As it happened: Giggles Radio Pre-Season Test

• 17:16

  Hello there, and welcome to... well, it's a Factbyte Factbox and Giggles Radio test. Still just as awesome as any sporting event, I'm sure.

• 17:18

  Whilst we are just tinkering behind the scenes, why not view this F1 Big Picture I posted just five minutes ago? https://sidepodcast.com/f1-big-picture/big-boost

  Hot off the presses!

• 17:18

  Or the digital equivalent of hot presses, anyway.

• 17:19

  Tweet from @Sebastien_buemi: Having a nice relaxing day at home!

• 17:19

  I wonder if he will tune in to Giggles Radio.

• 17:19

  Forgive me rambling, we are testing bits and pieces. If you want a shoutout, let me know!

• 17:24

  Comment from Giggles: So it's possible that I'm live somewhere...

  A prize for whoever finds him first!!

• 17:26

  Janna wins! http://www.ustream.tv/channel/alexandronov

• 17:29

  Giggles working on setup.

• 17:32

  How about a joke? Why did the chicken cross the park?

• 17:34

  Comment from Mr C: why did the chicken cross the park, fbfb?

• 17:34

  To get to the other slide!!

• 17:38

  CAN'T TOUCH THIS!

• 17:39

  It may or may not be hammer time.

• 17:43

  Giggles Radio Test is go!

• 17:44

  SONG: Blue Diamonds by The Long Winters.

• 17:45

  http://www.thelongwinters.com/

• 17:47

  The Long Winters are John Roderick (singer/guitarist) and Eric Corson (bass and harmony vocals).

• 17:48

  They have no less than eleven former members.

• 17:49

  SONG: At the Indie Disco by The Divine Comedy.

• 17:51

  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• 17:52

  Did you know the Divine Comedy is classed as chamber pop - which is the style of crossing classical music with more popular rock and roll styles.

• 17:54

  SONG: God's Gonna Cut You Down by Johnny Cash.

• 17:55

  http://www.johnnycash.com/

• 17:57

  This song has been used in popular culture a lot. As Giggles said, in the trailer for True Grit, and in ads for Jeep Cherokee. Apparently it was also used in a promo feature for Eastenders.

• 17:58

  SONG: Run On by Moby.

• 17:59

  http://www.moby.com/

• 18:00

  God's Gonna Cut You Down is an Olde Folk Song, and is also known as Run On and Run On for a Long Time.

• 18:01

  If you're a Moby fan, an update on his journal will cheer you up: "ok, ta-da, official next album announcement update. my next album is called 'destroyed' and it comes out in the middle of may sometime"

• 18:03

  SONG: Little Ramona (Gone Hillbilly Nuts) by BR5-49

• 18:04

  http://www.br549.com/

• 18:04

  Of all the times a hyphen would be acceptable in a url.

• 18:05

  BR5-49 are from Nashville, Tennessee, which you might be able to tell from their awesome accents.

• 18:08

  SONG: Constellations by Darwin Deez.

• 18:08

  http://darwindeez.com/

• 18:09

  Giggles is keen to point out that despite the impression the album cover may give you, Darwin is from Bang-Up-to-Date-Land.

• 18:10

  Darwin is on tour in the UK at the moment, so if you like what you're hearing you may be able to catch him somewhere near you.

• 18:13

  SONG: Carol Brown by Flight of the Conchords.

• 18:13

  http://flightoftheconchords.co.nz/

• 18:14

  The band provide lyrics and guitar chords for selected songs too which is pretty fabulous: http://flightoftheconchords.co.nz/chords-lyrics/

• 18:16

  Flight of the Conchords even have their own Twitter hashtag, not surprisingly #fotc

• 18:19

  SONG: Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) by Peter Sarstedt.

• 18:20

  This song was number one in the UK in 1969, topping the charts for four weeks.

• 18:21

  Right Said Fred covered this song, but it only charted in Germany and Austria... and not very high up either.

• 18:22

  Comment from Giggles: Oh I forgot an extra fact about this song... It co won the Ivor Novello award... With Space Oddity... Almost like a handing over of the baton in 1969...

• 18:22

  http://www.petersarstedt.com/

• 18:24

  Giggles Radio Test is complete!

• 18:24

  Thank you to everyone for joining us today, Giggles has tested his radio and we have tested our facts. A bit more tweaking and we'll be good to go.

• 18:25

  The second series of Giggles Radio begins next week, 6th March, so mark that date in your diaries

• 18:25

  There's more information here: http://gigglesradio.com/

• 18:26

  Thanks again, and see you for more Factbyte Factboxing fun soon!