The Story Of Common People

We’re not usually that fussed when a band reforms, particularly any band whose heyday coincided with the height(?) of the 90’s Brit Pop era, but the news that Pulp were set for a series of comeback concerts did send a shiver of nostalgia down the collective spine of the extended Joint family.

So, in the week that Jarvis re-appeared on the cover of NME, we came across a series of YouTube videos from 2008 that form a one hour BBC 3 documentary entirely devoted to the song “Common People”.

The first of the six clips is posted below and you can find the rest of them here.

The show: Saturday 20 November 2010

Thanks Darryl J for putting us onto the new Chromeo video for “Hot Mess”. Good, clean fun. Best part is the homage to Robert Palmer‘s classic “Addicted to Love” and “Simply Irresistible” videos.

And who can resist some Robert Palmer model action???

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

+ Download 12pm – 1pm – 101Mb*

* Despite what the filename says (20th October, for reasons known only to The HerbWhisperer) this is actually 12pm – 1pm from the 20th November.

1pm – 2pm

+ Download 1pm – 2pm – 103Mb

2pm – 3pm

+ Download 2pm – 3pm – 90Mb

The show: Saturday 13 November 2010

We’ve been meaning to set up an erratum page but until we do that Fraserhead apologises for continually getting the name of Christchurch band No Aloha mixed up with the not so well known American No Age. Honest mistake guv (just like Fraserhead mixes up Jack White and Jack Black all the time). Possibly to do with another Christchurch band called Sleepy Age (they won Roundup last year). So maybe the bands should form a supergroup called No Age? Or Sleepy Aloha? Just saying…

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

+ Download 12pm – 1pm – 89Mb

1pm – 2pm

+ Download 1pm – 2pm – 78Mb

2pm – 3pm

+ Download 2pm – 3pm – 83Mb*

* Despite what the filename says (3rd November, for reasons known only to The HerbWhisperer) this is actually 2pm – 3pm from the 13th November.

The show: Saturday 6 November 2010

What the hell are you doing listening to us fool? You should be down at The Dux to watch the Roundup heats! Otherwise let us entertain you for a wee while.

Apparently there is no truth whatsoever in the rumour that Hillary Clinton was evicted and escorted from The George Hotel in Christchurch this morning because she tried the well known technique of Mini-Bar Liquefaction, whereby in a post-earthquake zone you drink the hotel mini-bar dry, smash the bottles, and then claim that the aftershock did it.

Still, it’s not as big a faux pas as misplacing the launch codes for a nuclear attack, which we’ve just found out her husband Bill did at the turn of the last century.

Best cover version we found this week is of Aphex twin’s 1995 classic “Alberto Balsalm” by the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati Steel Band.

And here’s the vocoder nuttiness we were talking about:

Bruce Haack “Farad: The electric voice”

Dave Tompkins “How to Wreck a Nice Beach” – a history of the vocoder!!!

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

+ Download 12pm – 1pm – 80Mb

1pm – 2pm

+ Download 1pm – 2pm – 84Mb

2pm – 3pm

+ Download 2pm – 3pm – 81Mb

The show: Saturday 30 October 2010

On the show today a special Halloween present – downright frightening and disturbing hip hop courtesy of Earl Sweatshirt from the Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All collective. If you choose to watch the video (see below) of the “Earl” song we played you’ll discover it’s not just frightening but revolting as well.

Go to Avenge The Virgins for more information on the uncensored and terrifying thoughts of a group of 16 year olds rapping in a stream of consciousness style.

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

+ Download 12pm – 1pm – 80.2Mb

1pm – 2pm

+ Download 1pm – 2pm – 88.8Mb