At least that's what I got out of it. Your experience may differ. More objectively (not really) here's what transpired during what will come to be known as the Irlando Incident Part Deux:
SONGS: NWA - F**k Tha Police ... Eminem - Encore (excerpt) ... Mondo - Fuck Tha Police (excerpt) ... Nina Gordon - Straight Outta Compton .... Charles Manson - Look At Your Game Girl .... Mondo - Siren of the Second Year
Mondo announces he doesn't want to Fuck Tha Police, but would rather chastise the police. Also welcomed to your ears is Mondo's own vocal rendition of backwards-playing Judas Priest and Eminem. Mercifully short because God is merciful.
Then he has an interview with Natas. Then he interviews Charles Manson in the way Chris Rock interviews OJ. And pretty much as funny. IE funny. Mondo tries to plug his Web site to Chuck but he's not having any of it.
All through comes the Irish accent that allows the third rail of language - vulgarity - to become a desensitized buzz.
And I may never ever ever have heard Nina Gordon's reworking of "Straight Outta Compton." Funny to hear and poignant, and it works. She could have renamed it "Angels an' Ice." Think Britney Spears covering GWAR. Well, except for the whole "GWAR's vocalists can sing better than the Spearster" thing.
Mondo offers one of his own cover tracks - and why not. Here we clearly see where Beck got his inspiration for "Bogusflow." (I think that's the correct timeline of events and inspires).
But all in all the overall lesson, as the seventh second of the 75th minute expires, is that self-sung bumpers are not the way to go. Oh and also, that with the help of pie charts and research you can meet Satan at a busstop - which, the same research shows - is the best place to wait for a bus.
I hope it wasn't a sign of anything that up next on my iTunes random was Orbison's "Only The Lonely."
NB: The above is what it is, tossed off to amuse myself and anyone else who can figure it out. Criticize away because I'll probably agree with you.
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Article comments
1 - Mark Saleski
you'll get no argument from me on this temple.
the duke's podcasts remind me of what radio used to be like.
2 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
lord! holy shit, man, this was a suprise and a half, let a fella announce. Jesus, thank you, man. I dunno, that was just lovely. thank you. good god.
3 - Temple Stark
Fun eh?
On my own site I'm going to go straight to - "If you want more go to extended entry. But it made a lot more sense here.
4 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
also, i find myself chuckling that someone finally sees the worth of Selfish Fools. I think their album is fantastic, as evidenced in the choice of the bobby brown single. I often quote the NME review of said track;
"proof that selfish cunt are the best band in the world, until you actually hear them, at which point they become the worst."
nonsense, i say.
5 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
can i just say, man, this sentence;
"I've got the country's fifth biggest city on my doorstep and there's 57 channels and nothing above a drone."
is just beautiful. funny how a fella can miss these things first time around. that's just a stunningly evocative piece of wordplay.
6 - Eric Berlin
Temple -- This is the best piece that I've ever read of yours: funny, smart, and true as hell. The podcasting / iPod phenomenon is as much about sucky free radio as it is about ease of use and technology.
And it's cool as hell that you promoted the Duke's show at the same time.
Let me add in my plug: it's great. The Duke's podcast is right on the cutting edge of what you want: good music, some laughs, and the best accent this side of the Atlantic.
7 - Temple Stark
I guess it's a sign of my sickness but I'm almost addicted to tuning in to the Mondo podcast. I'd sponsor it if making money wouldn't somehow f*** it up for him.
Thanks for enjoying the writing. Absurd rolls of the fingers easily. It's what I work least at - a stream of consciousness thing. You don't get to do the absurb in newspaper writing but once a decade.