tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28971220046070519502024-03-13T20:12:34.484+11:00Mint CustardMint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.comBlogger280125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-53306192152231441892013-03-07T14:59:00.001+11:002013-03-07T15:00:06.548+11:00What the Boy Was Waiting For<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tomorrow I am going to see the Stones Roses. I have waited 23 years to be able to say that. Twenty three years. To put that in context, the lovely young woman who serves me my coffee of a morning is coincidentally turning 21 tomorrow. So basically I have waited her entire life, including her conception and gestation and then some, to see a band who arguably hit their peak in 1989 - the year before I started waiting. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To be fair, 95% of this time there was no waiting going on; just a growing realisation that it was probably never going to happen. In the first few years the Roses were in a state of hibernation, hidden away from the world and pretending to record a second album. Back then everyone was waiting for Ian Brown, John Squire, Reni and Mani; not just for a concert but for any sign at all that the band was alive or that another album might be on the way. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even after Second Coming emerged at the end of 1994, the stop-start story continued, most significantly with Reni leaving the band. Still, against more odds than I can explain here, when their first tour proper finally happened it included a show in my home town of Bridlington. Rather inconveniently, I was living 1000 miles away in France at the time. Missing this particular show – <a href="http://archivedmusicpress.wordpress.com/tag/bridlington-spa/">apparently one of their best</a> and attended by just about everyone I know - was arguably where the waiting began.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sadly a few months later Squire was also gone and before the end of 1996 the band was no more. Brown <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M019_bg4uWg">went solo</a>, Mani joined Primal Scream and John Squire thought <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVzUFNWIYM0">the Seahorses</a> were a good idea. A possible reunion became the topic of choice in any interview for the next 15 years, with the opposing camps taking pot shots at each other about what drugs the other had taken or how mean the other had been. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a result a reunion never seemed likely. Even as recently as 2009 Squire created a piece of art bearing the legend "<em>I have no desire whatsoever to desecrate the grave of seminal Manchester pop group The Stone Roses</em> 18.3.09." Don’t hold your breath, seemed to be the message. So, I didn’t. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yet all the while something else was happening, something deeply personal that I still can’t define or provide a reasonable logic for: I fell utterly and inexorably in love with the album, <em><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-stone-roses-mw0000653335">The Stone Roses</a></em>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This may seem rather obvious, not just for what I’ve written above, but also because <em>The Stone Roses</em> is regularly cited as one of the UK’s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stone_Roses_(album)#Accolades">favourite albums</a>. I’m hardly alone in liking it, and many better writers than I have gushed pages about why I should. I’ve also read enough comments by its detractors to know reasons I shouldn’t. I have a critical (enough) ear and I’ve spent enough time around indie kids to choose my words carefully when talking about things I love. And I’m a contrary bugger who likes to be different. Hearing other people like something is as likely to turn me off as on. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yet listening to <em>The Stone Roses</em> is a visceral experience I can’t deny. Each and every time I the needle hits the groove or play gets pressed I am enthralled. From the gentle train-like chugging that precedes <em>I Wanna be Adored</em> to the breathless, blisteringly nasty ending of <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6QnK0yql8s">I am the Resurrection</a></em> this is an album that picks me up, flings me every which way around, makes me soar, makes me angry, makes me sad and then drops me on the ground, emotionally spent. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even re-reading these words I cringe a little. It sounds unlikely doesn’t it? It feels a bit melodramatic and maybe a little immature to have that kind of reaction from a record – especially one recorded by four blokes from Manchester. The Stone Roses? Just a band… right, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoN6XfyQsr4">Scroobius Pip</a>? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So then how do I explain completely breaking down listening to <em>Made of Stone</em> on a bus one day on the way to work? What to make of the urgent need to dance to a song as utterly undanceable as <em>Waterfall</em>? Why the need to play jangly air guitar in front of other humans to <em>Bye Bye Bad Man</em>? Why do I lose all dignity during the breakdowns at 3:40 and 5:20 of <em>Resurrection</em> every single fucking time I hear it to the point where I yelled ‘<em>Fucking COME ON!!</em>’ from the dance floor of my own wedding? (I'm sorry mum). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why? I don’t know. These things just happen. These things just are. This record just is. There are no words to describe the way I feel. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scarily, they are all experiences that don’t even require a concert – they happen anyway. Given that, what has occupied my mind since the announcement of these unlikely concerts is ‘<em>how will I feel</em>?’ When Ian Brown unexpectedly played three Roses songs at a <a href="http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ian-brown/2008/the-metro-theatre-sydney-australia-13d0e101.html">2008 Sydney gig</a> I burst into very real spontaneous big happy tears. Mrs Custard had <em>no idea</em> what to do with me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, on the eve of a Melbourne show that finally brings together my love for my favourite album and the band that made it a quarter of a century ago, I expect my reaction will be what it always is: genuine despite myself. Somewhere deep down, when I’ve stopped pinching myself, I suspect it will all have been worth the wait. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fucking come on. </span><br />
Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-91066663676138683382013-02-12T10:00:00.000+11:002013-02-12T10:00:31.018+11:00Okay<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So today is my birthday. I haven't been in much of a mood for celebrating lately, but things aren't so bad really. Not really. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got woken up by Mrs Custard with coffee, vegemite on toast and a faceful of licks from two excited dogs. I got a ticket to see Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in three weeks. If I hear <em>There She Goes My Beautiful World </em>it might be the best birthday present ever. That or my new solid metal jaffle iron, primed and ready for it's first campfire cheese toastie. That mother is going to be volcano hot inside when it's done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got a big old birthday hug from my Grandma<em>. </em>I don't remember the last time I saw my Grandma on my actual birthday. Maybe 20 years ago at a surprise party when I turned 18. She wrote in her card that she enjoyed being able to share her birthday with me last week, but she was even happier to be here to share in my birthday today. I love my Grandma.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even Metro Trains' daily train-cancelling-rerouting-we-hate-you-commuters fuck up couldn't spoil this morning. I just sat there and felt the little buzzes of my phone as friends and family got in touch to wish me a nice day. I replied to each and every one of them. I didn't really tell anyone about today, but people still knew. I even got my first Facebook birthday greeting. 5 years ago I would have moaned on about the lack of sincerity of such an act; today I am grateful. Genuinely grateful for good friends and a caring family. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Outside of work the <em>Big Issue</em> seller was going nuts with his sales pitch, serving a hyped up and unlikely weather report predicting hurricaines and blizzards. As I bought a copy he enthused about a picture of a spritely looking Dustin Hoffman on the cover. "Looks good for 75 doesn't he?" I looked at the actor's squishy face, and his hand raised with thumb and index finger circled into an 'okay.' "He looks happy" I replied.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm not sure if I look happy; I'm sorry if I don't. But I can't say I don't have reasons to be. Not today and probably not ever. So I'll report that today, I'm happy. Hope you're happy too.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-12945319350521044282013-01-18T09:38:00.002+11:002013-01-18T09:45:03.122+11:00Full Tilt<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People are mean aren't they? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not everyone, obviously. Lots of people are lovely. You're probably lovely yourself. If not, I'm sure you know at least a couple of people who would rank highly on a lovelyometer. At least a "7" - maybe more. And yet, whenever I fire up the internets I don't see many lovely people: I just see mean people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll admit to being a sensitive little flower at the best of times, so I may be overreacting, but right now I'm a bit over the online proliferation of mean. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I guess I should be clear I'm not talking about websites and forums written for targetted audiences - be they racist, sexist, mysogynist or whatever. The internet is a big place and such things are easily - and best avoided. I'm also uninterested in the trolls: those folks who deliberately provoke angst amongst commenters by posting the opposite of what everyone else says to get a reaction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No, my knickers are being twisted more by the adoption of mean by mainstream news websites - whether through publication of polarising attention grabbing articles (why, hello </span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/13/julie-burchill-suzanne-moore-transsexuals"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ms Burchill</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) or through giving too much of an unmoderated voice to Jo(e) Public in their comments sections in the hope of increased traffic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I suspect </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tim Berners-Lee</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> didn't toil over a hot keyboard in the 1980s hoping that his and one of mankind's greatest technical achievements would be used so people could share pithy comments about whether something or someone was shit or not. I don't know for certain but I'm guessing he doesn't feel much pride knowing that the primary use of his brainchild by some people is to put a pin into other people's enthusiasm and creativity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a friend who likes to accuse me of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilting_at_windmills"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tilting at windmills</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Being less learned than her I had to look up what this means. Yes, I used the internet. Of course I did. Apparently it comes <em>Don Quixote. </em>It basically means I'm prone to unrealistic attempts to right perceived wrongs based on misplaced idealistic notions. In this case, people - nay, the world - is a bit mean and I think I can do something about it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Naturally my friend's advice is to just get over it. I should accept that those people who use the internet to tell people what they think or like is wrong own the internet too. Railing against them is, if you'll excuse me, like pissing in the wind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And you know what, I do. I get that this is the way business is done. I get that given the option of contributing something positive, people generally do the opposite. Consequently I just don't read such articles anymore. I avoid <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/sacred-cow-radiohead-overrated-20130101-2c3xo.html">trolling articles</a>, rarely peruse reader comments and have just about given up on Twitter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So what's my point? I guess my point is it's not enough. It's not sufficient for me to hide away and leave people to it. It's not windmill-tilty enough for me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In its purest form, his internet is an enabler. It creates possibility. It offers infinite opportunities for us to communicate, to access information, to learn. For some it creates the chance to connect, to be part of something. For others it offers anonymity; a place to be without being. It is what you need it to be, it is an extension of what you are.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And who am I? I'm a person with a great deal of unashamed enthusiasm for stuff. I'm someone who likes to connect with people meaningfully. I'm a person who was scared witless by the death of a friend whose rich, complex, beautiful personality is slipping from memory to become a series of dot points. I'm a person who who is starting to forget the things that made him who he is and what makes him tick. I'm a person who likes to write, even if no one is reading, for the love of writing but also so I don't forget either. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here I am again, back in front of a keyboard and a blank screen. Online activity has moved on so far since I started on here. I've spent so long interacting with my phone that blogging feels like a chore from long ago; like sweeping a carpet rather than running the vacuum across it. But it still feels like the best place to be me. A place to gush enthusiastically about the things that make me smile, that make my chest heave with emotion, without wondering how may likes of retweets my feelings might merit in the eyes of others. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course nothing I do here will hold the tide of cynisism elsewhere on the internet. It is what it is. But these pages can also be what they are and hopefully in some small way they can add to the balance. </span>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-27236423747386426882013-01-10T13:35:00.002+11:002013-01-10T13:35:28.940+11:00Should old aquaintance be forgot?<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh hello you. Well, this is a surprise. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's me. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You know... Mint Custard? I wrote a bunch of stuff and nonsense? You </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">occasionally stumbled upon it? Mostly by accident I'm guessing, but it was still nice. Well, it was for me anyway...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, h<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ow are you? Good I hope. Bloody great, I hope. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This all feels like a very long time ago doesn't it? Almost another life. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Didn't <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mintcustard.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Robots%20are%20Going%20to%20Kill%20Us%20All">robots threaten our very existence</a>? Didn't I think writing about <a href="http://mintcustard.blogspot.com.au/search/label/English%20Cooking">cooking</a> was a good idea? Wasn't I permanently excited about <a href="http://mintcustard.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Daniel%20Kitson">Daniel Kitson</a> and the <a href="http://mintcustard.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Super%20Furry%20Animals">Super Furry Animals</a>? Wasn't that when <a href="http://mintcustard.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Mint%20Custard%20Book%20Club">I read books</a>? </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It seems such a very long time ago. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A</span></span> time before Tw*tter and Faceb**k; before 3G and Tumblrs and Instagram and apps and androids and tablets. Well, I suppose they <em>were</em> there, really. But they weren't <em>here</em>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Now look at me. Facebooking and Twittering like a champion; liking things, retweeting things. Being friends with people. <em>Loads</em> of people. Reading books? Pah and phooey. I <em>have </em>books. I <em>buy </em>books. But read? When would I do that? I have pithy comments to make and crap photographs to tart up on Instagram so I can put them on Facebook. I have several rounds of <em>Words with Friends</em> to get through. <em>Everyday</em>. Plus I just bought a Nintendo Wii,a full <a href="http://mintcustard.blogspot.com.au/2010/10/nothing-to-do-with-your-vorsprung-durch.html">2 years ahead of schedule</a>. Reading book? Imagine. What would Mario and Luigi say? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">But I must admit, it's nice this. Being here together again, just us two. Don't you think?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Sure, we won't get any <em>likes</em> and no one will leave any comments. No one will retweet us and the only people who really care are me and you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">But I think I miss that. I miss us. I miss this. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Do you? Maybe you do? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">What say we try again? Just me and you. We don't have to do much. We can do whatever you want; talk about whatever you like. I'll get overexcited and use bad grammar, and you can roll your eyes and think 'why does he bother?' Just like the old days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tell you what, I'll be here again next week. Turn up if you fancy it. Nothing special, just the two of us? Just me and you. Butch and Sundance. The old team. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It's up to you, of course, but I think it might be rather nice. </span><br />
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Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-82596959850205788072012-07-29T22:03:00.000+10:002012-07-29T22:03:10.368+10:00Brahms and List<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Songwriters, the poor diddums, often try to convince us lesser folks that penning lyrics is hard. Phoey says we. Firstly, if it's so hard how do you explain the genius of 2 Unlimited (exhibit 1: "<i>Techno! Techno! Techno! Techno!"</i>') or the silliness of Toto ("<i>I know that I must do what's right as sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti</i>")? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What's more, the songs played on <i>Centrelinked</i> this week proved that as long as you have a decent tune you can just write yourself a list of random stuff, sing along and a hit record can be yours. <b>Here's what got played</b>, with a bit of a summary of what their lists were about. </span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Blue Suede Shoes</i> - Elvis Presley (things you can do instead of standing on shoes)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Kiss Off</i> - the Violent Femmes (numbered things, with ten being EVERYTHING) </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3)</i> - Ian Dury and the Blockheads (see title)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykEg_QEbXmo">52 Girls</a> - </i>B-52s (names of girls. guess how many.)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arvIYZU67XA">Run DNA</a></i> - The Avalanches (things that fit in backpacks)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Choose Life - </i>PF Project featuring Ewan McGregor (icons of middle-class death)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwtSdJaPCSI">It's Grim Up North</a> - </i>The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (Northern towns)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Vogue</i> - Madonna (Hollywood stars)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>My Favourite Things</i> - Julie Andrews (raindrops, roses, whiskers on kittens etc)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Far Out</i> - Blur (celestial bodies)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Palaces of Montezuma - </i>Grinderman (things Nick Cave would give his lady)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The Referee's Alphabet</i> - Half Man Half Biscuit (things football referees observe)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Rappin' in Plastic - </i>The Lovely Eggs (Twin Peaks characters)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)</i> - REM (stuff)</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some others that didn't quite make the list list:</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>We Didn't Start the Fire</i> - Billy Joel (things Baby Boomers remember)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q-e_T4WRcs">Kinky Boots</a></i> - Honor Blackman and Patrick Macnee (boots and boot appreciators)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVJ2psrN8A8">Hey Matthew</a></i> - Karel Fialka (80s children's TV programs and professions)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Song for Whoever</i> - Beautiful South (girls names exploited by songwriters)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Collarbone</i> - Fujiya and Miyagi (body parts)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>What Did the Hippie Have in His Bag</i> - Cornershop (hippie shit)</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Your tuppenceworth's are welcome as always. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fancy listening? <i>Centrelinked</i> is on from 11am (AEST) on Saturday mornings from 11am thanks to 98.9 North West FM. </span>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-61221009044926864042012-07-23T20:06:00.000+10:002012-07-29T20:44:02.875+10:00All That Glitters<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">So you might have noticed that there's going to be some large scale competitive sports thingy going on next week. Whilst <i>Centrelinked</i> hates any kind of bandwagon jumping and would never try to make any self-serving connection with 'the Games' that hadn't been authorised personally by Lord Sebastian of Coe himself </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">and signed in his own blue blood</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">, we thought what the hell and had a golden theme. Tunes were: </span><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Fools Gold</i> – Stone
Roses<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>The Golden Age</i> – TV On
the Radio<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Gold Soundz</i> –
Pavement<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>LES Artists</i> - Santogold
<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Gold</i> – XTC<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Band of Gold</i> -
Freda Payne<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>I am the Black Gold
of the Sun</i> – Nu-Yorican Soul<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>All That Glitters</i> –
Death in Vegas<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>What’s Golden</i> –
Jurassic 5<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Gold and Silver</i> –
Toots and the Maytals<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>I’ve Got a Golden
Ticket - </i>Charlie and (lazy) Grandpa Joe<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Sunlight Bathed the
Golden Glow</i> - Felt<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>The Golden Age of
Aviation</i> – the Lucksmiths<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>The Golden Age of
Nicotine</i> – Custard <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Heart of Gold</i> –
Neil Young<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Golden Earrings</i> –
Peggy Lee<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Golden Slumbers</i> –
the Beatles<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Goldfinger</i> –
Shirley Bassey<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>The Man with the
Golden Gun</i> - Lulu<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Gold Digger</i> - Kanye West and Jamie Foxx<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Golden Years</i> – David
Bowie<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>The Golden Path</i> – the Chemical Brothers and Wayne Coyne<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Oh La
La - </i>Goldfrapp<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Gold</i> – Spandau
Ballet<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Theme from the
Golden Girls (Thank You for Being a Friend)</i><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">There are so many others that could have been played but for reasons of length<i> </i>(like James' rather mental 7 minutes of <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXPfwQqF9Ss">Goldmother</a>) </i>and highly restricted availability (Gruff Rhys' 2012 Record Store Day limited 7" <i><a href="http://soundcloud.com/turnstile-london/gruff-rhys-gold-medal-winner">Gold Medal Winner</a></i>) we had to leave it there. Feel free to leave your own personal golden nuggets in the comments below...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Centrelinked - </i>Saturday's 11am on 98.9 North West FM (www.northwestfm.org) </span>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-90479479220306148012012-07-15T21:59:00.000+10:002012-07-16T08:56:49.615+10:00Ecoutez et Repetez<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Something slightly different on <em>Centrelinked</em> this week as we celebrated Bastille Day with a few French tunes to get folks in the right frame of mind. I was never going to be able to cover a century of chanson in 45 minutes so it was a case of playing a few personal French favourites. And <i>Joe le Taxi</i>. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what went to air (with some reasons why if you like that kind of thing)...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl5yH4SwInk">Ces Bottes Sont Faites Pour Marcher</a></i> - Eileen: </b>French versions of English songs were all the rage in the 1960s (with some coming the other way such as <i>My Way/<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMoY5rNBjwk">Comme d'habitude</a></i>) and Eileen's take on <i>These Boots are Made for Walkin' </i>is still one of the better Franglais floor fillers from 'les Années Ye-Ye.'</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJrHSfDSm34">Joe le Taxi</a></i> - Vanessa Paradis:</b> not strictly one of my favourite French songs but included because it represents the first time I was ever encouraged to listen to pop music by a school teacher. Without Mlle Paradis I might never have taken the time to listen to other French music so she deserves some kudos for that (although not for the terrible dancing in the film clip). </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJm4Ul7hO68">Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi</a></i> - Jacques Dutronc: </b>One half of the most beautiful couple in French pop, Jacques Dutronc is so ace he's even included in the lyrics for <i>Brimful of Asha. </i>Other notable hits include <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sakr_xgWXLQ" style="font-style: italic;">Les Cactus</a> and the Spencer Davis-esque <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ9GMnZM_f4">Le Responsable</a></i> but it's <i>Et Moi's...</i> kooky commentary on Parisian existentialism ("<i>50 million Vietnamese, and me and me and me... I think about it then I forget about it</i>") that I come back to most. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma5BOoSpB4E">Comment Te Dire Adieu</a></i> - Francoise Hardy: </b>although more famous than her husband, Mrs Dutronc is as much known for her unquestionable beauty as she is for her music. The gentle <em>Tous les Garcons et les Filles</em> was her biggest hit but <em>Comment te Dire Adieu</em> is a slightly jauntier affair. It's actually another French language adaptation - Serge Gainsbourg creating new lyrics for <i>It Hurts to Say Goodbye.</i> The favour was returned by a solo Jimmy Somerville who covered the French version in 1989.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tWdu-iTVvg">Noir et Blanc</a></i> - Brigitte Bardot: </b>if you can get past the eccentric old racist she became there is always something genuinely thrilling about seeing BB in action. It's like watching a James Dean or Marilyn Monroe film instead of just seeing them on airbrushed posters in IKEA, with Bardot every bit as iconic in French culture as Monroe and Dean are to the USA. She can sing and dance a bit too as I found out watching <a href="http://www.fishpond.com.au/Movies/Brigitte-Bardot-Devine-BB/0602498178867"><i>Divine BB</i></a>, an anthology of her music from 50s show tunes to psychedlic collaborations with Serge Gainsbourg. The black and white clips are a revelation, with <i>Noir et Blanc</i> starting as Carry On-like call and response about getting attention from men but morphing into a cautionary tale of BB's blackened soul in less than 2 minutes.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guADTFlEHJE">7 heures du Matin</a> - Jacqueline Taieb:</b> I discovered this tale of French teenage life in the Sixties from a great compilation called <i><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Multi+Interpr%C3%A8tes/Pop+A+Paris+Psych%C3%A9-Rock+Et+Minijupes">Pop a Paris</a></i> which gives a good representation of Ye-Ye music. I especially like it for her singing along to English and American bands (notable Elvis and the Who), her lustful thoughts about Paul McCartney and the important discussion about toothbrushes...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CHHsd46rcc">Le Poinconneur des Lilas</a></i> - Serge Gainsbourg</b>: always one of my favourite Serge songs, it was given new life when I discovered this 1958 film clip, complete with full lyrics in English. Please watch it. You'll be glad you did. If I'm ever asked to present <i>Rage</i> this will be first up. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grkx9YSZnxU">Favourite Song</a></i> - Vincent Delerm (avec Neil Hannon): </b>a disarmingly sweet take on cross-channel relations which sees Delerm and the Divine Comedy's frontman singing in each other's language about listening to foreign language pop songs as teens and not understanding a word. Sandwiched here because of Hannon's pleading "<i>Un poinconneur des lilas? What does that mean?</i>" (see above).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELxr5asAe-4">Requiem pour un Con</a></i> - Serge Gainsbourg: </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">even playing two songs doesn't do Gainsbourg's legacy justice, but between <i>Poinconneur</i> and <i>Requiem</i> (1968) you at least get an idea of the musical journey he made in less than a decade. From arch Camus-infused chanson traditionelle to nasty proto-hip hop beats in the blink of an eye, it's not unreasonable to view Serge as an equal peer of the Beatles at this time. His <i>Frog Chorus</i> moments were to come but by then his mark was well and truly made. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRAGrTWZ_N4&feature=related">Goutes mes Frites</a></i> - Valerie Lemercier: </b>back in 1995 Lemercier was most famous for being the rather shrill woman in the time travel movie <em>Les Visiteurs</em> who hollers "Hugggggg" to great comic effect. I'm not sure what led her to record an album of songs but this tale of sisterly support over a bowl of chips has remained a favourite of mine ever since. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnm5TyTUnb0">Non Non Non Non (Je Ne Suis Plus Saoul)</a></i> - Miossec: </b>another one from the school of '95 Christophe Miossec exploded into the consciousness of French music fans with <i>Boire,</i> an album of short, simple, grown up songs<i> </i>played with an raw intensity. Think Lloyd Cole played by Arcade Fire with some gallic instrumentation and you're partway there. '<i>No No No No (I'm Not Drunk Anymore</i>)' is one of the lighter numbers on <i>Boire.</i> It's that good.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Vous</i> - Camille: </b>despite a sizable audience for French film in Australia, Camille Dalmais is one of the few French language artists to have broken through into Australian popular culture. Her album <i>Le Fil</i> was a standout in 2005 with <i>Ta Douleur </i>even making the JJJ Hottest 100. That doesn't happen with many non-English language songs, never mind ones with such unique instrumentation as these. I picked <i>Vous</i> because I had 45 minutes and it is short, but it is a neat example of the album as a whole. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKqjbPuDT-o">Johnny Rep</a></i> - Mickey 3D: </b><a href="http://frenchfootballweekly.com/2011/06/21/johnny-rep-les-verts-and-oranje-legend/">Johnny Rep</a> was a gangly Dutch footballer who played in the famous Holland teams of the 1970s, as well as alongside superstars like Michel Platini at Saint Etienne. He shares a similar kind of cult place in European footballing culture as George Best and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Friday">Robin Friday</a> but without the drink and drugs. I mention this to explain why this indie strummer by (the terribly-named band) Mickey 3D breaks into football commentary over a piano accordion riff half way through. Still, you don't need to speak French to know it's a great song. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SktzO9pXEDg">L'Empire du Cote Obscure</a></i> - I AM</b>: there is a long and wonderful tradition of French language hip hop which has given a voice to generations of French youth in ways traditional French music never could. Sadly I don't know anything about it, apart from people love MC Solaar. However, I can tell you that if you stick samples from <i>Star Wars</i> to a huge bass line and your rhymes is dope [(c) "the kidz"] then I'll lap it up in spades. I AM's tune also offers a cute linguistic lesson; references to 'Dark Vador' a reminder that French people don't do "th" sounds. Que la Force soit avec toi...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrd1wV1ztb0">Rue St Vincent</a> </i>- Yves Montand: </b>what better way to conclude than with France's very own Frank Sinatra? Montand was already a world famous crooner and actor when I first saw him as the despicable Cesar in <i>Jean de Florette </i>and<i> Manon des Sources</i>. He reminded me of my Grandpa, but a mean version. Who knew then that a man behind such a performance of bastardry could produce one of the most perfect songs of love ever recorded. It was another film - Wes Anderson's <i>Rushmore </i>- that brought this song to me and I'm glad I can now reconcile the two sides of Yves in my head. <em>Rue St Vincent</em>'s simple beauty is only rivaled by Donovan's <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI434oaUT2Y">Sunny Goodge Street</a></i> in my affections. Lush. <i> </i> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a couple more that I love just as much but just didn't have time for: </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMipyoLbuZw"><i>Ondule</i></a> - Mathieu Boogaerts:</b> real time videos are a bit two a penny now but this one from 1995 has always stayed with me, with Monsieur Boogaerts launching his career with a well timed hair cut and close shave. Imagine if it had gone wrong. But it doesn't. Great little lo-fi tune too. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WukbQ9ldsdc">Le Deserteur</a> / <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojY1Sj1-E0Q">J'suis Snob</a> - Boris Vian</b>: <i>Le Deserteur</i> was played to us at school by our French teacher Mr Hargreaves as a listening exercise. This is probably because Vian enunciates his reasons for declining an offer to join the army with such clarity that even us with our basic French could understand every word he said. Still, it's always stayed with me and it led me to other Vian numbers like the gauche <i>J'suis Snob</i> which is a far better song but probably not the best for impressionable Yorkshire teenagers.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-AiWGIyB1I">Des Attractions Desastres</a></i> - Etienne Daho: </b>in the UK Daho is mostly known for his gimmicky collaboration with Pete, Bob and Sarah on <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OgV4F7JzVc">He's On the Phone</a></i> as 'Saint Etienne Daho' but he was a star in his own right in France, especially after the success of the album <i>Paris Ailleurs</i>, from which this is the opening track. <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZxPbiJ6q10">Comme Un Igloo</a></i> from the same album is equally ace. It's grown up pop music, which I guess is what attracted the Saints to work with him in the first place. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFGsoJlizD0">Mathilde</a></i> - Jacques Brel: </b>another staple of gallic cool, inspiring Gainsbourg, Scott Walker, Marc Almond, Jarvis Cocker and especially Neil Hannon, Brel is an icon of French chanson. My own introduction to Brel came courtesy of a young lady called (yes) Mathilde, who was horrified that I had no Brel in my collection and bought me a <em>Best Of</em> for my birthday. Listen when you need a bit of thunderously paced high drama in your day.<b> </b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP2JkAS9MW0">C'est Le Vent, Betty</a> </i>- Gabriel Yared: </b>I was a little young for the <i>Betty Blue</i> phenomenon that affected many (mostly male) students in the late 1980s but I will admit to a healthy interest in the famous movie poster, a copy of which was to be found in my best friend's brothers room when we were growing up. I suspect I'm not the only person who can visualise Beatrice Dalle's lips on request without hesitation. When I was old enough to watch the film itself (known as <i>37.2 Degrees le Matin</i> in France) it wasn't just Mlle Dalle that stuck in the memory thanks to Gabriel Yared's haunting soundtrack. Rolling piano refrains and reverb heavy electric guitar can sound a little dated now, but it still transports me back to the world of Betty and Zorg and their little beach hut. Just before Betty burns it to the ground. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The astute amongst you will have noticed a distinct lack of French dance music in this list. These duties were ably fulfilled by Mrs Custard on her show immediately after mine with more Air, Daft Punk, Cassius, Bob Sinclair and Stereolab than you can shake a baguette at. Just goes to show why you need to tune in to 98.8 North West FM on Saturday mornings. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, joyeux 14 Juillet to you all. Hope you had a great one, wherever you are. Normal Centrelinked service will resume next week with an Olympic inspired show about GOLD!</span>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-82896675047563665402012-07-10T20:21:00.001+10:002012-07-10T20:23:15.013+10:00Hot Dogs<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">"<i>I'm taking the advice of Theodore Roosevelt: speak softly and carry a beagle</i>"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Who let the dogs out? Who? Who? Centrelinked that's who, as we paid tribute to canine companions in song. There are more songs about dogs than things that our dog will eat (he'll eat anything) so we only dipped our paw in the water bowl of pooch paeans, but they were all good boys rather than bad dogs. These were the numbers that set tails a-wagging...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>I Wanna Be Your Dog</i> - The Stooges</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>I Want a Dog</i> - Pet Shop Boys</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>Walking the Dog</i> - the Rolling Stones</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>Hey Bulldog</i> - the Beatles </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>Golden Retriever</i> - Super Furry Animals</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>Poodle Rockin'</i> - Gorkys Zygotic Mynci</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>Hound Dog</i> - Betty Everett</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>Dog Eat Dog</i> - Adam and the Ants</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>Do the Dog</i> - the Specials</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>Dogs are the Best People</i> - the Fauves </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>Black Eyed Dog</i> - Nick Drake </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>Dogwood Blossom</i> - Fionn Regan</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We hosted to our very first studio invasion as Max, an 11 year old Jack Russell terrier came into the studio with his owner Colin who happened to be listening nearby. Time devoted to Max meant we didn't get to play any Snoop Dogg or any of these splendid numbers:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>Can Your Pussy do the Dog</i> - the Cramps</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>Jenny and the Ess-Dog</i> - Stephen Malkmus</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>Dog's Got a Bone</i> - the Beta Band</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>Black Dog</i> - Led Zeppelin</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>Essex Dogs</i> - Blur</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>Dogs are Everywhere</i> - Pulp</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- <i>Diamond Dogs </i>- David Bowie</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>- Dog Without Wings </i>- Kathryn Williams<i> </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>- Black Dog on My Shoulder</i> - Manic Street Preachers</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A special mention for the backing music this week which came courtesy
of Cat Stevens (oh, the irony) and his ridiculously ahead of its time
1977 electronic number <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHBu_zGGpeg"><i>Was Dog a Doughnut?</i></a> Yes, it really is Cat Stevens. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And finally big thanks to @oilyshoes for suggesting Pink Floyd's <i>Seamus</i> and to @hevidutihamma for suggestions of Florence and the Machine's Dog Days are Over and 2Pac's <i>Wonder Why They Call U Bitch </i>which clearly would have been too potty mouthed for Centrelinked but hey, the kids are the kids...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #474747; font-size: small;">Centrelinked is on your wireless at 98.9 North West FM every
Saturday morning here in Melbourne. Listen from wherever you are by visiting <a href="http://www.northwestfm.org/">www.northwestfm.org</a> or listen on Tune In (<a href="http://www.tunein.com/">www.TuneIn.com). </a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #474747; font-size: small;">Remember you can play along during the week on Tw*tter via @mintcustard or
#centrelinked or add your comments after each show below. Tata. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-21326801940022611012012-07-03T18:41:00.000+10:002012-07-10T18:52:50.675+10:00Under Pressure<br />
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<span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><i>Nervous tension is an unseen enemy of the human mind.<br />
Nervous tension can cause you to lack confidence in yourself,<br />
To lose your powers of concentration and to be inefficient in your work.<br />
Nervous tension can prevent you from relaxing, can spoil your leisure hours,<br />
And rob you of the sleep you need at night.<br />
The mind remains tense when it is restlessly turning over personal problems,<br />
Worrying about financial matters, or the conflicts of daytime employment, or<br />
Fretting over the troubles of the world.</i><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lemon Jelly - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nervous Tension</i> (1998)</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><i>“Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass
hysteria!</i>”</span><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Dr
Peter Venkman, a Ghostbuster</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">As Rudyard Kipling once noted, the ability to keep your head
when all around you are losing theirs is not a bad one to have. Yet it seems that
leaders at every level around the world have lost their respective plots. With Venkman-esque predictions about the
imminent collapse of western civilisation reported on a daily basis no wonder
we’re all feeling a little frazzled and put upon in 2012. Consequently this week Centrelinked was here to offer the stressed a shoulder to sob on,
and the pressured time to unwind. Remember, you’re not alone (because they’re always watching you...) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">- Paranoid</span></i><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> –
Black Sabbath</span></div>
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Futureheads</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">- The
Sound of Fear</span></i><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> - Eels</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM0D_4NshFA">- Anxious</a></span></i><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> – the
Housemartins</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">- Panic</span></i><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> – the
Smiths</span></div>
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Lemon Jelly</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">- Pressure
on Julian</span></i><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> – Blur</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">- Under
Pressure</span></i><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> – David Bowie and Queen</span></div>
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Lovely Eggs</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">- Fitter
Happier</span></i><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> - Radiohead</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">- The
Fear</span></i><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> – Pulp</span></div>
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Fear</span></i><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> – Lily Allen</span></div>
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what we didn’t have time for because our bosses were working us too hard and we
got scared and had to go home sick</span></b></div>
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Breakdance</span></i><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> – Custard</span></div>
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</span><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Centrelinked is on your radio thanks to 98.9 North West FM every
Saturday morning here in Melbourne. Listen where’er you may wander via <a href="http://www.northwestfm.org/">www.northwestfm.org</a> or those good folks
at <a href="http://www.tunein.com/">www.TuneIn.com</a></span></div>
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#centrelinked. </span></div>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-59798338171939045782012-06-27T19:58:00.001+10:002012-06-27T19:58:41.169+10:00One Lump or Two?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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our first community announcement break. On a sugar-themed show, and having just
played the Archies’ most famous number a somber voice came on to warn North
West FM listeners of the perils of diabetes. This was swiftly followed by the
Four Tops’ <i>Sugar Pie Honey Bunch</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> which,
when I was a kid was used in an advert for Kellogg’s Honey Smacks, <a href="http://www.consumerreports.org/health/healthy-living/diet-nutrition/healthy-foods/breakfast-cereals/overview/breakfast-cereals-ov.htm">one of the most sugary cereals on the market</a>.
You couldn’t make it up etc. </span></span></div>
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Boy</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Neil Young’s </span><i>Sugar Mountain</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> and something by the Sugababes. Thanks to whoever texted
in for Def Leppard after 30 seconds. You and I are now related. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fans of Rodriguez should keep an eye out for <i>Searching
for Sugar Man</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, a 2012 documentary film
about two South Africans who go looking for the man who provided the background
music to their youth during apartheid. It looks rather splendid. Check out
Rodriguez’ website <a href="http://www.sugarman.org/">www.sugarman.org</a> for more on the film and the man himself.</span></span></div>
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Saturday morning here in Melbourne. You can listen where’er you may be via <a href="http://www.northwestfm.org/">www.northwestfm.org</a>
or via <a href="http://tunein.com/">Tune In</a> radio. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next week: anxiety attack!</span><!--EndFragment-->Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-80462152594293217882012-06-20T19:37:00.000+10:002012-06-20T19:37:05.201+10:00Follicular Spectacular<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hair. You've either <a href="http://wetmen.provocateuse.com/images/photos/tom_selleck_01.jpg">got it</a> or <a href="http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=telly+savalas+with+hair&hl=en&biw=1259&bih=577&tbm=isch&tbnid=40ewAEPSXypOvM:&imgrefurl=http://community.artofmanliness.com/xn/detail/2357106:Topic:333630&docid=81Il_fBPs5iUeM&imgurl=http://api.ning.com/files/nIFQFJ9rwrCNedRLTsp0Ujke1rb4-rLXP8puVnIim1Zr8Pp4gRu8CKuFQB0XGBYrJ0RZ6OysEFpctwAEo9naWsqo1d-KnlNT/thisistellysavalas.jpg&w=344&h=345&ei=KpThT5KHBcWjiAeLiN2BDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=540&vpy=123&dur=1512&hovh=225&hovw=224&tx=119&ty=113&sig=115409186311264412122&page=1&tbnh=113&tbnw=113&start=0&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0,i:82">you haven't</a>. This week on Centrelinked we spent 45 hirsute minutes whipping our hair back and forth across your radio dial in celebration of hair dos and don'ts. This is what got played...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Devils Haircut</i> - Beck</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Jesus Hairdo</i> - the Charlatans</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Greetings to the New Brunette</i> - Billy Bragg</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Bernice Bobs Her Hair</i> - the Divine Comedy</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Cut Your Hair</i> - Pavement</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Almost Cut My Hair</i> - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Hair</i> - the Cowsills</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Ice Hockey Hair</i> - Super Furry Animals</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Diana's Hair</i> - Let's Wrestle</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Take the Skinheads Bowling</i> - Campervan Beethoven</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Wig in a Box</i> - Hedwig and the Angry Inch</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And here's some more songs about hair we didn't have time for:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Black Hair</i> - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Let it Down</i> - George Harrison</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Hair</i> - Finishing School</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Hairdresser on Fire</i> - Morrissey</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>La Jeune Fille aux Cheveux Blancs</i> - Camille</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Freda (with the Naturally Curly Hair)</i> - Vince Guaraldi </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Oh! Mr Hairdresser</i> - Vic Reeves </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and lest we forget the combined works of the Long Blondes, Blondie and the Hair Bear Bunch. Not their total combined works obviously. That's a small Venn diagram.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Any additions then? Feel free to posit your tuppenceworth in the comments box. Ta.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Centrelinked, every Saturday from 11am on 98.9 North West FM (www.northwestm.org). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Play along each week via @mintcustard and #centrelinked</span>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-41308023578340595302012-05-29T09:49:00.001+10:002012-05-29T09:49:35.422+10:00Grinning Myself to Death<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In news that has left me vulnerable to feather related knock-downs, Paul Heaton has </span><a href="http://paulheatonmusic.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">announced that he will be touring Australia</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in October 2012 for what I think is the first ever time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had long assumed our </span><a href="http://mintcustard.blogspot.com.au/2011/07/fright-or-flight.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">shared passion for not dying in aeroplanes</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ruled out any chance of me ever seeing Paul on these shores, and yet here we are. Clearly he has faith that his lucky pixie and Simon le Bon calling card (previously used as inflight lucky charms) are working well. Whatever the reason, it is ace news. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Anyone who has ever had a casual glance at these pages would know my appreciation for <a href="http://mintcustard.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Paul%20Heaton">all things Heaton</a> - the pop star against which all others should be judged. It's been 23 years since my first concert - a Christmas night out at Bridlington Spa with the Beautiful South. The newly formed band went to such lengths not to play Housemartins songs that they did You Keep It All In twice and offered covers of Pebbles' <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avtj8tdpr5Y"><em>Girlfriend</em></a> and the Bee Gees' <em>You Should be Dancing. </em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thankfully Paul seems to have reconciled himself with his extensive back catalogue and the Australian gigs are promising a greatest hits set covering all of his career - Housemartins, the South and solo. I can hardly believe I'm typing those words. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Despite having turned 50 this month, Heaton is fresh from writing and performing <em>The 8th</em> (the <a href="http://mif.co.uk/event/paul-heaton-the-8th/">longest pop song ever</a>) at the Manchester International Festival and undertaking another of his cycling pub tours of the UK, so it sounds like we're going to see an energised and engaged PD. I can't help but feel it will have been worth every minute of the long wait.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wednesday 17 October – Jive Bar, Adelaide (</span><a href="http://www.jivevenue.com/)"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.jivevenue.com/)</span></a> </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thursday 18 October – Corner Hotel,Melbourne (</span><a href="http://cornerhotel.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://cornerhotel.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday 20 October – The Factory, Sydney (</span><a href="http://www.factorytheatre.com.au/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.factorytheatre.com.au/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday 21 October – Fly By Night, Perth (</span><a href="http://www.flybynight.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.flybynight.org/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></li>
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So, Australian fans, let's get up off our knees and start compiling that dream set list... form an orderly queue in the comments section below. </font>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-38268067943676158302012-05-28T22:10:00.001+10:002012-05-29T08:33:24.182+10:00Douze Points<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In case you hadn't noticed, it was Eurovision weekend. Whilst most people couldn't give <i>nul points</i>, in some corners of Australia (including this one) dedicated Eurovististas were turning off the internet, avoiding the news and trying to get through the day <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clips/p0089881/whatever_happened_to_the_likely_lads_football_results/"><i>Likely Lads</i></a>-style without hearing the result. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To celebrate Centrelinked decided to go on a quick Contiki-style jaunt around Europe in our musical combi-van, cramming as many countries and cities into 45 minutes as we could. Here's where we went:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Berlin Chair</i> - You Am I</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Istanbul (Not Constantinople)</i> - They Might be Giants</span><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i>Do the Whirlwind</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">- Architecture in Helsinki</span></span></i><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Amsterdam </i>- Peter, Bjorn and John</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Barcelona - </i>Giulia y los Tellarini</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Roam - </i>the B-52s</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Young Parisians</i> - Adam and the Ants</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Ask</i> - The Smiths</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Vienna</i> - Ultravox</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Norwegian Wood</i> - Cornershop</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Dukla Prague Away Kit</i> - Half Man Half Biscuit</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Miss Sarajevo</i> - Passengers</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We ran out of time for the Reindeer Section's <em>Budapest </em>and the Beautiful South's <em>Rotterdam </em>which was a shame. Maybe next time. Thanks to my first caller too for ringing up and suggesting <i>We're Going to Ibiza</i> by the Vengaboys. You have no idea how happy your request for that terrible song made me. If I could pay for you to go to Ibiza just for ringing I would... </span>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-7691421363670198482012-05-20T21:09:00.001+10:002012-05-28T22:10:52.036+10:00Silent and Grey<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><i>Sunday Bloody Sunday</i></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">. What a great song.
It really encapsulates the frustration of a Sunday, doesn't it? You wake up in
the morning, you've got to read all the Sunday papers, the kids are running
round, you've got to mow the lawn, wash the car, and you think "Sunday,
bloody Sunday!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">According to Morrissey, ev</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">eryday is like Sunday. This is just as well because this week <i>Centrelinked</i> chose to pay tribute to the week's sleepiest day 24 hours early with 90 minutes of songs about Sunday. There were Sundays lazy, bloody and blue and all <i>these</i> in-between...</span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Sunday Girl</i> – Blondie<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Better than Sunday</i> – Ladyhawke<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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and Sebastian<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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James<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Groove Farm<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Everyday is like Sunday</i> –
Morrissey<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><i>A Sunday Smile</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> – Beirut <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Sunday Bloody Sunday</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> (live) – U2 <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Field Day for the Sundays</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> – Wire <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Sunday to Saturday</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> – the June Brides<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Sunday Morning Coming Down</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> – Johnny Cash<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Where Do I Begin?</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> – Chemical Brothers with Beth
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Sunday Morning</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> – Velvet Underground <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Stars on Sunday</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> – All Seeing Eye<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">As always feel free to add to the list using the comments below... </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Centrelinked will be back on your wireless next Saturday from 11am on 98.9 North West FM</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week Centrelinked tried to help listeners to make their minds up with songs about indecision. This is what got played:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>• Should I Stay or Should I Go</em> – The Clash</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>• I Don’t Know What I Want us to Do</em> – Peter, Bjorn and John</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>• I Don’t Know What to Do With My Life</em> – The Buzzcocks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>• I Can’t Decide</em> – Scissor Sisters</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>• Making Your Mind Up</em> – Bucks Fizz</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>• Rise</em> – Public Image Limited</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>• I Changed My Mind</em> - Quanuum </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>• I Don’t Know</em> – Bill Withers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>• I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself</em> – Dusty Springfield</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>• Dawn Can’t Decide</em> – the Lemonheads</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>• Just When You’re Thinking Things Over</em> – The Charlatans</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>• Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) </em>– Doris Day</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>• Possibly Maybe</em> – Bjork</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>• Keep an Open Mind or Else</em> – Mccarthy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>• If I Can’t Change Your Mind</em> – Sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>• Have You Made up Your Mind</em> – Paul Weller</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>• Can’t Be Sure</em> – the Sundays</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Centrelinked</em> - Saturday mornings from 11am on 98.9 North West FM Listen live on your wireless or stream at www.northwestfm.org </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can join in by texting the studio on 0 44 77 77 989 or on Twitter using @mintcustard or @northwestfmmelb and the hastag #centrelinked. </span>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-35497350511105796292012-05-07T22:05:00.000+10:002012-05-12T23:33:50.869+10:00MCA RIP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Normal <i>Centrelinked</i> service was suspended this week as we learned about the sad passing of Adam Yauch from the Beastie Boys about an hour before going on air. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It seemed only right that we ditch our usual rubbish and use our time more wisely, paying tribute to the man better known as MCA by devoting the show to the genius of Brooklyn's finest. This was our kit bag, and this is what got played:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <i>The Biz v the Nuge</i> (<i>Check Your Head</i>)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <i>Sabotage</i> (<i>Ill Communication</i>) </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <i>Shadrach (Paul's Boutique)</i></span><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 3 MCs and 1 DJ (Hello Nasty)</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win (Hot Sauce Committee Pt 2) </span></i><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <i>Ch-Ch-Check It Out</i> (<i>To the Five Boroughs</i>)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Body Movin' (Fat Boy Slim Remix)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>- Girls</i> (Licenced to Ill)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <i>Sure Shot</i> (<i>Ill Communication</i>)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <i>Song for the Man</i> (<i>Hello Nasty</i>) </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <i>So Whatcha Want</i> (feat Cypress Hill)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vale, MCA. Love and respect to the end. </span>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-91163146698412910752012-04-30T20:52:00.000+10:002012-05-12T23:32:37.073+10:00Know Your Chicken<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Centrelinked </i>is typically a vegetarian affair (with the occasional fish finger sandwich thrown in as and when required) but that doesn't mean we close our minds. This week we decided to follow Cibo Matto's advice and get to <i>Know Your Chicken</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. What we had therefore was 45 minutes of chicken tunes, interspersed with a pot pourri of poulet trivia.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are the finger lickin' nuggets that went to air:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Chicken Payback</i> - the Bees</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Mansize Rooster</i> - Supergrass</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Chick Habit</i> - April March</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Choppers</i> - Headless Chickens</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Chicken with its Head Cut Off</i> - Magnetic Fields</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Chicken</i> - the Cramps</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Chicken Dog</i> - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>5 Piece Chicken Dinner - </i>The Beastie Boys</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Do The Funky Chicken</i> - Rufus Thomas</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Chicken Strut</i> - The Meters</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Know Your Chicken</i> - Cibo Matto</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Chicken Hearted</i> - Roy Orbison</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The Chicken Song</i> - Spitting Image</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Take It Easy Chicken</i> - Mansun</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And these, for posterity, were those important chicken facts. Some of them were even true. </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chicken Little is Stewart Little's Dad</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2001 chicken tikka masala was voted the most popular restaurant meal in the UK </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The latin term for chicken is gallus gallus domesticus, inspired by Boutros Boutros Ghali, the former secretary general of the United Nations </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A chicken ran onto the pitch during the first ever game of football, tripping up a player - hence the word 'foul'</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chickens are omnivores and in the wild will hunt seeds, insects and - when hunting in packs - they can take out a wolf</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More than 50 billion chickens are raised every year for meat and eggs. This is more than 7 eggs for every human on the planet. The chickens that understand these numbers are kept in cages by scared farmers.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Chicken Run, </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the claymation movie about a group of hens who make an aeroplane from scrap furniture to escape being turned into pies is based on a true story about pigs </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although most chicken lay eggs, some can be trained to lay other things such as logs, bricks and the truth</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Centrelinked </i>is on your Melbourne wireless on 98.9 Northwest FM every Saturday morning from 11am. You can also stream live via www.northwestfm.org. If you want...</span>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-21272689985498105262012-04-21T16:39:00.003+10:002012-04-21T17:05:39.875+10:00Saucerful of Secrets<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week <i>Centrelinked</i> encouraged listeners to unlock their diaries, share their log in details and enter the 98.9 North West FM confessional booth to share some songs about Secrets. This was the soundtrack to their unloading:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret</i> - Queens of the Stone Age</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>No Secrets</i> - The Angels</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Little Secrets</i> - Passion Pit</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Do You Want To Know a Secret</i> - the Beatles</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Secret Kiss</i> - The Coral</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Secret</i> - Madonna</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Confide in Me</i> - Kylie Minogue</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuInrlaJuok">Secret Vampires</a></i> - Bis</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Can U Keep a Secret</i> - De La Soul</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTeZNuvlxzU"><i>Secret Agent</i> </a>- Tony Allen</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRJnK-uWbfQ">On Her Majesty's Secret Service</a></i> - John Barry (though with more time <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZsDRhCgBR0">this version</a> by the Propellerheads might have made the cut too </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Secret for a Song</i> - Mercury Rev</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Secret Love</i> - Doris Day</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The Key, The Secret</i> - Urban Cookie Collective</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course the very best song about secrets is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqBa7eay6Fo">this one from 1973</a> but sadly we're not allowed to play it on the radio. Feel free to leave any dirty little secrets of your own using the comments below</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">Centrelinked - Saturday mornings from 10.30am on 98.9 North West FM (northwestfm.org)</span>Next week's theme - Chicken! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">Feel free to join in using @mintcustard or @northwestfmmelb and #centrelinked. </span></span></div>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-86377923070773317482012-04-16T19:43:00.000+10:002012-04-21T16:23:25.416+10:00Rise of the Machines<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week <i>Centrelinked</i> picked up one of Mint Custard's biggest fears - the <a href="http://mintcustard.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Robots%20are%20Going%20to%20Kill%20Us%20All">destruction of mankind by robots</a> - and ran with it, albeit with an awkward clanky gait and certainly not up any stairs. 45 minutes of airtime were devoted to automated android propaganda. This is what they played:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Robot Rock</i> - Daft Punk</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmuAZVqwWtk">Robot</a></i> - Futureheads</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i93WDsS06HI">Do The Robot</a></i> - The Saints</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORYO0atB6g&ob=av3e">Intergalactic</a></i> - Beastie Boys</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Robots (the Humans are Dead)</i> - Flight of the Conchords</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb2Pzl1U0sY">We're in Business</a></i> - Andrew Thompson</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9FWeWQrcRI">Robot Song</a></i> - Kenickie</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3JpnO6-0pA">One Robot</a></i> - Rocket Science</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzpQk-zAnl0">Robot Man</a></i> - the Aliens</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I am a Robot</i> - Rhys Muldoon</span><br />
<i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGY9AOiNtcg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Astro Boy Theme</span></a></i><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXa9tXcMhXQ">The Robots</a></i> - Kraftwerk</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><i>Centrelinked</i> - Saturday mornings from 11am (Melbourne time) on 98.9 North West FM (northwestfm.org)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next week's theme - dirty little Secret - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">Feel free to join in using @mintcustard or @northwestfmmelb and #centrelinked</span></span>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-19767730138181435692012-04-10T11:31:00.000+10:002012-04-10T11:31:23.820+10:00Daniel Kitson, Where Once was Wonder, Melbourne Arts Centre<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the opening seconds of Daniel Kitson’s latest show, </span><a href="http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2012/season/shows/where-once-was-wonder-daniel-kitson/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Where Once Was Wonder</em></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, it’s impossible to ignore the fact that something has changed. Your senses are taking it in, but something just doesn’t seem right. This is a Daniel Kitson show isn’t it? So isn’t that… I mean is that… am I really… could that actually be … is that dance music? Why yes it is. Well, LCD Soundsystem’s <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xG4oFny2Pk">Losing My Edge</a></em>, anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gone, the gentle indie-tastic Candle Records musical backdrops that welcomed people to Kitson shows of yore, replaced by acerbic beats and James Murphy fretting about being overtaken by ‘<em>better looking people with better ideas and more talent</em>.’ Yet as a precursor of what’s to come it is a stroke of bleeping genius.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What follows is a blistering opening half hour from an unfamiliar looking Kitson – beardless and with his head shaved – which includes pompous attacks on the audience, comedy fans, his <em>own</em> fans and especially his fellow comedians. Swearing is unrestrained and outrageous statements start to stack up, with laughter accompanied by some uncomfortable fidgeting and sharp intakes of breath amongst the packed and noticeably varied crowd.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Given it’s written on the poster I don’t think I’m spoiling anything by saying that the show is built around three unconnected stories, none of which are ever fully finished and one that involves the decapitation of a small pig. However, each deals in their own way with small unexpected twists of destiny that lead to the unlikely becoming not just possible, but utterly inevitable. It will come as no surprise to those who have seen him before that Kitson finds quixotic beauty in these tales, evoking the romance and even turning a self-administered haircut into a noble act. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It would be improper of me to say how this beauty impacts on the closing half hour of a 90 minute set, or how that relates to his vicious opening polemic. Still, it’s fair to say that it was a thrill to hear gentle isolated chuckles slowly snowballing into a roaring Playhouse as pennies dropped about another thrilling act of Kitson chutzpah.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A misguided and factually-lacking review in The Age this weekend suggested that of Where Once Was Wonder represented Kitson returning to the ‘<em>conventional stand up he has spent years retreating from</em>,’ dismissing the evening as ‘<em>a strange combination of dick jokes and intellectual arrogance</em>.’ I’ll admit that I’m a fan of his work*, but I hope nobody bases their decision to go and see this show on those words. There is little that is conventional about Daniel Kitson’s work; stand up or theatrical, which is why he remains the draw card at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival year after year. Losing his edge? Watching <em>Where Once Was Wonder</em> you get the feeling he’s only just started. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Daniel Kitson’s <em>Where Once Was Wonder</em> is on at the Playhouse at Melbourne Arts Centre until 15 April. Tickets $25. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* “<em>then it became a wider thing about people who grip onto other people’s creations like they are their own</em>” </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– James Murphy on LCD Soundsystem’s <em>Losing My Edge</em>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry about that.</span>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-29052358997857795922012-04-09T11:16:00.000+10:002012-05-18T09:26:48.440+10:00Make Em Laugh<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's <a href="http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2012/season/">Melbourne International Comedy Festival</a> time here in Australia and <i>Centrelinked </i>tried to celebrate by putting together two hours of funny songs. The problem is that one man's funny is another woman's fingers-on-blackboard, with some songs by comedians excruciatingly unfunny and some very serious songs horrifically hilarious. So, armed only with a vague notion of songs that try and give people a chuckle here's what we ended up with this week: </span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biWAdpCSE3c">Young Ones theme</a></span></i><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcJjMnHoIBI&ob=av2n">Eat It</a></i> - Weird Al Yankovic</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8a9Jx8WVJA">Stutter Rap</a></i> - Morris Minor and the Majors</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e1xvyTdBZI">Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)</a></i> - Benny Hill</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N_tupPBtWQ">Mahna Mahna</a> - </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Muppets</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3s0joFeajk">The Court of King Caractacus</a></i> - Rolf Harris</span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beQ9yChEcHw">We're Both in Love with a Sexy Lady</a></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - Flight of the Conchords</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UYjXyZHcqw">This Poem Sucks (Harriet)</a></i> - Mike Myers (from <i>So I Married and Axe Murderer</i>)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrUJ_NGipv4"><i>Tram Inspector</i> </a>- the Bedroom Philosopher</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4dAhlaI_aM">Cows with Guns</a></i> - Dana Lyons</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk_dC3ktuMw">24 Hour Garage People</a></i> - Half Man Half Biscuit</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZCIKjYDf1g">The Ballad of Freda and Barry</a></i> - Victoria Wood</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkJSOBmhdGM&feature=fvst">Don't Put Your Daughter on the Stage Mrs Worthington</a></i> - Noel Coward</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcnWo76o8ng">You're Just Too Hip Baby</a></i> - Dave Graney</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5o0dwRc0HE">Becoming More Like Alfie</a></i> - Divine Comedy</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12wXkBz9UQE&feature=fvsr">Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me</a></i> - <i>Rocky Horror Picture Show</i> Original Cast</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkRIbUT6u7Q">Money, Money</a></i> - Liza Minelli and Joel Grey (from <i>Cabaret</i>)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYoZ9nmnhh8">A Lil' Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place</a></i> - Dolly Parton (<i>The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas</i>)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDWDM0V7Nxo">Hold My Hand</a></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - The Rutles</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlrsqGal64w">Eric the Half a Bee</a></i> - Monty Python</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI4ekBi5Hhc">The Intro and the Outro</a></i> - the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZGKLmyTEoQ">Love Life</a></i> - The Rutles</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au9_vfx6t6c">Bedazzled</a></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - Drimble Wedge and the Vegetations (Peter Cook and Dudley Moore)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQvNu8LoTo0">Montage</a></i> - Team America World Police</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ete13Ic-RKg">The Riddler</a></i> - Mel Torme</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5JdTmkfSaQ">The Pub With No Beer</a></i> - Slim Dusty</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGVdlGSv7fY">Preposterous Tales</a></i> - I, Ludicrous</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7Bvd33V9dQ">Right Said Fred</a></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - Bernard Cribbins</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39YUXIKrOFk&ob=av3e">I'm Too Sexy</a> - </i>Right Said Fred</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyhrYis509A&ob=av3e">Barbie Girl</a></i> - Aqua</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFacWGBJ_cs">Shaddup Ya Face</a></i> - Joe Dolce</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIdtnnHLYGo">Ain't No Greens in Harlem</a></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - The Vibrations</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVF_Pui1lAs">I Remember Punk Rock</a></i> - Vic Reeves</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsOxgwF9LlM">The Majesty of Rock</a></i> - Spinal Tap</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZedhoqYdfTM">Bring Me Sunshine</a></i> - Morecambe and Wise</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although I had an extra hour, I still ran out of time to play these:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I Wanna be Straight</i> - Ian Dury and the Blockheads</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Bad Babysitter</i> - Princess Superstar</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Thou Shalt Always Kill</i> - Dan le Sac and Scoobius Pip</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Metaphor</i> - Sparks</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Ello John, Got a New Motor</i> - Alexei Sayle</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Hole in My Shoe</i> - Neil</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Austin Ambassador Y Reg</i> - John Shuttleworth (yes, again - sorry Graham)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Jilted John</i> - Jilted John</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>Panic Plants</em> - The Lovely Eggs</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The Queen is Dead</i> - the Smiths</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>Formed a Band </em>- Art Brut</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I Can't Forget</i> - Leonard Cohen</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Why is it Always Dairy Lea?</i> - the Shirehorses </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you'd like to chuck in your tuppenceworth about songs that make you laugh I'd love to hear from you in the comments bit below. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AFL returns to 98.9 North West FM next weekend so Centrelinked has a new starting time of 11am on Saturdays. Tune in on your Melbourne wireless or via <a href="http://www.northwestfm.org/">http://www.northwestfm.org/</a> </span>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-37231070704170607162012-04-01T21:49:00.002+10:002012-04-01T21:49:25.660+10:00Sunny Side UpThis week on Centrelinked it was about snap and crackle and not just pop as we celebrated all things breakfast. From coffee to croissants, tea to toast, muffins to muesli, we covered it all in song - with a few more interesting alternatives hidden away like a plastic toy at the bottom of a cereal packet.<br />
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Special thanks go to Pink Floyd for <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/enCoZtVC_BM">Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast</a></i> which provided over an hour's worth of backing music, chuntering and breakfast preparing noises.<br />
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<b>What got played</b><br />
<i>The Breakfast Song</i> - Annie<br />
<i>Judy Sucks a Lemon for Breakfast</i> - Cornershop<br />
<i>Mario's Cafe</i> - Saint Etienne<br />
<i>9-5</i> - Dolly Parton<br />
<i>She's Losing It</i> - Belle and Sebastian<br />
<i>Beer for Breakfast</i> - The Replacements<br />
<i>Beans for Breakfast</i> - Johnny Cash<br />
<i>Beans, Bacon and Gravy</i> - Cisco Houston<br />
<i>The Spam Song</i> - Monty Python<br />
<i>Piggies</i> - The Beatles<br />
<i>Serial Thrilla</i> - The Prodigy<br />
<i>Superfast Jellyfish</i> - Gorillaz with De La Soul and Gruff Rhys<br />
<i>Cornflake Girl</i> - Tori Amos<br />
<i>Coffee and Toast</i> - James<br />
<i>Coffee in the Pot</i> - Supergrass<br />
<i>Percolator</i> - Stereolab<br />
<i>Sexy Coffee Pot</i> - Tony Avalon and the Belaires<br />
<i>How'd You Like Your Eggs in the Morning</i> - Dean Martin and Helen O'Connell<br />
<i>Watermelons</i> - the Lovely Eggs<br />
<i>Omelette from Outer Space</i> - Adam and the Ants<br />
<i>Blueberries for Breakfast</i> - Mamas and Papas<br />
<i>Martin Doom! It's Seven o'clock</i> - The Boo Radleys<br />
<i>Punky's Dilemma</i> - Simon and Garfunkel<br />
<i>Breakfast Time</i> - Orange Juice<br />
<i>Breakfast in Bed</i> - Dusty Springfield<br />
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<b>Leftovers and Suggestions</b><br />
<i>Breakfast in America</i> - Supertramp<br />
<i>Sex for Breakfast</i> - Christina Aguilera<br />
<i>Black Coffee in Bed</i> - Squeeze<br />
<i>Coffee and TV</i> - Blur<br />
<i>Wake up and Make Love to Me</i> - Ian Dury<br />
<i>Black Pudding Bertha</i> - the Goodies<br />
<i>Wild Mushrooms</i> - Lloyd Cole<br />
<i>Down Under </i>- Men at Work<br />
<i>You Were Meant for Me</i> - Jewel<br />
<i>Cigarettes and Coffee</i> - Rufus Wainwright<br />
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Ta to everyone who texted or tweeted or actually listened on your wireless. You make it all worthwhile. Feel free to add to my little list of breakfast songs using the comments below...<br />
<br />Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-80699646266978746522012-03-26T22:22:00.000+11:002012-04-03T22:23:21.493+10:00Holding Back the YearsCentrelinked jumped in the Delorean this week for a spot of time travel through the ages, stopping only where songsmiths had deemed a year exciting enough to celebrate in song. Taking in everything from the recent past and the distant future these were <b>the songs that got played</b>:<br />
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<i>Also Sprach Zarathrustra - Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey</i> (Disco Version)<br />
<i>1969</i> - The Stooges<br />
<i>Sexcrime (1984)</i> - The Eurythmics<br />
<i>1901</i> - Phoenix<br />
<i>1976</i> - RJD2<br />
<i>1977</i> - The Clash<br />
<i>1981</i> - Public Image Limited<br />
<i>Holland, 1945</i> - Neutral Milk Hotel<br />
<i>69 Annee Erotique</i> - Serge Gainsbourg<br />
<i>New York Mining Disaster 1941 - </i>the Bee Gees<br />
<i>You Keep It All In</i> - The Beautiful South<br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i>1979 - </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Smashing Pumpkins</span></i><br />
<i>3030</i> - Deltron 3030<br />
<i>In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)</i> - Zager and Evans<br />
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<b>And other stuff that didn't get played for one reason and another</b><br />
<i>Miss Freelove '69</i> - Hoodoo Gurus<br />
<i>1993</i> - Carter USM<br />
<i>1974</i> - Ryan Adams<br />
<i>1985</i> - Manic Street Preachers<br />
<i>1974 </i>- Robin Hitchcock<br />
<i>Disco 2000 </i>- Pulp<br />
<i>Pop Song 89</i> - REM<br />
<i>Carnival 2000 </i>- Prefab Sprout<br />
<i>1992</i> - Blur<br />
<i>1963</i> - New Order<br />
<i>Summer of 75</i> - Vic Reeves<br />
<i>1966 and all that</i> - Half Man Half Biscuit<br />
<i>It Ain't 1918</i> - Sparks<br />
<i>December 1963 (Oh What a Night)</i> - Frankie Valley and the Four Seasons<br />
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So no Eels songs this week but once again Blur, Pulp, Sparks and Half Man Half Biscuit all offered their Centrelinked services.<br />
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Next week - songs about breakfast!<br />
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Centrelinked - Saturday mornings from 10.30am on 98.9 North West FM (northwestfm.org)<br />
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<br />Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-86905556009446386842012-03-19T10:33:00.000+11:002012-04-04T11:06:34.051+10:00Know Your Product<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Advertising. It can be evil, subliminal, insidious, sometimes genius. Advertising companies can spend millions trying to get brand names into our minds and often fail. Thank goodness then for our old friend Rock and Roll and it's uncanny ability to capture zeitgeists and enshrine aspects of popular culture in musical aspic in ways that ad men (and women) can only dream. Here are just a few examples, as celebrated on this week's <em>Centrelinked</em>: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>What Got Played</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Know Your Product</em> - The Saints</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>She Don't Use Jelly</em> - Flaming Lips (Vaseline)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Vaseline</em> - Elastica</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Paninaro 95</em> - Pet Shop Boys (Aramani, Armani, A-A-Armani)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Wearing My Rolex</em> - Wiley</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>My ADIDAS</em> - Run DMC</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Razzmattazz</em> - Pulp (tights)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Perfume</em> - Sparks (every perfume under the sun)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Hymn to the Cigarettes</em> - Hefner (every brand of cig you can think of)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Valium</em> - Ffa Coffi Pawb (housewife's friend)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Under the Milky Way</em> - The Church</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Mars Bar</em> - The Undertones</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I desperately wanted to play <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1xzqExWobo&noredirect=1"><em>I've Got a New Hoover</em></a> by Reeves and Mortimer, which is one of the best starts to any comedy show in history (and certainly the best ever song about vacuum cleaners) but sadly copyright wouldn't allow. Here's some others that I had shortlisted, plus a few suggestions by our lovely listeners:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>Advert</em> or <em>Blue Jeans</em> - Blur ("Air Cushion Soles")</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>Man at C&A</em> - the Specials (menswear)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>National Express</em> - the Divine Comedy (coach travel)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>Smells Like Teen Spirit</em> - Nirvana (deoderant)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>Supersonic</em> - Oasis (Alka Seltzer <em>and</em> BMW)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>Down Under</em> - Men at Work (Vegemite)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">By far the most common suggestion was for car songs (Little Honda by the Beach Boys, Prince's Little Red Corvette, Natalie Cole and Pink Cadillac etc) but the undisputed king of the road for me is Y Reg by John Shuttleworth. sadly I ran out of time to play it, but you can watch the video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XszJ7fFFHr0">here</a>... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>Centrelinked</em>: Saturday mornings at 10.30am on 98.9 North West FM. Listen on your wireless or online at <a href="http://www.northwestfm.org/">http://www.northwestfm.org/</a>. If you'd like to play along, follow @mintcustard or use #centrelinked on Tw*tter. </span>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897122004607051950.post-19044704863501496472012-03-12T09:43:00.000+11:002012-04-04T11:09:59.103+10:00Long Tails and Ears for Hats<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Centrelinked</em> marked <a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.org.au/">International Women's Day</a> this week with a quick fire 14 songs in 45 minutes of songs by all female bands. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A simple task, I hear you cry... yet when I reached for my CD shelves I found bands with token blokes at every turn. No Slits, Breeders, Veruca Salt, Elastica, Hole, Bikini Kill or Huggy Bear this week then but stay tuned for a Token Bloke special one day soon...</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What Got Played</span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Cherry Bomb</i> - the Runaways</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>We Got the Beat</i> - the Go-Gos</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Woo Hoo</i> - The 5,6,7,8s</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Pretend We're Dead</i> - L7</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Bruise Violet</i> - Babes in Toyland</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Supermodel Superficial</i> - Voodoo Queens</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Nowhere to Run</i> - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Be My Baby</i> - the Ronettes</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Stoned Love</i> - the Supremes</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Those Dancing Days</i> - Those Dancing Days</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>On Parade</i> - Electrelane</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Banned from the End of the World</i> - Sleater Kinney</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Who Do You Think You Are</i> - Spice Girls</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Spice Girls (Who Do You Think You Are)</i> - Period Pains</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really wanted to play some Cibo Matto, Biftek, Cookie Crew and Fuzzbox's camp classic <i>International Rescue</i> too but it wasn't to be. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Centrelinked</em> on your wireless every Saturday at 10.30am, <a href="http://www.northwestfm.org/">98.9 North West FM</a>.</span>Mint Custardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125146572644378616noreply@blogger.com0