Mon, 30 April 2012
This is called the Repeatcast because I sometimes wonder that the constant flow of new music I fire into these podcasts might just passing you by. I know I struggle to stay on top of things sometimes myself, so maybe you just listen when you can be bothered and sometimes things just go in one ear and out the other. I've been considering doing an artist of the week thing, like Ted from http://www.cloudsounds.co.uk/ where he plays two tracks from an artist one week (well, one month now that the show's monthly) and then one from the same artist the next week as well, so there is a degree of reinforcement Knowing me, I doubt I'll ever get round to it, honestly, but you know, it seems like a good idea. Or something vaguely like it seems like a good idea, because it would be a shame if all this music just vanished into the ether. So this week we have a lot of repetition of bands already played on the podcasts, just to make sure you're paying attention properly. Like you should be. 01. Easter - Damp Patch (00.21) |
Mon, 23 April 2012
This is called the Justcast because, whilst it may well be late, it is entirely justifiably late, so piss off and stop moaning at me. And come on, stop being coy, I know you're secretly tutting. Or at least I fucking hope you are, because the other option is that you don't really give a fuck, and where would that leave us? 01. The Leg - Witch on the Speaker (00.15) |
Mon, 16 April 2012
We are in St. Andrews this weekend for the Fence Collective's Eye of the Dug Festival. Needless to say, The Dugcast or something to that effect might have been more suitable, but there are so many golf twats around town that I really couldn't ignore them, not after all the effort they make to look like complete prats. I get the impression that with golf, the costumes became so ludicrous that really the only way to look cool, instead of dressing like a normal person, was to try and look like an even bigger fuckwit than the rest of them. Which, given the exceptionally high bar that has already been set, takes some doing. Anyhow, there is no danger of me ever taking up golf. None at all. I already find playing pool frustrating enough, and it strikes me as really quite similar in the following crucial way: you play what turns out to be a perfect shot, then the next time you do what feels like the exact same fucking thing, and yet somehow the shot you produce is dreadful. With no clue what you've done differently. It would drive me round the fucking bend. Anyhow... erm, oh yes, the podcast: 01. Broncho - Try Me Out Sometime (00.09) |
Sun, 8 April 2012
The Dutchcast was named after football. I was at the pub all day watching United play QPR and City getting done by Arsenal. For some reason this reminded me of living in Holland, primarily because Arsenal have dropped off the pace in the Premier League a lot recently, but when I was in Holland it was the height of the Wenger vs. Ferguson clashes, so watching the team play again and actually caring about the result reminded me really strongly of a time when Arsenal actually mattered as a football club. Harsh, but fair. 01. Supergrass - Cheapskate (00.26) |
Sun, 1 April 2012
April Fool's Day really does bore me to tears. The jokes are so weak and obvious most of the time that they really are pointless, although Avalanche's Withered Hand futon did make me laugh. It's the forced bonhomie which I find the most tedious, I have to confess. 'Oh yes, ha ha, very funny, well done you, gosh how everso fucking hilarious'. And then just occasionally you hear news, like Viva Brother splitting up which, whilst it is painfully obviously an April Fool, is just too close to real, actual good news we'd actually all want to hear to cause any real merriment. And then there's the Republican candidates for the presidency of the United States. Tragic, frightening, comical, and depressing. And sadly not an April Fool's joke either. 01. Two Tears - Heisse Hexe (00.22) |
