Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Van Halen

Episode 39 - Mammoth WVH - Live in London - July 2024

Greetings upon greetings to all VH-loving speaker systems everywhere! Yes it's that time again for another issue of your _(insert number here)_st / nd / rd / th favourite Van Halen podcast that’s out there on the digital broadcast cyberhighway! Now we do like sailing along in our relationship with you dear listener, but like any good relationship it's important to spice things up every now and again to keep things interesting isn't it... that's why this episode has temporarily moved away from all and any VH-related record analysising and, following a successful field trip to London's O2 Islington Academy, we've moved on to this podcast's first live gig review of... Wolfie's recent Mammoth WVH show!! EXPECT... Rig-rundowns! Accidental knife smuggling! Encore debates! Audition tales! Flammable near-misses! And soOo much more.... Do enjoy the show, but before you leave please pick up any litter and take it with you. What do you mean, "Why?" You wouldn't leave your own house in a mess like that would you?? No. Exactly. Thank you for your co-operation. Also! if you are so inclined and have access to both a keyboard and next door's Wi-Fi password, please do leave us a review inside your chosen podcast platform's review zone. Whatever we see we'll deffo read it out.... the good, even the bad and especially the ugly. You can also message or mention us on that angry social place that has since rebranded with a swanky new name that no-one ever uses: twitter.com/talkinvanhalen and on the Facebooks which nobody cool really goes on anymore: facebook.com/TalkinVanHalen Enjoy the show, dear podpal! Thank you for being here and not over there. Fistbumps aplenty, Steve + Ross at ATBVH HQ.

Episode 38 - The Collection II

Ahoy there, dear listener! Your audio pals Steve & Ross are back casting pods around Lake Internet and reeling them in to bring you a review of their latest catch — The Collection II! And to pursue this totally random angling analogy a little further; there's nothing fishy going on when such a treasure trove of previously unreleased Sammy-era VH treasures are released into the wild and served up for us salivating fans to feast upon with a side order of corkscrew-hair-shaped Hagar fries. Thanks to Mister Drummond of course for sacrificing his future pension plan by allowing us a peek inside his own personal box set edition, after delicately cutting a tiny portion of the protective cellophane with surgical precision to reveal a glimmer of the goodies within. Expect insights and outtakes, factoids and trivia, assessments and critiques, tangents and nonsense and loads of silly voices as usual.  Also, if you are so inclined and have access to both a keyboard and next door's Wi-Fi password, please do leave us a review inside your chosen podcast platform's review zone. Whatever we see we'll deffo read it out.... the good, even the bad and especially the ugly.  You can also message or mention us on that angry social place that has since rebranded with a swanky new name that no-one ever uses: twitter.com/talkinvanhalen and on the Facebooks which nobody cool really goes on anymore: facebook.com/TalkinVanHalen  Enjoy the show, dear podpal!  Thank you for being here and not over there.  Fistbumps aplenty,  Steve + Ross at ATBVH HQ.

Episode 37 - Mammoth WVH - Mammoth II

Podderers! Podbods! OnlyPoddyFans! Seeeeee!! As promised, it's not been an eternity of decades since the previous episode has it! Say what you like about this poddington-pod (and if you've ever read our reviews you'll know that some people certainly do) but we are true to our word... as long as we don't have to sign anything official that legally binds us to it of course. And we're proper delighted to be devoting this latest instalment to our favourite celebrity Wolf! (With Wolf from the 1990's UK version of 'Gladiators' and that alpha wolf animal actor from Liam Neeson's 2011 action romp 'The Grey' coming in second and third.) But we're not just talkin' WVH, more specifically his recent(ish) mighty second album! So sit back and pump up the jam (or the volume if you don't care for fruit preserves) as Steve & Ross use a variety of theoretical stainless steel instruments to dissect and review 'Mammoth II'.... via all the usual tangents plus unplanned but welcome appearances from their old friend Ringo Starr and new friends Mrs. Laila the Cow, Fake Elvis and Michael 'Mister Jazz' Baskette. Also, if you are so inclined and have access to both a keyboard and next door's Wi-Fi password, please do leave us a review inside your chosen podcast platform's review zone. Whatever we see we'll deffo read it out.... the good, even the bad and especially the ugly. You can also message or mention us on that angry social place that has since rebranded with a swanky new name that no-one ever uses: twitter.com/talkinvanhalen and on the Facebooks which nobody cool really goes on anymore: facebook.com/TalkinVanHalen  Enjoy the show, dear podpal!  Thank you for being here and not over there.  Fistbumps aplenty,  Steve + Ross at ATBVH HQ.

Episode 36 - What's new in =VH= World 2024

We listened, dear Listener!  Yes, after spending thousands upon thousands on expensive podcast focus groups we listened to the feedback... and after kindly giving the world's ears a deserving year and a half's rest from our nonsense – WE'RE BACK – to broadcast more flights of fancy from the Van Halen chopper! Well, a news broadcast to be precise. Since it's been so long, there sure is a heck of a load for us all to catch up on. Mainly thanks to the D to the L to the R, who has definitely not been inactive during this period and kindly given us an endless cavalcade of shocking shenanigans to dissect and discuss. No spoilers here though – all of this tantalising talk and more in a brand new(s) episode! Also, if you are so inclined with access to a keyboard and next door's Wi-Fi password, please do leave us a review inside your chosen podcast platform's review zone.  We also welcome messages or mentions on that angry social place that has since been rebranded with a swanky new name that no-one ever uses: twitter.com/talkinvanhalen  And on the Facebooks which nobody cool really goes on anymore: facebook.com/TalkinVanHalen Enjoy the show, dear Listener! Thank you for being here and not over there. Fistbumps aplenty, Steve + Ross at ATBVH HQ. PS. Here's the links that Ross mentioned during the episode: John 5 talking about working with DLR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP8KJzTlrzA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP8KJzTlrzA]    EVH 1998 Studio Tour - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpzyxHnN7HM [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpzyxHnN7HM]

Episode 35 - What's new in =VH= World 2022

Greetings most excellent listener! Ohhh hang on, you’ve got your angry face on…. Yes yes, you have every right to be annoyed – downright irate in fact. But if you’re gonna blame anybody for the almost-a-year delay between episodes, blame nature…. Steve + Ross went into hibernation last October, and one of the bears in their colony annoyingly (and rather typically) forgot to put the alarm on. And whilst they’ve both been snoozing and inwardly feasting upon their stored fats and blubber, what a (nearly) 12 months it’s been!