So how far do you have to go to find good music?
This 'local' podcast might just answer that tricky question. The theme was suggested by Bethanne from Clever Titles are So Last Summer. If you are new to the 'Contrast Podcast' you are going to hear a selection of tracks chosen by lots of different people from all around the world who all love music so much that they can't help but talk about it ... sometimes just a bit too much! (Luckily this is also what you will hear if you are not new to the podcast.)
You can get the whole podcast file by using this direct link or the more discerning amongst you might want to subscribe to this and future podcasts using our RSS feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/ContrastPodcast.
Playlist:
(00:00) Amber Suite - Who You Are
Tim from the face of today
(03:26) Spreepark - Cinnamon Kiss
Angela from But She's On Fire!
(06:44) Sons and Daughters - Dance Me In
Colin from Let's Kiss and Make Up
(10:04) Un Homme et Une Femme Project - La Seconde
ZB from So the wind won't blow it all away
(13:52) Four Tet - Spirit Fingers
Simon from You Can Call Me Betty
(17:58) The Gentleman Callers - Hand Me Down Songs
Bethanne from CTASLS
(22:29) Envelope - Clippers vs Yankees
Chip from Swizzlestick
(26:53) Augustine - Coronor's Report
EJ from Loudersoft
(31:42) Librarians - Discoreography
Jeff, Jeremy & Ricky from Kinky Origami
(36:00) Numeralia - Sunflower
Cindy from Adzuki Bean Stash
(39:24) ThanatoSchizo - Nightly Lift
Marcos from MindBooosterNoori
(44:39) John Cruz - Island Life
Christian from Friistyle
(48:55) Linda Martini - Amor Combate
sabas judas
(53:54) Giddings Love for Who - Inevitable Pseudo Boy
Kyle from I'm Just Sayin' Is All...
(59:15) Michael Wookey - Monsters
Jamie from Jamie's Run Out Groove
(01:03:28) Huevos Rancheros - Rockin' in the Henhouse
Chris from Culture Bully
(01:06:26) Marah - Walt Whitman Bridge
The Duke of Straw from The Late Greats
The usual thanks go out to all the local contributors!
The theme for the next podcast will be 'road trip'. With a bit of luck we will make something that will be 'essential behind the wheel' listening for the summer. If you would like to contribute just send your track and 30 second to 1 minute spoken intro to tim.young@rhul.ac.uk where it will be mixed with all the others into a frothy joyful podcast shaped thing. Yum!
P.S. Podcast 001 is now offline due to space limitations ... and I'll have to take one old podcast down each week to host the new one ... so enjoy them while you can!|W|P|114900393145570924|W|P|009 Local|W|P|tim.young@rhul.ac.uk
Mind Booster Noori|W|P|Sweet! :-) cchang|W|P|These song kinda flow nicely. Out of curiosity, is that by design or do you put these in order of submission? Another great podcast Tim and thanks Bethanne for the theme...wow, I'm really digging the Augustine track. Pretty. Tim Young|W|P|I arrange the tracks in an order that is determined by a special recipe in my head that I don't even have access to (most of the time)!... so it's by design.
Mind Booster Noori|W|P|So far now I found already three bands I want to know more about, which makes this undoubtly the best podcast so far, at least for me! It was also great to see another Portuguese contributor! Jarrod|W|P|I have a place I can host the old podcasts indefinitely if you want. Also, I have something for 010. Angela|W|P|So good Tim. So. good.I never got to mention how much I liked that 8+ feature. If you do a similar theme for 18+, I want to submit an 18 minute song.
Just kidding.
Simone|W|P|That's Four Tet, not Fortet, but I'm not fussy about things like that. Ahem.
Good mix chap.
Tim Young|W|P|Oops. Not the first typo. I was having an off day yesterday. Fixed. Jamie Summers|W|P|Great cast again. Have to say the sons and daughters song annoys me a bit though. They're clearly talented, and have lots of potential (seen them live a few times), but that songs the biggest ripoff of Nick Cave's Tupelo i've ever heard. Amy|W|P|Wow--the most eclectic mix yet! Nice job, guys. SAS Radio|W|P|Best CP yet. Proves that best-known isn't necessarily the best.
So you reckon that longer is better?
This podcast is based on the '8+' feature from the Earfarm blog and in it you will hear our choice of the best songs that are more than eight minutes in length. So settle in, brew yourself some tea, and be prepared to enjoy and discover some music that will go past pretty quickly despite it's duration.
You can download the podcast by clicking on this direct link, or alternatively you can subscribe to this podcast and future podcasts using our RSS feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/ContrastPodcast.
Whatever you feel about what you hear we would love to know what it is ... so don't forget to leave us a comment before you go!
Playlist:
(00:00) The Stone Roses - I am the Resurrection
Matt from Earfarm
(10:50) Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia
Eric from CYSTSFTS
(20:29) Van Morrison - Madame George
Brian from Bows + Arrows
(30:44) Hybrid - If I Survive
SAS Radio
(39:42) Bobby McFerrin - Circle Song Six
Eric from Marathonpacks
(48:44) Sonic Youth - Hits of Sunshine
Chris from CultureBully
(59:57) Songs: Ohia - Goodnight Lover
Sean from Said the Gramophone
Copious thanks as usual to all the contributors for taking part.
The next podcast is based on the theme of 'local', as suggested by Bethanne from CTASLS. There is still space for contributors new and old, so if you would like to take part send your 30 second to one minute long spoken intro and chosen track to tim.young@rhul.ac.uk. Once we have enough music to fill a joyful hour the podcast will made and published.|W|P|114839430828700656|W|P|008 8+|W|P|tim.young@rhul.ac.uk cchang|W|P|Excellent and awesome into Tim and Matt. Listening to it right now as I work. I'm also excited a track from Bobby Mcferin's Circle Songs Album is on there. That's an incredible album overall... Matt|W|P|hey thanks cchang, and thanks for putting everything together once again Tim. i do think that Contrast is getting better each week and i'm enjoying #8 so far. really excellent song choices by everyone. also, Tim i think you've got a future in radio drama. Tim Young|W|P|Ssssssh Matt ... I don't want everyone to know that we weren't actually on the boat!! ;)Thanks Cindy for listening!
Matt ... 8+ is an excellent feature and I'm glad you were happy to have a podcast based on it!
Tim Young|W|P|My fiancée has just listened to the intro and says that it sounds like Matt and I are on a 'gay cruise ship'! I didn't realise that her fixation with anyone on the internet being after my body went that far!!!:)Sorry Matt if it came over like that ... personally I think she is reading waaaaaay too much into it!
|W|P|Hey, the Stone Roses!I haven't heard them in such a long time. God how I missed this song and didn't even know it...
Anyway, thanks a lot to both of you for yet another masterfull show.
Keep at it, please!
Jamie Summers|W|P|oooh lovely. absolutely classic pick from the roses and tremendous pick from van the man. have to say i've always been a bit annoyed with green day for so shamelessly ripping off the melody from summer of 69 on that track. personally i would have picked one of these:neil young - like a hurricane (live from live rust)
neil young - down by the river
springsteen - jungleland
television - marquee moon
mansun - six (or another track from that album)
pulp - sheffield sex city
patti smith - birdland
bang bang machine - geek love
or something from metal box.
good choices from everyone and another great contrast.
Jarrod|W|P|Springsteen-Jungleland is one of my favorite songs (my Born To Run vinyl is much more worn on side B accordingly; I should buy it on CD and stop wearing down my vinyl). I would have picked it for this one if I had submitted anything.On that note, Tim, I'm wondering, will you accept submissions from bloggers who don't have an mp3 blog, but do love music (e.g. me)?
Jamie Summers|W|P|i think he should, although there's no excuse for not having your own blog. do your music obsessive duty and start one up! join the fight for a better sounding world! Jarrod|W|P|You're missing one point. I do have a blog (http://jaberwockynmt.livejournal.com/ ), but it is generally political/personal and rarely do I post about music. Tim Young|W|P|Jarrod,Yes. I'm happy to accept contributions from almost anyone. We have had a musician contribute in the past and we just linked to his myspace, so why not someone else who just has a blog?
Tim
cchang|W|P|Athough it might be interesting to have a podcast on political rants interspersed with politically themed music, Jarrod. Just pondering.Gay cruise ship??? LOL. Oh dear...I personally was wondering how far off-shore are seagulls willing to fly and if peppermint schnapps tasted okay after a gin martini.
Definitely one of my favorites CPs so far.
Jamie Summers|W|P|the politic thing sounds like a good idea to me. but then the tensions that may arise may drive our happy family apart...is it worth the risk? Tim Young|W|P|... I think the guy would be just saying why he liked a particular song .. I'd hope he wouldn't introduce any politics. There is no place here for that unless you are discussing which is better, guitar solos or drum solos ... anywho ... for the record peppermint scnapps tastes disgusting at any time, especially after gin. It does however leave you with nice fresh breath. :) Jarrod|W|P|I wasn't planning on submitting politically motivated things. I might have something for 009, but the band broke up, their website is down, and I don't know if I can find their CD, so I may not be able to. SAS Radio|W|P|I like the politics thing - and if there are differences it would be quite in keeping of the theme of Contrast Jamie Summers|W|P|mm and it's not like it would be that vicious, as we wouldn't know if anybody held views that were completely offensive to our own until we actually heard the completed cast.it would be contrast politics #2 where the real battles would begin (joke).
i expect tim could think of some sort of amusing frank capra courthouse style intro too..
Tim Young|W|P|nice one jamie .. I can imagine the intro now .. all dusty wigs and 'I refer the gentleman to the answer I gave a few moments ago' ... :) Mind Booster Noori|W|P|A great theme would be "hidden tracks" where people would have to submit CD hidden tracks... Jamie Summers|W|P|mm i agree noori. there are some great forgotten songs out there. especially interesting are ones that occur before track one, as the only way to access them is through normal stereos, and as i generally play cds through my pc's cdrom drive there's some i haven't listened to for ages. the one about CB Radio on Super Furry Animals' Guerilla is probably the best song on the record! Mind Booster Noori|W|P|Yeah... There's another thing into hidden tracks: most of them aren't generally available on mp3's or in digital versions of the CD's (if you're going to buy them on iTunes and stuff like that), which makes them more "rare" to be listened, commented and appreciated... Like... did you _ever_ heard an hidden track on a radio show or a podcast? |W|P|it could have used fascination street by the curethat would be cool
or nearly anything by owen
mike kinsella may be a god of some sort
but none the less
it sounds nice
laterskater
I'm only going to warn you once. Some of this podcast you are going to love. When you hear the bits you love make sure that you send some of that love onto the bands that have made it ... and remember it's the bits that you don't love quite so much that add that special 'contrast' flavour and we'd be nothing without them.
As you may or may not be aware this podcast continues last week's theme 'the best of 2006 so far' and contains lots of new treats for your ears to nibble on. To download the entire podcast click on this direct link or why not subscribe using the RSS feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/ContrastPodcast.
Playlist:
(00:00) Intro with Apologies to The Bonzos
(01:30) Beruit - Postcards from Italy
Dan from Underqualified
(06:06) Victor Scott - Gotta Go
SAS Radio
(10:29) Destroyer - 3000 Flowers
Jeff from DIY Rockstar
(14:38) Parts and Labor - New Buildings
Eric from CYSTSFTS
(18:02) Jewel - Long Slow Slide
Hannah from Hannah's Acoustic Breakdown
(21:48) Merankorii - Straight to Art
Marcos from Mindboosternoori
(24:53) Blondie - Picture This
Tom from Other People's Toys
(28:30) Those Transatlantics - Wendy
Bethanne from CTASLS
(32:23) The Jazz Guys - The Best 5 Minutes of Your Life
Murf from false45th
(35:30) Snowden - Anti-Anti
Taylor from MFKWCRG
(40:02) Pablo Dacal - Todo o Nada
Fernando from Zonaindie
(45:00) Band of Horses - The Funeral
Chad from ECEU
(51:20) Slowlands - One More Fire
Matt from Earfarm
(56:05) The Shys - Having it Large
Chip Midnight from Swizzle-stick
(59:35) Centro-matic - Calling Thermatico
Greg from Captain's Dead
(01:03:55) Stars of Aviation - Marie et L'Accordeon
Jim from Sessions of Breakfast
The next podcast is going to be a special edition based on the '8+' feature from the Earfarm blog. Due to the length of the tracks involved this one will be invitation only.
To keep you busy the submission gates are now open for CP#9 which will be the 'Local Blog'. That means that if you would like to take part you will need to choose a track by a band that is local to you and then send it with your 30 second to one minute spoken intro to tim.young@rhul.ac.uk.
I'm already looking forward to the debate over what 'local' means!
Thanks again to everyone who has made 'contrast' so much fun so far. Keep coming back. We like it when you come back.
(EDIT: In my haste I forgot to mention that the 'Local' theme was suggested by Bethanne from CTASLS. Sorry and thanks Bethanne! Anyone else who has an idea for a podcast theme do feel free to suggest it to either by email or in the comments section.)|W|P|114779697988510153|W|P|007 2006 So Far (part 2)|W|P|tim.young@rhul.ac.uk |W|P|another great number...Miss cat is taking notes for our next shopping razzia...
meows to everyone involved she says...
|W|P|I especially dig this Victor Scott track and the Jazz Guys. Eric|W|P|Great great stuff! I'm wondering if that "bits that you don't love quite so much" line was directed at me? I could have easily given something so much better (worse). Tim Young|W|P|No Eric. It wasn't a sly swipe at anyone. I've just had lots of people saying to me that 'they don't like everything' ... but that's the point!!!!!! cchang|W|P|Tim, I absolutely love your intros. They're so unique and interesting each time. Great stuff. I'm listening to the Blondie track right now. I really loved the Beruit track (thanks Dan) and definitely will invest some CDs of his.I'm not sure why people bother saying that they don't like everything. It sure would be a boring world if we all liked the same music. Frankly, a lot of stuff I don't particularly like at first grows on me.
Anyhow, excellent podcast! Always looking forward the next one.
SAS Radio|W|P|Excellent choices everyone. I was worried at one point that I wouldn't find something I didn't love, but fortunately one or two only relatively less wowsome (to me) found their way in. Two hours+ of superb music.What of these rumours that there is someone out there putting together the "Homogenous Podcast", which guarantees that everyone listening will love everything equally? I can't believe it myself, but if it's true, I suspect it will be a long time coming...
Flatlander|W|P|I'm digging the Snowden track. Angela|W|P|Love the Slowlands track.
I'm imagining that you are quite interested in new music?
If that is the case then this, and the next, contrast podcast will be right up your street. They combine tracks chosen by a variety of bloggers and podcasters from around the world on the theme of 'the best of 2006 so far'. Lots and lots of new music with the voices of lots of knowledgeable people enthusing about it.
Top Notch!
To download the podcast click on this direct link or just subscribe using our RSS feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/ContrastPodcast.
Playlist:
(00:00) Howe Gelb - Paradise here abouts
Tim from the face of today
(03:13) Jody Wildgoose - Stereo
Colin from Let's Kiss and Make Up
(08:14) Amen Orchestra - Temp6 H W L69O
Eugene from Big Static
(10:21) Darren Hayman - Rain all summertime
Mike from Take Your Medicine
(14:48) The Guillemots - Trains to Brazil
The Duke of Straw from The Late Greats
(19:22) Nearly - Straight to Nowhere
Cindy from Adzuki Bean Stash
(23:57) Jon Garcia - Life's a Wave
ZB from So the wind won't blow it all away
(28:39) Jens Lekman - Rocky Dennis Farewell Song
Jamie from Jamie's Run Out Groove
(34:27) I Love You But I´ve Chosen The Darkness - According to Plan
Sabas from sabas judas
(39:06) The M's - Plan of the Man
Heather from I am Fuel, You are Friends
(43:02) Asobi Seksu - New Years
Bob from Extrawack
(46:30) Big Buildings - Other Days
Amy from Shake Your Fist
(50:14) Kid Congo & The Pink Monkeys - The History of French Cuisine
Chris from Culture Bully
(55:09) Rose Melberg - Take Some Time
Dave from The Rawking Refuses TO STOP
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this podcast.
Don't worry if you have submitted something for this theme and it isn't here. It will be in the podcast which continues the theme of 'the best of 2006 so far'. At the time of publishing there is still a bit of space available for CP#7 so if you'd like to submit something just contact me at tim.young@rhul.ac.uk.
As always, as soon as we have an hour of material the podcast will be made and published.|W|P|114719458245940122|W|P|006 2006 So Far (part 1)|W|P|tim.young@rhul.ac.uk Tim Young|W|P|I'm saving your choice for the next one bethanne! :) Mind Booster Noori|W|P|Asobi Seksu has a new album? Well, thanks to "Contrast Podcast" I now know that! cchang|W|P|This is so awesome, Tim. I'm learning about a lot of great music through this. Thanks for letting me be a part of it. |W|P|Acually, that Asobi Seksu album is not released for a few more weeks. But it's still one of the best of the year!Nice job again, Tim. I'm now looking forward to new episodes of Contrast Podcast like I wait for new eps of 24 and The Sopranos!
Tim Young|W|P|Thanks for the nice comments guys...... why hasn't anyone taken the piss out of my singing yet??
|W|P|i'm surprised that some of these choices were really peoples BEST of 2006... that said, i loved howe gelb, guillemots, and jens. Jamie Summers|W|P|glad you like the jens. good thing about contrast is that you will get such a wide range of stuff, and i guess if it's working properly there really should be some stuff you don't like, cos otherwise the stuff you love wouldn't be as exciting.tim the singing was so deep that I feared you were going to somehow make 'the brown sound' through sheer throat power alone. impressive.
SAS Radio|W|P|Oh you great showmanTim! As if you really thought no one would like the intro. Bravo!Some terrific stuff here too - a podcast to listen to more than once. Or twice. Thanks for the tips everyone.
Anonymous - I'd have thought that loving 3/14 was a pretty good hit rate. You could always offer your own contribution for #7...
|W|P|Top quality music. Made my bus journey much more interesting. I worked out today that sitting on the top deck, on the front seats, furthest away from the noisy bus engine, is the quietest place on the bus for you to enjoy music. That is unless you have large canned headphones. Oh how I envy people who have the balls to wear large headphones without feeling a smither of embarrasment.I particulary enjoyed The Guillemots and will check them out further. Cheers!
SAS Radio|W|P|Nick - ear canal headphones. A little pricier than normal headphones, but just the ticket for listening to Contrast Podcast on a noisy bus. And you won't look like a fighter pilot either. Eugene|W|P|Surprisingly few obvious choices here. Nice, one everybody, a lot of interesting stuff made it on here. Tim Young|W|P|Headphones .. the bigger the better as far as I'm concerned. If I could strap a pair of shahian obelisks to the sides of my head I would ... just for fun. Don't be afraid of the popular boys! ;)You won't believe how worried I was about publishing that intro. Now I'm just hoping that chromewaves samples it for a remix!
Just to keep you all up to date we only have five submissions so far for CP#7 which means that unless something happens quickly CP#7 will be out later than expected ;(
Nick .. perhaps you'd like to submit something?
Jamie Summers|W|P|i'll submit something else if you like tim, just got the new matmos and scott walker records, both are fantastic. |W|P|you have an assload of contributors
Contrast Podcast number 5 is here in a technicolour explosion of joy and darkness brought to you by some of the blogosphere's choicest music choosers. (If you are new to the concept of this podcast, it consists of music picked by people who love music so much that they dedicate quite a bit of their time to writing or talking about it. You'll love it so have a listen!)
To download it you can either utilise this direct link or get subscribed up by using our RSS feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/ContrastPodcast.
Playlist:
(00:00) Anthony Burgess reading an excerpt from A Clockwork Orange, The Dells - I Can Sing a Rainbow (excerpt), Whistler - Blue, Red and Grey
Tim from the face of today
(03:45) - Big Star - Life is White
Chad from Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands
(07:53) The Incredible Moses Leroy - Color of Sky
Clea and Tuesday from (sm)all ages
(11:31) The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Magical Colors
Chris from Culture Bully
(15:58) Mutt Ramon - Blue or Grey
Mike from Take Your Medicine
(18:45) The Smiths - Golden Lights
Georgiana from Mod-ified Music
(21:30) Colour Revolt - Mattresses Underwater
Robot Jeff, Robot Jeremy and Robot Ricky from Kinky Origami
(26:29) Marie Laforêt - Marie Douceur, Marue Colère
Michael from The Yank Sizzler
(29:53) Peter Shickele - Blaues Grass
Cindy from Adzuki Bean Stash
(35:12) Camp Blackfoot - Red mist
SAS Radio
(40:40) Thursday - Jet Black New Year
Bethanne from - Clever titles are so last summer
(45:49) The Fall - Green Eyed Loco Man
Jamie from Jamie's Run Out Groove
(50:09) Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Talk About the Weather
Colin from Let's Kiss and Make Up
(55:05) Pink Floyd - Green is the Colour
The Duke of Straw from The Late Greats
(58:23) Nat King Cole - Aquellas ojos verdes
ZB & Miss Cat Flower from So the wind won't blow it all away
(01:00:50) Cat Power - The Colors and the Kids
Brian from Bows + Arrows
Thank you again to all the contributors. The contrast podcast would be very colourless and dull without you.
The next two podcasts will have the theme of 'The best of 2006 so far' (parts one and two).
New contributors are very welcome indeed so if you'd like to take part e-mail your choice of song and intro (no longer than one please) to tim.young@rhul.ac.uk (along with any links you think it might be useful to include here on the blog).
As soon as we have around 1 hour of music the first podcast will be made and published .... so see you then!|W|P|114655899144081726|W|P|005 Colour Cast|W|P|tim.young@rhul.ac.uk cchang|W|P|Thanks for organizing this, Tim! I'm listening to it right now (wow, that song by The Incredible Moses Leroy is so beautiful) |W|P|Best yet? I'd say so. YAYPOD. Tim Young|W|P|It is a nice mix isn't it ... hope you guys are up to the challenge of CP6! Jamie Summers|W|P|Great stuff, very good choices from all and the intros get funnier every time. |W|P|Gold again! I'm gonna have to try for your your next one. Thanks for doing this. Chad|W|P|definitely the best one yet - thanks for allowing me to take part! |W|P|fantastic, yes ! and now, the whole wide world knows why I prefer when others sing...and we all love Tuesday.
Tim Young|W|P|ZB .. I like your singing .. and yes we all love Tuesday don't we. Dave Rawkblog|W|P|Tim, I'll send my contribution to the next podcast to you in the morning. Thanks! SAS Radio|W|P|Excellent - actually, I listened to CP#5 in a multi-coloured children's soft play zone - recommended! Some great stuff on here again. Yay Tuesday. Jamie Summers|W|P|lol sas, can't quite imagine the fall playing in a kids play area. nice image.i was shocked to find that i actually like golden lights by the smiths, which for about 6 years now i had always skipped when i got to it.
Jamie Summers|W|P|so tim, does the fact that we're gonna have 2 hours this time mean i'm not gonna have a contrast to listen to this tuesday? if so, tis pitiful, tis wondrous pitiful. Mind Booster Noori|W|P|I understand that we'll have two one-hour shows and not one two-hours show, so I guess we'll have a show this Tuesday. Tim Young|W|P|Indeed. One theme .. two podcasts!