Toad Profile on Blogfresh
I’ve been on Blogfresh Radio a few times in the past, and always enjoyed the experience. I used to chat to Bill Pearis, which was always fun, but he’s moved on now. These days when I talk to them it’s with a chap called Dev Sherlock who has proved to be just as much fun to chat to as Bill. A little too much fun actually – it seems to be traditional that when I talk to Blogfresh I prattle on endlessly for fucking ages, and then they face the unenviable task of trying to cut it down to a concise minute or so. Poor bastards – still, someone’s got to make them work for their money.
Anyhow, in addition to the more usual approach where a blogger chats a little bit to introduce a song they’re really enjoying at the moment, Blogfresh have very kindly done a profile on Song, by Toad on their latest show. There’s inevitably vanity at play here, of course there is, but I am nonetheless really chuffed that they decided to feature this blog on their recent show. It’s nice because I like what they’re doing, and they’re nice people. So go an listen and make a point of listening regularly. Their shows are short and sweet, unlike my rambling dispatches, and give you a really good taster of what’s going on on the blogs that week. It’s weird to hear a blogger’s actual voice, because sometimes I’d imagined something entirely different, but rather cool nonetheless.
In other news, I am back on Fresh Air Radio (click on the Listen Live thingy) this weekend. I have two shows, Saturday 12-2pm and Sunday 2-4pm both this weekend and next. So if you want to hear me successfully managing to not swear – no seriously, it happens – tune in. It’s Freshers Week at the uni as well so I might concentrate on a bit of an introduction to the Edinburgh music scene, and also play some songs from my own time as a first year student. That’ll give the game away something chronic about just how bloody old I am but fuck it, why not, it sounds fun. And there’s nothing to help people settle down and get over their nerves about being new to a place that finding some silly old fart to snigger at.
Here’s a couple that I might well consider:
Lemonheads – Being Around (Acoustic)
James – Say Something
Or my first year in Glasgow:
Gene – Sick, Sober & Sorry
Pulp – Common People
nae bother pal, glasgie gad non readda’s nhow… gosh.. nearly passed that one off eh?
Nice one. Mouse is on this week’s show. Might bring a smile to your chops.
Ah, back on the radio, eh? Good. I liked those shows. An auspicious weekend. I go to see the Builders and the Butchers for the first time on Monday, so may the weekend come soon. Just saw the Felice Brothers and AA Bondy last Sundayas well. Brilliant. Way better than last time even, and I discovered that AA Bondy is married to the Felice Brothers’ sister, so he is in fact a Felice Brother-in-Law. Saw the Veils opening for Liam Finn a few days before that and they played some stuff from their upcoming record. Sounds top notch.
Been listening to Blog Fresh for some time now and I can only agree with Matthew – it allows you to hear a cross section of what is going on in the blogs and introduce you to a few new blogs. It used to be weekly but appears to have reduced to fortnightly, but perhaps this has just been for the summer time to give them a break.
Freshers week comes around once again and I’m sure my first year in Edinburgh was before Matthew first started. If I say that the Trashcan Sinatras played at Edinburgh University student union, that might give away the year a little…as for songs from that year, I’ll need to dig out some stuff and feedback again.
I’ll try and tune in to the Fresh Air shows…any chance of a download or repeat playback in other time zones
C&B you fucking hero. AA Bondy and the Felice Brothers – I wish I was so lucky. And if you see the Builders please go and say hello from myself and Mrs. Toad, they were so nice when we were in Portland.
Grame, Blogfresh is brilliant. They’ve been so tolerant with my aimless babbling that I really owe them a pint. The Trashcans are Scottish legends – just ask JC at the Vinyl Villain. I bought A Happy Pocket in perhaps my third year. I know they’d been going for miles longer than that, but still., what a great album.
Bloody youngsters. The Smiths were the new kids in my day.
The New Kids were the new kids in my day.
I long for a song by toad review of the new NKOTB album.
There’s a song called ‘Sexify My Love’.
Genius.
I presume Matthew is just waiting for their PR people to send him a promotional copy… (along with exhortations not to post any MP3s of course)
I don’t think we need Matthew to review it.
The three objective commentators who have already reviewed it on Amazon have each given it five stars.
That’s good enough for me!
Sexify My Love sounds like code for “toss me off behind the bike sheds during break”. they really haven’t progressed have they?
Did maxim not get a pre release review in this time?
Euan, that is pretty much my favourite moment in music journalism history.
A review you shall have, then.
sexify my love. absolute genius.
Consider it sexified.