The Waiting Room 03.12.08
What ho!
Mr. Toad, possibly in a far more gin-sodden fug than usual, has rather superbly extended his amphibious hand to The Waiting Room & granted me a bit of Song, by Toad space to post TWR podcasts whilst we swim about in the unemployment bins. Whether this sees a sharp downturn in his traffic we’ll have to wait & see.
You, then, being readers of this worldwiderife infamous blog, are probably aware of my occasional filth & jibber jabber in the comments portal thereunder &, by association, may possibly know what to expect from the ear mollestation what is The Waiting Room — perhaps having tuned in, tuned out & turned off as quickly as it took you to read that.
This week, then, on the show, The Woman of The House (TWoTH to the passengers of Deep Space Nine) & I mouthfart our merry way between such loveliness as Anna & The Family Tree, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Thomas Tantrum, The Republic Tigers, Parenthetical Girls, The Theatre Fire, Kría Brekkan (ex múm), Pale Young Gentlemen, Pete & The Pirates + the ever embedded many, oh so very, more. We also jump on the bandwagon du jour & spin a tune off of the new recording by popular beat combo Mirkinassault.
Added to all that giddiness, we have a rather dodgily realised competition, open to bands/artists/& the like, to write a new theme tune for the show. Christ knows how that one’s going to run, but if you have any musical talent & fancy a stab then aim your blunt instruments this way.
The Waiting Room: 3rd December 2008
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Ta very & huge cheers plus a doff’d fedora to Toad for the assist.
Ooh! I’m going to have a go at the theme tune thing!! I’m a ‘…the like’!
In my house I have a multi-track recorder, an acoustic guitar, a stylophone and a djembe drum.
So it should come out sounding just like Meursault!
Finally a use for that fucking stylophone.
next time anyone bumps into our lass, ask her about stylophones….
You know, I’d forgotten about that Ruth Theodore song. Fucking marvellous, isn’t it. Welcome to the refugee camp on the internets, DC.
Aye, I do like it a lot. It’s something about her voice that just rattles me (in a good way) like stepping out of the cold into a warm room. Enveloping, comforting stuff.
I am pretty pleased with the whole playlist, to be honest; I love Pete & the Pirates’ new single, really, really like the Kría Brekkan stuff, think Anna Ash is delicious, have the same opinion of Hurray For The Riff Raff, & Thomas Tantrum & just good old fashioned bouncy fun.
Thanks for letting me kip in the box room while I get my citizenship status sorted out.
Can your missus play the the A-Team theme tune on the stylophone, Tom?
The Anna Ash song you picked was superb, and even though I’ve never been taken with P & the Ps, I really liked that track. And both the Weepies and Cars Can be Blue were good as well.
P & The Ps were great live.
The Weepies one has been hanging about for ever, looking for a playlist. No idea why I’ve kept it back for so long.
Fucking amazing live, I think is what you meant Dylan.
just ask her about her thoughts on them…..
&, Toad, speaking of Anna Ash… any sign of that review?
Not until I’ve written up the new Rob St. John EP, but yes, pretty soon.
how do i get a stupid picture on my posts?
I’m not certain, but I think you need a Wordpress account.
(And a dubious sense of humour)
You upload the avatar on your wordpress profile page. Watch out for the file size!
Matthew, according to your Last FM feed you’re listening to someone called Doveman.
Don’t you really think the world needs another ornithological band name?!
Sam Amidon plus the pianist from The National? Yes, I think under those circumstances they do.
Hey, Doveman! I like him. He re-imagined the entire Footloose soundtrack as a series of shockingly bleak funeral chants, all squeaky-voiced and whispery.
http://www.dovemanmusic.com/footloose.htm
Yup. And got a C&D for their troubles. This kind of fucking pathetic cultural ownership makes me want to feed these cunts to a bunch of horny gorillas.
Fuck me.
That Doveman Footloose really is quite breathtaking.