Dubber and Spoons Take The Bus

Archive is Up!

2009-07-08T03:12:00.002Z

Some episodes are missing from the early days of season 1 but the rest of the archive is complete at:

http://thebuscast.com

Is anybody out there?

2009-07-02T07:27:00.003Z

If anyone for any reason is still watching this feed and has for an even stranger reason kept the buscast files please email me

james[dot]debenham[at]gmail[dot]com

I am hoping to build an archive site to preserve the buscast but am missing the following from season 1:

004
031
032

and from season 2

DS02-08
DS02-09

The original hosting went away many moons ago and the folder I have on my computer is incomplete. Dubber didn't keep any of it .

Spoons x

Episode 09: Rhymes With Alana

2006-02-23T22:09:00.000Z

A multi-sensory buscast in which Dubber rides the bus backwards, Spoons has the same another record as before, 'Au Gratin' is a Dutch word meaning sausage, and Alana's hair goes on an all expenses paid trip to Barcelona.

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Episode 08: What Would Bobbie Do?

2006-02-15T06:33:00.000Z

In which Dubber is old and Spoons is averse to movement. While attempting to be casually (yet genuinely) geeky about scifi television, the pair are inadvertently insightful and coherent about media analysis - though they correct this promptly. Neither have exchanged Corporate Love Day cards with their respective spouses, but expect little in the way of reprisal. The next worldwide internet slogan phenomenon is spoken into being and Dubber is mean about Spoons confusing seafood with vegetables.

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Buscast 07: Sleeping with the Homeless

2006-02-08T19:39:00.000Z

A barely audible recording, in which Dubber and Spoons take the bus
with Irish Gabe who doesn't understand podcasting - but who, after
some initial caution, takes to it like a duck to Guinness. The
listener is invited to visit The Chronicles of Jus, and the travellers
ponder building demolition, the complete absence of students and the
number of arses that fit into Wembley Stadium.

Chronicles of Jus

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Episode 06: Tripping

2006-02-04T09:38:00.000Z

In which Spoons learns the first rule of driving and buys a
replacement broken thing for his already broken thing, while Dubber
launches his pop career and learns how to drink absinthe and take
drugs (a knowledge which, it turns out, wasn't required after all).
Spoons plays the bass despite his ears - and Dubber's birthday is
celebrated 8 months in advance. Happy birthday, Dubber.

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Episode 05: More Ways to Consume

2006-02-01T12:05:00.000Z

In which Dubber is 5.134 times geekier than Spoons. Back in their
natural environment the pair employ a marketing manager, discuss home
renovation, photography, compilation albums, the 90/10 rule of mp3
blogs, Ikea avoidance, postal stupidity and the sheer pointlessness of
podcasting.

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Episode 04: Walking the bus home

2006-01-23T18:06:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons make a special trip to buscast in order to capitalise on their fleeting success in the popular media, only to find themselves not on a bus. All the same, there is the promise of records, and hints of future beer... so things are more or less as they usually are.

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Dubber and Spoon in The Guardian!

2006-01-20T12:20:00.000Z

Guardian article on podcasting

We're number 8!

If you came to this site from the Guardian link please leave a comment and of course subscribe to the podcast!

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Episode 03: Just For The Record

2005-12-17T13:53:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons go shopping for a turntable for Spoons and
return to a busload of screaming teenage girls.

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Episode 02: Vinyl Fetish

2005-12-15T09:43:00.000Z

A post-beer buscast in which Dubber and Spoons talk extensively about records.

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Episode 01: Cooking with Gas

2005-12-07T08:59:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons find themselves in familiar surroundings,
employ the flashback technique, invite themselves to your podcast and
misunderstand food.

Spoons link: spoonford.com

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Season 2: Prologue

2005-12-03T12:23:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons take a train, a plane, another train and a
taxi just so they don't have to take a bus anymore. This is not the
next episode of the buscast, but an introduction to a brand new series
of buscasts - and an explanation as to why this new series of buscasts
won't be buscasts at all.

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Dear Buscast Fan(s)...

2005-11-06T11:42:00.000Z

Dear Buscast Fan(s),

Dubber and Spoons have spent the last few months testing the theory "It would be quicker to rollerskate home than sit on a bus in this trafic". Luckily for you rollerskating is far to dangerous to keep them off the bus for long!

Season 2 of "Dubber and Spoons Take The Bus" is coming soon! Suggestions for content and any comments you have on Season 1 are most welcome!

Buscast 036: Sneaking the Bees

2005-08-26T22:49:00.000Z

In which for every bee on the bus there is a hero, Dubber declares a free independent people's state (or an independent people's free state), Spoons has overslept and missed his plane to Australia - and seabirds with physical deformities are pointed and laughed at.

Also under discussion: worst days ever, the purpose of footnotes, interactive intermissions - and the secret media life of plastic camels.

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Dubber and Spoons on TV!

2005-08-18T17:49:00.000Z

The podcasting feature we were involved in was broadcast today and can be viewed at the link below!

Dubber and Spoons on TV

Buscast 035: Buscasting on TV

2005-08-11T15:04:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons are joined by the man from the BBC ("TV's Dr David Gregory", don't you know) alongside his trusty sidekick, who shall remain nameless because he damaged Travel West Midlands property - and nearly died.

Buscasting is explained - again - and the exclusive Buscast VIP Club is almost launched.

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Buscast 034: Pre-BBC

2005-08-10T20:39:00.000Z

In which somebody forgot the iRiver and iMic, several thousand attempts to record are made and Dubber and Spoons don't really explain why they may be famous soon.

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Buscast 033: Back on the Bus

2005-07-22T07:09:00.000Z

In which Dubber becomes a Brit and immediately escapes to France, Tim Burton is exposed for his laziness and the greatest business idea in the world ever is concocted (and most probably promptly forgotten).

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Buscast Promos!

2005-07-20T20:42:00.000Z

Listen to three promos for the buscast! Featuring the vocal talents of "The Canalien" and a bunch of stuff you've already heard!

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Buscast 032: Pirate Alley

2005-07-14T21:19:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons do not Take The Bus, but are instead chauffered home by Alex in his mouse-scented private chariot, where they experience frictionless capitalism. Adam Curry refuses to acknowledge the buscast, and the most Piratey streets in Moseley are explored.

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Buscast 031: Laxative Experiments

2005-07-01T21:42:00.000Z

In which the buscast does not do what it says on the tin - but laxative experiments are discussed, the Canalien is returned to her mothership and Spoons has a funny brain spasm.

This buscast was recorded on quite possibly the loudest and rattliest bus on the circuit - and there is a short comfort stop.

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Buscast 030: Attack of the Canaliens

2005-07-01T18:10:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons meet their first foreign fan. Braille podcasting is suggested, and there had been beer. The Canalien takes over and we take her to our leader, who had been playing Star Wars Battlefront and learning to invert his tongue, instead of doing his homework.

Today's episode of Dubber and Spoons Take The Bus was recorded in front of a live studio audience. Seriously. Everyone was watching.

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029: It's like... y'know?

2005-06-30T17:56:00.000Z

In which Spoons gets to be the one with the new toys and all the clevers, Dubber invents the t-shirt printer and Adam Curry descends from the heavens.

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028: Twice Peeled

2005-06-28T07:26:00.000Z

In which John Cleese appears to Spoons in a dream, international buscasting takes off, and special guest Moseleyite indie country folk hero Craig Hamilton expresses a desire to become a bicycle courier.

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027: Apologies for 026

2005-06-26T21:26:00.000Z

In which Spoons resorts to aquatheft and apologies for previous overinflated delusions of funny are made.

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026: All Aboard The Space Bus

2005-06-22T22:53:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons are joined by Justin the Astrothingy Guy who once sneezed whilst shaving his head in the shower and nearly scalped himself.

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025: Spoons Masters the Record Button

2005-06-15T17:59:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons wonder what is on TV at 7.30 on BBC1 in the world of Eastenders, the cast of Shortland Street go to see Massive Attack and Tom Cruise is completely inappropriate for the part.

Now completely intact and in stereo!

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024: Sponsorship, Albums and the Toilet Goat

2005-06-15T17:41:00.000Z

In which this is a repost and the first 9 minutes are missing. When not Missing in Action, Dubber and Spoons invite sponsorship, lose a weasel down the u-bend and propose to throw vegtables and hit people in the name of music.

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023: No Explanations Regarding the Tuna

2005-06-10T20:59:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons offer no explanation for a ten day gap between buscasts, Dubber doesn't tell a really bad joke and no 10 minute phone calls have been seamlessly edited out.

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A brief interuption in service...

2005-05-31T13:07:00.000Z

The Buscast Archives will be shifting servers today so untill further notice the download links from this page will all be dead and the feed will not be working properly. I will be temporaily hosting the last three episodes (don't worry - it won't effect the auto-magic of your podcatcher) but for now older stuff will only be available if you e-mail us beer.

022: The Best Steak in the World, EVER!

2005-05-30T09:31:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons are not entirely uncharacteristically interested in food. This buscast is Friday afternoon, timeshifted. We can do that. This is the internet.

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021: Bad Music

2005-05-29T00:01:00.000Z

In which weddings, 21sts and private functions are discussed, in-bus catering is proposed, Dubber abandons his life of crime and Spoons expresses a preference for Foo Fighters over Bryan Adams.

Also, the terror of the recurring Rolf Harris nightmares.

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020: Hone Heke and the fear of flying

2005-05-25T23:08:00.000Z

In which a good day has been had, Dubber makes his first joke, Spoons remembers to ask the polite questions, swimming underwater is proposed as an alternative to beer-drinking... and son-of-Dubber casts his evil hypno-ray on his school teachers.

Also: REVEALED - the shocking truth about Adam Curry!!!

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019: Windowlicking on the Yellow Buslet

2005-05-24T22:28:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons take the special needs bus to Moseley and talk about the problem with broadcast journalism students. Dubber wins the coolest free stuff competition and Spoons has "something to do with Nigel".

Listen to win a home entertainment system. Really.

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018: Giant Barbie Alien Abduction

2005-05-23T21:46:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons have clearly been whisked away from their places of work only to be returned with their memories erased and hours lost. Special guest appearances from U2's The Edge, comedian Bill Bailey and Buscast Ideas Consultant Alana Debenham.

And when I say 'guest appearances from', I mean 'mentions of'.

Xeni Jardin does not appear in this show, except anonymously.

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017: Goldilocks and Spoons McVideotech

2005-05-21T10:26:00.000Z

Meandering nonsense in which beer has been consumed (with the promise of more to follow), the 50 bus is noisier than usual, Dubber is not alone in his name-appropriateness, Spoons listens to his first buscast, and the pair's dieting tips are shared.

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016: Podcasting Consultants

2005-05-19T21:24:00.000Z

The secret of the successful podcast is revealed - and it involves beer and cake. Dubber talks about his other podcast, Spoons gets to wear the iMic, and the bus is post-rush-hour speedy.

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015: Drunkfan & Xeni Jardin

2005-05-17T22:51:00.000Z

Dubber and Spoons are easily distracted, Dubber is out of a job, Spoons fails to recognise technoroyalty and national identity is explored.

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014: Secret Identities - revealed!

2005-05-12T20:16:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons reveal their own personal Clark Kent, discuss other people's feet, and arrange a podcasting masterclass. Podsoc is proposed and dismissed, Spoons is tricked into watching blockbuster films and Dubber gets a real job.

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013: One-legged Artificial Ducks

2005-05-09T18:44:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons take the number 35 against their better judgement and end up seeing all manner of strange things. Adam Curry is faulted for his failure to recognise the inherent cleverness of the buscasters, a challenge is laid down and the neighbourhood-beautifying properties of fruit are discussed.

You can subscribe to our RSS feed here and get the buscast automagically using iPodder or some such thing - or just blah blah blah - all the usual stuff. You know the drill.

012: Travelling Without Moving

2005-05-06T19:50:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons make a buscast without the aid of a bus. Dubber shows his age, Spoons inadvertently reveals how clever he actually is, and young Jake shuffles cards and drums his fingers on the table to compensate for the lack of the usual accompanying background noises.

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011: Biscuit Theory

2005-05-04T23:02:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons skip breakfast and try a morning buscast. Naturally, they end up fixating on food.

They also visit the hell that is the depths of the One Stop in Perry Barr:

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Better yet, you could go to Open Media Network, download their interface and pick up the show there.

010: They Won't Play THIS On The Radio

2005-05-03T18:48:00.000Z

Radio shows are turning into podcasts! Podcasts are going on the radio! Dubber and Spoons stop talking about whether cowboys are better than pirates (they're not) and start debating Kantian ethics and the immediacy of news events!

It's a crazy, mixed-up world - but at least it's in stereo now... and no matter how many podcasts end up going on the radio, I strongly suspect this won't be one of them...

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Open Media Network

2005-04-30T23:13:00.000Z

New excitement for Dubber and Spoons - The Open Media Network has listed the buscast - and we declare it to be the official best way to get the buscast to your ears.

Very exciting for all sorts of geek reasons (if you're interested, read the technical pages), but in short, it's just a good way to get lots of great content, from podcasts to independent films, direct to your computer. And it saves us on the bandwidth because of the cool distribution method.

Go to the website, grab one of the trial programmes (say, IT Conversations - though Terra is also very good).

009: Do They Know It's Christmas?

2005-04-29T21:19:00.000Z

This good Friday turns out to be rather Christmassy, and Dubber and Spoons delight in their new gadgets and toys. But despite the fact that the new Griffin stereo mic is fabulous and cool and sounds wonderful, they entirely fail to make it go properly.

Consequently, the show contains distortions of the truth - and distortions of the audio. It is entirely Dubber's fault (and he calls himself a sound engineer...).

Listen out for the free bonus giveaway with this issue of the buscast... and we promise that next time we'll fix the levels for next time - and the stereo mic will actually produce stereoness.

Link to Claybourne, as mentioned in the show.

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008: The Number 35 with the Laser Cannons

2005-04-28T20:22:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons discuss user interface design, the newly launched Open Media Network, the appeal of the top bunk, and shooting the red cars with laser cannons.

They agree to disagree on Ninja vs Samurai, elect not to go down the whole Wizard vs Fighter path and agree wholeheartedly that the number 2 is far better than the number 35 - laser cannons or no laser cannons.

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Dubber Vs Spoons Google Fight

2005-04-28T15:08:00.000Z

I think this says it all....

007: The Blockbuster Edition

2005-04-26T20:21:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons have both clearly had a long day. They obviously know nothing about Daleks, and they completely fail to come up with any really cool Bond gadgets, reasons to like Sean Connery, better actors than Tom Hanks, nightmares about killer sharks or enthusiasm about John Cleese.

They are, it has to be said, pretty much rubbish at this whole off-the-cuff celebrity buscasting thing today.

However, Dubber gets to be right about Cowboy Bebop. And therefore samurais.

Incidentally, there is no such book as Silver Fun. That's just Dubber's accent getting stronger in a proportionate relationship with tired.

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UPDATE: Googlefight has spoken - ninja beats samurai (say it isn't so!) but - unexpectedly - Samurai Cowboy beats Ninja Pirate!!! And there's no arguing with Googlefight.

006: Samurai Cowboys on Beer

2005-04-25T20:23:00.000Z

The Anzac Day special, in which Dubber and Spoons change the format, marvel at the giant screw, tremble at the prospect of daleks and rejoice in the great squirrel smackdown.

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005: Buscastaways

2005-04-22T20:45:00.000Z

The bumper weekend edition, complete with consumer section, a recipe and part one of our investigation into Ninjas vs Samurai - who would win?! Dr Nick makes a silent guest appearance to mark the launch of his fanclub, and a new reality podcast format is born: Buscastaway. Who will be voted off the number 35 to Hawkesley?

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004: Dr Nick and the Battle Robots

2005-04-21T20:56:00.000Z

In which celebrity guest Dr Nick Webber joins Dubber and Spoons who completely neglect to discuss his recently published book The Evolution of Norman Identity - opting instead to nominate other university departments they could beat in a fight.

There's a particularly unpleasant screamy child at the beginning, but it subsides fairly quickly, leaving us to our usual bus-studio quality.

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Bonus track: Geekcast

2005-04-20T10:35:00.000Z

In which Dubber and Spoons fail to reach basic levels of coherency due to lack of coffee, morning bussing, and a night spent toiling over servers and torrents and php scripts.

This is not really part of the usual buscast series. If this was a book, we'd put it in an appendix at the back.

Parental Advisory: contains even higher levels of geekery than usual.

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003: Creativity Requires Boundaries

2005-04-19T23:20:00.000Z

In which Spoons waxes philosophical about the nature of creativity, Dubber longs for the days when record shop assistants told him what to buy and a visit by the Prime Minister to the Second City causes delays for the buscasters - and they are forced to take to the street on foot.

As usual, you can subscribe to our RSS feed here and get the buscast automagically using iPodder or some such thing. ~~You can download the torrent file~~ - or just download the mp3 manually.

Update: Actually - the torrent needs some final tweaking before that works exactly the way we want it to (at all, in fact) so grab the mp3 for now and all will be well before you know it.

002: Torrents and Politeness

2005-04-19T13:00:00.000Z

In which there is geek-speak after a day of investigating the bittorrent delivery of podcasts... Dubber complains of the terrible lack of service in the British service industry... Spoons considers the shifting media balance in his life, and one of us nearly dies.

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001: Standing Room Only

2005-04-18T16:50:00.000Z

Our first buscast!

We rode home on Friday all excited with the possibilities of buscasting, and then a lack of Googles and a lack of torrent-smarts stopped us from being able to podcast the way that we wanted to.

Still - it was an adventure: toppling ASDA bags full of liquid refreshment, a squeeze of uncomfortable proportions and the impending boss visit. Also Dubber gets published and Spoons comes to the rescue of Dawn and Drew. All this and more herein.

Anyway - make sure you have iPodder or equivalent, sign up to the RSS feed, and listen to the buscast.

Podcasting via bittorrent

2005-04-17T21:00:00.000Z

This podcast is all recorded and ready to go. If only somebody would point me in the right direction for torrent hosting and tracking, then you could be downloading the first buscast right now.