We haven't had any music for awhile, so I figured...

How about a dog with 3 legs but two tails?  Wait, that don't make no sense. 

How about a new twist to an old classic?  This was our first take, and I forgot a verse.  Oops.  We plan to do a multiple track recording of this, and actually recorded voice and instrument separately, but this particular recording was just done with iTalk (a mic for iPods).  John Marrese a.k.a. Momiji (I think that's the name he's going to go with for our collaborations) is on the violin.  Roberto El Gringo on vocals.

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Tags:  NFTOS, The Trenchparrots, music, song, download, cover, iTalk, iPod

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NEWS FLASH!  Lance Armstrong breaks his collarbone in La Vuelta a Castilla y León. (see Cycling News link below for video)

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/mar09/mar23news3

In this podcast Hans and Rob give bicycle shopping advice to listener and NFTOS contributor Jarrod in Australia.  We listen to some tunes and watch some cycling videos and give our expert (*cough*) commentary.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Alberto Contador, Lance Armstrong, Jesús Hernández, Levi Leipheimer) ride into La Vuelta a Castilla y León as the obvious favorites.

The Midi Libre is the Tour de France warm-up race that was slipping my mind.

Approximately 47 minutes in length.

Photo on the right:  Rob cycles on a free 'rental bike' in Nagano Prefecture over the weekend.

Today's video:  1985 World Road Race Championships won by Joop Zoetemelk at age 38.



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Tags:  NFTOS, Hans, Rob, el gringo, WBC, World Baseball Classic, Milano-Sanremo, Milan, San Remo, Italy, Spring Classics, cycling, velo, cyclisme, ciclismo, bicycle, racing, Mark Cavendish, Thor Hushovd, Heinrich Haussler, George Hincapie, Tom Boonen, cramps, Alberto Contador, Paris-Nice, Tirreno Adriatico, lead out, domestique, Allan Davis, Petacchi, Cipressa, Poggio, climb, Lance Armstrong, cool down, Dauphine Libere, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Andreas Kloden, Colom, Frank Schleck, Sanchez, Operacion Puerto, suspect, Michele Scarponi, Bradkovic (sp?), Castilla y León, Rebellin, Simoni, Oil for Drugs, Garzelli, Ryder Hejsdal, Tyler Farrar, Tyler Hamilton, bronchitis, Rudy Pevenege, Swiss cowbell, blood doping, Tinkoff Credit Systems, bad haircut, 1985 World Championships, Greg LeMond, Joop Zoetemelk, Moreno Argentin, Claudio Chiappucci, Mark Gorski, Tour de France, Winning Magazine, Stephen Roche, Dutch, Giro d'Italia, Tour de Suisse, Tyler Farrar, Stuart O'Grady, David Millar, broken collarbone, HTFU, Criterium International, Sean Yates, Ekimov, Tour of Flanders, Midi Libre, Austrian doping, K, Paris-Roubaix, Melbourne, Australia, Hagerstown, Maryland, Nagano, Sangenjaya, Tokyo, Japan

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Spotted this one in Nagano over the weekend.  A 'snack' is a type of Japanese bar where the regulars have a 'keep bottle' on the wall with their name on it.  They are usually small, dark and full of cigarette smoke.  You go there, not so much to meet new people, but to hang out with the owner and/or their staff members who light your cigarette, pour your drinks and provide witty conversation at the end of a long day.  See 1.1.1 Snack bars:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostess_club#Snack_bars

Notes to be edited:

Chihiro art museum
http://chihiro.jp/ in Japan or http://www.chihiro.jp/global/ outside of Japan.

Onsen / Sento / Beer / Sumo

World Baseball Classic - USA 4, Japan 9
http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/schedule/brackets.jsp

7-Eleven, McDonald's sponsoring

Facebook:  Osaka hipsters, Brasil groups

Shout outs:

Deep Creative Collective - New mix from Neville C.
http://www.deepcratecollective.com/

Gadgets
http://gadgets.coolerthanthou.net/

Dating in Japan - Foreigner Fever
http://dating-japan.com/

Domesticated Bachelor
http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/

Tags:  NFTOS, WBC, World Baseball Classic, J-League, Sumo, onsen, Korea, vs, Japan,

Vidoe 1: The 1977 Milano-San Remo set to disco. You gotta watch this one!

Video 2: This 300 km race ends in a photo finish and a crash!

The 100th edition of this classic, which the Italian fans refer to as 'La Primavera,' takes place this Saturday. I was lucky enough to see Sean Kelly cross the line first in front of some very disappointed fans who had pre-selected their hero Moreno Argentin to win it. This was way back in 1992...

Posted by Rob.

More M-SR links: CyclingNews.com, VeloNews.com, PezCyclingNews.com, Steephill.tv.

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The latest Malty Media Show (Mistakes) is up and available for download.  Here's the playlist:

Nik Kershaw	Wouldn't It Be Good	1984
Neil Young	Computer Age	1981
Queen	In The Space Capsule (The Love Theme)	1981
Pierre Omaar	Sometimes	2005
William Shatner	Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds	1968
Bread	Make It With You	1970
David Byrne & Brian Eno	Mea Culpa	1981
Sugar Minott	Oh Mr DC	1979
Kraftwerk	Tongebirge	1973
	Australian Blue Stratos ad	1983
Thomas Fehlmann	Little Bighorn (Liegend)	2007
Tycoon To$h	Dolphin	2008
Valentina Hasan	Ken Lee	2008
Unagi Patrol	A Quick Drink	2001
Malty Media	Munch Bunch Thoroughly Plowed	2009
New Order	Every Little Counts	1986
Jean Michel Jarre	Equinoxe IV	1978
Montano	Sun 6 (Remix)	2009
Oval	Textuell	1996
A Guy Called Gerald	Voodoo Ray	1987
David Tua / Phil Leishman	“O For Awesome" moment on Wheel of Fortune	1980s?
Jet Jaguar	Unco Drummer	2005
	Department of Health Noise Warning	1996
Aquaboogie	Korton Call	2009
Malty Media	Hilbert Space	2009
Kelley Polar	Matter Into Energy	2005
OMD	Radiowaves	1983
Holger Czukay	Traum Mal Wieder	1984
Malty Media	Failblog.com Follies	2009
Group Five	A Go Go	2008

 
I also strongly suggest you check out (Japan) while you're at it.  They have collected some very obscure and unique tunes as well as sound samples from the streets and railways of Tokyo.

Photo:  'Mischief,' from the Japan show blog page.

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Introducing SUV!

Rough playlist, to be edited:
Hans DJs and MCs.
White Day - wiki link?
Tirreno Adriatico, Tyler Farrar - Slipstream Chipotle
Wayland Jennings, Wille Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristopherson - wiki link?
Tomac, Roll
Salt Lake City - Utah Liquor laws, pub membership - wiki link?
LDS, LSD, Mormons
1844 Link?
Horumon Yaki, I Like Meat video
Karaoke
Sweater song
Wedding
Happy Mondays - 24-hour party people
Ladies' only train car
29:30 - Dingleberry Fiesta
Urban Dictionary
Allergies, pollen count in Japan
Are Hans and Suv global warming non-believers?
BMX, Sears story, double basket bikes
37:30 - Distractions
Hans' Korean fajita recipe
Suveen introduces 'White Day' and 'Black Day'

Photo:  The old clunker which was mentioned in the podcast, found on the back streets of Sangenjaya, Tokyo.

Posted by Rob.

Tags:  Allergies, pollen count, global warming, skeptics, skeptical, non-believer, Hagerstown, Baltimore, Maryland, Tokyo, Japan

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Lots of notes and links coming soon!

Photo from Haqq's mixi.jp blog.

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Tags:  Tags:  Abdul Qadim Haqq, Third Earth Visual Arts, Buzz Goree, James Pennington, Suburban Knight, Superbad Midi Breaks, Seaholm, hunting, guitar solo, day job, Denny's, 4:00 a.m., Ted Nugent, Eminem, U2, Morrissey, Damn Yankees, Motor City, Scratch Fever, East Lansing, Detroit, Eight Mile, Michigan, Underground Resistance, Bar Bonobo, Shibuya, Sangenjaya, Tokyo, Japan

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I'm listening to the recent (Summer) radio show from Malty Media.  It was Summer there, and although the feeling may linger, it will be gone soon, if I recall from my fading memories of last year in Auckland.*

Here's the playlist:

Aquaboogie	Brown Lawn	2008
	Couple dancing at the Summer Palace, Beijing / Countryside ambience from Belgium	2006 / 2006
Sun Electric	In Vitro	1996
Aphex Twin	Ageispolis	1992
The High Llamas	Homespin Rerun (Cornelius Remix)	1998
Cocteau Twins	Feet Like Fins	1986
Miles Davis	Concierto De Aranjuez	1967
Aquaboogie / Group Five / Steve Satori / Janet H. / B. Dickinson	Aquaboogie rearrangement of Group Five's remix of Steve Satori's The Experiment based on a suggestion by Janet (feat Bruce Dickinson)	1998 / 2008 / 2009
Holden	10101	2007
Autechre	Silverside	1994
	Summer festival in Shimla, India	2008
Datsun Stereo	Rubini	2003
Unitone Hifi	Killer B	1996
The Cure	Harold & Joe	1990
Hu Vibrational	Transformation	2002
	Pontian Traditional Lyra Kemenche at the Protochori Summer Festivals 2008	2008
Malty Media / AC/DC / RHumphries @ FreeSound	Thunderous Truck	1990 / 2005 / 2009
Spiritualized	Shine A Light	1992
The Phoenix Foundation	St Kevin	2003
The Moody Blues	Nights In White Satin	1967
Aquaboogie	As yet untitled	2009
Jon Brion	Bookstore	2004
Koushik	Ride It Out	2005
Nightmares On Wax	A Night's Interlude	1996
Aquaboogie	As yet untitled	2009
Jet Jaguar	I've Got A Fist of Pure Emotion	2003

Their next show, (Mistakes) is coming up in a little less than 24 hours, at 21:00 their time zone, Tuesday evening, 17 March in Wellington.  There's even a link to a local time zone finder on their site, just in case you are globally-challenged.  Why, those clever Kiwis!

*(I've entirely missed both the Northern and Southern hemispheres' most recent Summers, and will completely lose my mind if I miss another one wherever it may be!)

Photo from their blog page.

Posted by Rob.

Tags:  NFTOS, Malty Media, Jet Jaguar, Aquaboogie, Angry Rabbit, internet radio, streaming, Kiwi, Wellington, New Zealand

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Saturday, 14 March 2009 in Yokosuka, Japan.

2000 yen w/ 1 drink
For a map and more details, check out
http://www.sickyokosuka.com/

More links:


Posted by Rob.

Tags:  NFTOS, UR, Underground Resistance, Detroit, techno, house, electro, electronic, electronica, music, live painting, art, party, Kanagawa, Japan

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From bicycle racing on the windswept countryside of central France to the murky canals of downtown Osaka, where an ancient statue has been hauled up and a curse has perhaps been lifted.

Featured YouTube video:  'Colorado' by Fussible (Nortec Collective).

Posted by Rob.

Tags:  NFTOS, Wouter Weylandt, Colonel Sanders, the curse

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This just in from the ever vigilant Stone River:

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090311a3.html

Please allow me to remind you that the Colonel is full always of spice!

Photos used without permission.  We'll take it down, if threatened.

Posted by Rob.

Tags:  NFTOS, KFC, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Colonel Sanders, Randy Bass, Hanshin Tigers, Central League, the curse, Kansai, Osaka, Doutonbori, canal, finger licken'

Hi!  There will be more notes coming here soon, after I've given the recording a listen.

Photo by Simon Lucas.

Posted by Rob.

Tags:  NFTOS, audio, blog, podcast, Rob, El Gringo, Haqq, World Series, WBC, baseball, beer, soccer, football, Kirin, Brains, David Beckham, DJ, FLO-Union, The Pink Cow, life in Japan, Shibuya, Setagaya, Sangenjaya, Tokyo, Japan

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The latest Headstand is available to stream/download now from headstand.209radio.co.uk Featuring all this music and spoken word a lot of it made/recommended by members of this group. If you're interested in contributing to future shows please contact me.

-Patrick

Lion Rock - Fire Up The Shoe Saw
Beth Anderson - Ocean Motion Mildew Mind
Twink - Not enough Crayons for everyone
Geoff Coombe - Horace Odes book 3 verse 29
Nick Dominguez - Wish you were here
Keith Dersley - Rough Shoes
Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip and De La Sol - Thou Shalt Always Kill (Playdoe and DJ Fuck Remix)
The Watanabes - Love Princess*
Bo-Peep - Dancing, The People
Death From Above 1979 - blood on our hands (justice remix)
Massilia Sound System - Jovent*
George Szirtes - Water
The Fall - Frightened
Alex Iamb - Welcome to Facebook
The Kropotkins - Crazy Hannah
David Thomas and the Pedestrians - Enthusiastic
OOIOO - IOA
Peter Blegvad & Andy Partridge - Savannah
Komar and Melamid and Dave Soldier - The most wanted song
Komar and Melamid and Dave Soldier - The most unwanted song
Big City Orchestra - Have you seen me?
Travis Bowman - leave your tag
Dylan Harris - Armchair Fire Fighting (viii)
Thiaz Itch - Binjoum
Nile - Black Seeds of Vengeance
Ivor Cutler - The Shapely Balloon
The Thai Elephant Orchestra - Little Elephant Saddle
Steph Brown - And No Tea Was Made
Malty Media - Bracken Bed*

*(these three were artists/tracks recommended by NFTOS)

Photo of Patrick seen on a TV screen starring in one of our videos.

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Tags:  NFTOS, Patrick Widdess, headstand, radio, poetry, spoken word, music, Cambridge, England

It's a sunny Saturday afternoon in Sangengaya, west side of Tokyo, and since the pollen is swirling, I think I'll just sit here in the sunniest corner of the house and record a podcast.

Here's where I'm going to put the links I mentioned (remind me if I forget any, and you come back later and they are still not here).

...and here are the Top 10 podcasts in January and February of this year, in order from #1 to #10:

1.Time to Shine in 2009! with Lizze.
2. Bicicleteiros #48: Tour Down Under preview with Hans.
3. Bicicleteiros #51: Boa Idéia! with Hans.
4. Catching up with Patrick.
5. Bicicleteiros #50: #50!
6. Bicicleteiros #51.2: Ouija Board, Ouija Board with Hans.
7. Of Gadgets and Nanpa with Lizzie.
8. Bicicleteiros #49: Virtual Winner! with Hans.
9. Tokyo Panic Living #64: ¡Viva la Tertulia!.
10. Noticias desde el otro lado con Andrés.

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Roberto El Gringo, FLO-Union, The Pink Cow, live music, art, DJ, event, film club, Haqq, Yokohama, Tokyo, Osaka, Japan

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As I'm re-listening to my chat with Ben Darwin, and editing a few bits here and there, I'm also looking for links on the net. I couldn't find any YouTube clips, so if anyone knows of any video footage of him on the field of play, please let me know!

He does have his own wiki profile page, as well as the sporting heroes profile link above and his journalist profile over on rugbyzone.co.za.

You can read his RugbyZone column, The Art of Japanese Rugby ( Part 1 and Part 2 have been posted so far).

Finally, as it was an injury which forced his retirement from playing the game, he would also probably like you to check out this link on sport and spinal injury.

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Rubby, coaching, zone, union, Ben Darwin, Australia, national team, 2003 World Cup, spinal injury, Chiba, Japan, JRFU

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