Friday! March! The twelfth! Twenty-ten! 7pm Eastern! Midnight GMT! Whatever time that would be in New Zealand! Yes folks, that was the time that the first ever live edition of The Paul And Spike Show was broadcast across 88.5 World FM and Radio Six International, kicking off their celebration of ten years streaming online. And here is that broadcast, warts and all. (newscasts not included)

0:00:00 - And they're off, with what was termed "the most epic top-of-hour theme I've ever heard" by Twitterer @alan_shaw

0:02:15 - Oh dear.... is it going wonky? Could the first live show in the history of TPASS going Pete Tong?

0:05:45 - Yep... going wrong. Greeeaaat. Oh well, there's always drink updates to pass the time whilst the test card plays.

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doo dee dee doot doot, de doo dee dee doot doot de doo dee dee...




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0:07:22 - I know it's tempting, but don't call. If you are reading this sentence, the contact details don't apply to you. But, if you *really* want to add your tuppence to the subjects at hand, you can send it to The Usual Address, and they'll address it on a future catchup.

0:12:51 - Catchup time - the comments from last week that came in late or that The Boys didn't have time to get to, including a "get comfy" email that leads to a discussion that links baseball, steaks, cruel and unusual punishment and an edict from the health department.

0:18:18 - "Attention, K-Mart shoppers.... bluuuaaaaarrrrgggghhhh!!"

0:26:15 - Whoa, what happened? Pickin' And Grinnin' just sort of.... started. Weird.

0:29:32 - What was the funniest joke in the history of Happy Days? It's not a quizzy (nor is it part of any testys)

0:33:00 - This Week In Stuff: Paul "enjoyed the heck out of" the Sam Rockwell movie "Moon". Spike gets pelters from the peanut gallery for ruining plots. Charming. Paul needs to clear a large section of his calendar so he can watch his Ebert-pick-in-waiting movie "JFK". This leads Spike to completely forget the name of Henry Kissinger. There's been more "Star Trek" on bluray, and some Devo! Oh, and that falsetto band with the hitler moustache Spike was talking about? Sparks. Click here.

0:56:20 - Spike's WIS has been full and rich including a trip to the cinema to see, on purpose, "Alice In Wonderland", more enthralling coverage from the 1974 British general election (no spoilers), and explains why "Boy A" relates to a recent news story.

1:32:42 - Do you wash your car in New Zealand while you listen to The Paul And Spike Show? Send us a picture!

1:33:26 - This week's question: "1 Perfect Piece of Pop"... you have to say what you consider to be a perfect piece of pop music and why. Maybe it's the...

* musical construction/ innovation

* lyrical genius [the brilliant banality of The Day Before You Came by Abba, for example...]

* 'game-changers' [Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood versus censorship by Radio1, I'm looking at you...]

* personal reasons [the song that captured the moment of your first kiss, for example...]

* that kind of thing...

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Remember - you can always keep in touch with The Boys by emailing theusualaddress@gmail.com, by catching them on twitter [@spikester @higginbothamp] on Facebook, and by joining the Google Wave at wave.paulandspike.com

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Ten years streaming, eh? Amazing! Don't forget that Radio Six International broadcasts around the clock, around the world, bringing you all kinds of entertainment, from the best of unsigned bands to classics, to niche music that's just not catered to elsewhere. Find R6i's programming on a myriad of stations worldwide, or online all the time at www.radiosix.com

0:00:00 - Paul is still sounding like he's talking into a yogurt pot on a 1940s radio broadcast, recorded on a wax cylinder that has been stored in a jar of warm purple jam.  That's been kept in direct sunlight.  We got complaints last week, can you tell?  Thank Skype for that, it loves to drop the quality of a call when it thinks bandwidth needs to be preserved. The show operates off of $20 bandwidth, what could possibly go wrong?  Plus, The Boys update you on next week's live show.

0:08:00 - Ah, that's better.  Paul's quality improves, and they catch up on some remaining correspondence from last week.

0:10:38 - Keeping the show relevant by doing what everyone else does, The Boys spend some time, reluctantly, talking about Tiger Woods.  Again.  Ya-a-a-a-w-w-w-w-w-n-n-n-n!  Olympic curling gets a look-in, though.  And that's always good.

0:21:15 - Housekeepin' and Grinnin'!  The week in current affairs, wrapped in terrible jokes.  ...wait a minute!  Housekeeping?

0:24:00 - This Week In Stuff!  Paul's consumption of the Ebert List continues with "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_wind">Gone With The Wind</a>".  Oh fiddle-de-dee, Eshley!  He found Pixar's "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_%282009_film%29">Up</a>" delightful, and finds guilty pleasure in<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Reacher"> a book by Lee Child</a>.  Spike recommends D'Arcy Sarto's "<a href="http://www.thrillingdetective.com/eyes/oxford.html">Lady Don't Fall Backwards</a>"; the book with which someone lit a fag using the last page.

0:48:40 - Spike's keeping it old skoo using the new skoo, and playing "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_%26_Sonic_at_the_Olympic_Winter_Games">Mario And Sonic At The Winter Olympics</a>" on the Wii, and watching multiple DVDs of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_February_1974">1974 British general election</a>.  Party at Spike's house!!

1:06:45 - This week's question, courtesy of Spike's mum, is 'What would you un-invent?"


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Hey, do you have something to promote?  Something to get off your chest?  Just want to hang out and talk rubbish?  Well, if you fancy being a guest on the worldwide radio phenomenon known as The Paul And Spike Show, get in touch via <a href="mailto:theusualaddress@gmail.com">the usual address</a>.

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The Paul And Spike Show airs weekly, every Friday night on the mighty <a href="http://www.radiosix.com/">Radio Six International</a>, from 11pm UK time and 6pm US eastern time. It also airs on <a href="http://www.worldfm.co.nz/">88.5 World FM</a> in Wellington New Zealand on Sunday afternoons, local time. You can <a href="http://www.worldfm.co.nz/listen.php">listen online</a>, wherever you are in the world. Check out the other great programming on both stations; Radio Six brings you specialist music shows and unsigned artists, plus drama and comedies. World FM's varied schedule includes the best in international news, and music from around the world. You might also hear us on shortwave anywhere in the world, via <a href="http://www.wbcq.com/">WBCQ's</a> 5.110MHz and 9.330MHz frequencies, <a href="http://www.radiosix.com/tunein.html">or on any of the other FM and AM stations</a> across the world that carry Radio Six's quality programming.

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We love feedback at the show, and there are plenty of ways to get in touch. You can email us at the usual address, or you can book our faces in the Paul And Spike Show <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=83960538832&amp;ref=nf">Facegroup Book</a>. Or leave a comment below. If you <a href="http://www.twitter.com/">Twitter</a>, you can befriend <a href="http://twitter.com/spikester">Spike here</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/higginbothamp">Paul here</a>.  Also, you can catch <a href="http://wave.google.com/">the Wave</a>.  <a href="mailto:theusualaddress@gmail.com">Email with your Wave ID</a> and our internet pixies will conference you in.  Or whatever the hell it is you do with it to get people added.

0:00:00 - Not only is there talk of lawyers, cheap tequila, taxes and FM morning radio, the show gets legitimised by talk of politics and Tiger Woods.

0:19:51 - Pickin' And Grinnin'; what the week's news looks like from the bottom of a jug of moonshine.

0:22:05 - This Week In Stuff; the section of the show where The Boys share their media week, in order to recommend you toward or warn you away from what they've been indulging in. Paul has been enjoying monster movie Cloverfield and he got to see MIA guest Eve Mauro's threepenny bits in high definition. From the Ebert list, The Passion Of Joan Of Arc, and through perfectly legal means, The Six Million Dollar Man. Spike's got, but not seen, the remastered Metropolis (obtained through perfectly legal means), the restoration of which leads on to a lengthy discussion about whether CGI special effects belong in The Trek, The Wars and The Who. (not *the* Who but... oh, it doesn't matter). He's been recapturing his youth by watching, no joke, "The Multi-Coloured Swap Shop" and ye olde BBC schools program "Science Topics" and was thoroughly entertained by "2012".

1:00:32 - Stiffed by their guest, and not in a good way, The Boys press on regardless and discuss their three favourite acting performances with the commentariat.

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Want to contribute to the show? You're always welcome to; email The Usual Address, or follow twitter.com/spikester and/or at facebook.com/thespikester to find out about or suggest future topics.

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Hey, do you have something to promote? Something to get off your chest? Just want to hang out and talk rubbish? Well, if you fancy being a guest on the worldwide radio phenomenon known as The Paul And Spike Show, get in touch via the usual address.

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The Paul And Spike Show airs weekly, every Friday night on the mighty Radio Six International, from 11pm UK time and 6pm US eastern time. It also airs on 88.5 World FM in Wellington New Zealand on Sunday afternoons, local time. You can listen online, wherever you are in the world. Check out the other great programming on both stations; Radio Six brings you specialist music shows and unsigned artists, plus drama and comedies. World FM's varied schedule includes the best in international news, and music from around the world. You might also hear us on shortwave anywhere in the world, via WBCQ's 5.110MHz and 9.330MHz frequencies, or on any of the other FM and AM stations across the world that carry Radio Six's quality programming.

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We love feedback at the show, and there are plenty of ways to get in touch. You can email us at the usual address, or you can book our faces in the Paul And Spike Show Facegroup Book. Or leave a comment below. If you Twitter, you can befriend Spike here and Paul here. Also, you can catch the Wave. Email with your Wave ID and our internet pixies will conference you in. Or whatever the hell it is you do with it to get people added.

0:00:00 - Love and beer are in the air chez Nez, but only puke is in the air at Paul's. And on the floor. Plus, there's something ghastly in the colander. Stomach flu reigns supreme at Higginbotham Towers this week, and also at Spike's sister's. Interestingly, a previous episode of The Paul And Spike Show was the trigger....

0:11:08 - Google Buzz is here, and The Boys have been buzzing. Are there benefits? Is it the Facebook killer everyone says it is? Or is it just another pointless add-on?

0:24:34 - Pickin' And Grinnin'; Them Boys is takin' a looksee at the news of the week, yuh-huh.

0:27:44 - This Week In Stuff, where The Boys share their media weeks in order to help you make better decisions. Nightbird Paul has watching plenty of stuff, including John Wayne's "Red River"and the not-a-samurai-movie "Le Samouraï", both from the Ebert list. It's actually a gangster movie. Je suis petite Caesar, regarde?? Also watched, but not on the Ebert list, "Downfall" - the world war two movie that spurned a million memes.

0:42:27 - The pollution of the minds of Spike's kids continues, as he shows them the greatest episode of the Nickelodeon classic "Rocko's Modern Life", expresses disappointment over the German TV/distant out-of-focus webcam debut of the newly restored "Metropolis" and keeps it in the neighbourhood with "Earth: The Power Of The Planet". Highlight of the week was "The Chaos/Steam Experiment", Paul does his best to figure out in which order the characters get bumped off in. All things being well (and timezones worked out), actor Eve Mauro may join The Boys next week.

1:08:11 - This week's question comes from @weecuppatea, referencing a BBC article about the results of a study regarding the career goals of kids. So, the nice and simple question on this week's show is... what did you want to be when you grew up? And remember, it's never too late to join in the fun, regardless of when you listen to the show. Send your answers/thoughts/corrections/snarky-ass comments to the usual address.

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Want to contribute to the show? You're always welcome to; email The Usual Address, or follow twitter.com/spikester and/or at facebook.com/thespikester to find out about or suggest future topics.

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Paul and Spike are as excited as all get out to have Eve Mauro on the show next week. Hey, do you have something to promote? Something to get off your chest? Just want to hang out and talk rubbish? Well, if you fancy being a guest on the worldwide radio phenomenon known as The Paul And Spike Show, get in touch via the usual address.

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The Paul And Spike Show airs weekly, every Friday night on the mighty Radio Six International, from 11pm UK time and 6pm US eastern time. It also airs on 88.5 World FM in Wellington New Zealand on Sunday afternoons, local time. You can listen online, wherever you are in the world. Check out the other great programming on both stations; Radio Six brings you specialist music shows and unsigned artists, plus drama and comedies. World FM's varied schedule includes the best in international news, and music from around the world. You might also hear us on shortwave anywhere in the world, via WBCQ's 5.110MHz and 9.330MHz frequencies, or on any of the other FM and AM stations across the world that carry Radio Six's quality programming.

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We love feedback at the show, and there are plenty of ways to get in touch. You can email us at the usual address, or you can book our faces in the Paul And Spike Show Facegroup Book. Or leave a comment below. If you Twitter, you can befriend Spike here and Paul here. Also, you can catch the Wave. Email with your Wave ID and our internet pixies will conference you in. Or whatever the hell it is you do with it to get people added.

This week, The Film Geek stops by to say hello, talk about movies and confess how he ditched his wife at some event or other. Charming! Plenty of movies reviewed/commented on, plus the commentariat share their most embarrassing additions to their DVD collections.

0:00:00 Please read this description carefully, as our nouns have changed. Paul has discovered the antidepressant qualities contained in DJ Hero. Mrs Higginbotham... not so much. Wikki wikki wikki wikki!

0:03:44 Rubix cube in hand and wife away, The Boys are joined by blogger The Film Geek for the duration of the show. Plans are hatched for what may be the single greatest retro drink in history. Well, the history of the 1980s at least...

0:11:54 As a time-sensitive legal obligation: "so.. how 'bout that Superbowl? Eh, lads?" Plus, Simon Cowell's hideously poor-taste choice for a Haiti charity single is out-poor-tasted by Paul's.

0:21:06 Iiiiiiit's Pickin' And Grinnin', the only news and current affairs segment to include banjos. (Outside of Tennessee, obviously.)

0:23:42 The Boys and The Film Geek share their Weeks In Stuff, the review/preview segment that helps you make better media choices, either by embracing or rejecting their picks. TFG's been filling up (y'see what I did there?) with "The Tooth Fairy", "Inglorious Bastards" and "The Hurt Locker", and has a million kind words to say about Stanley Tucci's performance in "The Lovely Bones".

0:42:33 Two more Ebert movies crossed off the list for Paul; Spain's upper crust (and possibly a curly-headed bloke called "Médico Que") are destroyed in "The Exterminating Angel" (¡EXTERMINATO! ¡EXTERMINATO!), and "Pickpocket". Also, let down the Bat-Ladder and hand him the shark repellant Bat-spray! On the nightstand, a cheery little tome called "The Road". Aahhh, that'll set you up for the day!

0:55:30 The documentary that Spike can't remember is "The Virtual Revolution", hosted by Dr Aleks Krotoski, otherwise known as "Mrs The Director". Oh, and Pardon Me... have you seen the new NumaNuma-tastic viral video yet? And all the replies? It all comes from Robert Popper's blog.

1:08:04 TFG finally explains how and why he abandoned his wife...

1:09:12 This week's question for The Boys and the commentariat is, naturally, movie themed. What movie in your collection are you most embarrassed by, or that you shouldn't like? Hey, the discussion doesn't have to end at the copyright notice - if you want to submit your embarrassing movies (anonymity honoured on request) then do so at the usual address!

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Want to contribute to the show? You're always welcome to; email The Usual Address, or follow twitter.com/spikester and/or at facebook.com/thespikester to find out about or suggest future topics. ------- Hey, if you've got something to promote? Something to get off your chest? Just want to hang out and talk rubbish? Well, if you fancy being a guest on the worldwide radio phenomenon known as The Paul And Spike Show, get in touch via the usual address.

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The Paul And Spike Show airs weekly, every Friday night on the mighty Radio Six International, from 11pm UK time and 6pm US eastern time. It also airs on 88.5 World FM in Wellington New Zealand on Sunday afternoons, local time. You can listen online, wherever you are in the world. Check out the other great programming on both stations; Radio Six brings you specialist music shows and unsigned artists, plus drama and comedies. World FM's varied schedule includes the best in international news, and music from around the world. You might also hear us on shortwave anywhere in the world, via WBCQ's 5.110MHz and 9.330MHz frequencies, or on any of the other FM and AM stations across the world that carry Radio Six's quality programming.

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We love feedback at the show, and there are plenty of ways to get in touch. You can email us at the usual address, or you can book our faces in the Paul And Spike Show Facegroup Book. Or leave a comment below. If you Twitter, you can befriend Spike here and Paul here. Also, you can catch the Wave. Email with your Wave ID and our internet pixies will conference you in. Or whatever the hell it is you do with it to get people added.

The Paul And Spike Show: February 5th, 2010.

  This week, our heroes are joined by (some of) the cast of popbunker.net, the internets' most pop culturally aware source for news, reviews and previews, commentary, trailers and oddities. Coop (twitter | website), Joey (twitter | website), Caveman (twitter | website) and Heather (twitter | website) drop by to discuss the cult of PopBunker, their week in stuff, and their picks for Over/Under.  Why does the opening jingle play twice?  um.... don't know, sir.

0:00:00 It sounds like some potential bad news, as Spike sorts out his feelings for Paul. Paul, however, is more concerned about the lack of people using the Paul And Spike Show Google Wave experiment.

0:16:24 Yes! It's back! The week's current affairs, as seen through an oxycontin haze - Pickin' And Grinnin'!

0:18:40 Episode one of "A Very Special PopBunker". Not really. The gang are in, and what a Week In Stuff they've had!

• 0:30:24 - a simple WIS for birthday boy Caveman, he's been to see religious action movie "The Book Of Eli". *(Mel Gibson not included)
• 0:32:59 - Joey was blown away the trailer of vampire movie 'Daybreakers'. "But," he says, "like the vampires - the movie sucks." And no... they don't sparkle.
• 0:34:36 - Los Angeles geek girl comic book fan Heather's week was dominated by being kidnapped and made to read the first edition of "Ex Machina". Once freed, she was also able to enjoy Neil Gaiman's "Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader" and Grant Morrison's "All Star Superman".
• 0:37:00 - Coop and Mrs Coop have been trying hard to kick their "Merlin" habit, plus Coop's been struggling with the titles of Ian Rankin's "Rebus" series and enjoying Denis Leary's book, only some of which is written in all caps.
• 0:41:47 - Following the review on last week's show, Paul and Mini-Paul enjoyed "Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs", and his Ebert-Of-The-Week was the salacious-sounding "Peeping Tom". Also, thanks to the fine folks at Book View Cafe, "Rocket Boy And The Geek Girls". Really.
• 0:45:21 - Spike's been overdosing on his comedy namesake Spike Milligan with episodes of "Q9" and "Milligan In...", and shook his head in anguish at the mainstreamocity of the Python-written "No, That's Me Over Here". But what a good idea for improving "Scotland's Winter Wonderland"...

0:51:50 The first Over/Under of the new year is a real head-scratcher. The concave-chested hipsters, the cast of PopBunker and the commentariat discuss their choices for most over-rated and most under-rated TV shows of the 1990s. Some surprising choices for Overs and some long-lost Unders. Thoughts? Agreements? Disagreements? The discussion doesn't have to stop at the copyright notice. Send an email to the usual address if you've got any thorts.

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Want to contribute to the show? You're always welcome to; email The Usual Address, or follow twitter.com/spikester and/or at facebook.com/thespikester to find out about or suggest future topics.

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Didn't the PopCul... PopBUNKER folks do an awesome job? Hey, if you've got something to promote? Something to get off your chest? Just want to hang out and talk rubbish? Well, if you fancy being a guest on the worldwide radio phenomenon known as The Paul And Spike Show, get in touch via the usual address.

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The Paul And Spike Show airs weekly, every Friday night on the mighty Radio Six International, from 11pm UK time and 6pm US eastern time. It also airs on 88.5 World FM in Wellington New Zealand on Sunday afternoons, local time. You can listen online, wherever you are in the world. Check out the other great programming on both stations; Radio Six brings you specialist music shows and unsigned artists, plus drama and comedies. World FM's varied schedule includes the best in international news, and music from around the world. You might also hear us on shortwave anywhere in the world, via WBCQ's 5.110MHz and 9.330MHz frequencies, or on any of the other FM and AM stations across the world that carry Radio Six's quality programming.

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We love feedback at the show, and there are plenty of ways to get in touch. You can email us at the usual address, or you can book our faces in the Paul And Spike Show Facegroup Book. Or leave a comment below. If you Twitter, you can befriend Spike here. Also, you can catch the Wave. Email with your Wave ID and our internet pixies will conference you in. Or whatever the hell it is you do with it to get people added.

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