Dumbed Down Life 023

This week it's Big Brother, Cycling (or not), and Monkey Magic.

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1. Intro / Outro MusicElement 4 - Big Brother Theme
2. Lance TopicBig Brother
   http://www.channel4.com/bb_holding/index.jsp


3. Song 1The Orchid Highway - Next World
   http://www.orchidhighway.com/
4. Darren's topic
   Cycling
5. Song 2
   The Crash Moderns - Where Did All The Scene Girls Go
   http://www.myspace.com/thecrashmoderns
6. Promo
   Infected
   http://www.scottsigler.com/
   http://www.infectednovel.com
7. Combined TopicMonkey Magic - Gorillaz style
8. Song 3
   Mike Zito - Slow It Down
   http://www.mikezito.com/

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This week we discuss a one armed man, Eco Football and Life on Mars U.S.

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1. Intro / Outro Music
   Snubnosed Aardvark - Derek K Miller
   http://www.penmachine.com/
2. Song 1
   Doug Edgell - Born With A Broken Heart
   http://www.dougedgell.net/
3. Darren's topic
   Armless
4. Song 2
   Jordon Douchette - Dear Mother
   http://www.jordandoucette.com/
5. Promo
   Table Rappers
   http://www.tablerappers.com
6. Lance's Topic
   Football Rant
7. Song 3
   Mike Zito - Holding Out For Love
   http://www.mikezito.com/
8. Darren's Topic
   Life On Mars US
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TSEMxvtY4E
9. Song 4
   Sling - Valentine
   http://www.myspace.com/slingfest

Nickelback Lyricosis

This is an example of Lyricosis that had me baffled for a while. I guess a good case of Lyricosis is one that you're blissfully unaware of until someone else hears you sing the words and asks "WHAT?".


"Little Women must have damn near killed you."

www.kissthisguy.com

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An arresting story, lyricosis, and whirlygigs...........
And yes that is three presenters you can hear.

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1. Intro / Outro MusicSnubnosed Aardvark - Derek K Miller
   http://www.penmachine.com/
2. Song 1Lance Larson - Listen To Your Heartbeat
   http://www.lancelarsonmusic.com/
3. Lance's topic
   WANTED!!
4. Song 2
   Matthew Ebel - Drive Away
   http://www.matthewebel.com/
5. Promo
   Virtual Barber
   http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=22913
6. Dougs Topic's Topic
   Lyricosis
   http://playonlyrics.com/lyricosis
7. Song 3
   Mike Zito - Love Like This
   http://www.mikezito.com/
8. Darren's TopicBoys and their toys
9. Song 4
   Neal Fox - Is Anybody Home
   http://wireduck.com/index.html
10. Outro
    Derek K Miller Snubnosed Aardvark

Your Face Here?

We've added a feature which you should see across the entire web site, over on the left. Quotes from various episodes of Dumbed Down Life, information about the music and topics from various episodes and even links to "friends of the show". Just a small picture with a tag line. What's posted is selected randomly. If you see something about yourself that isn't quite right then let us know, ddl.podshow@gmail.com . Also let us know if you have any technical problems with the feature, it's pretty simple but we aren't able to test it across all the different browsers and operating systems.

Darren

Two Cams Are Better Than One

While it's great fun to create videos using just one camera, double the cameras is double the fun.

When Lance came over to visit recently we decided to shoot some "Q&A" sessions that will appear on the web site.

We made the films using two cameras and a iPod with a TuneTalk that allows you to plug in a microphone and record directly.

Lance is now in the process of editing together all the bits.

Once completed we'll be putting the videos into the "About Us" part of the web site and no doubt other places too.

Who Want's To LIVE Forever?

Quick on the clicking, Lance has again managed to secure us the server spot for transmitting the DDL recording live on the 15th. I produced a little "teaser" poster to go along with the show for this week.

We're Almost There

Thanks to Lance's clean page design, help from Ben the hosting guy and the power of Blogger we've got the site to a stage now where we can start to promote the official URL of www.dumbeddownlife.com !

The main stories will always be right in your face on the front page, we intend to keep the site simple so that all the information you could want about the show is only a few clicks away.

Watch this space...

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Dumbed Down Life 20 / Dumbed Down Live 02. Looks like we'll keep the LIVE branding for the album art but Life for the show notes and name so that we maintain a true show count.

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1. Intro / Outro Music
   Snubnosed Aardvark - Derek K Miller
   http://www.penmachine.com
2. SongLeeDM101 - Broken Dreams
   http://mashuptown.com
3. Topic 1The slip road traffic lights are spreading
4. Song 2Black Lab - Ghost in your mind
   http://blacklabworld.com/blw/index.html
5. Topic 2Non stick Gum research given grant
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7388031.stm
6. Song 3Duran Duran - Falling Down
   http://duranduran.com
7. Song 4Daniel Link - Be Kind
   http://www.daniellink.com
8. Topic 3Lego Tower World Record
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7386537.stm
   http://www.legoland.co.uk
9. Song 5Yael Naiim - New Soul
   http://www.yaelweb.com
10. Song 6Liquid State - Lost
    http://www.liquidstatemusic.com

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The Star Wars Special, recorded on Skywalker day, May The Forth!

Lance and Darren talk on Star Wars, mainly about the films but touching onthe extended universe books, graphic novels and games.

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For the geeks that made it through this recording... It was Darth Bane that introduced the rule of only two Sith - http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rule_of_two

Are You Picking This Up?

Hey, what are you doing here? We're not finished yet. We're in the middle of testing and polishing the site, links will be missing. We'll let you know as soon as everything is ready for you to look at ;)

Call Me

We've now got the call in number set up and have put out a little audio promo too. The new number is:

07092 274 759

Please feel free to call us with any feedback or questions you have about the show.

Dumbed Down Life 018

Recovering from the Dumbed Down Live, we talk about presents from phone companies, BBC iPlayer, Flying Pigs and Internet Celebrity.

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1. Intro / Outro MusicSnubnosed Aardvark - Derek K Miller
   http://www.penmachine.com
2. SongDJ Lobsterdust - Epick Black Rock
   http://mashuptown.com
3. Darren's topic
   Darren has yet another present from those lovelly people at O2
   http://www.02.co.uk
4. Song 2
   Christine Kane - Whole Other World
   http://christinekane.com/home
5. Thoughts on Dumbed Down LIVE
   http://bugcast.thelovebug.org
6. Lance's Topic's
   BBC iPlayer (again) llinks up with Virgin
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7374122.stmRoger Water's pig flies free
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7374994.stm
7. Song
   We The Living - London Rain
   http://www.myspace.com/wetheliving
8. Darren Topic 215 minutes Listeners of Fame
   http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/05/01/roflcon/index.html
9. Outro
   Derek K Miller Snubnosed Aardvark