This episode of the 90s Baby Radio show hosted by Tosan and Juanita features Tyson Noir, a young Nigerian musician who is perhaps most popular for his song Mercy.

He is an interesting subject. The music video of Mercy is so distinctly generic that I feared that I would fall asleep while I watched it. It is the sort of song that they play before the party; low impact and easily forgotten. It isn't bad by a long shot, but it may suffer for it's lack of badness. If it were truly awful, I may have given it a second look. In spite of all of this, I firmly believe that his best is yet to come. On his youtube page, he performs a rather good cover of Michael Jackson's Human Nature. It shows that he is not in fact talentless. In Mercy, he fell victim to the wicked ways of pop. Pop music will make a mascot of you before it makes you a star.

He was more successful in his first EP, Dreaming in Colour. His single off that EP, Don't Cry (Ma Sun Kun Mo O) featured talking drums in its rather catchy beat. That is one of the many reasons why it's a good idea to commit three minutes and three seconds of your life to listening to it.


Have a listen and tell me what you think: @Afam20.

Or better yet, tell them what you think: @tosanwilts and@elmo_knows



Happy Days,
Afam

I'm thrilled to present the 90s Baby Radio Show, a fairly new weekly podcast series that I have nearly nothing to do with.

Ardent readers of the blog will remember Tosan Mac-Wilshire. When I met him I wrote the following:

" I was quite frankly astounded at the ferocity with which he transported his ample body up and down the arena. He was a sight to see. His moves brought tears to my eyes. I thought, "With moves like those who needs game? Here is a lad who will do well in the wild!" That was until that "your waist" song came on. He moved his waist rather abominably."

The DRB Lasgidi Adventure

 The show's hosted by Tosan and Juanita. It's a podcast that appears focus on the new school of African creatives. Subscribers get the privilege of listening to rather good interviews with the best of the Millennial Nigerian creative people. There's also something a little nostalgic about it. The 90s aren't coming back, but it's nice that there's a team committed to giving us weekly reminders about why the 90s were so great.

Like most podcasts that I like there is an ease to it that is refreshing. It may seem like your standard radio show, but it isn't. I too was deceived by the seemingly common format that it follows, until they asked one chap called Duks Arts the last time he had sex. My jaw dropped and my brain froze.

It was at that moment that I knew I had to become an avid supporter. If I support them hard enough, then they'll interview Tee Billz and ask random but well timed questions about his all too public meltdown. I can't trust anybody else with the task.

Brief side bar...
Tosan and Juanita, if you ever get Mr Tee of the Billz variety on your show please ask him the following questions

• Who is edible catering?
• What pills are you taking?
• How often do you see your therapist?
• What mental illness do you have?

My questions may seem incredibly bothersome, but they're necessary. We need to have more discussions about Mental Health in Nigeria, and there's no one better than the most public example of mental health issues to lead us in them. After Tiwa told the world how he practiced a certain type of disappearing magic on her money, it is unlikely that he'll find it easy to manage another musician. I believe that his next career move should be to become the face of mental health in Nigeria. 
 
In their first episode, they interview Boj.

For those of you who don't know who Boj is I'll tell you. Not very many years ago, there was a boy band called DRB. Boj is the Beyonce of DRB. I blogged about a song that they did here: What a Jam! - Selecta

Have a listen and tell me what you think: @Afam20.

Or better yet, tell them what you think: @tosanwilts and @elmo_knows

Subscribe on Soundcloud now because if you're only just reading this, it might be too late. Do that stitch in time. Save nine.

Happy Days,
Afam

Our friends, TMT and Kojo have delivered the third episode of their podcast, Submarine and A Roach. This episode is called Open Day and it's mostly about their school boy experiences in Nigeria. When you read that it sounds like a decent conversation but it isn't; not by a mile. My Monday morning brain was completely incapable of coping with it. At one point I squealed. This is intolerable. No adult should ever squeal before Gin O'Clock (5pm if you don't work in a slaver's Bay).

The Love Machine and the Boat had a casual beginning. TMT was called away to wash dishes. It is how he pays his parents for the privilege of running the household.

Shortly after that we learned that TMT's boss is a proud but recovered Sex Addict Pastor. As we all know this is a pastor that was a Sex Addict until he was saved by Jesus.

Then a quote from Kojo cracked the air like a clap of thunder. "The Nigerian education system turns you into a crackhead." It resonated with me. At 15 I was practically snorting paper, and injecting my veins with ink. I had all the maturity of a 7 year old but the academic education of a 17 year old. It is a thing that only a Nigerian can understand.

All of this happened in the first five minutes.

Because of the truly outrageous nature of the show, I have decided that I can no longer listen in as I have in the past, with a cup of coffee in the morning. I will now listen to them on Tuesday Nights, with a bottle of Chardonnay and a bag of sweet and salty popcorn.

Open Day is their best episode yet.



Happy Days,
Afam.

Shout out to Geri! Please don't let her work too hard.

Also do feel free to give me a shout out. I work hard for the money.

This post has been edited fairly extensively. 

I never begin my day with the belief that I must be generous with my words. But after listening to the second episode of Submarine and A Roach, I must sing my compliments to the moon.

Our boys, TMT and Kojo are even more loose lipped than they were last time and the podcast is all the better for it. This week's episode is called, Mad Food: Fury Road. It's an awesome title for an episode, however, food is not my calling. Eating takes too long and planning a menu requires far too much thought for cooking to ever be a desirable activity. This is probably why my idea of a decent breakfast is 3 raw eggs, half a pint of lacto-free milk and 2 scoops of ice-cream.

As much as I dislike the fact that I have to eat, I did enjoy listening to them talk about it. I enjoyed it so much that I think that you will too.

So here's the second episode of Submarine and A Roach: Advancing the culture one podcast at a time. They're hosted by the Culture Custodian. I owe them an article.

Happy Days,
Afam

There's a new podcast on the scene. For those of you who don't know what a podcast is, I can tell you that they come in different shapes and sizes. They're essentially a radio talk show that you listen to on the internet. In this podcast, the self titled modern day revolutionaries, Submarine and A Roach seek to advance the culture one episode at a time.

It is hosted by two guys, Tmt and Kojo. It is unclear which one of them is the submarine and which one is the roach. I suppose this will make itself clear as they progress. It's made for Nigerians by Nigerians, but its got an international bent that I've come to appreciate in Nigerian content. I cannot tell you how refreshing it is to hear Nigerian on air personalities who present their material with almost complete honesty. There are no fake accents here.

Submarine and A Roach is often funny, and occasionally profound. I've been following Tmt on twitter for years. There aren't many people that I really follow on twitter. I do not read his tweets in ones and twos. I read them by their hundred. Liking, retweeting and chuckling with reckless abandon.

Their first episode is called "It's Good Ex-ercise" and it's about the outlandish ways to get your ex back.

A quick warning, it isn't safe for work. Don't listen to it without your headphones, they do not filter.

Here's the first episode. Tell me what you think about it, or better yet, tell them what you think about it. I'm on twitter, @Afam20, and they're on twitter @Subma_Roach. Subscribe on Soundcloud or Itunes, because you really don't want to miss a thing. They're hosted by the Culture Custodian. They too advance the culture one bit of content at a time.



Happy days,
Afam