[00:00:00] You call that radio?
[00:00:05] Radio audio podcast, season four, episode 21. And I had a few, a few ideas for today's show, but I am recovering from some minor surgery and I promised to rest, recover and keep my podcast introductions to under 60 seconds.
[00:00:35] So that's what I'm going to do. We're just going to do. This is the news roundup for October.
[00:00:42] So that includes Helen Mirren, Kurt Cobain and the GPS mystery.
[00:00:50] We'll be talking about that.
[00:00:52] We will be looking at stand up comedians attempt to sway the presidential election and why that may have backfired.
[00:01:02] But the election's in a couple of days, so that may not age well. We're also going to ask, has the weather turned woke?
[00:01:13] And why do people keep saying that the weather has turned woke?
[00:01:19] Also share some memories of the abc, the famous Glasgow venue as the bulldozers arrive on Sakehall Street. And also did the review of the Dandy Warhol's gig at the Academy when I, yeah, I'm, I'm actually in a wee bit of pain and I'm on some painkillers. So I'm not going to talk anymore. I just want to thank the patrons at patreon.com forward slash, you call that radio for supporting the show.
[00:01:50] And if you don't really like the news, then there's episodes and upon episodes of interviews, the normal format by looking back at previous shows, we'll be back next week with an interview again. But this is, yeah, just, this is the new hanging at the end of the month, we just look back at what's happened the previous month. So I hope you enjoy it. And let's start with the biggest story of the, of the month, which is of course Helen Marin saying something about Kurt Cobain that I just can't stop thinking about.
[00:02:29] Yo, this is Charlie tuna from Jurassic 5 live and direct here in Glasgow, Scotland. And you call that radio.
[00:02:37] It's a big, it's a big news week, isn't it? You've got the election happening, you've got the budget happening. There's lots of stuff happening in the news. But the big story for me, the one I can't get out my head, is Helen Mirren talking about Kurt Cobain.
[00:02:52] I can't get it in my head. So I'm just gonna, I'm just gonna quote the, I'm gonna quote it correctly, I'm not dissing Helen Mirren. I just can't get it in my head.
[00:03:01] But Helen Mirren said in an interview, I always say it's so sad that Kurt Cobain died when he did because he never got to see gps.
[00:03:13] It's the most wonderful thing. My little blue spot walking down the street. I just find it completely magical and unbelievable.
[00:03:24] This is what people are saying on Twitter about it. Then I'm going to give my own theory on it all.
[00:03:31] Every day I think about how much Tupac would have enjoyed the little miracle of Duolingo. Just a little oil teaching you words every day.
[00:03:47] Edward Jenkins says, such a tragedy that Notorious B.I.G never got to enjoy the benefits of contactless payment.
[00:03:56] Christina says always say it's so sad that Jimi Hendrix died when he did because he never saw next day Amazon prime shipping.
[00:04:07] I. I read it. I shared that. I tried to move on with my life, but I don't think I can. I can't stop thinking about it.
[00:04:17] You know, she's actually talking about the Kurt Cobain Nirvana, the legend. Nirvana legend who made some of the greatest records in the history of rock and roll and inspired a global movement.
[00:04:32] The man who sadly died due to a gunshot wound the autopsy says was self inflicted.
[00:04:41] But rumors persist to this day that there was foul play.
[00:04:47] When I think of cut, I think stuff like that.
[00:04:51] I don't think of the. The blue door of gps.
[00:04:56] I mean, what is actually going on here? I hope Helen is okay.
[00:05:02] Of all the. Of all the things.
[00:05:06] Of all the things that Kurt Cobain has missed out on in the last 30 years.
[00:05:13] He's a grandfather now.
[00:05:16] His daughter married Tony Hawk's son.
[00:05:21] He'd probably be interested what happened to Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters.
[00:05:28] I think there's just other things that he'd be more interested in. Of all the things.
[00:05:33] It's like saying if Elvis Presley was to come back from the dead, I'd order him an Uber.
[00:05:41] He'd like that. I'd show him how the Uber Eats app works. And then I'd order my pizza from Domino's.
[00:05:50] I mean, to bonus. Elvis probably would love that. So that's my bad example because I. He'd probably love that.
[00:05:59] But what evidence do we have to support that cut would even entertain GPS?
[00:06:08] Did she meet him a 24 hour garage in the 90s one night and he was just Russell in a map next to the Pot Noodles, looking flustered.
[00:06:22] Just belted it. There must be an easier way to tour without having to rely on maps.
[00:06:35] But there doesn't seem to be any evidence that Helen Marin met Kurt Cobain a 24 hour garage.
[00:06:41] There seems to be no context this at all.
[00:06:46] I mean, just think of all the things that's happened in the last 30 years. What about lockdowns?
[00:06:54] Was Helen Mirren walking about Tesco wear a mask on thinking, I wonder what Michael Jackson would make all this?
[00:07:03] I mean, that's another bad example, because we all know that Jackson loved the mask.
[00:07:09] He'd have been into all that.
[00:07:12] So what is the context for the thought? What is the missing link between Kurt Cobain, Helen Mirren and GPS technology?
[00:07:25] I'm asking you to get in touch with me if you've got a theory, because I've investigated this as much as I can. I've looked for the actual interview. I can't find the actual interview.
[00:07:37] I just want to get the bot made just so I can get on with my life. Man, I can't stop thinking about it.
[00:07:54] Have podcasters and comedians ruined the presidential election of 2024?
[00:08:03] Find it with less than a week to go, Trump and Harris a level on the polls, depending on who you ask, obviously. I think the Twitter poll of Elon Musk says that Donald Trump's about 80%, but in general, Harris is winning some, Trump's winning others. It looks very level. Pagan, did the Joe Rogan interview give Trump a meaningful boost?
[00:08:28] Or did his pal Tony Hinchcliffe just reverse the Rogan effect by making a joke about Puerto Rico at a rally? But let's listen to the joke first before we jump to any conclusions. I don't know if you guys know this, but there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. Yeah, I think it's called Puerto Rico.
[00:08:52] Okay, all right, okay.
[00:08:56] First of all, it's a shit joke, but comedy is in the eye of the beholder, and at a comedy club, that wouldn't be that risky. I've heard a lot worse. I'm not offended, but I am not from Puerto Rico.
[00:09:13] Many people enjoy the work of Tony Hinchcliffe, even myself. I used to enjoy Kill Tony briefly for a wee while. I used to see random clips that featured some comedians that I do like and it seemed decent. Kind of like X Factor for open mic comics, scripted, cruel, and in front of a live studio audience.
[00:09:39] But the more I watched it, the less I could enjoy it as a format quickly repeated itself over and over again. And the sheer smugness.
[00:09:48] Host Tony Hinchcliffe very quickly started to grate on me personally, especially as the success went to his head and the Netflix money entered his bank account. When the opposing side is accusing you of being Nazis, then it might not be the best time to try out edgy Jokes that make you look a little bit like a Nazi.
[00:10:16] His whole career was built upon sticking the boot into people who make jokes that are not well received.
[00:10:24] And I do not believe that this joke has been well received.
[00:10:30] I also don't believe in the censorship of comedy, but very aware that this was a stupid thing to do a week before the election, especially when there's 500,000 voters of Puerto Rican descent in a swing state of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania. But Tony isn't the only comedy podcaster and amongst it. Joe Rogan gave Trump about three hours on the biggest platform in the world.
[00:11:00] And that went well for the former president who's seeking to become president again so he can change the laws so he doesn't go to jail.
[00:11:08] So what did. I mean, what did Donald Trump actually do last time?
[00:11:14] What did he do?
[00:11:16] But also, what has the current vice president done in the last four years that was of any note?
[00:11:23] They both seem like horrific options.
[00:11:28] So that's why anything can happen at this stage. Trump hiding the likes of that muppet Elon Musk, who wants to take charge of the economy, and then you've got Robert Kennedy Jr.
[00:11:43] Wanting to take charge of health. What's next? Is he going to hire Andrew Schultz to be in charge of the biggest military industrial complex on the planet?
[00:11:55] It just doesn't make very good decisions, man.
[00:12:00] And he's. I mean, I'm in Scotland, but his decisions are so bad that they will affect. They'll affect me somehow. Eventually it'll trickle down and Scotland's affected.
[00:12:12] So that's why you've got to pay attention, because we kind of just follow whatever America does for the most part.
[00:12:18] And then there's also comedians that I like, people like Theo Vaughan and Tim Dillon. I've been interviewing Trump's number two, J.D. vance, over the last week.
[00:12:29] And to me, it's just so surreal seeing how these sort of Rogan sphere podcast world is now slap bang in the middle of deciding something so big. And why is this happening? A couple of reasons. One, it's taken over from mainstream media. Joe Rogan always talks about mainstream media, unaware that he is now the mainstream media. His show is bigger than anyone else's shows, probably all the shows put together.
[00:12:57] But the other thing is, is that you've got Dana White, the UFC owner, is friends with Trump and he's friends with all these comedians.
[00:13:05] Also, who wouldn't want to interview Donald Trump? I'd do it.
[00:13:10] If he wants to try and convince 4,000 voters in the swing state of Denniston, then he can Come on this show.
[00:13:21] The problem I have is not the fact that they gave him a platform, it's just the fact. I don't want to use the word glazing, because that just seems to be a word that Americans use, and it's coming over here. There's an example of American culture infecting Scotland. Glazing.
[00:13:36] It's just the fact that there is no pushback on anything when there is so much at stake. This isn't just the middle of a random. A random week. This is the week before election. And Donald Trump's on there just repeating the same talking points over and over again. And occasionally they ask him about sports or something.
[00:13:56] There's been zero chat about the insurrection or any discussions about the various crimes the guy has been found guilty of or is soon to be found guilty of.
[00:14:07] Obviously, if he becomes president, it will make it so he can't be found guilty of anything.
[00:14:13] I mean, this is why he's running. He's running this time to keep himself out the jail.
[00:14:23] You don't actually think he's doing it to make the country better. You surely don't believe that.
[00:14:29] I mean, I get that you don't like Harris. You know, she's, you know, she works steaming half the time.
[00:14:36] Never let anyone take your joy from you.
[00:14:40] You do what you gotta do.
[00:14:44] The comedy circuit, the podcast circuit, they like Trump. He's a thousand percent more entertaining than Harris is, but also think that they've been seduced by power, confused by money, and have quiet ambitions to turn the wheels into a hangout for all their comedian friends. Like the good old days of the Comedy Store.
[00:15:11] They want Trump to win so that they can be even closer to the top of the food chain, because they kind of helped him win if he does win.
[00:15:19] And I think that's what stops him from thinking too much about the consequences of their actions.
[00:15:27] They know that the guy's a liar.
[00:15:30] They know he's a liar.
[00:15:32] They know he's not to be trusted, but they quite like the idea of him winning. So they can say, well, you know, I helped you, you can help me, and maybe we can just hang up at the White House whenever we want. Some people are helping Trump for nefarious reasons, and others are just doing it because they wanted to interview Trump. And others are just not really thinking about it because they quite like the idea being in the White House in some level.
[00:16:01] It's a story. It's a story to tell folk, innit?
[00:16:05] Backstage at the Comedy Mothership. Remember that time we got the president elected, and then he did some mad stuff.
[00:16:15] And that's if he doesn't do any mad stuff.
[00:16:18] I mean, on the plus side, he might not actually do that much, much mad stuff. He seems quite tired. He might just change the laws so he doesn't go to jail and just no do anything.
[00:16:30] But it's not about Trump. It's about who is funding Trump, who is behind him, what is. What is JD Fancy's ambitions? Like, what is Elon Musk going to do with all that power?
[00:16:45] That's much more terrifying than what Trump's going to do. So, in closing, I just think that some of these podcast interviews could age like milk if it all kicks off.
[00:16:55] But a week's a long time in politics. I'm sure there's a good chance that my thoughts will age badly as well. But I only have about 4,000 subscribers on YouTube, 6,000 on Facebook, and about the same again in Apple and Spotify. So there's a lot less pressure on me to be right about anything.
[00:17:14] So I think Trump doing Rogan really helped him get advanced in the other podcasts, helped him get Tony Owen to do racist jokes, may have undid all the good work.
[00:17:24] So when Trump says they stole the election from him, please remain Donald Trump. The guy who stole the election was Tony Hinchcliffe.
[00:17:35] Now, this is a bit where most people would say, like, subscribe and join my
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[00:17:53] Good evening. Today we are asking, is the weather woke?
[00:17:59] Okay? So I think we're going to do this in two parts.
[00:18:02] In the usa, people think that Hurricane Milton is a social justice warrior, canceling everybody who says anything slightly offensive in the Florida area.
[00:18:17] Meanwhile, in the UK people are suggesting that the colorful rays of light in the skyline that is the Aurora Borealis is potentially an LGBT chemtrail sent from Brussels to derail Brexit and turn the freaking frogs gay.
[00:18:37] So let's start with the hurricanes.
[00:18:42] Republican politician Marjorie Taylor Greene, an elected politician, says they control the weather. Now, first of all, let's get something straight. Cloud seeding is indeed a real thing. And before you want to make me some kind of norming normington who can't wake up to the Matrix. I've never seen the Matrix, but I know that's the kind of thing that you say. Can I just clarify a. I don't trust the government, whether it's Republican, Democrat, labor or Tory or snp. B I think they should ban political parties al together because it's just a hot bed of hypocrisy and corruption.
[00:19:30] In more detail another time. See, I do not trust the mainstream media because they are funded by the same people who fund the political parties and they also don't trust most alternative media because they are also funded by the same people who fund the mainstream media and the political parties.
[00:19:55] And finally E I was so open minded and awake to the matrix of everybody. Quote for many years I thought USA was a fake country.
[00:20:08] I actually thought every country was fake until I started visiting the fake countries and realized that it may be quite a lot of work and a lot of hassle to fake a country, especially since you can, you know, just go there and see for yourself if it's real or no.
[00:20:27] So what I'm trying to say is I am very skeptical of all information.
[00:20:33] And yes, that includes a random guy on Twitter or Donald Trump saying that they gave all the disaster fund money to illegal immigrants.
[00:20:46] And they said why would they do that? Because they want to boost the Democrats vote. So they're bribing illegal immigrants with money, disaster fund money, despite the fact that illegal immigrants cannae vote. They're not allowed to vote.
[00:21:06] What I think I'm trying to get is I hate the whole question everything mentality, apart from people that you agree with. So it's like question everything apart from a random guy in YouTube called patriot eagle51.
[00:21:25] Or by the way, I don't know if that's a real guy, I just made that up. But you know, those kind of, kind of handles or it's question everything apart from a rich billionaire former president. A former president who claims to be anti establishment.
[00:21:48] And not only is a former president, but there's a good chance he could be president again by next month.
[00:21:56] Now, being the President of the United States of America is pretty fucking establishment.
[00:22:04] It's pretty, pretty establishment. It's about as establishment as it gets.
[00:22:11] So without getting into all the theories, I don't believe that cooking up a hurricane and firing it in Florida is scientifically possible at this time.
[00:22:24] But why would they tell me?
[00:22:27] They wouldn't tell me if they could do that. So maybe it's possible. But if it was possible, would they do it to their own people?
[00:22:37] Absolutely. Probably. I don't, I don't see why they wouldn't fire a hurricane at Florida. Apart from the fact I don't see how this helps the Democrats get votes at all. I mean, I think the angle is that you kill lots of Florida voters and as a result the Democrats won the election.
[00:22:58] But all this will happen is you've disrupted a major part of Trump land, you've pissed them off by making them leave their baguses for a few days, and you've just given Donald Trump, you've set him up nicely to blame the state for not doing enough.
[00:23:17] And then you're given people at Russell Brand a chance to pray for a Republican vote in the rain.
[00:23:26] But on both sides. I hate that weather is now political.
[00:23:33] Whether that's people jumping online to say it's definitely climate change now, I would ma I don't know enough about weather to decipher whether this hurricane would have happened if we weren't consistently poisoning the earth. I'm sure hurricanes happened before then. There's still revolution. I don't know. I would go as far as say as maybe the hurricane would have been a lot worse were it not for McDonald's ditching plastic straws.
[00:24:07] I don't know about this stuff, right man.
[00:24:12] From what I've gathered, man made climate change is real according to about 99% of the scientists.
[00:24:22] And I think we need to sort out the 5% of the corporations that are doing 90% of the damage to our planet and stop picking on poor people who are just trying to drive to work. That would be my idea.
[00:24:39] And it blows my mind that you don't believe in man made climate change, but you think Kamala Harris can fart out 12 tornadoes whenever she fancies it.
[00:24:51] Be consistent with this stuff, but let me know what you think. Leave a comment whether you agree with me or disagree with me, because you probably know the same amount as me about this stuff, which is very little.
[00:25:04] But also let me know if you'd like me to do a part two about the rise of Aurora Borealis taking over the UK by storm.
[00:25:16] Let me know if you want me to do a part two about why my entire Facebook feed is filled with people taking pictures of pretty skies and what's supposed to be a rare occurrence, but it seems to be happening every other week. And last night was the first time I went out into the city to see if I could see it in my own eyes. And it's a scam.
[00:25:41] It works if you take a picture with your phone, but it's a wholesome scam. Everybody's in the park, everybody's taking pictures to upload to Facebook and Twitter and stuff like that. So as far as scams go, it's pretty wholesome. There's worse things happening in the world, but I don't think it's man made. I don't think something do with the eu. I don't think it's anything to do with the LGBT community and I don't think we should. I don't think it's climate change either. I don't think it's anything to do with climate change. I don't be worried about pretty patterns in the sky if you notice. What is really happening is it's just people are getting better cameras. So like in the city you wouldn't because of the light pollution, you would never ever see it. And last night I didn't see it with my own eyes. I couldn't see it with a naked eye, but when I pointed my camera at it as if by magic, it was there. So you've got all the people in the city who, which accounts for most of the people on social media are now taking photos all the time and it spreads the welfare. As soon as someone posts a pretty picture everyone's out there with their phones. So we're taking pictures of things that never existed before.
[00:26:57] I don't think it's anything to worry about, but maybe I'll delve in a bit deeper in part two. If you just want to see that, let us know in the comments.
[00:27:10] Just been looking at the crazy drone picture from pics by Pedro and also the abandoned Scotland pics from Mitch Brooklyn and it's just heartbreaking to see what the ABC has become and what it's going to become. So I just thought I would share some memories of the venue and the demolition begins this week. It's began one of Scotland's most iconic venues.
[00:27:45] And yeah, let's just talk about some thoughts about the place. What I remember about the place from the abc which is the big room and the smaller room, which is the ABC2, which for many years was a linchpin in Glasgow's music scene for many, many years. And. And before that I think it was many things. I think it was a cinema, but all a bit before my time. I only remember it as being a music venue.
[00:28:16] I can't remember the first time I was there, but I enjoyed countless gigs, club nights as a punter and a few as a performer and a promoter as well.
[00:28:30] I never played the big stage, but we played the ABC2 a few times.
[00:28:37] Actually that's not technically true. I played the big stage.
[00:28:41] I did play the big stage. Technically.
[00:28:44] I was Loki's generic hype man during his Scottish album of the year performance when he had a full bandweh. I think it was Loki in the Cartel or the Cartoon Cartel. I think by the time we went on stage, it was Loki in the Cartel and Becky Wallace was bitching the hook and I was generic hype man, where I managed to get Prosecco, networking trending.
[00:29:10] I just came straight from Knock and Gorick Festival, and it was at the time, if anyone remembers, I had a vocal polyp. So my voice was very. It was quite deep. Very deep. Too deep. And then when you added a festival of drinking and smoking and performing, then I basically had no voice at all.
[00:29:30] But for what I lacked in vocal cords, I made up in a sort of misplaced confidence because just before the band came on stage, I went in to do the introduction, and this is the Scottish Album of the Year thing. And I announced my band as the winner. I think I said, I'm from the future. The winner of the 2016 Album of the Year Award.
[00:29:56] Scottish Album of the Year Award as who Took Utopia by the Gyro Babies had a confused response. Maybe a couple of people cheered. Most people didn't know who the fuck I was. And I do wonder if that maybe did affect us getting long listed the following year.
[00:30:17] I don't know, but I really played that a second time with Colonel Mustard and the Dijon 5 and bomb scare we're both playing. I was definitely supposed to come here with Colonel Mustard, maybe Bombscare as well, because I did used to join Bombscare for a couple of tunes way back in the day. But I was running the afterparty at the art school a few yards away. Well, on Google Maps, a few yards away, but it's a very steep hill. Anyone who's done that before will know, but is very close, in fact, that the fire that destroyed ABC started at that school. So that's how close that school is to the abc.
[00:30:56] So I've been setting things up for the after party and I've dived in to jump on stage and security when he let me, because while I was setting up the after party, I hadn't. I'd missed a bit where I didn't get the memo that we needed a security pass and I didn't have one. And the bouncer refused to let me get anywhere near the stage.
[00:31:17] So as my song's playing out, I'm like, come on, come on. I realized I'd missed my chance because the song was playing and the guy was changing his mind. And then I think I said something like, is it more than your job's Worth and at that point I was ejected from the abc.
[00:31:35] So I didn't get to play that night, but it didn't spoil the night. We had a great night at the Late Night Sketchy Christmas Special.
[00:31:44] One of my other favorite moments was I got to open up for. In support for Action Bronson, who's actually very famous now. He's a famous mc, but he did a Damn, that Tastes Good. What's it called?
[00:32:05] That Tastes Delicious or something like that, which is a Vice show that went, that went viral online. So he's kind of like a food critic now.
[00:32:15] There's many things that he does, but Action Bronson was hilarious that night. He was walking around with a wireless microphone because he doesn't like stage, in his words. I don't like. I can't do his accents. But Action Bronson doesn't like stage. So he's just wandering around with wireless micro wrapping his ass off. And he actually went into the toilet at one point, had a push and you could see them pushing through the. The big PA and that was a great night and it was great to be on stage. We were a. I was just part of like a kind of cipher. It wasn't. I don't think it was plundering, but you had Louis Tongue, Acrobats and Dunhamer I think were on that night as well. And that was very, very, very early on in Jackal Trades. That was me trying to do sort of more hip hop music. So it was great experience to do that. Although I was. I wouldn't have been very good. I'm pretty sure I wasn't very good. But I want to give a shout out to Bunty because when I think of the abc, I do think about it because he brought so many big hitters from the usa, so many big names from England and he gave a spotlight on a lot of local talent to support these big names that came to Glasgow.
[00:33:25] And especially the Bad Mouth Battles Knights, which were crazy. The big one that sticks out is the Jinx versus Loki rematch, which is a hardcore grudge match battle rap. And the atmosphere was absolutely electric, man. The Badmouth nights were always great.
[00:33:45] They initially started, I was the original booker for Pevo Peevo when they started there and the first two were so successful with queues around the block, people couldn't get in that I had to move to a bigger venue. And then Bunty took it to the next level in that bigger venue. When the, the Bad Breath Battles finished, there was always an amazing hip hop night after it. So it was really good times. And I don't think that the hip hop scene in Scotland really recovered from the ABC not being there because, you know, you don't really hear of local talent supporting the big names when they come over anymore. So I think it's not. You don't realize what you've got till it's gone. But I think we've got to show our appreciation for Bunty, who's a phenomenal DJ producer for him making those connections and giving so many artists a platform on that stage.
[00:34:37] But yeah, I did also play the ABC too with the Gyro Babies. It was a charity night. The ball from the pole, I did that. I think John McKinley filmed all the full set, so I think you can find that on YouTube if you give a.
[00:34:56] And also played a field Jackal Trade set after I'd released an album.
[00:35:02] I think that was an ox jam night. That was Lindsay. Lindsay McGee who picked me for that one. Shout out to her. That was a great night too.
[00:35:09] And there was a few gigs I did as a promoter. I remember Slam, but he played the abc. We were doing the after party with Slamberry Sound System at Broadcast across the road. That I remember that being a good one as well.
[00:35:24] And as a punter, just as somebody that liked going to gigs, ABC was just the perfect size to get your up and coming touring acts and the ABC2 and then your bigger, more mainstream acts in the main room.
[00:35:38] And the one that stands out was Alabama 3.
[00:35:42] I was there with God, the Duncan. It was God, his dad's favorite band. And we were watching that. No RIP Jake. Jake was still around and my Gyro Babies were playing the after party as well. I think it was at river that night if I remember rightly. But it was just a.
[00:36:03] It was an amazing night just to see Alabama 3 playing. I sold out ABC knowing that we were doing the afterparty and then. Then, you know, meeting all the band after as well. And I think we even got a jam with Larry Love that night and that was a magical moment.
[00:36:19] And when Alabama 3 are on form, I don't think there's many better bands on the planet. So that that stands out. Brian Jonestown Massacre, another one that comes to mind. I'm a huge fan of them and actually ended up backstage briefly, but I'll let me keep that one for the autobiography.
[00:36:38] But that was the first time ever seen them live after being a fan for. For decades probably. And that was amazing and weirdly Wolfpick as well. That sticks to my mind. That was a crazy night because that kind of.
[00:36:53] It was like. It was like a Nathan Barley hipster convention. Everyone had twirly moustaches, they kind of play jazz funk music. So it's kind of. It was quite. The hipsters were attracted to it and it was sold out because they just went viral for releasing Sleepify, which was a 10 track silent album on Spotify. In order to raise funds for a free tour, the album generated £20,000 in royalties over a two month period.
[00:37:26] Subsequently, Spotify removed the album stating it violated their terms of content. Shoutouts to vulvpic for finding a loot poll. A Spotify loot poll and then giving it back to the fans that was actually sold out that night. I think if I remember rightly, we just turned up with a camera and said that we worked for a magazine in order to get in. If I remember rightly, that night. God, they can film in with that one. But God, they did remind me about that recently. But it was something like we just walked in with a camera and said we were there to film it and they let us in. So I know that I don't really come off in any of these stories as particularly good, but this was all a long time ago when I was really young and I'm just being honest, that's what it is. I'm trying not to, you know, embellish anything.
[00:38:25] But yeah, I'd like to know what your memories are of the building.
[00:38:28] What was the best bands you ever seen there? I'd like you to share your memories in the comments if you can.
[00:38:34] It's.
[00:38:36] It was an institution and it's been away for a while now. But I think there's something quite final about seeing the demolition team arriving on Sucky Hall Street.
[00:38:49] It's sad that something is important to our community has yet again had a mysterious fire shortly after being refused planning permission.
[00:39:02] What a place where our favorite bands and DJs played is now going to be expensive student flats and Sakyahu streets in a lot of trouble right now. I mean that was the. The heart of Glasgow for many years and. And it's been looking like a demolition site. Not just this week, it's been looking like a demolition site for years due to various fires, renovations, roadworks and oh I also by the way, the old campus building also got bumped in which was kind of like a cheap student club that disappeared. I hear that that has reopened as a new venue for live music, food, comedy, entertainment. But I've not been there yet and I can't remember off the Top of my head what it's called but I'm looking forward to checking that out. And yeah, you know, I just support your, your local, your local venues, man.
[00:39:55] We are here to tell the people that we hear you as she called that radio, tv, real life.
[00:40:02] Just came back from a gig at the Carling Academy. I caught it's for Dandy Warhol's and the Black Angels gig and it was good. It was good. I've got a few thoughts about it. I wanted to share my thoughts with you because all my friends I was with said that they had to go home because unlike you I've got a real job. I've got to work in the morning. And I was like, well unlike me because I've got a real job tonight.
[00:40:29] Got to speak to the citizens of you call that radio and tell you all about what I thought I saw at the Dandy Worlds and the Black Angels at the Callan Academy. We call it the Callan Academy because it used to be called the Callan Academy and for me it will always be called the Callan Academy and that's because. Or maybe the Academy but I will never call it the O2 because you know shout outs to my brother who was at the gig tonight. He went the two academies at the one in Sucky Hole Street.
[00:41:00] I mate the one that burnt down about seven or eight years ago and it's been all over the newspapers that is gone but that, that was a confusion. People would say I'll get you the O2 and you'd go a gig in Suki Hill street or the one over the bridge near the Gorbachev. So that is O2's problem for getting greedy and trying to buy two of the venues and one in the bump down and we're very sad about that. But anyway that's not what this is about. This is about the Dandy Warrells and the Black Angels. This is what I think you call that radio, TV shows. To my friend who got me the. The free tickets. I don't know if he wants his name out there so I won't say his name but it was much appreciated. My brother's a big fan. I'm a big fan of the Dandy Warhols. The Dandy Warhols were on first.
[00:41:44] There was someone else on actually hold on, let me just find out who was on first. Miranda Miranda Lee Richards. She was on first, an acoustic act so she started things off about quarter past seven. She was really good, lovely voice, nice, nice vibe to her.
[00:42:01] Good way to start the night me and my brother, we went there, when I must have been about 14 and he must have been about 16 at the garage, many, many years ago. I think I might be wrong, but I think it was from the Comedown album came out and that was that. Not if you're the last junkie on earth.
[00:42:20] I heard about that by watching the Joe Wiley show, which is actually a really cool chat show. It was definitely cool to me as a teenager. We heard the song, bought the album, loved the album and noticed we're playing in Glasgow that weekend. It was over 14, so we could go. But what a great. And then seeing them loads of times they'd see in the park and various other venues. So I've always loved the band but not seen them for about 10 years or something and not really.
[00:42:50] Not been too up to date with the recent output. But from what I've heard, it's great. You should probably know them if you're going, who the fuck Dandy World? You should probably know them if you don't recognize the name. You probably know them as the band, the vaudeville advert bohemian like you, which was a massive, like, international hat. Before that there was two amazing albums, Dandy Rules, okay, and Come down and welcome to Bohemia. There was three cracking albums before that, in fact. Was that in that. Hold on.
[00:43:27] I was called Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia.
[00:43:37] It was called Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia and it was an absolutely brilliant album, man. Absolutely brilliant.
[00:43:48] And then after, I think was. Well, no, the other one was called welcome to the Monkey House. Sorry, I got them mixed up. There you were the last time, I think, was in that one. That was amazing.
[00:43:58] Got some bangers, man. Absolute bangers. But they're a live band for me. They just. They're just so cool. They're one of the coolest bands in the world, you know. I think they've got a song called Coolest Kim Deal. Well, they are as cool as Kim Deal. That's the highest compliment I can pay to them that I'm sure they would like.
[00:44:16] Sleazy, psychedelic jams, rock and roll. They look like they're rocking. They're still rocking and rolling. In fact, actually, they look really young tonight. I've. I think I've overtaken them in the age. I was younger than them, but they're looking great for their age.
[00:44:32] So Dandy Warhol's Shouts to Miranda. She was brilliant. Then the Dandy World Start with two classics, two songs that I knew straight away. So you're always worried when you got these things in case it's going to be newer stuff and you might not know as well, but they started with two tunes that I knew. So we were in. And then third song, Zia picks up the bass guitar and the backdrop goes all psychedelic.
[00:44:56] And I thought the. The lighting guy or the. The guy that was. That was in charge of the visuals did a great job. Kind of kept it. Kept it subtle throughout most of the gig. But then at the right moments it would just. It would get very colorful. I like that.
[00:45:12] I was so high the first time I saw the Dandy Rose. In fact, all the times I've seen the Dandy Worlds that tonight I felt like absolutely stoned at my box. Almost tripping with those with the little visuals. There was. There was no one over the top visual thing.
[00:45:31] But it just.
[00:45:34] Just the amount high I was at previous gigs. It just brought it back and you just. They take you. You're in a trance with them, lots of instrumentals and they're just doing the ring. Cool as.
[00:45:53] I mean I could probably say this because I would imagine the statue limits of someone passing your joint are over now.
[00:46:04] But the first time I seen them is. Yeah, past. I won't see it. So maybe bleep that out. But one of them passes a joint into the crowd and I don't know if I was the first person to hit it or the second. But we all just got a puff and passed it on. And that was amazing. Man. That was liberating. That was before the smoking ban. If you. If you try to guess mages. It was before the smoking ban played. I mean they did play bohemian like you.
[00:46:30] Which was. Which was great because I was like, well, they're only playing for an hour.
[00:46:36] They're not headliners. So they're probably going to play for 45 minutes an hour. The songs I would rather have seen apart from that.
[00:46:44] But they played Godless Way. I think I heard them right. It was a guy playing the trumpet. The trumpet part. I think he's from Scotland. I think they get him up every time they're in Scotland. That was amazing. I think I recognized him as well. But maybe they said something completely different. I don't know. But that was a great moment.
[00:47:05] And you know, they played I love you. I love you, I love you. They creep out is. They creep out the sort of the big jam. They played that as well.
[00:47:18] You also might know them. I know they don't really talking about that in the same way that Brian Jones to mask. I don't like talking about it. But they were both in a documentary called Dig. So that is how you may recognize them, the documentary Dig, which I think both Dandy Wattles and Brian Jones the Massacre don't like because it was kind of a fly in the wall documentary following them about. And they were all, you know, getting mad about getting on it and falling out, and there was, like, fighting and accusations and. But if you're a neutral. I was a fan of the Dandy Worlds when I watched it, and it made me a fan of Brian Johnston Massacre.
[00:48:01] And I think that Pals again, though, I don't know. I don't know what the script is, but I know that neither side really particularly likes the documentary public because they get asked about the time, and they were probably so young when that happened that it must be so annoying that anyone asks them about it anymore. And if anyone watching right now, they're probably annoyed that I've even brought it up. But it's just to give context that people are like, I recognize that name. It's probably the DAG documentary. If you've not seen it, go watch it. But. And if you do watch it, don't. Don't mention that you watched it to either the band because, you know, I don't think they're fans, but they should be. They should acknowledge that it's a. Like, you know, when they get old and gray, they'll be like, that is a good piece of television. And they got millions of new fans, both bands for that. I would have imagined. I don't think it caused any damage. I. Like I said I had, you know, I was left. It's a short set. There's so many more songs I would rather see than behaving like you. But then when it came on, you just felt the atmosphere, and everybody's singing it word for word, man. And it was beautiful. It took me back, man. It was a total. I was glowing in nostalgia. I just felt. I felt young again.
[00:49:12] And it was good. It was a good moment. But then straight after that, they went right into Get Off.
[00:49:19] And honestly, that was a moment, man. It was a moment. When get off came on, I was just like, man, I was.
[00:49:27] I was welling up, man. I was welling up with tears. I didn't actually cry. I never cry.
[00:49:33] But for fact, the last day, when was the last time I felt that was actually in the academy as well, when it was JMet. And it just takes you back to your youth. You feel young again and you just. You feel what you want to create with joy, with joy, with happiness.
[00:49:48] And then you look around and you go, everyone's getting older. We're all getting older. Life is short. And then you probably want to greet because you're sad. I don't know.
[00:49:58] It's good, though. Oh, and I get slagged from a jacket.
[00:50:02] Let me see if I can find it.
[00:50:05] You call that radio? So it's like for this jacket, I get slagged for this. And I didn't even know I was getting slagged at first. But a guy came up to me and says, sean Raider in the house.
[00:50:23] I know he said, sean Raiders in the house.
[00:50:26] And the way he said that, I thought Sean Raider was actually there because it was a good bomb up. He did that subtly, but what he was doing was referring. And then he said, are you man? Are you Man Cunning or Human Tuning?
[00:50:42] And I realized he was bombing me up, that guy. The guy slagged me the fabulous hat. But I'm assuming he doesn't live in the same place as me.
[00:50:53] You know, the kind of places that I live are the kind of places that you get stabbed for wearing fabulous hats. So you just try and wear something that you think other people may wear. And then the Black Angels, who are amazing, man, they reminded me of kind of Black Rebel motorcycle club.
[00:51:11] And at points, vocally, kind of. There was some. I could hear about Stone Roses influence, but they were really good. They were really good.
[00:51:20] I have listened to them before, like over a couple years, I think. Actually I learned about them through the Dandy warriors who picked them up a couple years ago. So I've been following them in Spotify and I have heard their tunes before and I really like them, but it's the first time I've seen them live. Didn't know too much about them. Amazing, man. The drum sound was incredible for them and you know that the band were tight. They smashed it, man. They absolutely smashed it.
[00:51:46] But anyway, I would say that the Dandy Worlds are still on tour. Go and check them out, man. And check out the Black Angels. Both bands are worth your time. For Dandy Wars, I would start with come down or 13 tales from urban Bohemia and Dandy Rose. Okay. They're my favorites, but all their albums after that are also good.
[00:52:07] And Black Angels, I don't really know much about them, but I would recommend them as well. They're both on tour. They're doing a world tour together. So go and check them out if you can. And yeah, join me tomorrow where I'm going to be doing a thing about alcohol pricing and the. The fact the Scottish government has put up the minimum alcohol pricing to stop Scottish people from drinking and we're going to look at if that's been successful or not. And you can all call me a hypocrite and a liar and a thief because I was wearing shades in the previous video, which means I might be had a couple of drinks myself. But I mean, hell, man, it's not. I'm driving your ambulance. I'm just making you some fucking content about music. I'm just making some content. I'm. I'm. No driving your ambulance. Just. Just let me be, man. I'm just trying to give you a review. Back in the day, we used to write blogs. Remember them? Well, hopefully once AI figures at the Scottish accent, I'll be waiting. Just turn this into a transcript and then put it as a blog. If you'd rather. It would. If you'd rather a blog with no accent and nay sunglasses, then.
[00:53:18] That's the future, man. That's the future.
[00:53:22] One day they will figure out the Scottish accent. Until then, we can see what we want and the robots don't have a clue.
[00:53:32] 1, 2, 1, 2. Yo, this is Charlie Tuna from Jurassic 5, live and direct here in Glasgow, Scotland. And you call that radio?
