This Are Johnny Domino

Giles has got the Sunday night blues. Perhaps a digressive discussion about the nature of talent, while listening to a bunch of old tunes might help? Featuring some choice cuts from the Johnny Domino tape mountain, as well as songs by MJ Hibbett and Pala. Also in this episode: The track that made our Dad 'lose his s**t'. An improvised song about a haircut. Steve kick-starts the Northside revival....

"Punk is not really a style of music. It was more a state of mind" - Mike Watt Steve and Giles, (two actual brothers) unearth a song from their extremely angsty college band and then marvel at the understated wonder that is Frankie Machine. There's also a fabulous song about loving a body part and a musical joke that seemed to get lost. If that's not enough for you, we've got… Poetry! Beauty! Enmi...

Oh blimey. In this episode, brothers Steve and Giles tumble recklessly into a retro-void. They roll around with joyful abandon in a garden of lo-fi delights... and gorge themselves silly on the ripe fruits of nostalgia and creativity. Including a candidate for "The Eternal Halls Of The Four Track Gods" and a brand new "Childhood Themed" recording. It's really fantastic. You know it is, it really i...

Leisure, relaxation, mindfulness. All are part of the This Are Johnny Domino lifestyle brand and available for you to experience as you listen to this episode. In it, brothers Steve and Giles share musical musings on a rainy Sunday morning. As well as dusting off some of their own early bedroom recordings and other crazy nonsense there's a new song from Simon G Richardson. Including: Lyrical chall...

Oo la la! Je voudrais une glace! Ou est la piscine? In this episode, Giles and Steve explore their past musical connections with France. There's also a new childhood-themed track and a brand-new JD recording.  It's all quite literally tres amusant! Also… Google Translate overheats… Mark and Lard steal our record… Discovering who is sharper than a thorn... Now That's What I Call Biscuits! List...

When we started this podcast, we thought we could spend time discussing old four-track recordings and maybe come up with a "purely theoretical" compilation tape of our favourite tunes. Ignoring the voices in our heads saying it was pointless and impossibly niche, we took our first faltering steps on the journey… Incredibly, here we are with the second volume of our mix tape including tracks select...

The Brothers Woodward have more fun than you'd think is possible while listening to obscure music and rambling on about nonsense. This jam-packed episode features two contenders for The Best Of This Are Johnny Domino, more interpretations of childhood songs and a new entry into The Eternal Halls Of The Four Track Gods! Including, amongst other things: Martha's Harbour at Rock City Wet fingers, gla...

…Everybody talk about pop music - as the song goes. In this episode of the podcast, the Woodward brothers talk about their very own version of pop music, which unfortunately doesn’t seem to be all that popular. As usual, there are tunes to consider, prompting amusing memories of 1990s lo-fi fun. This episode features: An Erstwhile Friend takes us back Giles and Steve attempt to tell the world's fu...

It's Second Chance Sunday! Steve and Giles reconsider some previously rejected recordings for the theoretical Best of… compilation tape. Regular listeners might speculate that this could be a sign that they are running out of material after 30 episodes. We must tell you that this (frighteningly) is not the case. Featuring: A supersonic bus journey A young man selling his soul on the rotary More AI...

In this episode the brothers Woodward continue to explore the outer reaches of their youthful recordings and past musical endeavours. Here’s a poem about it: Indie pop muscles are flexed A mystery song is uncovered We shake our own hands and step into the wreck Meditating the nature of brothers. Steve attempts to erase a song Nostalgia and posterity Giles gets the title wrong Retro podcast ecstasy...

What does it all mean? A clunky set of lyrics, found in an out-of-print book. It didn’t sound that promising as a starting point. But interpretations were made, songs were written, significance found. But what does it all mean? Giles and Steve discover more incredible versions of the song they called All Them Trimmings and reach a thrilling conclusion to the whole saga. Warning: This episode conta...

Giles and Steve dig once again through their archive to find a more lugubrious selection of past recordings. Along the way, there are more tragic memories of live disasters and four-track recording fun. Featuring: The voice of Jim Steve’s Down nightmare Scotsman admits song theft The legendary Xylophone Man of Nottingham town A new Engagement Opportunity? Related audiovisual material is available...

Who would have thought it possible? That a random set of lyrics, found by a pair of young music nerds in a “how to be a rock star” book would eventually spark a middle-aged creative renaissance. And that this in turn would lead to the establishment of a post-apocalyptic cult that would ultimately save the world? Some of the above is true. In this episode, Giles and Steve listen to more versions of...

Steve and Giles dig into more dusty old recordings and rediscover their version of the American Dream. Has any of that youthfully romantic vision of the good ol' US of A survived into their cynical middle age? We'll have to see. Including: The meaning of the words “Yeehaa Mi Duck!” Meet Grin, the myopic Native-American face painter Introducing Billy, Biff and Scooter How Steve discovered new vista...

Back in the olden days, brothers Giles and Steve took inspiration and knowledge from a sacred text. That text was the (now out of print) book “Rock Talk” by Julian Colbeck. Within its hallowed pages were the lyrics to a song with no title, a song they could only imagine. Until now. In this episode the Domino boys listen to a selection of newly recorded versions of that very song! Will they they pu...

The brothers Domino provide you with more entertaining whiffle about creativity and the joys of making stuff up. This episode includes: Exciting news about Volume 1 of The Best of TAJD! Skinny white boys and the prehistory of creativity A dramatic reenactment of a key moment from the history of the band What exactly is a degausser? Also, a call to get involved in the challenge to write and record...

It’s a Cover Versions Special! Good lord, what is happening? Can you believe your eyes? It’s quite literally a special episode where we talk about cover versions! This is madness! But not the band Madness. Why do we do cover versions? Are they ever better than the original? What band did the best cover versions? What would be a wise song to cover now? All of these questions and more may be ignored...

It’s a Space and Sci-Fi special! Brothers Steve and Giles embark on a journey to the furthest reaches of their musical galaxy and discuss three songs from the Johnny Domino back catalogue with a vaguely Spacey theme, just for a bit of fun. Unfortunately, Giles is most definitely wearing his "grumpy pants", which as you will hear threatens to endanger the entire mission. Will brotherly banter and m...

In this jam-packed episode, there's a new submission to The Eternal Halls of The Four Track Gods, which prompts unexpected images and reminiscences for brothers Giles and Steve. As well as this, the voice of Jim makes a welcome return! And of course, there's more discussion of obscure musical directions than you can shake a stick at. Come one and all and worship at our church of Lo-Fi! Including,...

More musical memories of the 1990s record-o-sphere. Brothers Giles and Steve plough into the tape mountain once again and pull out three choice recordings from their past. This week the songs prompt a rambling conversation on a range of themes, including: Intense young men Digging The B-52s A flame-haired barbarian The robot invasion of a West Midlands market town Dissociation through video game a...

In this very special episode of the podcast Steve and Giles take a look back on the tracks chosen in the past 17 episodes to create a purely theoretical (for the moment) "Best of…" compilation tape! Hear the JD creative process in action as they formulate the ultimate track sequence and consider some alternative takes. There's laughter and tears along the way as the brothers discuss musical near-m...

Let's just make one thing clear, this is NOT a Christmas episode of the "This Are Johnny Domino" podcast! Even so, the boys do seem a little giddy with the joys of the season at times… and it does feature a Christmas song. The episode also includes: The usual 90s lo-fi wonderment Jesus on a yacht Steve’s school-day memories A very messy ending Related video material is available on the This Are Jo...

Dreams appear to be a bit of a recurring theme in this episode, as Giles and Stephen dredge up another selection of recordings from the unconscious realms of their youth. There are anecdotes galore as they… Rediscover the "right-wing McCarthy bongo" song Recollect their "proto-Riot Grrrl" phase Relive an unfortunate Stereolab support slot Completely fail to make a decision Let us know which one of...

The brothers Woodward take more time out to craft another slice of Lo-Fi glory. Firstly there's a new candidate for The Eternal Hall of the Four Track Gods. Will it have what it takes to achieve immortality (and win a t-shirt)? Then Steve and Giles put together a "head to head" of quirky nonsense from their back catalogue. To be honest, both selections contain "questionable" lyrical sentiments, bu...

Hello, I’m a podcast episode and I’m here to tell you that I am as entertaining as the preceding episodes of This Are Johnny Domino - if not more so! In all honesty, I feel that I have the punchy dynamism and vitality that makes me stand out from the rest of the pack… Giles and Stephen certainly had a great time filling me with the usual good-humoured banter and rambling conversation about music t...