This Is A Disaster

Craig from Canadian History Ehx is back to tell us a harrowing tale of how not to handle explosives.  Sometimes you club the seal, sometimes the seal clubs you...   Craig's song pick:: Isle of Newfoundland by Stompin' Tom Connors https://open.spotify.com/track/3V1lBuMyKE5iAkx5Xdp23Y?si=c06bf48faf0a4b75   Leigh's song pick:: Maritime by Isis https://open.spotify.com/track/2bpRNKT04xb2rc07LOgFaZ?si=e89fab2d9609432a   Peter's song pick:: The Mariner's Revenge Song by The Decemberists https://open.spotify.com/track/3GDIZO71jiE1FEcHEJh3RH?si=2273b609fc2f4cff   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod     Instagram: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Plan A: Have the hijackers sit in a chair trap.  Plan B: Land in a fake Cuba.  Plan C: Anyone got any other ideas?   Nuclear Norm's song pick:: All Generations by Hi-Standard https://open.spotify.com/track/75mr7tFyw5nY8yVC7Mw4Cr?si=855cc5e8780a4743   Leigh's song pick:: Satori Part 1 by Flower Travelling Band https://open.spotify.com/track/0TO8Bs4jZx0SDnpEisSh9y?si=2d5937f3a86a4e47   Peter's song pick:: Killing In The Name by Rage Against the Machine https://open.spotify.com/track/59WN2psjkt1tyaxjspN8fp?si=c6c2739b8be64132   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod     Instagram: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Maybe if you're going to take a break, don't leave the "everything's ok" alarm on.   Peter's song pick:: In The Mood by Glenn Miller https://open.spotify.com/track/6dZKWYSx5YBIme4SfpIHJ0?si=8469902e32d843ca Leigh's song pick:: White Christmas by Bing Crosby https://open.spotify.com/track/4rp2Hr51C99Nx5AC9GfSeI?si=d83c9ebc6f3449b8   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod     Instagram: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Sometimes you just need a hand to get by.  No need to get up in arms.  Some people are just armed and dangerous.   Peter's song pick:: Go To Hell by Motorhead https://open.spotify.com/track/6fe9zK5wfWxXk5b6R2WYXM?si=38cf0fab32f146ac Leigh's song pick:: High 'N' Dry by Def Leppard https://open.spotify.com/track/7IpHed4DNlSmApHiSVE35Q?si=f27fdc4ddc41488e   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod     Instagram: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

When picking the staff to run your brand new nuclear reactor, would you say you'd want "stable" people that "get along", orrr...   Nuclear Norm's song pick:: Kryptonite Smokes the Red Line by Isotope 217 https://open.spotify.com/track/61iA7GlyQsOehYmbeZNGgx?si=602677f367984347   Peter's song pick:: Green Machine by Kyuss https://open.spotify.com/track/6nxHMqTNKWlQnx5AFxz1iX?si=d4ff0131ea4f49ff Leigh's song pick:: Heavenly by Adventures https://open.spotify.com/track/52NhUfM91cU0agUjEAaple?si=4ea44c1f87494506   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod     Instagram: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Will they ever learn?  Let me guess, not enough food?  Minimal accommodations?  Cowmicide?  Wait, what was that last thing...    Peter's song pick:: Riders On The Storm (Fredwreck Remix) by Snoop Dogg vs. The Doors https://open.spotify.com/track/0RcYEWXtbu4ehdv1tiBOi0?si=d2de6c5e177a47a8 Leigh's song pick:: AOTKPTA by The Locust https://open.spotify.com/track/26oxBlZRI8vdjgkJZUokWA?si=abbdfea186fb48b8   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod     Instagram: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Peter and Leigh reconvene in the studio IN PERSON FINALLY, discuss the upcoming season, and even get into a mini-disaster!   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   Instagram @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

In the final episode of this "season", we revisit disaster on the open ocean.  Inclement weather, over three hundred yachts, the history of boats, and just so many reasons to never set foot in the ocean.   Peter's song pick:: Dreams by The Cranberries https://open.spotify.com/track/4JGKZS7h4Qa16gOU3oNETV?si=23984130963e4d2d Leigh's song pick:: Chaos by Stump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNZXoEvikd0&ab_channel=frenchaccent     If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod     Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Very special thanks to Craig Baird of Canadian History Ehx for helping with the research for this episode. Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Just because something happens quickly, doesn't mean it can't be horrific.  The most dangerous job in the world meets fatigue, to catastrophic ends.  Deep sea diving, rapid decompression, human error, and too-late regulations.   Leigh's song pick:: The Bends by Mr. Bungle https://open.spotify.com/track/0T4d6Pn20ar2JB1jI4MVKs?si=5c48b47b88a646f3   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

You thought overwrought endeavours were limited to videogames?  Where do you go now... that you've written Sweet Child O' Mine and November Rain?  Axel Rose, Buckethead, midnight pyrotechnics, and chicken coop pronography.   That video about how The Rock is totally a James Bond movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FdnevXjqdc   Leigh's song pick:: Riad N' The Bedouins by Guns N' Roses https://open.spotify.com/track/3Ipp7nTpEfpUYzT9OExVD0?si=cdb0d1cd8ee74131 Peter's song pick:: Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses https://open.spotify.com/track/7snQQk1zcKl8gZ92AnueZW?si=7c8c5b29f6964ee8     If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com     Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, or at least maybe finish a marathon.  Things could have gone a whole lot better for the rag-tag band of competitors at the St. Louis Olympics.  Dusty roads, ancient wars, rotten apples, and rat poison...   Peter's song pick:: Untitled by Andrew Hulshult https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGK1dr-Ql0w&t=3635s   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Our special guest Try-All Andy returns for the story of the trials and tribulations that went into producing a sequel that was over a decade in the making.  Aliens, misogyny, pop-culture references, and a world record... hail to the king?   E3 1998 Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR6qFFEkALg&t=136s   E3 2001 Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDlB2P1leRM&ab_channel=NUKEMDAVENUKEMDAVE   Leigh's song pick:: All The Kids Are Right by Local H https://open.spotify.com/track/50kQ7oNv9cGEs8JRC614hl?si=ee1a53ded34546ef Peter's song pick:: Everything Zen by Bush X https://open.spotify.com/track/7waRjsA2ehXv619f47lYOT?si=43ec62d4569049c9     If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Very special thanks to Craig Baird of Canadian History Ehx for helping with the research for this episode. Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

As harsh a place as space can be, there have been surprisingly few deaths in space.  Not to worry!  Leigh found some for us.  Soviet cosmonauts, Soyuz 11, and a pesky valve...   Leigh's song pick:: Niin by Arovane https://open.spotify.com/track/2z1CBtxKRSphEzTfAQ7z4S?si=a904839036bd46d6   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Craig from Canadian History Ehx returns to once again rob us of sleep.  What's the most damage mother nature could possibly do in one hour?  Edmonton, Alberta found out in 1987.  Tornadoes, the Fujita scale, Canadian devastation, and... you better believe it... a trailer park.   Craig's song pick:: The Twist by Chubby Checker https://open.spotify.com/track/3ohLnESFgYACPMCkoTOzqE?si=20be1cdd28fb4365   Leigh's song pick:: The End Of All Things by Nomeansno https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV3ZRbI_sng   Peter's song pick:: Reitschule by Do Make Say Think https://open.spotify.com/track/6yphInZNlAZLR4z51sswJP?si=decdffc4dc9d408a   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Not all disasters happen on a global scale.  Leigh tells the story of his experience on jury duty, with its highest highs and lowest lows.  Criminal fraud, heated debates, comped meals... and comped... meals...   Leigh's song pick:: Isn't Everyone by Health x Nine Inch Nails https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W2E6jNXzBE&ab_channel=YOUWILLLOVEEACHOTHER   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Ever wanted some of your favorite songs ruined by the story of the man behind them?  Leigh makes it real hard to separate the man from the art.  The Ronettes, John Lennon, George Harrison, hit records, guns, and death.   Leigh's song pick:: Be My Baby by The Ronettes https://open.spotify.com/track/2TVhxOesu7h90ZTAHj4Tyc?si=cd75a111aa4d4ad9   Peter's song pick:: Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) by Nancy Sinatra https://open.spotify.com/track/4JLcAU2xY90qTkTSNM1lUa?si=a6761aa286ca4d4e   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Peter tells the harrowing tale of that time a group of ships got stuck in the Suez Canal... and it's probably not the time you're thinking of.  Salty sailors, makeshift regattas, non-sanctioned Olympic games, and alcohol... so much alcohol.   Peter's song pick:: No Weaknesses by The Dirty Nil https://open.spotify.com/track/6mAN7i05hcNNttAiW0Sy2q?si=4042326c587a4b43   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Been a while since you've felt crowded?  Nuclear Norm tells the story of a dystopian cyberpunk fever dream that existed in the heart of Hong Kong.  Opium wars, building code violations, plane-scrapers, and Bloodsport.   Greg Girard's photography of the Kowloon Walled City http://www.greggirard.com/work/kowloon-walled-city--13   Norm's song pick:: Stalling by Prune Deer https://open.spotify.com/track/0Lp5IjraeWQYoeKLnqOEyQ?si=1345f6ac94f34f54     Leigh's song pick:: My Hands Are Turning To Bricks by Kowloon Walled City https://open.spotify.com/track/5IYCJExr9L1eJrzhAouLtz?si=6ee19cceabf5450b   Peter's song pick:: Go! by Public Service Broadcasting https://open.spotify.com/track/6MBYGCIojfR4cP8dR01s4a?si=a7f8c1d382964c49     If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

What better way to unwind after a long day of wandering through a mall than paying to get lost in a labyrinth?  Misguided endeavors, maze-like working conditions, a ghost in the machine, and a fire...   Leigh's song pick:: Hard Sun by Indio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1tVvQUAcf4&ab_channel=cartwrong   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

By 1970, flying to the moon was boooooooring... at least, if you asked the People of Earth.  Nothing like a spot of near-death to revive public interest!  Dropped oxygen tanks, explosions in space, floating pee bags, and Jerry... fuckin' Jerry...   Peter's song pick:: Go! by Public Service Broadcasting https://open.spotify.com/track/5xYZXIgVAND5sWjN8G0hID?si=0ccf9d33e5314bd5   Leigh's song pick:: We Took The Wrong Step Year Ago by Hawkwind https://open.spotify.com/track/33pv5efEwueISKYakOifMb?si=84027c91b97b4580   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Also, tell your friends! Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters! www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until June 30th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Very special thanks to Craig Baird of Canadian History Ehx for helping with the research for this episode. Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

As a follow-up to his Tragedy Tuesday about the Pono Player, Leigh brings us up to speed on TIDAL, the "audiophile" streaming service.  Less disaster, more questionable money grab?  Also, a round-up of our favorite albums and songs of 2020 to round out the year before heading into our hiatus!   Leigh's song pick::  When I Was Small by Jesu https://open.spotify.com/track/2bdzxPEpVY7SPV0ofszd44 Peter's song pick:: Regurginated Communion by Of Feather And Bonehttps://offeatherandbone666.bandcamp.com/track/regurginated-communion Try-All Andy's song pick::  Cue Synthesizer by Destroyer https://open.spotify.com/track/4yjtPnUdMlhZiBPNtZmQ8Q Nuclear Norm's song pick::  Trust Me by Sincere Engineer https://open.spotify.com/track/72rJBBioVhxm4A3XajM3Yn   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com

Peter and Leigh announce the end of the first phase of this disaster and our triumphant return in April 2021!  A temporary pause in our regular weekly releases, some teasers of what's to come, and our sincerest thanks.  We'll see you all on April 7, 2021 (and for a disaster or two before then)...   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com

If the history of the saxophone's invention had a soundtrack, it certainly wouldn't be smooth jazz.  An inventor that just wouldn't quit, despite the world doing its best to stop him in his tracks.  Blunt force trauma, poisoning, drowning, viciously jealous rivals, and a giant cannon.   The Cornu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IlZgj2FAHA&ab_channel=AbrahamCupeiro The Shofar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJwfsYxDgJ4&ab_channel=Word-Spirit-Life The Pentatonic Scale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6tB2KiZuk&ab_channel=WorldScienceFestival   Peter's song pick:: Hell by Clown Corehttps://open.spotify.com/track/3iNJUrTTqODoKapRzameCI   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com

In this edition of Album Autopsy, Try-All Andy joins us as we are collectively baffled by a supposed radical departure in musical genres.  An album not reviled, but hardly beloved... what happens when an artist endeavors to try something different, but doesn't quite make it off the beaten path?   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   CHRISTMAS CARDS!Send someone some charred love and existential dread this holiday season.https://thisdisasterpod.com/shop/product/disastrous-christmas-card/   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com

What do you get when you go on a quest for high-fidelity portable audio, but forget to bring the design sensibilities?  Neil Young's Toblerone Player... I mean, Pono Player.  Is that triangular prism in your pocket, or are you just pretending to hear the difference?  FLAC, MP3, too much money, too little product.   Leigh's song pick:: Piece of Crap by Neil Younghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovum-GjYWKQ&ab_channel=neilyoungchannel   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com

In the late 18th century, the Netherlands really had it out for Iceland.  Maybe it was all the red-hot magma, acid rain, and sulfur-filled air, courtesy of the Laki craters?  Fire, brimstone, a Dutch hate-boner, and a fire priest.   John's song pick:: Mars by Gustav Holsthttps://open.spotify.com/track/6azDDykaIBHmZQFEFTKycC   Peter's song pick:: Burning Worlds of Excrement by Svartidaudihttps://open.spotify.com/track/2t4UAANtwLlx2Ghs2mAI0q   Leigh's song pick:: Sudden Death by Mr. Bunglehttps://open.spotify.com/track/6VRu6EN2lRBQiXxEy5rU8Z   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review!Also, tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Why teach a class about 1930s German's descent into fascism when you can just show the whole school how it's done?  Not-so-secret salutes, rigorous discipline, a nation-wide underground, and a magnificent leader...   Peter's song pick:: Neuropunk Boostergang by Expanderhttps://expander.bandcamp.com/track/neuropunk-boostergang   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com

Leaning into "... and the music they make us listen to" from our tagline, Leigh and Peter discuss where universally panned albums went wrong.  In this inaugural edition, we talk about what happens when you seemingly pull two artists out of a hat and mash them together.  "I am the table". Lou Reed, Metallica, and Lulu.   Listen to the album:https://open.spotify.com/album/3FgLMfp5o2h2rAny7S6h57?si=hYeornR8SK2oztB6fLezzw   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com

In a time after hair metal was king, Great White were still carrying the flame... unfortunately, it was right into a venue filled with highly flammable material and no sprinkler system.  Made up words, pyrotechnics, heavy black smoke, and a reason to never go to a live show again...   Leigh's song pick:: You Fucked Up by Weenhttps://open.spotify.com/track/0gnvI2vSWIacE3hgLbuWtn   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com

A new feature is born!  With our shift to one major disaster a month (in addition to regularly scheduled Tragedy Tuesdays), we'll be trying out new features to take the place of the second major disaster.  Don't think of it as losing a disaster, so much as gaining new content.  This time: Ruinous Rewind with Peter and Gerri.  Can Peter retell the Plague of Athens in 10 minutes?  Will Gerri have new insights into a familiar tale since she, like, totally "listens" to the show?  Only time, and you listening to this episode will tell!   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

For a music scene that generated such awesome bands, the Norwegian black metal community sure were a bunch of miscreants.  Church burning, stabbing, blast beats, stabbing, the dark circle, and stabbing.   Leigh's song pick:: Kathaarian Life Code by Darkthronehttps://open.spotify.com/track/5gTMAY6YiojUKbOjhO1JeJ   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com

The Great Chicago Fire wasn't the worst fire ever to hit the United States.  It wasn't the worst fire in 1871.  It wasn't even the worst fire in October of 1871... The second episode in our October of Sorrow features one of the gnarliest fires yet, and maybe even a "darkbar".  Human torches, flaming logs, and hell on Earth.   Peter's song pick:: Chronicles of Annihilation by Our Place Of Worship Is Silencehttps://opowistl.bandcamp.com/track/chronicles-of-annihilation   Leigh's song pick:: Hell by King Gizzard and the Lizzard Wizzardhttps://open.spotify.com/track/6XY6yBdqrphxj92fRmeT9C   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review!Also, tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until October 16th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Things got a bit hairy in Salem in 1692... let's just say it wasn't a good time to be feeding urine cakes to dogs and cracking eggs into Venus glasses.  Oomancy, divination, possession, the 17th-century legal system, and a dark prophecy...   Peter's song pick:: Arcanae Manifestia by Aevangelisthttps://open.spotify.com/track/1GzGkAytLKlLgh9g3GleKX?si=g92ywjMBS0-sFGQ2rK05iw   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until October 16th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com

In the late 1970s, two friends got straight-As in fruit-eating and crystal meth.  Luckily for the trajectory of punk rock, they turned their talents to music, gave up their real names for punk alter egos, and began wreaking havoc on stages across Los Angeles.  Cast your mind back to a time when The Germs weren't just responsible for a global pandemic...   Leigh's song pick:: Lexicon Devil by The Germshttps://open.spotify.com/track/0Hl2Vuhhhh8buesoxUk1DW   Peter's song pick:: TV Party by Black Flaghttps://open.spotify.com/track/4DA95pyBe6QORPGvTEuMWQ   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review!Also, tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until October 16th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

When the going gets good, Marvel got weird.  Forget Iron Man and Thor, it's time for Nightmask and Star Brand!  Sorry, you've never heard of them?  Maybe sticking to what works is the best way after all.  Come take a ride into Jim Shooter's mind as he steered the Marvel ship into some really strange places...   Leigh's song pick:: Tarred and Feathered by Cardiacs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVjSycDJatc&ab_channel=loudlikenature   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until October 16th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com

In the time it takes you to read this, the city of Tangshan shook apart in 1976. Peter tells Leigh about one of the most devastating of Earth's ancient disasters, with a truly staggering death toll. Earthquakes, seismology, Richter, and toeing the party line...   Leigh's song pick:: Auf Wiedersehen by Cheap Trickhttps://open.spotify.com/track/4lGF1MDPkeWbOSROAxXTFS   Peter's song pick:: Tarpit Carnivore by Torchehttps://open.spotify.com/track/3kw1aKvgU4HE3dVMHeUmxn   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review!Also, tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until October 16th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

It usually takes a disaster to change regulations... case in point British Airtours Flight 28M and the Boeing 737.  Ultra-narrow aisles?  Armrests that don't raise up?  Seats in front of the emergency exits?  Yup, this all seems fine.  An inferno, design flaws, and Terminator is better than Robocop.   Peter's song pick:: Ohms by Deftoneshttps://open.spotify.com/track/6mfrK1kvsOjiiH64Ier962   Britney Spears - Toxic But It's Change (In the House of Flies) by Deftoneshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13wwndvI1K4&ab_channel=WilliamMaranci     SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until October 16th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com

What?  An episode on a Friday??  We come to you to talk Skittles and announce the winner of our first-ever draw!   Our sincerest thanks to everyone that participated, and we'll do more soon.   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review!Also, tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until October 16th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Nuclear Norm comes back to finish what he started, this time telling us about why some people distrust science, and why they might never change their mind. Petitions, angry fictitious coal miners, reverse-cherry-picking data, and a whole lot of climate denial.   Norm's song pick:: The American Dream by Walls of Jerichohttps://open.spotify.com/track/2H2gDrojHBPjq9sucp94rs   Leigh's song pick:: Greenhouse Effect by Testamenthttps://open.spotify.com/track/1vTUW5hxptfEp83z1Pl1O2   Peter's song pick:: Baba Yetu by Christopher Tinhttps://open.spotify.com/track/5fYwf17qytSuyFEnBpsq5W   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review!Also, tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   SHIRTS!  Pre-order for the next run is open now until October 16th!  Visit https://shop.thisdisasterpod.com and backorder your shirt!!   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

It's all fun and games until Steven Spielberg brings you his precious property to turn into a video game.  In the early 1980s, Atari was unstoppable... but the little brown extraterrestrial did his best.  A crazy short development time, a waning interest in video games, and the worst game ever made (according to some).   Leigh's song pick:: The Working Hour by Tears for Fearshttps://open.spotify.com/track/23DKn3AP0fpx1aAYth2Pax?si=NCHlKLgyT4a_AX1AMJi__w     If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   DRAW!  Tell the world to listen to our podcast while tagging us on social media, and get entered into a draw for some super sweet (and exclusive) merch!Contest ends August 31st!    Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com

Our special guest drops by for a two-part series about the slow-burn disaster happening all around us.  What's a greenhouse gas?  Are we in an ice age?  Will the poles melt and send us spinning off into outer space?  You never know what could happen wwhen Nuclear Norm is around...   Norm's song pick:: Backroads by Lonely The Brave https://open.spotify.com/track/33dunxmWFO2n1a2sjD1wGD?si=FukIhYt9REmU_d_Xryfbww   Leigh's song pick:: Journeys by Divination   Peter's song pick:: Ether by Mogwaihttps://open.spotify.com/track/7rzjpFTtsDw5COMhHqq2oT     If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review!Also, tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   DRAW!  Tell the world to listen to our podcast while tagging us on social media, and get entered into a draw for some super sweet (and exclusive) merch!Contest ends August 31st.   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

In 1958, Los Alamos National Laboratory was buzzing with new and exciting ways to eradicate humanity and leave the Earth a desolate, radioactive wasteland. Turns out we've been nuking ourselves willingly for over a century... unless you're Cecil Kelley, in which case the radiation was far less voluntary. Plutonium, critical mass, and excursion event, and an alarmingly quick end...   Peter's song pick(s):: Down in the Park by Tubeway Armyhttps://open.spotify.com/track/2vmBGX73EXJIAAN6nesH6T?si=zVzWrajMTVmWLlCzjKoqWQ   Down in the Park by Foo Fightershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30DMi866ThM   Down in the Park by Marilyn Mansonhttps://open.spotify.com/track/0YCyOP5nkAp2aiowFSTqkE?si=TuVvzh-dTASAjS8tM0s_yA     If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   DRAW!  Tell the world to listen to our podcast while tagging us on social media, and get entered into a draw for some super sweet (and exclusive) merch!Contest ends August 31st!    Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com

When you're known as the meanest tub-bassist around, you're bound to attract all kinds.  Sometimes it's a self-proclaimed Harmonica Jesus who stumbles into being the head of a cult.  Charles Manson made having a "family" a la mode, so maybe it was bound to happen?  Bank robbery, arguing hippies, blue grass music, and harmonica... so much harmonica...   Leigh's song pick:: Jug Band Music by Jim Kweskin https://open.spotify.com/track/2CL8Rg2okXt0FFNNzwmzk3?si=jg7b2nCHQ1yJ7-9pgzIEYg   Peter's song pick:: Flowers on the Wall by The Statler Brothershttps://open.spotify.com/track/3uG4ygD1bIP3YspJm9N4KO?si=0ynWmexNQsSI1JJe3mSGxw     If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review!Also, tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   DRAW!  Tell the world to listen to our podcast while tagging us on social media, and get entered into a draw for some super sweet (and exclusive) merch!Contest ends August 31st.   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

In 1969, the Woodstock festival became the stuff of legends.  In 1999, the Woodstock festival became infamous.  In 2019, the Woodstock festival became... nothing.  With fifty years of colossal brand recognition, how could Woodstock 50 NOT be a massive success?  A master class in not paying your bills, and not getting the permit...   Leigh's song pick:: The Ground Below by Run The Jewels https://open.spotify.com/track/4MHwb2IwcCmVP2QuFXrcXs   Peter's song pick:: Smile Like You Mean It by The Killershttps://open.spotify.com/track/1jUT2mNIfOYH1m5KLV2UbY     If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   DRAW!  Tell the world to listen to our podcast while tagging us on social media, and get entered into a draw for some super sweet (and exclusive) merch!Contest ends August 31st!    Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com

What's so cool about Patreon anyway?  Here's a free bonus episode from our series of micro disasters that come out every two weeks!   What's the worst thing that has ever happened as a consequence of you flushing a toilet?  Peter brings you something to think about next time you think you're having a crappy day.   There's a new bonus episode every second Saturday!  Head over to our Patreon to check them out: https://www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod      If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review!Also, tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod     Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Music by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

There's gotta be a better way to go east than going east, or at least that's what Franklin thought when he set sail for the fabled Northwest Passage.  Maybe if you're going to risk life and limb on an expedition, don't take a ship called "The Terror" along for the ride.  Erebus, The Terror, Lord Franklin, silk slippers, hundreds of kilometers over ice and snow, and not a whole lot of hope... The Franklin Expedition.   The Mummified Remains of John Hartnell of the Erebushttps://www.macleans.ca/society/face-to-face-with-a-franklin-crew-member-140-years-later/#gallery/franklin-crew-photographs-by-brian-spenceley/slide-3     Craig's song pick:: Don't Eat the Yellow Snow by Frank Zappa https://open.spotify.com/track/1QY4TdhuNIOX2SHLdElzd5?si=TvVIxBAnS72zsFlbL6mZJg   Leigh's song pick:: I Made My Sacrifice Accordingly by They Grieve https://theygrieve.bandcamp.com/album/i-made-my-sacrifice-accordingly   Peter's song pick:: Father by Hunter, Gathererhttps://huntergathererblackmetal.bandcamp.com/track/father     If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review!Also, tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   DRAW!  Tell the world to listen to our podcast while tagging us on social media, and get entered into a draw for some super sweet (and exclusive) merch!Contest ends August 31st.   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

We're not going to get into the specifics, but if you combine ammonium nitrate and some other nasty things on a repurposed warship, you've got a floating time bomb.  Nobody told the spectators in the Port of Texas City on April 16th, 1947 though... Munitions, flying anchors, the mob, the Texas City Disaster.   Peter's song pick:: Summer Wind by Frank Sinatrahttps://open.spotify.com/track/5ZXHIeyneAhJHjR1JQ2cYs?si=ELA6BCD7ThOkcXVTrQAb8Q   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   DRAW!  Tell the world to listen to our podcast while tagging us on social media, and get entered into a draw for some super sweet (and exclusive) merch!Contest ends August 31st!    Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com

John Romero went from arcade wizard, to programming prodigy, to visionary responsible in large part for classic games like Doom, Doom 2, and Quake.  Unfortunately, there's only really one way to go when you're at the top...  id Software, an Ion Storm, a Deus Ex, a too-expensive-and-impractical office, and one big sword.  Daikatana.   Masters of Doom by David Kushnerhttps://www.amazon.ca/Masters-Doom-Created-Transformed-Culture/dp/0812972155   Andy's song pick:: Self-Obsessed and Sexxee by Sonic Youth https://open.spotify.com/track/06PgAfrRjbjtybZjT6257o?si=7DOKqYfuT3Kme37P5LHhYA   Leigh's song pick:: 747 by Blind Idiot God   Peter's song pick:: Adios by KMFDMhttps://open.spotify.com/track/3fvw80ajmq6CbF0xXFM3ZG?si=yrNrgN5CTESbwXFvj3UqNw   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review!Also, tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   DRAW!  Tell the world to listen to our podcast while tagging us on social media, and get entered into a draw for some super sweet (and exclusive) merch!Contest ends August   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Let's get it on: Marvin Gaye was a landmark soul and R&B artists, but his life didn't mirror the carefree coolness of his music.  The perils of drug use, living in destructive environments, and arming your aggressor... even if it's your father.  Sexual healing, bringing your mouth to a gunfight, and why exercise is better than cocaine.   Leigh's song pick:: Nightshift by The Commodoreshttps://open.spotify.com/track/5stHnMIM1zwRS24mH6dAzS?si=kbO5lMKLQxmZUwbAQfuBWg   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   DRAW!  Tell the world to listen to our podcast while tagging us on social media, and get entered into a draw for some super sweet (and exclusive) merch!Contest ends August 31st!    Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com

What better place to build a fishing and country club than at the edge of a recently-compromised dam?  A flood made particularly horrific by all of the debris it took with it, and Johnstown Pennsylvania didn't see it coming... or didn't want to.  Conemaugh Lake, 19th-century industrialists, broken telegraphs, and a demonic Katamari Damacy.   Leigh's song pick:: Domsbore by Boredomshttps://open.spotify.com/track/1Slx16FJ2gCtfEKenXXqGZ?si=Mdzxd6jOQ4aZob1q6i-rOw   Peter's song pick:: Brought To The Water by Deafheavenhttps://open.spotify.com/track/48sOuol9Wo73V1M6R3OcxG?si=fMu8CPNdQC20WQ_CBpEs2A   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review!Also, tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get exclusive content, help us make more disasters!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

Young boys get stranded on an island, and anyone who's read the book knows the rest of the story... or do they? A group of Tongan teenagers in the 1960s acted as a real-world experiment to see whether humanity is more "Lord of the Flies" or "The Coral Island".  Polynesia, 'Ata, shipwreck in the Pacific, and humanity exposed.   Peter's song pick:: In My Mind At Least by PS I Love Youhttps://open.spotify.com/track/0kJdZcOa5qJixMvDblsn0E?si=KAiv4uosT-aj0-ek67N3eQ   If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review! Tell your friends!Tell your enemies too, we're not picky.   Become a patron, get cool stuff, and help us make some exciting new content!www.patreon.com/thisdisasterpod   Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @thisdisasterpod www.thisdisasterpod.com   Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com