5: The Rodeo Special...

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Track Listings

'El Rodeo' by Kyuss
I presume that Kyuss is a misspelling of kius, a god-ugly cross between the Ford KA and the Toyota Prius, neither of which had been invented at the time the band rose to fame. In reality it turns out they were named after a god from the Dungeons and Dragons Universe, which is pretty geeky. Kyuss began their career banging out their tracks for free surrounded by miles and miles of peyote infested desert. Like ballplayers on a field of dreams, people came out to watch them play. The rest is history. (They broke up in 95 but went on to form at least 2 of your favourite bands)
El Rodeo is not, as Matt and I thought about a rodeo. it appears to be about a particularity harsh prison outside of Caracas in Venezuela. DO NOT COMMIT A CRIME IN SOUTH AMERICA!

'White Collar Boy' by Belle and Sebastian
This is a ballad about a rich kid that gets into a little bit of trouble with the law and then kind of goes down hill from there. Belle and Sebastian are a Scottish Band. Not a 'French, Dutch or Swedish or Something' Duet as I may claim during this show. I am wrong and should have done better research. I am sick of being wrong. I am sick to damn death of smug people telling me I am wrong about stuff. How is it everybody else in the world seems to already know everything. I'm not a stupid guy. I'm not lazy. I have my own show. Do they have their own show? NO, they don't, I do... so they can piss off. Still what do I get for all my efforts? Next to nothing. I want a better paid job and a nice car and a family bucket of chicken.

'Heroes Get Remembered' (not Beatdown in the key of happy) by Four Year Strong
Four year strong released this Fire Safety Anthem, that advocates fighting fire with fire, pre-emptively. The idea being that if you burn the house down on purpose, then it's impossible to do it by accident. Matt loves this track but to be honest it bores me to death. Death is approaching, probably in a house fire.

'Worn Down a Knuckle Too Far' by James
When I first, heard James, it was during that period in time when everyone in in Bristol worked for BT, I'd just gone through my induction training and I was given a CD by one of my workmates. He was from Manchester, called James and had a voice almost identical to the lead singer. I lost touch with James the person, but my memory of him and my memory of the band will always share an intrinsic link. I last saw James the person, at 'Dig In' a kind of eclectic hippy night they used to run at The Thekla before it went all upmarket. I never actually asked him if he was in the band, but I assume that he wasn't.

'Deep Inside' by Incubus
Jazz fusion meets rock apocalypse in the lounge of the Sacramento Holiday Inn. it's two pm but you've been through so many time-zones you have not idea. Your luggage has been lost in Heathrow and your facing a whole convention full of Southpark fans with only the cheap sweatpants and non-logo knitted jumper you travelled in. It's cheap drinks at the bar and an attractive blond spikes your drink with a syringe full of pure Ethanol. Suddenly you can't see straight. If you want to take the blond to your room, turn to page 104 If you want to try and make it to the bathroom before you throw up, turn to page 16. to stay where you are, just read this page again.

'Stranger' The Presidents of the USA.
There was really only one link I could post with this. OK Maybe two links . I saw the presidents live in London once and I lost a shoe in the middle of the mosh pit. Then I found someone else's shoe and then just went on moshing. When the gig was over I had to hunt around in the mess until I eventually found my own shoe, lying covered in blood next to the body of a badly-beaten, dead roadie. Coincidence? I think not.

'Meet Me By The River's Edge' by The Gas Light Anthem
The Gas Light Anthem are from New Brunswick in New Jersey. They are not however Nu metal. They're actually pretty old-school and have been compared to Springsteen. it's almost as if Springsteen is their boss and they are a band formed from a bunch of his employees. despite calls for them to do so, The GLA refuse to perform naked or even Semi Naked. Though they have been quoted as saying they would do a nude scene in a movie if it was tastefully done. This Song talks a lot about the things Sally Said. Here is another song about things Sally said.

'Forget the Souvenirs' by The Stares
Surely Souvenirs are things to help you remember. once you've forgotten them, what do you have left?

The Stares really aren't famous at all, but they are awesome so please go to their website and buy an album. I'm not sure if it's available on Itunes at all, or really anywhere other than their website. Maybe if we buy enough albums they will finally release another great record. I saw them live in a smokey little bar in Seattle. Those were the days when I was young and cocky and had an expendable income. I'm sad to say we fade this out before the song even finishes, and when it went out on air they pretty much faded it out as soon as it started. I will never forgive them.

Goodnight.

4: Lucky Episode Number 7... (Some episodes are missing from this site.)

You can hear this 'lucky' Episode HERE

You lucky lucky people.

First up... Please ignore the email address we tout throughout this episode. It does exist, but for the sake of continuity, we have been given our own BCFM email address, which is DannAndMatt@BCFM.org.uk
not
DannAndMatt@bcfm.com

as we mention in later programmes...

We are really sorry for all the confusion. let me assure though, no one is more confused than us.

DannAndMatt@BCFM.org.uk

Anyway, without further ado on with

The Track Listings

'Time' performed by Easy Star All Stars featuring Corey Harris & Ranking Joe (original song by Pink Floyd)

I defy anyone not to like this piece of music, or in fact the album it comes from 'Dub Side of the Moon' My mum loves it, My dad loves it, my friends love it. Stoners who walk past my house on their way to their dealers love it. Cats love it. Dogs love it. Former US president Richard Nixon is a particularly vocal 'DubSide Enthusiast' as he mentions on his blog.
I'd like to add that it's this song that gets me out of bed in the morning, that gets me to buckle down and get things done. The human race is indeed a race, and no one out there is going to tell you to start running, you just have to take your cue from seeing their greassy buttocks bouncing off into the distance as they desperately swing their arms for balance.

'Don't Hate Me' by The Get Up Kids
The Get up kids are totally Emo. But they did their best to break away from being called Emo, presumably because it hurt their feelings a bit. After reading about them on Wikipedia, it appears that they hold themselves totally responsible for 'the state of punk today' which they claim has become 'just like glam rock'. Which according to that last link seems to imply that punks today do their utmost to look as much like transvestites as possible, but crucially without trying to look like actual women. Which may explain The Get Up Kids' unusual sound.

(Going back to that photo for a second... Is it just me or does the guy in the gold jacket look like he's their pimp.)


Fossils are awesome!


'Librarian' by My Morning Jacket
This is a great song that plays on a number of clever themes, first the damaging proliferation of self-image-obsession in these post-modern consumerist times and second... SEXY LIBRARIANS!!!

Which I had to risk getting fired to google at work. What's really depressing is that I couldn't find anything that lived up to my own rampant imagination. One of the pictures was of Sarah Palin which is not cool. And then the rest looked like Glamour Models in librarians clothes. So in the end I decided that this was what I would go with (she's not a librarian she's a guidance councillor with OCD, but you know....). I could just put up a picture of my wife who this song really does remind me of... but this isn't that kind of website.

In the interest of sexual non-discrimination and the ticking of diversity boxes, here is a picture of a sexy male librarian


'Hyperborea' by H.O.R.S.E The Band

Hyperborea... That's a pretty weird name for a song. Certainly a nightmare to anyone with lupis. I reckon they are probably talking about the last wikipedia meaning... the theory that the Human Race was born fully formed at the North Pole,(borea like in auraborealis) 'where the sun never stops shining' the theory is that hyperborean times were the golden age and that the south pole is the root of all evil and that as we have progressed down towards it we have become less and less human... and more and more animal. The fact is I've seen March of the Penguins and those little guys seemed quite loving and civilised. penguins don't lie to each other about love, they don't make promises they can't keep. If a penguin doesn't show up to a little league game or it's child's birthday it won't be because it went out drinking or stayed late at work. It's much more likely it's been eaten by a leopard seal.

'Nothing to Worry About' by Peter, Bjorn and John.
Sweden. Sweden. Sweden Peter, Bjorn and John are Swedish. I'm typing this but I'm actually really tired and feeling quite I'll. I'm at work too, which I mentioned earlier. I'm kind of hoping nobody will notice that I'm working my own website instead of any real work. I figure that as long as my eyes are open and my keyboard keeps pumping out those little tappy tappy noises nobody's going to call my bluff

...What happened next? We think it might have been 'The Event'.

'A Small Demand' by The (International) Noise Conspiracy
The (International) Noise Conspiracy should not be confused with The (National) Noise Conspiracy. They stand for very different things. The Nationals for example don't have a bitchin' Sax Solo in the middle of any of their songs. And they also hate puppies, allegedly. The Internationals on the other hand have puppies on their rider, which they say is a 'small demand'.


'John Wayne Gacey Jr.' by Sufjan Stevens
This is a song about the serial killer, John Wayne Gacey Jr. It's taken from Sufjan's Illinois Album. It's a true ballad of the old school, telling the news through song. I picked this because I found that it handled a difficult subject really well. It doesn't glamorise the murders, and it doesn't take them lightly. I think it really does capture the feeling of finding out there was killer in your home town, maybe in your street. Gacey would gain the trust of young men with his wit and humour and then convince them to allow him to tie them up by pretending he was doing magic tricks. Then he killed them and buried them underneath his home. No one knows why. I doubt even he does.

'Beatdown in the Key of Happy' by Four Year Strong
When Matt first mentioned that he was going to play this song I thought he said
'Beatdown in the Key of Hippy'
I thought he was taking about that Rolling Stones concert where the Hells Angels beat up a load of people, killed a guy and effectively put to death the dream of "The Sixties" and the mythical summer of love. The more I read about the Hells Angels the more disturbed I am by them. I mean I should have guessed by the name but when I read the Electric Cool Aid Acid Tests by Tom Wolfe I was genuinely shocked, not so much by the violence but by their extreme sexual behaviour. I just had no idea I guess. I'm sure they're all cool now. The last thing I want to do is start some kind of Beef.

That's it for this week people... Goodnight!