Ciao, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon Episode 231, which is 1, 2 , 3 in reverse. Or a countdown: 3…2…1…GO!

This week on Sneaky Dragon, Ian and Dave get cold, do plugz; have a delayed Christmas reaction; talk more Porridge; eat cold pie; throw up cool; drink milk; cringe at vegan cheese; have eclectic cheese tastes; navigate the milk and cereal problem; have no sugar, no salt, and no fun; have 1st world body swap problems; discover how not to be rich; say not to butlers; mispronounce P.G. Wodehouse; fuss over cats; wonder what happened to Tony the Tiger; name the alpha cereal mascots; parse sugary versus sugar; have a malt controversy; have a Maltesers controversy; say farewell to Mark E. Smith, controversial singer of The Fall; feel sorry for control freaks; dream of being in a band; remember the Butthole Surfers and Dave Watson; reminisce about late 80s undergroumd rock; and, finally, miss stumble on culture.

Thanks for listening.

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A couple of Dave’s favourite Fall songs:

First up, from their mid-Eighties epoch:

Next, something from the tail end of their late Seventies line up as they transitioned into their full-on Eighties pomp. From the wonderful Slates EP: