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.

Grab them weenies and 'mellows, impale them on a sharp stick and slowly roast them over a blazing fire kids! This week is...this week...the songs...well...hmmm. Look, The Terrible Machine(tm) decided to let a bunch of scrappy little fuckers have at it. Don't get us wrong, there are good songs here, but none you might expect to see in Round 2 or certainly to make it to Round 3 (with one notable exception I think). Any way, it's Baldwang Must Die vs. Life in Hell and No Fckng vs. Now It's Dark. Yeah, us neither.

A true and proper episode this time gents and germs and ladies and lice and all in-between and outside. This week it's Paradise vs. Lost, and Ya Little Creep vs. Joyful Reunion. Some scrappy little toughs take up their knives against some bonafide Kaiju, trying to pull some real David and Goliath shit. Will these upstart more obscure scrappy little fucks take out their towering challengers with some well placed jabs and good luck? Listen in and find out.

Hey nerds. This is NOT a 'real' episode. We normally would have just stayed dark this week while Michele is off gallivanting about having a 'life' or some shit, but instead, after podcast listener Emelie all but BEGGED Jordon to do an episode proselytizing about his favorite book of all time (soon to be yours) Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe, he couldn't resist the call, and sat in front of the microphone and blathered about this book for, oh, about 20 mins. I dunno. You can probably skip it. Except for Emelie. You made me do this.

Ep 52 – Back on Track! We’re back, babeeee! Back in the saddle and ready to sling our bullshit once again. This week we tackle I Need You vs. Manic Depression and Faceless May vs. Forward to Death. Yet again the Terrible Machine pulls a fast one on us and pits two Rob Epics against two rip roaring bursts of joy. What will win out? Will there be fights? Will there be blood?

We are joined by the excellent Andy Sandall this week, contributor to the upcoming “From Obscurity to Oblivion” book by Jason Lamb, and knower of many much NMN lore and history. And, to the delight of many I’m sure, Andy excoriates those of us deserving of such on the pod for our lack of Oh No Bruno! Love. Look folks there was a lot of drinking in this episode. A lot. Too much. Too much is not enough! It’s 3 hours. I’m sorry. I’m really very very sorry. You’ll want to break this one into chunks probably. Or start listening and at some point just say “yeaaaaaaah, I’m gonna come back to this one later” and then don’t. But you should, because Andy opens up some really great discussions and has some really interesting thoughts on these songs. Oh yeah the songs! It’s a doozy. Now vs. Beauty and the Beast, and Sex Mad vs. 0+2=1. I mean, come on. The votes are real nail biters this time, with some honest to god drama. And Jordon heartily apologies for his misuse of the term Archipelago. I’m fully aware that an Archipelago is a land mass and not a musical term. Honest.

Peace be upon ye, Nomeansnerds. Recent events have made it complicated for us to brew you some new derring-do. But quail not, true believers! Hero of the show and Very Special Boy, Sean MacTiernan, had too much to say to be condensed into a tidy email, so instead decided to bestow upon us a scant sample of his decades of thinking about, and subsequently blithering about, our favourite band. Sean is a podcaster of some experience and also dude can confabulate. We found his offering moving, thought-provoking, and hilarious. We hope you do too. Sean's most recent podproject is called SFULTRA, in which he, not historically a SF kind of feller, bought 100 SF novels and reviews them in an attempt to convince himself to like these genres. Available on whatever podthing you use.

This week we are joined by esteemed Jason Lamb, of the upcoming NMN Book "From Obscurity to Oblivion!" It's good to be back in the saddle, sorry this one was late. We cut you off a juicy slice. Being as this is round 2, no vote is easy, this week is no exception. It's Oh No Bruno!! vs. Tired of Waiting, and Brother Rat/What Slayde Says vs. Dead Bob. At this point at least half of you will be pissed at our choices. And for one pairing in particular probably about 9/10ths of you. Anyway. You love us. Enjoy!

There is absolutely nothing interesting or unusual about this episode. At all. Best to just move along. No need to get excited or hyped or anything like that because, in fact, there is nothing to get excited about. So, just, you know skip this one or whatever. Don't listen right away, don't drop what you're doing and immediately binge this 2:45 minute episode. Because, as I've said, and I can't stress this enough, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, remarkable. At all. OK WE INTERVIEW ROB WRIGHT IN THIS EPISODE HOLY SHIRT BALLS!!!!!!

I think we get our legs back underneath us this episode. It was a fun one to do. Unfortunately, no guest this week, but that will return next ep (we hope!). This week sees This Wound Would Never Heal vs. Hunt the She Beast and More ICBMs vs. No Rest for the Wicked.

Do you hear the angels singing? That's the start of...Round 2!!! We're back, hopefully on a regular cadence although we make no promises. None. Zero. We start off with a bang, bringing in friend of the podcast Chuck Wood to join us in making the impossible choices. This round starts off with Victim's Choice vs. Real Love, and Small Parts vs. Rich Guns. Which songs will come out on top? Can we make it through a whole episode (this question is truly up for debate). We're glad to be back, we've missed ya.

We sit down with Becky Black of the AMAZING 'Pack (A.D)', to talk about touring with NMN, and dive deep and go wide into a bunch of subjects. We want to apologize to the listeners, and to Becky, for the bad sounding audio in this episode. We had to record over Zoom, and...well, it's trash. But, the interview is still great, so have a listen! And if you aren't already a fan of the Pack (A.D.), what the hell is wrong with you?