I'm ridiculously excited to receive a second hand, 15 year old tent with the logo of a tin pot radio station that doesn't even exist anymore.
You can get on the station online or on DAB. They've just played Dead Inside
I'll be on a podcast afterwards too
I was looking back to see if the trio addressed the nearby London attack back in 2005. Apparently their last show was less than a week before the attacks, which was the end of series 4, their shortest series ever of 6 podcasts. Would have been intrigued to see how the three handled talking about an attack that nearby.
Long long shot.
Round about the turn of the millennium Xfm (then a London, UK, only radio station) would have a Sunday night take over slot know as the Hijack. I'd record them on to tape for my walks to school. Brian did on and it was one that I didn't later record over as his choice of songs was fantastic and deliberately weird. I lost the tape years ago though but currently listening to the Butthole Surfers who I first heard on that show.
Any how I'm wondering if my any chance anyone remembers or has a full track listing or some thing.
From what I can remember the playlist included:
O Superman - Laurie Anderson Come to Daddy - Aphex Twin Lady Sniff - Butthole Surfers
Tracks partially remember
A reading of Did I Ever Tell You About The Man Who Taught His Asshole To Talk?
A piece about a lynching.
We know Ricky had a place in Bloomsbury somewhere, Steve lived in Swiss Cottage, but what about Karly Pilkboys? He used to walk to XFM, so can't have been too far away.
I would have a daughter
But Bill kept the Windows
Hi all, I’ve just finished my 4th cycle of all the old XFM shows since lockdown, and it’s time for me to start on a project I’ve been thinking about for the long time: editing the music and ads back in.
I want to listen to these again as authentically as possible, and it seems the original unedited broadcast recordings don’t exist anywhere, so I’m going to edit what we have to sound unedited (while keeping the remixed audio that’s occurred over the years to keep Karl’s audio levels consistent).
So consider it an unabridged remix, if you will.
The reason I post about it here before the project’s even begun is because I need your help sourcing ads!
There’s a few of the shows on Spotify which have somehow still got the ads in, so I’ll keep and recycle a couple of those, but I was wondering if anyone out there had a bundle of any old XFM ads I could use? Or funny London ads which would still fit the aesthetic of XFM in the early 00s?
True story; it even happened last night. My 5-year-old son walks up behind me and out of the blue says, "hey."
I turn to him and say, "yeah, kiddo? What's up?"
He responds, "it's dead grass."
I'm really confused and trying to figure out what's wrong and what he wants from me. "What? There's dead grass? What's wrong with that?"
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He says, totally straight-faced, "hay is dead grass," and runs off.
And then you will all be sorry.
Now it’s syncing.
He replied, "Well, stop going to those places then!"
I will find you. You have my Word.
She said how do you know he was headed to work?
“thank you for your cervix.”
Made me smile
Mods said I'm a cereal reposter...
But now I stand corrected.
Wait. Sorry, wrong sub.
Theoretical Fizz-ics
Because you can’t ‘C’ in the dark
The funeral director was asking us what we think Mum should wear in her casket.
Mum always loved to wear sarongs (fabric wraps that go around the torso and drape downward a bit like a long skirt would), so my uncle suggested that she wear a sarong in there.
The funeral director looked a bit confused, as did some of our family members, to which my uncle added:
"What's sarong with that?"
I started laughing like an idiot. He was proud of it too. The funeral director was rather shocked. We assured her, and our more proper relatives, that Mum would've absolutely loved the joke (which is very true).
His delivery was perfect. I'll never forget the risk he took. We sometimes recall the moment as a way help cushion the blows of the grieving process.
--Edit-- I appreciate the condolences. I'm doing well and the worst is behind me and my family. But thanks :)
--Edit-- Massive thanks for all the awards and kind words. And the puns! Love 'em.
