The Blueprint Podcast

 

 Episode 63 - Nose Flutes [23:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Bang! Episode 63 is here. In this episode, Dave laments the difficulty of finding musical instruments beginning with the letter N.

WIth the benefit of hindsight and Google, I’ve been able to find out that there are loads of them, albeit obscure ones or ones which may not count. The best one is “Nakers”, which is/are a sort of drum(s), but just might be pronounced “knackers” which would be fantastic.

The Vikings, starring Tony Curtis and Kirk Douglas. Made in 1958 and still as fresh as a daisy, by Odin's beard.

We’ll be back again in but a week, so join us then for more Blueprintastic podcasting fun from the United Kingdom.

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 Episode 62 - Twenty O'Nine [30:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s taken us a couple of weeks, but we’re ready to lay down our new year’s resolutions and predictions for 2009, including a new era for William Shatner and the Pet Shop Boys.

You could be forgiven for thinking that we’ve got halfway through January before noticing that it was a new year at all. That’s because new years are a bit silly, and we talk about the arbitrary nature of the calendar. It just don’t make no sense!

We’ve also got a new game to play, and we play it well.

William Shatner is predicted by Dave to be on the brink of an amazing year in 2009.

We will be back in one week’s time, and we hope you’ll join us then. Don’t forget that you can email us by clicking the “email chris” link at the top of the page at www.blueprintpodcast.com

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 Episode 61 - I Hamster Resurrection [46:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

As 2009 swings into action, bringing with it uncertainty for many, disaster for some, and hopefully joy and happiness for others, The Blueprint Podcast continues to provide you with a bit of fun chat all the way from England.

In this episode, Dave visits a farty shop, which brings us to discussion of why farts are funny, and why egg sandwiches smell of farts when they aren’t made of poo.

The hamster portion of the episode relates to the extraordinary behaviour of Chris’s son’s hamster recently, and does not concern Richard Hammond on this occasion, although both had experiences with certain superficial similarities.

Here’s another example of a hamster doing the same thing from the BBC News website, as mentioned in the podcast.

In the wild, a healthy female Bigtrak will lay up to five eggs every twenty years or so. This female in captivity at Bristol Zoo has laid just two. Sadly neither are likely to survive to hatching.

We shall return in but a week’s time. If you like our little podcast, please tell your pals about it, because it’s always encouraging to see a lot of people listening.

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 Episode 60 - We Built This Podcast on Rock n Roll [36:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Okay, let’s start with a Christmas apology. Those of you who turned up here on Boxing Day expecting a new episode will doubtless be incandescent with rage that we didn’t post one.

In the words of Doctor Who, we’re sorry, we’re so sorry.

The reason, much as I wish it was more exciting, was a simple broken Internet connection, and it was more time-consuming than usual to get it fixed because of the presence of Christmas.

But we’re here now, and we’ve got a good episode to usher in 2009. In epiosde 60, we play a new game of Who’s The Greatest, in which Dracula, The Mummy, The Wolfman and Frankenstein’s Monster are tested against various odd benchmarks.

We also try to ascertain what Marconi plays in the Starship song We Built This City. Chris thinks it says “La Bamba”, Dave thinks “the bongos”, and the Internet reckons it’s “the Mamba”.

Following the recording of this episode, we had a further delve into the world of knowledge, and here’s what Wikipedia says a “mamba” can be:

Mamba, a genus of snakes
Mamba, a 1930 film
Armstrong Siddeley Mamba, an aircraft engine
Mamba (roller coaster), a hypercoaster
Mamba Armoured Personnel Carrier
Mamba (candy)
Mamba, the nickname of NBA player Kobe Bryant
Mamba, Tibet

We’re also aware that it’s a type of Adidas trainer. So, which of those things could Marconi be playing? I suppose it’s possible that Marconi could be playing Kobe Bryant at basketball, but it seems somehow incongruous, and being British we know little of this “basket ball” of which you speak.

Your answers would be massively appreciated, especially if you’re Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, and Peter Wolf (they wrote the song), or a member of Starship (they sang it).

Marconi plays the Mamba, or the bongos, or La Bamba. YOU decide.

All silliness aside, both Chris and Dave wish you and the people who matter to you a very happy 2009.

If 2008 has been great, then here’s to more of the same. If 2008 has been soul destroying, then here’s hoping that ’09 is so different as to be unrecognisable as a year at all.

We’ll be back in a week, keep it sleek.

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