August
13
2010
Just when you thought it was safe to unfasten your belt…
We’re back! with another show. Can you believe it’s been a whole year since Thorax first donned his earphones (stolen from EasyJet , shhh) and spun his first cobweb of tunes, some old, some new,some borrowed and some blue…for the dads. Then, in walks the not so silent one, all “I hate jazz” and “you gonna’ finish that thorax?”. Salad days listeners, salad days indeed.
Well, we’ve blown the cobwebs away this time. With a few new jingles and a bucket full of tunes that we hope you’ll enjoy. The Village Green Preservation Society by The kinks is the featured album, Gareth Conway from somewhere (we lost his letter…damn you Tonic 5000) is the listener of choice and the taste test is brought to you by Levi Roots’ hot nuts!
So, button up your overcoat, when the wind is free, take good care of yourself, you belong to the Sonic Tonic!
TripleT & the Silent Monkey
In this episode…
Friends – Ween
Egyptian Shumba – The Tammys
::Featured album::The Village Green Preservation Society:: Sitting by the Riverside – The Kinks
She’s About A Mover – Roy Head
Twenty Small Cigars – Frank Zappa
::Listener’s choice::Gareth Conway from ? :: On Days Like These (Vocal By Matt Monro) – Quincy Jones
Just As You Are – Robert Wyatt
Air Quake – Brian Bennett
Venus And Mars/Rock Show – Paul McCartney & Wings
Sympathy - Rare Bird
Out the Fire – Lord Invader
The Rakoto Frah Two-Step – Tarika Rakoto Frah
::Featured album::The Village Green Preservation Society:: Phenomenal Cat – The Kinks
Sport – Lightnin’ Rod
Balkan Ekspres – RTB Big Band
Anti Love Song – Betty Davis
I Do The Rock – Tim Curry
Nevers – The Fiery Furnaces
Sea, Sex and Sun – Serge Gainsbourg
What A Way To End It All – Deaf School
Love Me – Dudley Moore
Coming Down – The United States of America
Lord Chancellor’s Nightmare Song – Todd Rundgren
Burning Hell – Tom Jones
Dharmatma Theme Music (Tommy’s Edit) – Kalyanji Anandji
::Featured album::The Village Green Preservation Society:: Last of the Steam-Powered Trains – The Kinks
Take action – Cliff Richard
I Start Counting – Dusty Springfield
August
2
2010
It is with great pleasure that we at Tonic Towers announce a new venture in the world of Sonic Tonic. Today we are forgoing all things musical and giving you dear listener what you’ve always wanted…that’s right POETRY. Thorax and the Silent Monkey have dug out the Ladybird Poetry annual and are ready to impale regale you with some scintillating prose.
Oh yeah, it’s a covers special.
In this episode…
Lucretia MacEvil- Bruce Forsyth
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?- Violent Femmes
All Together Now - Andre 3000
Heard It Through the Grapevine - The Slits
Cactus - David Bowie
Viva Las Vegas - Dead Kennedys
Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Terry Reid
Green Green Grass Of Home - John Otway
By A Waterfall - Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
I’m Going To Bring A Watermelon To My Girl Tonight - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Oops…I did it again - Max Raabe & das Palast Orchester
Willie The Pimp - Juicy Lucy
Hurdy Gurdy Man - Butthole Surfers
America - The Nice
Helter Skelter - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Have You Ever Seen the Rain - The Ramones
The Ugly Duckling - Mike Reid
My Generation - The Melvins
Whole Lotta Love - Ike & Tina Turner
Stayin’ Alive – Ozzy Osbourne
My Body Is A Cage – Peter Gabriel
Raining In My Heart- Robert Wyatt
Brazil - Arcade Fire
Buddy Holly - The Moog Cookbook
Jackie - Scott Walker
I’m Partial To Your Abracadabra - Paul McCartney
My Way - The Sex Pistols
In My Life - Sean Connery
Her Majesty - Brian Sewell
June
25
2010
Hello dear listeners and welcome to another episode of Sonic Tonic. It’s been a while…sorry. The silent one and I went a little AWOL after our ill-fated and hopefully destroyed Telethon episode (I hear there’s a bootleg of it on E Bay). But now, we’re back and ready to face the public once more. And it’s a bumper show folks! Featured album is Fantasma by Cornelius, Listener’s Choice is by none other than El Diabolik of Bollywood and The Enema Within gives us some more filth from his celebrity feed bag.
S0, put your left leg in, your left leg out…
TripleT & the Silent Monkey
In this episode…
That’s All Right – Elvis Presley
Roxette – Dr. Feelgood
::Featured Album:: Fantasma :: Micro Disneycal World Tour – Cornelius
Straight Aero – Jeff Thomas
Jet – Shonen Knife
::Listener’s Choice:: El Diabolik of Bollywood :: Der Computer Nr. 3 – France Gall
Cobrastyle (feat. Mad Cobra and Des) – Teddybears
Major Dog: Be Kind to Cats – Billy Childish & Sexton Ming
It’s Real – Mystic Minds
::The Enema Within’s Celebrity Dirt:: What a Gay Day – Larry Grayson
Teenage Nervous Breakdown – Nazareth
Cool in the pool – Holger Czukay
Creep – Richard Cheese
Bacon Fat – Andre Williams
Trouble Every Day – Frank Zappa
::Featured Album:: Fantasma :: Free Fall – Cornelius
They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Haaa! – Napoleon XIV
Make it Through – Smoosh
Pepito – Los Machucambos
She Brings The Rain (from Bottom) – Can
Penny Lane - The Wilson Malone Voice Band
Ca Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand
Greg The Bunny (Rejected Fox T.V. Theme Song) – Hyperjinx Tricycle
That Would Be Something - Paul McCartney
Iron Maiden – John Berberian
Little Boxes – Pete Seeger
Come Back Suzanne – Bill Wyman
Tolkin’ Planet Sandwitch – The Red Curtain
Thank You For The Music – Cornelius
May
24
2010
Greetings fellow Conservatives and welcome to a more organised, less forward thinking Sonic Tonic. We believe that standards have been severely dropping since the last (more left wing!) episodes. Therefore, we’ll be bringing you the likes of Keane, Coldplay and one of my all time favorites – D:Ream!
There will be NO taste test and listener’s choice is from Enoch Powell of Kings Norton.
So, STAND UP, BACK STRAIGHT and ZEICH HEIL!
The Right Honourable Thorax the Thurd & Air Marshal Silent Monkey
In this episode…
01 The O’jays – Give The People What They Want
02 Devo – Gut Feeling
03 ::Featured album:: Ben Folds Five:: Ben Folds Five - Jackson Cannery
04 Luis Babalov – Summertime Killer [Ricatto Alla Malla]
05 Nilsson – Me and My Arrow
06 ::Listener’s Choice:: Michael Waller from Devon:: John Barry – Kingston Calypso
07 Blue Phantom – Diodo
08 Mothers of Invention – Let’s Make the Water Turn Black
09 SRC – Black Sheep (45 Version)
10 The Sugarcubes – Eat the Menu
11 William Shatner – Together
12 Yamasuki – Yamasuki
13 Belle & Sebastian – Step Into My Office, Baby
14 Tom Jones – I’ll Never Fall in Love Again
15 ::Featured album:: Ben Folds Five:: Ben Folds Five – Underground
16 Crosby, Stills & Nash – Pre-Road Downs
17 Joe Pesci – Take Your Love and Shove It
18 Paul McCartney – Oh Woman, Oh Why
19 Cake – Wheels
20 Bob Dylan – Rainy Day Woman
21 Jimmy Campbell – Half Baked
22 Tindersticks – My Sister
23 Queen – Good Company
24 Roxy Music – In Every Dream Home A Heartache
25 Tiny Tim – Tip Toe Through the Tulips
26 Stanley Myers – Main Theme (Sitting Target)
27 ::Featured album:: Ben Folds Five:: Ben Folds Five – Best Imitation Of Myself
28 Mothers of Invention – What’s the Ugliest Part of Your Body? (Reprise)
29 Walter Carlos – What’s New Pussycat
May
1
2010
Ship ahoy?! Welcome to the all new, much improved Sonic Tonic?? We have plumbed the depths of our record collections to bring you our all new sparkly show from our brand spanking new website. What?! Look, it may seem like the old site but we promise that some sweat and tears have been applied to it’s creation. We hope you like it…and if you dont…tuff (with a double f, we’re Welsh). Featured album is The Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy and Johnny Bull from Cardiff, Wales is listener’s choice.
So sit back, prolapse and enjoy the sow.
TripleT & the Silent Monkey
In this episode…
01 Martin & Dee – Funko
02 Porter Wagoner – Wino
03 ::Featured album:: The Sophtware Slump:: Grandaddy – He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s The Pilot
04 Ivor Cutler – I’m Happy
05 Frank Zappa – We are not alone
06 ::Listener’s Choice::Johnny Bull from Cardiff::Panda Bear – Bros
07 Simon Dupree And The Big Sound – Broken Hearted Pirates
08 Voice of the Seven Thunders – The Burning Mountain
09 Euros Childs – Horseriding
10 Midsommar – Balladen Om Belfas
11 Paul McCartney & Wings – Morse Moose And The Grey Goose
12 Lloyd Miller – Bizz-Aire
13 Dr. Hook – The Millionaire
14 The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band – My Pink Half Of The Drainpipe
15 ::Featured album:: The Sophtware Slump:: Grandaddy – Jed’s Other Poem (Beautiful Ground)
16 Jens Lekman – Sipping On The Sweet Nectar
17 Unidades – Caballo Salvaje
18 Oranj Symphonette – The Inspector Clouseau Theme
19 Brigitte Fontaine – C’est Normal
20 Wesely Willis – Rock’n'Roll McDonalds
21 The Brain – Nightmares In Red
22 Black Sabbath – Behind The Wall Of Sleep
23 Kenny Rogers – Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
24 The Roches – Mr. Sellack
25 Midlake – Kingfish Pies
26 Louis Prima – Buono Sera
27 ::Featured album:: The Sophtware Slump:: Grandaddy – So You’ll Aim Toward The Sky
February
25
2010
Download Sonic Tonic Episode 17
Hello listeners and welcome to Sonic Tonic…Sober Tonic.
After the last episode, Silent Monkey’s stomach needed to be pumped at the local A&E! This episode is dedicated to the late, great Malcolm McLaren. We recorded two days before he passed away and spookily included two tracks that he was involved with (Next month we’re doing a Garth Brooks special!). Featured album is Dark Days/Light Years by The Super Furry Animals and Irving Adelaide from East Putney is listener’s choice.
So, roll out the mat, light the incense and perform your best lotus pose.
TripleT & The Silent Monkey
In this episode…
01 Bow Wow Wow – C30 C60 C90 Go!
02 Cambodian Rocks (unknown) – A2
Featured Album : Dark Days/Light Years
03 Super Furry Animals – Crazy Naked Girls
04 White Noise – My Game of Loving
05 Terry Wogan – Me and The Elephant
Listener’s Choice : Irving Adelaide from East Putney
06 Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly – Time Is On My Side
07 Temperance Seven & Peter Sellers – Ukulele Lady
08 The Stooges – Dirt
09 These New Puritans – 5
10 Laurie Anderson – From The Air
11 Kathy Smith – It Takes So Long
12 Art Garfunkel – I Shall Sing
13 Bo Hansson – Attic Thoughts: a. March b. Repose c. Wandering
Featured Album : Dark Days/Light Years
14 Super Furry Animals – Moped Eyes
15 The Monks – Love Can Tame the Wild
16 Paul McCartney & Wings – Mumbo
17 Jean-Luc Ponty – King Kong
18 Archie Bell And The Drells – Tighten Up Pt. 1
19 Steely Dan – Through With Buzz
20 Young Marble Giants – Eating Noddemix
21 Eric Dolphy – Gazzelloni
22 ESG – Erase You
23 Neil Diamond – Smokey Lady
Featured Album : Dark Days/Light Years
24 Super Furry Animals – The Very Best Of Neil Diamond
25 Malcolm McLaren – You Need Hands