Earworm Hell.
For no reason whatsoever (other than that I saw it the other day) I have spent today with the theme tune to CBeebies’ ‘learn to draw’ programme ‘Squiglet’ relentlessly playing in my head. It’s driving me to distraction.

What’s playing on your internal jukebox today?

On a barely-related note I cannot recommend the LP ‘Growers of Mushroom’ (original copies £1500-2000) by 70s heavy-psych-rock nobodies Leaf Hound highly enough. Often so-called ‘lost classics’ are nothing of the sort – they’re frequently rare because they weren’t very good so no-one bought it upon release. That, or people who have milked the ‘big’ releases are so desperate to hear something ‘new’ that they rave over some obscurity simply because they’ve not played it to death. Captain Beyond’s much-vaunted self-titled first LP fits this latter category, I feel.

Not so this little beauty – it’s like having an extra Zeppelin/Deep Purple/Free LP that you have never heard before. If you like heavy 70s rock you’ll fucking love this, I assure you. I give it eight Tractors out of ten – praise indeed.

www.amazon.co.uk/Growers-Mushroom-Leaf-Hound/dp/B000AQBAUI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1292336831&sr=8-1

Of course, if you’d rather nom on down to the latest Maiden release then don’t bother yourself, nothing to see here, move along.


Alt: What the fuck is wrong with B3ta these days? Loading pages etc is like trying to look at porn on dialup sometimes.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:31, 120 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

How much was the copy Monty?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:33, Reply)

Only £25, it's a reissue,
but a fucking good one on Italian meister-label Akarma. Those fuckers have reissued some rare-ass classics in recent years, such as Twink's legendary 'Think Pink' LP.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:34, Reply)

I'll see if I can hunt it out
I do like '70's rock. But stop dissing Maiden.
In terms of ear-worms last night I had 'Fish heads, fish heads, I love fish heads' going round and round purposefully put there by a friend
Alt: I think even cr3 is a bit puzzled by it
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:34, Reply)

It shouldn't be too hard to get on CD.
Perhaps the AMAZON LINK in my post might help?

I shall never stop 'dissing' 'Maiden' as long as I draw breath.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:36, Reply)

I was planning on stealing it (digitally)
I'm too broke at the moment to buy CDs.

Sometimes it's easier to hate than to love Monty :(
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:38, Reply)

*puts up the signal*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:40, Reply)

We don't need Batman
for minor crime like mine!
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:41, Reply)

It's not Batman I am summoning.
It's....DOWNLOAD-MAN!!!!


By the way I am certain all of /OT agree with you that 'it's easier to hate than to love Monty'...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:42, Reply)

That's not true at all
easy to love you Monty, but hard for you to let Bruce Dickinson into your heart
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:46, Reply)

That's about as likely as my letting that homo Jesus in.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:53, Reply)

what's dj ever done to you?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:56, Reply)

I'm just going to leave now....
*falls out of cupboard with cheap Batman suit around ankles*
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 18:40, Reply)

B3ta is terminally slow today, I even had a "Database too busy" error come up.
I wonder if "Anonymous" *cough4chancough* blame us for Wikileaks or whatnot.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:38, Reply)

It's all part of the CYBER WAR that is happening now
We're in the trenches man, not all of us are gonna make it.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:39, Reply)

On a slightly related topic
I love that newsletter link to the tumblr of Julian Assange pictures
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:40, Reply)

I bet you do...
I bet you do.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:41, Reply)

It's full of craziness

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:42, Reply)

I was you repost that this morning but haven't checked it out yet.
*goes to check it out yet*
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:42, Reply)

In English please. Noel.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:44, Reply)

I WAS YOU REPOST THAT THIS MORNING!!!!

(PsychoChomp, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:45, Reply)

Ah, I get it now.
I also was you repost this, then.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:51, Reply)

You were she reposts that this morning?

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:06, Reply)

That's what I said.
Perfect sense, right?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:10, Reply)

It's insane that he was she reposts that this morning, it makes no sense.
I mean, it'd make more sense that he were HE repost that this morning.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:16, Reply)

I know!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:19, Reply)

People these days.
How are you, Boycemaster General?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:22, Reply)

Feeling a bit fat, but OK.
I am seeing my daughter tonight, and hopefully every Tuesday night from here on. Her mother is taking up a martial arts class.

Poor ex's current man, woo for me.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:40, Reply)

That sounds excellent :)
I also am feeling pretty fat. And I'm a little sniffly too.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:46, Reply)

Is this fat-feeling catching?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 19:01, Reply)

I'm grinning like an idiot right now.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:22, Reply)

That's because you are an idiot, Noel.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:23, Reply)

Innit.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:24, Reply)

That was English, imbecile.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:59, Reply)

The words are English I suppose - I'll give you that.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:07, Reply)

*dances*

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:10, Reply)

When you're gone by Basshunter
brought about by this story www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11990845
(PsychoChomp, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:38, Reply)

Mercifully I don't know it.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:41, Reply)

There's a hot chick in the video.
Mega hot, like a curry.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:42, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=IgFwiCApH7E
(PsychoChomp, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:43, Reply)

at what age do men start to realise that there
are many other more important qualities than "hot" ?

never?

also, why isn't the "search" function working, i wanted to send someone's stories to a friend i want to set him up with, and i can't make it find them... :(
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:49, Reply)

I don't generally care how well the girls in music videos can cook.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:53, Reply)

ignoring the fact that this is faintly witty
it is also unbelievably sexist. what about the really important things like a platinum card and several holiday homes and a ferrari and a private members club and a truly massive schlong?

oh wait, those are MY priorities.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:59, Reply)

*despairs*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:13, Reply)

*smugs*

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 18:42, Reply)

TJ: Saw this and was disappointed you weren't in it
:( www.as-photography.co.uk/blog/?p=107
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:28, Reply)

Around 16, in my case.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:54, Reply)

men are capable of having different criteria for different things
women in videos, with whom you will have no interaction = better when they are hot
women with whom you will have some interaction = better if hot, but not mandatory as long as there are other good characteristics
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:57, Reply)

"Hocus Pocus" by "Focus" which was played to me by a mate in a pub (via a phone) the other day.
It's like a tour-de-force of prog-rock idioms, nary an odd box remaining unticked. Can't decide if it's genius or madness or something else entirely.

Alt: I assumed (because it seemed to start when the post number was around 995000-ish) that some code-helmet was spamming trying to get the one-millionth post, hence slowing things down like molasses in the wintertime. b3ta's still only moving as fast as an asthmatic ant with heavy shopping now though - so much for that theory ...
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:41, Reply)

I don’t like ‘Hocus Pocus’ – despite the doubtless admirable technical ability on display, it’s a bit fucking silly isn’t it?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:45, Reply)

Can't disagree. When 'Eccles' crops up on a track, it does make you wonder, doesn't it?

(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:48, Reply)

it is a bit
I have a soft spot for it though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:51, Reply)

Oh, daft as a particularly daft brush.
A harmless novelty, albeit a technically impressive one. (But then a lot of progressive rock bands have a song fitting those categories to their name...)
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:21, Reply)

That sounds fucking good
I'll definitely be checking that out.

My earworm is a mashup of Broken, Beat and Scarred by Metallica and Shout by Tears for Fears (AA you twat)

it's odd.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:43, Reply)

'Shout' by Craig G
samples that TFF tune and is one of the most innovative, trippy and downright heavy* 80s hip hop records ever recorded. I fucking LOVE IT.

It also has a superb beatbox breakdown in it, which is always, ALWAYS, a plus.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1mAqvXP3yI
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:49, Reply)

I'll check that out later on

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:55, Reply)

I'm just watching Charmed, that's over-riding any internal music
If anyone tells me off for liking Charmed they can fuck off. It's the worst thing ever but it's SPECTACULAR.

EDIT: Ok, it's Baba O'Riley. Shit TV has moved into CSI Territory.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:51, Reply)

my stupid friend
put "the bird is the word" in my head.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:54, Reply)

surfing bird
is amazing
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 16:59, Reply)

I do not understand your problem with that record.
(it's called 'Surfin' Bird' by the way)

It's a great piece of frat/surf rock - I've versions by the Trashmen and the incomparable Ramones (whose choices of cover version material were almost always fucking superb).

It contains an interpolation of The Rivingtons: "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" if you care. Which you undoubtedly do not.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:01, Reply)

because in my head
it is sung by peter griffin on "family guy" and when seth macfarlane voices peter griffin, he gives him the most annoying nasal whiny voice ever.

E V E R.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:05, Reply)

Maybe this will help break the association:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0fj5T9KjuM
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:11, Reply)

Your sig made me laugh.
Poppet was all like "WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?" when we watched that.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:30, Reply)

Did the Rivingtons not also release a single that was actually called "The Bird is the Word"?
Thus basically making Surfin' Bird a hybrid of "Bird is the Word" and "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow"?
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:30, Reply)

You may be correct in this.
EDIT Yes, you are. Your knowledge of ornithological records surpasses mine.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:33, Reply)

Poor Crow : (

( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:35, Reply)

Well, a Crow would know, eh?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:41, Reply)

Do you not think so?

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:48, Reply)

I think I may have even heard both of them
And Surfin' Bird gives them the panacea of a more frenetic musical backing and frenzied delivery, which I think does them the world of good.

...youtube comes up trumps once again:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQrQjNNZCAo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=edYQiZxyw0I&feature=related
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:36, Reply)

Both Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow and Surfin' Bird
were staples of my childhood listening thanks to my old man: I cannot recall having heard the other one although, of course, my childhood was A FUCKING LONG TIME AGO.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:38, Reply)

Talk of the devil...
Let's get The Trashmen to number one...
www.facebook.com/birdbirdbirdistheword
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 19:08, Reply)

I have no earworms at the moment.
What I do have is a cup of hot vimto and a quilt while I lay on sofa with the JeffAids.
( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:23, Reply)

HEY BGB!

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:28, Reply)

Hey spunky!
You Ok?
( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:30, Reply)

I'm hungry for love and attention, like a puppy with a renal infection.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:31, Reply)

Haha!
If you were here I would shower you with love and attention. Unfortunately I'm poorly and wanting some of my own.
( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:33, Reply)

I sympathise.
It's not the kidneys is it?
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:34, Reply)

No! I've got a cold : )

( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:34, Reply)

I hope you recover soon.
I may get to meet your cold, depending on how virulent it is.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:36, Reply)

I can usually nip these things in the bud but it kind of crept up on me.
I'll face northwards when I sneeze. You should be ok then.
( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:40, Reply)

Just don't sneeze on Poppet :)

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:43, Reply)

Oops! better not.
She'll look after me tomorrow : )
( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:46, Reply)

yes I will. :)
a good stir fry with garlic and ginger will sort you out.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 14 Dec 2010, 19:25, Reply)

love and attention urine, cos I am half-German innit?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:37, Reply)

Hahaha!
Technically I'm quarter German and Dutch.
( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:39, Reply)

In which case better take a shit too, then, eh?*


*apologies for crudity and racial sterotyping
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:44, Reply)

*laughs*
At least I'm not Jewish. Oh the fun you could have with me then.
( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:47, Reply)

I read that as 'a cup of hot vomit'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:30, Reply)

Tasty, tasty carrots.
I'm in a fucking daft mood and none of these cunts are biting.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:30, Reply)

I have noticed.

( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:31, Reply)

Work is shit and I'm still here and will be until 8pm but my brain's going "WHHHEEEEEEE!" and I haven't even had any caffeine or anything.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:32, Reply)

You have that bipolar innit.

( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:33, Reply)

It has been mooted in the past
but I spend most of my time "up" at the minute with very few lows, lots of warm fluffy stuff with occasional aggression and seal-killing, kinda like a bipolar bear.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:35, Reply)

Sounds ok to me.
Nothing wrong with feeling a bit stabby now and then.
( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:38, Reply)

More "bitey" but I hear ya sister, I hear ya.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:40, Reply)

I like bitey : )

( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:41, Reply)

OMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:43, Reply)

Best of all the rejected Seven Dwarves.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:43, Reply)

I like this.
How are you darling?
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:45, Reply)

Not bad, hot stuff.
Seeing my littleun in about an hour and I CANNOT FUCKING WAIT.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:51, Reply)

Aha, me too!
*high-fives and other such masculine nonsenses*
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:52, Reply)

*does complicated Los Angeles gang handshake*


Alt: why the fuck are you seeing my littleun? AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:55, Reply)

I'm still at work too
Not only have I got a 2 hour lunch to make up but they're digging up the road outside the business park. The lights they've put up are making everyone queue up for 7-8 minutes before changing and letting most of the traffic out - then it all builds up again. Dunno if I can be arsed to sit in a jam for 10 minutes when I could be getting paid.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:48, Reply)

This
www.youtube.com/watch?v=klK0AieoSYQ

The line 'this is where I want to be'. Hope that's true, I didn't get that job
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:52, Reply)

Unlucky.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 18:01, Reply)

did you mean the job or the music?
now I have this in my head thanks to my mate www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPFZrRD3J8
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 18:08, Reply)

As I was making toast this morning I started singing 'toaster face' to the tune of poker face.
It has stuck in my head all day.
Even half a bottle of champagne could't get it out.
:(
( wanderlust, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 17:59, Reply)

UR menkle innit.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 18:02, Reply)

menkle?
I know you're going to hate me for this but I'm now listening to east 17 to get toaster face out of my head.

Outside it's raining but inside it's wet.
( wanderlust, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 18:06, Reply)

Why, has the sprinker system been activated ?

*confused face*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 18:08, Reply)

I knew you wouldn't understand the poetry of Tony Mortimer.
And you claim to love music.
( wanderlust, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 18:10, Reply)

hahaha!
Now I have it in my head.

Can't read my
Can't read my
Toaster face!
( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 18:02, Reply)

Feeling better?
I was worried about you on Sunday, until Clendrix reminded me we'd been at a wedding the day before and you were hungover. So I ate your chips.
( wanderlust, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 18:09, Reply)

Hehehe!
Fuck knows what happended Sunday but I've never been hungover and felt like that before.

I'm crap aren't I : (
( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 18:11, Reply)

you needed a big
delivery of MTFU. Or sleep. Either one
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 18:15, Reply)

Weird stuff like that happens to me now and again.
I remember once years ago, having a bad turn and thinking I was going to die. I just layed on the bed waiting to cark it and eventually I think I just fell asleep and woke up fine. I know it wasn't a panic attack because I've had them and this was different. Never called an ambulance or anything which in hindsight was a bit strange.
( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 18:22, Reply)

perhaps you should maybe
get that seen to, you know, just in case?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 18:30, Reply)

No you're not!
(well, maybe a little but I still love you)
( wanderlust, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 18:27, Reply)

There's a bus stop near me called Bowyer Place
Bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bowyer place
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 18:03, Reply)

well be thankful it isn't
'My name is Squiglet. I love to draw: A dog (Woof, woof) A cat (Miaow) A mouse (Squeak!). And a whole lot moooooore'

God help me, I may kill again if I cannot shift this.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 18:06, Reply)

it sounds quality

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 18:10, Reply)