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Hinterland is what I call the period between Christmas and the New Year, that strange waiting room time where it's not the next year and you slowly eat the leftovers and the Christmas/New Year blues kick in. A grey snowy/rainy hinterland where light barely enters, and things seem rather bleak or weird. This is a 2023 dub/punk new year themed episode dedicated to Terry Hall of the Specials and FB3 who died recently, Vivienne Westwood who I heard about immediately after I recorded this podcast, and the 20th annviversary of the death of Joe Strummer., Wilko Johnson who died in November and Jet Black of the Stranglers who died early December. It's been a bad month in the world of punk. Also some drum and bass and acid chiiled vibes from Ceephax and less chilled vibes from Daniel Avery as we wave goodbye to 2023 and hope it's much more epic and less shit than 2022, but don't I always say that?. Wondering in a Winter Hinterland (2:33, 217MB) Listen to RC 376: Hinterland / Epic 2023 byRadio Clash on hearthis.at The Specials - Rat Race (BBC in Concert: Live at Paris Theatre, 15 December 1979) Cecille DeMilla vs Instamatic - This Is Radio Clash The Kunts (feat. Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer) - Fuck The Tories (Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer Remix) Mikkim vs The Clash - I Fought The Law dj feva - gun clash brixton (The Clash - Guns of Brixton) dubmones feat. Sebastian Sturm - Pinhead DubXanne - Message In A Bottle (Message In A Dub) Featuring Earl 16 Fun Boy Three - The More I See (The Less I Believe) DubXanne - Spirits In A Material World (Spirits In A Dubworld) Featuring Benjamin Zephaniah Ceephax - Strut (Storm Mix) Bobby Martini - Too Busy Thinking About The Magnificent Seven (The Clash vs Marvin Gaye) Cookiee Kawaii - H@ters Anonymous mashupchuck - Dio Lipa - Hallucinate in the Dark (Dua Lipa vs. Dio) HallMighty - Set Fire To Blue Monday (Adele vs New Order vs Sebastian Bohm) Instamatic - Bush of Ghosts (A Deal With The Devil) (Kate Bush vs Ghost) Daniel Avery & Sherelle - Higher (Vocal Version) DJ Fresh - Gold Dust (Fox Stevenson Remix Full Length) Lily Allen - Smile (Mista Trick & Fizzy Gillespie Drum 'n' Bass Remix) 4am Kru - 4AMK3 (Golden Boy) Degs - Still Messed Up Buunshin - Tranen Cobrah - BRAND NEW BITCH Daniel Avery - Chaos Energy (featuring HAAi & Kelly Lee Owens) DJ Useo - Girls Just Want To Tear Us Apart (Cyndi Lauper vs Joy Division) USS - Riders of love (The Doors vs Air) Ceephax - Roddy Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Belize (feat. MF DOOM) Sault - Stronger Instamatic - Willesden Blue (The Orb vs Mescaleros vs Bonzo Dog Band - 2020 remaster) B.B. Seaton - Thin Line Between Love And Hate Hollie Cook - Happy Hour The Specials - Friday Night, Saturday Morning BB Seaton - I Feel Lost tbc aka Instamatic - Only Living Boy In Jamaica (Boy Who We Be) (Tanya Stephens vs Simon & Garfunkel) Specials - Enjoy Yourself (reprise) Transcript Hello, Welcome to Radio Clash, this is 376and it's Hinterland, or Epic 2023Question mark? Will it be epic?Welcome to Ready Clash 376And it's HinterlandBecause this is recorded in the HinterlandThe Christmas Hinterland as we call it around hereYou know that weird time between Christmas and New YearAnd also Epic 2023Question markBecause I have a theory that the music in 2023And currently now is becoming less of thatLockdown, acoustic and more epicMore bigger, more maximalist, more widescreenMore throwing the kitchen sink and everythingWell that's just my theory, I think it's going to get more epicBut the question is whether 2023 itself has become epicHmm, probably notAnd you just heard I Fought the LawMikkim vs The ClashAnd of course it's not dated, but I think it's from a few years agoMikkim is an Eastern European producerHe's produced quite a few of dub drum and bassRemixes especially around The ClashThen before that we had from The KuntsWith their Christmas single this yearThat's Fuck the ToriesAnd that's the Mr B, the Gentleman Rhymer remixI didn't really think I'd support themAlthough I found it funny how they managed toPiss off the sausage roll grifter that is Lad BabyAnd quite right tooAlthough I think The Cunts are grifting to some extentI think Lad Baby is much worse exampleBut I like that version by Mr B going all jungleAnd I agree with the sentiment obviouslyAnd then before the wonderful jingle from Cecille DeMillaThe new one that was a Rat Race by the SpecialsFrom BBC concert live at the Paris Theatre15th of December, 1979And obviously included that because of the sad death of Terry HallAnd also we just had the 20th anniversary ofThe death of Joe StrummerWho died 23rd of DecemberI remember that, that was similar feeling toHow I feel about Terry HallOf Specials, FUNBOY 3And many other things, kind of fieldAnd you will hear some Terry HallAnd some more Joe Strummer and The ClashLater on in the podcastIt's a very dubby, punky, drum and bassySome electronica, something with the new CeephaxAnd the new Daniel Avery albumsThe Ceephax one just recently droppedI've featured it on the blog RadioClash.comIf you don't know, I'm sure you do knowBecause you downloaded thisBut you never know where people get to hear thisBut yeah, from RadioClash.comYou can feature the Ceephax albumAnd the Daniel Avery album is brilliant as wellWe'll talk about that laterBut we're going to start with some moreMore Clash related shizzleRadioClash, I mean seriously, I meanIt's part of the MOThat's where we stole the name fromSo this is from DJ Feva'sLockdown EPDuring lockdown he created a bunch ofLockdown related dub tracksThis one was less lockdown relatedProbably is why I didn't play itBut this is Gun Clash BrixtonThe Clash Guns of BrixtonBy DJ FevaThat was DubxanneWith Spirits in a Material WorldSpirits in a Dub WorldFeaturing Benjamin ZephaniahI like BBenjamin Zephaniah butDubbing up police tracksOh that's not the one I heardMaybe it was but I'm pretty sure it wasn'tInformously, a long long time agoOn this podcast we did a podcastProbably the first ever podcast in the worldOn psychedelic mushroomsAnd just before they became illegalIn the UKWe thought we heard the bestOr I thought I heard the bestPolice dub album everAnd I think it was just audio hallucinationsIt certainly didn't sound like thatIt sounded like King TubbyOr Lee Scratch Perry remixing the policeIt was like wowAnd I think it was just an audio hallucinationBecause everything was looping aroundIn my headEven the birds and everything was just looping aroundBecause it was like an in echo chamberSo it was the best dub album everAnd it was in my head, annoyinglyI've always wanted to do a dub sectionAnd it just seemed appropriateBecause of the death of Terry HallAnd the 20th anniversaryOf Dub and Reggae and SkaJust seemed to be appropriateTo drop loads of tracks relating to thatBefore there was Funboy 3With More I See The Less I BelieveFrom their album WaitingFrom 1983From Police and DubSo I actually couldn't have been thatIt couldn't have been that albumMaybe it was a pre-release, I don't knowIt's such a shame that that Funboy 3 trackIs out of dateIs out nation dividedAnd terrorismAnd all those thingsIt's such a relic of the timesThings have changedAnd it's nothing like that at allAhemYesThen before that we had DubxanneWith Message in a BottleMessage in a DubFeaturing Earl 16I love Earl 16I've played tracksI think with Mikkim againFrom Earl 16And I couldn't decide which one to put inSo I put in bothAnd usually one gets droppedI was like noI really think theSpiritualAnti-MaterialismYour YouMessage is perfect forA New Year showAnd alsoThere's the line inMessage in a BottleAbout another year has passedAnd thenBottlesArriving at my shoreAnd that kind of sums upKind of where I'm at at the momentTalking about my experiencesAnd a few things onlineThe idea thatNot everyone's experience is uniqueBut alsoDepressingly commonAnd that also seems to workVery well with aA New Year ideaSo, you knowAnd then before thatWe had DubmonesFeaturing Sebastian SturmThat's PinheadThat's fromThe King-sized Dub25ConvolutionThat's from this yearI don't know, is that a cover?Is that a cover mashup?A mash cover?A cash-upA motherOf PinheadBy the RamonesI love how they dropped in bits of the RamonesAnd it's also mixed inAnd with the radio sounds at the startAnd then at the start of the sectionWe had DJ FevaSpell FEVAI think you can still find that onlineFor downloads still availableVery well worth checking outFor 2020That'sThat's Gun Clash BrixtonI've rinsed several tracks from that EPBack in 2020As it seemed to sum up theTimesSo I'm sure some of itHas probably hasn't dated very wellBecause it's talking aboutJohnson and GoveHopefullyHopefully those are in the pastWho knows what's going to happenFuck the ToriesFuck, fuck the ToriesEt ceteraAnd againIt's a shame those things are in the pastIt's a shame things have changedThings have got so much betterIn the last two yearsYeah, so hopefully2020-23 is epicIn CapitalsI have no doubtsBut anywayWhat is epicIs the new albumI would say epic in a very quiet wayA new album from CeephaxAnd it's calledBaddow MoodsAnd he released itI think it's Christmas DayYeah, it was Christmas DayHe released itAnd very muchI hate to use the phraseReturn to FormBecause there isn't really a formWith CeephaxCeephax just does what Ceephax doesIt's all acidOld machinedKind of nostalgiaBut kind of CeephaxIt's just what Ceephax doesTo say it's acidIs not reallyIt's sort of acidAmbientUnlike his brotherSquare pushIt doesn't go allBase workoutsAt sort of 170 BPMNoBut a variety of thingsAnd there's some really niceSort of chill track on thisSurprisinglyPiano tracksAnd something a little bitEven a little bitHappy hardcoreA little bitEvenWhich is surprisingBy the next trackHe hasn't exactly goneHands on the airWhistleAnd that's the stuffThat's the CeephaxBut yeahI would reallyWould recommend checkingCeephaxThat's spelled C-E-E-P-H-A-XIf you don't knowAnd it's availableOn BandcampAnd this is StratStorm Mixby CeephaxThat was DJ UseoWithGirls Just Want to Tear Us ApartCindi Lauper vs Joy DivisionAnd I hopeYou got myFeeling about the wholeEpicThat was the rightEpic mix in placesWhat I mean by thatThe whole frequency rangeThe whole orchestralBigSounds bigNot necessarilyOrchestralBut you knowElectronicAnd very much in that veinWe haveDaniel AveryFromUltra TruthThe Latest AlbumAnd that'sKS EnergyFeaturingHAAiH-A-A-IAnd Kelly Lee OwensBothOr threeAre notStrangest this podcastIt just sounds likeA massive breakbeatDrum and bass raveIn the next roomA booming echoey roomBut justInvelopes youBefore thatWe hadCobrahWith an HWith brand new bitch2022 as wellI heard that viaIggy PopOn 6MusicActuallyJust playing some CobrahWorking withCoucou ChloeChloeCuckou?Cuckoo?French producerBunshiinI really likeTranenAgain fromI wasCome downOn the drum and bass sectionDegsWe're still messed upWe love DegsAnother recent trackA single from20224AM KruAre always welcomeOn this podcast4AMMark 3Golden BoyThat's themRemixingElf KidWith bitsOfReggaeDiggyHey Dougie RascalYeah that'sThat's a good mashupHey DougieMeansDizzy RascalThat needs to be doneI wouldn't playProbablyBecause ofRevengeFairly recentlyYeah I don't really likePeople thatBeat up their partnerYeahNot goodBut that'sGot a little bit of thatJamaicanDancehallI can't remember the nameThatI'm thinkingWeedy GThat's sampled in thereIt's very mashup likeA Golden Boy trackThen before thatWe had a remixOf theLily Allen's SmileBy Mr. TrickAnd Dizzy GillespieSwing and BassCompilationsThey both have doneFair amount of thoseAnd going back to thatDanny BirdPostI then went through a lot ofI was likeOh yeah 5Sorry Mr. TrickOh Dizzy GillespieSo I kind of went throughTheir soundcloudsI stalked their soundcloudsYou knowFor all theFreebiesAnd stuffWhich they can't releaseProperlyBut I usually downloadFor freeSo that's howI heard thatI think that'sProbably how I heardThe newLike I saidNewIt was back fromMarchIt's new for meMarch 2022That's the newIn quotesRemixGold DustBecause it's 10 yearsOh my GodDon't you feel oldDJ Fresh'sGold Dust was released10 years ago7 years agoThat's the next MarchFox StevensonOf thatAnd there was a bigEPWith aboutI think7 or 10Remixes on itThat's my favouriteBecauseIt just goes largeIt goes largeIn a very big fashionFashionDJ Fresh's Gold DustYou've probably heard itIn a remixOr an advertOr whateverIt just becameOmnipresentIt was one of those releasesWhichUnlikeSayShirefxOrAndy CDoesn't really haveThe same profileThat's what to meBrought him to my attentionI think is it himApologies for isn'tWe had another trackOr that's fromThe higher singleThat's higherVocal versionBecause actually on the albumSherelle's vocalIs on the previous trackI had to write a versionBut it's mixed inBecause I couldn't be botheredTo go and edit it myselfAndAnd I thinkI'm not sureWhat she's speaking aboutBut I suspectShe's talking aboutQueer spacesGenerally queer spacesAnd raves howThey are special spacesThey are a churchThe dance floor is a churchIt's a ritual spaceI think house planiersCame from gospelAnd yeahThere's a wholeThing thereButCertainly the dance floorHas a queerRitual aspectsIt isOur coming together spaceIt is ourRitual spaceIt's an expressionOf our cultureIt's been thereFor a very long time60 70 plus yearsAnd probably moreIf you go backInto the shamanic stuffAnd all that thingsAnd so many queerPeople are shamansIt goes backEven thousands of yearsIf youRecent times56 yearsIt is a very key partOf a cultureHaving that spaceBut it isHemmed inBy everything around itSo it is thatArea whereYou can be yourselfOr you knowFor other peopleTo guess themselvesAnd be themselvesBut as soon as you leaveThat dance floorIt becomesSomething elseYou have to go backInto the normal worldI don't know if that'sWhat it was aboutBut that's what it gotFrom thatThat vocal snippetThat was why it's importantFor meWhat a mindInstamatic withBush of GhostsThat's a dealWith the devilThat's Kate BushVersus GhostThat's againI think moreAnd moreInstamatic tracksLeaking inAnd more of the TBC stuffThe more serious sideIs leaking into themThere aren't that manyGhost mashupsAnd that was doneFor one of theChallengesThe CrumplbangerChallengeWhich wasMashedSomething that's under-mashedAnd there aren'tThat many Ghost mashupsI've done oneTitus Jones has done oneThere might be a few moreBut not manyWhich is weirdBecause GhostArePiggeringAmazingI don't know whyBut yesThere is a darknessAnd artTrackMuch more epicAnd that wasWhat Adriana saidWhen she played itAnd it was likeYes, exactlyAnd that's why I came upWith the2023Is the epic thingBecause I've noticedThat trendOf making thingsThat wereEpic even more epicThat will beContinue intoI might be wrongBut that's whyI just have a feelingOccasionally I have theseLittleAnd I'm not usually wrongI have theseThingsIt feels about rightIt's likeThree years after thePandemicI think it'sIt's going to be a timeWhen people will be likeObviously circumstancesAllowingIt's now timeTo let everyone's hair downOr goJust super wide screenGlitzGlamI can see that happeningIn a similarVery epic frameHallmighty withSet fire toBlue MondayYou shouldn't do thatDon't set fly toUnless you're throwing itIt'sAdeleVersusNew OrderSebastianBoomAnd that's fromNo pressureA collection ofNew Order mashupsWhich HallmightyReleasedA month or two agoA couple of months nowAnd yesAgainmashupchuckAnd that's somethingIt's beenIn the stack for a whileIt was more epic thanSort ofDua Lipa discoDioNothing reallySort of bigVersus bigBig hairVersus big beatsBigish beatsI've been likingmashupchucks workThroughout 2022And hopefullyWe'll continue toHear more good stuffFrom themIn 2023Then we hadCookieeKawaii2021'sVan IceThat's Haters AnonymousYou might have heardA theme thereI mean thatIn a weird wayInspiredA mashupI'm going to playRight at the endThoughDoesn't involveCookie KauaiBut there is a similarTheme through a different artistI love how it's likeHaters get onlineDo your thingDon't rake herWe had a mashupWhich I'm surprisedI've not played beforeBobby MartiniToo busy thinking aboutThe Magnificent 7The ClashVersus Marvin GayAnd it'sThis one's for JoeCompilationI did inWhich was the 5th anniversaryOf Joe Strummer's deathThat is still out thereIt was MutantPop.netSlashStrummer RemixPunk Rock WarlordThis is a subtitle of itIt was all mashupsFrom people that Dunproofin'UseoMeJuxtaposeurMarty BatfreakIan FondueWorld Famous Audio HackerAnd a lot of peopleDid stuff like thatAnd I think that workedReally wellOther compilationsLater onI thoughtOh, we were MacAnd that was a nightmareBut actuallyThat one wasn't too badYeah, it's weird to think15 years laterNow it's the 20thAnniversary of the deathOf Joe StrummerI was listening to itAnd I was still stunnedBy itAnd you might hearAnother one of the mashupsWhich at the timeI played about5 or 6 of themAnd then I didn't playThe restBecause I was likeDon't want toBother peopleWith all thisThere was a mixFrom the new albumI don't knowMoodsThat's StructI like the sort ofUpbeatBut chilled nature of itIt is veryI know I saidHappy HardcoreIt's not reallyThe pianoAnd things like thatAnd the wayIt's sort of mournfulBut there is a sort ofA piano houseIt's a piano houseThe Ceephax getsSo we're going to playA trackWe're going to get a bit moreDownbeat nowReaching towards the endOf the podcastI hope notIt was originallyAbout 2.7 hours3 hoursAnd I whittled it downBut there's alwaysAs alwaysA massive struggleTo get everything downThis is byUniverse Sound SystemUSSThe air trackIn thisBut I definitely knowThe DoorsThis is Doors versus airRiders of loveThat wasStrongerBy SaultFrom one of fourNew albumsWell, newThey were dropped in NovemberThat's from EarthThere was alsoElevenA bit likeWell, Ed SheeranDoes symbols and theyThey do numbersAnd soThere was likeNine and there was elevenBut I forget the nameOf the other two albumsIf you like SaultIf you like Sault's workYou really, reallyReally need to get overTo their BandcampAnd check them outThere is a lot of listening to doI'm not like all of themI mean some of themAre very gospelLikeVery Jesus basedWhich is notReally so popular for meIt's always worth listeningTo what they doThey're brilliantAnd no one knows who they areApart from the singersThe singers who work with themI'm not sure if the singers arePart of themLittle Sims is alwaysHeavily connected withSaultBut I suspect the people behindThe people doing the musicThey stayOut of the mediaAnd they're a collectiveIn LondonI love them for thatThey just likeWell, we just put on musicWe don't do videosAnd we don't know interviewsYou take it onWhat's out thereAnd I think it's workedVery well for themBelize featuringMF DoomThat's Danger MouseAnd Black Thought2022'sCheat CodesA brilliant albumOne of my favouritesOf 2022Heard itTypicalBut that's actuallyBeenSupposed to have beenIn a couple of the podcastsI could never refit itIn anywhereIt's one of those tracksI love the sampleThat isFederal DuckPiece on my mindIt's aVery rareNot very well knownPsychedelicRock recordFrom 1968I just love the mood of thatAnd I'm playing thatIn partThe fact thatObamaPresidentBut thatIn his end of yearList of his favourite tunesAnd he was in powerWhen he refused toAllowIn his countryAlthough he's born in LondonHis parents settledFrom the age ofWell his age ofAbout oneIntoAmericaBut unfortunatelyThey never got himProperStatusSo like a lot of the dreamersHe never got statusSoHe didn't realise thatAnd then it wasn't until laterLifeHe realisedHe had trouble getting back inHe got back inAnd he went out for anotherTourHe just refused to getLet him back inAnd that was itUntil he diedFrom the United StatesThe fucking cheekWas a man whoLed the immigration policyWhich was worseThan previous presidentsSo for all of hisTalkHis actions wereAn extra 2.5 million peopleWere denied entranceTo the United StatesSo screw himHow dare he use the musicOf the peopleHe refused toAllow back into theirHomelandThe place they grew upCeephax withRoddyThat's aWonderful trackVeryA synth waveI love theWhat seems to be syntheticRumbles of thunderAnd it seems toAll been generatedAnd that hasHas its ownFeeling in itselfSynthetic thunderI like thatOf course I had to goUniversal Sound SystemAnd Riders of LoveRiders on the StormYeah, I'm notFor anythingPredictableMy mixing sometimesAnd the DoorsVersus AirI assume that the love partIs the air trackAnd is thatA recent Air track?I thought I'd heardAll the Air tracksAnd I was likeI don't recognise thatSo I said I had a trackThe punk rockWarlordMashupCompilation I didI'm reallySurprised I didNot play thisThis isOne of my favouriteMashups I've ever doneAnd it's preMVSepIt's preAI separationsAny acapellasAvailable forWe did the whole albumBy then theClashRock band stemsHadn't leakedSo we had to do itlike London BootedHad to be doneJust with what you couldCreate orExtractAnd the same hereSo I could do thisA lot better nowBut this isWillesden BlueThe OrbMescalerosThat's Joe StrummerAnd the MescalerosWhich was hisOne of hisLater bandsAfterThe Clash broke upBonzo Dog BandAnd this isGot a personal trackI used to live inWillesden GreenSo he was talkingAbout the areasNear meThe Mescaleros trackIs calledFrom Willesden to CricklewoodI knew both those placesVery wellAnd then I managed toFind aBonzo Dog trackWhich hasA weird interviewIt's ShirtsA bit ofstreetJust accostingRandom peopleIn WillesdenBlue roomIt's quiteDubbyBB SeatonA reggae artistThat IRandomly came acrossWhen I was looking forCovers ofReggae covers ofSweet CarolineAs you doAnd that isWell, it's from a compilationBut it's fromMid-70sI feel lost byAnd it's one of those tracksWhere you hear itAnd you goOh, that must be a coverThat's so brilliantWhy have I not heard this song beforeAnd you look and you find outIt is actually an originalAnd it's a lostA lost reggaeClassic, I would sayThe Specials withFriday nightSaturday morningOn the B sideOf Ghost Town1981To me, I think that'sWhatThe third Specials albumWhich never happenedWhich then became SpecialsA.K.A.Not withThe other threeThe Funboy 3I feel that'sA hint of what it could have been likeIt's a bit sad to listen toBecause it's a trueBrilliant songWritten by Terry HallAnd it's sad when I saw themThey were brilliantJerry Dammers wasn't involved with thatSo I've never got to see the SpecialsAs they wereBack thenBut still a brilliant songAnd I was listening toThe Nouvelle Vague versionThey did a cover versionWith Terry HallThat's whenNouvelle VagueBecameA bit too muchLike a weird covers bandIt wasn't as goodAs the originalOther punk linksHolly CookThe daughterPaul CookAnd Happy HourThat's from the latest albumOf the same nameCame out in JuneThat's one of the tracksI wanted to put inAnd it sort ofBeen put inTo get outThis has becomeA sort of a best ofPodcastI wasn't intended to beThere's a lot ofThings thatOther podcastsThat didn't fit into thatFor instanceI wanted to put themInto the Christmas podcastBut then I wantedTo put some shit in thereAnd it's sort ofI didn't want toYou feel you have toOne of these daysIs going to be a ChristmasRide Don't Do AThat'll be wonderfulBB Seaton in againWith a cover ofThe classicThin Line BetweenLove and HateThe mid-70sAnd at the startOf the sectionInstamaticEver since the challengeWhich isLast week's challengeUndermashed on MashedI've been finding thingsThat have beenUndermashedAnd one of themIs Bonzo Dog BandAnd the orb is anotherThe orbMashed thingsBut they veryRarelyMashed themselvesOutside ofLittle fluffy cloudsAnywayIs similarIf I can't think of anyI can't imagineWhen I suspectThey're probably allUrban SpacemanNot my favouriteBonzo Dog track everSo over eachThe end of the podcastI'm losing my voiceAnd that's always a good endingTim loses his voiceI'm not even on the red wine eitherIt's justToo much talkingJust too muchAnd I hope you have a good new yearI need to panic when I post thisI don't need to post thisBefore the new yearOr shortly afterwardsBut I hope you had oneOr we'll have oneA time traveller's10th done, I'm written aBut I hope you had a good oneOr we'll have a good oneAnd I'll see you in 2023When we've got outOf this hinterlandThis strange hinterlandI'm going to play out with aAnother mashup of mineYeah, it's a whole mashup of some mineThere's only threeOr is there four?There's threeThis podcastWeird, I tend toSort of do one per aliasBut this one I'll allow myselfEspecially asI have to sayThe Instamatic trackWas really a TBC trackThe Willesden BlueThat's not really anInstamatic trackAnd the Bush of Ghosts oneIs not really anInstamatic track eitherBut this is TBCaka InstamaticWith Only Living Boy in JamaicaAnd this is my yearEnding trackAnyways, this is very appropriateTo actually end the podcastThe last podcast of 2022And fuck you 2022I look forward to 2023But I say that every yearThis is Boy Who We BeThat's Tanya StephensVersus Simon and GarfunkelAnd I've been obsessed byLiving Boy in New YorkPartly becauseWell, I am a Simon and Garfunkel stanIt's appeared in so many brilliant filmsIt was in the normal heartAt the endIt's in Garden StateWhich is a filmJust rewatched it recentlyI still come back to that filmI know some people haveStacked it offAnd I'm like, why?It is actuallyAn amazingly brilliant filmThe ending is shitYeah, like we've got toTack on a happy ending hereBut the rest of itIs brilliant from Zach BraffI feel like I lost in translationWhere someone just wandering through that lifeAnd just thinking, what the hell's going on here?I've used to in mashupsThere was a Fever Ray mashupWhere I used the scene where they're in the poolTalking about familiesThere's all that stuff about going homeAnd familiesWhich links into the Dorothea mashup I didLinks into the last podcastWith homeAll that sort of stuffYou know, so yeahNo wonder I was watching Garden State againYeah, it's all about sort ofComing back to the place you grew upAnd just being weirded out by itPretty much the filmAnd also finding itThe usual things of finding yourselfAnd resolving things with your parentsNot those Hollywood tropesBut mostly the bit that's interesting to meIs the wholeKind of feeling of going homeOr whether you can really go home againAnd then after thisI'm going to play a short little trackFrom the SpecialsBecause you knowI have to start with SpecialsEnd with SpecialsOr I like to bring this full circleAnd enjoy yourselfRepriseYou've played themEnjoy yourselfBeforeThat was the difficult thingAbout this podcastSo many of the thingsI wanted to playI've played beforeSo this isThe Only Living Boy in JamaicaAnd I hope you have a goodNew yearAnd a good end of 2022And a good start of 2023

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