Black Shoe Diaries Podcast 9: Troll, Troll Again

To celebrate the move of our Slow States project to Tumblr and to troll the everloving hell out of Iowa, Patrick from Black Heart Gold Pants rejoins us to break down Penn State vs. Iowa. Along the way, we examine the toxic train wreck at Minnesota, explain why Bret Bielema is really Deebo from "Friday", and giggle like idiots at Nebraska and Ohio State.

True to Slow States form, we give out some beer and new music suggestions at the end. True to clueless and detached new parent form, I select something from an album that came out in April and get justifiably ridiculed.

Music breaks include "The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism" by The New Pornographers, "October" by Broken Bells, "Summerteeth" (Wilco cover) by Pezzittino and Allan Cote (album info), "Jardin Du Luxembourg" by The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger, and "Codeine" by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.

Here's a link to the Fruit Bats, as mentioned by Kevin, and here's the link to the Ryan Adams show in Denver that I mentioned. Download away, kids.

Black Shoe Diaries Podcast 9: BHGP

It's Iowa week, which can only mean two things: Penn State fans will have their hearts irreparably crushed, and we get together with Patrick and Adam from BHGP for an 80-minute podcast. Pack a lunch. We discuss, well, everything associated with Penn State and Iowa. Topics include hate, dominance, alarmism, clusterfuckery, despair, punting, gingerness, ignorance, redemption, and girlie drinks.

Black Shoe Diaries Podcast 8: And So It Begins

Finally, Big Ten conference games have arrived. Kevin and I take a spin around the conference and find that the Corn Division is beyond wide open, the Pig Division is Wisconsin and a bunch of dogs chasing a speeding car.

We also ask the question, "Are we being too harsh on Penn State?" They're 3-1, right? We all thought this would happen, didn't we?

Listen via the applet below, or right-click and download it to keep it with you forever and ever. We're working on iTunes, promise. It's quite the fortress, you know.