TRACK LIST

1: Donora - Weekend Tongue

2: sOuth - Better Things

3: Soundside - Loss For Words

4: The Crash Moderns - Pimp My Life

5: The SilenTreatment - Pretty Little Girl

6: I Am The Engineer - My Song

7: Milke - She Says

8: Andrew Friendly - Let's Fuck

The Intro Music is an excerpt from 'Put You In Your Place' by The Sunshine Underground 

All songs used with permission or are available under Creative Commons licenses.

Sat, 30 August 2008 Video Links #68 Rather remarkably this episode went under the hour mark. With the long 'catching-up' section at the beginning of the show and two small puppy related interruptions I was sure I would go over. Speaking of puppies, no doubt you will have noticed the picture I have posted of our dog Izzie and her 9 new arrivals (Bradley the escape artist is far left). I'm sure you'll agree that they are all very cute. Try recording a podcast when you have to look over your shoulder every few minutes to check no-one is getting crushed. Last time the podcast got interrupted by Izzie I promised a picture, and now thanks to a new digital camera I can finally provide one for you. Given this modern, hi-tech age it's rather remarkable that this is the first time there's been a digital camera in the house. I feel I must apologize to my international listeners for my borderline jingoistic celebration of the British Olympic cycling team. I am a big sports fan and my two particular passions are cycling and American football. Seeing Britain do well at the Olympics at a sport I love so much made me prouder than I can possibly say. I realise that not all my listeners are British, but I hope you will forgive a little national pride. Pretty good collection of videos this week. Partly thanks to the fact that Ariel Cyber PR also posts videos on their service. As mentioned on the show The Crash Moderns' video is a lot of fun. sOuth - Better Things Soundside - Loss For Words The Crash Moderns - Pimp My Life The SilenTreatment - Pretty Little Girl And as tribute to Elle S'Appelle (RIP) here's their excellent video for Little Flame See you next time, and remember it doesn't matter if you are sitting down. Category: Video Links -- posted at: 3:11 AM Comments[1]

Sat, 30 August 2008 Ourobouros Podcast #68 - Sitting Down? TRACK LIST   1: Donora - Weekend Tongue 2: sOuth - Better Things 3: Soundside - Loss For Words 4: The Crash Moderns - Pimp My Life 5: The SilenTreatment - Pretty Little Girl 6: I Am The Engineer - My Song 7: Milke - She Says 8: Andrew Friendly - Let's Fuck The Intro Music is an excerpt from 'Put You In Your Place' by The Sunshine Underground  All songs used with permission or are available under Creative Commons licenses. Direct download: OurPod_68_300808.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:55 AM Comments[2]

Sat, 23 August 2008 Video Links #67 In the 18 months or so since I've been doing this podcast, this is probably the one I'm most proud of. It's pretty heavyweight with some big political ideas. Hopefully it's also got some really quality music as well.   The British National Party, Nationalism in general and Nick Griffin are dangerous things and need to be fought at every turn. A small part of this fight is the Love Music, Hate Racism campaign and the compilation album that this podcast is dedicated to raises money for this organization. You can find the album at Repeat Records and it costs a measly £3 including P&P.   Since I don't use a script anymore and rarely use notes, sometimes the links on the podcast can be a little rambling. In this case I think it's worth writing down here the main points of my argument in a coherent and measured form.   1.      We should never forget that the BNP was formed from the Neo-Nazi National Front. No matter how slickly presented and plausible they now are this party are racist scum. 2.      Both the Nazis in Germany and the Bolsheviks in Russia were minority parties who were discounted until they took power. The BNP have 'prepared' for an eventuality like this in the UK. 3.      Nick Griffin describes Islam as an 'innately fanatical' religion. This is like saying Christianity is innately fanatical. All religions have extremes on both ends and the only difference with Islam is that the extremely conservative have a massive budget. 4.      Nick Griffin seems to genuinely believe that he can stop Islamic extremism by simply making them go home. Even if this concept was achievable it would not work. Forcibly removing people from their home country is going to create more extremism. We'd only be proving their argument for them. 5.      It is my belief that there are many philosophies that work perfectly in theory, but human nature makes them impossible to implement in the real world. Communism is one and Salafism is another. The idea of Salafist thought is to go back to the Islam that was practised in the first three generations after the prophet Muhammad. It's fundamentalism in the truest sense of the word and I don't think it's a theory that is bad. Unfortunately the way it has come to be practised, mainly thanks to the Saudi Arabian oil fields, is to whip up hysteria about the undue influence that the western world has on the Islamic one. Salafism is a dangerous philosophy, but it is not dangerous simply because it is Islamic, it is dangerous because of the way its followers have chosen to implement its tenets.   I hope all that is a little clearer than my links in the podcast. In general I don't think politics should enter into the music world, but there are exceptions to every rule and the fight against Nazism is one of those rules.   Videos are not really the point of this podcast, but I'm not going to break with tradition so here are the videos I've found.   Nebraska – New Uniform [Live Performance] We Start Fires – Hot Metal [ Live Performance]     See you next time and remember, love music hate racism.    Category: Video Links -- posted at: 12:41 PM Comments[1]

Sat, 23 August 2008 Ourobouros Podcast #67 - Keep Britain Tidy, Fuck The BNP TRACK LIST   1: Nebraska - New Uniform 2: Ten City Nation - TDK 90 3: We Start Fires - Hot Metal 4: Johnny Panic - Heroes Of Villains 5: The Hope - Confessions Of A Whore 6: Stagecoach - No Ded Enz 7: Bretton - Everything You Asked For 8: Lily Rae - Diane The Intro Music is an excerpt from 'Know Your Rights' by The Clash All songs taken from the compilation album 'Keep Britain Tidy - A Public Service Announcement With Guitars' released in aid of Love Music Hate Racism. Direct download: OurPod_67_230808.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:03 PM Comments[0]

Sat, 16 August 2008 Video Links #66 Only just over the hour mark. Note to self, less angry ranting about war movies next time... A happy week for me. Podcasted bands getting TV exposure, friends getting nominated for awards and the chance that I will finally get myself a job. Also lots of success in the Olympics, especially in my beloved cycling. By the time you read this Great Britain will probably have a ton load more than the two golds and a silver we currently have. Another thing I forgot to mention is that Atlantic Wave Radio is back. I had only just started listening to it when it went 'off-air' so I'm really pleased to see it back. Not much on the video front this week. The Exits - Neon City BANGBANGBANG! - Fashion Victim [Live Performance] Hot Little Hands - Scene Of The Crime See you next time and remember, it's been a good week. Category: Video Links -- posted at: 11:11 AM Comments[2]

Sat, 16 August 2008 Ourobouros Podcast #66 - British Olympic Cycling Update TRACK LIST   1: The Exits - Neon City 2: Chasing Envy - Suffocating Fantasies 3: sixpeopleaway - Of Kings 4: Tearwave - Shattered Fairytale 5: BANGBANGBANG! - Fashion Victim 6: Hot Little Hands - Scene Of The Crime 7: Men Without Pants - And The Girls Go 8: izzie Voodoo - The White Line The Intro Music is an excerpt from 'Put You In Your Place' by The Sunshine Underground  All songs used with permission or are available under Creative Commons licenses. Direct download: OurPod_66_160808.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:01 AM Comments[0]

Sat, 9 August 2008 Video Links #65 Veery close to the hour mark on a show I was convinced I'd go well over on. I'm getting better. Quite coincidentally both me and Pete Cogle at PC Podcast started our shows this week with exactly the same track. I suppose it's appropriate since Pete originally introduced me to Dead World Leaders and it was him who made me aware of the new material after I saw he'd submitted some to AMPed. There's a new cable music channel starting in the UK and they asked people to create a themed 10 track video playlist for possible inclusion on the channel. Here's my effort on the theme of 'Cheap Videos': OK Go - Here It Goes Again Take 4 people, 8 treadmills and a sister who's a choreographer and you have an internet phenomena. Since I was one of the few people who actually bought OK Go's FIRST album I was very happy for them. Radiohead - No Surprises As I mentioned last week I don't really like the majority of Radiohead's music, but they always produce good videos. The little smile Thom gives as the water drains is priceless. Bright Eyes - First Day Of My Life Put a couch in a coffee shop, ask people (mainly couples) to listen to the track and film their reactions. Amazingly simple, amazingly effective. I particularly like the reaction to the 'lottery' line. No matter how many times I see this video it still makes me smile. Seagull Strange - Love's Sick Disease The one truly 'unknown' band I included in the list. It's a very similar video to 'My Year In Lists' by Los Campesinos!, but I plumped for this one because it fits the song better. Basically it's just the whole band lip-syncing to the track. It's sounds crap, it isn't. Fatboy Slim - Praise You Fatboy Slim is one of my favourite artists and Spike Jonze is one of my favourite directors, but having said that I've never really liked this video. However it is very well known and fits in perfectly with the theme. Digitalism - Pogo I debated with myself a long time before finally including this one. I absolutely love it, but I would lay money it's the most expensive video in this list. I'm not really sure it qualifies as 'cheap', but it's so good and aesthetically it fits. Moby - Bodyrock The legend about this video (and I'm not sure if it's true) is that the director had a concept for the video, but as soon as Moby saw these audition tapes he insisted that they be released as the video. Not a bad idea. The Black Ghosts - Repetition Kills You Having the lyrics printed on baseball caps is a new variation on an old theme, and it's pulled off really well in this video. It's also a video where everyone is clearly having a lot of fun. Elle S'Appelle - Little Flame Take various round-shaped household objects and a camcorder and make a video. The pinnacle of home-made videos and absolute proof that cheap doesn't mean bad. Feeder - Just A Day Why did no-one do this before? The lucky fact that this track had already been a B-Side before it was a single meant that they could get the fans to make their video for them. The imagination of some submissions and the exuberance of others makes this a classic video. Not just for cheap videos, but for videos full stop. Now that we've got through the playlist done for 4Music it's time for this weeks Podcast video playlist. Fat City Reprise - People Like You [Live Performance] MayOrWest - Back From The Brink Crud - Reality See you next time and remember, there's no justification for pixelation. Category: Video Links -- posted at: 9:32 AM Comments[0]

Sat, 9 August 2008 Ourobouros Podcast #65 - Rock Orientated TRACK LIST   1: Dead World Leaders - What Do You Propose (I Do)? 2: The Chiara L's - Night Terror 3: Fat City Reprise - People Like You 4: The Manhattan Project - Home Again 5: MayOrWest - Back From The Brink 6: Lucid Dementia - Ignorance 7: Crud - Reality 8: Zoon Van Snook - Troublesome Trucks The Intro Music is an excerpt from 'Put You In Your Place' by The Sunshine Underground  All songs used with permission or are available under Creative Commons licenses. Direct download: OurPod_65_090808.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:09 AM Comments[1]

Sat, 2 August 2008 Video Links #64 See what happens when I don't rant at anything. The show comes in at well under the hour mark. A job well done. The quote I made in the show when describing hip-hop music and which provides the title for this episode is actually a song lyric. It's a song that pretty much agrees with my stance on hip-hop and I'd be interested to see if anyone recognises it. Answers on a postcard please (or at least a blogpage). One thing I neglected to mention in the show is that I received an e-mail this week from a listener I'd never heard from before. His name's Gustav Bertha and despite the name he's actually Scottish (although he lives in Switzerland). He's a musician and podcaster so have a listen to his Way Past Bedtime Radio Show. He was complimentary about my show and agrees that it's weird that listeners never seem to get in touch, but having said that the important thing is that the band names get mentioned and enter the minds of the listeners. After all that's what it's all about. Really, really nice selection of videos this week. Both in quantitiy and quality. Usually I'm lucky if there's one decent piece of work in the collection, but this week there are at least three. As mentioned on the show, the Innerpartysystem is absolutely fantastic and is an early entry for my top 10 VidCast. The Hot Tramps video is a little weird as it's actually a dance routine that uses the track. It's the video that is linked on their myspace site so it's 'sanctioned' and is probably as close as we're going to get to an official video so I added it to the play list. The Hot Tramps - Dixie Peach Windmill - Tokyo Moon The Brute Chorus - Grow Fins Innerpartysystem - Don't Stop The Black Ghosts - Anyway You Choose To Give It Plastic Operator - Home 0207 See you next time and remember, the West Country is the best part of the world. Category: Video Links -- posted at: 6:16 AM Comments[0]

Sat, 2 August 2008 Ourobouros Podcast #64 - Guns, Bitches & Bling TRACK LIST   1: The Saturday Knights - Dog Park 2: The Hot Tramps - Dixie Peach 3: Windmill - Tokyo Moon 4: The Brute Chorus - Grow Fins 5: Innerpartysystem - Don't Stop 6: The Black Ghosts - Anyway You Choose To Give It 7: Plastic Operator - Home 0207 8: HedCas - Unreal The Intro Music is an excerpt from 'Put You In Your Place' by The Sunshine Underground  All songs used with permission or are available under Creative Commons licenses. Direct download: OurPod_64_020808.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:03 AM Comments[2]

In the 18 months or so since I've been doing this podcast, this is probably the one I'm most proud of. It's pretty heavyweight with some big political ideas. Hopefully it's also got some really quality music as well.

The British National Party, Nationalism in general and Nick Griffin are dangerous things and need to be fought at every turn. A small part of this fight is the Love Music, Hate Racism campaign and the compilation album that this podcast is dedicated to raises money for this organization. You can find the album at Repeat Records and it costs a measly £3 including P&P.

Since I don't use a script anymore and rarely use notes, sometimes the links on the podcast can be a little rambling. In this case I think it's worth writing down here the main points of my argument in a coherent and measured form.

1.      We should never forget that the BNP was formed from the Neo-Nazi National Front. No matter how slickly presented and plausible they now are this party are racist scum.

2.      Both the Nazis in Germany and the Bolsheviks in Russia were minority parties who were discounted until they took power. The BNP have 'prepared' for an eventuality like this in the UK.

3.      Nick Griffin describes Islam as an 'innately fanatical' religion. This is like saying Christianity is innately fanatical. All religions have extremes on both ends and the only difference with Islam is that the extremely conservative have a massive budget.

4.      Nick Griffin seems to genuinely believe that he can stop Islamic extremism by simply making them go home. Even if this concept was achievable it would not work. Forcibly removing people from their home country is going to create more extremism. We'd only be proving their argument for them.

5.      It is my belief that there are many philosophies that work perfectly in theory, but human nature makes them impossible to implement in the real world. Communism is one and Salafism is another. The idea of Salafist thought is to go back to the Islam that was practised in the first three generations after the prophet Muhammad. It's fundamentalism in the truest sense of the word and I don't think it's a theory that is bad. Unfortunately the way it has come to be practised, mainly thanks to the Saudi Arabian oil fields, is to whip up hysteria about the undue influence that the western world has on the Islamic one. Salafism is a dangerous philosophy, but it is not dangerous simply because it is Islamic, it is dangerous because of the way its followers have chosen to implement its tenets.

I hope all that is a little clearer than my links in the podcast. In general I don't think politics should enter into the music world, but there are exceptions to every rule and the fight against Nazism is one of those rules.

Videos are not really the point of this podcast, but I'm not going to break with tradition so here are the videos I've found.

Nebraska – New Uniform [Live Performance]

We Start Fires – Hot Metal [ Live Performance]

See you next time and remember, love music hate racism.   

TRACK LIST

1: Nebraska - New Uniform

2: Ten City Nation - TDK 90

3: We Start Fires - Hot Metal

4: Johnny Panic - Heroes Of Villains

5: The Hope - Confessions Of A Whore

6: Stagecoach - No Ded Enz

7: Bretton - Everything You Asked For

8: Lily Rae - Diane

The Intro Music is an excerpt from 'Know Your Rights' by The Clash

All songs taken from the compilation album 'Keep Britain Tidy - A Public Service Announcement With Guitars' released in aid of Love Music Hate Racism.

TRACK LIST

1: The Exits - Neon City

2: Chasing Envy - Suffocating Fantasies

3: sixpeopleaway - Of Kings

4: Tearwave - Shattered Fairytale

5: BANGBANGBANG! - Fashion Victim

6: Hot Little Hands - Scene Of The Crime

7: Men Without Pants - And The Girls Go

8: izzie Voodoo - The White Line

The Intro Music is an excerpt from 'Put You In Your Place' by The Sunshine Underground 

All songs used with permission or are available under Creative Commons licenses.

TRACK LIST

1: Dead World Leaders - What Do You Propose (I Do)?

2: The Chiara L's - Night Terror

3: Fat City Reprise - People Like You

4: The Manhattan Project - Home Again

5: MayOrWest - Back From The Brink

6: Lucid Dementia - Ignorance

7: Crud - Reality

8: Zoon Van Snook - Troublesome Trucks

The Intro Music is an excerpt from 'Put You In Your Place' by The Sunshine Underground 

All songs used with permission or are available under Creative Commons licenses.

TRACK LIST

1: The Saturday Knights - Dog Park

2: The Hot Tramps - Dixie Peach

3: Windmill - Tokyo Moon

4: The Brute Chorus - Grow Fins

5: Innerpartysystem - Don't Stop

6: The Black Ghosts - Anyway You Choose To Give It

7: Plastic Operator - Home 0207

8: HedCas - Unreal

The Intro Music is an excerpt from 'Put You In Your Place' by The Sunshine Underground 

All songs used with permission or are available under Creative Commons licenses.