Today I’m reviewing Pikes 321-323 (Warm Your Ancestors, Doctor Lorca’s Work, and Thank You Taylor), I also talk about lawn care, Buckethead’s live pikes, retiring all of the show segments, trying out new subs, Whitby Goth Festival, RIP Kay Parker, Papa John Gives a bunch of money to Sarah Palin, Clerks 3 (2022), Buckethead’s collaboration with Ornithological Anarchist Hakim Bey, CHAZ/CHOP, Hideous! (1998), Buckethead’s stolen guitars, programmed bass, Death - Symbolic, Savatage, and Halloween Ends (2022).

This week I’m doing a solo run on Buckethead’s 318-320 (March 19th 2020, Dreams Remembered, and Dreams Remembered Version 2), mathematical shit is boring, splitting up the Soy Trek episodes and Patreon updates, Alex Jones is fucked and that’s hilarious, young goths are more likely to self-harm, RIP Chuck Deardorf, Papa John’s former marketing guy dies, Chop & Steele, the Found Footage Festival, Yo-Yo Guy Mark Proksch, Buckethead’s collaboration with Banyan, the day the pandemic started to feel real, making the same album twice, Nathan Fielder’s the Rehersal, Britain’s Top 5 Horror Films, and some dumbass bucketjokes.

Flying solo again this week! It’s getting surprisingly easy! I find that kinda disturbing! Anyways, this week I listen to and review Pikes 325-217 (Arboretum, Angel Wings, and Live Feathers), I also get down and dirty into how my ex- becoming a new age right-wing hippie has provided me with an incredibly comforting closure, the new Hellraiser reboot, Hot Topic’s new venture into the world of Roblox, RIP Anthony Inoki, Papa John losing a house to Hurricane Ian, the worst drag performance I’ve ever seen (and one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard), Buckethead’s collaboration with Artist, filmmaker, and musician Julian Schnabel, are Live Pikes worth it?, the very literal meaning of the word arboretum, and The Phantom (1996) starring Billy Zane.

We're joined by an old friend and returning guest! Scott is back to talk about Buckethead's Pikes 312-314 (Gary Fukamoto My Childhood Best Friend Thanks For All The Times We Played, Vincent Price SHRUNKEN HEAD Apple Sculpture, and Rooster Coaster), we also talk about remembering music that you listen to during insignificant parts of your life, combining the fourth and the third rail, Britain remembers Bellingham is clean, universities spend too much money on facilities, breath work, Rainbow Gathering, Woodstock 94, Britain is making too much merch, RIP Coolio, why does Papa Murphy’s exist?, treating Papa Johns like Comet Ping Pong, Machine Gun Kelly isn’t good, Buckethead’s recordings with Anton Fier (RIP), a helicopter theme park, go take a walk!, Emily the Criminal (2022), Amsterdam (2022), and the Tim Conway “Dorf” series of films.

Today I’m talking to my old friend John “Harsh” Harshman, and together we’re getting balls deep into Buckethead’s Pikes 309-311 (Cosmic Oven, In the Laboratory of Doctor Septimus Pretorius, and Funace Follies), we also talk about how Harsh saw Buckethead without the mask and bucket while working security for a festival, Britain has never sucked dick for weed (but has for free), what does Primus smell like?, Shaq talks about the Papa John’s buyout, boofing a no-doz, working in a drywall factory, Don King the weird weasly chicken dude, burning Whole Foods to the ground, capitalism is bukkake, Slayer has one album, chatting with Chris Barnes and Gene Ween, our big 4s, better than bullion vs. regular bullion, Marvel shouldn’t make a movie about Buckethead, Buckethead on PBS, George Carlin and the P-Funk Allstars, Letterkenny, alienating music, drum programming is hard, gettin brown with ween, Beat Street (1984), and sports guys.

I’m joined by one of my favorite guests again today! Comedian and broadcaster Matt Collins joins me to listen to and discuss Pikes 306-308 (The Toy Cupboard, Mercury Beak, and Theater of the Disembodied), we also get into how George Carlin was naturally on cocaine, caffeinated orange soda, what’s the flavor of Big Red?, System of a Down - Toxicity, we need something to revitalize Peeps, blowing exclusively diabetic dudes is based, Buckethead’s new collab with Azam Ali, that one King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard drum fill, Matt’s worst band breakup, RIP the guy who invented, They Might Be Giants children’s music, Raffi, Cocomelon’s addictive children’s programming, local pro wrestling rules, Buckethead’s song with Snoop Dogg, Wondershowzen, what Pike songs should Buckethead play live?, Berzerker (2022), the Angel series of films from the 80s, and Disney’s The Country Bears (2002).

Well shit, Britain is running solo now. Wild. Today I’m listening to and reviewing Pikes 303-305 (Castle of Franken Berry, Rainbow Tower, and Two Story Hourglass) and I’m also discussing Spenser leaving the podcasts, Goth Night at Six Flags cancellation, Payton Mannning’s relationship with Papa John’s, sucking girl dick, Camouflage (2005), Master and Commander (2003), Icehouse (the Australian band, not the incredibly cheap beer), Young Einstein (1988), people disliking when Buckethead doesn’t solo, Europe is a great place to get drunk, Meet the Family (2003), and a thanks to Spenser for Episodes 1-99.

Today we’re getting into Buckethead’s Pikes 300-302 (Quarry, The Chariot of Saturn, and Cyborgs, Robots & More), plus we discuss the gothest beverage, old cash registers, Prince, Limp Bizkit covering Prince, getting too much pussy and turning into a Jehovah’s Witness, the genesis of post-punk, why Papa Johns doesn’t have dining rooms, making bread out of bones, biting a pizza tattoo, Taiwanese transistors, nationalizing any industry on which the public relies, Noah’s Apt., the christian ‘gotcha’ dude, toxic Buckethead fans, Killswitch Engage’s cover of “Holy Diver”, Bull of Heaven’s infinity minus one years long song, Where’s Officer Tuba? (1987), and Elden Ring.

We dive into Pikes 297-299 (Fork, Robes of Citrine, and Thought Pond), Spenser's trip to Psycho Las Vegas, racist condo board members, and how much Papa John's spends on garlic butter.

Today we’re cream teaming right into Buckethead’s Pikes 293, 294, and 296 (Oven Mitts, Warp Threads, and Ghouls of the Graves), we also discuss Dr. Horrible’s Conference Room at Password University, Spenser knows all the old slurs, Silly William Jellybeans, Britain’s drinks a half gallon mason jar of diet coke, Shia LaBeouf grabs his partner’s boob, RIP Steve Grimmett, Britain gives a full summary of Papa John Schnatter’s CPAC speech, Spenser is going to Psycho Las Vegas (Britain recommends a sex worker, a magic show, or unique food), a lot of black metal should be cancelled, reading Buckethead’s first interview as Herbie?, live albums recorded on a phone, warped tour outfit, Uncle Al Rocks, going dressed as a Renaissance character to a Star Trek convention, sex in a cemetary, the biggest animal you would masturbate for your job, Freddie Got Fingered (2001), potato microphone, quicksand fetishism and Prey (2022), Tool takes too long to write music, squirt is pee and that’s what makes it hot, who is the official band of Halloween?, Britain does a Darwin Binks impression, don’t fuck with our boy Jordan Vine, Trans Rights are Human Rights, Knowledge Fight Podcast, Terminal USA (1993), Better Call Saul, and the greatest Tweet of all time from Billy Zane.

Today we’re gettin into the nitty gritty with Pikes 288, 291, and 292 (Liminal Monorail, Fogray, and Galaxies), we also discuss technical difficulties, Windows updates break Spenser, 96 Bitter Beings, automatic drivers, new League gothic skins, RIP Gene LeBell (who made Steven Seagal poop his pants), pooping into each others butts with the homies, r/letstalkbam, coleslaw is a condiment, synth pads, monorails, bus stop meth friends, a dude who only enters his house through the window, the limits of technical fast bass playing, Axl Rose causes a lot of riots, how did COVID affect Buckethead?, what if Buckethead ousted the Cantina Band from Star Wars?, old dudes in the Youtube comments, kayfabe, churches are a waste of money if you’re trying to help people, the best Keiths in music, the return of JORDAN VINE, Buckethead is the Edgar Allen Poe of guitar, fuck Elon Musk, Joe Bonamassa, exercising, X-Men the Animated Series, and Gargoyles.

Hee haw! Today we’re reviewing Pikes 283, 284, and 287 (Once Upon a Distant Plane, Looking Through the Garden, and Electrum). We also talk about web browsers, Herman Li being a bro, 96 Bitter Beings, Geoff Tate is an effemized Kerry King, Queensryche is Bellevue Metal, Danny Elfman’s cover album, NASCAR is Goth, toast blankets and sleeping on bread, Prey (2022), is sinking back?, Spenser is not surprised when he finds out Brit is into *anything*, pool maintenance, a buckethero emerges and returns a guitar to Buckethead, edging unreleased Pikes, the divisive Buckethead live songs, getting lost in a cloud on a mountain and jerking off on the summit, big gardens, let’s go Brandon DiCamillo, Spenser likes how bad St. Anger sounds, erotic electrostimulation, Frank Zappa’s band anal training on the tour bus together, anal douching, radical cumming empathy, misophonia (but not for pussy eating), cumming under the desk for 30 years, a Zornhead gets wild on the buckethead comments, you can not only have sex on Buckethead—you can cum twice, Pat Methaney - Orchestrion, Techno Viking, 988 is the new Mental Health Hotline, pilgrim staff, jerk-off breaks while recording, samosas, Coherence (2014), and some Ralph Battles concerning Axl Rose, Nixon, and Elvis.

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Today we’re buttchugging 3 more Buckethead Pikes with Pikes 280-282 (In Dreamland, The Sea Remembers Its Own, and Toys R Us Tantrums). We also discuss: all the disastrous Pinocchio films, there are only three tempos, recognizing synth presets in pop songs, making gangs out of early internet companies, the recent heat wave, picking up Sri Lankan pussy, is Ghost Weezer for goths?, RIP to Charles Ward of Rockfield Studios, Buckethead has some guitars stolen, fortnite on a disc for sale, the weird dudes who use Redbox to rent dvds, the best ambient sound, the Pantera reunion, Britain drinks as much diet coke as Donald Trump, trying to get Buckethead albums in Switzerland, Hillary’s emails were all from rubmaps, Slash trolling buckethead social media, dessert hummus, drugstakers don’t belong here, Gallagher’s comedy, Box - Cherry Blossoms at Night, and Ralph battles about two fuckin Dicks (Cheney and Eric Clapton).

Today we’re blowing right through Buckethead’s Pikes 278-280 (Division is the Devil’s Playground, Unexpected Journeys, and Skeleton Keys) we also discuss: pubic hair wigs, pubic hair ended with Ross Perot, RIP fusion bassist Michael Henderson, Spenser gets a new bass, Spenser has one of the most insufferably boring stories about the airport parking garage ever told, every box is a cat box if you trap the cat in it long enough, Hot Action Cop - Fever for the Flava, Buckethead x Bassnectar, Brit and Spenser go to a Christian music festival in Alaska, being afraid of falling off a bridge in your car, Geppetto is a pedophile, Napoleon on Twitter, what juice does Buckethead drink?, when did YouTube get emoji comments?, Grind (2004), Streets of Rage (1993), the girl does karate film genre, and why women rub their eyes in the morning.

We've got a guest! Stone Abdullah, golden-voiced rad dude and author of the Journey of the Shadow series. Together we're listening to Pikes 274-276 (Fourneau Cosmique, Dreamthread, and Healing Inside Outside Every Side). Britain is also incredibly sick and way too tired to write a full episode synopsis, so deal with it. We talk a bunch about boobs, Meow Wolf art collective, Pakistani goths, Axiom Funk, Britain's fucked up dream where he's commander Riker solving a rape puzzle, and nuclear non-proliferation.

We cover a lot of ground. Just listen to it.

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Oh heck, we’re diving right into Buckethead’s Pikes 271-273 (The Squaring of the Circle, Coniunctio, and Guillotine Furnace). We also talk about Bongcasting, only weird old men carry half-dollars, librarians like their order, self-help books all say the same shit, Ecco the Dolphin sucked, the worst weed Brit ever bought in San Francisco, Goth Tractor Girl, RIP Yu-Gi-Oh dude, the right questions for Papa John are the dumb ones, Britain’s falafel recipe, Spenser still thinks about Britain’s vegetarian meatball sandwich, deep fried pizza, The Bastard Noise (feat. Buckethead) split EP with Spastic Colon, Pirate Thrash, Julian Casablancas looks exactly like a guy who would be in The Strokes, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, Mike Mangini, does Buckethead use an Ebow?, Rubmaps and getting jerked off at a massage parlor, $80 is how much a handjob costs, the Rockband and GnR to Bucketbot pipeline, who has the best fries?, art that gives people hope, is Jordan Vine Buckethead?, Old (2021), Screwballs (1983), shitting your pants when listening to Buckethead, the Da Vinci Code, instrumental music without a message can’t change your life, Local H - As Good as Dead, Red Fang, The Boys Season 3, Reconstruction by Eric Foner, leftist radicals are usually right, Aura Bora sparkling water, and stealing from Whole Foods.

Oh shit we’re doing it again! Today we’re reviewing Buckethead’s pikes 268-270 (Sonar Rainbow, Decaying Parchment, and A3) We also discuss: Is George Noory from Coast to Coast AM still alive? Brit used to be red pilled as fuck by domestic talk radio, ARM Processors vs Adjustable Rate Mortgages, Britain attempts to explain to Spenser why the Kardashians are famous, you never wanna have to talk about butt stuff with you doctor, the sequel to the production company A24, Jay Mascus would totally kick the shit outta Spenser, Ted Nugent drops the N-bomb with a hard R at the Alaska State Fair, Ariana Grande, Buckethead vs. Mozart, Britain does salvia for the first time and tries to run through a glass door, I fought the slaw and the slaw won, quantity vs. quality, The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star, Buckethead music as the planes that blew up the twin towers, California Redwoods, and Jessie Gender’s Youtube Channel and 5.5 hour video on sex in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Sup wizard? Today we're listening to Buckethead's Pikes 265-267 (Ride Operator Q Bozo, Far, and Thoracic Spine Collapser). We also discuss how Spenser gets drafted into a command position on the Geek Militia and is sent to Password University, Pooldiaper (No Tool Pool), fuck George W Bush, Kravis’s goth bachelor party, The Requin (2022), Mad God (2022), Buckethead (and most of Praxis) on Ben Wa - Devil Dub (1999), Q Bozo Drop, the songs you when driving in someone else’s truck in Alaska, the worst place to have to ask to use the bathroom, Spenser’s best burger, playing bass riffs while the Hindenburg goes down, what does God’s cum taste like?, cheese whiz, predictability in music, The Emperor in Star Wars is just older Dani Filth, the G String on every guitar is always going out of tune, getting in trouble with God for spilling the seed, Jordan Vine doesn’t poop, War, what is it (good for)?, there’s a hole in my bucket dear Liza, the Hoobastank Hooburrito at Denny’s, The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale, Before the Storm by Rick Perlstein, and some failed one-liners. 

Oh hey we’re still doing this? Yes. Here we are reviewing Buckethead’s Pikes 262-264 (Nib Y Nool, Glacier, and Poseidon), the guy from craigslist who goes into people’s septic tank, Spenser buys a small guitar, Goth Babe’s covid, Orange Hat Larry’s legendary customer service, Bucketfact’s love of Old Dirty Bastard, Britain is a communist (not joking), Spenser doesn’t know what a tankie is, what fiat currency tastes the worst?, workplace shootings, music videos aren’t as cool as they used to be, living in 3d chess, The Poseidon Adventure (2005), Lost in Space (1998), dirt and worms is one of the best desserts ever, a jerk-off challenge against the devil, FLAC rocks, where do you even buy frankincense and myrrh?, small accounts acting like they’re well-known and successful, a weird U2 guy who won’t stop bothering Spenser, and The Underground Comedy Movie (1999) starring Slash and the Shamwow guy. 

Today we’re joined by a guest! Filmmaker and major bucketbot Kevin Vonesper is here to tell us about his film: The Life and Slimes of Dukey Flyswatter and Haunted Garage. Together we’re listening to Buckethead Pikes 259-261 (Undersea Dead City, Ferry to the Island of the Lost Minds, and Portal to the Red Waterfall). We’re also getting into wild discussions such as touching on: Blood Diner (1987), Beetlejuice 2, RIP David Smith and Andy Fletcher, Spenser gets canceled by Mark Zuckerberg, Britain gets cancelled by Youtube, Phantom of the Opera, Maximum Bob, weird shit in the library of congress, that Kevin Smith tweet, gettin shitty with Smitty, Deli Creeps, tv show Pistol, and The Breed (2001). Also a 4 pack of Epic Ralph Battles in History. 

Keep up with Kevin’s documentary at @dunkeydoc or www.dukeydoc.com