ALICE NOT JOHN Episode 11: A Fictional Radio Transmission Guest: Jan Vanroelen (Arbeid Adelt!)

ALICE NOT JOHN
Episode 11: A Fictional Radio Transmission
Guest: Jan Vanroelen (Arbeid Adelt!)
Host: Joeri Bruyninckx

A conversation I overheard in a record store:

Customer: “Do you have Coltrane?”
Record shop owner: “In the jazz section.”
Customer: “I mean Alice, not John.”
Record shop owner: “In the jazz section.”

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ALICE NOT JOHN is the name of a fictional radio show. The idea is this: for every episode, I ask a musician the same 12 questions. The answers I receive are the “playlist” of my fictional radio show. The questions are these:

1) Which song always brings you back to your childhood?

Jan Vanroelen: ‘Hey Hey we’re the Monkeys’ by The Monkeys.

2) Which is your favorite shower sing-along song?

‘De vogeltjesdans’.

3) What was your favorite song as a teenager?

‘Switched on Bach’ (the whole LP) by Walter Carlos.

4) What is your favorite air-guitar song?

‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’ by Yes.

5) Which song do you associate with your 20s?

‘Heart of Glass’ by Blondie.

6) From which song do you know the lyrics by heart?

‘Do the Strand’ by Roxy Music.

7) Which song gives you consolation when you feel sad?

‘Pull up to the Bumper’ by Grace Jones.

8) Tell me about a song you think people wouldn’t expect you to like.

‘Een Man Mag Niet Huilen’ by Jacques Herb.

9) Which song do you recommend to people if you think they don’t know it?

‘Was ik nog maar eens 16 jaar’ by Zwarte Maria.

10) Which song always makes you do silly dance moves?

‘Doin the Doo’ by Betty Boo.

11) Which song do you quote most often? Which line?

“Schat, is mijn gat niet te dik in deze rok?”

Joeri Bruyninckx