PMB019 Funky Germans Rocking Thailand with Caterina Valente, Peter Herbolzheimer, Sroeng Santi, US Navy Steel Band, Laetitia Sadier

On this week's distinctly rock-flavoured show we have some more examples of Luk Krung and Luk Thung from the latest Finders Keepers compilation, Thai? Dai! We also have a couple of selections from the recently released second volume in the Funky Fräuleins series as well as another slice of Classic Steel. But perhaps most excitingly of all, we have - for one week only - a return of The Herb! Yes, we've been digging through the lunar archives and have managed to find a Peter Herbolzheimer track from the mid-70s that was never released on vinyl but which has popped up on a tasty compilation of "krauty schlager wonders" (we're allowed to say that because that's how this German compilation describes itself).

For this edition of the podcast, MC Zirconium advises that you have a bucket of iced water at the ready.

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The Music

1.	Sroeng Santi: Kuen Kuen Lueng Lueng (Iron Man) from Thai! Dai?
2.	Caterina Valente: I Dig Rock And Roll Music from Funky Fräuleins Vol. 2
3.	Peter Herbolzheimer: Rock-O-Mobile from German Funk Fieber
4.	US Navy Steel Band: Overture to William Tell from Steel Appeal
5.	The Loved Drones vs Laetitia Sadier: Contact
6.	???: Machine Gum from Wall You Need Is Love
7.	Fiona Silver: Help from Complete Beatles on Ukulele
8.	Jane Weaver/The Focus Group/Susan Christie: A Circle And A Star (Part 2) from The Watch Bird Alluminate
9.	Plearn Promdan: Kosok Tee Det from Thai! Dai?
10.	Heidelinde Weis: Der Supermann from Funky Fräuleins Vol. 2

The Unnecessary News

• Man Takes-On Ridiculously Long Name, Simply Because He Could
• Top 10 superstitions people rely on everyday
• The Colonel's Secret Recipe Revealed!
• The world now has its first graduate in Beatles studies
• Men distracted from news by sexy newsreaders
• The World is sinking: Dubai islands ‘falling into the sea’

PMB018 Sun, Sea, Samba and Sergio the Septuagenarian

On the show this week we celebrate the recent birthday of the newly-septuagenarian sovereign of sunny samba, Sergio Mendes. Expect lots of tunes by Sergio: from his early 60s Sextet through to his futuristically-named Brasil 66 and Brasil 77. We also have some tunes by musicians associated with Sergio Mendes and close with an extraordinary slice of Luk Krung from Thailand (which has nothing whatsoever to do with Sergio Mendes).

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The Music

1.	Alan Lorber Orchestra: Mas Que Nada from Lotus Palace
2.	Art Van Damme: Wave from Swinging the Accordion On MPS
3.	Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66: Constant Rain (Chove Chuva) from Equinox
4.	Marcos Valle: Campina Grande from Jet-Samba
5.	Herbie Mann w/The Sergio Mendes Sextet: Groovy Samba from Latin Fever
6.	Sergio Mendes: Ponteio from Sergio Mendes' Favorite Things
7.	Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66: After Sunrise from Four Sider
8.	Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66: For What It's Worth from Four Sider
9.	Jalwal, Annie & Geerasak: Klug Tum La from Thai! Dai?

The Unnecessary News

• Crematorium to Help Heat Swimming Pool
• South Korean Government: 'Wear Thick Underwear'
• Darth Vader is charged with train fare-dodging
• New LED Smile!
• Malawi poised to outlaw farting
• Food is now huffable

Playlist, 16 May 2010

The Show
DJ Ebony was your musical guide for proceedings. On the show this evening we celebrated Stevie Wonder's recent 60th birthday by playing some versions of his tunes. We also had Thai pop, chiptune, more from The Simonsound and of course something by The Herb.

In addition to the music, MC Ivory, our chief of disinformation, regaled us with tales of skips, skippy and Soviets.

The Music
1. Henry Jerome: Uptight (Everything's Alright) from Ultra-Lounge: On The Rocks, Pt.1
2. Peter Herbolzheimer: Little Joe from Big Band Man
3. Nestroyer: Meet my laser from Spaceventure
4. Chutima Duang Porn: Fon Tok Leaw: Siamese Soul from Thai Pop Spectacular 60s-80s Vol 2
5. The Simonsound: It's Just Begun from Reverse Engineering
6. DMX Krew: Memory Theme from The March to the Stars
7. The Lloyd Miller Trio: Ando Le from The Lloyd Miller Trio EP
8. Messer Chups: Tchaikovsky Beat from Cafe Sputnik
9. Dana Countryman: Cocktails In Space from Switched on Bob A Tribute To Bob Moog
10. RD Burman: Unknown Incidental Music (Teesri Manzil) from Bollywood Funk Experience (compiled by Jonny Trunk & Joel Martin)
11. Hugo Montenegro: Superstition from The Vibe! Vol 6
12. Fred Frith: King Dawn from To Sail, to Sail
13. Jarvis Cocker/National Trust: Patterson's Spade Mill - Strap Press from Time To Think
14. Belbury Poly: Farmer's Angle from The Willows
15. bit face: Autodrastic
16. Wevie Stonder: Tapsus from The Bucket
17. The Moog Cookbook: Free Fallin' from The Moog Cookbook
18. Ray Cooper: Caravan from Everybody's Cup of Tea
19. Alan Haven: You Are The Sunshine Of My Life from Organ Spectacular

The Disinformation

• Piece of Isaac Newton's apple tree going into space and here.
• Worried your baby might be possessed? Why not allow a Spaniard dressed as a devil sort it out for you.
• Happy 50th birthday, laser beam.
• Enjoy a Communist Trade Union holiday.
• Can the Lada make a British comeback? and here.
• Skippy, skippy, skippy the lawn mower replacement. and here.
• Robot conducts wedding in Tokyo.
• Bootsy Collins launches online "University of Funk".
• Thanks to Jarvis Cocker you can now enjoy the sound of the Billiards Room at Upton House without having to leave your armchair.
• While away an evening counting craters on the moon.
• Has Voyager 2 been hijacked by aliens? (via Fortean Times)
• Bill Gates Wants to Zap Your Balls!!