"The Joy Episode!"

Aka... listen to two sensitive soul introverts talking about learning how to introvert. Including but not limited to:

- Chronic oversharing.... The worst of all the chronic illnesses - Why humans are like little fusion generators - Burning out on being yourself... And the joy that can come from that - Why Masters Of The Universe may land you in hospital - Why a soft apricot may make you shit a brick - The difference between social anxiety and autistic dread - Why we don't build society to support zebras - Mikey D and the Ansible: https://theansible.substack.com/ - The only ship of theseus that matters @pudl (https://www.pudl.co/products/the-pudl-suit)

@beadleandgrimms (https://beadleandgrimms.com/collections/star-trek-games)

Bands: Neurosis, ISIS, Sumac, Full of Hell, Jarhead Fertiliser, Primitive Man, Black Flag, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Weird Al Yankovic, Wolves in the Throne Room, The Bronx / Mariachi El Bronx, Wreathe, Morrow, Fall of Efrafa, Panopticon, Poison Ruin, Sisters of Mercy, Moloch, Grandad, Clean Bandit, Gaza, Sugababes, Dolly Parton

Enjoy the bird song in the back of this one. Big thanks to Simon for the audio assist <3

Today we’re speaking to Tom - bassist, football fan, and all round very nice chap. You may know him from the bands Attack! Vipers!, Personal Best, & Grand-Pop. Alex and Lucy have known him for ages and neither of us are quite sure when or how we even met him, but he’s been a devotee of the podcast since the beginning. He has a special accolade which is he emailed us immediately after the first episode to express how much he loved the Modern Life Is Worf pun! Tom, we are so grateful that you joined us for an evening, it was bloody lovely.

Conversation includes but is not limited to: - The joy of video shops - The joy of mixtapes - Being in different scenes though association and osmosis - Fringe (TV show) - Dawsons Creek as a gateway drug for ska punk - Jim Henson goes Trek - How young do you have to be to go to starfleet academy - Animation and shows with moral messaging - Some of the BEST band puns we’ve heard - Drunk and naked shows in Guildford - Conservatory shows

Bands mentioned: Last Kiss Scholastic Deth Das Oath Farewell to Arms DS13 Deftones Thursday, Braid, Hey Mercedes Eternal ft BeBe Winans Plague Sermon Chillerton Spice girls Alicia's Attic X-ray Spex Link 80 Falling Sickness Dogs of Ire

And of course Attack! Vipers!, Grand-pop, Personal Best, and Seven Arrows In Your Bastard Heart <3

Thanks to Simon for mastering this episode! And apologies for the audio - it was all a bit tricky.

Today we're talking with Simon: Self diagnosed sci fi fan, mender, aspiring space cowboy of south east London and truly a jack of pretty much all trades (check out his youtube! https://youtube.com/@toomanyprojects). As usual we talk about all sorts of everything and our conversation is entirely random, PLUS there's not only a great pitch but a special bonus section. WHAM.

Some excellent conversational threads especially on pub gigs, collective leadership, the Soviet union, and the best noises in Trek. Further conversation includes but is not limited to:

• Simon's one true love: Classic, hard boiled adventure stories
• The "badmiral" problem
• The greatest sci fi of all time: Thomas the tank engine
• Why there should be more sax solos in Trek intros
• The most egregious racism of The Original Series (we all agree)
• Lego boobies
• In defence of goth
• No trek is shit trek
• Morgoth's back up dancer
• How long it actually takes to open up a hoover
• Managing resources without money

Also mentioned:

• Vote for policies, not personalities: https://voteforpolicies.org.uk/
• Repair Cafe Nunhead: https://www.repaircafenunhead.com/
• This podcast episode: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/322-the-sound-of-star-trek-roundtable/

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