Poles...Apart on All FM Week 4 By Michelle Dee

After rushing from work like a loon I sit down Thursday (Feb 8th) to listen to Poles Apart on All Fm 96.9 www.allfm.org . Seconds later me and the rest of the listeners all jump out of chairs, spilling their drinks, with wild eyed panicked looks. Why all this commotion you ask? Well for a moment us listeners glued to laptops and radios all over the country and indeed the world, thought we weren't about to get our much needed Mog and Paul Heaton show. The weekly instalment of eclectic music and giggle-some feelings it brings forth.

You know you have boarded the right train when the crossover hit single Summertime blasts through the ether. The Gershwin musical number was covered by Billy Stewart www.myspace.com/billysblues in 1966 and was a hit in both the pop and Rhythm and Blues charts. It's really good with a big band reggae approach and horns you could hang off.

The scat lyrics and vocal trills are delivered with lots of energy and style. Tragically Billy died along with three of his band when their van plunged into the Neuse River in North Carolina shortly before his 33rd birthday.

The rousing opening tune was followed by The Switches and Drama Queen then a band that people seem to be making a bit of noise about right now The Little Ones. www.myspace.com/wearethelittleones The track Cha Cha Cha was chosen by both Mog and Paul and came across kind of U.S. folk with drifting psychedelic nuances. Other tracks in the first hour included one by Grand Puba. The only other time I've heard this name before was a few years back when Detroit Grand Pubah had a track out called Sandwiches. It was tipped for the top by many but it never seemed to happen.

Although the disc still remains a favourite for turntablists to drop alongside funk and soul grooves from the seventies. www.myspace.com/grandpubamc Discussions on donkeys and Scientology followed the song Ride Your Donkey possibly Ride Me Donkey by The Tenors. This was good and sparked off the idea of collecting all the song titles about donkeys, of which I'm sure there must be many.

After haggling over how to say the name The Noisettes www.myspace.com/noisettesuk their song Sister Rosetta followed. It didn't really grab me but go search them out for yourself and make your own mind up. With the image of a young Paul Heaton waiting outside the newsagents every week for the annual that didn't arrive still in my head, there was a brief burst of something by Ivor Cutler. He of the singularly bizarre yet strangely fulfilling songs and poems sadly died March last year. As well as being a favourite on John Peel's radio show, he also inspired the likes of Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand and comedian Billy Connolly www.ivorcutler.org.

Later in the show the gloriously rustic I'm Walkin' To A Farm was played.

As promised Paul did play The Talks www.myspace.com/thetalks (there's the link just in case you don't know it by now) He chose the song Teachers taken from their recent four track EP. Paul described them as "cheeky" and as "a not overly modest band from Hull". This weeks 8.40pm wolf slot was given over to a song called Lady and the sweet soulful sounds and rhythms of Marte Wulff www.martewulff.com

Her new record Safety Pins is released on February 19th. Paul did announce that it was Norse Day so airing the Norwegian singer/songwriter was very apt if we are to believe him. Listen to the show online for more great tunes and witty repartee. www.allfm.org www.myspace.com/allfmfortherecord

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