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Nick struggles with masculinity – mainly his own – and talks at length about bad dads and Jay Edidin’s excellent column How To Be A Guy.
You can read Jay’s first column (as discussed) here: “How To Be A Guy” by Jay Edidin
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Nick is feeling a bit mentally unhealthy, but has some thanks to deliver…
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Nick and James are a nonsense, but they’re the nonsense you deserve.
Also, Nick has a persistent nasal whine in this one. Sorry about that – no filter exists to get rid of it.
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Things:
Disney Princess Magiclips – Amazon
“Inside the Strange and Slightly Creepy World of ‘Surprise Egg’ Videos” by Leigh Alexander – link
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Nick and James return after a short and unplanned break with renewed internet and rekindled anger at the world.
No real shownotes this week, because we only talk about really obvious popular culture, and Nick has to take the boys to the childminder at some ridiculous time in the morning.
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James worries about easy erections, Nick wants to have a Freudian conversation off mic, and Jon visits!
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Show Notes:
“The Birdie Song” by The Tweets:
Rod Hull – Wikipedia
Johnny Morris – Wikipedia
The Soft Machine – Wikipedia / Amazon / YouTube
Tin Machine – Wikipedia / Amazon / YouTube
The Talking Heads – link
Jah Wobble – Wikipedia / Amazon
“Visions Of You”, Jah Wobble (with Sinead O’Connor):
Reply All #58: “Earth Pony” – link
Billy Bragg’s Tweet – link
That John Ehrlichman quote in full:
“We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana & blacks with heroin, & then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities…
Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.”
Johan Cruyff – Wikipedia
Phife Dawg – Wikipedia
“Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything” by Steven J Dubner & Steven D Levitt – Amazon
Iain Duncan Smith – Wikipedia
“Just Say No”, Grange Hill:
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Nick talks directly to you, the listener, and the show has an existential crisis.
Also featured in this episode: “Everyday Different” by Nicolas Papaconstantinou – link
Mentioned in this show:
Inside Out – “Your desperation is making me sad”:
Anomalisa:
Naked (a totally unrepresentative trailer):
David Thewlis – IMDB
Jennifer Jason Leigh – IMDB
The Wachowskis – Wikipedia
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Nick and James are crammed into a very cosy space, and Nick is slowly succumbing to a very coldy nose. Also, James makes some room in his life for his PS4, and Nick does some advertising.
Not a lot of shownotes this week – it wasn’t a particularly shownotey week! Just these two nuggets:
Here’s a bit about Rich Hall – Wikipedia
And here’s him as the excellent Otis Lee Crenshaw, doing Jailhouse Rock: