Dicks & Janes Podcast #22

Ya, more of the same old shit - this crazy Scarborough Dude ranting on about everything from the birth of the universe to
Canadian history, and then some! Try this, and the go back for more eh! Seriously, try some earlier ones - if you don't, who will eh?

Music:
Fujiyama Mama - Wanda Jackson - Atomic Platters: Cold War Music from the Golden Age of Homeland Security
Another Lost Summer - Blanche - Uncut Best Of 2004 - New Albums
'Till Good Luck Comes My Way - Ensemble - Show Boat - 1994 Broadway Revival
Jesus Hits Like an Atom Bomb - Lowell Blanchard and the Valley Trio - Atomic Platters
The Best Way To Travel - The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord

Dicks & Janes Podcast #21

Join the Scarborough Dude and his entourage on this historic journey through Ontario and Quebec, fueled by local microbreweries and fine dining.

Music:
Old Admirals - Al Stewart - Past, Present & Future
Anti-Fenian Song - Upper Canada Village - 1866 Music Of Canada West

Dicks & Janes Podcast #20

The Scarborough Dude leaves Scarborough behind and heads off for what he pretends is work.

Music
About Today - The National - Uncut Americana 2004
Here I Am - Emmylou Harris - Uncut - Best of 2003
Oh - Kevin Tihista's Red Terror - Uncut Best Of 2004
Coyote Dance - Robbie Robertson - O Canada

Dicks & Janes Podcast #19

More of the usual screw ups. Just listen eh...

Music:
On An Evening In Roma - Dean Martin - The Greatest Hits of...
Click Song (Quongqothwane) - Miriam Makeba - The Definitive Collection
Mambo Jesu - Juba - Mafaro
Standing On The Corner - Dean Martin - The Greatest Hits of...

Dicks & Janes Podcast #18

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Musings from the Scarborough Civic Center, followed by beer and Zen, with some great 60s music tossed into the mix. Try it, you'll like it!

Music:
Country Comforts - Rod Stewart - The Best of...
Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles - Revolver
Floating - The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children
4th Time Around - Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
Flying - John Baldry - It Ain't Easy

(required reading for dicksnjanes podacst #18)

Tomorrow Never Knows
(Lennon/McCartney)

Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream
It is not dying, it is not dying

Lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void
It is shining, it is shining

Yet you may see the meaning of within
It is being, it is being

Love is all and love is everyone
It is knowing, it is knowing

And ignorance and hate mourn the dead
It is believing, it is believing

But listen to the colour of your dreams
It is not leaving, it is not leaving

So play the game "Existence" to the end
Of the beginning, of the beginning
Of the beginning, of the beginning
Of the beginning, of the beginning
Of the beginning, of the beginning

Dicks&Janes Podcast #17

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Who am I kidding! No more false humility! These are amongst the best fucken podcasts out there, and if you don't know that by now, go listen to someone else eh! Listeners! We don't need no stinkin' listeners!

Music:
69 Annee Erotique - Serge Gainsbourg - Gainbourg Forever
Over The Rainbow - Red Garland - Sunday Morning Jazz
Within You Without You - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Speaking In Tongues - Sheila Chandra
A House Is Not a Motel - Love - Forever Changes
Om - The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord

Dicks&Janes Podcast#16

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Seemingly more confused than ever, the Scarborough Dude, as always, unloads whatever is on his mind, dragging the listener from a bar to the Molson Indy and back to the suburbs where he throws a little music and Zen into the crazy mix.

Music:
Stand Up - Kyprios - Peace Songs
We Are Nowhere and It's Now - Bright Eyes With Emmylou Harris - Uncut: New Music for 2005
I Know There's An Answer - Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart - The Best of...
Ca Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand - Plastic Bertrand (Greatest Hits)
Along The Navajo Trail - Roy Rogers - The Best of...

Dudenkoph!

While reading thru 'What They Didn't Teach You About The 60s' (Mike Wright, Presidio Press, 2001), I was surprised to find the following passage:

"Dude," which had come into fashion in the eighteen hundreds' Wild West, actually came from the German word dudenkoph, which means "lazy fellow" or "lazy head." In the 1960s some hippies believed it wasd impolite to call blacks "spades," so they came to be called "dudes." Today, any cat can be a dude if he works at it hard enough.

My thanks to Bob of the Bob & AJ show for giving me the moniker - it seems to fit, especially the lazy part...

Dicks&Janes Podcast#15

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The Scarborough Dude makes an honest attempt to welcome his American cousins on this joint holiday weekend, but gets sidetracked by war, civil rights, assasinations, etc., and rants on instead in praise of Canada (except for Alberta). Ends on an up-Beat note, so have a listen eh.

Music:
One - Jarvis Church featuring K'naan - Peace Songs 1
Hum Bom - Allen Ginsberg - Holy Soul Jelly Roll
Don't Drop That Bomb On Me - Bryan Adams - Peace Songs 2
Readings From "On The Road" And "Visions Of Cody" - Jack Kerouac - Poetry For The Beat Generation

Dicks&Janes Podcast#14

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If you're a first time listener, skip this dud and go back a few. For the faithful few, this was a bit constipated, but thanks for keeping me awake on the drive back from Sandbanks to Toronto. A few more unpleasant stories on life and death, but what the hell, ya can't win 'em all...

Music:
North To Alaska - Johnny Horton

Dicks&Janes Podcast#13

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Believe it or not, the Scarborough Dude shares the stories of his three encounters with real ghosts on this 13th episode, spirits he met in Alaska, Nigeria and Japan. And to further destroy his credability, he even talks about the time he experienced astral travel in Point St. Charles, but chickened out. Oh ya, and some stuff on fatherhood too.

Music:
Is Anybody Out There- Pink Floyd - The Wall
Brilliant Adventure - David Bowie - Hours
Flying - The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour

More Photos of Japan

I'm such a dog! A few compliments, and next thing ya know, I'm putting up another page of photos for all you kind listeners/viewers out there! Hope you like at least some of them... But even if you don't it's okay - cuz I do.

Dicks&Janes Podcast#12

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At last, the end of the Japan podcasts! Starts off in a Tokyo bar, continues drinking throughout, ends with some thoughts on zen, and a lot of dining and whining in between. Some soundseeing around Tokyo (check for more photos).

Music:
Along the Navajo Trail - Roy Rogers

Photos from Japan

Well, thanks to even just that little bit of encouragement from Chris over at Molar Radio - I decided to forget about planning for this afternoons' very important meeting (dam it!) and put up some photos. You can see them at:

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Dicks&Janes Podcast#11

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If you've listened to any previous dicksnjanes podcasts, you should know by now whether or not this is your cup of tea, and if it isn't, please don't waste any more of your time. If you're still with me, my advice is to break this last one into bite size pieces, stopping for a break when you've had enuf rather than zapping forward looking for the good parts - cuz you won't find them. Then come back for more if/when you're ready. It does end on a happy note...

Music:
For All We Know - Chet Baker - Sunday Morning Jazz

Promo for Tod

Listen here, pal!

Here's the DicksnJanes promo made for Tod Maffin at his request that's not very likely to ever get played on CBC, but what the hell, you can hear it here eh.

BTW, still in Tokyo, still enjoying every day, every meal, every drink, and podcast #11 is finished but I'm not giving it to you until the weekend, so there.

Dicks&Janes Podcast#10

Back to back podcasts from Tokyo! Join the Scarborough Dude as he gets lost on his first morning, and spends the rest of the day trying to find himself, almost succeeding. Join him for a few beer and find out what brought him there in the first place...

Still no music. BTW, if this is your first time to listen to Dicks&Janes, please go back and choose a different episode.

Dicks&Janes Podcast#9

Well you get what you pay for eh! Shitty sound quality, but hey, for you it's a free trip to Japan, so join the Scarborough Dude as he tries to figure out why he's there...

Sorry, no music, for this or the next one either... Ya wanna complain? Leave a comment...

Off to Takemi's...

Messin with 'em still - Podcast #9, live (well almost) from Tokyo is done, just needs a quick tune up, and #10 is coming along fast. Hope to have them both up within 48 hours - would be sooner but decided to head off to Yokohama's Chinatown this rainy Saturady night- sorry. Great to know there are actually some real listeners out there now - wow! Feedback always appreciated eh...

Dicks&Janes Podcast#8

Forced myself to take care of some business before posting this one - hope it's worth the effort. A little of this, a little of that, some talk, some tunes - all Canadian, BTW - so just listen eh...

The tunes...
Home - Stephen Fearing - O Canada
Gymnopedie No. 1 - Erik Satie - free with Post Cereal (background)
Children Of The World - Willie Dunn - Here And Now (Disc 1)
Malaria - Michael Ferguson - courtesy of the artist
Liquor & Whores - Bubbles - The Trailer Park Boys
Voyageur - Bill Hilly Band - O Canada
L'eau Et Le Vent - Danielle Martineau - Here And Now (Disc 1)