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Nervous Club Radio Hour – S01E05: The Dots Episode

An hour about dots, pixels, points, periods and little tiny specks. It's a tour: points and decimals, then polka dots and spots, then Morse code (the audio version of a dot), then the internet and its dot-coms, then Pac-Man and pixels. It starts and ends with Harry Nilsson's The Point!, which isn't really about dots, but a point is a kind of dot. If you don't know it, go look it up and show it to your kids. Also in here: the itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini song in four languages at once, because I love you that much. Hosted by Ben.

Tracklist

00:00 Intro

01:20 The Point! (1971) – Ringo Starr's opening narration

03:32 Hard 'n Phirm – Pi

06:46 Office Space (1999) – "I put a decimal point in the wrong place"

06:55 The Pointer Sisters – Pinball Number Count (Sesame Street, 1977)

07:24 Victor Borge – Phonetic Punctuation

09:37 The Office – Kelly on how many dots

09:58 Ween – Polka Dot Tail

10:28 Mina – Una zebra a pois (Italy, 1960)

13:50 Jerry Seinfeld – the "ghosty dots" (23 Hours to Kill, 2020)

14:03 Polka dots and spots

14:40 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, four ways at once: Brian Hyland (1960), Dalida (France, 1960), Danny Iida & Paradise King (Japan, 1960) and Viuda e Hijas de Roque Enroll (Argentina, 1984)

17:07 The Suicide Squad (2021) – "He throws polka dots at people"

17:25 Mason Dots ad – "Dotsmanship"

17:56 Morse code

18:18 UKW – Sommersprossen (West Germany, 1981)

22:36 The Smothers Brothers – The Measle Song

23:46 Wire – Dot Dash

26:02 Pink Lady – S・O・S (Japan, 1976)

28:16 Kraftwerk – Radioactivity

31:45 Armando – Morse Code

36:11 Halftime: dot-com

36:34 Today Show (1994) – "What is Internet, anyway?"

37:19 Conan O'Brien (1996) – Bob Dole's website

37:33 Battles – Dot Net

40:29 Conan O'Brien – more Bob Dole's website

40:46 Roots Manuva ft. Chali 2na – Join the Dots

44:43 Maxine Waters is connecting the dots (supercut)

45:23 Kim Myung-ae – Doro Nam (Korea, 1991)

48:28 Pac-Man and pixels

49:12 A dot matrix printer

49:28 Stereolab – Miss Modular

50:52 Cornelius – Point of View Point

51:28 Gorillaz ft. ScHoolboy Q – PAC-MAN, with Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot over the top

54:57 Conlon Nancarrow – Study for Player Piano No. 3a

56:48 Outro

57:08 Harry Nilsson – Think About Your Troubles (The Point!, 1971)

Enjoy your DOTS.

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Nervous Club Radio Hour – S01E04: The Cat Episode

An hour of cat stuff for cat people. The first half is weird cat songs from around the world that nobody's ever heard of, mixed in with cat clips everybody's heard of. At halftime the beat turns up: newer, dancier, still cats. Remember to take care of your cats. They love you very much, even if they don't show it. Hosted by Ben.

Tracklist

00:00 Intro

00:25 Meow Mix ad (1978) – the cat who meowed backwards

00:51 Billy Soul Bonds – Scat Cat, Here Kitty, Kitty

05:35 Meet the Parents (2000) – "I have nipples, Greg, could you milk me?"

06:30 Matakichi & Namennayo – Namennayo (Japan, 1981)

09:47 EDS "Cat Herders" Super Bowl ad (2000)

10:46 Kishore Kumar & Asha Bhosle – C-A-T Cat Maane Billi (India, 1958)

14:46 Oh Long Johnson, the talking cat

15:05 Norma Tanega – Walkin' My Cat Named Dog

17:15 9Lives "Morris the Cat" ad (1974)

17:44 It's cat time

18:03 Tom Jones – What's New Pussycat?

20:08 Austin Powers (1997) – "When Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset... people die"

20:29 Fery Lionfarsi – Kitty Funk

23:15 The Simpsons – the Crazy Cat Lady's origin story

23:52 Anri – Cat's Eye (Japan, 1983)

27:04 Steve Martin – Cat Handcuffs (A Wild and Crazy Guy, 1978)

28:40 Halftime: turning up the beat

28:56 Run the Jewels – Meowpurrdy (Meow the Jewels)

31:56 "I'm not a cat" – the Texas lawyer stuck in a Zoom filter (2021)

32:37 Aesop Rock – Kirby

35:23 minutephysics – Schrödinger's Cat

36:55 Dan Deacon – The Crystal Cat

40:43 Ze Frank – Sad Cat Diary

43:50 The Magnetic Fields – '68 A Cat Called Dionysus

46:27 David Attenborough – the Pallas's cat, the world's grumpiest cat

46:52 Princesita Kelly – Mi Gatito Miau Miau (Peru)

51:01 The Kiffness – Serafino

53:43 The Kiffness – Xylophone Cat

55:35 Keyboard Cat

55:59 Outro

57:36 The Fox – Nang Maew Pee, The Ghost of Catwoman (Thailand, 1970s), with the Cheshire Cat, Bob Barker, Keyboard Cat, T.S. Eliot reading "The Naming of Cats" and Tim and Eric's "Cleaning Up After Your Cat" over the top

Have your pets spayed or neutered.

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Nervous Club Radio Hour – S01E03: The Nudity Episode

An hour of songs about nudity, nakedness and being without clothes. We start with the silly stuff, wander into the more obscure stuff, and (hopefully) end on the party hits. Good for the car, a jog, or an entire afternoon.

Tracklist

00:00 Intro

00:20 Master Shake – Nude Love

01:30 Monty Python – Are You Embarrassed Easily?

03:55 The Mothers of Invention – Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance

05:28 The Jerky Boys – Sol's Nude Beach

07:54 The Snake Oil Willie Band – I Don't Look Good Naked Anymore

10:39 Jermaine Stewart – We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off

11:13 PartyWill TM° – We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off

14:35 Gee, Lighter, Ferrylake – Naked

16:05 Butthole Surfers – The Ballad of Naked Man

16:34 Zheani – NAKED

17:20 TheFatRat – Dancing Naked

18:29 Claire Laffut – Nudes (feat. Yseult)

21:44 Magokoro Brothers – Summer Nude

26:04 FINNEAS – Naked

28:50 Brazilian Money – Nude Beach

29:50 Halftime break

30:07 Master Shake – Nude Love (Reprise)

31:48 Cat Power – Nude as the News

36:03 Chappell Roan – Naked in Manhattan

39:25 Radiohead – Nude

43:36 Ariel Pink × Azealia Banks – Nude Beach a-Go-Go (two covers, cut together)

45:54 The Wallets – Totally Nude

50:39 Talking Heads – Totally Nude

54:44 Lizzo – Naked

57:43 David Byrne – Buck Naked

59:25 Outro

59:35 Master Shake – Nude Love (Reprise), the ending

Come back for episodes four, five and maybe even six.

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Nervous Radio Hour – S01E02: God

This month's theme is God: music about God, for God and against God. The first half is God-positive, the second half is God-negative, and Wesley Willis and Daniel Johnston turn up on both sides, because that's the kind of people they are. Along the way: Monty Python, a Kendrick Lamar parable about a homeless man and a dollar, and some honest thoughts on hypocrisy. If you don't like your faith tested, the halfway mark is your exit. Hosted by Ben.

Tracklist

00:00 Intro

01:06 Daniel Johnston – God

02:00 Noah Reid – Hallelujah (Instagram Live, April 2020)

04:13 Nina Simone – Sinnerman

08:24 The Blues Brothers – "We're on a mission from God" (clip)

08:27 Regina Spektor – Laughing With

11:38 Jesus Camp (2006) – "You're a Phony and a Hypocrite" (clip)

12:03 Wesley Willis Fiasco – Jesus Is the Answer

15:48 King Missile – Jesus Was Way Cool

17:20 Host break

17:40 Monty Python – Galaxy Song

20:15 The Flaming Lips – Thank You Jack White (For the Fiber-Optic Jesus That You Gave Me)

23:37 Kendrick Lamar – How Much a Dollar Cost

27:52 Monty Python – Arthur and God

28:26 Pet Shop Boys – It's a Sin

30:04 Halftime

31:16 XTC – Dear God

34:48 Monty Python – All Things Dull and Ugly

36:16 John Lennon – God

40:05 Modest Mouse – Bukowski

44:18 Jesus Camp (2006) (clip, reprise)

45:16 Host break

45:36 Zack Fox – Jesus Is the One (I Got Depression)

47:19 Wesley Willis – They Threw Me Out of Church

49:47 Garfunkel and Oates – The Loophole

54:06 Daniel Johnston – Devil Town

55:05 The Blues Brothers – "We're on a mission from God" (clip, reprise)

55:16 The Book of Mormon – Hasa Diga Eebowai

59:01 Outro

Next month: nudity. Send your nude tracks

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Nervous Radio Hour – S01E01: Stress Eating

The first Nervous Radio Hour ever. This month's theme is stress eating: songs about the food we eat when things are bad, mostly the junk. Heavy on MF DOOM's food-named back catalog, two from Ween, two from Ugly Duckling's fast-food concept album, plus Beck, Kimya Dawson, Weezer, The Beatles, Beastie Boys, De La Soul, Dan Deacon, a little Man of La Mancha and Weird Al. In between: vocal chops, breakbeats, a choir or two, and some honest talk about candy and getting fired. Hosted by Ben.

Tracklist

00:00 Intro (over MF DOOM – Rodan Instrumental)

01:16 MF DOOM – Fillet-O-Rapper

03:22 Mac DeMarco – Cooking Up Something Good

06:34 MF DOOM – Hot Guacamole

08:18 Ween – Pork Roll Egg and Cheese

11:26 Beck – Satan Gave Me a Taco

15:09 Host break

15:37 Ugly Duckling – Meatshake

18:33 Weezer – Pork and Beans

22:04 The Beatles – Savoy Truffle

25:24 Ween – Pollo Asado

28:10 Man of La Mancha – Food! Wine! Aldonza! / It's All the Same

31:10 Halftime

31:56 Ugly Duckling – Drive-Thru

34:18 Beastie Boys – 5-Piece Chicken Dinner

34:32 De La Soul – Oodles of O's

37:55 Dan Deacon – Big Milk

42:20 Chiptune break (artist unknown; if you know, tell me)

43:48 WING – Dopamine (beatbox)

46:48 Kimya Dawson – Smoothie

49:00 Host break

49:49 "Weird Al" Yankovic – Eat It

52:56 MF DOOM – Gumbo

53:45 MF DOOM – Kon Queso

57:49 Party Boy Sings – Toilet-Addict's Spicy Food Mix in a Taxi-Driver's Lap

59:00 Outro

Next month: God.

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