When I hit refresh on my iTunes podcasts today, I discovered CyclingNews.com had also done their first podcast of the year, albeit a young and tender show #36.

I listened to our show until a few minutes from the end amassing a slough/slew (?) of notes, links and tags, which will be posted and/or updated in due time.

Tour Down Under video highlights:

TdU warm-up:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiMj6agjk6M

Stage 1:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp5KuengQvk

Stage 2:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eNttZ7165M

Stage 3:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMXtHvrQGxY

Stage 4:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfYtQVK4wVw

Stage 5:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPHFZDiCIGE

Stage 6:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaTJSTIVOsc

Team RadioShack's director Johann Bruyneel named his long list for the Tour de France, so Hans and Rob predict their short lists.

Hans picks: Armstrong, Zubeldia, Kloden, Leipheimer, Steegmans, Popovych, Horner, Rast, Vaitkus

Rob picks: Armstrong, Zubeldia, Kloden, Leipheimer, Steegmans, Popovych, Horner, Rast, Paulinho

Hans' climbing wildcard: Brajkovic

Photo:  A rusty old abandoned cart in the the countryside of Chiba, Japan.

Posted by Rob.

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Here's the direct download for the countdown show:  http://media.libsyn.com/media/newsfromtheotherside/Top_40_Songs_2010.m4a

...and here are the Top 40 Songs *(uploaded since the last Top 40): 40. Brazilian Pizza - Full Propulsion, 39. Absolute Magnitude - Quest a.k.a. Hayden, 38. The Sweet Science - Quest, 37. Chill Bill - Quest, 36. Accelerate - The Musgrave Ritual, 35. Alleluia - Norville, 34. Plink Plonk Muses - Salads in Space, 33. Jumping into the Line - Riu (Full Propulsion), 32. Verano Sin Fin - Quest, 31. Walking in Underwater Shoes - Jerry Gordon, 30. Cinema - Quest, 29. Binary Lullaby - Charles-Éric Billard, 28. We've Been Here Before - BEB & El Gringo, 27. Beam Me Up Scotty - The Musgrave Ritual, 26. Rattlesnake Baby! (vocal track only) - Hans a.k.a. MC Lunchbox, 25. Coconut Grove - The Musgrave Ritual, 24. Ice Climber - J.A.L., 23. My Ex-Girlfriend Walks In - Momiji a.k.a. John Marrese & El Gringo, 22. Bass for Dummies - Quest, 21. Chinese Children & Shochu Man - Jonny Heartbreaker & El Gringo, 20. Taste Test - The If Factor, 19. New Dress - Halo Effect, 18. Night in Nakatsu - The If Factor, 17. I'm Fine, I'm Kenta - Charles-Éric Billard & Alex Brooke, 16. The Moon Again from the Hospital Room - Jerry Gordon, 15. Girlfriend in a Coma (Japanese version) - Alex Brooke, 14. Clowns - Norville, 13. I Want More - Jonny Heartbreaker, 12. Free - Don't Date Me (feat. Russ Leslie, Norville), 11. Luke, I Am Your (Swedish) Father - Fake Pilot's father (voice), Fake Pilot (audio) vs El Gringo (mash-up), 10. A Song for My Girl - Jonny Heartbreaker, 9. Triple Decker (short version) - Charles-Éric Billard, 8. ALT Rap and This Monkey's Gone to Heaven - Jonny Heartbreaker & El Gringo, 7. Days of Grunge - Alex Brooke and Jonny Heartbreaker, 6. Crap Hotel in Nagoya - Alex Brooke, 5. La Stish - Jerry Gordon, 4. Wine Red no Kokoro & The Moon Again from the Hospital Room (mash-up) - Sae, Jerry Gordon & Alex Brooke, 3. Surfer Girl - Jonny Heartbreaker, 2. That Ass Is Your Meal Ticket - Quest, 1. Rattlesnake Baby! - Hans a.k.a. MC Lunchbox vs Alex Brooke.

Here are links to the previous Top 40 countdown:  Bottom 20 / Top 20.

For links and more info, please check out the original song postings in the music category. Let us know if any of the links aren't working by leaving a comment.  Thanks.

Photo by Hans.  Yes, that's a real rattler.  This picture was taken somewhere in Arizona a couple years back.  To hear about that trip's story, you'll have to listen to Bicicleteiros #36: Toad Whisperer.  Please check out Hans's SmugMug for more cool photos.

Posted by Rob.

Tags:  NFTOS, MFTOS, The Conservatives (featuring Jonny Heartbreaker a.k.a. Greg Morrissey), moontriangle, softlogicmonkie, charlou, music ...

Our first song of 2010 is from Riu, who gave us a track called Jumping into the Line last year.  It arrives as our 40th music track since our last music countdown, and thus slots in at #40 in our latest countdown.

Image from a political blog (mentirabrasil.blogspot.com/) who probably got it from the URL you see on the image.  I'll take it down if asked by the owner.

Posted by Rob. Tags:  NFTOS, MFTOS, Full Propulsion, trance, psytrance, electronic, music, free, download, .mp3, Pizza Brasileira, catupiry