In the week that James opens with some advice for people looking to choose a new car, he’s umming and erring on the side of caution.
Ben’s new feature might be endorsed by the eating disorder charity ‘Beat’*, but James isn’t too happy with the subject matter. *No, it isn’t!
Ben struggles for a highlight but goes into a lot of detail about window frames.
Big Brother is ending. Yay!
But not for another year. Boo!
X-Factor has started again. James is excited. Ben isn’t watching it.
James gets to call someone else gay for a change. He does it in a very butch manner, but then debates the size of Mr Blackpool’s organ.
Milkshake brings all the kids (and James) to the Hippodrome.
There’s also some debate about how the song “heads, shoulders, knees and toes” might go.
Ben develops an odd speech impediment before the show is finished. Luckily he hasn’t kept it since.
Podcast timings
00:00 – Umm intro, and in the err…week that
01:46 – Highlights of the week, X-Factor, radio articles, stage presence
10:05 – James’ manager, polygamy, Big Brother party, The Cube and Mr. Blackpool’s organ
16:41 – Milkshake, Hi:5 and Babestation Aerobics
24:05 – Billy Allen and flatulence
27:09 – “Thin or Fat”, fat-related news, the Which reviews of high-street shops, Apple-store chat
41:40 – Rum-rum-rum-rum-rummaging
43:32 – END
In the week that Ben could take no more of whatever the hell the problems have been with recording the show in recent weeks, he’s trying out a new method.
It takes longer, is a bit more fiddly, doesn’t require batteries, but did make him late for work. We’ll see.
Ben is so late on tonight’s show, that Ed got to do the highlight of the week instead.
Why can’t you get the same tax discount that you get buying bicycles, when you buy a car? James wants to know.
He suggests all people on bicycles should have to wear cycle helmets, and not just for safety reasons.
James has had his MOT. We’ve got the official results, first.
40% of Twitter is pointless? Possibly.
Janet Street Porter reckons it’s full of txt spk? Err. No it isn’t.
Ben struggles to explain the txt spk abbreviation “b4u” to James. “Before you”. How can that be hard?
News International axes a free newspaper. James doesn’t see the significance. Ben thinks it’s the beginning of the end. Neither of them have read the publication in question.
Ben finds issue 1 of a magazine and wonders if it’s worth anything.
Ben comes out (no pun intended) with a very sweeping statement of male promiscuity, and exhibitionism.
James follows that with a sweeping statement of what straight men look for in a woman.
There’s a lot of positivity in newspapers, so we redress that balance and take some time to complain about various things.
James used to be a “user” of a certain substance, but he’s cut down a lot. Ben’s still using on a regular basis, but not buying in the bulk James used to.
Why isn’t Ben’s local Tesco selling Warburton’s Farmhouse bread?
Powerpoint has reached 25 years old. Ben hates it. So does James. And Ed.
We managed our timing so badly on today’s show, that James didn’t get to come back and say goodbye. We leave the beginning of the rummaging in, only to prove we did it fairly and honestly.
Podcast timings
00:00 – On-air production, Ed’s highlight of the week, sport, men’s thighs, and cyclists
10:09 – Ben joins the show late, with no news from his job, Kerry Katona, cyclists, James’ MOT, bad balance, Mollie Sugden’s pussy, “Fit Bird Thursday”
20:01 – Twitter 40% pointless, shameful news adverts, nuts and zoo, FHM, Men’s Health, sweeping statements and Jim Davidson
30:29 – Complaining, hotels, annoying supermarkets, crisps, and Warburton’s bread
40:48 – Powerpoint celebrations
45:34 – Rummaging
46:25 – END
While slating Powerpoint and saying it can never be good, Ben forgot about @DaveGorman‘s superb presentations.
Though that’s more to do with Dave’s overall presentation style, and not his software choice.
Here he is talking about cheap flights and being ripped off in competitions
In the week where Ben was late (again), we had some annoying crackly, flickery interference problem. Typical.
We’ve edited a lot (of the worst bits) out, but we certainly won’t hold it against anyone who can’t bear to listen to this horrible scratchy show.
The main highlight of the week is a physical HIGHlight, but actually a lowlight. The floodlights from the local cricket ground are making it annoyingly bright outside.
The handle on Ben’s toaster has broken.
It toasts perfectly, but you have to hold the handle down the entire time.
The model has been discontinued, but Comet have some old stock for £22.
Ben decided years ago that he would never shop in Comet again, because of the lousy service he had there when his minidisc player broke years ago.
So…should he give up his beliefs that Comet are evil, and buy from them, keeping his same toaster,
OR forget the history Ben + toaster have shared, and move on with a shiny new model?
James has crashed his car into a wall. Never mind though – the wall belongs to his mum.
He’s also broke his wing mirror, scratched some paint, and snapped his car key while fiddling with it.
Ben’s got a great idea to help Facebook Lite get one over on Twitter (literally). 141 characters!
A much shorter goodbye from James ends tonight’s show (due to a load of technical issues. Next week’s show will be considerably better audio quality.)
Podcast timings
00:00 – Banksy, Ben’s lateness, and his highlight
06:34 – Ben’s toaster dilemma
12:20 – James’ car chat
14:36 – NHS chat, Murdoch news, FriendsReunited, Facebook Lite
20:10 – END
In the week that Ben was late, listeners missed most of Steff’s on-air debate. Ben apologises for that.
We rejoin the action as Steff is discussing highlights of the last 7 days using as many company names as possible, while James rants about how fast children are growing up these days.
Ben sounds like he’s breaking wind, when he’s actually opening a squeaky door. No, really.
He doesn’t just squeak doors either – he’s recorded new versions of a couple of things, on one of his new microphones. Well, we say “new” versions – there’s one word different.
The RAJARs radio listening figures have come out. Radio listening is higher than ever before. What a shame we’re not listed, or we’d know if we really do have more than one listener.
Ben’s done a “mashup” this week. You can hear it in full here.
James has been out driving on the motorway on his own, for the first time. He’s been driving to see The Ashes, and wastes his time attempting to explain the rules of cricket to Ben.
Ben picked up that it had something to do with balls, and people coming out.
Working on a business plan involves working out costings. Ben’s discovered he’s ridiculously tight-fisted, but that he can live off almost nothing.
Ironically enough, he found £15 on the floor, and obviously took it home with him. But what should he spend it on?
We debate The Inbetweeners again. Someone Ben works with has seen a still image from it which made her laugh.
Podcast timings
00:00 – Intro, Steff’s highlight of the week, James’ rant of the week
04:11 – Ben’s highlight of last week : celebrities
09:28 – Ben’s highlight of this week : mashups
14:47 – Upskirts, motorway driving, and James explains cricket to Ben
22:20 – Business planning, sleeping, car chat, finders keepers rules, and what to do with £15?
34:39 – The Inbetweeners chat, and anecdotes we’ve read about it
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The now-world-champion darts player, Ted ‘The Count’ Hankey
(From Daily Mail’s website – contains irritating audio advert. Apologies. You can pause/mute the advert)
He’s cut down from 13 pints before a match, to just 3 and now world-champion, since that article was written.
Beyonce – Halo (from YouTube. Just audio, due to YouTube copyright problems)
There’s been some talk about Beyonce’s song “Halo” and Kelly Clarkson’s song “Already gone” sounding exactly the same quite similar.
Ben’s never really done it before, but he thought he’d have a crack at mixing them together, with the help of some new Mac software he’s discovered called Pacemaker. Here’s the result of that effort:
If you like either song, you might dislike this. If you like both, you might dislike this. If you hate both songs, you almost certainly won’t like this.
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