12 July 2003/Transcript

This is a transcription of the 12 July 2003 episode, from Xfm Series 2

I'd Turn Off Today, Because There's Nothing

Ricky: Okay lets have a great show everyone. Good luck.

Steve: Oh yeah. Good luck.

Ricky: Um..right, that was Jane’s Addiction, Just Because on XFM 104.9. Right. Everybody up, lets give ‘em a great show, yeah. Two hours of like fun chat. Lets keep it, you know, lets keep it cutting edge. That’s not gonna be too hard. I mean that’s what the listeners of XFM would….oh no it isn’t is it. No, because, hold on wait a minute because we came in yesterday and did this little skit didn’t we, where we bleeped it out…..

Steve: We did a little sketch. It was quite annoying, it was quite controversial.

Ricky: …And then Karl called me last night and we’re not allowed to play it out ‘cause Andr….

{{Steve|Oh we’ve been censored?

Ricky: Yeah. Uh…

Steve: Interesting. Interesting. So it’s a cutting edge alternative station, wants to push the boundaries, wants to be thought of as rock and roll, a bit punk, a bit punk rock….

Ricky: Yeah..Yeah..

Steve: …but we’re not allowed to play that stuff.

Ricky: ’cause I um, uh I said something about the radio authority. I bleeped it out, what I called them….

Steve: Sure. Yeah.

Ricky: …but uh couldn’t do it. Done it before.

Steve: Sensored. Sensored

Ricky:

Couldn’t do it. Karl agrees though. What’s your thoughts Karl? You agree with that?

Karl:

Yeah, I agree. Yeah.

Ricky: Why?

Karl: Well, what’s the point?

Ricky: Well it was funny wasn’t it? And it wasn’t offensive to anyone.

Karl: Not…not really. It’s not some of the best stuff that would have ever gone out on this show but you know…

Steve: Right, what are you putting it up against exactly?…

‘’’’’Ricky laughs’’’’’

Steve: …Cheeky Freak of the Week?

Karl: Well that..that springs to mind.

Ricky: Yeah.

Steve:

And Rockbusters?

Karl: Yeah.

Ricky: But I mean the thing is you know the things that you have put out there, I mean we better be really careful. He was worried about complaints. I mean it’s not just swearing is it. It’s taste and decency and everything…

Karl: Well yeah.

Ricky: …so we can’t, we can’t laugh about the disabled anymore…

Karl: No.

Ricky: …in the Cheeky Freak of the Week. Uh..can’t do stories about elderly relatives with genitals looking like a split tennis ball…

Karl: That’s right.

Ricky: ..um. Can’t do your bad dad puttin’ a child with learning difficulties in a bin. So, well should we just play music.

Steve: I think that’s all this is gonna have to be. Yeah.

Ricky: Play a record.