The perfect pop song is said to be three minutes long. This week, with special guest Emilia Higgs, we take a dive into songs that definitely aren't that. These are Long. Songs.

Listen to this week's tracks on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/user/bryce.halliday/playlist/5FvLzxFii8BgrmnPW2KDtV
Or Apple Music:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/playlist/watr09-it-really-gets-good-around-minute-13/idpl.bb47a7b68d8142a7be74fbcd3b70bfc2

The 500 year song Jim mentioned was As Slow As Possible by John Cage, the Halberstadt performance of which is schedule to take 639 years. It began on September 5th 2001, with a pause that lasted until February 5, 2003.

Full links to everything we discuss are at https://whatatrainrec.tumblr.com

Ep:9 It Really Gets Good Around Minute 13 (with Emilia Higgs)

We are once again joined by Emilia Higgs to make a playlist of our favourite songs that we discovered in the soundtracks of movies or tv shows.

Listen to this week's tracks on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/user/bryce.halliday/playlist/1XFpxlZ7rqm13TyKAalbiJ
Or Apple Music:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/playlist/watr10-my-life-is-a-movie/idpl.5af37fbe8db24202bbce6623deae1d53

Unfortunately The Peddlers' rendition of On A Clear Day You Can See Forever is not available on Apple Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxf1IFgPH5s

Also the music of French rap duo Axiom appears to only be available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZZaZ2DILbU

We mentioned a lot of other pieces during this episode. Full links to everything we discuss are at https://whatatrainrec.tumblr.com

Ep10: My Life Is A Movie (with Emilia Higgs)

No theme this week! Bryce and Jim just sit down an trade songs back and forth based on what the last song reminded them of. It turned out pretty well.

Listen to this week's tracks on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/user/bryce.halliday/playlist/35MBqT0Ms4b6cbicNvzvqy
Or Apple Music:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/playlist/watr11-that-reminds-me/idpl.86b6869c11d3441f8850e9626af2eed0

Joanna Newsom 'Sprout and the Bean' isn't available to stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47yuiPK01kg

Full links to everything we discuss are at https://whatatrainrec.tumblr.com

Ep11: That Reminds Me

We are joined by self proclaimed "trash monster" Yve Blake to make a fabulous playlist of our favourite songs that we know are cheesy/daggy/trashy but we love unabashadly. We also try to get to the bottom of what makes a song "cheesy"?

Listen to this week's tracks on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/user/bryce.halliday/playlist/4pftz10FtsxUWL0KSozfRm
Or Apple Music:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/playlist/watr12-so-cheesy-so-good/idpl.b3fc9d0323ad4ae4b55a6bb2316b3c29

For some reason Richard Cheese's live album isn't available to stream, but the Imperial March is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NWeKB8n7qw

Full links to everything we discuss are at https://whatatrainrec.tumblr.com

Ep:12 So cheesy, so good. (with Yve Blake)

We're back. We're really sorry. We're in a white cube. We have song selections for you, and now we won't stop until the end of time. In this episode: We explain what we've been up to. Bryce was thoroughly punked. Jim was in a screaming crowd. Both of us have torn apart some barrels.

Listen to this week's tracks on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/user/bryce.halliday/playlist/1dIuOkq1mlsEMNQXYUxJO8

Or Apple Music:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/playlist/watr13-ungracious-hiatus/idpl.f9c0cae11fc7486d849957f785d42d6e

Full links to everything we discuss are at https://whatatrainrec.tumblr.com

Ep13: Ungracious Hiatus

It's Christmas time! We 100% reneged on our promise to bring you more episodes! Hopefully we can make up for it with this playlist. Most Christmas music is terrible and you hear it every year, here is a playlist of tunes you might actually really enjoy making the family listen to.

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Joseph Spence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_jRAJZ9_y0
Joy To The World - Sufjan Stevens
Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects - Sharon Jones and Dap Kings
Fairy Tale Of New York - The Pogues (feat. Kirty MacColl)
Miss Fogerty's Christmas Cake - Brass Farthing
Christmas Is Going To The Dogs - Eels
Quel Temps Fait-Il A Paris from Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Jingle Jingle(Santa Party) from The Late Show With Stephen Colbert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98fy16_AK4c

Most of this playlist is available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/bryce.halliday/playlist/3UFjCAHVkvPTgFwGqJaCM6
And Apple Music:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/playlist/watr14-obligatory-christmas-special/pl.u-7YrMT4Ng164

Special Dogs:
If you're in Sydney...
Sport For Jove's summer season: http://www.sportforjove.com.au
Pipilotti Rist's "Sip My Ocean" at the Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art: https://www.mca.com.au/pipilotti-rist/

If you're on the internet...
Open Mic Eagle's "Brick Body Kids Still Daydream": https://openmikeeagle360.bandcamp.com/album/brick-body-kids-still-daydream
Joe Strummer's "London Calling": http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mgqd3/episodes/player
Adam Neely "What Makes A Song Sound Like Christmas": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5WfgMVtueo

Obligatory Christmas Special

Bryce Halliday and Jim Fishwick get together every couple of weeks to humbly recommend a bunch of songs you might enjoy on your train commute. It's a train rec, but you can listen to them wherever really. Every episode contains links in the description to streaming playlists of the songs talked about.

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