17 January 2004

Xfm Series 3 November 2003 - January 2004 List of episodes

Episodes: 01 November 2003 08 November 2003 (Transcript) 15 November 2003 (Transcript) 22 November 2003 (Transcript) 29 November 2003 (Transcript) 06 December 2003 (Transcript) 13 December 2003 20 December 2003 27 December 2003 ('Best of') 03 January 2004 (Transcript) 10 January 2004 17 January 2004 (Transcript)

17 January 2004 was the twelfth and final episode of Xfm Series 3.

Track Listing

"I've Never Kept a Diary"

Ricky relays a bit of conversation they had when Ricky came in that morning. Karl wanted to know if Ricky had seen "that Alan Clark Diaries" because, as Karl concludes, keeping a diary will always get you into trouble. Ricky mentions Anne Frank and Karl inquires "the woman in the cupboard?". After Steve and Ricky force Karl to confess his ignorance on air, they explain a little more about who she was but Karl still doesn't think much of Anne (Karl is on a first-name basis with her) as she got caught. For once, Karl is right when he decides to leave it because it might be dodgy material. Karl continues his thoughts on diaries, and Steve and Ricky conjecture what Karl's diary might be like, mentioning his Dave Hill from Slade comment about Suzanne's haircut. Karl concludes that diaries were a way to pass the time in prior generations but has now been replaced by modern devices like the iPod. Ricky suggests "The iPod of Anne Frank".

"Proclaimers"

Matt Lucas of television series "Little Britain" fame is listening in; Lucas spoke with Ricky earlier and revealed that his favorite band is The Proclaimers. Ricky and Steve are both stunned that anyone could be enthused about the band, citing their singing in Scottish accents as their best feature.

"On Hubbard: Debunking Nursery Rhymes"

Reminded of cupboards, Ricky Mother Hubbard's ryhme is explored by ricky and steve who think it's perhaps based up on a lonely old woman's difficulties. Ricky pukes up some of his "weak observations, poorly performed" on Humpty dumpty, and reaches a hand out to the audience to ask where it comes from, which is most likely about a cannon that fell off a wall.

This is followed by a bit of Jimmy Webb, namely the track "Galveston".

Ricky slags off the dog in the mother hubbard ryhme becaue of it's pipe smoking ability and it's dancing, and delivers a shocker in the form of the dog sucking on a choc ice, which is fine.

Quotes

Ricky: Tell us everything you know about Anne Frank. Karl: Uh.... she was in a cupboard. Ricky: (laughing) Yeah. What else? Karl: If she didn't do that, I wouldn't known about her, seriously. That's all I know about her.

Ricky: She wasn't in a cupboard; she was in an attic. Karl: Alright.... so what was she doing? ""Steve:"" Tidying up. ""Ricky:"" She was hiding from the Nazis. ""Karl:"" But isn't that the first place they'd look? Sort of... work from the top down.

""Steve:""The thing with Hubbard is - funny you just briefly mentioned Hubbard...

Playlist

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Fortune Faded
The Thorns - I Can't Remember
Travis - Writing to Reach You
Delays - Long Time Coming
Jimmy Webb - Galveston
Faith No More - I'm Easy (Cover)
Coldplay - Warning Sign
Ash - Burn Baby Burn
Ryan Adams - So Alive
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
Kings of Leon - California Waiting
The Cure - Pictures of You
Aimee Mann - Red Vines

External Links

• More info on this episode from Xfm.co.uk