The show: Slow starters and long burners

Slow starters: Frosty morning + damp engine = 10 minutes late. But the show must go on!

First – Brazil (an apology). Our barely concealed delight at Brazil crashing out of the World Cup was not aimed at the team directly but a result of us being sick of English commentators turning into the sports equivalent of Fox News journalists when covering their games. Fair and balanced? More like prejudiced and one eyed. Every Brazilian player who manages to trap a ball is lauded endlessly and a completed pass between team members is taken as evidence that Joga Bonito is alive and well. In reality it was only ever a Nike sales pitch.

Long burners: 25 years ago Katrina and the Waves released “Walking On Sunshine”. At the NPR website you can read the “Living On A Song” story of the never-ending rewards the band are reaping from the song’s success, or download the actually broadcast here. Apparently over the last decade the band were still averaging a million bucks a year in royalties. A lesson in always making sure you retain your publishing rights.

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

Download 12pm – 1pm here (m4a / aac file)

1pm – 2pm

Download 1pm – 2pm here (m4a / aac file)

Alternatively, this is the raw, unpasteurized version of the show in mp3 format. No chapters, pictures or links. Slightly less quality. Otherwise the audio content is the same as the two files above. The choice is yours…..

Download 12pm – 2pm here (mp3 file)

The show: Synth madness in town tonight

If you like synths and fuzzed out cover versions then head along to the Golden Axe “Fantasy Footwork” album release party tonight 9pm at High Street Project. Supported by secrets (aka Fraser Austin) and Dorkwind. $10 on the door.

And happy 29th birthday Benet Hitchcock !!! Let’s hope your birthday party tonight is like the one in the Data “One in a million” video (but without the cake throwing and unhappy ending – good costumes though!)…

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

Download 12pm – 1pm here (m4a / aac file)

1pm – 2pm

Download 1pm – 2pm here (m4a / aac file)

Alternatively, this is the raw, unpasteurized version of the show in mp3 format. No chapters, pictures or links. Slightly less quality. Otherwise the audio content is the same as the two files above. The choice is yours…..

Download 12pm – 2pm here (mp3 file)

The show: Only mildly affected by FIFA sleep deprivation and vuvuzelas

As promised during the show here’s the link to download the King Midas Sound mix from FACT magazine last year.

Why Zidane really chestbutted Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup Final

Whilst we were on the subject of vuvuzelas, test your tolerance here.

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

Download 12pm – 1pm here (m4a / aac file)

1pm – 2pm

Download 1pm – 2pm here (m4a / aac file)

Alternatively, this is the raw, unpasteurized version of the show in mp3 format. No chapters, pictures or links. Slightly less quality. Otherwise the audio content is the same as the two files above. The choice is yours…..

Download 12pm – 2pm here (mp3 file)

The show: Electro overload

Electro overload because I’m doing the show by myself while The Herb Whisperer, in a double whammy, recovers from his retirement party and sleeps in after doing an allnighter watching the first games of the 2010 World Cup.

Gave me a chance get through my backlog of recent acquisitions from Galaxy Records including this 1982 gem from Bill Wyman “(Si, Si) Je Suis un Rock Star”. As someone (not Bill Wyman) recently said, you can’t polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter.

Bill Wyman is apparently mad keen on metal detectors – so much so that he recently released The Bill Wyman Signature Metal Detector.

UPDATE: I forgot to record the show today so there’s no podcast this week. Sorry.

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

1pm – 2pm

The show: Above Tatra bolts of lightning, thunderstorm pounds wildly.

As the 2010 World Cup kicks off next Saturday this could be the last, lucid, cohesive show for a month.

The All Whites play their first match of the tournament against Slovakia. Working on the purely logical basis that a national anthem can act as the twelfth man it seems that Slovakia could run out 2-1 winners. How’s this for staunch lyrics ???

Above Tatra bolts of lightning, thunderstorm pounds wildly.
Let’s stop them brothers, they will be lost, Slovaks will rise alive.
Our Slovakia was in deep sleep until now.
But thunder’s lightning is shaking it to it’s revival.
Slovak national anthem

Though it’s not as hardcore as the Serbian national anthem which mentions Ak-47s, armoured personnel carriers, ultras, and knitting.

Maybe it’s time to drop the nationalism and go for something a bit more lateral? We nominate “Kicker Conspiracy” by The Fall to be played at all international matches.

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

Download 12pm – 1pm here (m4a / aac file)

1pm – 2pm

Download 1pm – 2pm here (m4a / aac file)

Alternatively, this is the raw, unpasteurized version of the show in mp3 format. No chapters, pictures or links. Slightly less quality. Otherwise the audio content is the same as the two files above. The choice is yours…..

Download 12pm – 2pm here (mp3 file)