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Back in the olden days, brothers Giles and Steve took inspiration and knowledge from a sacred text. That text was the (now out of print) book “Rock Talk” by Julian Colbeck. Within its hallowed pages were the lyrics to a song with no title, a song they could only imagine.
Until now.
In this episode the Domino boys listen to a selection of newly recorded versions of that very song! Will they they push it too far? Or throw it all away?
Or could they discover new levels of poignancy and truth in the lyrics, with the help of their talented friends?
[Verse]
Searching for time that just is not there.
Does it always have to take this long?
You said don’t push it too far, just let it fade away.
But I felt I had to do something before we threw it all away.
[Chorus]
Just a dash of creativity that's all it needed.
Creativity
with all of them trimmings that come with love.
[Verse]
So take heed,
before you jump that gun
settle your conscience.
Can't you see what I see?
Girl, are you blind
to the ways of the lovin' man?
You need. . .
[Repeat Chorus]
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The brothers Domino provide you with more entertaining whiffle about creativity and the joys of making stuff up. This episode includes:
Exciting news about Volume 1 of The Best of TAJD! Skinny white boys and the prehistory of creativity A dramatic reenactment of a key moment from the history of the band What exactly is a degausser?Also, a call to get involved in the challenge to write and record a song around the mythical lyrics from our sacred text, the book Rock Talk by Julian Colbeck, presented herewith:
[Verse]
Searching for time that just is not there.
Does it always have to take this long?
You said don’t push it too far, just let it fade away.
But I felt I had to do something before we threw it all away.[Chorus]
Just a dash of creativity that's all it needed.
Creativity
with all of them trimmings that come with love.[Verse]
So take heed,
before you jump that gun
settle your conscience.
Can't you see what I see?
Girl, are you blind
to the ways of the lovin' man?
You need. . .[Repeat Chorus]
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Def Jef Droppin Rhymes On Drums
Read Oonna The Jolly Cavewoman
Ferlin Husky Draggin The River
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It’s a Cover Versions Special!
Good lord, what is happening? Can you believe your eyes? It’s quite literally a special episode where we talk about cover versions! This is madness!
But not the band Madness.
Why do we do cover versions? Are they ever better than the original? What band did the best cover versions? What would be a wise song to cover now? All of these questions and more may be ignored as we listen to a bunch of cover versions that we recorded. Songs originally made famous by artists including Neil Diamond, The Ramones and Bryan Adams.
This episode also contains what we call an Engagement Opportunity. Which you could ignore if you like, but quite honestly it’ll make you a more interesting person if you take part.
Related video material is available on the This Are Johnny Domino blog
Your listening experience will be enhanced by hearing, in full, the original versions of the songs featured in the show, which you can find in your favourite record shop or online platform.
The Out To Lunch song lyrics are:
Searching for time that just is not there.
Does it always have to take this long?
You said don’t push it too far, just let it fade away.
But I felt I had to do something before we threw it all away.Chorus
Just a dash of creativity that's all it needed.
Creativity
with all of them trimmings that come with love.So take heed,
before you jump that gun
settle your conscience.
Can't you see what I see?
Girl, are you blind
to the ways of the lovin' man?
You need. . .(Repeat Chorus)
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It’s a Space and Sci-Fi special!
Brothers Steve and Giles embark on a journey to the furthest reaches of their musical galaxy and discuss three songs from the Johnny Domino back catalogue with a vaguely Spacey theme, just for a bit of fun.
Unfortunately, Giles is most definitely wearing his "grumpy pants", which as you will hear threatens to endanger the entire mission. Will brotherly banter and music save the day? You'll have to listen and find out!
Conflicts which may or may not be resolved in this episode include:
Plan 9 v Magnolia Celestial v Abrasive Ghastly v Eclectic Oasis v Wham Wilma vs ArdalaRelated video material is available on the This Are Johnny Domino blog
A clip from Plan 9 From Outer Space
Close the window and move the TV before watching this clip from Magnolia with Steve
Remembering Moist
The epic Buck Rogers futuristic disco scene
There's a Moon in The Sky Called the Moon by The B-52s LIVE with Talking Heads
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In this jam-packed episode, there's a new submission to The Eternal Halls of The Four Track Gods, which prompts unexpected images and reminiscences for brothers Giles and Steve. As well as this, the voice of Jim makes a welcome return!
And of course, there's more discussion of obscure musical directions than you can shake a stick at.
Come one and all and worship at our church of Lo-Fi!
Including, amongst other things…
Jools joins in A girl singing in a basement Carry On Up The Tascam The Erewash bluesRelated video material is available on the This Are Johnny Domino blog
The majesty of rock with Liam and John
Loop (without Jools) live in 1990
The Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron soundtrack by Victor Banana / Tim Hensley
Carry On Up The Khyber trailer
The Rentaghost theme song
The Highway Patrol by Red Simpson
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More musical memories of the 1990s record-o-sphere. Brothers Giles and Steve plough into the tape mountain once again and pull out three choice recordings from their past. This week the songs prompt a rambling conversation on a range of themes, including:
Intense young men Digging The B-52s A flame-haired barbarian The robot invasion of a West Midlands market town Dissociation through video game addiction Learning about being in a band with the BBCRelated video material is available on the This Are Johnny Domino blog
The B-52s performing Whammy Kiss (a key text)
Trailer for the 1985 film Red Sonja
Banjo Kazooie Mumbo’s Mountain walkthrough
Playlist of the entire BBC Rock School series
Lefty Frizzell performs Saginaw MichiganVisit the Johnny Domino website
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In this very special episode of the podcast Steve and Giles take a look back on the tracks chosen in the past 17 episodes to create a purely theoretical (for the moment) "Best of…" compilation tape!
Hear the JD creative process in action as they formulate the ultimate track sequence and consider some alternative takes. There's laughter and tears along the way as the brothers discuss musical near-misses and regrettable artistic choices as well as the odd thing that went quite well.
Warning: this episode may contain hubris.
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Watch an awesome performance by Neutral Milk Hotel here
Watch Gomez steal our Mercury Music prize here
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Let's just make one thing clear, this is NOT a Christmas episode of the "This Are Johnny Domino" podcast! Even so, the boys do seem a little giddy with the joys of the season at times… and it does feature a Christmas song.
The episode also includes:
The usual 90s lo-fi wonderment Jesus on a yacht Steve’s school-day memories A very messy endingRelated video material is available on the This Are Johnny Domino blog
Buy a codpiece here
Listen to "Kung Fu Santa With A Christmas Punchbag" on Spotify or the Artists Against Success Bandcamp
Watch a clip from the film "Pop Pirates"
Listen to Giles’ "LET'S GO!" playlist on Spotify
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Dreams appear to be a bit of a recurring theme in this episode, as Giles and Stephen dredge up another selection of recordings from the unconscious realms of their youth. There are anecdotes galore as they…
Rediscover the "right-wing McCarthy bongo" song Recollect their "proto-Riot Grrrl" phase Relive an unfortunate Stereolab support slot Completely fail to make a decisionLet us know which one of these songs (if any) should go on the purely theoretical mixtape - leave a comment on the blog, Instagram or Facebook.
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Watch Propaganda perform Dream Within A Dream in 1985 (It turns out that it’s based on a poem by Edgar Allen Poe!)
Watch the video for Boudicaaa by Memorials
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The brothers Woodward take more time out to craft another slice of Lo-Fi glory. Firstly there's a new candidate for The Eternal Hall of the Four Track Gods. Will it have what it takes to achieve immortality (and win a t-shirt)?
Then Steve and Giles put together a "head to head" of quirky nonsense from their back catalogue. To be honest, both selections contain "questionable" lyrical sentiments, but will their musical charms be enough to earn them a spot on the "Best of…" compilation tape? We’ll have to see…
Key features of this episode include:
Pugwall riot "Sampling" Toxic lyrics. A Flute presetListen to the first new Johnny Domino song in almost 20 years. The Artists Against Success compilation "All Goals Achieved" is available on Bandcamp and Spotify.
Related video material is available on the This Are Johnny Domino blog
Listen to the music of Lardpony and Vom Vorton
The Pugwall theme
The Breeders on Snub TV playing When I Was a Painter and Iris
Kim Deal smacks Kurt Ralske in the video for Special One by Ultra Vivid Scene
All-4-One's I Swear
Ian Mackaye interviewed by Logan Kelly
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Hello,
I’m a podcast episode and I’m here to tell you that I am as entertaining as the preceding episodes of This Are Johnny Domino - if not more so!
In all honesty, I feel that I have the punchy dynamism and vitality that makes me stand out from the rest of the pack… Giles and Stephen certainly had a great time filling me with the usual good-humoured banter and rambling conversation about music that you’ve never heard.
Will you agree with them about which song should make it onto the "Best of…" compilation?
Other features you’re sure to enjoy about me are:
Lonesome mods and sex robots Big Jim speaks and Elston tweaks 80s teens and motorway dreamsKind Regards,
Episode 14
Listen to the first new Johnny Domino song in almost 20 years. The Artists Against Success compilation "All Goals Achieved" is available on Bandcamp and Spotify.
Related video material is available on the This Are Johnny Domino blog
Have a Fantastic Day watching Haircut 100
Watch and marvel at the original trailer for the film Rivers Edge
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"It's Episode 13, so surely this is a good time to ‘mess with the format’", say Steve and Giles.
"Maybe, maybe not," says the rest of the world.
"Listen with your ears and make up your own mind" replied the visionary podcasters. "It's a work in progress."
"Climb out of that belly button", yelled the rest of the world.
This one includes:
Juvenile jazz-funk envy Alt-Country aversion therapy Psychedelic bath time-travel The return of the Ween sectionListen to the first new Johnny Domino song in almost 20 years. The Artists Against Success compilation "All Goals Achieved" is available on Bandcamp and Spotify.
Listen to Uncle Sham.
Watch Uncle Tupelo perform live on cable TV in 1989.
Watch Ken singing to Barbie.
Watch the Rumpled Romeo himself performing the hell out of "Rocking Chair" on the Kenny Everett Show in 1979.
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This week Steve and Giles are joined by their old friend, vocalist, driver and muse, Dick. Listen as they peer through the mists of time, reassess old songs and share memories of their misspent youth.
A full episode transcript is available at Musixmatch.
This one includes:
Buttholes on the bus to Sandiacre Manipulating the Young Americans Land Rover travel sickness simulation Visions of Heaven and HellListen to the first new Johnny Domino song in almost 20 years. The Artists Against Success compilation "All Goals Achieved" is available on Bandcamp and Spotify.
Related video material is available on the This Are Johnny Domino blog
Watch Hurdy Gurdy Man by the Butthole Surfers from the album "Piouhgd".
Watch this awesome performance by Jonathan Richman of one of the songs from the "I, Jonathan" album!
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Bill Hicks once said "It’s just a ride", and in this episode we take you on a spin 'round our teenage dreams, hurtling down the Cobain slopes into the hairpin bend of 90s bohemia.
Put more plainly, brothers Giles and Steve have more fun unearthing trash and treasure from their C90 mountain and it's all quite enjoyable.
This one includes:
Erotic matriarch has toasted posterior ‘Daddy, what did you do in the Grunge wars?’ pt.1 Johnny Domino + drum and bass x performance art = ? Word from the big J.C.Watch 1991: The Year Punk Broke
Watch a video of Nirvana's show at Rock City, Nottingham
Get into Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip and even go and see them on tour!
Watch the end of Taxi Driver (which CLEARLY TAKES PLACE IN TRAVIS BICKLE'S HEAD! - Steve)Connect with Johnny Domino on Facebook and Instagram
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Maybe this one should be called "This Aren’t Johnny Domino", as Giles and Steve head into the unexplored territory of earlier bands and alternative recording projects from their ‘tape mountain’.
Come along for the ride as the two brothers uncover more missed opportunities and blind alleys in the cause of showing you How Not To Succeed At Music.*
(* While at the same time finding ‘success’ in a different sense and in other unexpected ways)
Also including:
£25 a day recording studio Shoegaze shenanigans The best things about Ilkeston in the 1990s Remember Duckworth Square? Recording the TRUTH…Listen to the first new Johnny Domino song in almost 20 years. The Artists Against Success compilation "All Goals Achieved" is available on Bandcamp and Spotify.
Music extract used for illustrative/review purposes: The No No Song, Goodnight Vienna, Ringo Starr (1974) - listen on Spotify
Listen to The Millers on Bandcamp
Experience the 90s slacker ideal of Beck
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They say that time is a great healer, but sometimes discovering evidence of past attitudes and opinions in recordings made 30 years ago can be painful!
Listen as Giles and Steve 'figure it out' and come up with further revisionist histories of their lo-fi recording career. This week the brothers rediscover songs ranging from acoustic 'punk' to straight-up indie pop - but which song will make it onto the purely theoretical 'best of' compilation tape?
Also including:
Spondon and Wollaton comparison Recording in a farm kitchen Identity crisis sparked by arsey song Sarah Records debaucheryListen to the first new Johnny Domino song in almost 20 years. The Artists Against Success compilation "All Goals Achieved" is available on Bandcamp and Spotify.
Watch the video for 'Song for a Future Generation' by The B-52s.
Listen to 'You Should All Be Murdered' by Another Sunny Day and 'Emma's House' by The Field Mice.
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It’s the 30-year anniversary of our adoption of the name Johnny Domino, so to mark the occasion Steve heads to Ilkeston to record his part of this episode in the very room where it all started all those years ago.
Just to completely dispel any possible sense of jeopardy over the song choice for the "Best of" mix tape, the first track today sets out our Lo-Fi agenda right from the get-go. The second painfully destroys any possible conception that this podcast is ‘self-congratulatory’. The third track gets on the mix tape.
Also including:
A miniature man playing a tiny guitar at high speed The sound of Steve developing a stomach ulcer whilst listening to a song The most ridiculous chorus ever Us blasting off into the Galaxie (500)Listen to the first new Johnny Domino song in almost 20 years. The Artists Against Success compilation "All Goals Achieved" is available on Bandcamp and Spotify.
Listen to "No Nico, No Cale", a playlist of late-period Velvet Underground songs curated by us
Watch Randy Newman’s video for “I Love LA”
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Did we actually record this episode? Or was it perhaps made by an AI? You’ll have to give it a listen and see what you think.
If you do, you’ll find us in our usual mode, listening to our old tunes and rambling on about Lo-Fi influences, 70s Kung Fu, and Rave culture. The tracks are varied, but will any of them have what it takes to make it onto the ‘Best of Johnny Domino’ mixtape?
Also including:
Twats Garden revival denied shocker. Sonic Youth - questionable slacker role models? Drunken fighting and hip-hop folk. Woody Guthrie’s trip to the 24-hour garage.Also - EXCITING NEWS! Our first newly recorded track in almost 20 years is featured on the Artists Against Success compilation ‘All Goals Achieved’ which is released on 31st July!
You can download it via Bandcamp and it’s on streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple, etc) too. Featuring 25 songs, most of which are exclusive to the compilation, with every band that AAS has ever worked with represented. Including The Cuban Boys, White Town, The Fighting Cocks, Rodney Cromwell, several versions of MJ Hibbett, as well as us.
Watch Sonic Youth on The South Bank Show (1989)
Watch the final showdown from the movie Drunken Master
Watch some very disorientating footage of Orbit in Morley from 1992Connect with Johnny Domino on Facebook and Instagram
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This week the brothers Woodward find a more upbeat and ‘danceable’ selection of tunes from their mountain of old four-track recordings. The question is, will the good vibes evaporate when Steve calls Giles’ keyboard part 'moronic'?
Also including:
Johnny Miller’s bass technique More predictions of the future Excessive drum talk Four-track maximalism Blessington Carriage field recording An open invitation to Jonathan RichmanAlso - EXCITING NEWS! Our first newly recorded track in almost 20 years is featured on the Artists Against Success compilation "All Goals Achieved" which is released on 31st July!
You can download it via Bandcamp and it’s on streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple etc) too. Featuring 25 songs, most of which are exclusive to the compilation, with every band that AAS has ever worked with represented. Including The Cuban Boys, White Town, The Fighting Cocks, Rodney Cromwell, and several versions of MJ Hibbett, as well as us.
Music extract used for illustrative/review purposes: Gun Street Girl, Rain Dogs, Tom Waits (1985) - visit Tom Waits
Watch a clip from the Woody Allen film, Sleeper
Read Sunny Prestatyn by Philip Larkin
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In this bonus episode, our friend Tom Cox tells his side of the story of (possibly) our closest possible brush with indie-music-level fame.
Interestingly, Tom's is a completely different tale, featuring Steve Lamacq and the scourge of all bespectacled musical brothers everywhere.
If you missed our version of this story, listen here.
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