"Only in the world of Ron Wood would that pass for amusement..."
Well, we've applied The Levelator (hot tip from reader Austin Platt) to the new podcast which means that you don't have to reach for the volume every time Mark Ellen laughs about the question of whether David Hepworth would have passed the height test to get into Blue Oyster Cult and actually hear Matt Hall explaining the difference between the Shepton Mallett Village Band and the outfit that shall forever more be known as the Brighouse & Gastric Brass Band.
Other burning issues covered: Art Garfunkel, Kimberley Rew, Bill Drummond and other great walkers in rock, the deal between Journey and Wal-Mart, the challenge of broken broadband, Ron Wood's idea of a good time and why buying a subscription saves time, money and trees.
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The sound was greatly improved.
I could hear you all above the jet engine that functions as a computer fan, without having to crank the volume up to deafening levels.
There’s a decent guidebook written by David Sharp and titled The London Loop, which describes a walk around the circumference of the capital, using the same green corridors that permit hedgehogs and other woodland dwelling creatures to get from one side of town to the other, without having to pay the congestion charge. Basically it’s the rural M25.
The walk is split up into chunks, since it’s not something you would do in one go. I did a few sections before I fell ill. It’s good for townies like me, who like the idea of the countryside, but who also enjoy the security of knowing that somewhere nearby there’s a giant supermarket.
Tiki bar - tastic
Should anyone wish to learn more about Tiki bars they could do worse than to look here:
http://www.tikibartv.com/
subscription
I'd subscribe in a sec if it wasn't so expensive from Ireland, slightly more than it is in the shops if I'm not mistaken
Yes
I was listening. Thanks!
Ukulele
is actually Hawaiian for "jumping flea"
Grammer
Which was the podcast about grammar that DH mentioned? Grammar Girl?
Do I have to do *everything*?
Here she is.
Ta Dave
Thats very kind of you (hee hee)
Walk round Britain like an Egyptian
I would think the bloke who actually wrote Walk like an Egyptian might be a bit miffed at Mark Ellen crediting it to Kimberley Rew. Although KR did of course write a hit for the Bangles, being Goin' down to Liverpool
Highly enjoyable...
... chatter again on the PodCast this week.
ME's enthusiam about the Dylan art exhibition was good to hear.
And tG I got my subscription. I feel a great sense of moral wellbeing now!
Just thinking, between reading the magazine, checking out the web page/blog entries, listening to the cds and enjoying the weekly PodCasts THE WORD is taking up a substantial percentage of my free-time.
Hope I'll manage "cold-turkey" when I'm on my two-week holiday in Italy next month!
In Italy..
...I understand they have the internet now.
Yes, but...
... I can't read Italian ;-)
I thought the 'cast went a
I thought the 'cast went a bit QVC halfway through when Mark and David were discussing subscriptions.
QVC
For which I shall not apologise.
Threesome
ME, DH and MH seems to me to be the dream team to do the 'cast. Actually I feel this could end up as the Matt Hall Show since he is coming up with all the best lines lately. It was all good stuff.
Mum
I've told you before, stop bothering me at work.
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Your mum's name is Sven?
That's a bit weird.
I could explain
but I'd rather not talk about it.
Mildly odd synchronicity
Excellent 'cast as usual. As a Soft Boys fan I was rather pleased when you mentioned Kimberley Rew - particularly as I happened to be walking past the end of the street where he lives when you did!
Keep up the good work etc etc
Walking podcast to London rock landmarks...
a HORA on every street corner. It must be done!
Heightism
Apropos of Blue Oyster Cult's dwarven countenance, didn't Ac/DC once advertise for a drummer who had to stand less than 5ft6, ahem, tall because Angus and Co were so damn diminutive they were fearful of some Brobdingnagian brute overshadowing them. And is the reverse true anywhere? Is there a band featuring members who had to be 6f3-plus?
ps Another here for the underated and understated Matt Hall's contributions
The sound levels on the new
The sound levels on the new podcast are a lot more even, thanks guys - no more messing around with the volume on the iPod. Keep up the good work!
Blue Oyster Cult
Coincidentally I saw them in Ipswich on tuesday and they do, indeed, have a new bass player. Maybe that's what happened..?! They played (Don't Fear) The Reaper, Cities in Flame (with Rock & Roll) but not Joan Crawford (Has Risen from The Grave). Clearly not a band unduly concerned by the great parentheses crisis (of the seventies). Would now be a good time to mention that the Songs from The Blue House 'radio edit' version of Don't Fear The Reaper is out as a download next week at all?
brass bands
When An old cricketer leaves his crease.
Listen to the band
"Stop the Cavalry", Jonah Lewie. I can't think of any more obscure ones.
I also love the French horn solo on the Beatles' "For No One". Not a brass band, but brass in a non-soul, non-pop style, and a beautiful thing.
Peter Skellern
She's A Lady. Lovely. And he was in Oasis you know, with Julian Lloyd Webber.
Brass Bands
Recommend the soundtrack to Brassed Off as a good place to start. Really very good although its the Grimethorpe Colliery Band not the mighty Brighouse & Gastric Band.
I think brass bands are the new folk music. And a definite good source for an article - how many other bands are genuinely of a community.
The Guilimots
used them to fine effect on their first album