Blogcritics: Comments on BC Podcast - Mondo Radio Episode Eight!!

Comment by Eric Berlin

Sun, 8 May 2005 03:22:28 EDT

What I was trying to get to earlier was that I dig the show most when you tie in comedy (or not) with real stuff in your life: tribute to Johnny Cash or obsession with Kirsten Dunst vs. jerking off a politician. Or was that real (hahhaaha...)? Maybe I'm biased at the moment as I'm trying to work the personal a bit into my own certainly less hilarity-based show. Just one bloke's opinion at any rate.

Comment by Eric Berlin

Sat, 7 May 2005 15:04:33 EDT

Duke - one thing I've been meaning to mention is that personally I dig your show the most when you combine the comedic element with something you care about or something going on in your life. That's not meant as a critique but more of a personal preference, I suppose. Gotta roll out now...

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo

Sat, 7 May 2005 14:42:52 EDT

thank you Temple. i think there was too much yackin this time, and the songs were shorter for some reason, so it ammounts to too much duke. but yeah, those noodles, man. heh. we don't speak now. it had other things goin on. and Thunderkiss is indeed a HELL of a riff. sometimes a fella just needs somethin demented.

Comment by Temple Stark

Sat, 7 May 2005 14:37:55 EDT

I'd forgotten what a great riff was --- White Zombie's Thunderkiss '65. Pot O noodles bit. Funny. When yo get to 10 we need a Best of Duke. Same with Dumpster B. Another classic podcast to burn (up) for the sake of your children - except it's out there now. That powder at the bottom - always gritty in the teeth. Pot O Noodles = Cup O Soup to the unBrits out there. I figured you more for boffing an Oxo cube ;-) Actually, don't worry I haven't spent any time figuring - (that would be a lame joke of mine.) I used to eat the Pot O Noodles - all the time while watching Neighbors after school. Never thought I would again - even less likely to now. Of course, I do eat apple pie so you never know.

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo

Mon, 2 May 2005 22:39:49 EDT

now here's something interesting! i talked about emo in that podcast, and yet its not mentioned once in this post. and yet an advert for Dashboard Confessional's official website crops up up top there via the google ads. maybe it just makes the link with Weezer. who knows? Whatever the case, certainly i'm dissapointed that the Bright Eyes TV ad turns out to be about eye-drops, as opposed to floppy-fringed fellas hollering about their baby done upped and off. I've come to the conclusion i'd do Bright Eyes if he were a lady.

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo

Mon, 2 May 2005 22:23:10 EDT

heh, glad you liked it Eric. i've come round to it a tad by now. i think the lack of a big set-piece type thing made me think it was horribly shitty, but maybe it's not that different to the rest. who knows? either way, thank you good sir.

Comment by Eric Berlin

Mon, 2 May 2005 22:18:40 EDT

Just listened on my return trip from work and it was brilliant as always, Duke -- really enjoyed it. Silent letters, woeful confessions to inter-denominational priests, adventures with "pot noodles" (I believe... in the States we call them Ramen... strangely enough my friends of many many years back used to make fun of Ramen [rah-men] and say rammin' [raim-in]... as in Rammin' in a Cup... goes to your bit in the show... kind of ironic I suppose) and so forth. And the assertion is made that I am, indeed, a demented bastard. This can not be more the case, I'm afraid to say.

Comment by Temple Stark

Mon, 2 May 2005 01:59:08 EDT

Mmmmmmm. Thai food.

Comment by Eric Berlin

Sun, 1 May 2005 23:00:03 EDT

Dude -- hit the sack, my man. I thought I was bad going to bed between 2 and 3 every night. That said, I have to wake up tomorrow at 6 ... and I'm quite fearful I'll be up until 2 or 3 working on my own Dumpster Bust Radio #6. Ah, to suffer for one's art... good thing I filled up on some awesome Thai food this eve.... so I'm not really suffering then, I suppose, am I?

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo

Sun, 1 May 2005 22:54:11 EDT

chris, furthermore - it may be because it's ten to five in the A.M, but you instigated a re-listenin, and i must confess - i am now rather fond of mondo podcast 8. the long winded banter which i thought to be diabolically shitty is actually, dare i say it, rather amusing, to me, if no one else. hmmm. who'd a thunk it?

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo

Sun, 1 May 2005 22:11:56 EDT

chris, thank you man! regarding GG, he was a demented motherfucker who made fairly awful punk, but who was one of the most fascainting performers i've ever witnessed (albeit via the medium of film). shitting and throwing it at the audience was one of his many, many stage tricks. Thats if he was on the stage. As often as not he'd run among them covered in dung and throwing chairs at them. but you've highlighted somethin - these things don't work nearly so well if the lsitener is unfamiliar with the folks being ressurected for to dance about the place. That you liked this one means a lot, man, cause i honestly had to think long and hard before i put this up. i uploaded the show sometime yesterday, but it took a loottttaaa listens before i decided to go for it. i think the playlist probably saves it. thats some great music. and if you like that magnetic fields number, if you havent already, then i reccomend 69 Love Songs with not a seconds hesitation. Every damn track pretty much is up to that standard, if not better. A truly 100% no bullshit solid gold masterpiece.

Comment by Chris G

Sun, 1 May 2005 22:04:57 EDT

Duke, Excellent show. I actually liked it more than #7. But what do I know. GG Allin is foreign to my ears. Perhaps you could play a sampling of his work some time? If you already have, my ignorant apologies. Glad to hear you back on the airwaves, or whatever you call these Podcast things. That tune from 69 Love Songs was amazing.

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo

Sun, 1 May 2005 13:06:15 EDT

haha i always dreamed i would open for Wu Tang. an how cool that you didn't recognise it as "non professional" that makes a fella feel rather wonderful. and honest to god, i apologise for the fairly rusty nature of this un. but hey, its just a podcast, right? next week there'll be a new one and no-one will ever remember #8

Comment by Temple Stark

Sun, 1 May 2005 13:02:52 EDT

Some time tonight I'm listening to Dumpster Bust 5 and Mondo 8. Of course, I've said the exact same sentence over and over again for years. Er, that's a little fucking spooky. I'm on iTunes shuffle see and this song comes on. It plays for a few bars before it enters my consciousness and I say out loud to girlfriend "What the fuck is this?" Quiet like, not shouting. It's "I Do Believe You Are The Devil" by one Aaron Duke. In other words - as I was attempting to test, I didn't recognize it as "nonprofessional music." I just put the 120 Removed songs in there last week. You can tell how much I haven't listened to music this week that it just came up. Now it's "Enter the wutang (36 chambers)"

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo

Sun, 1 May 2005 12:52:06 EDT

apple blossom is indeed from De Stijl. An i know truly this instlament is poor. But i can only put it down to bein outta the game for a fortnight and burnt-out on account of extra-curricular activities. But the playlist rocks!

Comment by Eric Berlin

Sun, 1 May 2005 12:50:38 EDT

Right on, Duke! This is going straight into my Monday morning and off to work playlist. Great musical line-up in store, too. You've got Zombie's best rocker (arguably) and an unbelievably fantastic White Stripes number. Incredible diversity from that little brother-sister tandem. Another slower, almost retro-pop number I love from that album is "Apple Blossom." ... or is that from White Elephant? Can't quite remember.