Bit of a Plug: The Waiting Room
This is a bit of a mutual back-scratching exercise, so I thought I’d better confess my motives up front, but I think you all know me well enough to know I’d never plug something I didn’t genuinely like. The Waiting Room is a two-hour weekly podcast by a couple of muppets who actually give the shambolic disorganisation of the Toadcasts a run for their money in terms of sheer haphazard bumbling. [Edit: Sorry, they are a radio show that is also a podcast. Broadcasts from Error FM, Wednesdays from 10pm. I think it's 10pm - I just listen to the podcasts myself.] One half of Drunk Country and Ms. Hope Eternal chatter on about not very much in particular and present some truly excellent song choices.
In the three episodes I’ve heard they’ve played the likes of Noah & the Whale, Man Man, The Magnetic Fields, Alaska in Winter, King Creosote and The Czars who are Toad favourites and also led me to buy albums by Rats With Wings, Jesca Hoop and Amy LaVere. So well worth checking out. Also, they said I was ace in their last podcast and with my colossal vanity, flattery of that sort was bound to be rewarded.
Rats With Wings – Hungry Like the Wolf Yes, that Hungry Like the Wolf.
The Czars – Lullaby 6000 This songs ends with one of the most gorgeous building choruses ever.
Amy LaVere – Killing Him
