TOTP - Top Ten White Lies

Good old Giles from Australia loves telling fibs, purely to keep relationships going (Mrs Giles beware...). Here is his top ten list of white lies, we'd like you all to admit to how many you are guilty off on the comments board:-

• 10 – Age
• 9 – Does my bum look big in this?
• 8 – Do you know the way?
• 7 – Do you like the present?
• 6 – Partner’s friends/parents
• 5 – The new kid looks beautiful
• 4 – Do you like my new hair cut?
• 3 - Technical knowledge
• 2 – The Resume
• 1 – How much longer till you’re ready?

Now as you are probably all listening to this on a Friday and clearly have nothing better to do than to download our FREE podcasts you can AT LEAST vote for Top of the Pods at Podcast Alley - we are falling rapidly down the charts and need your votes fast before we fall out completely. We have over 500 listeners, surely a handful of you must have some spare time to get us into the top ten? We'd be featured in the Top Ten podcasts charts - suitable we think considering the nature of our show.

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TOTP - Top Ten Reasons Why Nintendo Are Not A Failed Company

A podcasting first, someone presents the whole show whilst battling hiccups. We apologise not only for Jons contribution to the bad sound quality, not only for Jons repetition of the word 'rubbish' but for Jons treatment to Chris from Felixstowe. Chris sent this wonderful list defending a dying company to topofthepods@gmail.com, and we would love to hear more from him soon:-

• 10 – The Rumble Pack
• 9 – The D-Pad
• 8 – Wireless Control Pads
• 7 – The Analogue Stick
• 6 – Mascots
• 5 – Pokemon
• 4 – The Gameboy
• 3 - Profit on consoles
• 2 – The DS
• 1 – The Playstation

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TOTP - Top Ten Inventions We Should Have By Now

Judith from Gettysburg has so kindly produced this list (we've been sitting on it for months waiting for the right moment) - its those inventions we should have, but don't yet. If you like, you can be like Judith and email us your lists of topofthepods@gmail.com and we'll read it out to fellow listeners:-

• 10 – Videophones
• 9 – Kitchens of the future
• 8 – Moon and space colony
• 7 – Transporters
• 6 – Jet packs
• 5 – Replicators
• 4 – World peace
• 3 - Miraculous medical advances
• 2 – Robot maids
• 1 – Flying cars

Oh, did we plug www.firebox.com enough? They sell gadgets you know, and if you buy from them be sure to mention this show.

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TOTP - Top Ten Jon And Robs Endearing Foibles

We don't know know what they are, but we have been told we have them, and they are endearing. Here is the list for www.topofthepods.com:-

• 10 – Bad singing
• 9 – Jon waffling
• 8 – Jons laugh
• 7 – Robs time and bandwidth obsession
• 6 – Robs Pocket PC
• 5 – Jon and Isreal
• 4 – 1980's retro fondness
• 3 - Brit culture explaining
• 2 – Ignorance
• 1 – Protecting the family

We also mentioned http://www.proporta.com/ - but couldn't find a coupon code - recommended for PDA and phone gear.

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TOTP - Top Ten Ways To Promote Your Podcast

Rob and Jon in agreement? Todays 30 minute long show is more about facts and figures than comedy and entertainment, so skip this one if you are not interested in podcasting. It does contain a few hints about things you can do as a listener to help our show grow. Any questions about www.topofthepods.com then email us at topofthepods@gmail.com :-

• 10 – Local media publicity
• 9 – Well structured shownotes
• 8 – Good visuals
• 7 – Forums - mention the URL
• 6 – Technorati tags - http://www.technorati.com
• 5 – Podcast directories - such as http://podfeed.net)
• 4 – Podcasting communities - www.britcaster.com for example
• 3 - Audio promos
• 2 – Podcast Alley (vote for Top of the Pods)
• 1 – Worship Adam Curry - http://www.curry.com

Also mentioned on the show is a blog from Adrian Pegg at http://www.adrianpegg.co.uk and also the 99p / less than an hour left ebay listing site found at http://www.lastminute-auction.com. If you'd like to help us in Podcast Alley then don't forget to vote for us at Podcast Alley.

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TOTP - Top Ten 80s Movie Soundtracks

No listener list today, instead Rob documents for the world the official top ten list of the movie soundtracks that defined the 1980's. If you do have a list then please send it to topofthepods@gmail.com - but please be patient if you have sent one in as we still have ones from 3 months ago. Stay subscribed to our feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/topofthepods, full details are on our web site at www.topofthepods.com:-

• 10 – Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger (Rocky III)
• 9 – Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 (9 to 5)
• 8 – Go West - King Of Wishful Thinking (Pretty Women)
• 7 – Limahl - Never Ending Story (Never Ending Story)
• 6 – Irene Cara - What A Feeling (Flashdance)
• 5 – Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong (An Officer And A Gentleman)
• 4 – Yello - Oh Yeah (Ferris Buellers Day Off)
• 3 - Starship - Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now (Mannequin)
• 2 – Huey Lewis and The News - The Power of Love (Back To The Future)
• 1 – Sammy Davis Junior - Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters)
  
  

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TOTP - Top Ten Movie Trilogies

For Bazza from Yorkshire one movie is not enough - he's only happy when Hollywood has knocked out three films. He's been busy watching over 30 films to bring us his list of the top ten movie trilogies:-

• 10 – The Omen
• 9 – Scream
• 8 – Robocop
• 7 – Jurassic Park
• 6 – Karate Kid
• 5 – Evil Dead
• 4 – Indiana Jones
• 3 - Terminator
• 2 – The Matrix
• 1 – Back To The Future

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TOTP - Top Ten Phrases That Americans Say While Attempting To Do A British Accent

Mike Salt from Lake City, in the USA which is in Utah has sent us his list of phrases that those crazy Americans say when they try doing an English impression:-

• 10 – Ya got me banged to rights. It's a fair cop.
• 9 – Got any more steak and kidney pudding?
• 8 – Ev'nin Chief Inspector
• 7 – Cheers mate
• 6 – Jolly good
• 5 – Yeah baby
• 4 – Bob's your uncle
• 3 - Ello Gov'na
• 2 – Cherrio, time for tea
• 1 – Bloody Hell

Hope you all have a good weekend and you'll be hearing from us on Monday.

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TOTP - Top Ten Things That Only Happen In Movies

Rowland from Dark Compass has his ten ten list of things that only happen in movies that he sent to topofthepods@gmail.com. Jon and Rob come to the conclusion that your standard Hollywood script isn't exactly intelligent design in todays www.topofthepods.com top ten podcast:-

• 10 – The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window of any building in Paris
• 9 – It is always possible to find a parking spot directly outside or opposite the building you are visiting.
• 8 – Television news bulletins usually contain a story that affects you personally at the precise moment it's aired (aka Six Feet Under).
• 7 – Cars will explode instantly when struck by a single bullet.
• 6 – No matter how savagely a spaceship is attacked, its internal gravity system is never damaged.
• 5 – One man shooting at 20 men has a better chance of killing them all than 20 men firing at once
• 4 – You can always find a chainsaw when you need one.
• 3 - In Middle America, all gas station attendants have red handkerchiefs hanging out of their back pockets.
• 2 – Anyone can land a 747 as long as there is someone in the control tower to talk you down.
• 1 – The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place. Nobody will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building undetected.

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TOTP - Top Ten Things About Women

Hey Joe, way to go - thanks for the list of the ten things about women! :-

• 10 – Never wrong
• 9 – Directions
• 8 – New CDs
• 7 – Bad situations
• 6 – Admit help
• 5 – Food
• 4 – Moods
• 3 - Snoring
• 2 – Police
• 1 – Guffs

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TOTP - Top Ten Reasons To Use Firefox

We sure is a bit late today, last nights show has some photos that needed uploading of a couple of fat blokes in an overheated studio. We did Chris Bradleys top ten reasons to use firefox, here are the reasons:-

• 10 – Download Manager
• 9 – Customizable background pictures
• 8 – Pre-made themes
• 7 – Plugins
• 6 – Favicons
• 5 – Bookmarks Toolbar Folder
• 4 – Search Bar that can switch between search engines
• 3 - Best tabbed browsing
• 2 – Keyboard shortcuts
• 1 – It's not Internet Explorer

While you are here why don't you do us a favour and randomly click on those google adverts on the left hand site of our www.topofthepods.com web site. If you have that much time to kill then email topofthepods@gmail.com with your top ten list.

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TOTP - Top Ten Over Hyped Movies

Justin from Norwich is quite a movie buff who feels very disappointed when studios build him up only to knock him down. Here is the list he sent to topofthepods@gmail.com with his 10 over hyped movies:-

• 10 – Godzilla
• 9 – The Grudge
• 8 – Catwoman
• 7 – Pearl Harbour
• 6 – Mission Impossible 2
• 5 – Fahrenheit 911
• 4 – The Lost World: Jurassic Park
• 3 - Star Wars episode 1: The Phantom Menace
• 2 – Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
• 1 – The Matrix Reloaded

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TOTP - Top Ten Things Everyone Has Done Online

Bit late, but here is James Gardners list of the 10 things everyone has done online.:-

• 10 – Mother pictures
• 9 – Reply to spam
• 8 – Watched Steve Jobs keynote speech
• 7 – Star Wars signatures
• 6 – Emulators
• 5 – Googled personal health checks
• 4 – Downloaded Linux
• 3 - Photoshopped heads onto bodies
• 2 – Used Neo in chat rooms
• 1 – Friends Mother pictures

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TOTP - Top Ten Things To Ask A Genie

Nicolas from Montreal in Canada has been busy dreaming of what he might do if a genie granted him one wish. We have a dream, that one day we'll be in the top ten in podcast alley. Why don't you be our 'magical audience genie member' and vote for us? If you are bored then why not write an email to us saying how happy you get when you hear our show (we need some photos of audience members clearly enjoying a show of Top of the Pods):-

• 10 – Billion quid
• 9 – Bye bye blue screen
• 8 – Bill Gates as secretary
• 7 – Unlimited internet
• 6 – Perfect memory
• 5 – Time travel
• 4 – Invicible
• 3 - Peace on earth
• 2 – Luck with the ladies
• 1 – One hundred million wishes a day

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TOTP - Top Ten Simpsons Characters

Gus sent us his Top Ten Simpsons List before everyone else did, so that's why his list is out of the doors first. We have others about the Simpsons and oh my god they are all sooooo different. If anything here is gonna start a James Bond Top Ten List Style Fight, then this is it.

Nice one Gus, thanks for that:-

• 10 – Santas Little Helper
• 9 – Marge Simpson
• 8 – Itchy and Scratchy
• 7 – Grampa Simpson
• 6 – Ned Flanders
• 5 – Mr Burns
• 4 – Barney
• 3 - Bart Simpson
• 2 – Homer Simpson
• 1 – Apu

Note: We've had a few problems with our RSS feed, sorry if you've got the show twice but we've had to republish the show.

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TOTP - Top Ten Things To Do In Peterborough (UK)

There was a young bloke called Rob,
Who's mate Jon had to update the blog,
Rob said it should Rhyme,
To which Jon declined,
But then changed his mind on the job.

There you go Roberto. And it only took me 45 seconds to come up with that.

Roberto came up with a list about the bestest things to do in Peterborough. Jonno could only think of one, which was get the hell out of Peterborough as soon as possible. That wasn't on Roberto's list. However, there were ten other things with some amusing jibba-jabba in between.

Stats are steadily climbing - thanks everyone for your support and also for the great emails we get every single day. We answer them all as soon as we can, but we have jobs as well you know. So if we haven't got back to you yet, soz. Soon you will be contacted. In the meantime though, nip over to podcastalley and stick your oar in and vote for us. Ta. Oh, and vote for our mate Mark at the Tartanpodcast coz he's our bestest mate in Podworld, even if he does lock his wife in the car and keep absolut in business through his ever growing intake of alcohol!!:-

• 10 – Ferry Meadows
• 9 – Peterborough Cathedral
• 8 – Railworld
• 7 – Flag Fen
• 6 – Burghley House
• 5 – Sacrewell Farm
• 4 – Nene Valley Railway
• 3 - Queensgate
• 2 – East Of England Showground
• 1 – Peterborough Beer Festival

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TOTP - Top Ten James Bond Movies

Adam from Australia has already sparked a massive row on the show with his list of the top ten Bond Movies. Just email topofthepods@gmail.com to join in with the debate, we think we got a few Bond facts slightly wrong in todays www.topofthepods.com show:-

• 10 – Dr. No -Sean Connery
• 9 – Diamonds Are Forever - Sean Connery
• 8 – A View To A Kill - Roger Moore
• 7 – For Your Eyes Only - Roger Moore
• 6 – Die Another Day - Pierce Brosnan
• 5 – On Her Majesty's Secret Service - George Lazenby
• 4 – Goldeneye - Pierce Brosnan
• 3 - The Man With The Golden Gun - Roger Moore
• 2 – The Spy Who Loved Me - Roger Moore
• 1 – Goldfinger - Sean Connery

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TOTP - Top Ten Muppets

There's this guy called Jim. He likes our show. He emails us from time to time. We think he's great. But now we think he's even greater. Why? Well because he supplied us with the Top Ten Muppets of course. Now I know I could have done better. And Roberto thinks he could too. But hey, Jim thought of it first, so we'll go with his. Some of these Muppets I didn't recognise. Some Roberto didn't either, But in the end the most important ones were there, so what the hell. Thanks Jim. Nice list. By the way, if the spoilers are in the wrong order that's Roberto's fault. Not mine. Ever. Honest.

So we are still down the list at number 35 on Podcastalley.com so if you're new over here at Top Of The Pods or even if you've been hanging 'round these parts for sometime, why not head over there via the above link-a-roonie and register your vote for us. You don't have just one vote, oh no. You can vote as many podcasts as you like, so if you like the Tatanpodcast too, then you can click a vote for them too. Great, ain't it? If you do vote us, then chuck a comment in too if you can be bothered as it's always good to hear what you lot think. And of course, if you do vote then thanks guys, thanks very much. :-

• 10 – Miss Piggy
• 9 – Dr Teeth
• 8 – Lew Zealand
• 7 – Kermit
• 6 – Big Brown Monster
• 5 – Animal
• 4 – The Swedish Chef
• 3 - Fozzie Bear
• 2 – Beaker
• 1 – Gonzo

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TOTP - Top Ten Things To Be Annoyed About Missing Out On If I Die Too Soon

Our mate Ross from the Mashup Podcast sent us over his top ten list of stuff he would be annoyed at if he died too soon. A bit of a long winded title, but self confessed Geekoid, Roberto got all excited at the techie stuff, whilst Father-Of-One, Jonathan kept ultra cool like the fonz. Ehhhhhhhhhhh:-

• 10 – Wireless Earbuds for portable music players
• 9 – TV/Phone/music/portable computer watches
• 8 – The world going all cyberpunk like with funky computer clothes andbody armour and human-robot interfaces and all that funky cyber stufffrom films and books.
• 7 – Proper VR
• 6 – Computers like in Star Trek
• 5 – Space Travel
• 4 – Aliens (any kind, eg good and bad)
• 3 - Flying Cars
• 2 – World Peace
• 1 – Robots

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TOTP - Top Ten Chavs

Sam Smith sent us his Top Ten list of Chavs. My god there are some real quality Chavs in this one. Roberto loved this list as he is quite fond of Burberry. I hate it myself and wouldn't be seen dead in Rob's Burberry baseball cap and scarf.

We are still doing really well in iTunes, but the Podcastalley listing isn't where we should be, so come on... do us a little favour and nip over there to vote us into the top ten or something. If we hit the top ten this month Rob said he would do something really special. Me? Yeah, I might do too. :-

• 10 – Britney Spears
• 9 – Tim Lovejoy (Soccer AM presenter)
• 8 – The Beckhams (The Royal Chavery)
• 7 – The Queen (Her Royal Chaviness)
• 6 – Eminem
• 5 – Wayne Rooney's Girlfriend
• 4 – Beyonce
• 3 - That Huge Chav who won the lotto
• 2 – Jordan (Huge Breasted Chav)
• 1 – Mike Skinner (The Streets)

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TOTP - Top Ten 80s Cartoons

Paul Scott who gave us a list of top ten 80's cartoons, which quite frankly we picked to bits as most of them were girlie cartoons:-

• 10 – Gummi Bears
• 9 – Dungeons And Dragons
• 8 – Danger Mouse
• 7 – Transformers
• 6 – Trap door
• 5 – Care Bears
• 4 – Super Ted & Spotty
• 3 - He-Man
• 2 – Bravestarr
• 1 – Thundercats

We are starting to creep up into big file sizes so we've changed the encoding (this is almost half an hour of top of the pods), slightly lower quality but a lot easier to download in a hurry. We'll try this out for a few days and see what you all think.

Mid-show we talked about Northpod, their site is at http://www.northpodding.com. Also mentioned on this link ridden site are the GI Joe Overdubbed cartoons found at http://www.ebaumsworld.com/gijoe.html. Plus Rowley from www.darkcompass.com got a mention about his £21 per year, 1 gig unlimited bandwidth podcast hosting service that we can vouch for.

Also we played unsigned band Gidgets Ga Ga's song 'The Bomb' at the end of the show, for more great podsafe music head over to their site at www.gidgetsgaga.com and say hello. We were gonna do a top 10 related list about them but couldn't think what, if anyone would like to help us with a list then send it to topofthepods@gmail.com.

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TOTP - Top Ten Movie Quotes

We were in a rush, so we unlocked the Top of the Pods vault and grabbed our pilot episode - "The Top Ten Movie Quotes" to fill some space. We chose never to release it because the format of the show took about 6 hours to edit and quite frankly it made us cringe. But we did promise to play it once our number of subscribers reached over 500 - any suggestions for what you'd like Jon and Rob to do/wear/kiss in return for 1000 subscribers should go to topofthepods@gmail.com:

• 10 – Of all of the gin joints
• 9 – You're not my father!
• 8 – The first rule of Fight Club
• 7 – These are not the droids you're looking for
• 6 – The names Bond
• 5 – Are you talking to me?
• 4 – Quite frankly I don't give a damn
• 3 - I'll be back
• 2 – Do I make you laugh?
• 1 – Wax on, wax off

We'll also read out all the names of everyone who emails us with the correct list of films that these ten film quotes come from on tomorrow's show (answers must reach us by 7pm GMT Wednesday the 10th of August!). Back to normal on tomorrow's show.

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TOTP - Top Ten Reasons To Visit The UK

Judy and Paul are planning to visit England soon, and they have give us their list of the top 10 reasons to visit England:-

• 10 – Good public transport
• 9 – TV programmes
• 8 – Driving on the left
• 7 – No extremes of weather
• 6 – Thatched roof houses
• 5 – Public parks
• 4 – Really old stuff
• 3 - Accent
• 2 – Green countryside
• 1 – Grub

We had a visit from an old friend called the Joker as we have been emailed lots of requests for the 2 cards back again. You should all know that our email address is topofthepods@gmail.com and you can visit our site at www.topofthepods.com. So there.

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TOTP - Top Ten Everyone Does With A Camcorder

For those lucky enough to own a video camera we have a great list for you today which laughs at every mistake you've made since you brought it. Jim sent a very kind email to topofthepods@gmail.com with his list of the ten things everyone does with a camcorder (or probably shouldn't) :-

• 10 – Filming only your own kids
• 9 – Leaving the date and time on
• 8 – Zooming in and out
• 7 – Filming anything and everything
• 6 – Digital effects
• 5 – Making a 'pop video'
• 4 – Filming the dog
• 3 - Telling your girlfriend "Its just for us to watch..."
• 2 – Disappearing effect
• 1 – Playing a funny clip 20 times in a row until it isn't funny

We mention Mikes 6620 West Podcast at the beginning of the show - head on over to http://the6620westpodcast.libsyn.com for more details. We'd also like to point you to Jim's blogs podcasts http://electricguitarlessons.blogspot.com and http://wakeupinternet.blogspot.com.

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TOTP - Top Ten Pranks

One of our younger listeners, Jeannie (11) from New York emailed topofthepods@gmail.com with her list of the top ten pranks. Todays show also features Rick Astley and the worlds first romantic request ever heard in a podcast:-

• 10 – Crank calls
• 9 – Flip lights on and off
• 8 – Pantsing
• 7 – Finger in warm water
• 6 – Turn on TV at full volume
• 5 – Switch wine with vinegar
• 4 – Olive oil
• 3 - Hide wasbi or hot pepper
• 2 – Set the scale two pounds up
• 1 – Cellophane over the toilet bowl

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TOTP - Top Ten Instant Messaging Annoyances

Sophie from New Zealand helps Mark from the Tartan Podcast and Rob discuss the top ten instant messaging annoyances. Great list, if you have any like it then email topofthepods@gmail.com and we sure will read them out:-

• 10 – When people use bad font / font colours
• 9 – Excessive use of CAPS
• 8 – People who ignore your IM status
• 7 – People whose IM statuses are ALWAYS "Away" or "Out to Lunch",
• 6 – Bad punctuation
• 5 – People who abbreviate or use an alternate spelling for every word
• 4 – When people don't say "be right back"
• 3 - When people reply reeeeallly slowly
• 2 – When messages get misinterpreted
• 1 – When someone types a response for ages, then they don't say it

Jon should be back tomorrow, he sure loves messages saying how much everyone misses him. If he returns in a good mood he might even buy Rob a souvenir and Mark a car boot full of duty free.

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TOTP - Top Ten Things To Hate About Tabloids

Jon, father of one, is sunning himself on holiday at the moment while the Top of the Pods studio sits silently in the cold. But fear not, Mark from http://www.tartanpodcast.com is helping fill Jons sandals for the duration of is absence. Mark brings you his own list of the top ten things he hates about the tabloid newspapers:-

• 10 – Tabloids that think they're broadsheets
• 9 – Free CD's
• 8 – Token giveaways
• 7 – Their sources
• 6 – Agony Aunts
• 5 – Right-wing politics and heavy-handed journalism
• 4 – Page 3
• 3 - Sports pages
• 2 – Tabloid headlines
• 1 – Celebrity overload

We mentioned at the end of the show about how to vote for Top of the Pods at Podcast Alley, but did you know you can vote for multiple podcasts - so why not vote for Mark at Podcast Alley too for missing valuable drinking time and helping do a great job with the show?

Hey, wanna do a show with us? Do you have a decent Skype connection? Maybe you wanna tell us about the top ten reasons to buy your product, listen to your podcast or check out your web site? That's right, we call it advertising, and its going free - we just need three of whatever it is you are selling (one for Jon, one for Rob and one for eBay) and we'll quite happily peddle your stuff for nout. Come on, you've got a factory full of sports cars - who's gonna miss three for the sake of getting the name 'Porche' into the mainstream? Email topofthepods@gmail.com and let us help you out.

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TOTP - Top Ten British Bands In Terms Of Success Or Influence

Jon has taken a well deserved break, but Mark from the Tarten Podcast has very kindly agreed to give the pub a miss for the evening and guest-present the show. Today we bring you a list from Billy, who has done one of the first music lists we have had sent to topofthepods@gmail.com for a long time:-

• 10 – Radiohead
• 9 – The Specials
• 8 – Duran Duran
• 7 – The Happy Mondays
• 6 – Joy Division
• 5 – Led Zeppelin
• 4 – Sex Pistols
• 3 - The Rolling Stones
• 2 – Queen
• 1 – The Beatles

Quite frankly we haven't done many music top ten lists on http://www.topofthepods.com/, so please send us more. However, we've added the phrase 'Celine Dion' and 'Crazy Frog' to our spam filter - so beware.

Oh, its the first of the month, so please take a trip to Podcast Alley and vote for us and any other shows that you think deserve going in the Podcast Alley Top 10 - we'd really appreciate it.

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TOTP - Top Ten Interesting American Town Names

America is famous for its small towns, however the names of some such towns are questionable. Not our words, but the words of Ed from Vancouver in his email to topofthepods@gmail.com. We really struggled with this list of the top 10 interesting American town names to make them actually sound interesting, but here goes:-

• 10 – Chloride, Arizona
• 9 – Hazardville, Connecticut
• 8 – Correctionville, Iowa
• 7 – Slaughter, Louisiana
• 6 – Little Boars Head, New Hampshire
• 5 – Cheesequake, NJ
• 4 – Yonkers, NY
• 3 - Tuba City, Arizona
• 2 – Bird In Hand, Penn
• 1 – Gun Barrel City, Texas

Today is Jons last day as he is off on holiday until Thursday. But don't worry, rather than leaving you Top of the Podless for the next three days we'll be trying to enlist the services of a stand-in podcaster, so stay subscribed.

TOTP - Chas and Dave Interview

No top ten lists today folks, instead we bring you our interview with two lovable cockney musicians, none other than Chas and Dave on their recent visit to Peterborough. We did ask them to do a top ten list so that we didn't break the format of the show, but due to time constraints we only had time for the interview.

Please help support these two fantastic guys who have been writing, recording and gigging for over 30 years. If you want to hear some traditional singalong cockney UK music then we recommend buying one of their great albums from Amazon. They are two of the most genuine blokes we have ever met, it is great to see musicians with real talent still gigging and doing what they enjoy doing so well.

Please excuse the poor interview technique, it's our first ever show of this kind. Thanks to friend of the show Dave who supplied us with the photos, and thanks to Terry for the expert help with microphones.

TOTP - Top Ten Mac Utilities

Patrice originally recorded his Top Ten of Mac software in Swiss-German, then sent the list to topofthepods@gmail.com - we went away and recorded it in English for our web site at www.topofthepods.com. If you own a PC or have a life then this show will probably won't make any sense, but we did manage to slip in a Jew News for the broader audiences.

• 10 – MacSword - http://www.macsword.com/
• 9 – Audio Hijack Pro - http://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/
• 8 – Cyberduck - http://cyberduck.ch/
• 7 – VLC - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
• 6 – NeoOffice/J - http://www.neooffice.org/
• 5 – Adium - http://www.adiumx.com/
• 4 – NetNewsWire - http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/
• 3 - SubEthaEdit - http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/
• 2 – TextMate - http://macromates.com/
• 1 – Quicksilver - http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/

TOTP - Top Ten Girls With Big Bums

Our faces dropped when we got this email in the topofthepods@gmail.com inbox from Rowley. When Rowley isn't working on The DarkCompass Podcast (www.darkcompass.com) it seems that he is thinking about ladies with big bums - 10 of them to be precise. Now in the UK the word 'bum' means 'bottom' or 'booty', we hope that you won't confuse this list with the American for 'bum' which means 'tramp', 'hobo' or 'alcoholic'. After all, what would Jennifer Lopez be doing with a big alcoholic tramp, apart from making the sequel to Gigli? :-

• 10 – Charlotte Church
• 9 – Carrie-Anne Moss
• 8 – Jennifer Lopez
• 7 – Jordan
• 6 – Angelina Jolie
• 5 – Denise Van Outen
• 4 – Felicity Kendal
• 3 - Carmen Electra
• 2 – Pamela Anderson
• 1 – Kylie

It is also sketch day today and we thought that not enough Monks living in monasteries suffering with Tourettes Syndrome knew how to subscribe to Top of the Pods using iTunes. Our beeper box is already on its last legs whenever Jon opens his mouth, but the thing was ready to blow up by the time this show was over. The show is still family friendly, but for those woth extra sensitive ears that might be listening you might want to preview things first - with talk of ladies behinds, questions might be asked.

By the way, we would love to hear from more people from Peterborough who saw the article in the Peterborough Evening Telegraph about us. So far it seems we washed especially just for three extra subscribers from our local area, surely there are more of you out there with computers?

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TOTP - Top Ten Canadian Misconceptions

Ed from Vancouver sent his list to topofthepods@gmail.com - its his list of the top ten misconceptions about Canada. But hey, don't just leave it to poor Ed to come up with lists - we want you to send us some too, and don't forget to include your reasons why:-

• 10 – There are no famous canadians
• 9 – The capital of canada is Toronto
• 8 – Canadians are boring pacifists with no opinion whatsoever
• 7 – All Canadians are lumberjacks
• 6 – Canadians are American
• 5 – Canada is bordering the USA
• 4 – All the policemen in Canada wear red jackets and walk like John Cleese
• 3 - The Main Export of the province of British Columbia is Lumber
• 2 – All canadians live in igloos and go ice fishing
• 1 – Canadian culture is based primarily around Celine Dion

We are going to be knocking up some new jingles soon, if anyone would like to help us out by recording an MP3 saying 'Hi, this is x from y and whenever I'm not z'ing I'm listening to Top of the Pods'. Replace x with your name, y with your location or podcast name, and z with whatever it is that you do in your spare time.

For example 'Hi, this is Mark from The Tartan Podcast and whenever I'm not getting tanked up and locking my poor wife in the car I'm listening to Top of the Pods.' or 'Hi, this is Richard Vobes from the Richard Vobes Radio Show and whenever Right Said Fred aren't touring I'm listening to Top of the Pods'. Why not impersonate your favourite podcaster for us? Or just use your imagination - topofthepods@gmail.com - suprise us.

TOTP - Top Ten Bad TV Sports To Watch

Podcast Paul from www.podcastpaul.com sent us his list of 'Top Ten Crap Bad TV Sports To Watch' to topofthepods@gmail.com. We had to clean up the title of his list slightly to keep our show family friendly, but the rest is safe:-

• 10 – Bowling
• 9 – Curling
• 8 – Golf
• 7 – Grand Prix
• 6 – Volleyball
• 5 – American Football
• 4 – Skiing
• 3 - Snooker
• 2 – Ice Skating
• 1 – Synchronised Swimming

We are both going to have the weekend off again, so either download some of our past shows from www.topofthepods.com to catch up with, or just head over to www.britcaster.com for some more UK podcasts. Have a good weekend and stay subscribed using iTunes or using the Top of the Pods feed in iPodder - we'll be back on Monday!

If you are really bored and don't have anything to do then why not vote for us at Podcast Alley? If a family member offers you free Sunday lunch in return for fixing their computer this weekend then why not vote for us at Podcast Alley on their computer too? If you are passing the public library or internet cafe later on then why not vote for us at Podcast Alley? We think you get the idea.

TOTP - Top Ten Peterborough Celebrities

To mark our appearance in the Peterborough Evening Telegraph article about podcasting today we thought that we would record a special show. It's all about famous people from Peterborough, please excuse our total lack of research - put it down to the shock of seeing our mugshots in print. If you've read the article in the ET or you are from the Peterborough area then please email us at topofthepods@gmail.com or leave a message on the www.topofthepods.com comments board and say hi:-

• 10 – Cat Stevens
• 9 – Sarah Baxendale
• 8 – David Seaman
• 7 – Keith from the Prodigy
• 6 – Ruth Maddock
• 5 – Jimmy Saville
• 4 – Geoff Capes
• 3 - Andy Bell
• 2 – Ernie Wise
• 1 – Nobby the Tramp

If you are new to podcasting then here are a few quick tips to help you get started. The main thing you will need is some software to subscribe to our show and automatically get every mp3 downloaded to your computer - you can click this link to install iTunes and subscribe to our show for free. iTunes also includes a large directory of podcasts for you to subscribe to - check out their Top 100 for the most popular ones.

If you would like to hear other podcasts from the UK then head over to www.britcaster.com which is home to a group of podcasters from Britain with a broad range of shows. For the largest collection of podcasts we recommend going to www.podcastalley.com - remember some of them are going to be a little 'different'.

Please help put Peterborough on the map in the podcast charts by voting for Top of the Pods on Podcast Alley by clicking this link.

TOTP - Top Ten Strangest Gimmicks Of All Time

You write them, we'll debate them on http://www.topofthepods.com/. This time Ed from Vancouver has emailed topofthepods@gmail.com with his list of the strangest gimmicks of all time:-

• 10 – Doc Marten Shoes
• 9 – Tight Leather Trousers
• 8 – Afros (here is that picture of BB5 Science)
• 7 – Tamigotchis
• 6 – Kiss Related Merchandise
• 5 – Trading Cards
• 4 – Tongue Rings
• 3 - Star Trek / Wars Merchandise
• 2 – Crazy Frog
• 1 – Mullets

TOTP - Top Ten Things To Do When You Are Dead

Very deep show today - Alexandre Van de Sande, who we at www.topofthepods.com have been neglecting recently emailed topofthepods@gmail.com with his things to do when he is dead:-

• 10 – Where were my things?
• 9 – See a small documentary about my ancestors
• 8 – Meet my ancestors
• 7 – Have a third person small explanation of somethings in my life
• 6 – Take a peep in the future
• 5 – See the dinousaurs
• 4 – Understand how the universe actually the works
• 3 - Back to earth to do some ghostly things
• 2 – Let me know how I did (Al couldn't think of a number two)
• 1 – What happens to those who get it wrong

Sorry about the sound quality on this show, its been really hot recently and we needed to have the fan on in the background.

TOTP - Top Ten Scousers

If you are not from the UK you won't know that a scouser is someone is from Liverpool, here is a good definition from scouser.com. That was a list from Geoff who sent us an email to topofthepods@gmail.com, why don't you do the same? We are looking for your Top Ten lists with reasons to record for our www.topofthepods.com show - go on - make us smile:-

• 10 – Halle Berry
• 9 – Liverpool Football Club
• 8 – Wayne Rooney
• 7 – Cheri Blair
• 6 – Mike Myers
• 5 – Craig Charles
• 4 – Ken Dodd
• 3 - Cilla Black
• 2 – Jimmy Tarbuck
• 1 – The Beatles (photo of The Cavern aka The Sewer)

Getting quite a few emails asking about our studio - we'll create a web page with full details of the kit as soon as possible. In the mean time listen to our show - http://topofthepods.blogspot.com/2005/05/totp-top-ten-essential-podcasting.html - it includes examples of us using our kit.

TOTP - Top Ten Things Every Drunkard Should Do

Not that either of us drink that much, but if you're a total alcoholic then why not test yourself with this list taken from www.moderndrunkardmagazine.com. We here at www.topofthepods.com didn't score too highly in these list of things that every drunkard should do. Email us at topofthepods@gmail.com and let us know if you have ever done any of these or worse in a drunken haze. Its not big, and its not clever - so when you do email us just make sure that you sound very sorry for what you have done:-

• 10 – Fight a good fight
• 9 – Buy, build or steal a home bar
• 8 – Walk up to an attractive stranger way out of your league and buy him or her a drink.
• 7 – Get 86’d from a bar (can anyone explain what this means?)
• 6 – Buy a crowded bar a round
• 5 – Get drunk on the grave of your hero
• 4 – Spend a night in the drunk tank
• 3 - Dance like a fool in front of a large hooting crowd
• 2 – Go on a bender
• 1 – Open and close a bar

Why not listen to a true expert who we know has scored ten out of ten in this list of things every drunkard should do? Check out Mark at the Tartan Podcast - we figure if we keep him sweet with lots of traffic to his site he won't sue us.

TOTP - Top Ten Things Men Will Never Do

Too tired to write anything clever in this bit - just the usual drill of emailing topofthepods@gmail.com with your lists and the visit www.topofthepods.com to hear them. Its been a busy day at TOTP Towers:-

• 10 – Ask for directions
• 9 – Headache instead of affection
• 8 – Cry during a movie
• 7 – Ring the AA to change a tyre
• 6 – Tell your mates you love them
• 5 – Order a salad as you're on a new diet
• 4 – Send a text to your mate to tell them you got home alright
• 3 - Go to the toilet with a mate
• 2 – Go clothes shopping with your best friend all day
• 1 – Put the toilet seat down

TOTP - Top Ten Things They Need To Make

Rob is a very demanding chap, especially when it comes to things that don't exist. Here is the www.topofthepods.com list of things somebody needs to make. It really is our gift to the world, full of ideas that could make you rich. Email us at topofthepods@gmail.com with your lists and suggestions for shows:-

• 10 – Built in solar powered heating and aircon for cars
• 9 – Transformers the Movie (we mentioned this on another show and Rowley told us they are actually doing one)
• 8 – Speed cameras triggered by mobile phones
• 7 – Remote controls that you can page
• 6 – Outside lane max headroom barriers
• 5 – Free WiFi everywhere
• 4 – A cure for headaches and common colds
• 3 - A Playstation product in the UK the same time as the rest of the world
• 2 – Ironing machines
• 1 – Car stereo with an ipod slot

Thanks to everyone who helped us get back into the iTunes directory again today - all our audience have given some fantastic support and we couldn't have done it without you all working together. Also thanks to Apple for the quick turnaround of getting us back up and running in the iTunes directory.