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Rollin’ AF- Side B

Jake and Dave Yapp‘s Audio Freqs

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Toon AF - Side B 54:36

2 years ago54:36

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A SEISMIC episode, with big announcements all OVER the shop. Also, it's quite funny. But when you've heard it, you'll probably want to head over to www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs xx

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Toon AF - Side A 1:01:53

2 years ago1:01:53

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The first side of our romp through the world of animated audio. Featuring an utterly gobsmacking revelation about Pingu. No, I mean it.

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Carry On AF 48:39

2 years ago48:39

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Being a highly trepidatious 'romp' through one of the most 'popular' and 'successful' British movie franchises of all time, namely the Carry On films. TW: Contains Swanee Whistle.

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Doggy AF - Side B 50:06

2 years ago50:06

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sir sorry sir sorry its late sir but the dog ate it Presenting a second hack up the Dog Park of esoteric audio, as Davey stands patiently by Jacob, wishing he didn't insist on making eye contact throughout, before resignedly fishing in his pocket for one of those little black bags.

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Doggy AF - Side A 1:03:06

2 years ago1:03:06

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In an episode which sprawls like a labrador on a cream sofa after a long and muddy autumnal walk, we take in dogs*, Beyonce, Trick or Treating Memories, even though we're not doing a halloween special, and there are a lot of sodding quizzes. But we have FUN, MAKING MEMORIES. All of which I have forgotten. There was definitely a bit I meant to edit out but didn't. We're so sorry, Jesus. *I'm not taking in dogs any more. Just a very scratchy cat, apparently.…

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SPECIAL DOUBLE CASSETTE BONUS Anniversary AF - Side C 53:02

3 years ago53:02

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Really, some would argue, somewhat over-milking our first anniversary, since we're now more than 6% through the second year. But, you know. STUFF is GOING ON, ok? But thank you for bearing with us, and sorry for the late-running of your scheduled Friday service etc. Back to normal next week, I PROMISE xxx…

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Anniversary AF - Side B 49:35

3 years ago49:35

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In which we continue our celebration of the podcast's first anniversary to an increasingly inappropriate degree, but ACTUALLY there is some properly BATSO audio in there, so maybe you should turn down your RANT KNOB. There's a THIRD tranche, if you're interested, over at www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs for the people who are so extraordinarily generous in supporting what we do. Just saying. But maybe I should turn down my WHEEDLE KNOB.…

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Anniversary AF - Side A 51:54

3 years ago51:54

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Part of a SPECIAL, DOUBLE-CASSETTE, TRIPLE-SIDED edition. We're looking back at some of the topics we covered in the last year BUT WAIT WAIT - it's ALL FRESH and NEW STUFF. And as part of our first anniversary celebrations, we're making this week's bonus available to all - so look out for a special extra episode next week! Hugs and that xxx…

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2UP AF 44:37

3 years ago44:37

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Continuing our deep dive into Video Game sound and music. This time it's an Italian Job. I think. It was a week ago now, so I have definitely forgotten. Everything. Also, apologies if you downloaded the original version of this episode and couldn't hear any music. The wheels are NOT falling off and actually we're putting in bold measures to build the economy and keep britain strong ok xxx…

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1UP AF 45:21

3 years ago45:21

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In which we celebrate our fiftieth episode in true Audio Freq style, arriving late and with a missing kingle at the top and the music bed running a 44.1/48KHz sampling mismatch. Ennnjjjoyyyyy ittttttttt xx

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Many Happy AF - Side B 48:33

3 years ago48:33

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And really, the Birthday party is in full swing, by which I mean I've been sick and burst into tears and had to come upstairs with my yellow towel. Jake and Dave take a birthday trip through some of the least celebratory birthday songs ever written. Hope it's your birthday! Hope this doesn't wreck it! xxx…

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Many Happy AF - Side A 46:20

3 years ago46:20

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In which I spectacularly fail to mark the half century of one of the most important people in my life. But HI HO I BRING JOLLY CHAOS, and I'm going to pretend to myself that counts for something. Enjoy xxx

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Smashed AF - Side B 48:38

3 years ago48:38

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Smashed AF - Side A 53:44

3 years ago53:44

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It's not easy, being green. Or angry. Today's episode, brought to you in sparkling holiday-grade audio (actually, Davey sounds fine, but I sound awful. I just mean editorially) is all about everyone's favourite anger-management epic failure. Enjoy!

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Rollin’ AF- Side B 57:27

3 years ago57:27

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Rollin’ AF - Side A 47:46

3 years ago47:46

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ROCK? What even IS THAT? Roll, baby, that's where it's at. So come and jump, jive, boogie and bop and etc etc with Jake and Dave etc etc. Because there's nothing so rock 'n' roll as two middle-aged straight white guys posturing. Well, it worked for the Stones. And they ROLLED. They didn't ROCK.

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Cribbins AF 1:08:39

3 years ago1:08:39

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A late podcast, celebrating the late Bernard Cribbins. What a man. I realise I have left off my own homages to Bernard Cribbins and this episode is so late already. Can I just give you the links instead? Here are the links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFRdzFjnUiE and https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08b78mt THANK YOU for your KIND UNDERSTANDING xxx…

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WOMADAF - Side B 44:28

3 years ago44:28

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Continuing our celebrationnnnuhhh of worlduhhhh musicsssss. In this episode! Swedish Loch Ness Monsters! French-speaking problematic actors! And James Bond, played at Boss Level! If you fancy coming to our fun live festival, hop over to www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs to find out how you can come along to our goodtimes party! xxx…

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WOMADAF - Side A 49:50

3 years ago49:50

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AYIA? Are You Into Acronyms? DYLT? Do You Love Them? Fairly Unusual Compressed Kinds? Well, play the damn podcast and we'll uncompress together. If that even makes sense. Also, we have some exciting news for people with moderate social anxiety! xxx

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NFK AF 50:45

3 years ago50:45

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**FOLK TRIGGER WARNING** Time to stick a finger in an ear, ideally your own, and warble out some stuff about comely maidens fair with sentence construction haphazard. Davey's been checking out the broads.

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Manual AF - Side B 48:38

3 years ago48:38

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Continuing our deep delve into the sweaty felt world of puppetry. I'm afraid some of it may be fairly triggering if you watched much UK children's TV in the seventies. Supporters of the podcast get an extra bonus full-length podcast every other week - sign up at www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs ! xx

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Manual AF - Side A 57:42

3 years ago57:42

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This episode is basically like Puppetry of the Penis, only without the puppePENIS I MEANT PENIS. There was one, but we whipped it out. It's about puppets. That's literally all. Next week, though, we might discuss Nookie Bear, which, you know. Is BEYOND problematic.

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Platty AF - Side B 44:27

3 years ago44:27

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It's time for our QE2 2, continuing our SEVENTY-EPISODE LONG CELEBRATION (note to self: must inform Davey about this) of HRFH LE QUEEM'S anniversary of sitting down etc. If YOU TOO ARE A PATRIOT, there's a bonus jubilee episode available to our supporters at www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs - go and have a look, or you are a traitor to your country, and hanging is too good for you etc. xxx…

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Platty AF - Side A 45:52

3 years ago45:52

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Prolonging the unending celebration of HRFH LE QUEEM, featuring some of the most meretricious odes ever composed in tribute to, and this joke only works if you've heard the podcast, and you probably haven't, the second-longest monarch in history. So maybe go and have a listen, and then I won't look as bad as I appreciate I do right now. Then again, I got up at half five to edit this little bugger, so I may be rambling. xx…

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Moogy AF - Side B 55:10

3 years ago55:10

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In which we examine more closely Robert's extraordinary organ. Oh, Robert. Thank you for the precious gift of your bleepy business.

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Moogy AF - Side A 1:00:48

3 years ago1:00:48

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We love to Moogy We love to Moogy Jitterboog Moogy Etc I'd love to type out a nice elaborate thing about synths, but I was very suddenly asked by Jon Holmes to compose a parody of the BBC News Jingle done in French. So that's all gone right out of the window. Still. I hope you enjoy it. Are yiou enjoying these? I do hope so. Consider signing up for the bonus podcasts - it's like 50% more podcast - over at www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs xxx…

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Eurovision AF - Side B 1:01:31

3 years ago1:01:31

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More of the best and worst of Eurovision, much, if not all of which was suggested by listener Neil. Thanks, Neil! Here's my own playlist of tunes I like from Eurovision. I say like. That might be strong. 'Time', by Izabo is fascinatingly bad. But Verka Seduchka is, and will always be, utterly glorious. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/43tlnt9JHaue3A0E3varQO?si=92adff2c846a4f9b Here's to a good one on Saturday! Don't forget, there's more Eurovision jollity in our bonus full-length podcast, available to supporters at www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs xxx…

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Eurovision AF - Side A 1:15:43

3 years ago1:15:43

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Jake and Dave unearth some rare gems from the world of Eurovision, and begin the battle to decide: Which act is the Worst of the Worst? (Side note: Dave's Kettle of Fish are performing in Bristol in June, if you fancied googling all of that for tickets) Don't forget, there'll be bonus Eurovision stuff in the bonus podcast for supporters on Ko-Fi: www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs xx…

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Windmilly AF 50:30

3 years ago50:30

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Oh we're off to Sunny, Sunny Spain. Which is great as I have been rather poorly in a splatty way and may just leave my keys on the kitchen counter, walk out of the house and never return. (I'm fine. But might go back to bed and make dying noises now) xxx

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Bonussy AF - Side B 38:47

3 years ago38:47

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Continuing our self-plunder, as we bring you some select bits from our bonus podcasts. If you're interested in supporting the project and getting the FULL BONUS, head on over to www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs ...there's lots of fun business with me and my cusband, including our TOO HOT TO HANDLE ONLYFANS PAGE* and, er, some badges. *This does not exist, but we're wide open to offers. I feel like we'd make more money to keep our clothes on.…

Jake and Dave Yapp‘s Audio Freqs

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Bonussy AF - Side A 31:16

3 years ago31:16

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Look, got som pretty awful news for you. Um, don't know if you heard but Jesus died. It's awful. Apparently he was a really nice guy. And so young. I don't know much about it, but I bet it was that bloody motorbike of his. Anyway. Fingers crossed for some GOOD NEWS sometime SOON. In the MEANTIME. Here's a teasey sort of podcast - there are some brand new bits, but we're giving you a little sneaky peek at some of the sorts of things we get up to in the bonus podcasts - there are at least two a month, they're full-length, and they're really good. If you want to sign up and get full access, you can mosey on over to www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs and chuck us a fiver for all the good times. It's hard to believe that something so unbelievably cheap-sounding does cost money to run, but we have to pay myriad hosting fees and stuff, so your support directly keeps us going. SPECIAL THANKS to all our existing supporters - your next bonus will be dropping at some point this weekend. Maybe on the third day. Feels about right. (Sorry Jesus, and positively not a shred of offence intended to anyone. Jesus really WAS a good guy. Arguably the BEST. Fingers crossed) xxx…

Jake and Dave Yapp‘s Audio Freqs

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Crashy AF - Side B 50:15

3 years ago50:15

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Continuing the Saga, looking at the entire industry of spin-offs from the Star Wars franchise. PLUS some amazing Barnacle Bills for you. Sorry, I just got distracted. I've got the news on and they just used the phrase 'Ship-based science' and I completely misheard the 'ship-based' part and now I can't remember what I was going to say. Anyway, hi. How's it going? x…

Jake and Dave Yapp‘s Audio Freqs

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Crashy AF - Side A 1:04:30

3 years ago1:04:30

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A little while ago... In a galaxy quite a ways off... In which we take a deep dive into the parallel universes of Star Wars '''''''''inspired'''''''' esoterica. Plus some speculation on the appearance of a bald wookie. Google it, or have a look on the @audio_freqs instagram account. Davey will probably post a picture there, and then you'll be sorry. Don't forget, there's a bonus episode every fortnight if you fancy it - head over to www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs - or head over to eMule and download the lot for free. One of the perks of being a boutique podcast hem-hem is no-one is interested in pirating it. Have a lully weekend! xxx…

Jake and Dave Yapp‘s Audio Freqs

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Contrapuntal AF - Side B 47:04

3 years ago47:04

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We're bach with Back. More WACHY BACH FACHTS for you!?!?!?!?! Bach was a quick learner, but his brother said he wasn’t ready to learn the pieces in a book of famous compositions that were in the cupboard. So at night, J.S. Bach snuck downstairs and copied the notes by hand using only moonlight so he wouldn’t wake anyone up. It took him 6 months! How WACHY is THACH? Also quite needy. And I feel like he had a bit of a bad attitude to women. HI HO ON WE TRUDGE. I promised I'd tell you about the fun and easy way to get money away from you, and closer to us, in return for additional access to digitised content, made with heart and always, always love*. Just click on this: www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs to find out about bonus podcasts and whatsapp groups and STUFF. See 'Jo' soon!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?! God help me *I mean, actually true tbh, but I am trying to look COOL ok?…

Jake and Dave Yapp‘s Audio Freqs

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Contrapuntal AF - Side A 53:43

3 years ago53:43

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Well, I thought I'd take this opportunity to hit you up with some WACHY BACH FACHTS! FUN FACHT: Bach got put in prison by Duke Wilhelm, because he asked if he could please go and work as a composer for Prince Leopold. Wachy! FUN FACHT: When Bach wrote religious pieces, he'd put the initials INJ at the top, which some people think means In Nomine Jesu, but could also be a meyers-Briggs test result from a Russian website, meaning Bach's personality type was Impregnating-Naughty-Jiggly. We just don't know. We'll be 'BACH' next week! We're CRACHERS! God, please give us some money. There's a couple of full-length bonus podcasts in it for you and a secret whatsapp group: www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs . Or, if you are VERY POOR, then go out on the streets and play the podcast off your phone at strangers until they promise to subscribe mny thx LOVE YOU.…

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Divine AF - Side B 29:13

3 years ago29:13

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Let's not say 'amazing'. Let's describe it as simply 'staggering'. So we have some renditions of Staggering Grace that will leave you positively enraptured. I was just blasting on through naptime tbh and am most unimpressed with myself, but Davey and the music should allow you to behold the majesty of His* divine second coming etc. Love you. Don't forget, there's a much more energetic full-length bonus every coupla weeks for supporters over on www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs - go have a look xxx *not Davey's…

Jake and Dave Yapp‘s Audio Freqs

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Divine AF - Side A 54:34

3 years ago54:34

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This time, we're moving in mysterious ways. From TV evangelists to some of the most Amazing, yet Graceless renditions of Amazing Grace, Jake and Dave listen to some of the most incontrovertibly zealous, yet meritless spiritual audio. If you're interested in the Poke video mentioned in the podcast, here's the link: https://youtu.be/jTn4u3ULqec Don't forget, there's a full-length bonus podcast twice a month for subscribers - head on over to www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs for that and other FUN PERKS, including a saucy whatsapp group. In the meantime, we are praying for you. And please, please pray for us xxx…

Jake and Dave Yapp‘s Audio Freqs

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Romantic AF - Side B 53:17

3 years ago53:17

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Jake is back after last week's hiatus. Hiatus gonna hiate, hiate, hiate, hiate. But the LOVE is in the air (open a window). Have you ever wondered how the racy novelist Barbara Cartland might sound if she was singing? Of course you haven't. You'd be SO WEIRD if you had. But I bet you're wondering now. Well. Play this podcast, and, in due course, you'll ACTUALLY FIND OUT. Not only that, but we have a deeply romantic binaural treat for you. Which sounds more exciting than it is. So, swings and roundabouts. And it's roundabout a fiver a month if you would like to help support the podcast and get an extra full-length podcast every other week. Go over to www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs to find out what fun secret things you can unlock through the magic of financial patronage... Thank you! We TOTALLY LOVE YOU. xx…

Jake and Dave Yapp‘s Audio Freqs

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Romantic AF - Side A 47:00

3 years ago47:00

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Yes, it's THAT kind of mixtape as we belatedly celebrate St Valentine's Day, staggering back from the garage with a box of Matchmakers and a Catford Bunch*. Jake is away this week, but a special quasi-celebrity guest is sitting in for him. Star, ahahahaha of BBC Radio 4 Extra and one-time Girl Friday for Martin Kelner, kindly clench your buttocks on Davey's behalf as we welcome none other than nonagenarian good-time gal... DORA DALE. We'll be back to normal next time. In the meantime, if you just can't get enough, there's two full-length bonus episodes every month for supporters over at www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs, as well as access to livestreams and a secret whatsapp group. *A charming epithet used to describe a bouquet of flowers hastily unsellotaped from a pedestrian crossing on the way home…

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Poetic AF - Side B 41:29

3 years ago41:29

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Surely the greatest song poem ever written is featured in this one, quick trigger warning, the lyricist may have slipped a 'pen*s' in there. Also, David makes reference to Peer Gynt, and I realise now that if you suffixed Peer Gynt with the word 'Middle', you'd have a popular competitive game of catch as played in Yorkshire playgrounds. That's pretty much all I have. HOWEVER. there IS more to be had. There's a bonus episode for people buying us a coffee at www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs, and when you bung us a fiver a month, you'll get two full-length new episodes, the first of which we just recorded, and it's really, REALLY good. I know what you're thinking - THIS stuff is pretty incredible, so the paywalled stuff must be PURE GOLD. (I will say that it's very much not an afterthought. It's full-blown stuff. There is a HUGE revelation in our first bonus. Hurry up and subscribe so you get it) Ok, that's all the SELLING BUSINESS DONE. Have a blessed day! xxx…

Jake and Dave Yapp‘s Audio Freqs

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Poetic AF - Side A 50:16

3 years ago50:16

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As we reluctantly enter the world of Song Poems - lyrics written by amateurs, and set to music (for a SMALL ADMINISTRATIVE FEE) by professional, and fairly existentially-troubled musicians. You will hear songs about vampire husbands, yellow things, and 'by the also of having'. I'm not going to lie to you, you're going to need some strength for this one. Also, a quick recap of our discussion of exciting new extras, which took up the first twelve minutes of the show: If you head over to www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs, there's a ton of new perks to be had, from badges, to extra full-length shows, to secret whatsapp groups. Go and have a look, and then leave without buying anything or making eye contact, but muttering 'thanks' under your breath - it'll be as fun as visiting an independent record shop!…

Jake and Dave Yapp‘s Audio Freqs

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Musical AF - Side B 46:50

3 years ago46:50

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It's time for the second act of our Musicals extravaganza! You know, the half that goes on a bit and the songs aren't as good and you start wondering about train times. BUT! In this episode! All By Myself, sung by people who probably spent quite a lot of time in that state afterwards! Another regional musical - but this one even more staggeringly surreal than those from the last episode! You honestly won't believe it. AND! We have some NEWS. There's lots of stuff happening in and around the podcast. Anyone who's previously donated to the show, or makes a donation between now and the publication of the next episode will get a bonus episode, with more regional musical marvels and some old gubbins from my archive. Jake here. Hello. SO! Head over to www.ko-fi.com/audiofreqs - literally the worst url in the world, and make a donation! And all I'm saying is IF you decided to maybe sign up for a fiver a month, it JUST MIGHT be in your interest, if you were wanting more content on a more regular basis in the VERY NEAR FUTURE. Shhhhh xxx…

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Musical AF - Side A 56:49

3 years ago56:49

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Part One of a deep dive into the murky waters of failed, flawed, and fabulously obscure musicals. Regional TV Musicals! Jesus Musicals! Truckin' Musicals! And not a whiff of Lloyd Webber to be had. You'll love this stuff. I promise. Part two next week. Put us about a bit, will you? Aw, thanks.

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Solitary AF 1:32:33

3 years ago1:32:33

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In today's episode, Jake and Dave Yapp showcase Outsider Music - that particular body of work which appears to have rejected every musical organ. This doesn't really work as a line. There's something about bodies rejecting organs or something in there somewhere, but, ngl I have had a sherry. I am not being coy. Like when people say 'OOPS I MAY HAVE IMBIBED A SHANDY OR TWO HORRRHH HORRRHHH HORRHHHH' when they mean they've been doing Tequila for five hours. No, it turns out that Tesco and Sainsbury's both do a v good vegan sweet sherry. And it's nice, if you do alcohol. The honest truth is, I'm just making excuses. Now go and sign up to tptvencore.co.uk. x…

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Gibbous AF 1:13:28

3 years ago1:13:28

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Here's some recycled material about the moon! You're welcome! The moon has had a massive impact on every culture, so before we get into the science, let’s do a whistle-stop tour of what we used to believe about the moon on a spiritual level. The Aztecs called the moon Mictecacuiatl and believed it travelled through the night sky hunting for victims to consume… As did the Maoris in New Zealand, calling it the ‘man-eater’. The Tartars of Central Asia called it the Queen of Life and Death… All very ‘deathy’, isn’t it? Early Hindus believed the souls of the dead returned to the moon to await rebirth, and some European stories, not just rather turgid Christmas TV adverts for department stores, tell of a man in the moon - banished there, having been sentenced to death by god for gathering sticks on the Sabbath, because, you know the old saying - Sabbath and Sticks / Do not mix, ok I made that up. Most excitingly, though, everyone’s loony - yes - about rabbits. I had no idea. In Chinese mythology, the goddess Chang’e is stranded on the moon after overdoing the old immortality potion, and only has moon rabbits for company. I mean, how high could they jump? Aztec cultures revered the moon rabbit, some Hindus believe the moon is inhabited by a hare, and in Japanese and Korean folklore the Moon Rabbit is believed to be pounding the ingredients for a rice cake, which is presumably, er, rice. Moon rice. Anyway. SCIENCE: The moon’s cycles were well understood by… the Chaldea, a small Semitic nation living in a marsh in south-east Mesopotamia, and the Chinese astronomer Shi Shen had also worked out solar and lunar eclipses, roundabout the same time as Anaxagoras in Greece worked out that the sun and moon were giant spherical rocks, and that one reflected the light from the other. Archimedes designed an accurate planetarium, presumably with an adjoining Waxworks and grossly over-inflated ticket price. Ptolemy, around 120AD said that the moon was about 60 earth-radii away and that the moon’s diameter was 0.292 of that of earth, honestly, what a nincompoop! Look at the reality! 59, and 0.273! Tchoh! Just to remind you - there weren’t any telescopes yet. And, to be honest, almost nothing happened for the next, nearly 20,000 lunar cycles… Until Galileo drew one of the first drawings of the moon from what he’d seen through a telescope. But, if you want to show off at a dinner party, he wasn’t the first. An Englishman called Thomas Harriot, who had bought a ‘Dutch Trunke’ (ie a telescope, invented the year before in 1608) drew a map of the moon several months earlier, on July 26th 1609. Not only that, he helped Sir Walter Raleigh figure out how to stack cannonballs on ships’ decks efficiently which made him think about atomism, and he’s credited with bringing potatoes to Britain. But Galileo worked out that the contours were caused by mountains and craters, from his experience as an artist using chiaroscuro, a theory which went against thousands of years of thought that the moon was perfectly smooth. 1837 was a landmark year. Wilhelm Beer and Johann Heinrich Mådler published books which finally put to rest any fancy ideas people had espoused about vegetation existing on the moon, along with Selenites (moon-people, after the Greek goddess of the moon, Selene [pron: Seleeni]) And other myths have been debunked - apparently, no matter what Aristotle, Pliny the Elder, and the emergency services say, we don’t all go a bit loony when there’s a full moon (although, well, I can only speak for myself). The first metaphorical rock we managed to chuck at it was Luna 2, a Russian spacecraft on 14th September 1959. It would be ten years and several missions later before Neil Armstrong walked on it and infamously said ‘Wow! I’m walking on the freaking moon, here!’ on July 21st, 1969, a mission that used less computational power than you get in one of those birthday cards that plays a tune. In 1967, an Outer Space Treaty had been ratified, ruling that everything in outer space, including the moon, could not be owned by any nation, and not used for anything other than peaceful means. Which is a relief as the American military were eyeing it up for a military base as early as the fifties. Whether we fight or not, on a full moon or not, Ted Nield in his book Supercontinent writes movingly that many, many millions of years from now, when every trace of us, even the radioactive signatures from our nuclear power and bombs has decayed to nothing, when the continents have shifted until our planet is no longer recognisable, our footprints on the moon could be the only thing left to prove we ever existed.…

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