26 January 2002
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26 January 2002 is a run-of-the mill Series 1 episode of the XFM Radio Show. With chat covering usual topics such as Steve's frugality, Karl's oddity and Ricky's laziness, as well as stories and facts hiting at both Monkey News and Educating Ricky.
Track Listing
1. Intro (mm:ss)
Ricky starts the show with a botched introduction of Steve. Steve compares Ricky's posture to that of a smacked out John Lennon recording 'Let It Be'.
2. Steve's Playstation 2 (00:01:27)
After last week's show Steve spent one and a half hours shopping for a Playstation 2. After eventually buying one from Virgin Megastore after thinking he had secured a bargin, he spots a PS2 twenty pounds cheaper at HMV. Ricky then tells the story of how Steve lost twenty pounds at the casino.
The Avalanches - Frontier Psychatrist (00:03:50)
3. Getting Karl Naked (00:04:15)
It's a miserable day in London and Karl came into the studio all wet. Steve and Ricky tried to convince Karl to take his pants off to do the show. Ricky suggests Karl looks like Beaker from the Muppets.
4. Karl's Thought For The Day (00:06:15)
Because it's a grim day, Karl thought that dying today would be a bit more annoying than dying on a sunny day.
Mull Historical Society - Watching Xanadu (00:07:48)
5. Ricky & Steve FM / Lets Have Thoughts (00:08:19)
Ricky suggests 'Ricky & Steve FM' which would be 24 hours of "chat". They agree the concept would be boring after one and a half hours. The concept evolves into a show called "Lets Have Thoughts", where they would discuss uplifting thoughts and the thought process.
6. Undergroud Escalators (00:09:36)
In a precursor to Educating Ricky, Karl asks Ricky & Steve if they know how much it costs to run an escalator on the Tube for 20 hours a day. Ricky thinks this is turning into mental home radio.
That Film Sounds Good (Rushmore) : Cat Stevens - The Wind (00:11:48)
Conversation turns to the movies Rushmore, Swingers, Made and Jerry Macguire before Karl tells us finally that it costs 60,000 pounds to run an escalator on the Tube for 20 hours each day for a year.
Radiohead - Karma Police (00:14:17) Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (00:14:27)
7. Have You Ever Used A Y-Front Properly? (00:14:36)
During the break Karl asked Ricky if he had ever used a Y-Front properly, the boys agree no one does. Ricky discusses his love of elasicated waistbands.
8. Babboon Waiters (00:17:16)
Unusually it is Steve who has brought the facts and trivia to the show in the form of a book edited by Sir Isaac Azermof. The first fact is about how in ancient times Babboons were once trained to wait tables. Not only does Karl think this is brilliant, but Steve and Ricky as well.
9. Shaving A Tiger (00:19:28)
Karl says that if you shave a tiger it's skin will be stripey underneath. Ricky also chimes in that a polar bear's skin is actually black and its fur is infact translucent.
P.O.D - Alive (00:21:10)
10. American Facts (00:21:15)
A fact from Steve's book about the kicking of Datsuns in America during World War II, but Ricky remembers that Napolean invented baguets to put down his pants. According to the book it is illegal to thretan a butterfly in California.
Song For The Lovers: Lloyd Cole - Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken (00:24:35)
11. Criminal Masterminds (00:21:15)
After reading President McKinley was killed by a man hiding a gun with a hankerchief, Steve thinks he has the perfect way to kill somone involving an ice arrow. Karl agrees ice is the way to do it, but in the form of melting ice cubes in poison.
The Roots - Manouver (00:30:48)
12. Americanisms (00:31:00)
Ricky and Steve's pet hate is apparently people using Americanisms such as "ass" and "butt lickey". Ricky tells the story of how at school he pretended to pronounce the word "tube" differently to try and impress an American.
13. Karl's Trip To Barbados & Tales Of Previous Journeys(00:34:00)
Karl was aggrivated by Americans referring to "September Elven" as "Nine Eleven" when he was in Barbados over Christmas. He sports a hillarious American accent. He then moves on to when he was eating in a steakhouse in Florida and couldn't afford a big tip so left the equivelant of 60 pence, on the way out the waiter gave Karl his tip back as it wasn't enough.
Richard X vs The Sugababes - Are Freaks Electric (00:37:24)
Karl tells how he spent the last three days of his trip throwing sand at crabs to try and confuse them when trapped between the ocean and the aforementioned sand. Ricky then wraps up the segment telling how he kept a crab for a week on holiday when he was nine.
The Electric Soft Parade - Silent To The Dark (00:41:34)
14. Show End(00:42:15)
Ricky ends the show by retelling a tip Karl told him during the break. Karl thinks that if you are going to go on the Mellenium Wheel go when there are a lot of disableds because you get more for your money with them getting on and off.
Lamb Chops - Up With People (00:43:15)
Quotes
Ricky: The ice arrow is the only way of assasination. (0:29:15) Karl: Nah not at all. Get on my nerves. (0:33:50) (In response to being asked if he would like to be American.) Karl: It's like really close to America. Like Blackpool is to Manchester. (0:34:25) (On Barbados)
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