Apologies Milo, but I'm keeping him...
I've finally put an end to the madness and made a very special Cassettes & Chocolate Milk: The Summer Edition. This is basically an infrequent podcast for those who want to indulge in C&CM's good music, banter and interviews during a very long hot summer. Too many Weller references? Yes? Ok, I'll just leave it..

Moving right along, the 43-minute first edition features tracks from Albert Hammond Jnr, Whitey, The Rapture, Electronic, Phoenix and the new Bloc Party as well as an interview with Norwegian pop-princess, Annie. There are also a few surprises to keep you on the edge of your beach towel.

Download C&CM: Summer Edition #1 (26mb)

Don't forget to leave requests and commentlove. Til next week...

Thanks goes out to each and every one of you who has supported the show these past four years. As promised, the final show slightly more organised (yet still was teeming with love and gratitude). This C&CM featured my highly fantabulous and highly original TOP TWENTY SONGS OF ALL TIME. It seemed very in keeping with my favourite publication, Q Magazine which dedicates many of its pages to ridiculous countdowns. In keeping with the self-indulgent spirit and mindless hyperbole, I put myself to the test. Here is the list, bitches:

20. Style Council - Shout to the Top
19. Interpol - Slow Hands
18. Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You
17. The Clash - Rock the Casbah
16. Bloc Party - Skeleton
15. The Postal Service - Clark Gable
14. Blur - Clover Over Dover
13. The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
12. New Order - Dream Attack
11. Kent - Just Like Money
10. The Strokes - New York City Cops
9. Moloko - The Time is Now
8. Pet Shop Boys - Can You Forgive Her?
7. Frou Frou - Holding Out for a Hero
6. The Kinks - All Day and All of the Night
5. Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight (Robert Margouleff Mix)
4. Roxette - Joyride
3. The Beatles - Twist and Shout
2. Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger
1. Queen - The Show Must Go On

As always, readers can download the final show in full (48mb). Unfortunately, the station cut out during half of the Oasis track and my final back-announce but the audio soon comes back. Is nothing to worry about.


All the pennies in the Thames will not make it how it was...
Again, many thanks go out to Andrew, Ethan, Mason, John, Diandra, Saeley, Laur, Ryan, Amanda, Fiona, Brett and many others from my past and present who listen out to the show ever so faithfully. I have had agents, all over the world, accosting musicians after gigs asking for interviews. I've given my lovely co-host Amanda a nervous breakdown at the prospect of interviewing Sir Carlos Barat. I've bored everyone to death the past four years. Needless to say, it wouldn't have been possible without Simon, so if you have a problem with my pathetic whinging, go to him!

A bientot, x

Similarly to any other week, I'd like to extend buckets of love and gratitude to the listeners of this week's show. C&CM was a fantastic indulgence this week, featuring a wide mix of mashups and remixes (with the unforgettably odd rocknroll interlude). I'm not quite sure, but I believe next week is SUB FM's final week of broadcast before it is shut down, due to the new Voluntary Student Unionism legislation. Instead of wallowing, I'm hoping to organise a stellar show with some particular kind of theme or concept. It will be odd because unlike my other shows, I've never prepared anything for Cassettes & Chocolate Milk. I suppose this is indicative of the flustered presentation style. I'm yet to decide what I'll do after SUB, but this won't be the last you'll hear from Missy El.


My Freddie. My Brian. My Queen.
Playlist for Monday October 16th 2006
Ratatat - Crips
Richard X - Finest Dreams (feat. Kelis)
Röyksopp - Poor Leno (Silicon Soul Remix)
The Knife - Heartbeats
Electronic - Second Nature
Carbon Silicon - Caesar's Palace
Regina Spektor - Us
Inspiral Carpets - Butterfly
Hot Hot Heat - Jingle Jangle
Essexboy - Freaky Teethbusters
MC Chris - Bobba Vette
Louise - Beautiful Inside
Bomb the Bass - Megablast (DRX TRS Remix)
Scritti Politti - Tinseldown to the Boogiedown
Soulwax - Magnificent Romeo

Download this week's show! (67mb). Also, I'd like to point out that all dead links are now active and all shows and mixtapes are available for download! HURRAH!

Well, it does look like it's the end of my radio career in any academic means of the word. I suppose it's only a matter of time before Latrobe's Vice Chancellor taps me on the shoulder and cordially coerces me away from the students, away from the uni and away from the university ducks for the better good of everyone concerned. All for yet another overdue OVERDUE assignment.

As for Cassettes & Chocolate Milk, there are still a few weeks to go before the official demise of the station. Even though I have hope that the station will be saved in some kind of Dawson's Creek like stunt, I can't help but feel that it's all a bit hopeless at this stage of the game. Sigh.


Mick
Playlist for Monday October 9th 2006
The Faint - Total Job
Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Reprise)/Tonight is Forever
Regina Spektor - Fidelity
Rufus Wainwright - Rebel Prince
Roddy Woomble - As Still As I Watch Your Grave
Sophie B Hawkins - As I Lay Me Down to Sleep in Your Tub of Tea
The Smiths - Jeane (Troy Tate Sessions)
Depeche Mode - Dream On
Yazoo - Don't Go
Big Audio Dynamite - I Don't Know/The Globe
Mclusky - To Hell with Good Intentions
Fastball - The Way
Smashmouth - Walking on the Sun
The Brunettes - Cotton Candy
The Fakrays - You're Not A Star
The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love
Peter Gabriel - Steam
Blur - Song 2
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
+ a few surprises

Download this week's show (54mb). Much love and thanks go out to Ethan who set me up with webspace for my shows, Style Council & an inexhaustible supply of tea for my enjoyment. I'm much obliged!

Fear not, Cassettes & Chocolate Milk hasn't gone under yet. In fact, this week's show was fantastically good, if not short.

Download this week's show! (36mb)

Playlist Monday 18th September 2006
Interpol - C'Mere
The Clash - Paul's Tune
Whitest Boy Alive - Golden Cage
Style Council - Big Boss Groove (Live)
Blur - Country House
Junobot - What Have I Done to Deserve This
The Decemberists - Summersong
Them - I Can Only Give You Everything
The Rapture - Get Myself into it (Serge Santiago UK Edit)
Nelly Furtado - Maneater
Soulwax - Blackstreet vs Grandmaster Flash
The Specials - Ghost Town
The Cranberries - You and Me

I'm running late (as usual) so I'll have to have you with this picture of Saeley's new ipod! I'll be back later tonight to update the rest of the post!

Isn't he terrific?

Also don't forget to download this week's show. The recording isn't terrific quality but hopefully the playlist makes up for it, something for everybody. Well me, namely.

Download this week's show (distorted and awful, 55mb)

Playlist for September 4th 2006
The Clash - This is Radio Clash
Elastica - Car Song
Blur - Tender
The Beatles - Taxman
Brendan Benson - Alternative to Love
Depeche Mode - One Caress
Morrissey - Irish Blood, English Heart
Queen - White Man
Radiohead - Black Star
Gomez - Get Myself Arrested
The Rakes - Terror (extended mix)
Erasure - Home
Yazoo - Don't Go
Cause and Effect- It's Over Now
Moloko - Absent Minded Friends
Badly Drawn Boy - Once Around The Block
Oasis - Roll With It
The Cure - Jumpin Someone Else's Train
Splendid - You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk
Portishead - Glory Box
RJD2 - Exotic Talk
Pulp - This is Hardcore
Tears for Fears - Shout!

Dave Gahan: overwraught with his responsibilities, backstage at the Pasadena Rose Bowl, 1988
Quite similarly to Mister Gahan, I too am overwraught with my stoopid commitments. Whether it's merchandising intellectual property rights or doing a practically indecipherable presentation about ancient prophets or simply avoiding property law altogether - it meant that Cassettes and Chocolate Milk was cancelled this week. Not that it is any excuse, I'm still putting up last week's show for the listener(s).

If anyone can provide any kind of translation/coherent interpretation of what was going on in this episode, feedback would be appreciated.

Playlist August 21st 2006
Blue Boy - Remember Me
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
The Prodigy - Breathe
Suede - Animal Nitrate
The Smiths - Girl Afraid
The Cloud Room - Blackout!
Erasure - In My Arms
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts (live)
The Presets - Are You The One?
Style Council - Piccadilly Trial
Style Council - The Stand Up Comic's Instructions
Queen - My Melancholy Blues
Adam Green - Salty Candy
Richard Ashcroft - Check the Meaning
Stevie Wonder vs The Clash
Bomb the Bass - Megablast
The Beatles - Besame Mucho
Aqualung - Extraordinary Thing
The Cure - Lullaby
Pet Shop Boys - Flamboyant
Ginuwine - Pony
The Models - I Hear Motion
INXS - Listen Like Thieves
KLF - 3am Eternal

Don't forget the musical tip of the week: if you can possibly manage it, avoid watching the two hour Clash movie manifesto Rude Boy. It obliterates my image of Mick Jones totally - all is forgiven, Joe/Paul/Topper/Mick/Ethan especially. Now can you marry forgive me?

Oh and you can download the mp3 of this week's show here (the quality and size is decent, but why are you so picky??)

A big thank you goes out to the large and largely anonymous hoard of this week's listeners. I hope listeners continue to support the station til the very end :(

Entitled Listen Without Prejudice, the concept of this week's show was to lead listeners blindly to the massively underrated and the unusual. It is for this reason why I have left this week's show without a playlist - I wanted online listeners to judge these obscene obscurities on their musical merit. Y'hear? Listen to the trash, then judge it!

Download the whole show here (61mb, wonderous quality)

A feature on SUB FM's demise was featured in Wednesday's Age. I found it really distasteful that our loss became a promotional platform for Corinne Grant. Can it really get any worse?

Yesterday, myself and many others received this email from Simon Knight, my station manager of four years:

I'm sorry to have to tell you all that SUB FM will be closing at the end of this semester. The University has not included us in their services to be funded next year and subsequently I am (and many others) are to be made redundant. The station will continue as normal til the end of semester...

This is why.
It's difficult to express how I feel about this. I've lost something so important to me. This was my little stage, my platform where I first consolidated thoughts about my music and all the ridiculous things associated with it. It was the place I could talk so freely and carelessly with people I missed so much. SUB was the place where I found my confidence. SUB was the place I found my passion.


Julian Casablancas: Things, they have changed in such a permanent way
Personal associations aside, the bulk of my disappointment lies in the fact that no future students will have this chance again. No one at Latrobe will have the opportunity to stumble upon their passion on air. In saying that it's ironic to mention that I started radio simply because Latrobe shut down its music department 12 years ago. Regardless, I am so grateful I've been given this chance in the first place. I'm very much indebted to my station manager Simon after all these years of support. I toast my milk to you, sir.

Playlist for August 7th 2006
New Order - Face Up
INXS - Black & White (Extended Mix)
The Strokes - Alone, Together
Suede - Rent
Ratcat - That Ain't Bad (Live at Sydney's Metro)
Basement Jaxx - Romeo (Acoustic)
The Shins - Caring is Creepy
Maximo Park - Shiver (Acoustic Cover)
Blackbox Recorder - Kidnapping an Heiress
Ivy League - London Bridge
The Whitlams - Make the World Safe
Moloko - Familiar Feelings
Peter Gabriel - Digging in the Dirt
Montell Jordan - This is how we do it
Le Tigre - I'm so Excited
Pet Shop Boys - Try It (Peel Session)
Style Council - Long Hot Summer (El's Lust-Induced-Coma Mix)
Depeche Mode - Leave in Silence
Piney Gir - Boston

Don't forget to download the first 78 minutes of this week's show, if you happened to miss it, that is (44mb, decent quality, considering).

Thank you to people who shared Cassettes and Chocolate Milk with me this week. If you missed the show, fear not. Because I love you, I've uploaded the entire show so you can listen to it at your own leisure:

Download the 102 minute show (very slightly bodge quality)

Playlist for Monday 31st July:
The Strokes - You Only Live Once
The Jam - Start!
Fischerspooner - Never Win
Interpol - NARC
Royksopp - What Else is There? (Thin White Duke Remix)
Pet Shop Boys - Fugitive (Richard X Extended Mix)
Lily Allen - Knock Em Out
Style Council - Shout To The Top
Cure - Halo
The Beatles - Why don't we do it in the Road?
The Radio Dept - Lost and Found
Depeche Mode - Photographic (live in 1984)
Mint Royale - Don't Falter
Queen - Hammer to Fall (Live at Hyde Park in 2005)
Hall and Oates - Maneater!
Blur - Colin Zeal (live in 1996)
Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life
Idlewild - In Remote Part/Scottish Fiction (live)
Aztec Camera - We Could Send Letters
Oasis - Go Let It Out
Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught The Train
Pet Shop Boys - Home and Dry
Erasure - Joan

What a great show to start off the semester. I'm just grateful that I haven't been kicked out of uni just yet so I get to play all my music somewhere! Thanks go out to listeners Andrew, Ryan, Dmac, Adam 1.0, Gareth, Ethan, Sam, Matt, Davies & Mason - for bothering with the podcast.

Download the first 87 minutes of the show (shonky quality)

Playlist for July 24th
Radio 4 - Too Much to Ask For
Supergrass - Lose It
Rialto - Summer's Over
Manic Street Preachers - She is Suffering
Long Blondes - Picture of You (demo)
The English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom
Barracudas - Summer Fun
Radiohead - Sit Down Stand Up
Whitest Boy Alive - Fireworks
Mia - Tanz der Moleküle
Death Cab for Cutie - President of What?
The Radio Dept - Ewan
Lily Allen - Friday Night (demo)
DJ Earworm - What's My Name
Girl Talk - Once Again
Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down
INXS - Wishy Washy
Paul Weller - Wildwood (Portishead remix)
Frou Frou - Hear Me Out
The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like
Queen - Tavasziszel (live at Nep Stadium, 1986)
The Lucksmiths - From Macaulay Station
Cat Stevens - Tuesday's Dead
Duels - What We Did Wrong
Hipster Image - Make Her Mine
Suzanne Vega - Left of Centre
Kent - Just Like Money
Space - Female of the Species

Here is some recommended music video watching for y'all. Click the linkies for the videos on YouTube. God bless it, really.


lots of moleküles!
MIA - Tanz der Moleküle
Not to be confused with singer M.I.A., MIA is an adorable German pop quintet that have very little press in English. My lovely friend Nadine from Cologne recently sent me a link to this video and needless to say I fell in love instantly. I love its excessive use of xylophonesyntheffects, the disastrously cute guitarist who is donned head to toe in bright GREEN, the adorable lead singer with stars of lovingness in her hair and who could forget, the delightful bouncing coloured moleküles. Don't forget the moleküles.

Pet Shop Boys - Home and Dry
A single from their 2003 album, Release, the videoclip for Home and Dry features rats eating scraps of food among the rails of the London Underground. Although the idea of vermin running around Tottenham Court Road station may not instill viewers with awe, the video is a stunning testament to my trip to London in June/July 2005. Whenever I watch it, I recall standing on a platform of many a tube station, squealing to my brother Andrew: "JEBUS! THERE'S VERMIN ON THE TRACKS!". However, if rats don't do it for you, you can just watch their new single (which happens to be released today), Minimal.

Style Council - Long Hot Summer
A vast number of Style Council videos represent Paul Weller's most beautifully disgraceful fall from grace, but this one is my favourite. With The Jam, he was the cultural icon for the mod revivalists the world over. When the band broke up in 1982, Weller followed less savoury trends that left many of his faithful fans stroppy and severely disillusioned. He flirted with bossanova grooves, bad hair styles and homosexual imagery - namely, the chest rubbing and half naked dancing on a Cambridge riverbank with Mick Talbot. Nevertheless, I adore this video. Anyone who knows me knows I adore this video. But I do get flustered so I have to watch it in segments in order to compose myself.

Lufthansa Terminal - Nice Video, Shame About the Song
This is a clip from the BBC's Not the Nine O'Clock News, a sketch comedy show starring Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Roman Atkinson and Pamela Stephenson. The video is basically a spoof of avant garde video art from the 1980s. I actually liked it to the extent that the title became a segment about video art on my old radio show Music is My Radar. However, the joke was lost on many of my listeners :(

The Smiths - Some Girls are Bigger Than Others (live)
In one of my old editions of THE FACE, Johnny Marr attacked the lyricism of Morrissey saying: "I remember finishing this beautiful, sublime, roaming piece of guitar-led music. Two days later it was called Some Girls Are Bigger than Others." Dubious title or not, the song rests snugly in the hearts (and in some of us the jugs) of many Smiths fans. This clip is the first and last live rendition of the song, performed at the Brixton Academy in 1986. Despite the shonky quality of the image, Marr's roaming guitar lines are so beautifully translated. It just breaks my heart.

Other recommended viewing:
Depeche Mode - Photographic (live)
Kings of Convenience - I'd Rather Dance With You Than Talk With You
Queen - Liar