Comments on: Toadcast #16 – The Birthday Podcast

By: Can the Internet "make" Christmas No 1? « The lost outpost

Can the Internet "make" Christmas No 1? « The lost outpost — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:06:39 +0000

[...] night I was listening to the always-excellent Song By Toad podcast – episode 16, the Birthday podcast, and let me say Happy Birthday to Matthew (aka Mr Toad) while I’m here – and it turns out [...]

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:47:47 +0000

I am always suspicious of those punctual types anyway China, so don’t worry, this makes me feel much better.

By: China

China — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:42:00 +0000

This was one of your more fun Toadcasts. Happy Belated! At least someone’s worse at birthdays than your family.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:37:14 +0000

Thanks you bunch of softies. I’ve had a wee sniffle to myself at your kindness, sat here at my desk at work.

That’s not at all true actually, but you did better that my bloody family, that’s for sure. Mrs. Toad only remembered it was my birthday at all at about 7pm, so she sent me a congratulatory, erm, text.

Still, we partied quite hard enough on the weekend. It was great fun and I apologise for neglecting you so terribly.

By: Steven

Steven — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:32:14 +0000

Happy birthday from a Dutch listener!

By: mjrc

mjrc — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:16:15 +0000

hsppy natal day dear toad. looking forward to yer rantings on the podcast. : )

By: Drunk Country

Drunk Country — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:30:57 +0000

oops. Happy Birthday, for Monday, Mr. T. from us at The Waiting Room.

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:18:36 +0000

Happy Birthday, for Monday, Mr. Toad.

By: Drunk Country

Drunk Country — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:45:14 +0000

cheers for the generous shout out Mr. Toad & the correct pronunciation (finally) of Mr Stevens’ name.

Top marks for: Loch Lomand, Tom Waits, Crash Test Dummies (guilty pleasure #436) & Arab Strap.
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re: Clem Snide, I am reliably informed by me ol’ mukka Brendan Fitzpatrick (ex-bassist a la CS) that they were “dissolved” with no discussion following Eef’s move to Nashville & a slight rush to the ego, where he is now plopping about small clubs with a bunch of jobbing back up players.

Eef’s ‘official’ version is that he thought the distance between him & the New York bands made the ‘band’ thing impossible to time manage, plus now he is a father, the cost of touring was greatly reduced if he went on his own & the return, naturally, was greater.

There are no hard feelings from the ex-members, but a slightly pissed off feeling of the now lack of monies coming in for a planned European tour, which quickly became, as circumstances dictated, an Eef solo trek + occasional accompaniment.

There IS an original(well, pre-cull) line up album in the vault (record company/deal wrangle & band cull has it gathering dust for a year), which was recorded in a house with all band members in seperate rooms, upstairs & down, PLUS an Eef B. penned soundtrack to the movie “Rocket Science”.

The last I heard there is also another record in the can which was supposed to be under the moniker Clem Snide, but is now being released as the next Eef B. solo effort. There’s also, according to Eef in interviews recently, an album demoed & ready for studio with members of the Nashville players he’s been strutting out with.

There may well be an avalanche of new material in the next year. Then again, if Eef’s ever present beef with them there recording types continues (money, basically, creative control, etc.) to scupper any deals it all may well be lost for ever/some time or released as a tour only thing at some stage. So, who knows?

Lecture over.

By: Cristina Diaz-Borda

Cristina Diaz-Borda — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:10:05 +0000

Happy Birthday from Canada