dothegreenthing.com - podcast

Asking for Tap by Ed Butler

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:10:37 +0100

Why is it so hard to Ask For Tap in a restaurant? Are we scared that it makes us look poor? Are we frightened that it breaks the seventh law of social aspiration – thou must ask for an exotic mineral water and pronounce the name to perfection? Are we worried that, out of nowhere, we’re suddenly going to develop a stammer on the T? Journalist and radio presenter Ed Butler investigates on behalf of Green Thing.

Heroes by Justin Hawkins - includes four, yes four Green Things!

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:45:58 +0100

"Zeroes take the lift, use heavy duty motors to vertically shift whereas heroes, heroes take the stairs! Zeroes like to waste, they buy things, break things,chuck them in haste whereas heroes, heroes make repairs! It ain't easy being a hero, no it ain't easy being a hero. In my hands I hold the future, but my heart is a powerzone, I can save the world but I can't do it on my own! Zeroes motor on, guzzle gas with no intent to change it anon whereas heroes, heroes walk the walk! Zeroes take the plane, fly there wave their shlongs about and fly back again whereas heroes, heroes call and talk! It ain't easy...."

Jesse’s Recycled/Reborn track in full

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:17:16 +0100

Featuring drummer Tom Skinner, this tyre-wire picking fencepost-drumming three minute slice of ambient brilliance is an open and shut case for the creative potential of recycling. “Recycle my junkyard brain/I’m born again” sings Jesse. Exactly. www.myspace.com/elmorejudd

Stick With John Hegley

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:32:35 +0100

Britain’s finest musical poet gets out a small stringed instrument and sings a Stick With What You Got song for Green Thing about a bloke who loves buying lots of stuff. It's ironic.

A Short Sharp Shower with Tom and Guy

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:32:52 +0100

Tom Williams of Tom Williams And The Boat knows all about water and uses this cracking new tune to deliver a radical watery pov - “don’t stand in the shower all day, washing’s overrated anyway.” Exactly. Many thanks to him and Guy Denning and The Granary Studios.
www.myspace.com/WilliamsTommusic
www.tomwilliamsandtheboat.co.uk
www.thegranarystudio.co.uk

A Short Sharp Shower with Jonesey

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:11:34 +0100

Imagine Jacques Brel crossed with Jacques Cousteau and you’re close to Martin Jones’s affecting love song to the water he wants to save in a Short Sharp Shower. “I want to thank you for giving me a little part of you to wash the little parts of me.” Beautiful stuff and special thanks to Alfie Thomas for recording and producing it. http://www.joneseyandjonesey.com

A Short Sharp Shower with The Meenies

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:10:59 +0100

In only 30 seconds of explosive thrash rock, The Meenies make a profound and excellent point – “Just cause you’re naked, don’t mean you gotta shake it.” It’s a fair cop. When you can pleasure yourself by saving the world’s water, why do it any other way? Many thanks to Mooncalf Music Studios. http://www.myspace.com/themeenies

A Short Sharp Shower with John Hegley

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:10:29 +0100

Britain’s funniest poet takes off his spectacles, picks up his ukulele, steps into the shower and sings a 33 second ode to the Short Sharp Shower cause. Only Hegley could rhyme “shower” with “flowerpots” and that’s exactly what he does. http://www.johnhegley.co.uk/

A Short Sharp Shower with Zeep

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:09:44 +0100

So you’re in the shower with your loved one and things are getting steamy. Does that mean the shower has to drag on and on? Not according to renowned bossa masters and Green Thing friends Zeep who have created an impeccable slice of Short Sharp Shower chill.
Zeep on MySpace

The Meat Aversion podcast

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:55:54 +0000

The worlds first meat aversion podcast is just over 4 minutes in length but is guaranteed to put you off meat for just over 2 hours. Take just before lunch or when craving something meaty. Narrated by Dr Martin Jones, MMSC.

Eazy On Da Meat da mp3

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:36:07 +0000

Tune by Tom ‘Scratch’ Skelton, vocals by Dan “it’s a rap” Lapaine and rhymes by Tom T-Bone Edmonds. Wordz is as wordz does:

I’m a beast of a man I’m an animal lover
I love beef, pork, duck lamb and mutton, its mother
But with a vegetable assist I can meat resist
No fingerlickin chicken wing
Instead I’ll do the green thing
Make no mistake I can have my steak tomorrow
Without the rib hardship or sirloin sorrow
Today I’m on the temporary veggie bus
So join with me in the chorus…..

I’m not a sandal wearer but I making my meat rarer
Gonna follow the root of beet and go easy on the meat

Two all beef patties and special sauce
Half a pound of whopper not an ounce of remorse
You ain’t kiddin me
I love my steak and kiddiney
PIE
That’s a factor of the circle of life
Animal eat animal with fork and knife
But today I’m going salady
It’s not a meatless malady
I ain’t no social leper
Cause I eating a red pepper….

I’m not a sandal wearer etc

Heroes Take The Stairs (the podcast) 9m

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:15:16 +0000

Nothing is more persuasive than the truth. With that in mind, Green Thing has made a completely fabricated but glorious set of stories about stairs that were taken and lifts that were forsaken. Stories written and read by the talented Martin Jones, podcast mixed by the brilliant Alfie Thomas, musical sting by the inimitable Justin Hawkins.

Heroes Take The Stairs (the very short song)

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:58:42 +0000

Yes it’s short, but in terms of stair-treading lift-trashing meaning, Justin Hawkins’ song says it all. Short Sharp Rock Magazine has already called it a “the most profound 12-second song you will ever hear” and StairAnthems.com have called it “anthemic.” Both are overwhelmingly right.

Pass The Hat (part two)

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:48:26 +0000

Part two of the story of an old thing. Follow it as it gets passed from the head of lift engineer, to a sheep herder and onto the head of a rock star called Pete. Stories by A Patchy Indian (read by Linnet Macintyre), Pete Kirby, Dylan Davies, Rachel Shaughnessy and Hugh Crispin (read by Aaron Wilmer). The narrator is Jessica Shortall. Big old thing thanks to them all.

Pass The Hat (part one)

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:58:10 +0000

The story of an old thing as it gets passed from hand to hand - or head to head - through the years. Stories by Preethi Nair (read by Jessica Shortall), Rupert Widdicombe, Christopher Vaughan and Adam Morgan - and special thanks to Jason Jarrett and Iain Grant for their help with the recording.

Some Dark Thoughts by Simon Munnery

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:37:01 +0000

Turn your lights off, switch your mind on and let your mind wander to the darkest corners of absurdity and humour because that's where it wants to go. And for some pointers, download the podcast and listen to the dark and dangerously funny thoughts of Steven Qua (www.squa.co.uk) (read by Fay Ripley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Ripley), Simon Munnery (http://lat.notbbc.co.uk), Mat Zucker (http://www.agency.com/facts/people.asp), Martin Jones (www.joneseyandjonesey.com), Katharine Jenner (www.francisboutle.co.uk/booklist/jenner/index.htm) and Tom Edmonds (http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2007/07/27/cheese-2). Contains dark stuff.

Walking Words

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:17:03 +0100

Things happen when you walk - the eye sees, the mind wanders and the brain starts rhyming 'dairy farm' with 'hairy arm'. To that end, John Hegley, Tracy Chevalier, Martin Jones, Molly Mackey, Fiona Dunbar and Scroggs' Eye View have written and recorded some words and rhymes for your walking pleasure.

In Golden Brogues

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:58:54 +0100

What do you get if you play a washtub, a melodica, some sandpaper and a toy guitar to a walking beat? You get 'In Golden Brogues,' a piece that seems to walk you to many places in the space of nine minutes. According to writer/performer Graeme Miller, "it's a piece about pedestrian bliss - moments when you can un-plod and sync your footsteps with the passing landscape." And it is.

Grasses

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:55:33 +0100

Written and recorded by poet Stuart Delves a list of the weird and wonderful names of the grasses that you can walk on

Walk 105

hello@dothegreenthing.com — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:02:52 +0100

What's a walking beat? Around 105 beats per minute, which is the beat that Howie B (http://music.aol.com/artist/howie-b/88230/main), Roger Eno (http://www.myspace.com/musicbyrogereno) and others dabbled with - and look what they produced. Featuring 17 tunes by 17 artists and mixed with mastery by Paul Gathercole (http://www.myspace.com/agkmusic) and Bruce Bickerton http://www.alucidnation.co.uk/home.html), 'Walk 105' is a soundtrack that keeps your feet moving and your thoughts ticking. See the full track listing or read how it was put together here: http://www.dothegreenthing.com/entries/17#comments