30: BOOM BOOM BOOM (I want you in my room)

This Episode involves a short excerpt from our unpublished BBC 4 Documentary on the History of Jazz. You can attempt to enjoy our new direction...

HERE

The whole thing was a bit of a disaster and half of it is missing. You might as well watch This instead.

Track Listings (write ups by Matt Setback)

'Straight No Chaser' by Thelonious Monk

Hear exciting and possibly libellous facts about Mr T Monk!

'Prisencoli Nensianciusol' by Adriano Celentano  
Wow, we spelt this guy's name so wrong. Like, so wrong. Have you seen Blackadder's Christmas Carol? At one point Baldrick writes 'Christmas' and gets every letter wrong. That's pretty much how wrong we were. Also, his name is in black. I can't figure out to how change it. Um. (Dann: I have changed it)

'Song of a Gun' by Nirvana
Irrefutable proof that more than two chords is just wasteful!

 
'Ruthy Lingle' by 16 Horse Power

Varmit/Varmint HUMBOLT SQUID! Humbolt Squid
Mmmm. Links...  Dann's far better at understanding these links than me. You should check out that Alex Riley stuff though, he's pretty good. Like Mark Thomas crossed with Louie Theroux. Though I am possibly overselling it now. (Dann: I have added a link...)

'Hey Johnny Park' by Foo Fighters

Remember when Foo Fighters were good? It was so long ago now. I'm sure they were, I'm sure of it. I just... can't remember that far back. Sigh. Yeah, no humour from me, just elitist bitching. That's how I roll.

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The second half of this episode was somehow lost... We are working on getting it back. 

Give me some time.

Missing songs include...

DANN'S SIXTH FORM SONG!
Girl from Mars, by Ash

Ah, you'll have heard it before anyway. If not, go Spotify up some Ash, you young whippersnapper.

'Nighty Night' by Jenny Owen Young

I think this was good. Shame it's been lost in the bowels of some unsayable media giant's cavernous computer systems. (Dann: I'm actually going to put a link to something else here... something I wanted to play but couldn't for obvious, 'I didn't have the clean version' reasons.)

and another one from Matt I guess.
I guess. Cheers.

AND THAT'S IT!

29: Matt calls in sick

Glen. An Enigma Wrapped in a riddle. Tied up in a quandary, drizzled with questions and sprinkled with the essence of an unknown quantity. This week, he joins me in the hot seat where Matt usually sits. You know I should really ask him if he want's to 'guest write' this write-up... hold on I'll call him now... Glen agreed.

HERE

Track Listings


'Black Balloon' by the Goo Goo Dolls
Matt loved the Goo Goo Dolls when they were young and punk. I love them now they're aging and mainstream. I guess that means I have questionable tastes. Not to be confused with questionable morals, that would be the ladies you find drunk in lidal car park at 3.40am. On a Tuesday.

'Armstrong's Line' Half Handed Cloud
Half handed cloud come from the Asthmatic Kitty label of which Dann is quite the fan. The band get their name from an event in the Old Testament, which is from a bestseller called The Bible, apparently some kind of human spirtual instructional manual. I read some of it to prepare for these notes, and between what I read and that fact that the label's name promotes poor cat health, I have concluded that the darkness I only previously sensed within Dann is, in fact, a worryingly palpable force bubbling a fiction of a inch beneath his calm visage.

'Kiss the Bottle' by Foo Fighters
A song about drinking. I like a drink. Everyone likes a drink. Shut up, I do what I want.

'Lesley-Anne Lavine' by The Decemberists
Tradionally, December is a month for many popular holidays. Perhaps the most famous holiday to occur in this month is Sinterklaas, celebrating Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of Amsterdam, children and sailors. Believe.

'Circles' by The Remnants
The Remnants are a local Bristol band that everyone likes. They have a breezy, punk rock style that makes people happy. Circles is a short song. Made by good hearted boys.


DANN'S SIXTH FORM SONG!
'Song Two' By Blur 
Dann, like many of us, finds it a shocking blow when younger people have a different reaction to his own generational soundtracks. We've all been there. Unless you haven't: in which case, you're up far past your bedtime, you cheeky little rugratter you.

'Hit Me' by Uncle (featuring Gavin Clarke)
Used over the end credits to X Files 2, this rocker from Uncle features Gavin Clarke. Some of the unusual sounds in the track were created by a variation of silly putty and dimes tucked in between and over the strings of the piano. Dimes are worth 10 cents. Can't get nothin' for that.

"Atomic Moog 2000" (The Bomb - Luke Vibert Mix)  Originally by Coldcut
 (WEIRDLY THE SECOND PART OF THIS TRACK HAS DISAPPEARED DURING CONVERSION SO I AM JUST GOING TO LINK TO IT ON YOUTUBE.  BASTARDS.)
Dann searched long and hard to find this track. He ended up paying quite the sum of money for it too, quite admirable in this age of the naughty download. I gave it a couple of token searches on wikipedia and then made tea. I do like the bit in the middle though. You'll know what I mean.