The Pod Files - Friday March 24 2023

 

Dreadful night shift, where I was feeling almost the entire night and, as I write this now on the Saturday afternoon, I’m still not feeling that great.

A new site to check on, which needed a bit of attention as it was new. A door unlocked that needed sorting, having to work out the layout of the place, and all of that. The usual teething problems, especially of a site that came on so late that there was no way to do a risk assessment or see what’s there. 

I had an absolutely terrible headache for a lot of the night, making me dizzy, as well as a sore throat, and some breathing issues.

Unfortunately, as I’ve mentioned before, I work for a bunch of arseholes who don’t know how to organise their man power properly. This means that with Ken being off sick this weekend, there would be no way to cover me.

Hence why I worked with terrible covid, hmm, last Summer. Because they were down to a single driver doing all three mobile runs.

I still got told off for standing on an upright piano on a site to reach window controls that were on the wall ten feet up. They’re bloody lucky I showed up at all! Ungrateful bastards!

Anyway, I still don’t feel great, but have to go in because of there being no one else available.

In December we were told that we would get a “handsome pay rise” in January. It’s now March, and we haven’t had the pay rise. I think they only said tgst because me and Matt had applied for better paid jobs closer to home. Manipulation and deception. Watch It Security Services Limited. 

Oh, and you know why I had to come in with covid because of manpower issues…

It’s because one driver had been moved from nights to days to cover the usual weekend day man who had been covering the office from Monday to Friday for a couple of weeks while the office staff were off with covid. #irony 

The ‘casts -

(Notes spoken to Siri, and edited later if I remember)

A Breath Of Fresh Air - (0:52) March 24 2023: Sandy chats with the Brazilian music legend that is Sergio Méndez. I actually have a connection with Sergio. In 2013 I received a private message on a file sharing website that I use (shout out to Freesound), with the message telling me that some percussion I played on one of the files had been used for a soccer/football song, which was the song featured in this episode - One Nation. 

Daily Dad Jokes - (0:08) March 23 2023 

Merriam Webster’s Word of The Day - (0:02) March 23 2023: symbiosis 

Composer’s Datebook - (0:02) March 23 2023: Bartok’s violin concerto 

Create Magic - (0:06) episode 222: November 15 2022: “ Mischievous Making - On this special episode 222 we talk about taking nods from the universe that you are on the correct path and adding in some mischief to your making. Hope y'all have a wonderful day!” 

Daily Shower Thoughts - (0:05) March 22 2023 

The Wind - (0:50) season 1 episode 2: December 1 2020: “Frontier Music - Western Films as America’s origin story, and why they sound the way they do. Featuring Gary Farmer, Rion Amilcar Scott, Jeff Grace and Kathryn Kalinak. In this episode we investigate western film scores from early westerns and singing cowboys (Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Herb Jeffries) to the John Ford Era (Tiomkin, Hageman, Steiner and Bernstein) to Ennio Morricone to Neil Young's score for Dead Man and beyond.”  A fascinating look into the history of western films, with their music being the main subject. Big leaps in melody. Diagenic music. Akira Kurosawa films that westerns were based on. What a superb show. It’s a great in-depth study. 

Daily Facts - (0:07) March 23 2023 

Deleted Saves - (0:10) March 22 2023: this time Phil looks at the arcade game ‘Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder’. 

InterHacktives - (0:11) January 23 2017: Have your say on government data policy 

Vintage Rock Pod - (0:06) March 2023: Paul looks at events and celebrity birthdays from this day in history. Today’s main topic is Phil Lanzon, born on this day in 1950. He is the keyboard player for Uriah Heep. 

What We Just Watched - (0:10) March 22 2023: Rachel and Dave respond to seeing the film Rye Lane. 

Daily Dad Jokes - (0:06) March 23 2023 

Merriam Webster’s Word of The Day - (0:03) march 24 2023: zany 

Composer’s Datebook - (0:02) March 24 2023: Panufnik’s “Love Abide”

InterHacktives - (0:12) January 30 2017: Why you shouldn’t make a 360 degree video podcast 

Daily Shower Thoughts - (0:05) March 23 2023 

Omega Star 7 - (0:33) season 1 episode 17: October 5 2021: “17.6 Old Ghosts - When asked by the Overseer to retrieve an unnamed Personality Matrix from Alpha B9 the Crew of the Outlander finds that this simple pick up mission is much more than they bargained for.” #TonightWereGonnaBeHeroesBoys 

Interhacktives - (0:13) February 8 2017: Using data in sport journalism

Grammar Girl - (0:05) episode 164: April 3 2009: "One" Versus "You"

Sense of Shelf - (0:11) October 26 2022: John starts by apologising for there being no news at the top of the show, as he’s been “incredibly busy of late”. The main topic of the show is a review of the book After The Rain by Nnedi

Okorafor. At the end of the show John gives a shout out to the podcast ‘Words About Books’.

Aaron Mahnke’s Cabinet of Curiosities - (0:10) episode 47: December 4 2018: Family is a curious thing. Given enough time, some amazing things can happen. Those are the sort of tales on display in the Cabinet today.