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You have GOT to include a track by Art Brut, 'Modern Art' being the most appropriate, of course. But I'm sure you've already thought of that.

I'll let people cleverer than me think of names.

Love Heathen x

Snap, Crackle, and Pop would be a little obvious, wouldn't it?

Dear Glinner:
When is the next series of The IT Crowd due to be aired?
Have you ever tried growning a beard?
What's the worst awards ceremony experience you've had (apart from not winning, even though that's rare for you)?

I suggest you use an anagram of 'Art Pop' as the title of your compilation, eg:

'Pap Rot'
'Top Par'
'Rat Pop'
'Tar Pop'
'Rap Opt'
'Apt Pro'
or simply: 'To Parp' (not strictly an anagram, but it's probably the funniest).

I would also suggest that no art pop compilation would be complete without the amazing Battles, especially the tracks 'Atlas' or 'Tonto'.

Finally, my question for Mr Linehan is: Who would win in a bareknuckle fight between Jan Moir and the board of Trafigura?

Thanks guys, keep up the good work!

Roy LichtensTUNES. Right? Because it's like Roy Lichtenstein but with "tunes" at the end instead. Do you see? And he did pop art....

Obvious question for Mr L: Would you like a cup of tea, Graham? Ah, go on. Go on go on go on go on. Has to be delivered in an authentic accent though.

You'll be playing a Cardiacs track in this one, right?

Yeah, Lost was rubs, weren't it?

Will Brass Eye or The Day Today ever return?

Some name suggestions:
* Ceci n'est pas une mixtape
* Leda and The Swans
* Il Divino Communication
* The Kind Of Blue Period
* The Persistence of Memorex

Arty Warhol? (thats shocking)

anyway, my question is: Is it hard to watch your characters come to life, especially if they are not acted in a way you envisaged?

Hannah xxxxx

'POP GOES THE EASEL'.

Yeah? Yeah? NO?!

And Mr Linehan: Where did you get your funny from? Cos it's dead funny and I would like some. Oh, and do you ever remember to take a bag for life with you to the shops, or just end up buying another one when you get there?

Poptarts?

Oops! I meant Popped-Arts!!!

Pop Will Art Itself?

Assault With A Deadly Crisp - I think you should be given a 'contributor' account on this blog xxxx

I'll let the clever people make all the suggestions but Addles, with the info that @Serafinowicz has already imparted and what you will no doubt learn from Graham about Twitter, you should be good to go, using it as a fulfilling tool in your everyday life. Graham was so eloquent and articulate about it's use and power when he did a little IT Crowd Q&A earlier this week. If you avoid the banalities, it's a life enhancing peripheral.

Pop A Cap In Your Art?

Dirty Projectors - Tour Along The Potomac

It's off The Getty Address, which is a self proclaimed 'Glitch-Opera about a suicidal Don Henley' - which should justify it alone, but the song is quite catchy!

Lovely stuff! x

I would like to ask Graham if he knew of any real priests who were fans of Father Ted. Because I knew of one. And when I put the same question to him he said"oh yeah lots". So in my imagination there are now probably Father Ted priest-exclusive convensions full of dancing priests!

Hello Buckles
Avante Guardians - OMG that is so lame! sorry

Not too hot on the arthouse stuff (or mathrock as they call it in the states!)
roxy music - remake remodel, ladytron
soft machine - as long as he lies perfectly still
henry cow - the art bears
slapp happy - anything by them, it's all very posey!
frank zappa - eat that question
brian eno - baby's on fire

maybe I've got the wrong idea of what you want...I did my best :D

Lovely, lovely, lovely Graham Linehan...you are a genius!
Moss and Roy are quite realistic, in my opinion, did you base them on any real people?
Our whole family love Black Books, often watching an episode whilst eating our tea - although we have to be careful that we don't choke to death with laughter! You've often collaborated with others throughout your career, was it nice to get your teeth into something on your own when you wrote the IT Crowd?
By the way tell whoever dresses the set and picks Chris O'Dowd's T-shirts that they have good taste!

there I was thinking I'd actually said everything I wanted to say in one post when I spot a mistake...I forgot to put in tracks for Henry Cow and Art bears so it looks like Art bears is a track by Henry Cow...yikes!

how about Moeris Dancing by Art Bears (they are pretty un-listenable and might be a bit too much for a Sunday afternoon, but this is just about ok!)

Henry Cow - Actually don't bother it's all un-listenable! but definitely avant garde

Oooh, pop art! A lovely choice for next week. I would suggest the following bands/artists as falling under the artsy fartsy banner:
Dresden Dolls - any song really, but Coin-Operated Boy is one of my faves. They really embraced performance art and Amanda Palmer still creates multi-media shows as a solo artist.
Regina Spektor - Ne Me Quitte Pas - because it's about my adopted hometown, New York. She is proper nutbag but I love her.
As Tall As Lions - Milk and Honey - a glorious song from a band who really make poetry.
That's all I've got, and I'm rubbish at pun-tastic titles so I shall leave that for more witty types.
Here's my question for Graham: If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?
Thanks Buckles! I adore this show. You are teh brills. Rachel xx

One more thing...the really obscure stuff was suggested by my husband who is a fan of what I call "noodling roundabout music" - just totally un-listenable stuff where the artists strive to NOT play or sing one predictable note! I just plug my ears when he puts on stuff like that...or banish him to the garage!
the eno, zappa, roxy music and soft machine tracks are ok though!

re Art-Pop

I have my fingers crossed for stuff from Beirut, Final Fantasy, A Hawk & A Hacksaw, Neutral Milk Hotel, Of Montreal, maybe something off Tin Drum by Japan... I guess Roxy, Blur and the Velvets are pretty much essential for this sort of tape. West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, too!

Really looking forward to this one! :)

Hey Adam,

I have an idea for a future mix tape, a mix tape of cover songs, or perhaps cover songs that out shone the originals. You could also do a wacky eurovision one where you get all the really funny eurovision songs, my personal favourite is the excellent "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" by Verka Serduchka, the Ukrainian entry a few years back that involved a man who looked like a women dressed in tin foil. Love the show!

Matt Wash

You can't talk about Pop Art without including the marvellous, magnificent Pet Shop Boys. Any of their songs would fit the bill: Being Boring, Pandemonium, You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk, Love etc - all personal favourites.

Another little idea,free music mixtape? a mixtape of music that's free for example: ta Adam,

Matt Wash

_Questions for Graham_

: What's your favourite album artwork?

: What's your favourite *original* game soundtrack?

: What was the weirdest thing you had to do when you were running your own detective agency? On a scale of 1-10, how much like "Chinatown" was the experience? & what qualities does an aspiring private detective need in contemporary Britain?

Tunng - It's because we've got hair - NICE!
Field Music - If only the moon were up - NICE!

My husband recommends Devo, The Residents and Mr Bungle(with Mike Patton from 'Faith No More' doing something very different) - but I wouldn't! :b

Oh, and song-wise, Architecture In Helsinki with 'Find Your Power Animal'. Can't get much more arty.

Question for Graham: I notice he does cameos in lots of his programmes. Does he secretly yearn to be a leading man in something and, if so, would it be a sitcom? Or would it be a thriller? Or would he be a romantic lead?

Dr Boggins is the beeswax!
Jo x

More suggestions for mixtape names:
* Braquedance
* Gimme Gimme Gimme (Cezanne After Midnight)
* Emingus
* Groove Is In The Art
* Disposable Miros of Hiphoprisy
* Ike & Tina Turner Prize
* 'Miros'

happygoth wrote:
More suggestions for mixtape names:
* Braquedance
* Gimme Gimme Gimme (Cezanne After Midnight)
* Emingus
* Groove Is In The Art
* Disposable Miros of Hiphoprisy
* Ike & Tina Turner Prize
* 'Miros'

^These are all amazing. Bravo.

Tape Title: Mick's Tape

Question: Why do you think it has been so hard for hollywood to make a decent movie based on a video game? Would Graham like to try?

My brain chuntered up with the following tape titles:

A Study in Sonics
The tape's blank...canvas
Arty farty music party
A lovely hue of music

Cheers!
XxOo ¬ ` ^ ?

For the tunes I'd suggest anything by Of Montreal or Animal Collective or Gang Gang Dance or Tv On The Radio or Yeasayer.

Tape name suggestion: Elite Beats & Highfalutin Tootin' ..?

Sorry, currently under the influence of catarrh and port.

Interesting idea for a mix tape! That's a big gap in my musical knowledge so I look forward to being enlightened. Well, I bought "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" by Frank Zappa when I was a student. I never really liked it but I used to leave it lying around and I think it impressed certain friends.. I mean, that's what it's all about isn't it?

Graham Linehan on the show? Wow!

Adam, your show is the highlight of my week but you are far too beautiful for radio.

x

Morning Adam. Lovely show, thanks very much. I've written some art pop mix-tape suggestions below.

Mix Tap Name Suggestions:
1. RADIO DADA
2. POPISM
3. CONCEPTUNE ART
4. ART DISCO (From 'Art Deco' - I don't really think this one works, but it might and I'd kick myself if someone else suggested it).

I hope everything goes ok.

Cya,

Michael H. Beck

Hi Adam

How about "O Superman (For Massenet)" by Laurie Anderson. It's got everything: experimental performance art, is spoken through a vocoder, covered by David Bowie during his 1997 tour for the album Earthling, got to #2 on the UK Singles Charts in 1981 and is really good, albeit a bit long for a mixtape.

Cheers

hey adam

big mixtape is absolutely brillo pads!!

could u ask graham, as a television show creator and all round genius, for his thoughts on the end of lost,it was rather underwhelming in the final 15 minutes there.so i guess the question is really, how difficult is it to find a satisfactory and fulfilling ending for a television show?or is it enough just to go out on your own terms?i realise that you cant please everyone whatever you do but im very interested in the creative process behind a "finale and wether there is a sense that whilst writing it you are trying to please certain people(fans,the bosses,the critics etc)

Hi Adam,

Oooooh I'm so excited about Graham Linehan being your guest this week! Father Ted is brills.

Suggestions for music: Bjork: Declare Independence, or Earth Intruders. I'm hoping this doesn't fall head-first into your "demented bilgewater" category. I'm not very up on art pop, except for Pet Shop Boys, and they already got a mention. Ho hum.

Title suggestions for the tape : The Ants Are Back Ted!

xx

I've gotta say that Michael H B's suggestion of "Radio DaDa" is brilliant,clever and succinct!
@Spax - I also like your suggestion of "Arty Farty Music Party" - very nice, pure humour! :D
It's very difficult not to fall into the realms of Prog Rock for this tape, there is a crossover with Art Rock don't you think?

Ok, here's my Mix Tape title suggestion...:

"Art Attracks!"

Looking forward to the show!

Fiona

xx

...me again! I love the Super Furry Animals and I think that they have a unique sound all of their own, but I would say that some of their stuff could come under the heading of Art Pop (after all Gruff was an artist before he became a singer and they always use Pete Fowler for vids and sleeve artwork) they are inclined to dress up (yeti suits!) and be experimental at times...
On Guerilla there are a couple of short pieces of weird music:
The sound of life today
A specific Ocean
and on Radiator:
Furry Vision
Short Painkiller
and on Rings around the world:
Miniature

Cloud Berries on LoveKraft is a great piece with 3 different types of music all in one song!

Go Furries! :D

Me again,

another title suggestion: Artypops; my lovely horse.

Just to explain (I feel I must,) you've got the music genre clearly stated there, plus an added nod to the fabulous Eurosong entry from Ted and Dougal, plus it's Eurovision weekend (groan.) Neatly wrapping up your mix tape theme and guest and current affairs all in one.

Not at all witty, snappy or cool like you asked for...

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Graham: Where do you find Roy's T-Shirts in the IT Crowd? I want them all!

@2plus2isjoe
I mentioned how great his t-shirts are too! You can get some of them from "GenkiGear" and some from "Last Exit to Nowhere"

@ 2plus2isjoe:
He also wore a couple from www.dieselsweeties.com and thinkgeek.com

a related question for Graham:

The IT-office is stacked with geek-culture references (in the first series I was delighted to spot Pogeybait and Little Enid toys): Were these all things you were already aware of, or did you get some hardcore geeks to make suggestions?

Also, were there things you discovered during the making of the IT-crowd (or any other series) that you became a fan of and which you would highly recommend to other, slightly less geeky individuals?


Love,

Anouk

As for titles:

The Beatles just popped up on my mp3-player while typing the last message, and I found myself singing
Ob-Dali Ob-Dada...

I am so sorry.

Hullo! Love you Glinster, Black Books got the wife and I through her first labour!
And thanks for your various mixtapes through the interwebs over the last while.


What's been your most awkward celeb encounter?

The IT crowd (feat. chortlesome cameo ation from our kid, Bux); ah, Mos and his eye-popping 'Abracada-Bra', moth ladder invention, and awkward though empathic social encounters with German cannibals. The world needs more souls like him in it.

So, could Mr Linehan possibly write a biopic all about the Mos? How his unparalleled powers of nerdosity were honed, how he survived school and girl urges, and mastered cutting his own hair etc. I can wait a year or two. Also, what series does Mr L wish he'd written, not necessarily comedy?

Sound and vision
Gogh Gogh Bordello
Keep it Surreal
Art Pop Will Eat Itself
Picture This
Easel on down the road
New Model Arty
Pictures at an exhibition
When I paint my masterpiece
Moving Pictures
Art Pop Garfunkel
Arty Dreamers
Paint It Black
Paper Sun
Art of noise [nod to Garth's mention of them on Listen Again, right now]

Wow Pattyq, 'Pop goes the easel' occurred to me too, but ey, thet liddle boody is yours!

ADAM ADAM ADAM!
Do you have any idea how much I love you? More than what's healthy, that's how much.

I recommend any of Amanda Palmer's work, either solo or with The Dresden Dolls.

Have a lovely week!
Lucy

Ps. I'm very excited for the Linehan.

I'd like to nominate a song or two by The National because they iz well arty and pop. 'Looking for Astronauts' is aces and 'Fake Empire' is brilliant. In fact, anything from Alligator or Boxer is a big win (I've got the new album in the house but I haven't given it a spin yet... what an idiot I am)

Also, were there any fairground rides that Graham really liked but didn't make the Father Ted cut, either because they were too ridiculous or impossible to make?

@Rachel Grundy. Had a listen to Coin Operated Boy by the Dresden Dolls - very nice, very Cabaret, and Amanda Palmer sounds very like Suzanne Vega me-thinks...

Buckles, I feel like such a fool for even thinking this let alone typing it... but, surely you will be playing Andy Warhol by Bowie???
I agree 'The Persistance of Memorex' is a great title, it covers all the bases, art and tapes! I still like Arty Farty Music Party though... :D

Todd Rundgren could be considered Art Poppy-ish...no?...he made an album called 'The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect' and there's some pretty bonkers stuff on 'A Wizard, A True Star'
Just trying to crowbar some Todd into the mix!

Also something from Be Bop Deluxe, Alan Parsons Project or Peter Gabriel (with or without Genesis) might be appropriate. ???

How about 'Popped Art!' ?

And a question for the Glinner-man...


What can I name my new cat?

Art Pop Mix tape music. Two words:
Gaijin Invasion ;)

Playlist...



or
spotify:user:jamsandwich:playlist:7LDu8u5twFBKrcNGtUrrlh

Song Suggestion:

Endless Art by A House - thank you for your blogpost as it reminded me of this song which was an early 7 inch purchase by myself. It may be too straighforward a list-song of artist names but I shall champion it.... I DON'T CARE IF IT IS NOT BROADCAST!!.. OK...OK??

Mixtape Name suggestions:

First Cut-up is the Deepest - Cat Stevens tearjerker becomes William Burroughs-alluding art approach

Move Over Dali - i.e. Move Over darling with three letters missing
Rembrant Your A Womble - Juxtaposing the high and low arts
Raspberry Stipple - popular ice cream mixed with paint application technique
Warhol in My Shoe - or War-Hole in My Shoe
Nothing Else Splatters - Metallica do a basic splodge painting
Palette It Be - (Pal-Let it Be) - how The Beatles arranged their paint

Ideas for future mix tape themes:

1. Food Songs - because food is great!
2. School/Education Songs - songs that have a school related theme or vibe rather than ones that were hits when you were in school.
3. Work Songs - daily grind, types of jobs etc...
4. War Songs! - I don't mean the opposite to Song Wars!
5. Protest Songs - you know... Billy Bragg, Neil Young etc. it shouldn't just be political though.
6. World Songs - songs that represent countries of the world.
7. Space Songs - speaks for itself!
8. Songs of the Sea - ditto!

...I'd better stop there before it starts getting silly ;)

Greetings Buckles, my mixtape name suggestions:

Pop goes the easel
David Popney

Hi Dr Buckles

Just a couple of suggestions for names. How about:

Stick a Bjork in me, im done

Andy Warhol's 100 mixtapes

I really didn't have the slightest scooby after watching the Lost finale, but this site made everything (okay, most things) clear!

@Marge Gunderson - glad you liked it! Dresden Dolls modelled themselves as 'Brechtian punk rock cabaret', which I think is fairly accurate.

Also, I realised I put the wrong As Tall As Lions track - I meant 'I'm Kicking Myself'. Another awesome ATAL track is 'Ghost of York', quite arty farty.

Looking forward to hearing this one!

Warholotta Love
Nevermind The Jackson Pollocks

Or

The Impossibility Of Def Leppard In The Ears Of Someone Living

Yep.