NoMeansNo Thing

Back again, with some luciferian delights to thrill and enrage you.  This week it's Red Devil vs. Joy and This Story Must Be Told vs. The World Wasn't Built In A Day.  This was a delightful raft of songs to listen to a thousand times in a row, I can tell you.  How will this one shake out?  Do we make a pact with ol' Satan?  Are we telling stories or arguing that the world WAS in fact built in a day (or maybe 7)?  Tune in and drop out, nomeansnerds.

Ever just feel like throwing the ol' paper bag on your head, mining your deep sadness and goin' out to yell at all the dumb f**ks out there walkin' around like they was blind?  Us too.  Instead we listen to some amazing songs which generate just enough catharsis to get us through one more day.   It's Valley of the Blind vs. Almost Like Home and Everyday I Start to Ooze vs. And That's Sad.  Time to piss off some of you again!  Only doin' our job folks, only doin our job.  

Before we get into it, there are some serious audio issues here.  So sorry.  Didn't want to bin the whole thing, especially with it being late and all.  The worst is the first five minutes.  After that gets better with a little subtle echoing.  Man.  Sorry.  Anyway.  SONGS!  DRINKING GAME!  Every time Jordon butchers the title of Cats, Sex and Nazis, take a drink!  You'll be as wasted as he was by the end.  Cats, Sex and Nazis vs. Hello/Goodbye, and My Roommate is Turning into a Monster vs. Lullaby.  A very interesting set of matchups.  I think this ep is a lot of fun actually, we hope you like it too!

The pod is back, and we've brought our lunch.  Every time this gets fricken harder.  This week it's Mary vs. Some Bodies, and Kill Everyone Now vs. Obsessed.  I mean...come on.  What the hell are we even doing!?!  Anyway, these songs are great, all of them, and they all deserve to be lionized.  Which we do.  A lot.

Hey NoMeansNerds!  It's such a great time to be a fan of this band!  The new book as released and is in the wild, Dead Bob is out there KILLING IT on tour (with a wider tour coming soon), and the general feeling is one of 'hell yeah the NoMeansRenaissance is in full swing!'  In that vein we're THRILLED to bring you an interview with Paweł Homiński and Anna Mach, who are responsible for the Polish translation and publishing of the new book by Jason Lamb, From Obscurity to Oblivion.  Paweł and Anna join Matthew in his garage, where we get to hear about their story, and hear about the experience of getting From Obscurity to Oblivion out to one of the bands most fervent and loyal fanbases.  Enjoy!

 

Order the Polish version of the book here: https://www.underdogpress.pl/produkt/jason-lamb-nomeansno-w-drodze-znikad-donikad/?fbclid=IwAR05ehtEypC6Vwi3Ca5kWZ5H-2vzs2m8Dzpt13ZV3fLu4DWbFlKnNdHYDU0

English language version: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nomeansno-jason-lamb/1142933540?ean=9798887440149

THESE ARE THE WRONG ENDINGS!!!!  Holy crap, this gets harder each week.  Listener, I already have deep regret about a vote here.  I don't think it's the Wrong vote, but man, it's hard to sit with.  Michelle has stopped speaking to me.  Many of you will come after at least half of the hosts this week.  We are THRILLED to welcome back the wonderful Mr. Chet Zar, incredible artist and erudite NMN fanatic.  We promised Mr. Zar he could return when a certain song came up, and came up it did.  This week it's Big Dick vs. My Politics and All Lies vs. I Am Wrong.  I mean, YOU choose between these songs, see how good YOU feel about it.  Jeez.  Thanks to Chet for returning, and thanks to all of you for continuing to listen to us even after we vote off what is sure to be a favorite of some of you.  That's going to keep happening.  It's the nature of this dumb format we chose.  Sorry.

BIG songs this week, spanning three albums and many NMN moods.  Every week gets harder and harder (that's what she said).  This week is It's Catching Up vs. Dark Ages and Two Lips, Two Lungs and One Tongue vs. The Fall!  Get your axes sharpened, as at least 50% of you will come away pissed.

 

Well, we did it again!  We managed to corner one of the Wrights and demand they speak to us and answer our increasingly inane questions.  There is a lot to dig into in this interview, with John giving some great insight into his amazing new project Dead Bob, news on the upcoming tour, and some tantalizing bits about upcoming projects.  Grab a fork and dig in folks!!!!

We are joined by amazing artist and bonafide NMN fanatic Chet Zar!  The songs this week whip ass, the discussion is spirited and, if I don't say so myself, excellent.  Sidling up to the bar is Mama's Little Boy vs. Body Bag and Give Me the Push vs. A Little to High.    Damn it.  Freakin' hurts more and more as these gems come before us and bare their necks.  But as I remind Chet at a key moment, none of this fucking matters, and our votes mean nothing.  So, grain of salt and all that.  Enjoy y'all!

What a bunch of songs!  None of them deserve the boot, but two the boot must receive:  I Can't Stop Talking vs. The Tower and Metronome vs. The Graveyard Shift.  Man, this was a fun episode, and we love talking about these songs, but jebus it really hurts to say goodbye to some of these!  Will the best song survive?  Well, they are all great songs, so by definition, yes?  I dunno.  Sometimes I write these things in a hurry.