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Hi Fivers. Whilst I realise today is the first day of Autumn, here is our second last Summer Series podcast (which was recorded during February, so that’s why its a Summer Series, okay?). And yes, even though we’re already 1/6th of the way through the year, we’re predicting things for the year. Speaking of predicting, I was doing some web stat work while I was waiting for this to upload, and found that in the past month some of the search phrases people have used to find our podcast included fuck off! fuck on!, over fifty podcast, my valentine mixes podcast, men without hats biogrphies [sic], and weirdly but unsurprisingly wanking jokes. What is it that you listeners are doing out there??? Why don’t you let us know, podcast@favouritefive.com. Enjoy!

P.S. this podcast contains a special, never-before heard thing in the middle of the podcast. Now you HAVE to listen…

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Fivers, I don’t want to presume that this podcast is more surreal than that dream I had about Kochie dipping his bald head into a bucket of moisturiser and then rubbing it all over my bottom, but given that I have listened to it already (and have a very supple arse now to compare it to), I’ll admit this is one of our more weird podcast topics. Rest assured, we’re semi-professionals now and we make this work. So download it and email us your dreams involving Kochie, podcast@favouritefive.com

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The next instalment of our Summer Series is here, and whilst I know you can’t wait to download and listen to it on your next public transport venture, I must warn you: Dan burps into the microphone about halfway through the episode, and I didn’t edit it out. It shouldn’t hurt your ears, but it probably will hurt your soul. Much like your soul gets hurt when you go to the gym and then realise that your ipod is completely out of juice and the only music to accompany your run is a Madonna marathon on Foxtel’s Max Music channel. So, hopefully you’ll be able to forgive Dan and Steve Job’s poor focus on battery life, and listen to what is actually a pretty damn good podcast. About as good as watching fat people fight with each other on the Biggest Loser. Life is good. podcast@favouritefive.com

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Hey hey Fivers, here’s the latest of our Summer Series. This topic was suggested by one of our Scottish listeners, Darren from Glasgow, so many thanks and haggises for Darren. We discuss our Favourite Five actors who have been typecast in our minds, which somehow leads to references to a porn film called “Muffy the Vampire Layer”. I’m ashamed, but at least there’s another reference to something that the real Garry has said. You know it’s good. podcast@favouritefive.com

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Happy Australia Day, Fivers. Here is the next instalment of our Summer Series, People We’d Like To See Fight. The idea of the Summer Series was for quick, short and sharp podcasts, so I still can’t figure out how we ended up with 50 minutes, but I guess we’re just that good at improvising (or talkin’ shit). By the way, the song we play early on is from http://www.thebeatlesneverbrokeup.com, and the song is called Talking To Myself.  We’ve got a couple of more Summer Series left in the tank, and then its onto new content for 2010. Wahoo.

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Here it is, Fivers! Our long-awaited best of 2009. We did think about doing on around March, but it seemed kind of presumptuous. We’ve taken some of the funniest segments of the last 33 or so episodes, mostly concentrating on the first 20 or so eps (i.e. the ones you probably haven’t heard for a while), and cut it up with some new content (all one full segment of it , but its worth the listen). It’s also totally a fantastic way for a new listener to get up to speed with what goes on around here. If you recruit five new favourite fivers you’ll receive some free tupperware.

We’ll be back with more of our Summer Series throughout the rest of January. In the mean time, feel free to comment on our iTunes page, email us at podcast@favouritefive.com, or put in a collection to get us one of those portable air conditioner units.

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Happy new year, Favouritefivers! We’re starting off 2010 with some vitamin B supplements and a quick and easy podcast to get you into the groove of things. Its the next in our Summer Series, and is our shortest podcast ever, which is appropriate given that its all about things that take less than a minute. Let the sex jokes roll.

And stay tuned, the much discussed Favourite Five best of will be out soon, which much like a best of album by some flailing M.O.R band, features some never-before-heard content which won’t be released separately, forcing you to purchase (in this case, free download) the whole thing. Sizzle sizzle sizzle. Here’s to 2010.

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Sunshine, lollypops, rainbows, everything: ep 32 is the first in our summer series of podcasts. These are designed to be short, sharp, to the point – everything that Favourite Five has promised yet consistently told to get stuffed in the name of that being pretty boring. But this time, we’re actually making our Favourite Five’s on the fly! When you hear the music, that’s us frantically scribbling down notes for five minutes, looking over at the DVD and book case in corner of the room, desperately hoping that in ten minutes we won’t sound like dicks. But the proof is in the listening, so ante up and enjoy. podcast@favouritefive.com for your topic suggestions

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And so it is, our end of year wrap-up show. We recount our favourite things about 2009, which we assumed in mid-November when we recorded this, couldn’t possibly change by the end of the year. But wait for a Malcolm Turnbull reference, which is largely redundant now. Its so darn hard staying topical these days. And apologies for a bit of background noise in the second half – my girlfriend came home and started cooking for us (just after the bit where we started talking about her..). Anyway, I’m sure you’d be more interested in listening than reading, so go ahead and do it! podcast@favouritefive.com

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The world is in turmoil. The Copenhagen Climate Conference is likely to end with no agreement on how to tackle global warming, Tiger Woods still can’t get no satisfaction, and Tony Abbott is looking for his next opportunity to wear speedoes (if that trend catches on in Canberra, woe betide the first person to walk past Laurie Oakes’ office). So, to give you an out from the daily grind that is modern life, for our 30th episode we determine who is the hardest bastard in all of music. And quicker than you can say Richard “Sparkles” Wilkins, the hilarity begins. Enjoy. podcast@favouritefive.com

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I bet you thought we’d forgotten about you, huh! We love you more than that! November has been crazy as hell – both me and Jono happened to have a birthdays this month, so we’ve spent the majority of this month comatose. And Brad, well, he’s spent most of it jogging. My god does that boy love to jog. He bought a new car a couple of months ago – I don’t know why he bothered, he fuckin’ jogs everywhere.

Speaking of being drunk and comatose, here’s our latest podcast episode! We managed to coerce our special guest Rob Lloyd. You know that we’ve got a quality episode when we manage to make Josef Fritzel gags within the first 2 minutes.

Given that it’s coming up to the end of the year, we’ve taken time to reflect of the events of 2009, and we’ve pointed out those that have been doing it wrong and politely pointing this out, in the only way that we know how! Mind you, we’re not all full of doom and gloom, so we’re also going to flip that coin and point out those that are also doing it right! Jono wanted to call this “Fuck Off/Fuck On”, but I kinda thought that it was a little too rude to say – but I can’t really find any better ways to describe it, so this week, we bring you the Fuck Off/Fuck On episode!

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Since saving television in episode 18 and Australia in episode 24, we’ve had requests to help the world of cinema. Well, we’ve heard your calls (given that calls are, by definition, audible), and stopped ignoring them, and hence we present this week’s Favourite Five. Joined again by Robby Lloyd, we list our Favourite Five movie plot devices that need to go the way of Transformers 2 (straight to the toilet).
We’ve got a couple of specials planned for the end of the year, so keep tuned to Favouritefive.com, and keep watching the stars. podcast@favouritefive.com

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Favourite Five returns to your ears (and sometimes, to your tingly bits) with our longest ever podcast! Let me tell you though, its all gold. We’re joined by Mr. Rob Lloyd, the thus-far only person on a FF podcast to use their surname. Why? Because he’s a professional, and that means he’s good and funny. What else do you need? How about us singing television theme tunes and thereby possibly breaking some sort of copyright laws? This show has it all, plus some more to boot. Enjoy! podcast@favouritefive.com

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A new podcast is finally here!

This time we tackle the topic of movies we’ve actually seen that maybe you haven’t. Or maybe you have, you prolific cine-buffs. But if you have, of course that means you’re cooler than all the other listeners. So listen to the new episode of Favourite Five to find out if you’re as cool as you think you are. And then email us at podcast@favouritefive.com to let us know (because letting someone know you’re cool is step 2 on the cool ladder, right after listening to us, and right before quoting lines from the Voltron 80’s television cartoon). There’s a link dump  after the cut, to help with some of our obscure movie references

Enjoy!

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Hi Fivers! You may remember back to our 2020 Summit podcast a few weeks ago, where we suggested our favourite five ways that Australia could be improved. Well, its been a bit of a case of life imitating art this week (albeit, I have been told before that calling what we do ‘art’ does kind of ruin Da Vinchi, and Monet and Bill Henson and Jim Henson and stuff, so I figure its better calling it (f)art).

On Sunday I awoke to the news that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had told some of his staffer to “get fucked”. This is exactly the advice that Brad gave as part of his Favourite Fives. Not only that, it appears Lindsay Tanner, the Finance Minister, has also been listening to us, because when Kevin Rudd told people to [go and] “get fucked” he was amused by it, much like how we giggled we Brad said it.

Then, later in the week I found out that the government had put a new citizenship test into action, without Don Bradman. This is exactly what I said we should do! No word yet on whether the questions about Malcolm being the best Aussie film of all time or 10 slang terms for breasts made the cut, although I do understand Boonie’s tinnie drinking record is now part of the quiz.

And one of Dan’s suggestions was to have more access to alcohol, so he could get more pissed more betterer and more fasterer. Now, not that we condone his behaviour, but it appears that Carlton’s Brendan Fevola may have taken this advice a little too close to heart. It is a comedy podcast after all, Brendan.

So thanks to all the power players, celebrities and ordinary lovely people that listen. We’ll be back really early next week with another podcast (apologies, this week has been a little crazy, what with the… um, stuff… that has been really.. um.. yeah, no I fucked up and didn’t organise my week properly. New podcast should be up Tuesdayish).

All the best,
Jonathan

p.s. go Saints.

To celebrate our quarter century, we present our first ever podcast recorded in front of a studio audience. From listening to it back while editing, it appears as though we also did it in front of some kind of mystical keg of wonderjuice that we (and our lovely audience) were suckling throughout the evening. Some of that mystical keg was supplied by good friend and professional comedian (compared to us), Rob Lloyd (previously available in ‘The Crew’, as seen on Thank God You’re Here, and Melbourne Comedy Festival shows such as Hound of the Baskervilles and Every Film Ever Made). Check him at out http://www.myspace.com/futurerobby . Also, special thanks to our other audience members, DC, Mel and Bron (get websites and biographies). Enjoy!

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You know how Oz we are? We’re so Oz that we reckon we know better than some pricks who went to Canberra at some point and talked shit while they ate a packed lunch. What’s happened since then of benefit to the country anyway? Barry Hall left the Swans, that’s one thing, but I’m struggling to think of a second. So seeing as we’re so flippin’ Oz we thought we’d convene our own 2020 summit and put some ideas forth to benefit the country. Along the way you’ll hear about former TV celebrities, new voting systems, and what we’re going to do to improve your suburb. You’re a communist if you don’t listen, and a terrorist if you don’t leave a comment on our iTunes page. Enjoy!

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I’ve decided that rather than writing some sort of obscure piece of text to tease you slightly about the podcast, but mostly serve my own ego by being a bit overly wordy, I would construct a piece of elegant salesmanship. Please read the following as though it were read by the overly-excitable gentleman who promotes racing at Calder Park Speedway: “Listen to Favourite Five’s new episode, Favourite Five song lyrics. You can download absolutely free via iTunes. Free? Yes, FREE! Episode 23 features another quirky introduction, references to long forgotten Australian bands, stories about musician’s penises, and the return of the bleep! Favourite Five podcast episode 23, the best thing you’ll get for free without having to get antibiotics the next day. DOWNLOAD IT NOW NOW NOW”.

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After a couple of weeks of tournaments we’re ready to get back to fighting each other with our taste in all things popular. And these movies are still popular aren’t they? Although, I happened to be an a DVD hire store (previously known as a video shop.. ahh, those were the days) at around 10pm last Saturday night and it was dead quiet. And we were being kicked out, so my better half picked up some weird French film so we could get out quickly. Anyway, I thought, how bad could it be? The answer – at the end of the film, the couple in the film encased themselves in concrete so they could be together forever. Seemed a bit strange to me. Anyway, there are other films that we haven’t seen, and we’ll talk about them here. You may think its stranger than love concrete, but I don’t think much is anymore. I’m now what the French would call “damaged goods”. podcast@favouritefive.com

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Its been a crazy week here in Favourite Five town, what with that new channel 9 thing starting up on Sunday (because I’ve been hanging out for months for new episodes of Wipeout), and buying jackets and shit (a new cardigan to replace the jacket I gave Dan. Its quite old-manish, and it seems to really angry up the blood. I’ve been calling Neil Mitchell almost constantly).

Anyway, from listening to any of the past 37 podcasts (of which only 21 have made the grade, i.e. are legally broadcastable), you may have come up with the idea that we’re violent towards small things. For example, children in shopping centres, Kate Langbroek’s sexual appeal and Kyle Sandiland’s penis. Muppets are generally also small. Except the big ones. Anyway, we thought what would happen if we pitted them against each other, muppet e muppet. And this is our podcast.

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Hey Ugly! No, not you. That butt-ugly celebrity over there, you know the one…or do you?

Ten episodes ago we established who was the hottest female celeb over 50. Now we’re turning our unflinching gaze to the residents on the unattractive side of famous street. How ugly? Imagine if Ugly Betty had sex with an Ugly Duckling on the bar from Coyote Ugly…you’d wind up with some half-human-half-duck mutant with foetal alcohol syndrome or something…I suggest you don’t think too hard about it, but you’ve gotta admit it’d be seriously ugly.

To be fair, we appreciate that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so now we be holdin’ our ugly tournament (get it? No, I’m not sure I do either). Anywho, we’ve gathered up 16 of the least attractive bodies and souls ever assembled and we’ve pit them head to unappealing head in a battle for the prize that no one really wants to win.

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Aaaaand welcome back!

Yeah yeah, I know, we did take a bit of an unscheduled break from the podcasts. We’re not just a lazy bunch though, because we’re such famous internet celebrities*, we’re constantly flying around to the many exotic locations that the world has to offer! I’ve been spending time with my lovely girlfriend in Scotland, Brad took his ever-wonderful wife to Shebangabang, and Jono … well …. you know, god bless Amy for being such a trooper and sticking around, because Jono took her to Maitland of all places. Really Jono? MAITLAND? I’m not saying that there’s anything wrong with Maitland, but …. I actually don’t know how to finish that sentence. Mind you, it can’t be all bad – from the look of the photo in that link, Maitland is situated on a river made entirely of Chocolate Yogo.

So, I think I may have given a little bit too much away about our personal lives, but I think it kind of goes with the theme of today’s podcast. Everyone likes to think that they’re cool, and most of the time when out in public,  you’ll always subconciously act like there’s someone you’re trying to impress, whether it be someone you actually know or just the general public. But behind closed doors, far away from the ever-watchful eye of the public, every now and then we like to indulge ourselves a little and get pleasure from things we’re normally embarrassed about (and no, I’m not referring to my Friday nights spent at home in front of the computer Googling phrases like “up-skirt”, “unshaved” or “covered in glad-wrap”. Please don’t judge me). I’m talking about our guilty pleasures. Whether you be one of those people who can eat an entire 2L tub of Caramel Dream Entice Ice-Cream while watching re-runs of ‘I Dream Of Genie’ (I refuse to either confirm nor deny that that was Brad’s #6 choice), or someone who likes have a good nose-pick, now is the time to come out and be proud of these once sacred times. We’re all friends here, we can be honest with each other … Just not too honest though, I’d hate for things to get awkward between us.

Now, given that this was our first time that we’d gotten the band back together, we were all a little drunk while recording this, but I’d like to think that the added layer of booze just adds to our charm.

Lots of love,
–Dan

*this may or may not be true

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Now that Favourite Five is 18 we can vote, legally drink, legally smoke and discuss ways to save television. So that’s what we’ve done (we already voted, drank and smoked at episode 6, since we’re such a rebellious bunch of vagabonds). Other things we’ve done of anti-social nature include staring sideways at a cat, humming Kriss Kross songs on public transport and wearing corduroy blazers with a tucked in shirt. So if history is anything to go by this podcast is dangerous with a lower case ‘d’ in superscript. Your nanna won’t know what hit her. In other news, keep your eye on favouritefive.com for upcoming blogs, and email podcast@favouritefive.com with any complaints about the squeakiness of our shoes.

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Music has the power to change the world, or so some random hippy with a guitar probably said at some point in time. If he or she actually had the power to change the world we’d probably remember them specifically, but in reality music is probably more likely to change people rather than the world, and then people change the world. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, this podcast is all about music that shaped us and our lives, for better or for worse. So who has the power to change the world directly? Favouritefive.com does, damn it. Get involved, podcast@favouritefive.com (or don’t, just sit in your flat and listen to Sloan records).

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How would you improve the world? Well, for starters, you’d probably help get FavouriteFive.Com to the top of the podcast charts on iTunes (hint) but secondly, you’d probably institute a raft of legislational changes, including making legislational an actual word. Not sure how we moved from that concept to Dan suggesting that Lassie needs to be tazered and so many Transformers references (the cartoon version, none of this live action malarkey). Apart from that we suggest ways to help the world with green power, how best to use puppies in society, and ways to make New Years Eve more interesting. Enjoy. podcast@favouritefive.com

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This episode could be summed up by just saying “Zac Efron”, but yet since this is a Favourite Five podcast you know you’ll get much more (actually, I don’t think we even said Efron once). What I really want to talk about is swine flu. I’ve been away camping all weekend and kind of expected, nay, hoped, for a Tomorrow When The War Began-style apocalyptic world, albeit one where the unnamed enemy was Babe: Pig In The City. Now, I haven’t looked at The Age Website yet, but seeing as The Biggest Loser (US) is on TV right now I’m guessing not everyone is dead, such is Channel 10’s commitment to news-u-tainment. But, I digress. Get downloading and email us at podcast@favouritefive.com for sexual favours.

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This week we pose the question to each other: if you had a spare million what would you blow it on? Such a crazy question in these recessionary times. On a side note, I’m thinking about getting a new car and I’m worried about spending more than three dollars on it (which is the current content of the ash tray in my current car). Needless to say, you should listen to this podcast and give us three dollars to put towards either a car for me or one of our indulgent purchases. Bank details available to listeners and Clare the Fake Bogan by emailing podcast@favouritefive.com

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First we did it with music, now we’re putting our hard won cred on the line with our confessions of “movies we’re embarrassed to admit we like”. We can’t promise it’ll be pretty, hell, we can’t even promise to stear clear of Martin Lawrence or Miley Cyrus but that’s the minefield of taste we choose to tapdance through.

Sure, it’s easy to be a critic (and it’s fun too) but sometimes you’ve got to make a stand in the face of overwhelming public and professional opinion. You’ve got to fling open your podcast sized window and shout out “To hell with what you all think, I REALLY like Rob Schnieder movies!” …well, maybe not that exactly but something along those lines…I did kind of like him in that Adam Sandler one though…ok I’ll shut up now.

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I was watching an old episode of Smallest Room In The House the other day (one of the most underrated tv shows ever, imho), in the episode that Greg Fleet tells his story “10 Years In A Long Sleeved Shirt”, which is very funny. It’s on YouTube, so I recommend looking for it. Anyway, there’s one bit where he’s talking about meeting this girl and sharing a perfect moment with her – not in a way that’s overly exciting on paper, but just a simple moment where everything just syncs nicely in order. It made me think about some of my own personal ‘perfect moments’.

I guess the one that sticks out for me the most is right after year 12. Me and my friends had all finished our exams and we had our first night as a glimpse of to what the future would hold for  us – all that “the world is at your feet” type shit. But we can worry about that later, because for this night, we’re going to get absolutely retarded drunk. And we did. It wasn’t really that much fun though – My memory blacked out half way through the night, but apparently I was quite the life of the party. But the next morning, I woke up in the middle of a friends lounge-room completely naked. It was a crisp November morning, and I woke up without a hint of a hangover, which was quite rare for me. There was just another mate of mine who was awake, and we were in need of some pre-emptive greasy food in case ‘the reverse hangover’ struck us later in the day, so we headed down to the local fish and chip shop that, for some weird reason, was open at 10am on a Sunday morning.

So there we were, me and my best friend, sitting out the front of our local chippie like we had dozens of times before over the years, eating chips and drinking Coke, trying to piece together the night before and laughing at the bits we remembered. We also spoke of the year as a whole, and plans of what we were going to do over the next few years, After briefly exchanging our ‘pipe dreams’ we both stopped talking and as if in unison, just happened to take stock in what had happened, and what was about to happen. There was a weird sense of pride and reflection. Right in that silent moment, everything was perfect. I knew that regardless of what was going to happen, we were going to be okay.

And like Greg Fleet said of his own perfect moment, I’ve done much more exciting things than that since then, and had experiences that have expanded my mind in ways that at the time, I would never be able to fathom, but just that pure essence of what was in that particular moment? It’s a feeling that’s rarely been beaten since.

Hey! Dan here! Well, I probably don’t need to tell you that, because you can see the icon to the left and guess that it’s me. Because— dude, I totally have to stop smoking pot before updating this site.

As you can see, we’ve updated the look of the site! Sexy, right? RIGHT. We’ve got a new podcast coming soon, so we’ll talk about some changes then, but we’ll be tweaking a few things here and there. We’ll be having some more regular updates on the site, so we’ll be writing some blog posts a little more regularly, and adding a few other features along the way, so there’s reason to come and check out the site more than just about once a week (or whenever we get around to recording a new podcast). We need to set up a mailing list too. Hmmm … maybe I should do that next.

Anyway, that’s about it for now!

–Dan

Ever had one of those days where people say stuff to you using words? I have those all the time. Sometimes its cool, given that I like words. Othertimes people use words which means I want to cause them some kind of physical harm. The latest Favourite Five episode is just about that – words that should be outlawed because otherwise you might go to jail like Nicholas Cage in Con Air. We hope you enjoy it. We’re having a one week break and then we’re back with another series of podcasts for your pleasure. Email as always, podcast@favouritefive.com

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It had to happen at some point. We’ve been given an opportunity to reach out to the massess, we’ve filled cyberspace with our thoughts about bands we like and dudes we’d do. But really, the whole “Favourite Five” thing is a sham, and we just wanted to air our grievances about the human race. So here it is, our favourite five things we hate about people. Favourite things to hate sound a bit weird? Careful, you might be on the list next time. Speaking of which, comment on our iTunes page, become fans of us on Facebook, or email us: podcast@favouritefive.com. DO IT!

Peace out, Jonathan

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Yes, welcome back to us. We’re glad to be back for a new series of podcasts, starting with our first tournament! Basically, we take 16 hot ladies who have been hot for over 50 Earth years and put them through their aesthetic paces. Listen to it, yeah? Otherwise you’ll never find out who ends up on top… We’ll be back next week, until then comments, suggestions, and pictures of your mum to podcast@favouritefive.com

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Hi everyone. Presenting Episode Nine for your aural pleasure, our Favourite Five Sharehouse Stories.

In other news, Favourite Five is taking a short mid-season break for Easter. In the mean time YOU can contribute to FavouriteFive. We’re planning for one of our comeback shows to use listener contributions as the basis of our topic(s). So email us at podcast@favouritefive.com with any of your suggestions, stories, your own favourite fives for topics we’ve already done, or offers to do cool stuff for us for free. We’ll name you and you can look cool in front of your friends (assuming they also listen and didn’t contribute as good an idea). Looking forward to speaking to you on episode 10 – Brad, Dan and Jono.

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Ladies and gentlemen… well, mostly the gentlemen. We are proud to present our new special podcast, Favourite Five Guys We’d Turn Gay For, to coincide with this weekend’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Who will we turn to, and who will we turn our backs on? And who is the special flower in the middle of our daisy chain? Download and find out… Oh, and here it is, your international moment of swching -
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=209424&title=Paul-Rudd

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Jono here. What I like about living in a free society is the ability for citizens to hate things, so long as they don’t offend anyone else. Well, we’re about to go on the offensive with our new podcast – things we hate that everyone else likes. Let us take you through a journey where Brad reveals his anti-Australianness, Dan shows his disdain for a variety of people in our society, and Jono announces his contempt for certain food groups and new technologies. If we haven’t been kicked out of the country by the time you read this, stay tuned for another special next week to coincide with Mardi Gras. Hell yeah. podcast@favouritefive.com

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Hiya, Brad here and I’d like to talk to you about Elvis.
Elvis was king. Elvis inspired idol worship and quite deservedly so…but then he transformed into an obese, bedazzled jumpsuit wearing, drug addled, Vegas crooning, parody of his former self…let’s face it he should’ve died 10 years earlier to save himself and his fans the pain and humiliation. And he’s not alone, many musicians would’ve benefitted artistically from a bit of death.
So, here’s our selection of people who (with a time machine) we believe we could save from Elvis-itis. Enjoy.Episode 6: Musicians that should have died and when.

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Hey there.

Brad, Dan and I are all about two things: love and mixtapes. So for our Valentines Day special we’ve put together a Favourite Five compliation of songs to make love to, followed by Favourite Five breakup songs. In case you’re not familiar with any of these songs we’ve put together a Youtubetastic set of links:

Dan’s Valentines Mix:
5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwBRkN9__uc
4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL7tz03v8wc
3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSyEkrnsvH8
2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COcdeS_uxIY
1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8YaaUYiELw

Brad’s Valentines Mix:
5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XHNd16PGM8
4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHZbIesW3UM
3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYxoAJ3Boyc
2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elo9svwGg0c
1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5ivZ-4DmPY

Jono’s Valentines Mix:
5:  http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=KGYRvIOZfZ8
4: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=XVB1UBSe7fY
3: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu7UkclMOek
2: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=1fCYY2PSFkI
1: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=73dvrir5kig

Dan’s Breakup Mix:
5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ22Wnp08Po
4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZOm_TSweks
3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8R67P9O0To
2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teEm2toxBNU
1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYcmbtGgi6Q

Brad’s Breakup Mix:
5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUlr3Vwvy04
4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWb5rq26KO0
3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMSUnEOPY5I
2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE9AwR0awVQ
1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzvErHQzAuY

Jono’s Breakup Mix:
5: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ0Pvslqb_Y
4: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=GMIFVnDfZjU
3: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=dYzVcFK4Ywc
2: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=g5aN4ARdDhQ
1: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=WJBSP29NQxo

So, whack it on or whack it off, email podcast@favouritefive.com

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Jono here – we are putting on a festival! It’s our Favourite Five festival bands in one line up. Don’t spend your monies on Big Day Out or Roskilde or whatever – give it to us. For details on how to give us money email podcast@favouritefive.com (include bank details, a recent photo, and your mum’s maiden name).

We recorded this during Melbourne’s recent heatwave. Any insanity can be blamed on heatstroke (there’s a prize for how many people can hear birds in the background since we kept the door open to the studio). Keep hydrated, kids.

In the mean time, make sure you subscribe on iTunes and download our Valentine’s Day special on the 14th.

Links:
http://www.rathergood.com (search for ‘Independent Woman’ and ‘We Like The Moon’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhwbxEfy7fg  (Dick In A Box)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkLAis_xSCk (an excellent example of one of Dan’s choices live)

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Hey, Jono here presenting our third episode! Whilst we’ve given this quite a G title I must mention two things:

1. The subtitle to this episode is  “fuck off points in movies”

2. The reason why Gary Sinese’s face was used for one of our initial logos is revealed. Curious? Curious again? If you’re bi-curious check this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01XgfNqLv78 , about 2:41 in

We all liked recording this episode because we got to rag on some of our pet-hate films. Although, we did get to mention some films we actually like that pissed us off at a point. And as always, our friend Topher Grace saves all. Maybe he should have been in Passenger 57? Oh, and if you want to know about Nuking the Fridge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iWzBJvHRTw

We’ll be back next week with another episode. Until then please don’t forget to shower us with praise, suggestions, comments, and offers for time share seminars by emailing us: podcast@favouritefive.com. Or just subscribe on itunes – those who have are my real favourite five (even though there are four of you).

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Dan here again!

Here’s our second episode! Today’s topic is “Lies Children Believe”, where we break down the super-powers contained within vegetables, evil ice-cream vans and the hard truth that your children are not cool.

This podcast starts to get a little bit more … well, let’s just say that we truly do earn our “explicit” tag on iTunes with this one. Barely 10 minutes in to the podcast, and already I’m accusing Santa Claus of being a kiddie fiddler, and Brad’s telling everyone about how much he loves bush. There’s also a few wanking jokes in there too.

Another little reminder that if you’re using iTunes to download these podcasts (just search for ‘favourite five’ and we’ll be there), don’t forget to go and give us a rating and say something nice about us! Remember that everytime you say something nice about FavouriteFive.com, something good will happen to you in return. Although I have no way of proving this, you’ll just have to take my word for it. If you don’t believe me, go ask your father, he’ll tell you.
oh, and here’s that link to the greatest video ever:
Simon Smith & His Amazing Dancing Bear:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdklako-Hy4

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Hello! It’s Dan here!

Welcome to Episode One!

Today’s episode is Musicians You Shouldn’t Like, But Do. Thankfully, unlike the image above suggests, nobody actually picked Men Without Hats in their Favourite Five list. But then again, that could be because nobody actually likes Men Without Hats. Seriously, can anyone name another popular song that they released that isn’t Safety Dance? I didn’t think so.

Anyway, please enjoy our podcast! It’s available both here, and on iTunes as well. Simply go to the iTune store, and search for “favourite five” and we’ll be there! It would also be a great help if you could rate our podcast and maybe leave a nice little message telling us how much you liked it. Unless you didn’t like it, in which case, don’t write anything. Just remember what mum always told you – if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.

The only two links you’ll not only need for this podcast, but the only two links you’ll ever need in life:

Will Smith – Parents Just Don’t Understand:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI0dCVwdedE

Will Smith – I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t9SCHLRDoY

Personally, I think I got screwed over a little here, because my list is FAR more embarrassing that the other guys. Except maybe Brad’s #4 choice. Ew. Jono on the other hand, has flawless taste in music, so his aren’t embarrassing at all. I might have to make him a mix-tape. It’s perfectly okay for a straight man to make a mix-tape of pop music for another straight man, right? Right.

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Welcome to Favourite Five!

We’ll be back real soon with actual content! No really, we will!