Superbeast Podcast
Superbeast Podcast
Burg, Blake and Charlotte
Burg, Blake and Charlotte discuss current affairs, issues of interest alongside playing punk, indie and pop and some film and TV reviews. Different topics each time and nothing is off the table. Think it into being; superbeast. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @superbeastpod to join in the conversation.
Superbeast 25 - July 2024
We chat and play awesome music two days before the general election — our first show of 2024. Intro - 0.00:00 What we've been up to - 0.00:30 This episode’s jingles - 0.11:10 Song 1 - China Shop Bull: Av it! - 0.12:35 News - 0.17:30 Music News - 0.44:35 Song 2 - Christian Kjvander: Riders in the Rain - 0.58:10 Review of 2023 - 1.04:40 Burg’s albums of 2023 - 1.08:20 Film, TV recommendations - 1.16:45 Bowling for Columbine - dir. Michael Moore, Farenhiet 451 - dir. Michael Moore, The Grab - dir. Gabriela Copperthwaite, The Zone of Interest - dir. Jonathan Glazer / Holly Walsh, Succession - dir. Jesse Armstrong, Lady Parts - dir. Nida Manzoor, The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan - dir. Catherine Cattan Zine recommendations - 1.22:10 Lights Go Out - Mr. T, Raising Hell - Ben, Papercore - Giv, Positive Creed - Rob, Browner Knowle - Paul Ashely Browne, The Victorian Vegan - Cubesville Song 3 - Dead Raze: Early in the Morning - 1.26:00 Niché Knowledge - 1.30:45 Room 919 - 1.35:30 Shout Outs and Conclusions - 1.44:15 Song 4 - King Hannah - The Moods That I Get in 1.47:00 Recorded July 2nd 2024, released 22nd August 2023.
Aug 22, 2024
1 hr 54 min
Superbeast 22 - December 2022
Intro - 0.00:00 What we've been up to - 0.00:30 This episode’s jingle - 0.08:30 Song 1 - Pete Bentham and the Dinner Ladies: What’s on the Inside has to come out - 0.09:10 News - 0.13:30 Music News - 0.29:00 Song 2 - Lewsburg - Cold Light of Day - 0.39:00 Leeds Zine Fair Interviews - 0.43:00 (Ella - Radical Roots housing Coop, James - Jamzilla, Dimitri - @d.a.pieri, Jenessa - @pennycress.zine, Krystianya - @kybaczynski, Sean - @beardedhorse, Becky - @vaginaguck, Becky - @bex_purple, Paloma - @uhpaloma, Aqeel - @ap.writer, Olliana - @milkku_tea, Mx Jinn - @mx_jinn  Film, TV recommendations - 1.25:00 Book and Zine recommendations - 1.35:00 (zines: Much Ado About Pudding - Claire O’Brien, Season wild - Krystiana Baczynski, The Sceever - Lee, Confined & Echotopi - Nina Zina, NHS Nurses have Stories, Gadgie 48 - Marv Gadgie, Poor Lass 8 - ed. Em & Seleena, Anarchy & Piracy - Gabrielle  Kuhn, books - Bound for Glory - Woodty Guthrie, Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi, The Silver Locusts - Ray Bradbury, They - Kay Dick. Song 3 - Velvet Fist: Premature Emasculation - 1.44:00 Niché Knowledge - 1.47:50 Room 919 - 1.52:00 Thank yous & Conclusions - 1.55:00 Song 4 - Ratso (with Yasmin Hamdan) - I Want Everything 1.59:00
Dec 24, 2022
2 hr 5 min
Superbeast 21 - August 2022
We catch up on the last few months and chat news, reviews, music, books, zines, music, TV, niche knowledge and have a good laugh. 0:00 - Intro Jingle 0:30 - What we’ve been up to 09:30 - New jingles 10:45 - Song 1: The Sewer Cats - Answer the Question 14:30 - News 45:30 - Music News 57:10 - Song 2: Leonard Cohen - Do I have to Dance all Night? 1.01:45 - Topic: Electrodermal - we discuss the launch of the new new sci-fi novel written by John Davison 1.13:10 - Film / TV reviews - Liquorice Pizza (Film, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson), From (TV. cr. John Griffin), Midnight Mass (TV. cr. Mike Flanaghan), Wild Wild Country (Doc, dir. Mclaine Way & Chapman Way), Ben Fogles’s New Lives in the Wild (TV), Big Boys (TV, dir. Jack Rooke) 1.19:50 - Books and zine reviews - Lord Brocktree (Brian Jaques), The Die Decides (C.M.Lowry), Sinopticon (various writers, trans. Xueting Christine Ni), The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Douglas Adams), A Scanner Darkly (Philip K. Dick), Space Ranger (Isaac Asimov), Cubesville - Anarchy Absurdity & Punk, A Little Zine about Fermentation (Rev. R. Cubesville), Dead Singers Society (various, Good Comics), Asterix and Cleopatra (René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo), The Gangster We Are All Looking For (Lê Thi Diem Thúy) 1.26:30 - Songs 3 & 4: The Sex Cripples - Work Related Meeting & Social Distancing 1.34:05 - Niché Knowledge 1.45:00 - Room 919 1.47:45 - Shout outs and Conclusions 1.51.25 - Song 5: Chartreuse - Swedish Water
Sep 2, 2022
1 hr 56 min
Superbeast 20 - February 2022
0:00 Boom Boom Intro 0:30 How we’re doing 10:20 New Jingle 13:20 SONG 1 & 2 - WONK UNIT 17:20 News (Deduct times from these based on the edit) 43:25 Music News 52:30 SONG 3 - THE WATERBOYS 57:00 Roundups - beers & wine 1.03:40 Music of 2021 1.18:20 Films and Tv of 2021 1.20:30 Books and zines 1.29:25 CLT DRP song 1.34:50 Niche Knowledge 1.39:20 Room 919 1.45:00 Bye and conclusions 1.48:10 SONG 4 - AMANDA PALMER
Mar 16, 2022
1 hr 59 min
Superbeast 17 - May 2021
0.00 - Boom Boom Racoon Intro 0.30 - Hello and what we’ve been up to 07.45 -  New jingles 10.10 - Song 1 - The Menstrual Cramps : Make girls feel good 15.15 - News 46.15 - Music News 54.35 - Song 2 - Dry Cleaning : Scratchcard Lanyard  59.40 - Chat 1:13.45 Song 3 - Bootscraper : The Suffering 1:19.13 - Film and TV reviews 1:29.15 - Room 919 1:32.00 - Conclusions / Goodbye 1:33.00 - Song 4 : Gaelynn Lea - Someday, We’ll Linger In The Sun
May 20, 2021
1 hr 38 min
Superbeast 15 - January 2021
Blake, Burg and Charlotte are joined this month by Nina Zina - Belgium zine-maker, illustrator and guitarist from Lavender Witch. We chat news, coping in lockdown, vaccines, Brexit issues, child poverty, porpoises, Handforth Parish Council, eating mealworms, Marilyn Mansun, unborn concept music, music, art, science, illustrations, TV and films playing punk, rock and indie music, unleash some awesome new jingles and review zines from around the world! Intro - 0:00 - Greetings and what we’ve been up to - 0:30 - New jingles - 10:00 - SONG 1: Lavender Witch - Resting Bitch Face - 12:20 - News - 16:10 - Music News - 36:00 - SONG 2: Bobby Funk - Gammon Club - 44:50 - Chatting zines, art and music with Nina - 48.40 - SONG 3:  Juliana Hatfield - Wonder Why - 1.14:10 - Film & TV reviews - 1.18:36 - Zine Reviews - 1.20:50 (The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, Lights Go Out issue 76 - ed. Mr T., The Vegans guide to people arguing with Vegans by Rev Cubesville, Positive Creed  issue 38 ed. Rob, Which Witch is Witch by Nyxia Grey, You Know You’re a Rural Queer When by Olivia M, Petites Leçons Philosophiques du Milieu Queer Lillois by Mawy, Poor Lass” #7 (the race issue) by Seleena and Em, Moist Girl Diary” #1 by Izalixe Straightheart, Poems for Stuff by Meeni Levi, Home Alone by Jade Mars, Sing for your Supper by David Rovics) - Room 919 - 1.33:45 - Where to find Nina’s art and music - 1.38:35 - Conclusions, thanks & goodbye - 1.39:00 - SONG 4: Tights In Space - Purple - 1.41:00
Feb 13, 2021
1 hr 47 min
Superbeast 14 - December 2020
We’re joined by Tim Loud to dissect 2020 in all its fatal glory. We talk Christmas, covid, Trumpety Trump and his final days as pres, the mass of humanity in the Anthropocene scene, we chat music with Tim, give our feedback on the year that was, talk about our favourite ales, our favourite albums of 2020, we call out some of the year’s lousiest liars and celebrate the joy of things by putting more worthy material in Room 919. - Intro - 0:00 - Greetings and what we’ve been up to - 0:30 - New jingles - 5:53 - SONG 1: X-Ray Cat Trio: Getalong Gang - 7:25 - News - 11:05 - Music News - 25:00 - SONG 2: Millie Manders and the Shutup - Poor Man’s Show - 28:40 - 2020 Rundowns - top beers of the year - 33:35 - 2020 could have been much worse - 40:00 - Burg’s top 20 records of 2020 - 48:00 - Blake’s top 10 albums of 2020 - 1.03:40 - Lousy Liars - 1.12:20 - SONG 3: Freddy Fudd Pucker - Rudolf Kloos - 1.19:18 - Zine Reviews - 1.22:50 (Sew Irregular - ed. Eddie Pile, Don’t Lose your Voice - ed. Efa SuperTramp, The Cunningham Amendment - ed. Dr. Peter Good, One Way Ticket to Cubesville- ed. Rev. Richard Cubesville, Yesterday Today & Tomorrow - ed. Miff Peasant, Manchester by Night - ed. Jimbob) - Room 919 - 1.29:25 - Famous People who died in 2020 - 1.34:30 - Agreeing to Disagree - 1.35:30 - Thanks & Goodbye - 1.38:31 - SONG 4: Michelle Gurevich - Feel More - 1.39:55
Jan 14, 2021
1 hr 46 min
Superbeast 12 - Sept 2020
ONE YEAR OF BEASTING! Our all-hat wearing cast  chat about the issues of the day; give music news, discuss the psychology of dangerous drivers, review, TV zines, books, and spin some awesome punk/indie/pop. Proper radged like! Intro - 0:00 Greetings and what we’ve been up to - 0:30 New jingles - 6:45 SONG 1: Freddy Fudd Pucker - love like a leech - 7:45 News - 12:05 Music News - 29:30 SONG 2: Arab Strap - The Turning of Our Bones - 34:00 TOPIC: The psychology of a dangerous driver - 40:10 SONG 3: Sirsy - Waiting for Rain - 1.03:00 Film and TV reviews - 1.09:50 Books and zines - 1.18:50 Room 919 - 1.24:00 Shout outs to listeners / where to find us - 1.25:30 Conclusions / goodbyes - 1.26:15 Vic Chestnut - Flirted With You My Whole Life - 1.28:10
Oct 1, 2020
1 hr 33 min
Superbeast 5 - January 2020
0:00 - Welcomes and what we’ve been up to 7:30 - The Jingle poll 8:00 - String Jokes 12:17 - SONG: Slap Rash - Zone A 15:00 News 26:00 - SONG: Purple Mountains - Nights That Won't Happen 33:00 - Corrections 37:30 - Power Relationships In the Digial Era 57:50 - SONG: Dog Hand String Band - This Is My Rifle 1.03:00 - Getting In Touch / Hellos 1.05:30 - Film Reviews 1.14:00 - Conclusions 1.16:00 - SONG: Michelle Gurevich - Way You Write
Jan 28, 2020
1 hr 25 min
Superbeast 4 - December 2019
0:00 - Welcomes and what we’ve been up to 4:00 - The jingle off 4:50 - News 8:33 - (Song) Boom Boom Racoon:  ‘Airbus’ 13:00 - Election analysis  25:00 - Our top 10 albums of the year 39:30 - Best ofs 2019 46:40 - (Song) Jarvis Cocker: C*nts are still running the world 52:00 - New year‘s resolutions and shout outs 54:30 - Jingle battle 56:40 - Contacts and conclusions 59:30 - (Song) Speed Dinosaur: Alan’s Christmas  1.03:58 - Present opening and goodbyes
Dec 23, 2019
1 hr 4 min
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