Running Out Of Paint

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More half-recalled memories of 4-track home recordings, as Giles and Steve listen to songs that they wrote many years ago to see what they think about them.

Do I need to say that this episode might include some spoilers? If you haven't seen a particular film that is over 30 years old? 

This episode features Sunday-morning philosophy and references to Peter Skellern, Richard Stilgoe and Jake Thackray. Come on, kids! Join us!

A full episode transcript is available at Musixmatch.  

Also including:

• The middle ground between turgid and peppy - turgish?
• A 60-second song
• Preemptive dismissal 
• Pro sounds! And plaid shirts
• The cycle of the artistic process
• Working within limitations
• The life of the mind
• An audio shower
• Learn the guitar - play in a day the Steve Domino way

Transcription for this episode can be found on Musixmatch

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50 Quid A Week To Go Without Girls

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Giles and Steve are once again taking time out from their busy adult lives to talk about three songs that very few people have ever heard.

The prize? A coveted place on an imaginary compilation tape.

The point? We'll get back to you on that one.

A full episode transcript is available at Musixmatch.  

Including:

• Unconscious stealing
• Derby underground legends and a bakery
• A problem with monkeys?
• The end of the podcast
• Accidental songwriting and farting around
• Lo-fi philosophy
• Government schemes
• Walking the dog
• The early 90s indie record-o-sphere

Transcription for this episode can be found on Musixmatch

On A Permanent Vacation

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Giles and Steve weigh up the merits (or otherwise) of three more songs from the extensive Johnny Domino archive of obscure musical memories.

Will they remember the songs or any facts about their composition? And will any of them be worthy enough to appear on a theoretical best-of compilation tape?

Including:

• Experimenting with how to sing
• Proper early 90s
• Auditory plasters
• Hot sauce and first-degree burns
• The Indiepop underground
• Hoping for jazz
• Piracy
• Cultural appropriation and found sounds

I For One Am Glad It's Here

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Giles and Steve talk about the merits (or otherwise) of three songs from the extensive Johnny Domino archive of musical majesty / lo-fi arsing about.

Will any of them be worthy enough to appear on a theoretical best-of compilation tape?

Including:

• Ren and Stimpy
• Toxic masculinity / One Direction
• Visions of brown retail
• The beautiful 12th fret
• Audible smugness
• Sloppy bass
• A Mick Jagger bombshell
• The Twin Peaks playbook
• Self-proclaimed weirdness

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