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Edamame Guacamole

Edamame Guacamole (self portrait)

Part of the "Keeping Two Chevrons Apart" series, in which I cover Half Man Half Biscuit songs for YouTube, usually while drunk. This track was a departure in that I actually got out some instruments instead of merely hacking away at an acoustic in front of a webcam

K2CA can be found here
http://www.youtube.com/user/StopThatAstronaut#grid/user/41838855DC7043C8

Copyright for the original track and writing credits of course go to Nigel Blackwell and Half Man Half Biscuit. Nice one lads.

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Uffington Wassail

A cover of a rather excellent Half Man Half Biscuit track which languished, forgotten, on my hard drive for several months before I remembered it was there, added a kazoo solo and released it.

The "Keeping Two Chevrons Apart" cover project can be found at my blog:

http://www.mycolleaguesareidiots.com/category/52.aspx

And usually consists of late-night drunken recordings on a webcam for YouTube. This track is one of the rare exceptions to that rule. As usual I've put almost every instrument I own on it somewhere. Apart from the accordion, which I can't play to save my life. 

Split Single With Happy Lounge Label-Mates

a 35-second Banjulele and Kazoo clip of Yakkity Sax, original recorded as a quick and dirty backing track for a speeded-up YouTube video. Here under CC in case anyone feels they can use it.

LInk back to http://www.mycolleaguesareidiots.com/ if you use, please?

Yakkity Sax (aka the Benny Hill Theme)

ABC Radio Newcastle recently used my "Yakkity Sax" cover as part of a promo.

Copyright probably resides with the ABC, so marked "all rights reserved", permission granted to use here

ABC Radio Newcastle Promo Oct 2011

A take of the original classic smiths track, using many ukuleles for your ukulele pleasure. And a banjulele. And the growl of a MusicMan Stingray bass

The original, of course, is by The Smiths. I used to sing this in my bedroom. Now I sing it in my home studio with actual real microphones and everything. Wow.

This Charming Man - Instrumental

This Charming Man, with vocal. 

I'm no Morrissey, but I do have quite a few ukuleles, and a bass, and some percussion, and a willingness to relive my teenage years by belting out Smiths tunes regardless.

One of my favourite tracks, though I balked at adding an extra uke track with the "full Marr". I just couldn't take the stress and pressure.

NEW! The video for this track, filmed in glorious webcam-o-vision in my home studio, can be found at the following link

http://www.mycolleaguesareidiots.com/archive/2011/11/07/This-Charming-Man.aspx

Stop That Astronaut - This Charming Man

A cover of the fantastic Les Claypool Track "Running The Gauntlet", slightly modified. It's my first Les Claypool cover, and I'm relatively happy with it. Next, to see if I can manage some Primus.

Originally appears on the album "Highball With The Devil", but also appears on a live album with the Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, Live Frogs. This version is a descendent of those two versions.

Yes, it's on ukulele and bass, with a drum track built in Hydrogen for Windows. There are four ukulele tracks overall (one banjulele), one bass track, and two duped vocal tracks split in stereo - one wet, one dry.

I'll be blogging the creation process over at http://www.mycolleaguesareidiots.com/ and might consider making a video for it, eventually.

Stop That Astronaut - Running The Gauntlet

The Smiths classic on tenor ukulele, concert banjulele, bass and hydrogen drums. Oh, and my ropey vocal stylings.


Original, obviously, by The Smiths, from the album The Queen Is Dead.


This arrangement partially based on the live version from 'Rank'. I thoroughly recommend you buy that album if you don't already own it.


Blogged here <a href="http://www.mycolleaguesareidiots.com/archive/2011/11/26/Bigmouth-Strikes-Again-on-the-ukulele.aspx">http://www.mycolleaguesareidiots.com/archive/2011/11/26/Bigmouth-Strikes-Again-on-the-ukulele.aspx</a>



Bigmouth Strikes Again (ukulele)

Originally by The Wedding Present, this is track one from "Hit Parade 1", and a firm favourite of mine.
As approved by David Gedge! <a href="http://bit.ly/yodW98" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/yodW98</a>
Also on YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZC8isMut6A">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZC8isMut6A</a>


Blue Eyes

A rough cut I found on my hard drive. Uploading it here in the hopes it'll motivate me to do a proper cut.

Cecilia Ann - Rough Cut

I do occasional comedy music, and occasional covers, and occasionally people like them. Occasionally I'll upload stuff here.

Have recorded under my own name, and as "Baby Hammer Death", and currently - accidentally - as "Stop That Astronaut". Which works, so that's OK.

IRL I'm a pommie expat living in Sydney, one half of the In Vino Veritas Podcast, organiser of Skepticamp Australia, blogger, programmer and Social Median.



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