The supermoon on Periscope
Scott and Chris compared their weekend DJ gigs and the strange experience of broadcasting ordinary moments on Periscope. Scott had streamed the supermoon from outside his hotel after a night in Cardiff, although the supposedly spectacular sight looked to him much like a normal moon with a slight red tint. The number of viewers quickly fell once people realised that little else was happening.
Taylor Swift was reportedly taking the opposite view of live streaming by having concert footage removed from social networks. This strengthened the programme’s long-running theory that Taylor controlled almost everything around her and that nobody should risk crossing her.
Unlucky Gary gets honest
Unlucky Gary remained active on almost every available dating app but admitted they had brought him little success. His profile described him as friendly, outgoing and mischievous, claimed that he was studying law and said he was looking for friends and dates. The law course had actually ended about five years earlier.
Gary decided that greater honesty might improve his chances. His revised profile could mention that he drank too much, snored loudly, was clumsy and sometimes disappeared without saying goodbye on nights out. He had even performed a “Houdini” during a first date at Nando’s. His most memorable suggested confession was that his man boobs wobbled while he brushed his teeth.
Scott proposed an entire honest-dating service on which users would have to take a single front-facing photograph and accept the result as their profile picture. There would be no carefully chosen angles, old photographs or repeated attempts. Gary agreed to add at least some of the new information, although he was reluctant to include every failing at once.
Scott then considered what his own honest profile would say. He could be grumpy, particularly during Breakfast cover, disappear from nights out, become ranty after a few drinks and never be trusted with gossip. The experiment suggested that complete honesty might produce fewer matches, but nobody could complain that they had been misled.
Guess the Live Lounge reaction
Chris turned his fascination with Clara Amfo’s post-performance reactions into a game. Scott had to identify Live Lounge Month artists from Clara’s applause, pauses and enthusiastic listener messages.
The answers included Hozier, FKA twigs, CHVRCHES and Demi Lovato. Scott and Chris noticed how peculiar it sounded when a major artist finished an arena-sized performance and received applause from only the handful of people inside the studio. They offered Clara canned cheering and other sound effects for future sessions, provided she never accidentally pressed a booing crowd.
John Newman needs a Live Lounge
John Newman arrived immediately after his own session and said he had needed the performance. In Real or No Real, he rejected the existence of a homemade Netflix and Chill button that dimmed the lights, ordered food and silenced a phone, but the device was real and its building instructions were available online.
John revealed that a Chinese record company had asked about unused songs or new material for a possible Chinese equivalent of him. He wanted listeners to help find the singer if the project already existed. John also explained that he did not sing casually in the shower or around the house, despite being a professional vocalist.
The final fact concerned Ricky Wilson winning a crisp-tasting competition on holiday by identifying all ten flavours. John correctly judged that to be real and won the game, giving him another success on a day when his Live Lounge had already left him visibly relieved.
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