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*PREVIEW* Britainology 44: Pub Songs feat. Elijah Fynmore

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TRASHFUTURE

Comedy

4.6851 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In a preview of August's second Britainology episode, we speak with Aberdeen-based musician Elijah Fynmore about the moments in UK life when you're allowed to--or expected to--break into song. What is the deal with Sweet Caroline? What is the deal with Irish folk ballads about utterly obliterating British Army Land Rovers? All this and more, in this episode. Get the full episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/britainology-44-70969449 Also, check out two premium Britainology episodes that we've unlocked to the $5 tier--the first is our take on EASTERN PROMISES and the Russian community in London, featuring Olga Koch: https://www.patreon.com/posts/britainology-29-60399655 and the second is our take on the 2000s UK reality TV show ROAD WARS, in which the British cops don't even hide how bored they are: https://www.patreon.com/posts/britainology-32-62694301 We also have two Britainology episodes unlocked to the free feed! They are: our take on the concept of poshness, featuring friend of the show and original TF cohost Charlie Palmer https://trashfuturepodcast.podbean.com/e/unlocked-britainology-18-poshness-feat-charlie-palmer/ and a special segment with Riley on the topic of how the City of London itself is a niche legal environment for financial crimes: https://trashfuturepodcast.podbean.com/e/unlocked-britainology-19-the-city-of-london-feat-riley-quinn/ If you’re looking for a UK strike fund to donate to, here’s one we’ve supported: https://www.rmt.org.uk/about/national-dispute-fund/ *AUSTRALIA ALERT* We are going to tour Australia in November, and there are tickets available for shows in Sydney: https://musicboozeco.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/3213de46-cef7-49c4-abcb-c9bdf4bcb61f and Brisbane https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/trashfuture-live-in-brisbane-additional-show-tickets-396915263237 and Canberra: https://au.patronbase.com/_StreetTheatre/Productions/TFLP/Performances *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here:  https://www.tomallen.media/ Trashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and Alice (@AliceAvizandum)

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0:00.0

Hello, Trash Future listeners. Please enjoy this preview of August's second Britonology,

0:05.0

in which we discuss UK pub songs and general public singing with musician Elijah Finn Moore.

0:10.4

If you like Britannology, you can get one a month on the $5 tier and two a month at the $10

0:15.3

tier. We also unlock the $10 episodes after a few months, and I've linked two of them in the show notes to this

0:21.3

promo. Additionally, I've unlocked two other Britinology episodes to the free feed, and those links

0:26.1

are also available below. Thanks for being a listener, and I hope you enjoy. I know that this is

0:30.8

somewhere where me and Nate differ. I quite like the fact that if you get on the tuba 1101 on a

0:36.5

Friday night, about which net is

0:37.9

absolutely correct. Someone will start singing Sweet Caroline and people who are not in that group

0:42.3

will join in. I find that a fascinating cultural phenomenon that I enjoy every time.

0:48.3

See, because it's just a thing that like I'm not born and raised New Yorker, but I sort of like

0:52.5

got socialized as an adult outside of, you

0:55.8

know, I'd been in the military in some capacity since I was 18. And so my first time really living

1:01.5

kind of permanently in a big city was living in New York. And like, that's how I sort of learned

1:05.7

to comport myself on public transit in public in general. Like, if you try that in New York,

1:11.6

unless you are like a busker and you're really good,

1:15.5

at best you will get,

1:16.9

hey, oh, shut the fuck up,

1:18.2

about 15 seconds in.

1:20.0

And at worst,

1:20.9

you will get physically thrown off the train.

1:22.9

If you are a group of like youngish college students

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