Song, by Toad

Matthew Young

Toadcast #71 – The Tough Lovecast

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Oh dear god almighty I have a hangover.  Fucking bastard music people.  Last night there was gigging and drinking and wandering the streets of a most balmy and pleasant Edinburgh with an assortment of miscreants and other ne’er-do-wells.  We saw Honeytrap and Meursault play at Sneaky Pete’s – I was recording this podcast, hence late for X-Lion Tamer, sorry to both Ed and Tony – and it was fucking amazing.

And after that there was drinking.  Fuck me there was lots of drinking.  And then I came home and went into the local all night shop and purchased a couple of steaks for late-night snacking purposes, and was harassed by a bunch of young lads when I came out.  Not harassed in a bad way, but I think I was asked to buy them some fags or something like that.  Anyhow, the conversation… erm, well I’m not really sure how the conversation went, because I was fucking hammered, but at some point the van came up, which was parked just along the road.  So, ah, for some slightly bizarre reason I ended up with five high school lads and me sat in the van with the stereo up fucking loud – so loud apparently that you could hear it all the way down the street.  Or, at least, so Mrs. Toad tells me.  Because at some point she came home from wherever it was she was out drinking and hopped in as well.

So, after a little van-based rocking out, they came back into the house for a bit and Mrs. Toad played them Motorhead and The Sex Pistols and The Wedding Present so fucking loud the windows shook.  Funnily enough, these nice, polite lads kept insisting throughout that we should just let them know when we were bored and we would like them to go.  Such nice, polite boys!  I think one of them even did the dishes.  I didn’t want to have to try and explain what a couple of total fucking bozos they were dealing with, but erm, yeah, that was our Friday night.  Weird, huh?  I think we went to bed at about five, eventually.  And now to record a couple of Toad Sessions, at least one with a very, very hung over band.

Toadcast #71 – The Tough Lovecast

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01. Belle & Sebastian – Take Your Carriage Clock & Shove It (03.46)
02. Adam Balbo – Debating a Time Metaphor (07.16)
03. The Sequins – The Usual Delights (14.05)
04. Situationists – A Cold Front (16.31)
05. Blur – Out of Time (23.02)
06. New Ruins – Symptoms (32.37)
07. The Laurel Collective – Hindenburg Mile High Club (41.26)
08. The Lovely Eggs – Tyrannosaurus Rex for Christmas (45.07)
09. The Empty Set – A Challenge to Copernicus (49.34)
10. Honeytrap – Mussolini’s Son (55.29)

12 witty ripostes to Toadcast #71 – The Tough Lovecast

  1. Drunk Country

    That Tyrannosaurus Rex for Christmas track is fucknig brilliant isn’t it? It booked itself a slot on our (very far off) Christmas show within the first verse.

  2. Matthew

    You’re right: the Situationists definitely have that trendy appeal to them. Whether that’s an insult or not, who knows? Who cares? Let’s dance. Shish.
    Have you heard the band Tango In The Attic? They’re in the same sort of boat as far as I’m aware. Anyway, they’re rather good.

  3. Matthew Young

    Tango in the Attic, no. I take it a spot of MySpaceing is in order.

  4. Ed

    No worries…missed it myslef due to current crisis. Sounds like ti was a great gig.

    Ed

  5. Campfires & Battlefields

    You are one grumpy muthafucka. I am now gonna IM yer ass on Facebook every single day for one year, giggling to myself as I imagine you screaming.

  6. Mary

    Matthew!
    It was really nice to meet you the other night (and you too Dylan!) and finally put a face to the voice. Hope the toad sessions went well today, sorry I couldn’t make it. It would have been fun. I think I’m going to try to make it up to Edinburgh again while I’m here, so maybe I’ll see you at another gig.

    Mary

  7. Martin

    you are a credit to rock and roll.

  8. Tart

    I’m such a sucker for that snappy pop crap, er… stuff… and the Situationists’ song is awesome!

    New Ruins’ “Symptoms” is fucking gorgeous, I’m gonna try the album regardless of your appraisal.

    And yeah, I’m playing that Tyrannosaurus Rex for Christmas song from now TILL Christmas and maybe thru to New Years even. Gawd, that’s good!

    If I had to pick a song that summed you up, Matthew, I’d almost pick that Empty Set song… you old sap. But seriously that is a sweet, sweet song. xoxo

  9. Tart

    and C&B, let’s take shifts on that IM’ing business, ‘k?

  10. Becky

    Dylan – I was the one with Andy, yes! I had just arrived post mouse braining and it takes a couple of drinks for me to feel feelings again, so apologies for that.

    But beer? God no.

  11. Dylan

    Ah right – fair enough – in that case I’ll forgive you for bumping into me!!

    Why not beer?..

  12. Becky

    I just don’t like it very much.

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