{"podcast":{"title":"Beat Motel Zine","slug":"beat-motel-zine-6243765","podcast_index_feed_id":6243765,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/598015/rss","website_url":"https://beatmotel.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/f/1/d/df1d1d245b2f0017d959afa2a1bf1c87/36975140-1700311747041-b18401e7500d7.jpg","author":"Andrew Culture","episode_count":152,"summary":"Welcome to Beat Motel Zine, the comedy-infused alt-music podcast! Born from a zine from the DIY scene, we blend laughs with punk, metal, and everything offbeat. Discover the weirder side of bands, from unintentionally funny stage antics to musical mishaps. Tune in for a profane, comedic journey through alternative tunes, where every episode is a laugh. Join us as we explore music's funniest fringes with a punk rock spirit! Can the alternative music scene and comedy mix? Of course they can; we'll prove it to you. Warning, episodes contain creative profanities in the vein of The Thick of It.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T10:18:41.958180+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beat-motel-zine-6243765"},"episode":{"title":"Interwar music (world war one and two)","slug":"interwar-music-world-war-one-and-two","published_at":"2026-03-30T04:39:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beat-motel-zine-6243765/interwar-music-world-war-one-and-two","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beat-motel-zine-6243765","url":"https://beatmotel.com/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/79ad4ef5-01b9-414c-ad55-3885df5be3cc/riverside_sammysemmysimmysommysu...___mar_25_2026_001_andrew_lawss_studio.mp3?dest-id=5201900","summary":"Look, we tried to have a sophisticated chat about interwar music (the stuff between the two big global scraps) but obviously, it devolved into a conversation about penis tattoos and whether or not Reddit is a valid academic source. Dr. Sam brings the \"knowledge\" (mostly from books he is actually holding, for once), and Andrew tries to figure out how to eat a Scotch egg without a plate while pondering the sexual deviance of 1920s novelty songs. We cover Duke Ellington's Mood Indigo, the absolute filth hidden in \"I'm Going to Bring a Watermelon to My Girl Tonight,\" and why Robert Johnson might have just practiced really hard instead of selling his soul to the devil. It is a rambling journey through jazz, folk, and German Marxist theatre that somehow ends with Woody Allen and a two-fingered guitarist. Riffs of the week Dr Sam's Riff Dog Faced Hermans - Jan 9 Andrew's Riff Witch Post - Worry Angel Dr Sam's track choices Duke Ellington - Mood Indigo Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm Gonna Bring a Watermelon to My Girl Tonight Brecht - Instead-Of Song Harlem Hamfats - Let's Get Drunk and Truck Andrew's track choices Laurel and Hardy - Trail of the lonesome pine Robert Johnson - Crossroad blues Woodie Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land (1940) Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli - Minor Swing Email us - beatmotel@lawsie.com","meta_description":"Look, we tried to have a sophisticated chat about interwar music (the stuff between the two big global scraps) but obviously, it devolved into a conversat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4753,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/beat-motel-zine-6243765/episodes/interwar-music-world-war-one-and-two/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beat-motel-zine-6243765/interwar-music-world-war-one-and-two.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}