Sneaky Dragon

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome back to Sneaky Dragon, the podcast with smiles!

This week: around numbers; cliff hanger; ghost protocol; brush with death; boundary boy; guilt trip; religious differences; discount of Monte Cristo; heart of the shitty; fair saver; en plein air; suck it; the eyes have it; banana to the phone; write stuff; Dave goes to Amsterdam; difficult direction; ghost to ghost; misshapen lumps; Ian sees Black Adam; no story consequences; emotional untruths; big hooter; business scammer; tomato vendetta; sticker shuck; travel whoa’s; and, finally, checked out.

Question of the Week: Have you ever had a job where you didn’t know what you were doing?
Sub-question of the Week: What is the best airport you’ve ever been to?

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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome back to Sneaky Dragon, the podcast with air miles.

Apologies for the lateness of this week’s show, but we had a lot going on.

This week, the show is in four parts:

Part 1
Take a trip with Dave and Ian to the Hergé Museum in Belgium. You can listen in on their conversation over the incessant thrum of their rental car engine. (Apologies for the sound quality of this part of the show. We got what we got. If it’s too terrible, you can skip ahead to 1:00:49 and listen to…)

Part 2
Ian and Dave record a short conversation in a Parisian laundromat before self-consciousness causes them to scupper the recording. (Once again, apologies for the sound quality – it’s recorded in a laundromat – and if it’s too noisy, you can jump ahead to 1:23:35 and the start of…)

Part 3
The most listenable part of the show as it was recorded in the relative quiet of a Paris hotel room. Dave and Ian have their usual wide-ranging conversation and even get around to asking the…

Question of the Week: Have you ever been scammed before?
Sub-question of the Week: Do you have a bad travel story?

Part 4
Dave pops in for a highly topical Top 5 songs: Airplanes! For your entertainment, Dave spins…

Top 5 Songs – Airplanes

1. Peter’s Pipers – “Airplane” – Philips Records single b/w “I Didn’t Believe Her”, 1968 – 3:15:59
2. Destroyer – “It’s Gonna Take an Airplane” – Your Blues, 2004 – 3:21:33
3. Pete Brown & Piblokto! – “Aeroplane Headed Woman” – Thousands on a Raft, 1970 – 3:26:32
4. Howlin’ Wolf – “Mr. Airplane Man” – Chess Records single (b-side to “I’ve Been Abused”), 1959 – 3:38:28
5. The Free Design – “McCarran Airport” – Cosmic Peekaboo, 2001 – 3:44:03

Bonus song

• The Three O’Clock – “Jet Fighter” – Sixteen Tambourines, 1983 – 3:47:50

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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome back to Sneaky Dragon, the podcast that accepts no returns.

This week: absentee co-hosts; terminological; lawn con; shouldna, wouldna, couldna; pitch perfect; sketched out; this hour has 30 years; host world; hollow laugh track; Chalet game; burger bunch; Mario problems; go to Black; adult content; Fielder dreams; soul survivor; Tubi for all; Dork Shadows – My Old School; werewolf metaphysics; penpals; Dave relays See How They Run; and, finally, a fishy ending.

No Question of the Week this week. The boys will be back from Belgium to ask more non-burning questions soon!

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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome back to Sneaky Dragon, the podcast that has all the feels.

This week: co-co for co-hosting; no money, no problems, accounts payable; pious in space; extreme nit-picking; gimme bears; love to say data; do your research; supernatural busters; living doll; timeline of terror; after shocks; left out-rage; warning signs warning; targeted; vivid dreams; sleep shifts; Belgium bound; Top 5 Songs; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; one word reviews; puppet love; Oz inducing; fawlty remake; Gemini man; Paris match; and, finally, spot the mascot.

Top 5 Songs – City Lovin’

1. The Five Americans – “Big Cities” – Western Union, 1968 – 1:11:14
2. Joni Mitchell – “Night in the City” – Song to the Seagull, 1968 – 1:17:43
3. Sandy Coast – “Back to the City” – Page One Records single (b-side to “Deep Down Down”), 1969 – 1:22:30
4. The Glory Rhodes – “Can We Go to the City?” – Atco Records single (b-side to I’m So Happy [Singing Tra-La-La-La-La]), 1968 – 1:27:40
5. The Turtles – “Love in the City” – Turtle Soup (Ray Davies original mix), 1986 [1968] – 1:33:52

Question of the Week (from Jonathon): What’s the funniest sentence or conversation you’ve arrived half-way into?
Sub-question of the Week: What is the scariest scene you’ve seen in a movie? (No spoilers, please.)

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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome back to Sneaky Dragon, the podcast that is too young to vote.

This week: off the hop; go with the floe; two timing; quick trim; fast clip; gone South; brain dommage; a joke to remember; writing other voices; stale tales; death notice; Dave eyes Creepshow; the beast with two brains; roach hole; voodoo dolts; EC does it; horror mascots; Vampirella regrets; raising the Barbarian; X marks the spot; communal experiences; exploitation films; Belgian wafflin’; creative bursts; expanding travel; Dork Shadows – Bad Moon Rising; night wolf; Questions of the Week – Sneakers respond; sports vs. comedy; needle tips; split images; Mr. Peppermint; down the butthole; bubble out; block heads; French letters; nice to emu; and, finally, avatards.

Question of the Week: Apart from the Muppets, what’s your favourite puppet?
Sub-question of the Week: Apart from Disney (which includes Pixar), who makes the best animated films?

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Fans of No Fun and our good friend David M. can find the first of the complete No Fun reissues at Bandcamp here!

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome back to Sneaky Dragon, the podcast with the long game.

This week: put a lid on it; dumputers; crushed; pre-old school; we like CDs; permanent record; ramblin’ guy; at the border; urban explorers; track record; opening hacks; cross talk; a tame and sane guy; young snob; space sperm; Kryptonian cavemen; crime travel; mermaid in the USA; born to Zeus; Mazash!; pet or not pet; old-fashioned tiger; Oz and ends; health update; dying hard from old habits; age is just a state of body; memory update; poison allergy; a picture is worth a thousand pages; sailing the seven sushis; Top 5 Songs – Bugs Pt. 1; dragging it out; royal update; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; tl:dw: trailer trash; slob appeal; big Pee Wee fan; outcasts; Spotlight; famous blue light beam; it’s a wonderful copyright; cuckoo for The Cocoanuts; purple patch; cowboy helmet; trolling fish; Overly Creative Deckhand; taxing work; and, finally, Elephant Presley.

Top 5 Songs – Bugs Pt. 1

1. The Cramps – “Human Fly” – Vengeance Records single b/w “Domino”, 1978 – 2:14:33
2. The Flaming Lips – “Buggin’ (Remix)” – The Soft Bulletin, 1999 – 2:22:50
3. The Constantines – “Insectivora” – Shine A Light, 2003 – 2:29:47
4. Tommy Peltier – “Butterflies” – Chariot of Astral Light, 2017 – 2:38:44
5. Nada Surf – “Fruit Fly” – Let Go, 2002 – 2:43:54

Bonus Song:

• The Bugaloos – “If You Become a Bugaloo” – Capitol Records single b/w “Gna Gna Gna Gna Gna”, 1970 – 2:49:40

Question of the Week:What is the strangest kids show you watched when you were younger?
Sub-question of the Week: At what age did you start to do things independently? What did you do?

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Check out some disturbing kiddie fare from the 70s:

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome back to Sneaky Dragon, the podcast that talks it out.

This week: ration cards; chess movements; celebrating the second rate; non-competitive sports; in a lurch; Hollywood squires; shoe business; it’s in the bag; health scare; bored fighter; mystery parents; ICU aren’t well; speak therapy; health cares; Surrey we missed you; nostalgia glasses; ice to drink ratio; unhealthy foods; technical difficulties; promo department; secret fires; join the clubhouse; the end is in progress; corporate punishment; script sure; upstanding; riot squad; tamed city; tough love; the touchables; the rebel kind; valuable time; thrill seeker; high-class garbage; widescreen pan and scan; Dork Shadows – Gypsy Woman; giraffe balls; in the long run; novelty not comedy; the fantastic fab four; wizard parts; Oliver’s army; face value; rhubarb rhubarb; the outsiders; total calypso; Gute check; Band stand; and, finally, Dave stumped.

Question of the Week (from Brent Tannehill): What movie have you seen more than any other movie? How many times have you seen it?
Sub-question of the Week: What movie have you only seen part of? Why?

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