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Favoriting July 3, 2017: Special: Dominic Robertson AKA Ergo Phizmiz

Dominic Robertson aka Ergo Phizmiz One Summer's morning Vicki Bennett was visited by Dominic Robertson aka the composer, writer, theatre director and collagist Ergo Phizmiz. He brought with him stories of political prophecy, homemade opera, and laments on the death of the internet-of-dreams.


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Artist Track Approx. start time
Dominic Robertson  Disposable Love Song   Favoriting 0:00:00 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Percy Faith 
Summer Place '76 [Theme from 'A Summer Place']   Favoriting
0:06:49 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Vicki speaks with Dominic Robertson (aka Ergo Phizmiz) 
 
0:07:46 (Pop-up)
Dominic Robertson  The Special Relationship   Favoriting 0:11:13 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Vicki speaks with Dominic Robertson (aka Ergo Phizmiz) 
 
0:12:28 (Pop-up)
Dominic Robertson  Bosidividy   Favoriting 0:15:52 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Percy Faith 
Summer Place '76 [Theme from 'A Summer Place']   Favoriting
0:19:09 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Vicki speaks with Dominic Robertson (aka Ergo Phizmiz) 
 
0:19:43 (Pop-up)
Ergo Phizmiz  The Pirates of Penzance for (Radio Boredcast)   Favoriting 0:22:36 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Vicki speaks with Dominic Robertson (aka Ergo Phizmiz) 
 
0:26:49 (Pop-up)
Ergo Phizmiz  It’s a Sin   Favoriting 0:28:55 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Vicki speaks with Dominic Robertson (aka Ergo Phizmiz) 
 
0:31:10 (Pop-up)
Dominic Robertson  Fie On Me   Favoriting 0:33:39 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Vicki speaks with Dominic Robertson (aka Ergo Phizmiz) 
 
0:40:54 (Pop-up)
Dominic Robertson  Waresley Wood   Favoriting 0:44:26 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Vicki speaks with Dominic Robertson (aka Ergo Phizmiz) 
 
0:46:02 (Pop-up)
Dominic Robertson  Il Papa Romano   Favoriting 0:46:07 (Pop-up)
Dominic Robertson  The Love of Gaby's Life   Favoriting 0:47:01 (Pop-up)
Dominic Robertson  Abstract Expressionism   Favoriting 0:49:57 (Pop-up)
Dominic Robertson  NME   Favoriting 0:53:47 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Vicki speaks with Dominic Robertson (aka Ergo Phizmiz) 
 
0:54:59 (Pop-up)
Dominic Robertson  The Top Of Your Head   Favoriting 0:56:21 (Pop-up)
https://composterofmusic.bandcamp.com/album/big-thyme    0:59:01 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 5:27pm
People Like Us:

good evening
Avatar 5:38pm
vince:

I decided to register, so I could make links...
Avatar 5:38pm
vince:

like this one:www.youtube.com...
Avatar 5:40pm
ranjit:

That's a good link, Vince
Avatar 5:47pm
People Like Us:

oh look, hi
Avatar 5:50pm
People Like Us:

I like the wide screen kittens
Avatar 5:50pm
vince:

and, here's the Bob's Burgers page:www.youtube.com...
Avatar 5:52pm
vince:

and, finally, here's something else I thought you'd might like. Back in 2011, Jack Dangers made a few recordings under the name, THE 4GER, where he only used video sources for his 'beats & scratches'... kind of like what you do, with a bumpin' BEAT!
Avatar 5:53pm
vince:

www.youtube.com...
  5:54pm
Cliff in Prague:

Hello, I managed to stay up late again (by drinking a lot)
Avatar 5:55pm
People Like Us:

I will look at those other links afterwards, thanks!
Avatar 5:56pm
vince:

no prob!
  5:57pm
The Good Fat Boy:

For what you are about to hear, may the good Lord forgive me.
Avatar 5:58pm
People Like Us:

he already did
  6:00pm
The Good Fat Boy:

Thank goodness! I am here with a glass of Pernod and some beautiful blue pyjamas. I hope we all survive the next hour, with or without pyjamas.
  6:00pm
Listener Robert:

Whew! I just tuned in, an since Mr. Williams' last play was Field Marshal Ken's bed music, I thought it meant xmtr or link trouble! But that's not the usual piece you guys have for that; Ken sometimes uses that one for stalling or pretending, though.
Avatar 6:01pm
People Like Us:

yes that confused me too
Avatar 6:02pm
People Like Us:

and off we go
Avatar 6:02pm
People Like Us:

looks like i buggered up the html
ha ha
good evening all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:03pm
Michael 98145:

i hate it when the html gets whacked
:)
Avatar 6:03pm
vince:

The 3rd of July is officially Ergo Phizmiz Day, here in the US!
Avatar 6:03pm
People Like Us:

just so you know people, the person masquerading as The Good Fat Boy here is Dominic - you've been rumbled
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:04pm
Webhamster Henry:

"Dominic Robertson" -- what a funny pseudonym!
Avatar 6:04pm
vince:

Rominic Domertson!
  6:04pm
The Good Fat Boy:

But I AM a good fat boy dammit!
Avatar 6:04pm
vince:

aren't we all?
  6:05pm
The Good Fat Boy:

We all do our best!
Avatar 6:05pm
vince:

The Human Beat Box was the BEST 'Fat Boy'!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:06pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

A song about disposable love or a love song which is disposable. Maybe both?
Avatar 6:06pm
People Like Us:

HAPPY INTERDEPENDENCE DAY! Who needs a 4th when you can have a 3rd?
Avatar 6:06pm
People Like Us:

so i just had an interesting minute... my keyboard just stopped working on my laptop and i had to run across the room and do all kinds of difficult things in a hurry
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:07pm
Webhamster Henry:

Use the Force, Vicki!
  6:07pm
The Good Fat Lynch:

Eyup - my keyboard stopped working for no reason about five minutes ago too. David Lynch is never far away....
Avatar 6:08pm
People Like Us:

it's ok now (it shuffled to the left a bit)
  6:08pm
The Good Fat Boy:

Re Disposable Love Song - absolutely both!
Avatar 6:08pm
vince:

Bropra!
Avatar 6:08pm
People Like Us:

mine's back now
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:09pm
Michael 98145:

Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.
Avatar 6:09pm
Jeff:

Why does your passport say Maurice Micklewhite? You're not Maurice Micklewhite.
Avatar 6:11pm
vince:

Now, THIS is 'hoedown' music!
  6:12pm
The Good Fat Dancer:

Put on yer dassin shoes.
Avatar 6:14pm
People Like Us:

Dominic, what's the next track called? I've forgotten
Avatar 6:14pm
People Like Us:

the Boris one
  6:14pm
The Good Fat Dancer:

Bosidividy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:14pm
Ike:

Yep, that future sounds about right.
Avatar 6:14pm
People Like Us:

Thank you!
Avatar 6:16pm
vince:

Is Boris that guy with the weird hair?
Avatar 6:16pm
vince:

You answered my question, V!
  6:16pm
The Good Fat Politician:

Yes, the big idiot.
Avatar 6:16pm
People Like Us:

yes, Vince
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:17pm
common:

Hey!
Avatar 6:17pm
People Like Us:

herro
  6:18pm
The Good Flat Eartha:

Any Londoners listening can come and see this terrible show at The Place, King's Cross, July 26th....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:19pm
common:

Herro
  6:19pm
The Good Flat Eartha:

Then it's in Glasgow, with an entirely different cast of Glaswegian diamonds, at the CCA on September 7th. Unless we're all dead by then.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:21pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Make Brexit great again!
Avatar 6:22pm
geezerette:

We feel your pain.
Avatar 6:22pm
People Like Us:

make leaving fantastic
Avatar 6:24pm
vince:

There should be a 'SUPER-Mikado'!
Avatar 6:25pm
People Like Us:

Super Mikado, ha ha
  6:25pm
The Good Fat Boy:

Well there's been the Cool Mikado and the Hot Mikado, so in lieu of the Lukewarm Mikado the SUPER Mikado seems the logical next step.
Avatar 6:25pm
geezerette:

Got our own USXIT, from the planet.
Avatar 6:29pm
People Like Us:

I think a lot of people are having their holidays today in America, am I right? Very glad you are all here, peoples :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:29pm
Webhamster Henry:

The same spirit was around in the Cassette underground too.
Avatar 6:29pm
People Like Us:

true, Henry, the same
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:30pm
Webhamster Henry:

Holiday is supposedly tomorrow. It celebrates a previous Brexit. We'll see if it gets cancelled with the rest of New Jersey.
Avatar 6:31pm
vince:

Americans think there 'pulling one over' by talking today and tomorrow off!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:31pm
Webhamster Henry:

BTW I still call up your (pl.) Codpaste show archives from time to time. wfmu.org...
Avatar 6:31pm
People Like Us:

we call the Monday things Bank Holidays
Avatar 6:31pm
People Like Us:

loved doing Codpaste, Henry
Avatar 6:32pm
vince:

I listened to the PLU/Ergo X-mas special from '03, a while ago.
  6:32pm
The Good Fat Cod:

Codpaste was the golden days, twas...
Avatar 6:32pm
People Like Us:

the xmas special was one of the first things we did together, maybe the first
Avatar 6:33pm
People Like Us:

it were, it were
  6:33pm
Gwilly:

Which way round does this go?
Avatar 6:33pm
geezerette:

Yes Vicki, we are compelled to consume charred meat and beer followed by symbolic combustion of glaring red rockets.
It's fun.
Avatar 6:33pm
People Like Us:

hi Gwilly!
  6:33pm
Gwilly:

Oh I see. Never used the app to comment before - brilliant! No sums!
Avatar 6:34pm
vince:

I like this one....
Avatar 6:34pm
People Like Us:

oh you see we don't know you're on an app
hey folks, I had a stupid conversation with Gwilly the other day and we'll put you through that in a few weeks time
Avatar 6:35pm
vince:

Reminds me of "Chinese Radiation" by Pere Ubu
Avatar 6:35pm
People Like Us:

I don't know that
Avatar 6:35pm
vince:

with a bit of Faust there...
Avatar 6:36pm
People Like Us:

You can hear the Heathrow Flightpath right through this interview. And I just heard an extra bit then realised it was the flatbed scanner scanning a picture across the room right now.
Avatar 6:39pm
People Like Us:

Are you still with us Dominic or did the Pernod get the better of you?
  6:40pm
The Good Fat Boy:

I'm here! The Pernod is lovely and my pyjamas spectacular.
Avatar 6:40pm
People Like Us:

Fireworks originated in China some 2,000 years ago. The most prevalent legend has it that fireworks were discovered or invented by accident by a Chinese cook working in a field kitchen who happened to mix charcoal, sulphur and saltpeter (all commonly found in the kitchen in those days).
Avatar 6:40pm
People Like Us:

oh good
  6:40pm
The Good Fat Boy:

And hello Gwilly. I shall never forget the marvellous performance you played pretty much only to the cast of my show.
  6:41pm
steve:

herro!
Avatar 6:41pm
People Like Us:

herro!
  6:42pm
Gwilly:

Dominic! That night remains legend here, not least that you all then slept in the shower...
Avatar 6:42pm
People Like Us:

yes, those performances we love doing to 3 people
  6:42pm
Gwilly:

*tower*
Avatar 6:42pm
People Like Us:

SHOWER
Avatar 6:43pm
People Like Us:

oh you mean that tower in Newcastle?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:43pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

*bower*
Avatar 6:43pm
People Like Us:

I thought we'd gone all Norwegian Wood
  6:43pm
Gwilly:

The guitar in this - the lead refrain - reminds me of 'Ordinary World' by Duran Duran..
Avatar 6:43pm
People Like Us:

to what?
  6:44pm
The Good Fat Boy:

That was an amazing night - we had a Busby Berkeley party in the tower. I woke in dire need of a shower that wasn't possible until wherever we went next. So sleeping in a shower would have been opportune.
Avatar 6:44pm
People Like Us:

Summer Place?
Avatar 6:44pm
People Like Us:

of course my steream is probably about 5 mins wong
  6:44pm
Gwilly:

Yes, Morden Tower where Kenny read the shopping forecast..
  6:44pm
The Good Fat Boy:

Ha yes, I did immediately realise after recording Fie On Me that I'd just made a Duran Duran hit...oopsadaisy...
Avatar 6:45pm
People Like Us:

i was at that performance of Kenny G, yes!
Avatar 6:45pm
People Like Us:

he was reading the weather by Thingy Appleseed (actual name)
  6:45pm
Gwilly:

And I'm on the phone where it only shows me my comments unless I refresh..
  6:46pm
Gwilly:

Loving this chat/interview..
Avatar 6:46pm
People Like Us:

here's Kenny www.youtube.com...
Avatar 6:47pm
People Like Us:

oh good
  6:47pm
Gwilly:

What's a Busby Berkeley party???
  6:48pm
The Good Fat Busby:

I think I ought to leave that one mysterious...
Avatar 6:48pm
People Like Us:

i'm editing Busby Berkeley at the moment
well not RIGHT now
Avatar 6:49pm
People Like Us:

well I suppose in a way I am
Avatar 6:49pm
People Like Us:

this is a fantastic album
  6:49pm
Gwilly:

In that case I like Busby Berkeley parties.. I love the sense of mystery..
Avatar 6:50pm
People Like Us:

I like all the spinning in circles
  6:50pm
The Good Fat Busby:

"Where we're from the birds sing a pretty song, and we're always editing Busby Berkeley".
Avatar 6:50pm
People Like Us:

and the swimming
  6:50pm
Gwilly:

Yes, loving this... this will be my errand soundtrack for the week now..
Avatar 6:51pm
People Like Us:

oh good - you know by some miracle, this show IS a podcast
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:52pm
Webhamster Henry:

This is working pretty well!
Avatar 6:52pm
vince:

Busby Berserkly-- good stage name!
Avatar 6:52pm
People Like Us:

ha ha
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People Like Us:

Carl Orfal
  6:52pm
The Good Fat Busby:

"Painters Painting" by Emile de Antonio is the film I couldn't remember here...
Avatar 6:53pm
vince:

Orf! Orf!
Avatar 6:53pm
ranjit:

Those could be good roller derby names too
Avatar 6:53pm
People Like Us:

oh good, bravo
  6:53pm
Gwilly:

'I believe it is the Best Opera Yet Written.' My dad used to sing Gilbert & Sullivan... I got taken to see Iolanthe aged 13. I didn't become an opera composer though..
Avatar 6:53pm
People Like Us:

HA HA ranjit
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People Like Us:

ha ha yes
  6:53pm
The Good Fat Boy:

I do hope hecklers used to tell Carl Orff to "Get orff"
Avatar 6:54pm
People Like Us:

you two should do an opera
  6:55pm
The Good Fat Boy:

Yet, Gwilly, yet. There's always time for W.S. Gilbert to leap out of that dark corner of your soul.
Avatar 6:55pm
People Like Us:

paste a link to the album, Dominic
  6:56pm
The Good Fat Boy:

https://composterofmusic.bandcamp.com/album/boubouroche-2
  6:56pm
Syl:

I'm loving this! Thanks Vicki, and thanks Dominic — looking forward to your new album!
Avatar 6:56pm
People Like Us:

buy this, people composterofmusic.bandcamp.com...
Avatar 6:56pm
People Like Us:

thanks, Syl
  6:56pm
Gwilly:

I like your thinking... I was discussing an opera idea about TWOCKING with Mike Hirst today... the music is made by hot wiring
  6:56pm
The Good Fat Boy:

Thanks Syl.
Avatar 6:57pm
People Like Us:

thanks for listening peoples!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
Webhamster Henry:

Glad to hear you are still productive, Mr. Robertson. (you too Vicki)
  6:57pm
The Good Fat Boy:

And here's the NEW album "Big Thyme" https://composterofmusic.bandcamp.com/album/big-thyme
Avatar 6:57pm
People Like Us:

yes, we're all productive
counterproductive even, ha ha!
Avatar 6:58pm
People Like Us:

composterofmusic.bandcamp.com...
  6:58pm
Gwilly:

My, this is insanely good music. I'm diagraced..dismantled..
  6:58pm
The Good Fat Boy:

Thankyou Hamster!
Avatar 6:58pm
vince:

nice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Vicki and guests and have a good week.
Avatar 6:58pm
People Like Us:

thank you for listening everyone, and thank you Dominic the Good Fat Boy!
  6:58pm
The Good Fat Boy:

Pull yerself together Edmondez! (thankyor)
Avatar 6:58pm
People Like Us:

and you Ken! Have a good week, everyone.
  6:59pm
The Good Fat Boy:

Thankyou Vicki! Thanks everybody.
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People Like Us:

la la la
Avatar 6:59pm
vince:

Have a happy week.....
Avatar 6:59pm
People Like Us:

yes, and you!
see you all next week I hope
Avatar 6:59pm
vince:

see you next week... or should I say.. HEAR you next week!
Avatar 7:00pm
People Like Us:

thanks and goodnight :)
Avatar 7:00pm
ranjit:

thanks V and the Good Fat Boy!
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