Monday, February 27, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten Sandwich Fillings

What do you get when you ask two guys to talk about food for twenty minutes? A really poor excuse for a podcast. We promise we'll try harder for Wednesday evenings show, but for now here is a list of ten sandwich fillings from Stu:-


  • 10 - Egg and Cress
  • 9 - Roast Chicken or Turkey
  • 8 - Cheese and Tomato
  • 7 - Steak and Cheese
  • 6 - Roast Beef
  • 5 - Turkey, Crispy bacon, Cranberry and Stuffing
  • 4 - Corn Beef Hash Butty
  • 3 - Scouse Butty
  • 2 - All Day Breakfast
  • 1 - Cheese and Branston Pickle

Thanks to Stu and everyone else who came to see us perform at the Lance Anderson Podcast Experiment.

Monday, February 20, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten People WIth Le In Their Name

Always on the look out for trivial lists Jon and Rob read out this list of ten famous people with Le in their names (if any wizard with imdb.com knows what search query we would use to generate a proper list then please let us know):-



  • 10 - Simon Le Bon and/or Yasmin Le Bon
  • 9 - Pepper Le Pew
  • 8 - Mark Le Shark
  • 7 - Lemar
  • 6 - Mark Le Marr
  • 5 - Matt Le Blanc
  • 4 - Jamie Lee Curtis
  • 3 - Bruce Lee
  • 2 - Lemal
  • 1 - Danny Le Rue


With any luck the issues with our host will have been resolved and you'll be hearing us loud and clear. Thanks to Dave from Libsyn (support@libsyn.com) and Rick from Feedburner (rickk@feedburner.com) for their time and support.



Don't forget that we are appearing at the Lance Anderson Podcast Experiment this Friday night and we'd love to meet you all there - visit www.highblue.co.uk/events for more details.

Friday, February 17, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten Reasons To See The Lance Anderson Podcast Experiment

We are going to be making fools of ourselves at the Rose Theatre in Liverpool. If you'd like to watch two grown men from Peterborough cry in front of a live audience then phone 01695 584480, or visit www.highblue.co.uk/events. Here are ten more reasons to go:-

  • 10 - Less than a tenner.
  • 9 - Christmas present
  • 8 - Hotrod Cadets
  • 7 - Mark Hunter
  • 6 - Dan Klass
  • 5 - Lancashire
  • 4 - Strangers
  • 3 - A podcasting first
  • 2 - Hear Lance Anderson’s story "No, I didnt even kiss her". The story of his first love who was too shy to even kiss him, who went on to be one of the biggest adult movie stars of the 1980s.
  • 1 - Jon and Rob

Challenge for you all - download Slickr, find the best tags for this wonderful screensaver and write them down on our www.topofthepods.com comments board, along with the reasons why. We might even to a show if we get enough good ones...

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten Tim Burton Movies

Its been a long time since we've heard from Rowley from Dark Compass, being a fan of Tim Burton Rowley sent us a list of the ten best films by the famous director:-

  • 10 - Planet of the Apes
  • 9 - Ed Wood
  • 8 - Mars Attacks
  • 7 - Big Fish
  • 6 - Nightmare Before Christmas
  • 5 - Sleepy Hollow
  • 4 - Beetle Juice
  • 3 - Batman
  • 2 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • 1 - Edward Scissorhands

This is a repost due to known compatibility problems between feedburner and libsyn servers, experts at feedburner are apparently working on it. When this is fixed we'll be able to do more shows, at present we are wasting an hour per show. Comments from the old post have been archived here.

Monday, February 13, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten Most Embarrassing Things Your Mum Could Say

You might want to vet this before having this show in the car. Its Kerrin's turn today for the worst possible things your mum could say to show you up:-

  • 10 - Dolls
  • 9 - Playing with girls
  • 8 - Pooing yourself
  • 7 - Forgot PE Kit
  • 6 - Marry best friend
  • 5 - Hitting puberty
  • 4 - Bed wetting
  • 3 - Tampering
  • 2 - Baby food
  • 1 - Mucky stash

Did we mention The Half Show today? Head over to http://thehalfshow.libsyn.com for some really cool music.



Friday, February 10, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten Times You Really Wish You Had Your MP3 Player

Hannah co-wrote this list with Rob, bringing together the ten worst times in your life when you forgot your mp3 player:-

  • 10 - Random song stuck in your head
  • 9 - Doctors
  • 8 - Showing off
  • 7 - Family meals
  • 6 - Car
  • 5 - Shopping
  • 4 - Treadmill
  • 3 - Noisey environments
  • 2 - Public buildings
  • 1 - Daily walks that go much quicker with an iPod

Thanks for that Hannah, and everyone please keep those mp3 audio comments coming to topofthepods@gmail.com. The easiest way to record an audio comment is to plug a microphone into your computer, use free software like Audacity (PC / Mac / Linux) to record your message, then attach the saved WAV or MP3 file to an email. Try to keep 'em short and sweet - no clever stuff needed, we just like hearing you say nice things about us!

Thursday, February 09, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten Household Appliances That Are Catastrophic If They Break Or Go Wrong

James from Luton clearly hasn't heard of extended warranty, here is a list of things that he can't live without around the house:-

  • 10 - Iron
  • 9 - Vacuum Cleaner
  • 8 - TV
  • 7 - Stereo System
  • 6 - Fridge Or Freezer
  • 5 - Microwave And Cooker
  • 4 - Shower
  • 3 - Washing Machine
  • 2 - Central Heating Boiler
  • 1 - Kettle

We have almost run out of audio comments - send your mp3 messages over to topofthepods@gmail.com and try and keep them as short and sweet as possible.



Wednesday, February 08, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten Things You May Not Know About Marilyn Monroe

The beautiful Melinda from the My Marilyn Podcast is a keen fan of Marilyn Monroe, one of the best examples of a specialist podcast. She has chosen to share with the world ten things you may not know about Marilyn Monroe :-

  • 10 - She was married 3 times.
  • 9 - She was smart.
  • 8 - She appeared in 29 films during her 13 year career.
  • 7 - The dress she wore to sing Happy Birthday to John F Kennedy was sold by her estate at a Christies auction for 1.13 million dollars in 1999.
  • 6 - She suffered from a gynaecological disorder and was unable to have children.
  • 5 - She was a talented actress.
  • 4 - She never met Elvis Presley or James Dean.
  • 3 - She started her own production company.
  • 2 - She was born Norma Jeane Mortenson.
  • 1 - She was the first Playboy centerfold.

If you 'd like to know more about Marilyn Monroe we suggest heading over to http://www.mymarilyn.ca, its way more educational and entertaining than anything the biography channel would churn out.



Friday, February 03, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten List Of Hardcore Tunes

Hardcore - you know the score. Loyal listener Bazza took off his raving shoes, pink bobble hat, neon glow sticks and whistle just to write down his list of the best techno hardcore tunes:-

  • 10 - Unique - Feelin' Fine
  • 9 - Cris.E.Manic - Just One More
  • 8 - Darren Styles - Cutting Deep (VIP Mix)
  • 7 - Euphoria - Silver Dawn
  • 6 - Gammer - A New Feeling
  • 5 - Force and Styles - Heart Of Gold
  • 4 - Deddley and Gammar - Mars ATX
  • 3 - Force and Styles - Pacific Sun
  • 2 - CLSM - Free Your Mind (Sy and Unknown Remix)
  • 1 - Frantic and Resist - Spending My Time

Keep those audio comments and lists flooding into topofthepods@gmail.com. If you are interested in podcasting then you might like to download the free Podcast User Magazine - available now at http://www.podcastusermagazine.com featuring Top of the Pods!



Thursday, February 02, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten Things That Irritate Emos

XLoserXChickX is not just a fine example of British Jewth, but also an Emo. In todays show we find out a little more about Emos and what upsets them:-

  • 10 - Adults that don't understand
  • 9 - Emus
  • 8 - Don't know what one is
  • 7 - Pop stars that try
  • 6 - No charge in your ipod
  • 5 - Christmas
  • 4 - Paying for gigs
  • 3 - Chavs
  • 2 - Emo boys being called gay
  • 1 - Being called goths

Sorry about the sound quality of tonights show, slightly bad settings for the first 5 minutes but the rest of the show is much better - worth staying around for the Jewish quiz at the end we think. We also added another artist to our backing tracks; the talented Rob Hughes of www.robhughesmusic.com sent us the album Butterfly - worth a trip to the web site to sample some of the tracks properly.



Wednesday, February 01, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten Winners In A Marshall Arts Fight

Robs mind conjoured up an imaginary fight with ten of the worlds best marshall artists, here is the results table which we made into a podcast:-

  • 10 - Steven Segal
  • 9 - Jean Clawed Van Damm
  • 8 - Jet Lee
  • 7 - Jackie Chan
  • 6 - Neo
  • 5 - Kill Bill Chick
  • 4 - Monkey
  • 3 - Tony Jaa from Ong Bak (Purchase from Amazon)
  • 2 - Bruce Lee
  • 1 - Mr Miagi

Thanks to Baxter for emailing topofthepods@gmail.com with a short mp3 for us to play, why don't you do the same?