Anyone with a Playstation 3 has probably heard of the new reality TV show Sony’s been pumping out every week called The Tester.

The show has a full cast of unique characters, one of which goes by the name “Barmy.” This fella was known for being exceptionally awkward and saying the creepiest things. I feel that he represented a large majority of gamers out there, and it’s a shame he was voted off so quickly.

Now, I’m not saying that all gamers are exactly like this character, but many of us share certain socially awkward characteristics. Chances are you know some gamer guy exactly like Barmy.

This is what he looks like:

Parrots are zygodactyl!

This is a caption contest, so in order to further analyze the situation it would be in your best interest to watch the first episode of The Tester. It might be a bit painful to sit through, but it’s worth it for free stuff. Right? Right.

The contest starts immediately and ends a week from today. The two funniest captions will each receive 1 one-year membership to the ECA.  Winners will be announced shortly thereafter. Please post your comments in the comment section and use a valid email address so that we can redeem your prize. Nobody except for me will be able to view your email address, so don’t worry about spam.

This contest is open to everyone. If you haven’t seen the tester, go here for details. I also hear they have clips on youtube.

Sorry about the long show this week. Not sure how it got so long, but regardless, I’ve made sure to fill it with some AWESOME music! This episode is a little different from my (Tony) other episodes in that I have a theme this time: the theme is themed sets. We have hip-hop, ska, lolicore, and Japanese noise rock, all padded by two unrelated songs as the intro/outro. Hopefully you all enjoy it!

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Playlist:
Japandroids – Art Czars [0:00]
Intro [3:55]
Black Star – Definition [5:25]
Clipse – Grindin’ [8:51]
The Roots – The Next Movement [13:15]
Kanye West – Through The Wire [17:16]
Segway 一 – [20:51]
Less Than Jake – Does The Lion City Still Roar? [23:10]
The Forces Of Evil – Worst Day [25:50]
Bomb The Music Industry! – The First Time I Met Sanawon [29:36]
Operation Ivy – Unity [33:00]
Segway 二 – [35:15]
Lolishit – DESUDESUDESU [36:46]
Nasty Maid Grinder – Denwa Kun Kyon [38:50]
Rorikiller – Akiba Maid Cafe [40:23]
Goreshit – Annual Hair Wash [41:25]
Onomatopeee – 涼宮ハルヒの発狂 (Seiryou Haruhi No Hakkyou) [43:49]
Segway 三 – [47:05]
Boris – Buzz-In [48:05]
Melt-Banana – Cat Brain Land [50:40]
Boredoms – ☆ [52:50]
Outro [58:12]
Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven [59:24]

So Keita Takahashi released his masterpiece Noby Noby Boy on Iphone! It’s such a miracle we decided to do a special podcast about it!

 

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You may feel free to abbreviate this episode to all of your friends by using the P3MoP monicker. Not only does it shorten the episode title, but it will make you look KEWL. In this week’s episode, we brave the uncharted waters of unknown territories of unforeseen plights! Yeah…it’s our “OMG GOOD STUFF IS COMING SOON!” edition. We’ll talk a little bit more about what events BFM has in store this year, as well as all the upcoming junk we’re looking forward to hearing. Are you looking forward to the same stuff we are? Maybe, maybe not. Only two ways to find out! (pay a friend a handsome reward to listen and find out for you, or…. ???? mystery solution)

JUMP INTO THE FUTUUUURE

In our usual boring Agenda we discuss some new and old music. Apparently there’s a Wesley Willis podcast, and Tony is going to kick your ass in Street Fighter IV on the iPhone. I’ve also come to learn that the movie “Maniac Nurses Find Ecstasy” is more about death count than it is storytelling. Who knew!?

Anyways, are you as excited as I am?

 

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This week I chose to do a noisy music podcast. There’s a little bit of everything in this playlist from modern composers, sine waves, feedback, orgasm loops, and a bunch of other stuff. There might even be a special treat at the end of the show if you can make it all the way through!

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Along with special guest host, Matthew, we tackle the dubious task of covering the Winter 2010 anime season! If you’re not into anime, we also talk about No More Heroes 2, Four Tet, and the new Gurren Lagann film.

 

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She’s a pop star with a song on the billboard top 100 that claims be a rebel, oh boy!

I first heard her song Tik Tok back in early January on the radio. At first, I thought it was a new Millionaires song. Then I realized it wasn’t nearly as raunchy or as dance-oriented. Unlike that group, this song was actually kinda good. I found myself nodding to it in the car more than I would an Avenue D song or Millionaires.

Like usual, the radio didn’t tell me who it was. I was left wanting to hear more, and I can never remember enough lyrics to do a sufficient Google search. Incidentally, I am a fan of Conan O’brien and she was on his show later that day. What luck I had!

Shortly thereafter I procured her album from Itunes, and checked out the whole thing. Big mistake. I guess this is why they invented things like itunes, so you can only download the songs you like.

Animal is a mess.

Most of the songs are fairly forgettable and tend to blend in with each other. It starts on a high note, but then seems to lull until you get to D.I.N.O.S.A.U.R which sounds like what most hipster pop anthems aspire to be like. It’s a catchy song, but it goes down all the same roads I’ve been down before.

Her hit single, Tik Tok, might be a pretty catchy song, but try not to actually listen to the lyrics. Sometimes I wonder if Ke$ha even knows what Mick Jagger even looks like. The Rolling Stones are probably before her generation anyways. The fact she’s from Brentwood, Tennessee doesn’t really help her case either.

Being a Tennessee resident myself, you start to notice patterns of behavior of certain individuals from different neighboring towns. It might be a little hard to see where I’m coming from unless you’re familiar with these areas. On a similar note, Taylor Swift grew up in my home town of Hendersonville, and Miley Cyrus grew up in Franklin. I’ve met tons of people from these areas, and some of the things these pop divas say can’t surprise me much.

While she probably does know what he looks like, she’s just playing ignorant. What kind of message does that send? It’s pop music, so I suppose it doesn’t really matter much. As a listener, you’re not supposed to care about these things. You’re just supposed to have fun and dance.

Shortly after her appearance on Conan, Ke$ha also appeared on Jimmy Fallon wearing an Indian headdress. Seriously.

I thought her performance on Conan was pretty cool. She dressed up like a normal modern pop star might. Her appearance on Fallon was vomit-inducing. Perhaps this is just personal taste, but white kids wearing Indian headdresses is plain insulting.

I hate to toss around the word hipster too terribly often. A lot of people are just expressing themselves, and some people just don’t “get it.” Sometimes it just seems like people are trying too hard. She calls herself a rebel, but she does the headdress thing and wears American Apparel.  There’s nothing inherently wrong with either of those things, but how often do you see rap artists have “Chicken & Watermelon” being part of their image?

The point: I don’t care about your fashion, just don’t call yourself a rebel when you are so damn cliché.

Like I’ve stated before, this is pop music. It’s meant to be fake, so taking I don’t take it personally. Though I do find it humorous how that culture has crossed over into the pop realm. It’s not bad, but it does raise curiosities about what the future will bring.

I don’t hate Ke$ha, and I don’t hate her album. Though she does make it quite hard not to roll my eyes at the things she does. The album seems like a great way to start 2010. Though, I’m hoping we’ll see much stronger releases in the months to follow.

Some fun things have gone down in the past few days, so I decided to address some of that with my first set. Other than that it’s a set of brand new music (two of the songs were released in the past 24 hours) and another with some older punk stuff from the 70s. Hmm, I seem to have an affinity with newer music and 70s punk, or at least that’s what it seems like on the show. Trust me, I have more to me than just that, like J-Pop, which is what we end this week’s episode with! So, won’t you give it a download and take a harmony joy bus ride?

 

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Playlist

Fuck Buttons – Surf Solar [00:00]
Intro [09:53]
Flight of the Conchords – Foux Du Fafa [10:53]
Wesley Willis – Suck A Caribou’s Ass [13:36]
Dead Kennedys – Nazi Punks Fuck Off [15:58]
Reel Big Fish – Your Guts (I Hate Em) [17:01]
Dinosaur Jr. – Over It [19:07]
Segway 1 [22:52]
The Dillinger Escape Plan – Farewell, Mona Lisa [23:37]
Hot Chip – One Life Stand [29:02]
Gorillaz – Stylo (feat. Bobby Womack & Mos Def) [34:22]
Segway 2 [38:12]
Bomb The Music Industry! – (Shut) Up The Punx!!! [39:45]
The Modern Lovers – Roadrunner [42:18]
Joy Division – She’s Lost Control [46:20]
Public Image Ltd – Public Image [50:06]
Outro [53:00]
Mini Moni – Telephone Ring Ring Ring [55:07]

On this week’s  webisode we discuss the nostalgia epidemic that’s been plaguing our culture for quite some time. We also have Avatar in 3D, brand new anime, Little Red Riding Hood zombie massacres, and (500) not so literal days of summer.

 

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