drink with, and why toilets in Finland might be the pinnacle of personal hygiene.
There’s also a controversial theory connecting Smells Like Teen Spirit to Shangri-La by The Kinks, which is guaranteed to get the comment section frothing.
Expect industrial-grade tangents, as the lads try and fail to stay on musical track but somehow land the plane into the cozy arms of nostalgia—covered in hot sauce and regret.
Stuff we sort of talked about:
Coffee enemas vs garden hoses
Binoculars covered in wee
Funk metal is not dead, it’s just pretending to be polite
The joy of albums that teleport you back to awkward teenage years
Why Weird Al might be the gym soundtrack you never knew you needed
Squatting over skatepark-style toilets (yes, really)
If you like your music podcasts barely about music, you’re in the right bog.
### Riffs of the week
#### Dr Sam’s Riff
– Honningbarna – Schäfer (opening)
#### Andrew’s Riff
– BC Camplight – Two Legged Dog ft. Abigail Morris (1:54)
### Dr Sam’s track choices
1. Ugly Kid Joe – Everything About You (1.18)
2. Black Sheep – The Choice Is Yours (Revisited) (2.20)
3. Wayne Gibson – See You Later, Alligator (0.57)
4. Weird Al – Bohemian Polka (opening)
### Andrew’s track choices
1. The Kinks – Shangri La (2:47)
2. The Charlatans – I never want an easy life if me and he were ever to get there
3. Led Zeppelin – Achilles last stand (4:07)
4. Courdroy – Motorhead (1:32)
Email us – beatmotel@lawsie.com
