IT'S TUESDAY...BUT I MESSED UP

I normally make a weekly contribution to the Contrast Podcast, a new episode of which is broadcast every Tuesday - it's something I've been doing for about 16 months now and its always great fun.

But I've been so caught up in other things this past 7 days that I didn't have the time to record and submit my intro before the cut-off point. Given my absence, I've no doubt that episode #161 which has the theme of Yes will be an absolute belter.

Given that I often submit tracks with a distinctly Scottish bent to them, I would probably have offered this track as a contribution:-

mp3 : Arab Strap - Not Quite A Yes

Except......my last contribution to episode #160 was an Aidan Moffat song, so I would have needed to have gone for something different to avoid accusations of having a lack of imagination.

And the great thing about the Contrast Podcast is that the theme can be interpreted in any way you care to choose....so I would have gone for a variation on the word and narrowed it down to one of this trio of tunes:-

mp3 : Ash - Oh Yeah
mp3 : The Wedding Present - Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
mp3 : Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps

I would have hummed and hawed over this choice for hours...maybe even overnight. Still not sure what I'd have gone with...and no doubt by the time I eventually recorded the intro and sent the mp3 over to the fabulous Tim Young, then someone else would have beaten me to it.

So I recommend that at some point later today (it might be quite late as Tim has a lot on his plate as well just now and the podcast might not get posted until not long before midnight) you pay a visit to the Contrast Podcast and have a look and listen. You'll even be able to put some voices to some familiar names....

Click here (but I'll warn you that #161 might feature prog rock......oh Yes)

Happy Listening.