Two Librans

And we’re back, concluding the trifecta of mediocrity, what will in time be surely remembered as the Divine Comedy of podcasts about obscure Fall hanger-ons. Well, now a little less obscure, because the character we first discussed in episode 20 (hell)…
…has since taken the helm of the so-called Fall Army, and released not only a terrible new Fall song, as covered in episode 24 (purgatory)…
…but also a terrible new Fall album (hell again), as covered in this episode. Yes, Post Script is here, and it’s unsurprisingly bad. We talk about the whole debacle, the final result, and take for a closer examination probably the worst song on the album, Final Position (more like Final Solution). You can listen to it here, if you must, or you can buy a test pressing of the album for just £75.00 GBP which will at least save you from the horror of its cover art.
ALSO DISCUSSED
A sample of Ed’s pre-Fall output
Mark plugging his mate on a mixtape
"Trigger Happy are a Manchester group who used to support us. They are currently undergoing a revival because they are suing the TV programme of the same name for copyright. It's Salford yob music and sounds like David Bowie done really badly."
One of the two glowing reviews for PS
Over on Louder than War, written by the same man who drove us to near-tears in the first Edcast.
Ed procuring Mark’s blessing for Post Script
Ed’s previous stint in Blues Hammer
Tom’s album picks of the month
^ This one is Tom’s album of the year so far.
Roman’s album picks of the month
Resurrection done right
PS.
Roman’s last book is back in print. Perfect holiday gift for depressed Fall fans with a sensitive side (attentive readers will notice that the story in fact takes place on xmas eve), absolutely unsuited for fans of Yob art.
Tom has nothing to plug, and I think it’s best you just ignore him.



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Big news from the world of necromancy: Mark E. Smith is back from the dead, nonconsensually. This episode we’re covering the remarkably mediocre song that Mark was resurrected for, and the drama surrounding it.
Wake up! The song’s over.
If you are not familiar with E* Bl*in*y, the Fall’s greatest hanger-on was extensively covered in this episode, which you can listen to before this one, if you want to steep yourself in this strange man’s strange and mediocre lore.
ALSO DISCUSSED
Jamie Hewlett’s drawing of MES
Auctioned for 3400, not 400 as was stated on the pod.
Can you spot Mark having fun in his favorite place, India?
One-upping the worst Fall album artwork.
This is the summer fit you deserve.
Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower
We got a new Fall song before a Bloodborne remaster.
The other Taliban
If you need even more heavy-breathing men engaging in Fall banter, check out the surprisingly entertaining F.a.l.l.o.u.t.p.o.d.c.a.s.t. which has a similarly futile and deranged premise—instead of dedicating an episode to every single Fall song like we do, they are trying to find out which one is the best by process of elimination.
The episodes on MES solos and collaborations have some inevitable Bl*n*y appearances, but that’s also where I found out about the strange and wonderful collaboration with one of the Mouse of Mars men, Molocular Mediatations. It’s quite a bit weirder than Von Sudenfen.
More horrible cover art
What the Toxic Avenger reboot could’ve been
OUR OWN STUFF
Roman has new adventures of Terrible Father. If you are in that there London, you catch him at ARC July 11-12th.
Tom has been working on the art for the game Actor RE: Actor, coming soon from Quack Quack games. You can wishlist it on Steam here, and sign up for play testing. It’s a lot of fun, and coming together quickly.
Tom also made the animations for this documentary from More Perfect Union, and a new one from them coming out later this week about the president’s Large Adult Sons.



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We have decided that it’s time to discuss the Fall’s horniest and most earnest song, Bill is Dead, in which Mark E. Smith details the number of orgasms he delivered on at least one occasion. A atmosphere of uncharacteristic sensuality pervades not only this song, but this episode as well. We get very horny indeed, and at one point, Roman even details his discovery of the female orgasm. Listen with the lights dimmed and parents out of reach.
Mark washes his hands after relieving himself, and so should you.
ALSO DISCUSSED
Bookshelf backdrops
Norm vs MJ
Pa-pa-pa-paaaaa
Alison Bechdel’s AI goats
OUR OWN SUBSTACKS
Roman Muradov
Tom Van Deusen


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And we’re back, finally and we finally finish covering a song for once, the dense and mutli-part Y.F.O.C. / Slippy Floor. You can catch up on the first part, but the lyrics don’t make a hell of a lot of sense anyway.
For our next episode, we have a sEcRet special guest 🤫 and it’ll be a bit of a soft reboot for the show. Till then, enjoy a classic digression-fest with two men bickering intercontinentally.
Since it’s the same damn song, let’s put in an alternative mix at least. It’s not very good, but it’s different.
ALSO DISCUSSED
Happy 100th birthday to the term “Late Stage Capitalism”
🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂
Black Seth
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING
Is Slippy Toad a Furry?
Listeners, let us know.
The Man with the Fish
The surprising link between Roy Cohn, Lionel Trains, and Neil Young
Happy New Year from Club Z
PS.
Roman had a new graphic novel coming out from Fantagraphics last month and it’s already sold out, which has nothing to do with the publisher printing a very modest number of copies. You can still find it in shops, but hurry up. Guaranteed to be a collector’s item. Roman also finished the latest Resident Evil game and had difficult feelings about it:
Tom doesn’t have a goddamn thing to report.


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In this episode we intended to cover the entirety of the Fall’s late-career banger “Y.F.O.C / Slippy Floor”. However, we went so off-course we can legally only say we covered the acronym. We’ll cover the eponymous “Slippy Floor” that somehow broke both of Mark E. Smith’s hips another time!
The song is still an absolute banger, and we do go a bit into the background, but this episode is pretty much all side-quest missions.
INCLUDING!
Joe Rogaine
Isn’t it nice when people you hate turn out to be bad?
“It seemed like a good idea at the time!”
The golden age of Boob Signing
That’s album art, alright
Amanda Palmer, Patreon Saint of the pod
PS.
Roman has a new graphic novel coming out from Fantagraphics. He’s doing an event for it at Desert Island in Brooklyn, and Tom will join and read some new comics.
Guaranteed to be the event of the century.
Tom has nothing to plug on his ‘stack, he’s still slowly working on his comic and his prints. Follow him on Instagram, why don’cha?


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