Apr 10, 2016
Greetings friends, family, whānau.
Today is our last show before we head off on an indefinite sabbatical. Other commitments mean we need to take a break for a while.
The Joint first broadcast on RDU way back in July 2001 when the frequency was still 98.3FM. We started out on Sunday afternoons but after a while switched to Saturday afternoons. The reasons are lost in the mists of time.
By our really rough and unscientific calculations we reckon we’ve done 665 shows so far. That makes this final show today episode number 666. Not a shabby effort really. To put that in some completely unrelated context Ryan Giggs made 672 league appearances for Manchester United and David O’Leary made 558 league appearance for Arsenal.
Thank you for all your kind messages via Facebook, Twitter and the RDU text machine. It was a blast.
To paraphrase and plagiarise James Murphy…
Yeah, we lost our edge.
The kids came up from behind.
We lost our edge to the kids from France and from London and from Christchurch.
But we were there.
We lost our edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they’re actually really, really nice.
It’s farewell, not goodbye.
xox
Ka kite ano
The Herb Whisperer & Fraserhead
Here’s the playlist in full…
- LCD Soundsystem – Losing My Edge
- Yuna Lesca – She Hates Me **NZ**
- 2001: Freelance Hellraiser – A Stroke Of Genius
- 2002: Sage Francis – Makeshift Patriot (Clean)
- 2003: Chris Morris – Bushwhacked 2
- 2004: Annie – Heartbeat (Alan Braxe Remix)
- 2005: No Bra – Munchausen (The Most Remix)
- 2006: Girls Aloud – Biology
- 2007: J Dilla – Nothing Like This
- 2008: M.I.A. – Paper Planes (Blaqstarr Remix feat. Afrikan Boy & Rye Rye)
- 2009: George Pringle – Carte Postale
- 2010: Pastor T.L. Barrett & Youth For Christ Choir – Like A Ship… (Without A Sail)
- 2011: Ed Muzik – EQC Are Looking At My House
- 2012: Frank Ocean – Thinkin Bout You
- 2013: British Sea Power – Loving Animals
- 2014: Susan – Windows Down
- 2015: Girl Band – Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage
- 2016: Kero Kero Bonito – Lipslap
- Russell Haskell – Hardwax Flashback (Powell ‘Cov Megamix’)
- LEATHER IMAGE – Mouth-Breather **NZ**
- Lerosa – Il Nostro Tempo
- Public Service Broadcasting – E.V.A. (Vessels Remix)
- Estelle – American Boy (Ezra Remix)
- Yumi Zouma – Keep It Close To Me
- Prefuse 73 – Last Night
- Pine – Speeding **NZ**
- Fabulous Arabia – It (Will kill You) **NZ**
- House of Dolls – Yellow Turns Grey **NZ**
- The Trendees – Delinquent Telephone **NZ**
- Shit And Shine – Practicing To Be A Doctor (Original Extended Version)
- Skymning – On One **NZ**
- Felt Letters – 600,000 Bands
- Kate Jackson – The End Of Reason (Radio Edit)
- Tommy Ill – Bill Cosby **NZ**
- Ryan Fisherman – Bulls **NZ**
- The Smiths – I Know It’s Over
- The Fall – Lie Dream Of Casino Soul (Live At Derby Hall, Bury 1982-04-27)
- Colder – Silence