David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Category: music

  • The Magic Factory Podcast! 3SYN 90.7FM

    Yes finally!

    It’s been two weeks since Antonio Cafasso and I teamed up for a 7-hour straight graveyard broadcast on Melbourne’s SYN 90.7FM, and I’ve finally cut together the podcast.

    Now, I know you people are busy with your various “commitments” (work/family/various drug addictions/etc.) so I’ve created a “Best of The Magic Factory” podcast just for you, the listener on the go:

    The Magic Factory – BEST OF – Podcast  (66 mins)
    Featuring the best bits of David M. Green & Antonio Cafasso’s graveyard shift on 3SYN 90.7FM January 27-28 2011. Taylor’s Hill Tailors, Antonio’s weight loss job, David M. Green’s Songs to Have Sex to, live cross to Sam Mac in Perth, Shane Warne Soundboard Prank Calls, re-setting public transport, The Magic Factory Newsroom, fun with sound effects & Alan Jones clips, song intro challenge, Lorne Lawns & a live call from “Steve” at a Lilydale petrol station.

    But for the REAL fans, or if you just don’t have a life and you’d like to listen to the FULL podcast, you’re in luck!

    The complete The Magic Factory podcast can be downloaded below in three parts, for your convenience. Obviously the music has been removed, which reduces 7 hours to about 3 hours and 45 minutes.

    Perfect for any long drive (when, for some reason, you don’t want to listen to music). Alternatively, import them into your Grand Theft Auto PC game so you can listen to Antonio and me play wacky sound effects as you mow down hookers with an AK-47!

    The Magic Factory FULL Podcast PART #1 (72 mins)
    Taylor’s Hill Tailors, driving in Melbourne & dealing with VicRoads, Antonio’s weight loss job, David M. Green’s Songs to Have Sex to, live cross to Sam Mac in Perth, Shane Warne Soundboard Prank Calls,  re-setting public transport, Too Easy: The Webseries & DMG’s pen.

    The Magic Factory FULL Podcast PART #2 (72 mins)
    DMG’s adventures in commercial radio, The Magic Factory Newsroom, origins of the Alan Jones clips, horrible share-housing experiences, Peter Macinkovic calls in, DMG records some demo radio talkbreaks for Gold 104.3FM, song intro challenge, Antonio’s hilarious fart sounds, Lorne Lawns & Rove L.A.

    The Magic Factory FULL Podcast PART #3 (79 mins)
    Elaborately over-produced IDs, bed music samples, Adelaide v. Melbourne, more Alan Jones, DMG “picks up” at the cinema, texts from the listeners, David M. Green’s Songs to Have Sex to (reprise), DMG’s “31 Questions” TV game show pilot, a live call from “Steve” at a Lilydale petrol station, plans for the day, a chat with Nicholas Waxman from “Get Cereal” & a live call from “Jennifer”, some random listener.

    Overall a fantastic experience. Comedy on radio is a huge passion of mine and it was great to get back behind the panel. Although, I’m not jumping at the opportunity to do 7 hours straight again… This is us at 6AM…

    Although, a return to a regular hour slot is not out of the question. The question is where, who and when…

    Special thanks again to Antonio. You can hear from the clips we were genuinely having a great time. The laughter is real, I can assure you. That’s what makes great radio, in my opinion.

    Happy listening.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    I’m radioactive!

  • 1983 is the year for me

    Hey Hey,

    I’ve known for many years that the period 1978-1990 is and probably will always be my all time favourite musical era. I love the synthesisers, the electric drums, the passing notes,  the suspension chords and the obscure lyrics that made New Wave what it was. But recently I believe I’ve decided that I can place an apex on what has until now been more of a musical preference plateau.

    1983. If this is it? Please let me know. Well Huey, it is. In my opinion 1983 is ’80s New Wave at its peak. Sure, there were great ’80s songs before and after, but I think 1983 had something special about it. Here are my favourite albums from 1983 (and remember, some of these were recorded in 1982, and released in ’83, and others recorded in ’83, released in ’84. As long as one of those dates (ie. recording date, release date) has a ‘3’ in it, for the purposes of this blog entry, it’s from 1983:

    1. Huey Lewis & The News – Sports
    2. Tears for Fears – The Hurting
    3. Depeche Mode – Construction Time Again
    4. Alphaville – Forever Young
    5. Howard Jones – Human’s Lib
    6. New Order – Power, Corruption and Lies
    7. Talking Heads – Speaking in Tongues
    8. Eurthymics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
    9. Styx – Kilroy Was Here
    10. The B-52’s – Whammy

    All fantastic albums. I whole-heartedly recommend them. Unless you don’t like ’80s music, in which case I don’t even know why you’re on this website. An interesting note: 1983 occurred 4 years before I was born and I’ve only listened to these albums in their entirety within the last 5 years (actually, half of them within the last 1 year). So it’s not like they were passively the soundtrack to my life. I’ve gone quite out of my way to obtain and listen to these albums. Hypothetical question: Had I been born 10 or 15 years earlier, would I still claim that 1983 is my favourite year for music? Or would it be 1968 (which is also a good year, now that you mention it, well… now that I mention it, as I’m the one writing this)? I’m afraid the only way to find out involves a time machine and a lot of DNA, and I neither have the time nor the blood for such a crusade. I’d much rather sit at home and listen to a record, preferably something from the ’80s.

    By the way, this week I’ve learnt that Tears for Fears, Spandau Ballet and Huey Lewis & The News are all coming to Australia! I’m very quickly getting through my list of ’80s bands to see live, having seen The B-52’s just last month and Howard Jones about a year ago. I’ll probably see them in Melbourne, as my mid-February moving date is rapidly approaching. I’m actually going to Melbourne tomorrow to check out some potential places to live. Very exciting!

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    We all miss The News Meg, but Huey Lewis needs time to create and we all have to learn to be patient.