As the program is on its midsummer hiatus, this week we bring you this little tidbit from the vast Fat Robot Radio Audio Archives. Brad Bugos, one time radio professional, made a series of these air check tapes in various attempts to procure gainful employment in the broadcasting industry. Though it would seem that professional radio WAS NOT READY for the “Bugos Method” as it would later come to be called, the intrinsic skill of our very own Media Mad Scientist is apparent. Like Decca Records rejecting the Beatles, modern commercial radio proved themselves short sighted, wholly unable to detect the value of a scrappy young Bugos. Thankfully a great cultural tragedy was averted, as Bugos descended several miles underground to the super secret Fat Robot Laboratories, and as history will inevitably reflect, changed the face of modern broadcasting forever.

 

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This week marks the last episode for a few weeks, and it couldn’t be more explosive. Yes, true, Brad, Ben, and Tony babble on and on about the usual pop culture trivialities, but the real fun gets started in the second half of the show when the boys are joined by THIS WEEK’S VERY SPECIAL GUEST! Tantalized? I hope so.

FAT ROBOT RADIO: NOW 50% MORE BULLCRAP!

 

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Discussed: Reality TV, Ben’s Drunken Behavior, Harry Sheerer, The Day The Clown Cried, Record Review, Very Special Guest, Mr. Slayer Answers Your Questions

Record Review:

Artist: Castanets
Album: First Lights Freeze
Tracks: Evidence (A Mask Of Horizon, Distortion Of Form), No Voice Was Raised
Website: www.asthmatickitty.com

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Dave Jobless has an exciting new contest going on over at the Fat Robot Radio Myspace Site.
Here is the announcement:

Alright. Brad has given me the go ahead to give away some Zine/CD packs.  For three lucky people.  Here is what you have to do:

In Episode Five of Fat Robot Radio Podcast www.fatrobotradio.com  Ben, Brad and Tony discuss albums/CD’s that they purchased that made them almost want to quit buying music.  It didn’t of course.  There was one release by Ben Phillips that he bought and thought that he would like but didn’t.  He still has this bands CD.  What Band was it, and for extra junk, name the CD.

Email your responses to: Davejobless@gmail.com

I will pick three people, if we get that many or any for that matter.  I’ll email them back and get their contact info.  Thanks for listening to FRR and for taking the time to enter the contest.

What will you win? Copies of SLTM (going back as far as we have extra issues), CD’S, and much more.  We have a lot, so the three lucky winners will be drowned in free junk.

Fat Robot Radio: Buying Your Love

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This week Brad, Ben, and Tony celebrate their inauguration as America’s longest running Podcast* by doing what they do best. You guessed it: Talking about Pop Culture for about half an hour. Listen to the factual inaccuracies fly** as week six of Fat Robot Radio, America’s favorite Podcast***, goes on the air!

 

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Discussed: Music Festivals, Claw Hands, Famous People We Know, Porn Names, Unscrupulous Autograph Hounds, Record Review Service, Web Sites we like, AMAZING CONTEST GIVEAWAY, Steve Jiff’s life is threatened, and Mr. Slayer answers your questions.

Record Review:

Artist: Sloppy Meat Eaters
Album: Conditioned By the Laugh Track
Track: Napoleon
Website: www.sloppymeateaters.com

Websites We Like:

Ben: Newsarama

Brad: Bob and David / Got Futurama

Tony: A bunch of filthy Porno sites too horrible to place in print fearing the placement of our site on some sort of insidious government list.

Contest Question: Where is Tony MF from?

Mail your contest answer to contest@fatrobotradio.com. Please put the words Contest Submission in the subject line. The first five correct answers received will win a prize package consisting of whatever we have laying around handy to send. You know. CD’s and stuff. Act fast!

*Not True

**Like the thing about being the world’s longest running Podcast.

***Also not true.

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This week’s episode begins with a grizzly on air killing that results in a complex murder mystery that gets solved by the conclusion of the program. Which member of the Fat Robot Radio team is a psychopathic killer? Who uncovers the clues of the near perfect crime, and sees the killer brought to justice? Will the show, or the world, ever be the same again? Find out in this week’s heart stopping installment!*

 

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Discussed: Competitors’ Podcasts, CDs That Almost Make You Want To Give Up On Music Entirely, Record Review Service, The Last Three Songs On An Album, Mr. Slayer Answers Your Questions.

Record Review:

Artist: Sinks Of Gandy
Album: Trust=Damage
Song: Medication
Website: www.sinksofgandy.com

*None of this actually occurs. Episode five is totally normal episode, and is no way heart stopping. If you are experiencing heart trouble while listening to this weeks episode of Fat Robot Radio, please contact your local emergency services immediately. Please know that by listening you agree that any trauma incurred is in no way the responsibility of Fat Robot Radio, or its parent company CCC Globochemical Corporation. Enjoy the Show!

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