Free Rice !

Hallo everybady, it is only me, Mitton.

I want to tell you about Free Rice !

It is not about freeing rice from a prison. Rice could escape, because it is little and can fit through the jail bars.

It is about giving rice for free to people in our world that are very hungry and need your help !

Oh and it is about playing a fun game while you are bored at work.

You could not even put rice in handcuffs.

When you go to the site, you begin playing a word game. You has to choose what different words mean. Every correct answer donates 10 grains of rice through the United Nations to help end world poverty. This may sound small but the game is very addictive and if you are like me you will end up donating thousands of grains of rice ! At the same time as being entertained and learning more big words to tell your doctor.

 

say hello to my little friend(s)

it’s been a very happy week indeed, dear and patient readers. as the good mittins mentioned (and she is good, she gifted us with the most beautiful bouquet of flowers you could imagine..!), there are two new shenanigrams scuttling round the place now, with last week’s arrival of my beautiful daughters. yes, two of the cheeky monkeys! which is apt, cos the make lots of number twos.. needless to say the are simply delightful creaures, with all the best bits of me (charm, wit and ninja sharp haggling abilities) and all the best bits of their mummy (lovely eyesies and pretty noses and unrefined sugars and exotic spices).. look below, you will see. the top one is asha lily, born two minutes before her identical big little sister, arabella (grace). sigh. arent they lovely? i’m one happy shenanigans alright, and full of love for these offspring of mine. i can tell, i haven’t shoplifted for ages!

so, yesterdays cauldron i was all a-solo, and decided to dedicate it to my new fave girls! you will note lots of wise and beautiful tunes that i wish had been played to me when i was an infant. lots have wisdom and some just sheer beauty. maybe next week i will have another show for them, why not?! you can listen to the broadgramme here, and if you cast your glance downwards, you will see the tracklisty listy..

 

• skies are for flying – Conan & the mockasins
• ruby tuesday – los checkmates
• come to daddy – the dillenger escape plan (aphex twin cover)
• johnny b goode – peter tosh
• illegal gunshot – the ragga twins
• johnny b goode – peter tosh
• let your light shine on me – abbot lighthouse choice
• lean on me – beth orton & terry callier
• here comes the sun – nina simone
• don’t let me be misunderstood – santa esmeralda
• somebody to love – the ramones
• i got to love somebody’s baby – judy clay
• somebody’s gonna love you – alice russel feat. Quantic soul orchestra
• somebody to love – al wilson
• goin’ up yonder – walter hawkins
• beautiful babies – plant life
• jesus wants me for a sunbeam – the vaselines
• miss my lion – scout niblett
• california soul – marvin gaye & tammi terrell
• after the laughter comes tears – wendy rene

lots of love and hugs

daddygans, asha lily & arabella

Twins !

Tuesday 6 November was one of the most special days in Cauldron History.

Shenanigans !

Here is what Mittons played on Mondays show. Thanks to everybady who texted in, called in, sent emails, and bought me coffee !

Somebody Come and Play – The Sesame Street Kids

Advice For Young Mothers To Be – The Veils

Sleep Little Baby – Threebrain

ABC-DEF-GHI – Big Bird – Sesame Street

Teach The Children – Eric B & Rakim

Take The Fruit – People Under The Stairs

Is This Love? – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (Lee & Tyler Sargent are twins!)

No Aloha – The Breeders (Kim & Kelley Deal are twins!)

The Con – Tegan & Sara (Tegan & Sara are twins!)

Fetus Trackstar – Threebrain

Mum, I Love You – Leighton Smith – Happy Mothers Day 45″

Handle With Care – Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins (Chandra & Leigh Watson are twins!)

I’m Here For Your Daughter – The Desert Sessions

Daddy’s Baby – Cody Chesnutt

ABC (for kids) – Threebrain

I Want My Baby – Voom

Ooh Child – Nina Simone

All Aboard The Munch Bus – Munch Bunch

Hold Me Now – General Store (cover of the Thompson Twins song)

I Summon You – The Watson Twins

Love Child – Diana Ross & The Supremes

I’ve Got 2 – Big Bird & Oscar the Grouch plus everybody including Mr Hooper

I also played some other songs but I had so much on my mind I forget :/

What a wonderful day !

Aunt Mitties x

Headlines Video !

Stop what you doing right now. Go into your private room. Shut all the blinds. Turn off the lights. Get out a cloth and wipe your screen until it is shiny and clean.

It is The Spice Girls brand new video !

The Spice Girls reunion has given me a new lease on life. Thank you Spice Girls ! Thank you !

A few notes on each Spice Girl:

1. Baby Spice is all up in this song and video like she is the new leader of the group. This pleases me. Baby is so grownsed up it makes me want to run up a whole lot of stairs, taking two or three at a time in sheer enthusiasm.

2. Ginger has almost no top on. She knows she cannot compete in the boobs, so she is all about the stomach. I find it hard to comment on Ginger as I am still mid-way through her autobiography ‘If Only’. Ginger is so human to me right now !

3. Posh is the boobs. I was relieved to see the others let her sing some lines in the song. Imagine if Posh could sing really good? She would disrupt the entire balance of the group and this reunion wouldn’t be happening. So be thankful. You do your best Posh. You must be very exhausted.

4. Scary took the biggest back seat in this video, and it makes me like her more. I am glad you didn’t rock totally straight hair in this video Scary. That is not what Spice Girls is about. You need to give up the weed though Scary, all you did was lie on the floor in the whole clip laughing ! I almost expected to see you start snacking on a bag of potato crisps or a late-night kebab.

5. Things have changed for Sporty. She was not allowed to do high kicks or wear trackpants in this video. Also, over the past few years Sporty has become black clothed and fringe-wearing. Is she lonely? Something is troubling me about her. But I was very glad to see her signature face-to-side eyes-to-camera was still as powerful as it always was. There is something magical about Sporty, but I cannot help but wonder if Sporty is ready for this Spice Girls reunion.

Finally, I am hearing rumours about The Spice Girls coming to visit me in my home-land.

I have in the past stated that if this becomes true, I will clone myself one hundred times so I can fill the crowd with myself. I will also find a way to reach them and cry infront of them. That will be the original me though, not the clones. Afterwards I could sell the clones of myself on the internet !

I suppose we will wait and see how it goes. But my insides are happy just thinking about it.

Mitties x x

xanadu (take two after meals)

Gosh. golly gosh. It has been, like, forever since i have posted anything. So, how have you been? Oh, good good.. me? Oh i’m bearing up, all things considered.. you know how it is..

anyway, let us cut to the chase. me and mittins made a radio show yesterday and it was a rather grand occasion. We played these rather lovely tunes and gossed and gassed until we could no more.. and i promised i would post! and look.. here i am, posting..

before i post the playlist tho, may i suggest that NZ based musicologists weave and wend their weary way to the record collectors fair this weekend? it’ll be spinning Saturday November 3rd and will take place at 1 McDonald St, Morningside. be there or be a squire!

 

• It’s not me babe – Johnny cash
• poison ivy – the rolling story
• love is like a butterfly – dolly pardon
• space children – labelle
• fool country – olivia newton john
• he hit me (it felt like a kiss)- the crystals
• jeremiah 1 – scribe
• knockin’ boots – candyman
• lidl – afrikan boy
• rawhide – frankie laine
• the rhinohead [pilooski edit] – von sudenfed
• careless whisper – the gossip
• we used to be friends – the dandy warhols
• headlines – the spice girls
• no diggety – the klaxons
• say it again – scribe feat. tyra hammond
• turn it up – opensouls
• while my guitar gently weeps – the wu tang clan

love and hugs

shenanigans!

 

 

Is There A Ghost?

 

Band of Horses second album ‘Cease to Begin’ is out through Sub-Pop, and I’m going to go buy it with some money. The first single ‘Is There A Ghost’ has tucked me under it’s wing and flown me to a wonderful place ! Plus, now the video is out, and has given me new visions. Directed by Brian Savelson, the video is totally rad, and I wish I had thought of it first.

Is There A Ghost? – Directed by Brian Savelson

“I could sleep when I lived alone. Is there a ghost in my house?”

Mittins x x 

Convoy !

 

Fleet FM, home to The Magic Cauldron, has announced the next Convoy ! Friday 9 November at Space Bar !

The last two Convoys have been super rad goodys, forreals. Mittins & Shenanigans ran the back bar at Space and got to be in charge of alcohol and money ! And then at the last Convoy, Shenanigans got to be on the door – and people were forced to engage with him ! Forced ! Oh, plus at Space Bar we found a wallet, a passport, and some prescription lenses. We will bring them to this Convoy. Sorry if you haven’t been able to leave the country in the meantime. Or buy anything, or see anything :/

So who is playing at the Convoy ?

Disasteradio

 

Tommy Ill

 

Teen Wolf

 

DHDFDS

 

Surf City

 

T Bones

 

Moron Says What

 

The Randoms

 

Mr. Hayday

 

Mean St

 

Benka Borodovsky Bordello Band

 

Golden Axe

 

and more :O

Convoy is only $10 and it raises the money that keeps Fleet FM on air. Presales will be at Real Groovy Records as of next week ! Get in early ! There is also going to be karaoke with special guests :O and for the bargain-hunter in you, prepare to pay only ten dollars for three beers ! yes, you heard right, but with your eyes – ten dollars for three bottles of beer ! you will get lots of kisses at the convoy with these prices !

Get ready for good times, and tell us you are coming to the convoy ! It may be the best thing that ever happened to you.

The Con !

Sitting upright in my bedroom headquarters, I wondered where will I find something to bring me joy and a good emotion?

Not moments later did I come across the latest video release from my absolute favourite twins (until yours arrive) Tegan & Sara. Their most current album, The Con, is just the best album I have heard in a long long time. Even though the songs from the album are wonderful on their own, I think the best way to appreciate what Tegan & Sara have created is by listening to the entire album, in order, from start to finish. It is proper. And rewarding !

The Con is the second single from the album, The Con :O Buy the album !

 

‘The Con’ directed by Suzie Vlcek

But if only they would pay a visit to our lovely townland. Tegan & Sara are currently in the midst of their tour, which does not include visiting The Magic Cauldron :/

Rats.

Mittons x x

Headlines

Them Spice Girls brand new song Headlines has been leaked. It were meant to be released next month but nah. You can listen to it here :

I, Mittins, do not like this song. I said it ! When Ginger talked about how great this song was going to be, why did I believe her?

“It’s a Spice Girls classic,” Geri announced on the televison. “It feels like it’s taking something from the past, you feel that flavour, but then it’s moving on. It’s a big love song.”

“Emma and I initially worked on it with the original writers that we used to collaborate with,” she told the televison, and me. “Then the other girls chipped in later, adding lyrics. It’s magical. I am so proud of it.”

Oh Ginger. You even used the word magical ! I want to cuddle you but then slap you, and then run a bath for you, and then scrunch up my face at you, and then exfoliate my elbows.

“Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)” is this year’s official Children In Need anthem and is released digitally on November 5 and on CD two weeks later. Maybe this song will grow on me, but for now I will bask in the below. Perhaps I was expecting The Spice Girls comeback to be a little something like this.

 

New Kids on the Block – Tonight

p.s. now I even heard that the music video shoot went bad. who is the bad seed that is turning these once-besties into brawlers?

Mitton x x

Goodbye My Friend

Mittins had to farewell a long-time bestie over the weekend.

Josie The Goody spent three weeks in our fair townland, and brought with her all the joys of the world. Now she has returned to Londontown, our townland mourns her departure. As Alyx The Clever commented “the colors of the world don’t seem so bright today.” That is truht Alyx, that is truht. On todays show with special guest Nik The Greek, songs were played of our deep inside feelings. You can listen here but make sure you have a tissue handy !

Rainy Days and Mondays – Wing – Wing Sings the Carpenters

Bye Bye – Sean Price feat. Buckshot – Monkey Barz

You Cant Go Home Again – DJ Shadow – The Private Press

Let’s – Slum Village – Trinity-Past, Present, Future

So This Is Goodbye – Junior Boys – So This Is Goodbye

Porchlight – Neko Case & Her Boyfriends – Furnace Room Lullaby

Hop A Plane – Tegan & Sara – The Con

You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go – Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks

Way Out West – Big Star – Radio City

Diamond Sea (live and acoustic) – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Get Back pt. II – Hi Tek (feat. Talib Kweli & DCQ) – Hi-Teknology

Come Back Home – Copperpot (feat. KRS One)

Gone Daddy Gone – Gnarls Barkley – St Elsewhere

Do What You Gotta Do – Nina Simone – Released

I’m Leaving Forever – Voom – Hello, Are You There?

Lonely Comin Down – Dolly Parton – Jolene

Cant Stand Losing – The Police – Outlandos d’Amour

24 Hours from Tulsa – Gene Pitney – Backstage

No Ones Leaving – Janes Addiction – Ritual De Lo Habitual

Dancing in the Storm – Boom Crash Opera – These Here Are Crazy Times

Missing You – John Waite – No Brakes

Please Dont Go Girl – New Kids On The Block

By The Grace of God – Jimmy Barnes – Love & Fear

The Devil Rides Out (remix) – Fantomas – The Directors Cut

Train from Kansas City -Neko Case – The Tigers Have Spoken

Josie – Kris Kristofferson – Border Lord

Storytime – Talks with Sizzle & Nana

Goodbye My Friend (Il Cittadino Si Ribe)- Guido & Mario de Angelis – Beretta 70

Against All Odds – Phil Collins – Against All Odds

I Miss You – David Ruffin – David Ruffin

So Far Away – Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing

Distance Equals Rate Times Time- The Pixies – Trompe Le Monde

My Way Home – Kanye West feat. Common – Late Registration

Up Where We Belong – Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes – An Officer and A Gentleman

Goodbye – The Spice Girls – Forever

A big thank you one of my other long-time besties Nana x x Remember to tune in next Monday from 9-11am (Cauldron-Time, check the world clock here) for the next installment of The Magic Cauldron ! Promise it won’t be as glum :/

Mitties x x