Border Boss

This week we talk about cat sandwiches and probe the many (not many) layers of Isla Vista's spear at the heart of emo and phone dialers, OCHRE. Mike also makes the most surprising advertisement which is roughly half the episode and I mean we're all about to be rich so you're gonna be glad about that.

This is it... we finally come to loggerheads about a record. Mike and Scot both see this record for what it is but somehow take away different lessons. We might actually have to pick a spot between Illinois and New York to finally have a fist fight after like 20 years of very neutral friendship. Way to go, 24th Solution. We had a good thing going and you screwed it up.

This week we are joined by a very special guest JONAH BAYER here to discuss the record Jonah by the band Jonah who have nothing to do with him. This episode is strictly by the book, no food chat, no toy chat, no old men kvetching about taxes and interest rates... just ice cold HARDCORE chat.

This week we follow a lead from End On End Podcast's Jeff and tear into the cold 90's thorax of Long Island's simultaneously beloved and forgotten Farkcus Affair. Does spelling have an effect on Longevity? Do all drummers have deep resumes? Would Ashes be better with shouting? Plus we open with some much needed Toy chat only 2 months late for christmas when toy chat would have made some sense.

Mike screws up Scot's birthday.

We are joined by our first very special guest GREY from the Demolisten Podcast as we cut the baloney and get immediately down to the business of being very strong and tough and moshing as hard as possible with what may or may not be Chicago's best-ever tough guy hardcore record from the Harms Way / Weekend Nachos / Fallout Boy Security side project CONVICTED.

We find a record that has full sound, all the minutes, 8 thicc traccs... so instead of conserving time and getting to the point, we mess around in gas stations and ancient photography instagrams before finally talking about the quietly legendary cleveland straightedge one-and-done stylings of GRUDGE MATCH.

This week it's time to surprise Mike with a wrestling / hardcore factoid before diving into the dark allegedly black metal (it's not) or maybe death metal (it's not) hardcore squall of Toronto's legendary (in a way) LEGION aka LEGION 666 aka LEGION DCLXVI who are not afraid to repeatedly be very rude about the bastard son of the lord.

Today's episode is a bit touch and go as we tiptoe around a possibly controversial individual's contribution to violent screechy hardcore - Hamilton, Ontario's very brief blasters EATING GLASS featuring a number of upside down crosses. Also a brief return to Border Boss content as we inhale the deep salinity of Taco Bell's temporary chicken wings.

Today we leverage all the power two aging goblins can muster to pass final judgement on the work of some sweet teens from 1991 just havin' fun in Virginia Beach... the primordial crossover sounds and otherworldly logo of AS IT STANDS plus continuous Cannibal Corpse chat and if you are at all alarmed to see this title in your feed, it's because we finally changed the name and logo from Border Boss, but don't worry we still have bad diets.

Get ready for the new year by eating 7 or 8 pizzas in one day with Mike and after you do that let's discuss what we assume to be the most obscure and diverse metalcore band who also happen to be labelmates with the chainsmokers.

For our jolly holiday episode we do approximately 3 minutes worth of holiday chat then immediately begin to tease apart the muscle fibers and sinew that hold the viscera inside of this record by the band UNIONSUIT, the musical debut of Hydra Head's Aaron Turner and one of many places you could fail to hide from delta blues in 1997. We also talk about Metallica 7 or 8 times, my bad.

This week Mike and I are unexpectedly furious about dumpster diving and dogs on ropes in 2021 like we were kids again as we speak about the furious hardcore onslaught of POSSIBLY CONNECTICUT'S OWN Breed / Extinction and be sure to include the slash or your page won't load. Bonus hate-listen chat, bonus funk-metal chat, you know... like always.

Mike and I get some things off our chest about SPOTIFY and not the stuff you guys are all getting off your chest about SPOTIFY but different stuff... and then we talk about the very first record Hydra Head Records ever put out - the pioneering noisy metalcore of Wichita's VENT.

In this episode we confront time, the perception of time, the lived experience of time, and the consequences of too-short-a-runtime while listening to the perfectly early 2000s emo of Ruined in a Day. And PEOPLE REALLY WIN WITH 17IC because we bonus-review an EP by listener-submitted Quantum Colossus.

This Thanksgiving we decided to wade into some very difficult waters by introducing tremendous politics to the show during our discussion of Milwaukee's brief hardcore rabblerousers HINGE. We also present a vinyl history obscurity that requires more obscure vinyl knowledge than EVEN WE possess.

This episode, Mike and I debate whether a fast hardcore beat could theoretically count as a blast beat while rating the very unique and very limited output of the pre-Battery melodic hardcore band FAR CRY. Bonus chat about listener Todd's band MOMENTS from scenic Canberra, Australia.

In lieu of an episode this week, we recorded you an entire 7". You might literally be the first person to hear this. What's up? WOPR - THE GOVERNMENT STINKS WOPR is Mike and Scot Lyrics: SHALL WE PLAY A GAME Guess Whos in Charge Your Lifes At Risk Destroy the Mastermind. Destroy the Operation Connect Four The Government Stratego The Military Stratego The Military Corporate Hungry Hippos A Monopoly on Existing Destroy the Dark Tower. Destroy the Candy Land Connect Four the Government Stratego The Military Stratego The Military GOD & CUNTRY You put your faith in the cross the government owns the cross the government owns your soul your pray to the cross but the government preys on you. You put your faith in the church The church is corporations the corporations are your god you pray to your god but corporations prey on you DRANO THE SYSTEM The government is a toilet and the toilet is clogged its time to flush the system we need a fast affordable solution for the government clog aft

We find ourselves beguiled by a black and white cover with a really bold band name but WHAT LIES BENEATH? Not to ruin the show but it's d-beat. I know I missed it too. Right? Anyway tune in for crust chat, halloween chat, mtndew chat, and FINALLY SOME DUNE CHAT.

Honestly I just don't want to spoil this one for you so if you have any interest in the 90s San Diego noise rock / hardcore / emo scene, just hit play and get back to me. We cover the pre-Spanakorzo, pre-Antioch Arrow, pre-Clikatat Ikatowi band CANDLE on their vanishingly brief Wrenched Records debut plus E.T. chat, Jaz chat, and very important Dwid chat.