148: Jumpers for goalposts

Last Updated on January 16, 2026

In this week’s episode of Beat Motel, Andrew and Dr Sam dig deep into the muddy puddle of nostalgia. We’ve got:

• Lycra-based band trauma

• John Barnes rapping about… something

• An important public health warning about Coco Pops

• Dead Kennedys covered in Parisian jazz cafés

• A little gig promotion wrapped in existential dread

• The legacy of punk, rewritten by whoever was shouting loudest in 1978

We also explore vital global topics like whether “buggery” is too rude for a poster in Costa, how to polish your ring the Rimmer way, and why listening to football songs from the 90s might be causing irreversible brain damage.

Oh, and there’s music chat too. Sort of.

Riffs of the week Dr Sam’s Riff

• The Black Dahlia Murder – A Shrine to Madness

Andrew’s Riff

• These Are End Times – The Pit

Dr Sam’s track choices

1. A Tribe Called Quest – Excursions

2. Cock Sparrer – Where Are They Now

3. Nouvelle Vague – Too Drunk to Fuck

4. Thee Sinseers – Can’t Do That To Her

Andrew’s track choices

1. Adam and Joe – Football Song

2. New Order – World in Motion

3. Paul Simon – Duncan (Live 1973)

4. Los Lobos – La Bamba