Summer Holidays

What is it about British summer holidays that brings out the absolute weirdest memories? Andrew Culture is joined by returning co-host and beard-stroking wordsmith Martin Whiskin for a full-tilt, memory-lane-meets-puke-stained-train episode about all things “Summer Holidays.”

We kick off with threats from Grotbags, traumatising pantos, and a deep dive into the bizarre puppetry obsession of '80s kids TV. From Bob Carolgees and Spit the Dog to the musical trauma inflicted by Orville, it's a warped nostalgia trip with the distinct smell of Dettol.

Expect riffs of the week that range from children’s YouTube bangers to industrial J-pop-metal chaos. Martin finds beauty in Down By Law’s one-minute face-punch punk, Therapy?’s surprise chart invasion, and the unlikely Shed Seven resurgence. Andrew counters with a romantic tale of vomit at the Steamboat pub, a Double Deckers TV theme tribute, and a Queens of the Stone Age song that’s basically just a shopping list of narcotics.

Also covered:

• Why Cliff Richard was in a bus with The Shadows

• How band advances don’t work

• Punk shows in Welsh working men’s clubs

• Why you never want to eat a dry roll with one slice of iceberg lettuce

• The fine art of projectile vomiting into jacket sleeves

If you’ve ever wanted a podcast episode that transitions seamlessly from 'Summer Holiday' by Cliff Richard to vomming on the tube while discussing Trash Theory’s Therapy? documentary, this is it.

Music, memories, mayhem. This is Beat Motel.

### Riffs of the week

#### Marf's Riff

- Danny Go - Gorilla Smash

#### Andrew's Riff

- BABYMETAL - from me to u feat. Poppy

### Marf's track choices

1. Blameless - Breathe a Little Deeper

2. Down by Law - Independence Day

3. Therapy? - Screamager

4. Shed Seven - Kissing California

### Andrew's track choices

1. Cliff Richard and The Shadows - Summer Holiday

2. Johnny Keating - Theme from the Double Deckers

3. The Jesus And Mary Chain - I Can't find The Time For Times

4. Queens of the Stone age - Feel good hit of the summer

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