Episode 86: The Reel Thing

Aired 2010-07-30

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This time on the ROAR: Some easy and smooth Bob Marley, Brazilian style, installing Ubuntu, walkabout with Jim, Lillian, Andrew and Krista, smelling the lilacs, making perfume, idol worshipry, was Jesus catholic?, did Jesus have blue eyes?, when does summer actually start in the Republic of Avalon?, more chat about retrieval and backup from the VS2480 to make way for the new FW-1884, digitizing records and cassettes, old demos, some old music from Jim's brothers, Steve and Jeff Fidler, some old demos from Jim's cousin, Christina Aguilera, when she was 8 years old, the original version of Downtown Girl featuring Flip Janes on bodhran, original demos of Funky Lady, There's A Way, Citizen Of The World, the Jim and Lillian encounter before they met, a wee bit of Newfinese, the security suitcase, Linas the job thief, the No Time co-incidence, the three bears, brother Phil's mis-haps, the chance meeting in Toronto, first contact from Jim's brother Scott on March 23, 1992, co-incidences really co-incidental?, ribbing Toronto Mapleleaf fans, the Newfoundland version of the Blitzkrieg Bop, Digby O'Dell from The Life Of Riley, being mentioned on the Frank Nora show, the R-09 HR, is the Ironic song ironic?, German greetings from Andy, a bunch of dialog from the unwhitting extras along the way and back to the studio where Jim plays some old archival stuff. Music this time: Our theme, Genesis, and a bunch of snippets of old demos, by Jim Fidler http://www.jimfidler.com Best listened to on headphones. Ain't life swell?