{"id":982,"date":"2009-01-02T15:59:48","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T15:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=982"},"modified":"2009-01-02T16:19:37","modified_gmt":"2009-01-02T16:19:37","slug":"eric-is-bananaman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=982","title":{"rendered":"Eric is… Bananaman!"},"content":{"rendered":"

What the f_ are you listening to, Jones?<\/em><\/p>\n

… asks my charming bride, as the unmistakeable signature tune to the eponymous ’80s children’s television series echoes around the lounge.<\/p>\n

I love the new ‘house’ Christmas present – the iPod docking station!<\/p>\n

For the first time I can switch my Pod of Eyes to random play and settle back on to the couch with a mug of tea, and make myself comfortable for the 5.8 days that would be required to hear all of the 2,040 tracks therein – and in booming surroundsound too!<\/p>\n

But (and you knew there was a teeny weeny ‘but’ lurking, didn’t you?) the downside to this remote-controlled musical-wallowing is that all of those (until now) hidden gems of musical idiosyncrasy I’d kept secretly tucked away are now served up to a wider audience.<\/p>\n

Said wider audience being, not to put too fine a point on it, the person who shares the matrimonial bed; my hyper-intelligent and, occasionally, observationally-cutting wife.<\/p>\n

So the more well-known artists such as ‘The Killers’, ‘InLight’, ‘Kate Havnevik’, ‘Linkin Park’, ‘Muse’, ‘Paramore’ and ‘Vampire Weekend’ share the room with, ahem, ‘Danny Rhymez and Matty B’s’ track… ‘Bananaman’.<\/p>\n

And that’s the only reason I was listening to it.<\/p>\n

Honest!<\/p>\n

B<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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