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PODCAST

This Are Johnny Domino

Giles & Steve Woodward

Perpetual musical never-rans Giles and Steve review songs you haven’t heard while chatting in a brotherly way about life and culture.Listen as they attempt to come to terms with their audio past, present and future, while encouraging listeners (and themselves) to keep the creative spark alive.

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48:06

Obsolete Sunday

This Are Johnny Domino ·

2024/09/12

Oo la la! Je voudrais une glace! Ou est la piscine?In this episode, Giles and Steve explore their past musical connections with France. There's also a new childhood-themed track and a brand-new JD recording.It's all quite literally tres amusant!Also… Google Translate overheats… Mark and Lard steal our record… Discovering who is sharper than a thorn... Now That's What I Call Biscuits!Listen to "All Them Trimmings (A 'This Are Johnny Domino' Compilation)" - on Spotify and BandcampRelated

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48:51

The Tape: Volume 2

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2024/08/29

When we started this podcast, we thought we could spend time discussing old four-track recordings and maybe come up with a "purely theoretical" compilation tape of our favourite tunes. Ignoring the voices in our heads saying it was pointless and impossibly niche, we took our first faltering steps on the journey…Incredibly, here we are with the second volume of our mix tape including tracks selected over the last fourteen episodes. We discuss the track listing, hear some alternate takes and digress

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50:20

Wake Up And Smell The Cat Food

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2024/08/15

The Brothers Woodward have more fun than you'd think is possible while listening to obscure music and rambling on about nonsense.This jam-packed episode features two contenders for The Best Of This Are Johnny Domino, more interpretations of childhood songs and a new entry into The Eternal Halls Of The Four Track Gods!Including, amongst other things: Martha's Harbour at Rock City Wet fingers, glass tubes and 1970s daytime TV Animals coming in two by twoRelated audiovisual material is available on

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56:29

London, New York, Paris, Munich

This Are Johnny Domino ·

2024/08/01

…Everybody talk about pop music - as the song goes. In this episode of the podcast, the Woodward brothers talk about their very own version of pop music, which unfortunately doesn’t seem to be all that popular.As usual, there are tunes to consider, prompting amusing memories of 1990s lo-fi fun.This episode features: An Erstwhile Friend takes us back Giles and Steve attempt to tell the world's funniest joke Nick Rhodes keyboards, drum machines and muffins Superheroes and blood harmonies"I wasn’t

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52:00

Oh Baby, Give Me One More Chance

This Are Johnny Domino ·

2024/07/18

It's Second Chance Sunday! Steve and Giles reconsider some previously rejected recordings for the theoretical Best of… compilation tape.Regular listeners might speculate that this could be a sign that they are running out of material after 30 episodes. We must tell you that this (frighteningly) is not the case.Featuring: A supersonic bus journey A young man selling his soul on the rotary More AI nonsense Wordless rhythmic backing vocals Another 60-second challenge Frankie Machine sounding

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54:15

Something Electric Happens

This Are Johnny Domino ·

2024/07/04

In this episode the brothers Woodward continue to explore the outer reaches of their youthful recordings and past musical endeavours. Here’s a poem about it:Indie pop muscles are flexedA mystery song is uncoveredWe shake our own hands and step into the wreckMeditating the nature of brothers.Steve attempts to erase a songNostalgia and posterityGiles gets the title wrongRetro podcast ecstasy.Related audiovisual material is available on the This Are Johnny Domino blogVisit the Johnny Domino

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52:16

All Them Trimmings - Part 3

This Are Johnny Domino ·

2024/06/20

What does it all mean?A clunky set of lyrics, found in an out-of-print book.It didn’t sound that promising as a starting point. But interpretations were made, songs were written, significance found.But what does it all mean?Giles and Steve discover more incredible versions of the song they called All Them Trimmings and reach a thrilling conclusion to the whole saga.Warning: This episode contains discussion of postcards, guitar solos and wine bars.Related audiovisual material is available on the This

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55:24

Sitting On The Pavement, Playing Little Tunes

This Are Johnny Domino ·

2024/06/06

Giles and Steve dig once again through their archive to find a more lugubrious selection of past recordings. Along the way, there are more tragic memories of live disasters and four-track recording fun.Featuring: The voice of Jim Steve’s Down nightmare Scotsman admits song theft The legendary Xylophone Man of Nottingham town A new Engagement Opportunity?Related audiovisual material is available on the This Are Johnny Domino blogVisit the Johnny Domino websiteConnect with Johnny Domino on

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59:13

All Them Trimmings - Part 2

This Are Johnny Domino ·

2024/05/23

Who would have thought it possible?That a random set of lyrics, found by a pair of young music nerds in a “how to be a rock star” book would eventually spark a middle-aged creative renaissance.And that this in turn would lead to the establishment of a post-apocalyptic cult that would ultimately save the world?Some of the above is true.In this episode, Giles and Steve listen to more versions of the song we’re calling ”All Them Trimmings” and have a jolly good time doing it.Featuring their own

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46:16

Spittoon Revival

This Are Johnny Domino ·

2024/05/09

Steve and Giles dig into more dusty old recordings and rediscover their version of the American Dream. Has any of that youthfully romantic vision of the good ol' US of A survived into their cynical middle age? We'll have to see.Including: The meaning of the words “Yeehaa Mi Duck!” Meet Grin, the myopic Native-American face painter Introducing Billy, Biff and Scooter How Steve discovered new vistasRelated video material is available on the This Are Johnny Domino blogVisit the Johnny Domino

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52:13

All Them Trimmings - Part 1

This Are Johnny Domino ·

2024/04/25

Back in the olden days, brothers Giles and Steve took inspiration and knowledge from a sacred text. That text was the (now out of print) book “Rock Talk” by Julian Colbeck. Within its hallowed pages were the lyrics to a song with no title, a song they could only imagine.Until now.In this episode the Domino boys listen to a selection of newly recorded versions of that very song! Will they they push it too far? Or throw it all away?Or could they discover new levels of poignancy and truth in the

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46:19

The Tale of Andy's Lyrics

This Are Johnny Domino ·

2024/03/21

The brothers Domino provide you with more entertaining whiffle about creativity and the joys of making stuff up. This episode includes: Exciting news about Volume 1 of The Best of TAJD! Skinny white boys and the prehistory of creativity A dramatic reenactment of a key moment from the history of the band What exactly is a degausser?Also, a call to get involved in the challenge to write and record a song around the mythical lyrics from our sacred text, the book Rock Talk by Julian Colbeck,

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61:54

Cover Versions Special!

This Are Johnny Domino ·

2024/03/07

It’s a Cover Versions Special!Good lord, what is happening? Can you believe your eyes? It’s quite literally a special episode where we talk about cover versions! This is madness!But not the band Madness.Why do we do cover versions? Are they ever better than the original? What band did the best cover versions? What would be a wise song to cover now? All of these questions and more may be ignored as we listen to a bunch of cover versions that we recorded. Songs originally made famous by artists

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