This episode Dick Fetti and Ben the Beardo discuss the legendary J-horror film "Pulse" by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (2001) and it's legendarily bad American remake, creatively titled "Pulse" (2006). The boys' pain becomes your pain.

55: Pulse: Ghosts On The Interweb

Part one in a two part discussion between Dick Fetti and Ben the Beardo about the entire Hellraiser film series. This episode covers: "Hellraiser: Revelations"; "Hellraiser"; "Hellbound: Hellraiser II"; and "Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth". "Just in time" for spooky season when we recorded, this upload was a bit delayed :P

56: The Hellraiser Series Part 1: To Hell and Back

The boys are back and this time with updates on previously covered unsolved murders. Specifically, Dick Fetti delivers some new facts and clarity regarding the murder of Ebby Steppach, the Dupont de Ligonnès family murders and Toyah Cordingley. Check out episodes #24, #41 and #52 for additional information. And to kick things off right the boys review the new-ish 4K re-release of Daria Argento's 1977 classic "Suspiria".

57: Unsolved Murders Updates

The Bearded Dick's Musical Fun Time is back to it's regular programing after an extended hiatus. This week Dick Fetti talks UK bass, microhouse and techno and Ben get's into his fursona to discuss Paru Itagaki's manga series "BEASTARS". Come get yiffy with us!

Disco Box Recommendations:
Forest Drive West – Dualism EP 12" - Livity Sound, 2021
Ricardo Villalobos – Thé Au Harem D'Archimède CD/3x12" - Perlon, 2004
Peverelist – Tessellations CD/2xLP - Livity Sound, 2017

BDMFT #30: Forest Drive West, Ricardo Vilalobos, Peverelist and BEASTARS

After a year of delays Dick Fetti and Ben the Beardo are proud to present their interview with Mika T. aka Unclean. Hailing from Oulu, Unclean has been delivering filth for over a decade in the fine tradition of Finnish power electronics.

The following tracks are sampled in this episode:
Penetration from "Obscenities" - Filth & Violence, 2011
Tunnusta olevasi syntinen from "Syntiinlankeemus" - Filth & Violence, 2015
Who Are You from "Syntiinlankeemus" - Filth & Violence, 2015
Buring in the Face of God from "Kolari III" - EI ARMUA, 2020
Sarita from "Syntiinlankeemus" - Filth & Violence, 2015
Filth Pig from "Valkoinen Kohina" - Urashima, 2015
Replicated Humanity from "Marked and Slaughtered" - Narcolepsia, forthcoming
Decommission (w Virgin Entrails) from "Suomi-American Hate Alliance" - forthcoming
Suffocate in Dirt (w Concrete Mascara) from "Art of Deviance" - Corrosive Art, 2012

58: An Interview With Unclean, Finnish Power Electronics Artist

This week the boys get personal and discuss their favorite and least favorite moments, movies, and manga from 2021. And to kick things off they review the mess that is Ruggero Deodato's "Ballad in Blood" (2016).

60: The Best and Worst of 2021

Only a year delayed, this week the boys discuss their favorite records and video games from 2020. Hopefully you'll find these recommendations evergreen.

Disco Box Recommendations:
Ai Aso – The Faintest Hint LP – Ideologic Organ
Autechre – SIGN LP – Warp Records
Clarity – UVB76-016 12” – UVB-76
Gremlinz, Jesta & Kalu / Friske – Monolith / City Limits 12” - DROOGS
Grunt – Spiritual Eugenics 2xLP – Freak Animal
Hannah Diamond – Reflections LP – PC Music
Internal Rot – Grieving Birth LP – Iron Lung, 625 Thrashcore
Kinbakushi – Construction Site Bondage Cassette – IOPS
Metadevice – Ubiquitarchia cassette - Malignant
Regis – Hidden In This Is The Light That You Miss LP - Downards
Sadio – Piss Drinking Slut 7” – Freak Animal
Taeter with Sektor 304 – The Hermeneutics of the Hunt Has Gone Full Circle CD – New Approach, Narcolepsia

2020 Reissues
Aube – Spindrift LP – Robert & Leopold 
Mania – Eros + Massacre cassette
Mania – If They Move... Kill Em cassette
Mania – Miserable Disposition cassette
Masayuki Takayanagi New Direction Unit – Axis/Another Revolvable Thing 1 LP – Blank Forms Editions
Masayuki Takayanagi New Direction Unit – Axis/Another Revolvable Thing 2 LP – Blank Forms Editions
Mental Fear Productions – Remastered Classics 2002-2006 MP3 – Mental Fear Productions
Mothra – Doom Engine LP – Cold Spring 
Toho Sara – Toho Sara 2xLP – Black Editions
White Heaven – Out LP – Black Editions

BDMFT #32: The Best Records and Video Games of 2020

A little delayed but it's here now, Dick Fetti and Ben the Beardo's favorite records, manga and video games of 2021.

Disco Box Recommendations:
Anatomia – Corporeal Torment LP – Me Saco Un Ojo Records
Bo Burhnam - Inside CD - Imperial
Charli XCX – Good Ones - Asylum Records
Charli XCX – New Shapes - Asylum Records
Karim Maas & Stave – Godless LP – UVB-76
Metadevice – Turba CD – New Approach
Overlook – UVB76​-​018 12” – UVB-76
Shackleton – Departing Like Rivers 2xLP – Woe To the Septic Heart!
Tribal Brothers & DJ Polo – The Link Up 12” – Livity Sound
VA – Tresor 30 12x12” - Tresor

BDMFT #33: The Best Records and Video Games of 2021

The boys are back with part 1 of their 3 part series on d'n'b maestro Technical Itch (Mark Caro). Dick Fetti and Ben the Beardo discuss the history of drum & bass, the origin of Dick's obsession with the same, and begin their exhaustive discussion of Tech Itch's discography.

61: Technical Itch Discography Overview Part 1: The Virus

It was only a matter of time... join Dick Fetti and the Beardo this week to discuss Hidetaka Miyazaki's masterpiece, "Elden Ring". A largely spoiler free discussion, but play it first before listening.

BDMFT #34: Elden Ring

This episode the boys return to the discography of Tech Itch (Mark Caro), covering the era from Tech Itch's first album "Diagnostics" from 1999 (Moving Shadow) to his second MSX EP, "The Risin" from 2003.

62: Tech Itch Part 2: The Rukus

Dick Fetti and Ben the Beardo conclude their series on Tech Itch, covering the records from "The Diagene EP" (Tech Itch Recordings, 2002) to "Another Life/Melt" (Over Shadow, 2021). The boys hope you've come to enjoy the nearly 30 year career of Tech Itch half as much as they do! To kick things off the boys review "Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance" by Kenji Misumi (1972).

63: Tech Itch Part 3: Find Your Darkness

The boys are back at again to discuss their favorite movies, shows and concerts of 2022. To start things off they review "Barbarian", the 2022 film by Zach Cregger.

64: The Best and Worst of 2022

In the first part of the BDMFT wrap-up, Dick Fetti digs into the disco box for his favorite records of 2022.

Disco Box Recommendations:
Blocks & Escher - Shot in the Dark EP 12" - R&S
Cerebral Rot - Excretion of Mortality LP/CD - 20 Buck Spin
Charli XCX – Crash LP/CD - Asylum Records
Clarity - Basalt EP 12" - UVB-76
Overlook - Lost Souls Club EP 12" - UVB-76
Phobophilic - Enveloping Absurdity LP/CD - Prosthetic
Purity Ring - Graves MP3 - Self-Released

BDMFT #35.1: The Best Records of 2022

In the second half of this BDMFT series the boys discuss the video games, manga and anime they enjoyed most in 2022. Some of these things are new release, but most aren't. Tune in to hear reviews of Blasphemous, God of War Ragnarok, Doom Eternal, Cultic, Chainsaw Man, No Longer Human, and many more!

BDMFT #35.2: The Best Video Games and Manga from 2022

Things get sexy this week as Flex Lexa, Ben the Beardo and Dick Fetti find themselves deep down the rabbit hole of sexual fetishes. Join Motel Hell as they discuss their individual research on necrophilia, furry fandom, plushophilia and tentacle porn. Desires are awakened, lines are crossed and they look at a lot of porn on air. So bring a friend, take off your pants and enjoy!

Easily our most family friendly, hetero-normative, and conservative Christian value based episode yet!

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Episode 3: The Nekromantik's Furry Tentacle Fantasy

3: The Nekromantik's Furry Tentacle Fantasy

Things get sexier than usual this week as resident news anchor, the incredible Flex Lexa, reports on lewd and bizarre happenings from around the globe with Ben the Beardo (aka Cap'n Stabbin' aka The Professor) and Dick Fetti (aka God) providing color commentary. Horse love, arson, Olympians molested by ghosts, and driving while stroking are all on the docket. 

Our esteemed anchors also review "Lurking Fear" a Full Moon Entertainment film and Dick Fetti debuts his new segment "Dick Fetti's Disco Box".

Disco Box recommendation:
Evil / Lurking Fear - Split CD - Obliteration 2014

7: It's Time For The News! Part Deux

This week Flex Lexa, Dick Fetti and Ben the Beardo discuss the New Jersey's own famous local cryptid, the Jersey Devil. Dick Fetti presents his research into the history and development of the local legend, possible explanations as to the many sightings and the whole gang tells their own personal experiences with Jersey Devil.

These outrageously attractive hosts also review the seminal Giallo classic, Dario Argento's "Suspiria" and Dick Fetti returns with his Disco Box.

Disco Box recommendations:
Blood Incantation - Starspawn LP - Dark Descent 2016
Thergothon - Fhtagn-Nagh Yog-Sothoth Cassette - Self-Released 1991 / Painiac Records 2006
Thergothon - Stream From The Heavens CD - Avantgarde Music 1994

8: The Jersey Devil AKA Chicken Coops Bear Traces Of Carnal Violence

This week our degenerate hosts discuss the phenomena known as "mass hysteria" (aka collective hysteria, group hysteria or collective obsessional behavior). Flex Lexa, the Greyhound in Heels, gives a rundown of the phenomena including the Meowing Nuns of France; Ben the Beardo discusses the various Medieval dancing plagues aka dance fever (!!!); and Dick Fetti presents research on the Kosovo Student Poisoning which is neither hysterical nor a mass delusion.  So put on your dancing shoes and cat ears and get ready to expose some government conspiracies!

Also, our light-bulb eating hosts review Mike Flanagan's horror film "Oculus" from 2013, Dick Fetti returns with his Disco Box full of Norwegian Black Metal and Ben the Beardo debut's his "Best Buy" segment. No we're not sponsored, but please give us money <3.

Disco Box recommendations:
Gorgoroth - Under The Sign Of Hell CD - Malicious Records 1997 / Regain Records 2007
Gorgoroth - Incipit Satan CD - Nuclear Blast 2000

9: Meowing Nuns, St. Vitus's Dance And An International Cover Up In Kosovo

Motel Hell returns with Dick Fetti at the helm to delve into the Munich Massacre, the 1972 attack on the Summer Olympic Games by the terrorist group Black September. Dick Fetti reaches deep into his boozy college years to reclaim on old research paper on the subject and regale Flex Lexa, Ben the Beardo and you, the listener, with this tragic and sometimes grimly humorous tale of when terrorism, a twenty-four hour news cycle, and an inept government collide. 

To start things off, the Magnificent Three™ review the phenomenal “Sicario” by Denis Villeneuve (who recently directed “Blade Runner 2049”). Dick Fetti opens up the Disco Box again and the Beardo sings his praises for a classic Capcom series.

Disco Box recommendations:
Surface – Falling In Love 12” – Salsoul Records 1983
V/A - 12” Gold Master Series 2xLP – Salsoul Records 1994
Shifted – Six Steps To Resurgence 12” – Avian 2016
Shifted – Arrangements In Monochrome [Part One] 12” - Avian 2014
Shifted – Arrangements In Monochrome [Part Two] 12” - Avian 2014

14: The Munich Massacre AKA The West German Whoopsies

After a month long hiatus due to various unforeseen circumstances, Motel Hell returns to celebrate one of the greatest American directors and film score composers, John Carpenter. Ben the Beardo leads this episodes weeks episodes through a short biography of Carpenter, a review of his films and discussion of his work as a composer.

The gang starts it off right by reviewing the often forgotten 1986 John Carpenter classic "Big Trouble in Little China". Dick Fetti recommends several Japanese artists from his Disco Box and the Beardo ties it all back to Carpenter with his Best Buy.

Disco Box recommendations:
Linekraft - The Man Who Was Plugged In CDr/Cassette - Three Plugs 2008/2017
Anatomia - Decaying in Obscurity 2xLP - NWN! Productions 2012
Anatomia - Shreds Of Putrefaction 10" - NWN! Productions 2010
Scum - We Must Bleed Cassette - New Forces 2017

17: Hits & Misses - The John Carpenter Story

Motel Hell is back with the fifth entry in the weird news series. Dick Fetti aka Disco Fetti takes the helm and things get several shades darker. Godflesh, child abuse, the Deep Web, toy guns and Big Foot’s dick! It’s all here!  

In addition the Magnificent Three™ review the 1981 slasher classic “The Burning”, by Tony Maylam. Dick Fetti digs deep into drum & bass for the Disco Box and the Beardo denounces another two films in his “Bad Buys” segment.

Disco Box recommendations:
Throat – Bareback LP – SVART 2018
Technical Itch – The Fear / Release Me 12” – Penetration Records 2002
Technical Itch – The Rukus / Nitron 12” – Penetration Records 2002
Technical Itch Feat. MC Jakes – Pressure Drop / Shadow Daemon 12” – Penetration Records 2003
Technical Itch Feat. MC Jakes – Life Of Sin / Dream Strike 12” – Penetration Records 2004
Technical Itch – The Rukus (Kryptic Minds & Leon Switch Remix) / Replicator 12” – Penetration Records 2005

26: And That's the Wayyy the News Goes!

Dick Fetti and Ben the Beardo welcome you to their new mini-show, "The Bearded Dick's Musical Fun Time" aka BDMFT. In an effort to make Motel Hell episodes a little bit shorter, Dick and Ben will be cracking open the Disco Box and reviewing various media here on BDMFT, instead of on the main show. 

This week Dick Fetti reviews two records by current drum & bass wunderkid Jason Luxton aka Overlook and the classic album "Exorcise the Demons" by Source Direct. After which, Ben the Beardo reviews the awesome new Spider-Man game.

Disco Box Recommendations:
Overlook - Smoke Signals 3xLP - UVB-76 2017
Overlook - All Of Them Witches 12" - UVB-76 2018
Source Direct - Exorcise The Demons CD - Science / Virgin 1999

BDMFT #1: Spider-Man Listens to Drum & Bass

Dick Fetti and Ben the Beardo are back at Motel Hell, with Halloween decorations hung, blood splattered and candy, filled to the brim with cyanide. In honor of the best month of the year Dick So Fetti and the Beardo discuss their respective top five favorite horror films. Unlike the prior episode about the “Giallo” genre, the discussion is from a much more personal angle, with less focus on the technical details and more on the personal relevance. Plots are discussed, endings ruined, and praise gushed out like arterial blood spray.
 
Here’s the list of films discussed, in order of the discussion:
1.	The Evil Dead – Sam Raimi (1981)
2.	Kichiku Dai Enkai – Kazuyoshi Kumakiri (1997)
3.	The Witch – Robert Eggers (2015)
4.	Alien – Ridley Scott (1979)
5.	It Follows – Robert David Mitchell (2014)
6.	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre – Toby Hooper (1974)
7.	Friday the 13th – Sean S. Cunningham (1980)
8.	The Thing – John Carpenter (1982)
9.	Re-Animator – Stuart Gordon (1985)
10.	The Shining – Stanley Kubrick (1980)

28: Halloween Horror Hootenanny

This week Ben the Beardo and Dick So Fetti talk about something other than drum & bass! Dick Fetti reviews deconstructed club gems by Raime and OAKE, and the modern post-punk of Tropic of Cancer. Then Ben the Beardo discusses the creepy "Corpse Party" video game and anime series.

Disco Box Recommendations:
Raime ‎– Quarter Turns Over A Living Line 2xLP - Blackest Ever Black 2012
OAKE ‎– Auferstehung 2xLP - Downwards 2014
Tropic of Cancer - Restless Idylls 2xLP - Blackest Ever Black 2013

BDMFT #4: Corpse Party at the Last Foundry

This week Ben the Beardo and Dick Fetti return to the land of the rising sun to discuss two serial killers who exploited social media and depression to kill their victims. The Beardo tackles the garbage-human Hiroshi Maeue and Dick So Fetti investigates the exploitation artist Takahiro Shiraishi.

But first the boys review Sion Sono's 2001 directorial debut "Suicide Club".

And remember if you struggle with suicidal ideation, you don't have to struggle alone. There are resources in every country and professionals who can help. https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org

31: Japanese Serial Killers Part Deux

The time has finally come! After several delays Dick Fetti and Ben the Beardo finally present their first cryptid episode. For their first foray Dick Fetti covers the Kraken and the Leviathan aka the big wet-bois and the Beardo covers the Thunderbird aka the Native American sky-boi. Naturally tentacle porn is discussed too. And to start things off the boys review Richard Stanley's 1990 film "Hardware", in all of its disappointing glory.

33: The Cryptid Corner

This week Ben the Beardo and Dick Fetti discuss spooky, cursed places. The Beardo takes the lead with the haunted history of Palazzo Dario in Venice, Italy. Everyone who lived there has eventually died !!! Then Dick the Fetti takes a trip to Mexico to discuss Isla de las Muñecas, Island of the Dolls; its haunted attendant, and the lack of Star Wars dolls. And then the boys return home to talk about the Blue Hole aka the Devil’s Puddle, in the Pine Barrens. To kick things off the boys spend 10 minutes gooshing about classic 1993 anime film “Ninja Scroll” [獣兵衛忍風帖], directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri.

35: Cursed Places and Haunted Spaces

This week Ben the Beardo and Dick Fetti dive back into one of their favorite topics, sexual fetishes. But beware, this one is not for the faint of heart or stomach because the boys cover coprophilia (aka scat aka poo-poo) and lolicon. So if you want to learn the how and why of scat and the history of loli, now's the time. 

But to start things off in traditional fashion, the Dick and the Beardo review the Japanese surrealist exploitation film "Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41" (1972) by Shunya Ito (伊藤 俊也), starring Meiko Kaji (梶 芽衣子).

39: The Scat Swapping Lolicon Nightmare

This week Ben the Beardo helms Motel Hell's investigation of the unsolved 2011 Dupont de Ligonnès family murders and disappearance. The Beardo goes through a timeline of crucial events from before, during and after the murders and gives his theory on the culprit. But before that, the Dick and the Beard savagely review the 2008 New French Extremity film "Martyrs" by Pascal Laugier.

41: Xavier: Renegade Family Murderer

To bridge the gap between Shinya Tsukamoto episodes on Motel Hell, the boys have an extra BDMFT for your ear-holes. First the Beardo and the Fetti review "Slugs: The Movie" from 1988. Directed by Spanish cult legend Juan Piquer Simón, this creature feature is completely bonkers in all the right ways. Then Dick Fetti opens the Disco Box to recommend another Nile album, an album by infamous American black metal project Xasthur, and the soundtrack to "Castlevania: Rondo of Blood" aka "Akumajou Dracula X: Chi no Rondo" by the Konami Kukeiha Club. The spooky gush continues...

Disco Box Recommendations:
Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked CD/2xLP - Relapse Records 2005
Xasthur - Telepathic With The Deceased CD - Moribund Records 2004
Konami Kukeiha Club - Castlevania: Rondo Of Blood / Castlevania: Dracula X - Konami 1993/Mondo 2018

BDMFT #21: Slugs, Nile, Xasthur and Castlevania

This week Dick Fetti finally finishes his series on Japanese auteur director Shinya Tsukamoto [塚本 晋也]. The Dick covers the director's films from 2002's "A Snake of June" [六月の蛇] through 2018's "Killing" [斬、]. For those who've been waiting for the conclusion, thank you. For those who are new to the work Shinya Tsukamoto, it's time to dive in!

48: Shinya Tsukamoto Pt. 3 - Beyond the Body

This week Dick Fetti and Ben the Beardo interview Philadelphia tattoo artist Ian Coyle, from Wildheart Tattoo, about his job, his inspiration and his process. The boys also talk to Ian about the knowledge and cool objects he's acquired as a foreclosed property cleaner and manager. Did you know there's dildo in every home? Listen to find out more!

And don't forget to check Ian out at @juicetattuice and his shop at @wildheart_tattoo.

51: Interview With a Tattoo Artist and Foreclosed Property Cleaner

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