The Passionate Friar
Monday January 16th, 2012 with Phelonius Friar
Spotlight on Glaswegian band "bis"

I hope you got out your Secret Glaswegian Decoder Rings, because this week I did a spotlight on the uber pop band "bis" from Glasgow. It would have done you good to have listened because as you know, "telly is pants". My friend Zanne often sends me snippets of "Glaspeak" that her relatives from Glasgow post to their Facebook pages... it often takes days to decipher what they were attempting to communicate, often requiring intense surfing of the 'net to find the answers (she worked an overnight shift and often had the time to devote to such things waiting for calls). A truly awesome slang, especially since it's morphed through its contact with 'netspeak. Don't forget to check out "The Dollar Bin" Facebook page for links to the blogs for bis' Manda Rin as well as the infinitely awesome blog "My Complete Lack of Boundaries" by the infinitely awesome Ellen Reid (of Crash Test Dummies fame). Oh, and here's the URL for the awesome brand new video for James Struthers' "You, Me And Optimus Prime"! http://tinyurl.com/72o25za. Also, email me if you want that CD for your own collection... it's being removed from my collection with extreme prejudice after this show (it's only the second dollar bin CD I've ever gotten rid of so I don't accidentally listen to it again); but as I said, one person's shiny coaster is another's gleaming beacon of music. dafriar23@gmail.com :).