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Please welcome to the stage... Ricky, Steve and Karl. The lads discuss rubbish band names, big-headed lads and feng shui.

==Track Listing==
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====1. [[16 February 2002/Transcript#I Scored Once|I Scored Once]] ''(0:00:00)''====
Ricky messes up the intro and then tells a story about putting a bin on Karl's head. Karl tells about the only goal he had ever scored while on the school football team, and how it was caused by being chased by a bee.

====2. [[16 February 2002/Transcript#Ladies And Gentlemen Please Welcome To The Stage...|Ladies And Gentlemen Please Welcome To The Stage...]] ''(0:05:35)''====
Steve clears up the misconception that he and [[Mackenzie Crook]] are the same person. Steve then introduces the test to see whether or not bands will be able to make it big: [[The Stadium Test]].

====3. [[16 February 2002/Transcript#We Know What We Like|We Know What We Like]] ''(0:09:30)''====
Ricky and Steve test band names from the NME and listener emails. After, they talk about The Scaffold and its family ties with Paul McCartney.

====4. [[16 February 2002/Transcript#Ironic Band Names|Ironic Band Names]] ''(0:15:15)''====
Karl feels it would be all right to die in good weather such as it was that day. Ricky and Steve discuss and test ironic band names. Karl introduces his theory [[Gays Go Out Too Late]] for the first time.

====5. [[16 February 2002/Transcript#White Van Karl|White Van Karl]] ''(0:21:05)''====
Steve asks Karl the questions from the "White Van Man" column in [[The Sun]]. It is the first installment of what would become a regular feature on the show, [[White Van Karl]].

====6. [[16 February 2002/Transcript#Not Even Welephant Was Elephantastic|Not Even Welephant Was Elephantastic]] ''(0:27:21)''====
Ricky and Steve complain about the state of Xfm, and then proceed to give away a signed board game called [[Doh Nutters]].

====7. [[16 February 2002/Transcript#A Couple Of Lads At Our School Had Really Big Heads|A Couple Of Lads At Our School Had Really Big Heads]] ''(0:33:25)''====
Ricky and Steve reveal the winner of Doh Nutters and Karl talks about the two lads with big heads and webbed fingers from his childhood.

====8. [[16 February 2002/Transcript#Think Before You Place Your Frog|Think Before You Place Your Frog]] ''(0:37:21)''====
Ricky and Steve discuss feng shui. Karl talks about [[Karl's Brother|his brother]] a bit, as well as the reason he thinks feng shui has some credibility.

====9. [[16 February 2002/Transcript#It's The Methane|It's The Methane]] ''(0:41:54)''====
Karl talks about the Bermuda Triangle and the [http://overnightessay.com/blog/2010/05/20/the-mystery-of-the-loch-ness-monster-is-absolutely-exposed/ Loch Ness Monster]. He also queries which lake the Loch Ness Monster is supposed to live in.

====10. [[16 February 2002/Transcript#I Seem To Have Lost My Way|I Seem To Have Lost My Way]] ''(0:46:30)''====
Ricky pokes fun at Karl's previous question about the Loch Ness Monster. Karl's brother is brought up again.

==Quotes==
'''Ricky:''' He's got to write a book, this bloke. You have got to write a book, Karl.<br />
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'''Ricky:''' When did it sting you?<br />
'''Karl:''' When I was playing football.<br />
'''Ricky:''' No. Listen Karl what I mean is, at what point in this story did the bee sting you? Straight away?<br />
'''Karl:''' After half-time.<br /><br>
'''Steve:''' What is your view, Karl, on New York’s former mayor becoming Sir Rudy Giuliani? Sir Rudy Giuliani.<br>
'''Karl:'''  Is he happy with it?<br>
'''Steve:''' He appears to be pleased with it.<br>
'''Karl:'''  Let it go ahead.<br>

==Playlist==
Athlete - ''Westside''<br />
Depeche Mode - ''I Feel Loved''<br />
Hundred Reasons - ''If I Could''<br />
Beck - ''Loser''<br />
Dandy Warhols - ''Get Off''<br />
[[Song For The Lovers]]: Rod Stewart - ''The First Cut Is The Deepest''<br />
Air - ''Don't Be Light''<br />
Sugar - ''Hoover Dam''<br />
[[The White Stripes]] - ''Fell In Love With A Girl''<br />
Mark B and Blade vs Britney Spears - ''The Unknown, Baby (One More Time)''<br />
Pharoahe Monch - ''Got Ya''<br />
Clinic - ''Walking With Thee''<br />
The Beatles - ''Long And Winding Road''<br />
The Sugababes - ''Are Freaks Electric?''<br />
Muse - ''Plug In Baby''<br />

==Download==
[[Download:Xfm#16_February_2002|Download Page]]

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