1. Balls to the Wall
The Eastern Border
Kristaps Andrejsons
4.6 • 851 Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2025
⏱️ 182 minutes
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Summary
The Godfather of Metal, the Prince of Darkness, a true legend has passed. This also triggered the last thing my father wanted me to do – and make a proper oldschool episode. Everything is in there, except I did not eat the shrooms as I couldn’t open the lid.
And in doing this, I realized that I have become Gonzo. And quite likely the only one around to do it the right way. Shit, I am competent now. That’s why the old number system doesn’t feel right anymore. This…this is a path of catharsis, memories, weirdest stories that my dad have, and some less weird – and quite a lot of other tangents. If you’ve only been listening throughout the war, this might not be for you, at least at the start – however, I welcome You aboard the crazy train anyways.
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| 0:13.0 | Greetings, comrades. I'm making this episode because Ozzy died. No, not kidding. I used to make episodes |
| 0:20.1 | about, you know, explaining culture and history of the USSR. |
| 0:23.8 | And this is one of those, because people asked me to make one. |
| 0:27.2 | Didn't expect it to be this one. |
| 0:30.0 | But here we are. |
| 0:32.1 | This is the last thing I have unfinished from my dad. |
| 0:37.3 | Dad was a musician. |
| 0:38.7 | Born in 1957, in a small town called Luban. |
| 0:43.2 | And, yeah, I ended up playing bass in our national opera orchestra for 20 years while being in a punk rock band. |
| 0:51.6 | And did some really weird stuff. |
| 0:54.5 | And the last time we met in person, we had done something similar like some of these |
| 0:58.6 | studies, but from an episode there was like long lost. |
| 1:01.0 | I think it was like one of the first ones because we lost a bunch of data too. |
| 1:06.6 | And we rewrote this and had a bunch of stuff and I just stood there for a while because I had other stuff to do. |
| 1:10.8 | And just before, you know, he went to the hospital when I met him the last time ever, I just asked him, you know, hey, you know, do I record this alone? Will you're going to sit next to me? How are we going to do this? And when should I publish this? and one of the last words before saying goodbye was like oh yeah publish it when Ozzy dies |
| 1:12.5 | because it's like a and when should I publish this? And one of the last words before saying goodbye was like, |
| 1:29.2 | oh yeah, publish it when Ozzy dies. |
| 1:31.0 | Because it's like a joke because Ozzy lives on forever. |
| 1:33.3 | And fuck, the motherfucker died. |
| 1:37.2 | Like Prince of Darkness. |
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