Dubber and Spoons Take The Bus

A multi-sensory buscast in which Dubber rides the bus backwards, Spoons has the same another record as before, ‘Au Gratin’ is a Dutch word meaning sausage, and Alana’s hair goes on an all expenses paid trip to Barcelona.

In which Dubber is old and Spoons is averse to movement. While attempting to be casually (yet genuinely) geeky about scifi television, the pair are inadvertently insightful and coherent about media analysis – though they correct this promptly. Neither have exchanged Corporate Love Day cards with their respective spouses, but expect little in the way of reprisal. The next worldwide internet slogan phenomenon is spoken into being and Dubber is mean about Spoons confusing seafood with vegetables.

A barely audible recording, in which Dubber and Spoons take the buswith Irish Gabe who doesn’t understand podcasting – but who, aftersome initial caution, takes to it like a duck to Guinness. Thelistener is invited to visit The Chronicles of Jus, and the travellersponder building demolition, the complete absence of students and thenumber of arses that fit into Wembley Stadium.

In which Spoons learns the first rule of driving and buys areplacement broken thing for his already broken thing, while Dubberlaunches his pop career and learns how to drink absinthe and takedrugs (a knowledge which, it turns out, wasn’t required after all).Spoons plays the bass despite his ears – and Dubber’s birthday iscelebrated 8 months in advance. Happy birthday, Dubber.

In which Dubber is 5.134 times geekier than Spoons. Back in theirnatural environment the pair employ a marketing manager, discuss homerenovation, photography, compilation albums, the 90/10 rule of mp3blogs, Ikea avoidance, postal stupidity and the sheer pointlessness ofpodcasting.

In which Dubber and Spoons make a special trip to buscast in order to capitalise on their fleeting success in the popular media, only to find themselves not on a bus. All the same, there is the promise of records, and hints of future beer… so things are more or less as they usually are.

In which Dubber and Spoons go shopping for a turntable for Spoons andreturn to a busload of screaming teenage girls.

In which Dubber and Spoons find themselves in familiar surroundings,employ the flashback technique, invite themselves to your podcast andmisunderstand food.

In which Dubber and Spoons take a train, a plane, another train and ataxi just so they don’t have to take a bus anymore. This is not thenext episode of the buscast, but an introduction to a brand new seriesof buscasts – and an explanation as to why this new series of buscastswon’t be buscasts at all.

In which Dubber becomes a Brit and immediately escapes to France, Tim Burton is exposed for his laziness and the greatest business idea in the world ever is concocted (and most probably promptly forgotten).

In which Dubber and Spoons do not Take The Bus, but are instead chauffered home by Alex in his mouse-scented private chariot, where they experience frictionless capitalism. Adam Curry refuses to acknowledge the buscast, and the most Piratey streets in Moseley are explored.

In which the buscast does not do what it says on the tin – but laxative experiments are discussed, the Canalien is returned to her mothership and Spoons has a funny brain spasm. This buscast was recorded on quite possibly the loudest and rattliest bus on the circuit – and there is a short comfort stop.

In which Dubber and Spoons meet their first foreign fan. Braille podcasting is suggested, and there had been beer. The Canalien takes over and we take her to our leader, who had been playing Star Wars Battlefront and learning to invert his tongue, instead of doing his homework. Today’s episode of Dubber and Spoons Take The Bus was recorded in front of a live studio audience. Seriously. Everyone was watching.

In which Spoons gets to be the one with the new toys and all the clevers, Dubber invents the t-shirt printer and Adam Curry descends from the heavens.

In which John Cleese appears to Spoons in a dream, international buscasting takes off, and special guest Moseleyite indie country folk hero Craig Hamilton expresses a desire to become a bicycle courier.

In which Spoons resorts to aquatheft and apologies for previous overinflated delusions of funny are made.

In which Dubber and Spoons are joined by Justin the Astrothingy Guy who once sneezed whilst shaving his head in the shower and nearly scalped himself.

In which Dubber and Spoons wonder what is on TV at 7.30 on BBC1 in the world of Eastenders, the cast of Shortland Street go to see Massive Attack and Tom Cruise is completely inappropriate for the part. Now completely intact and in stereo!

In which this is a repost and the first 9 minutes are missing. When not Missing in Action, Dubber and Spoons invite sponsorship, lose a weasel down the u-bend and propose to throw vegtables and hit people in the name of music.

In which Dubber and Spoons offer no explanation for a ten day gap between buscasts, Dubber doesn’t tell a really bad joke and no 10 minute phone calls have been seamlessly edited out.

In which Dubber and Spoons are not entirely uncharacteristically interested in food. This buscast is Friday afternoon, timeshifted. We can do that. This is the internet.

In which weddings, 21sts and private functions are discussed, in-bus catering is proposed, Dubber abandons his life of crime and Spoons expresses a preference for Foo Fighters over Bryan Adams. Also, the terror of the recurring Rolf Harris nightmares.

In which a good day has been had, Dubber makes his first joke, Spoons remembers to ask the polite questions, swimming underwater is proposed as an alternative to beer-drinking… and son-of-Dubber casts his evil hypno-ray on his school teachers. Also: REVEALED – the shocking truth about Adam Curry!!!

In which Dubber and Spoons take the special needs bus to Moseley and talk about the problem with broadcast journalism students. Dubber wins the coolest free stuff competition and Spoons has “something to do with Nigel”. Listen to win a home entertainment system. Really.

In which Dubber and Spoons have clearly been whisked away from their places of work only to be returned with their memories erased and hours lost. Special guest appearances from U2’s The Edge, comedian Bill Bailey and Buscast Ideas Consultant Alana Debenham. And when I say ‘guest appearances from’, I mean ‘mentions of’. Xeni Jardin does not appear in this show, except anonymously.

Meandering nonsense in which beer has been consumed (with the promise of more to follow), the 50 bus is noisier than usual, Dubber is not alone in his name-appropriateness, Spoons listens to his first buscast, and the pair’s dieting tips are shared.

The secret of the successful podcast is revealed – and it involves beer and cake. Dubber talks about his other podcast, Spoons gets to wear the iMic, and the bus is post-rush-hour speedy.

Dubber and Spoons are easily distracted, Dubber is out of a job, Spoons fails to recognise technoroyalty and national identity is explored.

In which Dubber and Spoons reveal their own personal Clark Kent, discuss other people’s feet, and arrange a podcasting masterclass. Podsoc is proposed and dismissed, Spoons is tricked into watching blockbuster films and Dubber gets a real job.

In which Dubber and Spoons take the number 35 against their better judgement and end up seeing all manner of strange things. Adam Curry is faulted for his failure to recognise the inherent cleverness of the buscasters, a challenge is laid down and the neighbourhood-beautifying properties of fruit are discussed.

In which Dubber and Spoons make a buscast without the aid of a bus. Dubber shows his age, Spoons inadvertently reveals how clever he actually is, and young Jake shuffles cards and drums his fingers on the table to compensate for the lack of the usual accompanying background noises.

in which Dubber and Spoons skip breakfast and try a morning buscast. Naturally, they end up fixating on food. They also visit the hell that is the depths of the One Stop in Perry Barr.

Radio shows are turning into podcasts! Podcasts are going on the radio! Dubber and Spoons stop talking about whether cowboys are better than pirates (they’re not) and start debating Kantian ethics and the immediacy of news events! It’s a crazy, mixed-up world – but at least it’s in stereo now… and no matter how many podcasts end up going on the radio, I strongly suspect this won’t be one of them…

This good Friday turns out to be rather Christmassy, and Dubber and Spoons delight in their new gadgets and toys. But despite the fact that the new Griffin stereo mic is fabulous and cool and sounds wonderful, they entirely fail to make it go properly. Consequently, the show contains distortions of the truth – and distortions of the audio. It is entirely Dubber’s fault (and he calls himself a sound engineer…). Listen out for the free bonus giveaway with this issue of the buscast… and we promise that next time we’ll fix the levels for next time – and the stereo mic will actually produce stereoness. Link to Claybourne, as mentioned in the show.

In which Dubber and Spoons discuss user interface design, the newly launched Open Media Network, the appeal of the top bunk, and shooting the red cars with laser cannons. They agree to disagree on Ninja vs Samurai, elect not to go down the whole Wizard vs Fighter path and agree wholeheartedly that the number 2 is far better than the number 35 – laser cannons or no laser cannons.

In which Dubber and Spoons have both clearly had a long day. They obviously know nothing about Daleks, and they completely fail to come up with any really cool Bond gadgets, reasons to like Sean Connery, better actors than Tom Hanks, nightmares about killer sharks or enthusiasm about John Cleese. They are, it has to be said, pretty much rubbish at this whole off-the-cuff celebrity buscasting thing today. However, Dubber gets to be right about Cowboy Bebop. And therefore samurais. Incidentally, there is no such book as Silver Fun. That’s just Dubber’s accent getting stronger in a proportionate relationship with tired. UPDATE: Googlefight has spoken – ninja beats samurai (say it isn’t so!) but – unexpectedly – Samurai Cowboy beats Ninja Pirate!!! And there’s no arguing with Googlefight.

The Anzac Day special, in which Dubber and Spoons change the format, marvel at the giant screw, tremble at the prospect of daleks and rejoice in the great squirrel smackdown.

In which Spoons waxes philosophical about the nature of creativity, Dubber longs for the days when record shop assistants told him what to buy and a visit by the Prime Minister to the Second City causes delays for the buscasters – and they are forced to take to the street on foot.

In which there is geek-speak after a day of investigating the bittorrent delivery of podcasts… Dubber complains of the terrible lack of service in the British service industry… Spoons considers the shifting media balance in his life, and one of us nearly dies.

Our first buscast! We rode home on Friday all excited with the possibilities of buscasting, and then a lack of Googles and a lack of torrent-smarts stopped us from being able to podcast the way that we wanted to. Still – it was an adventure: toppling ASDA bags full of liquid refreshment, a squeeze of uncomfortable proportions and the impending boss visit. Also Dubber gets published and Spoons comes to the rescue of Dawn and Drew. All this and more herein.