I’ve been working on a song for 6 Music in the style of The Goblin King, who proved once again why he rules not only the Goblins but also the school when he was one of the first big names to come out in support of 6. I’m so sad about the notion that 6 may close. They’ve got a really good thing going there and they’ll really regret it if they break it up. Or perhaps they won’t give a dogshit, but I will.

From a purely personal point of view, the reaction we’ve had from listeners to the Adam & Joe radio show and podcast over the last couple of years has been humbling and wonderful. Best of all it’s actively improved the show itself which transformed when we started basing more of our stupid bollocks on contributions from listeners, something we’d never really done before because the contributions you’d get at most radio stations wouldn’t really be good for much more than the occasional dedication. Last week at BUG a small group of friends who Tweet about the show (twitsquadron) presented me with a hand made album of printed tweets, drawings and photos inside a beautifully made sort of A&J pillow case! Chaps, if you’re reading this, thankyou. I don’t want to get too sentimentile, but it was an amazing thing to receive and I’ll always treasure it.

Adam Buxton, happy in kitchen with gift

I wonder if Thomo and the nabobs at the castle have ever bought something they love from a small outlet because they know that it’s likely to be more special than it would be from a department store? They Mastodon! I mean, I’m not much of a discerning shopper but at Christmas I go into Soho and buy my dad (who is a booze snob) a bottle of Cognac from Gerry’s because I know they will recommend me some phenomenal item that will keep my Pa delighted for a good few months. They’ve never failed me once. Sure, I could get a bottle of Courvoisier from Sainsburys or Oddbins and my dad would be very grateful but he wouldn’t roll his eyes and eulogise about it the way he does with the more offbeat stuff from Gerry’s because the supermarket bottle is always the same.

I don’t know how good an analogy that is for 6 Music, but I think you get what I mean. Breaking it up and farming off the popular bits is missing the point completely. It’s a little corner of the BBC that is prepared to take all kinds of chances because they know their listeners won’t immediately get frightened and confused they way they might if it was a more mainstream channel. Certainly, Joe and I wouldn’t have been hired let alone afforded the latitude we have been anywhere else in the Castle.

It seems that campaigning and complaining about these kinds of decisions seldom gets results but wouldn’t it be amazing if they did reconsidered? A truly modern corporation! The BBC Trust are reviewing the situation til May 25th and one would hope they will read every message they receive, either pro or anti the proposed closures so do get in touch.

MAKE YOUR VIEWS ON CLOSING 6 MUSIC HEARD HERE

So anyway, this song! It’s a version of Bowie’s Changes that features my impression of David and some painful singing (with the help of 6 Music’s Tom Robinson on the choruses! Thanks Tom!) I did a full length version but it was a little too gruelling so here’s a slightly shorter one for you to listen to, ignore, use to torture terror suspects, whatever you fancy. However, if you did like it and felt sufficiently moved, you might like to make a video for it! Then in May I’ll pick my favourite and award some kind of prize, say Adam Buxton/Adam & Joe odds and sods and tickets to BUG! Wow! Imagine all the Adam Buxton/Adam & Joe odds and sods and tickets to BUG! What could the Adam Buxton odds and sods be?! My socks! Bits of my hair!! Or my book!!! Not a book I’ve written, just a book I own. I don’t know, I’ll work something out, but anyway, here’s the song with lyrics beneath in case you want to study them for your English degree. And if you do make a video post a link on my You Tube channel comments section.

LISTEN TO THE SONG! (right click to download)

CHANGES (FOR 6 MUSIC) SONG

CHANGES (FOR 6 MUSIC) LYRICS

Finally, here’s my appearance on Channel 4 news a couple of weeks back where I managed to say almost nothing of any value except for inviting the DG out for some pushing and shoving. I haven’t actually watched this vid myself cos it’s too cringey but I hear Thomo’s expression upon hearing my obviously jokey challenge is entertaining.

The BUG shaped part of my life seems to be getting busier, which I’m all up for as it’s still my favourite live assignation. In the last few weeks we had a pair of shows in Norwich then Leicester, all of which seemed to go down pretty well and I had a good time meeting some of the audience after the shows, some of whom gave me some great tips for videos and internet weirdness that we’ll certainly include in forthcoming BUG nights. And only one person gave me a hard time about The Persuasionists!

One of the videos I made for BUG was an analysis of a Joss Stone video that has been doing the rounds online for a while. This is something I thought might be a good strand, not only for the live shows but for a possible TV/internet version of BUG that I’m putting together in pilot form over the next few weeks. I’ve always wanted to do some kind of music show (I wrote about past attempts here) and maybe some form of BUG hybrid is the way to go.

We’ll see, but for the time being, here’s Ken. Oh, and if you have any suggestions for other videos that would benefit from Ken’s analytical skills, do leave a link on my You Tube channel comments section. I love you byeeee!

Download the single of Baby Baby Baby here.

Hope to see you there!

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What the heckins is BUG? Find out here. A few extra tickets have been released for our next 2 sold out BUG shows in London’s BFI Southbank on Thursday 21st and Thursday 28th, both starting at 8.45pm. If you’d like to come along call the box office on:

0207 928 3232

BUG NORWICH 3, 3rd & 4th February

Book tickets for BUG at the delightful Norwich Playhouse Wednesday February 3rd or Thursday 4th at 8pm here

LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL, 10th & 11th February

I’ll also be doing 2 nights at the Leicester Comedy festival on Wednesday 10th & Thursday 11th February (same show both nights) so come and join us, why not? Leicester’s nice! Call the box office on:

0116 242 2800

Really hope I’ll see you at one of these shows. I’ve got a couple of new vids to show as well as all the usual weird and wonderful new pop promos, YouTube comments and other bollox, so I’m planning for it to be wicked! Am I still allowed to use the word wicked now I’m over 40?

Here are the 4 pieces I made for 2009 Unwrapped presented by lovely Miranda Hart, a Time Trumpet-ish review of last year that went out on BBC2 on 30th December. My Shed bits were spooves of Channel 4’s Alone In The Wild which went out in September last year. Visit the BBC Comedy website to read my hilarious accompanying blog entries now!!! Careful to tape up your sides before you do though or they might split with mirth! Seriously. Hospitals have been reporting record numbers of mirth related injuries since my blog posts went up on the BBC site. Oh wait, apparently they’ve been reporting record numbers of injuries from slipping on ice. So tape up your feet AND your sides.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO ON A LUXURY TRIP TO CALIFORNIA AND APPEAR IN THEIR TV AD?

If the answer is ‘no’, this isn’t the post for you. If it’s ‘yes’ then BONGO PARTY! I’ve been hired by the Californian Tourist Board to tell people about this competition they’re running so I hope you’ll forgive me if I slip queasily into advertising mode for a while. Yes, I’m being paid but I really think the prize is pretty amazing and I get the feeling it might not be too hard to win if you’re up for filming yourself being charming in an audition video.

Enter the competition and find out more details HERE

Basically they want someone to appear briefly in the Visit California TV ad, you know the one with Rob Lowe looking soulfully out to sea, David Beckham kicking balls on the beach and Arnold Schwarzenegger having a romantic meal, completely free of guns and explosions, with his lovely wife on a terrace somewhere. Here it is here…

I imagine it’s been your dream to appear in one of these ads for almost as long as you can remember. Well now that dream is one step closer to coming true. Even if there’s something wrong with you and you have never dreamt of appearing in a TV ad extolling the virtues of the Golden State, you might be up for the rest of the prize which includes a first class round trip to LA, luxury accommodation, spending money and over the top sounding activities for a week. Here’s a video I’ve made outlining the prize and explaining what you have to do to enter in a bit more detail.

Go on, have a go! Your audition tape has got to be better than some of the stuff they’ve had through so far! Oh lordy. I’ll be posting a few more related vids over the next few weeks to keep the competition pot bubbling. Good luck and a very happy nude year to you!

As promised on our radio show, here’s the Queen’s Speech for you with her Maj looking uncannily like Noel Edmonds, in other words about as seasonally correct as it’s possible to be. OK, I’d better get back to my family and pretend I’ve been doing something other than uploading stupid videos during the Big Jesus Party! I hope you’re having a good day, whoever and wherever you are.

Love Adam

Christmas Day 2009

The big music news story of 2009 was of course the release of the 7th album by one of Britain’s best loved bands, The Stereophonics. The title of their new album Keep Calm and Carry On is taken from a never used World War 2 poster but they’ve given it contemporary twist by photoshopping themselves into a scenario that sees them eating a café style breakfast on a beach which is the kind of zany and surreal unpredictability you’d expect from the Phonicles.

Anyway, they seem to have gone into a post-prandial trance, which has made them indifferent to the fact they’re being overwhelmed by the incoming tide. Now, I don’t know if you know but the world is currently under threat from climate change which was started by Al Gore a few years back so it’s possible that this image is some kind of comment on the human race’s collective folly in ignoring it (Copenhagen? Come on guys!), or it might just be an amusing pic of a band that ran out of luck while eating too close to the sea one day. Who can tell what they were thinking? Well now you have the opportunity to find out:

Who owned the footage of Lily Allen, Dizzee etc that I used for the Christmas Messages video I posted yesterday and were upset that it had been used without their permission which is why the video has been taken off You Tube. I wish to say that I acted alone in the creation of the Celebrity Messages and no else needs to be executed. Please let me just have Christmas with my family and then you can do what you need to do.

Yours very, very sorry.

Adam