Aunty Donna Podcast - God Loves You, Mark Bonanno Feat. Tom

Episode Date: November 25, 2025

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Friends, we are doing our last tour for a fair while with our brand new show, Drem. It's the funniest show we've made, in my opinion. Tickets are on sale now. Go to tour. Auntie Donna.com A listener production. Wow, wow, we. You all have been waiting a whole week, so have we.

One week we've been waiting. Finally, we get to play our concept album to Mark. We know what the songs are about. We know what the songs are. Mark doesn't get ready for a very tight listen as we play those songs to Mark. You listen to the Honey Donner Podcast. With a new backdrop if you're watching. Yeah, we've got a new backdrop.

and sometimes it'll go back to the old backdrop, but for the most part, we are locked into this new backdrop. But they've also made another backdrop, so we're going to interchange. Oh, very nice. Anyway, Mark, are you feeling better? From? Last week you weren't here. I was so sick.

But you're feeling better? Oh, yeah. Now? Much better. Last week? No good. So as you all know. Next week?

Next week? We'll see. We'll see. But this week? Good. And last week? No good. This week, though, right as rain.

Last week, cloudy days. Did you check about next week? Next week? Don't know the forecast. I'd love to add in the week before last week. Uh, I was on my tipitos ready for what was to come. Which was cloudy days, rainy skies. Oh no.

What about this week? This week, beautiful boys. clear clouds not a grey cloud in the sky sunny days next week I haven't checked the forecast don't know need to ask the weather man can I just check it we're not talking about the weather right now

I don't know yeah you're talking about your health or the weather I've gotten lost in the metaphor we were asking you about your health and then you started talking about weather yeah yeah yeah I am unsure what's going on great that's where we want you right there good don't eat the fruit can I ask that you don't eat the fruit? It's my breakfast. Yeah, but

this is work in time. I know and I don't have a fork. So I've been, so for everyone listening at home, I've got a plastic box of fruit. There's so many different kinds of fruit Mark. For the listener. Yeah. This is a tropical fruit meat. So tropical

fruit. Now we're getting closer. Yeah, yeah, we've got some blueberries. Now we're talking. Some pineapple and some Kiwi fruit. If I may say the Holy Trinity of my favorite fruits. Now, talk ratio, Mark. Not super tropical. I'm sitting at home and I'm I'm thinking, wow, they've really splashed out to be one third blueberries, one third. You wish, mate.

You wish. No, we're talking about a 90% pineapple ratio. We have one Kiwi fruit chopped in half, and then there are maximum 10 blueberries scattered about. You go to them fruit salads and it's just that fucking green rock melon shit? Oh, God, no. I don't even, I don't fucking touch it. And I always hide it. This one, I admire their honesty.

It's why put in the one melon that everyone hates the most. Sorry. No, I just see it cheapest. I admire the honesty. It's in a clear. container like they've tried to get you by putting all the good stuff on top yeah but also i quite like pineapple you know i would have gone full pineapple i was looking for full pineapple and then when i saw pineapple with a peppering of blueberries and a kiwi fruit in there i was like well that's a

that's a very lovely would you say blueberries are the pepper of the fruit world yeah i would say that of the fruit cell yeah don't you open that fucking container no no well yeah i don't want to get my fingers all sticky and mark you don't have time for that last week we brought in Tom, who is here. Hi. Yes. Now, Tom Zahari is a musician, sound designer, and... Father.

Father. Father. Father. And a producer. And Father. Father. Father, these days? Yeah.

Father figure to a number of people. And a father to two children. But father figure as well to his children. I call him, Daddy. Truly. Yeah. Yeah. Well, Daddy has taken on a different meaning in popular culture in the last few years,

Mark. Yeah. Pedro Pascal is a daddy. Yeah. God damn right he is. Tom is both dad. Too touchy feely for me. Dad at home.

It's his anxiety. Tom is dad at home, daddy at work. Anyway. Or daddy at the club. Father figure at word. Yeah. You a daddy figure at the club? Yes.

Tom is daddy at the club. When daddy's at the club, daddy'd be smacking that ass. Okay, let's move on. So, now, as you all know, We made a commitment For three years ago Don't mention it You don't have to

No but I'm just going to say We made a commitment a few months ago A few years ago To not bank podcast There it is there is Well no and I'm just saying We made that commitment Yeah

And we've been recording them fresh Every week since But Zach and I and Tom Were Hit in the head By a large piece of wood It's a very big piece of wood It's a very big piece of wood

The same piece of wood That made my weight fluctuate months And yeah And mine And my hair And my hair My hair grew Six months worth

But yeah The background change Very powerful piece of wood The biggest It was a magical piece of wood In fact there was a wizard Holding the wood This is all

True There was a wizard holding the wood And the wizard said to us This be not no normal piece of wood of wood. This piece of wood hold magic with int. For when you are hit with it, it will not be a memory lost,

but many months will have passed. The memory will not be gone. It will be faded. The length that your hair be grown. And I said, is it going to travel us through time? He said, no, time will stay, but you will move. It's kind of

like interstellar, he said, but opposite. And he hit us and then the police shot him. So it's... What's the opposite of a bookcase? Streaming service. Yeah. Are you trapped in like fiber optic cables? No, we've gone to less gravity, I guess.

Maybe it's heavy. Yeah, right. No, with the opposite, we'd be really light. I would say the opposite of a bookcase is a giant book filled with tiny bookcases. Yeah. Oh, clever. Right in, if there's a tiny book. A little book.

You would call that bookcase, a bookcase case case. The book is knowledge, and you gain knowledge from reading books. I guess the opposite of that is getting shot in the head, maybe. So maybe it's a gun. What's what happened to the wizard? Maybe it's a gun store? Anyway, what we've been informed is before we hit the wood, I mean, we're hit with the wood by the wizard. Just think about, though, the fourth act of interstellar happening in a gun store rather than a bookcase.

And he's pulling the tree. And he's making the gold. Guns go off. He's really old. Yeah. And at the very end, he's really old. They're like, we want you to meet your daughter, and it's the same child actress. He's like, oh, I missed your whole life.

The dialogue is the same. Yes. And then she's like, this little girl, she's like, you have to go. You have to keep on living. Stop talking about interstellar. They're the opposite. For five seconds. And in this one, why can I say one thing?

No. More. interstellar. No more interstellar. Now, what we've been told. Yeah, so the wood, basically what's happened is we've forgotten last week a bit. But we, we wrote some songs without you. Why would you do that? Because you fucking were sick, I get. I think, I think. No, he was on what they haven't announced that. Cut that. Beep that. Just beat that. Just beat that. You'll know what that was. He was working on something that you'll find out about soon. Yeah. So we wrote a song.

Lindsay, is that right? Yeah. Yeah. Confirmation. Why did we do that? No, because it was last week. It was only last week. Why did we do that?

But it gets Lindsay a wizard, um, assaulted Tom, Zach and I. With his wizard wood. And then he was shot by a policeman. You know the wizard wood? He walks around South Melbourne sometimes. Have you seen the wizard with his big piece of wood? Me personally. Yeah.

No, I haven't seen him. That's crazy because I'm only here for, for the wood. the podcast. Lindsay? So Wizard, last, he hit us in the head and changed how we look and our memories. Do you remember this, Lindsay? I remember Mark wasn't here. Why? Because of the beeped project. Oh, nice. Why were we making songs? Because Tom was here. Right. Sure. Yeah. Great. That's a great reason. That makes sense. Do you remember more detail? Or were you? Oh, my I would have gone, Lindsay, will you also hit with the wizard's wood? Oh, that damn...

Okay, I just need a little bit of clarity. What happens when you... Did you get hit with the wizard would pre-song or post-song and it's pre-song to make you write the song or post-song to make you forget what happened last week? So last week, when we recorded the podcast last week... Of course. We did some stuff. And then we said, next week we'll have Mark on.

We'll play these songs for Mark. Yes. I thought my life would be the same. Then we stepped out, this is, I believe what happened. Again, we stepped out of the offices of listener and the wizard with his wizard would approached us. We were going out for burgers. Explain to us.

Your memory. And then he hit us with the wood, right? So then, and the affliction of that wood is that it feels like it's been months since you've done the podcast. Did he explain? Because in your version, he went, your met. And then he hit you. but did he cut himself off you went the wizard came out and he said you're met and then he hit us

oh when i just said that yeah so what i'm asking was did he cut himself off before he explained himself and struck you and assaulted you or did he explain himself sorry i was doing that to like make the space right so he said you're met and then he hit us but this is all in one motion right so i want you to imagine the hitting happening because he was like and then he was like you're Your memory will, you know, so he kept talking, right? And those words. Your memory will. But to us, because we were hit with the wood at Met, you heard.

It felt like you're met, hit with the wood. And then it felt like months later. Marie. Marie? Yeah, because my first memory is, Marie will be gone shortly. You will only remember certain things, and how you look will fluctuate. Who's Marie? Exactly.

But I'm positing that he. He said, your memory will... So because in that line, he did the magic. Right? You understand? Because this is important law building in order for us to cover up the fact that maybe... Zach. La la la la.

Anyway, have not banked. The wizard hit us with the wizard lawyers. All you need to know is that we recorded some songs. None of us remember because a wizard hit us with wood. Right. Now, we're going to play them to you. Beautiful. To get feedback.

Feedback, Lindsay, is that? I didn't tell them, remember. I think by the end of the episode you were talking about recording it all as an album. Yeah. You guys wrote a whole album. That's so special. And it's just to get your sign off. That's really important to acknowledge how incredible that is.

You two have worked for years. writing songs and making albums. And you guys did it in one banked podcast a month ago? Mark, we will have the first album that is longer than the time it took to make. Wow. So I understand there's seven songs.

That's incredible. Is that an EP? Yeah. Yeah, that's an EP. I think of it as a sharp, like, burst onto the seed. It depends. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is it prog?

Because if it's Prague, you can make the songs go for 20 minutes. Tell us, have you seen that footage of Green Day playing Duky, too? Yeah. Or, what's the time of your life on or good riddance? What's good riddance on? What's it on? What album? It's on Nimrod.

Yeah, so they play Nimrod through and people listening, oh, okay, yeah. Or, you know, in some kind of monster when they play through St. Anger. Yeah, yeah. You're the producer or the father figure or whatever, but we just need your ticket of approval. Okay, great. Shall we play track one? Do I get the names of the tracks? Ah, no.

Okay. We can name them after we listen. We can name them after. Yeah, I don't remember them. All right, sweet. But what you're going to hear now is recording's we did. Last week. Last week.

Are there any points of inspiration you want to talk to me about? Can we talk about all that stuff after we've played it? I think it would be nice to hear something before it. Does Tarantina say, you're about to watch a movie that is about this? Well, I've never sat in his private screening room. I've never... But you go to the movie. and you, I mean, he does show.

Yeah, he does show up and he talks about him. So, yeah, yeah. Bad example. Because I made a movie. Can't talk a lot. Here it is. We did that at the Aster, I believe, or the four, a few times. Yeah.

But if you, if we, if you don't. Sometimes Tom Cruise does a little video. Yeah, sometimes I'll see you. Yeah. Sometimes. He's got a point. Yeah. I guess every director always gives a preamble to every movie.

At their Q&A sessions. Let me bluff it. Okay. Here we go. All right. All right, so this song, Mark, this was the first song we worked on, or at least the first one of the collection you're about to hear that we worked on. And the first track on the EP?

I think that's something we really want to leave up to you. Put it in an order for a reason. I want you to realize that there is a sense of discovery here, and we were trying to explore different genres. This piece, see if you can guess what genre this is and what we were trying to do with this one. And have these been mix and mastered, Tom? No.

Alright Okay, so this is just raw This is a demo This is a demo This is demos, yeah All right, cool I would have expected To have been given something a little more

We only had a week Ah, that's fair That's fair All right Hit that track, spin that shit DJ Um Mark Banana was born in 1988 He exploded on the scene

With their unique brand Of sketch comedy Uh He's got a beard And barefoot And bombed A bad bit bomb, that's what you are, you wear it on your face. A bad bit bomb, a bad bit bomb, take it away.

You know what it is, you're the bad bit bomb. I'm interested in the space between what once was and what remains. That's good, Zach. Salt of light Salt of light I'm interested in what once was and what remains

Back to the chorus Bear bitum I keep accidentally turning my headphones up What I'm going to turn them down Bad Beard Bomb Bad Beard Bum I see you

Don't be afraid Pause So there's that So the song ends with me saying pause Yeah And that's deliberate Right Well it's just a demo

Yeah But that will stay Okay Bad beard bum I'd rather leave I don't want to I don't want to You know I don't do lyrics in my line of nights

I understand that And I do understand the idea of ambiguity and art But I'm just asking if that's what you said which is like that shouldn't be ambiguous just like what was said part of me like that's not part of the ambiguity that's not an abstraction

I'm just literally is that are those the words so you're asking what words was I singing because it sounds like bad beard balm bad beard balm oh no no no no no that's not what's being said well this is the whole album

all right just a couple lines just a couple thoughts what did you think of that very I did not expect to hear my date to birth, tied in with, I didn't expect to hear my date of birth and then my bio, which is actually the Auntie Donner bio, I believe that's the one that is on most Wikipedia pages.

Sure. Yeah, so that was odd to hear that kind of just put into me. I was a surprise that it was about me, but I guess makes sense. You guys are obsessed with me, especially when I'm gone. Am I right? Yeah.

So that's fine. And then I liked how, was about my beard, but then what's confusing is bad beard bum. Oh, I don't think that was the lyric. And what was it? I think it's important for you to interpret that yourself. Right. All right.

I did like the... That was actually really cool. Good music. Yeah, that was beautiful. Next track, hit it. Got a friend called my banana. He does not wear his shoes. My banana is.

He loves blues clues I know my banana From a place called Where I be And that's the only way He knows where to be My banana He works hard My banana

He does jokes about fads He knows it can be The hardest of journeys He knows it can be Harder than you can say, my banana, he did not come today, my banana, it makes me sad to say. God loves you, my banana, God loves you, my banana, bring it down now. Got a friend called My Banana.

Made him out back by the rat. Down by the gravy spot, he put a sock on his sack. It's funny. You little man. Got a big heart. Works hard every day. That's my banana. Got a beard, got no shoes.

God who loves to show blues clues. He's my banana. Panano. hard, working hard to make the people the people love. My banana

God loves you. My banana. My banana. My banana. God loves you. My banana Samuel My banana

My banana My banana My banana Oh This is great That's it That's it So you'll see through

A thing A refrain we have Self-affirmation Yeah We don't need to Discuss every song Afterwards too You can just play that next

one? It's just a part of me that kind of just wants to get through it now because I'm starting to feel, starting to feel of theme emerging. What? Mark Bonano. Oh, really? Yeah, a little bit. That's interesting that that's how you would interpret those lyrics.

I don't like blues clues that much. Oh, well, I think the figure in that song did. See, that's a power of, like, I think we were going to... You think that song's about you? Well, I mean, I don't mean to be egotistical. It's really interesting. It's just, you know, it says my name a lot, says God loves me. Does that make you feel good?

Well, can I say beautiful harmonies? That's two. That we can agree on. That's two performers working in unison. You know, that's 14 years of harmonising. Of harmonising. And did you play the guitar on that? I found some loops.

Yeah, nice. All right. That's even better in some ways. Yeah. I'm feeling good. It's interesting. So you're thinking there's a pattern of. It's hard to say it too.

Let's see. I can't remember if there is a pattern. Let's see. Track three. This, to me, all would make sense if I was dead. Let's play the next one. Fucking, fucking hell. Just finding it.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There was a voice. Oh, God. Made them laugh. It's in a home and cry. He wanted to know

What life was like James Blunt In the world of sin He signed up For LinkedIn Oh yeah That's right Oh no

So I just remembered one of my banana, so I just remembered one of the through lines. That comes back. Yeah, I forgot about that too. There's another through line. No, we'll find out. What did you think of the track to me? It's very, I was very delicate. What did you hear?

I heard a fart. I hear the fight. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Always funny. What else did you think about the, going for a bit of a, I'll give away some of the influences there. Going for a bit of a perfume, genius, Sufian Stevens vibe there. Oh, okay, yeah, I heard James Blunt. Yep, I love a bit of James.

Yeah. Love a bit of Blunt. Very soft. There was a bit about sin. Yeah. So there's a godly sort of Christian... Well, Sufyan is a Christian. Really?

Yeah. He finds his own version of Christianity. Right. Through his work. Right. Obviously, the country music of earlier. We're really trying to embrace the themes of the genre there. I wouldn't read too much into the god stuff.

But now a vibe for the album. It's a concept album. Right. Should we play track four? I guess we must. All right. Hit it. No one man who tells a lot of lies.

He's the best when you improvise. His name is Mark Banana. Improvising is what he knows. My Banana. Mark Banana. No. My Banana. No.

My banana. I'll just pause it there. Yeah. So, what do you think? What do you think of that one? Well, that just sounds like a mistake. Oh. A mistake or a mistake.

I think this one else's a mistake. No. No. Yeah. Well, I mean both, right? Yeah. I believe you're mistaken. That's not a song.

That was an attempt. It's short, sharp, punky. That was an attempt at something. Why do you think that was an attempt at something? Because it starts, not much happens, and then someone says, pause. I believe it's prone to me. And then it's interesting, you read it that way. Okay.

It sounds like a softer blood duster track to me. I don't know if that resonates with anyone on this table. No, no, no, no, yeah, yeah, yeah. There's no over short. Short little bitty. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. A little more brutal. I'm a little more on the ground.

But it's a good, what track was that, track four or five? Yeah, that was four, I think. Good track four, isn't it? Yeah. Whoa, where am I, you know? We want the album, we wanted the album, I think, to, it's not defined by genre. But they're quite eclectic. Yeah, but there are some, we tried to do an album that's not combined by genre,

but there are their thematic links between the songs. Right, Mark Dinano. Oh, yeah, that's one. Sure. I would say, I would say the ones that are coming up for me. Oh, yeah, yeah, I guess that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Mark Bonano. Christ.

And, like, you know, when talking about God and sin. I think that's more of a genre thing. You hit Sophia and Stevens, you find. But there was God in the early ones. That was a country song. Right, right, right, right, right. I wouldn't read too much into it. We don't think you're a sinner.

Okay. I made that. Yeah. I'm not, I'm not. All right. Sofian Stevens explores sin in his work. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Uh, five, track five.

Now, this is, I'm very keen for your thoughts on this one. Hit it. All right. Hey, this is a four minute, I reckon. Yeah. Four minutes. Here we go. I think I can do a verse here.

Yep. Ah, no. What's that trumpet? I like that. It is a little Justin Timberlake, but I don't mind it. Well, then you take it away. You go, I know a man called my banana. All right.

I has lots of style. That is what I know. I know a man His name is My Banana He's got great style Cool Wore his suit around for a little while Yeah

Yeah he wears different things Things about his brand and ways Pants could gear a fling That man, Mopanano He wears cool clothes And that For that I don't loathes

Style, substance Fun Passion Oh shit He's a good song. That's the Mark Banana Way. Style. Substance.

Fun. Sun. Style. Fashion. That's Mark Banana way. Mark Banana. That man's got great style. I once stole a suit and wore it around for a little while.

Mark Banana. Great, great style. Mark Banana. Stole his suit wore it around for a little while. Yeah. It's just solo. Yeah. Just vibe it out

Mm Uh Uh Oh Can't believe how well this is working To be honest It's great The spoken word I'm really enjoying

Mark banana He's got great style Where it's a suit around for a little while Mark banana He's got great style Once I stole his suit and wore Round for a little while. Fashion.

Session. Ah. Yeah. Huh. What? Fashion. Fashion. Ah, yeah.

Fashion. My banana. Stalling suit. What round don't you know? What? I know my banana. They're not playing with my banana. He ain't no bitch.

You like to play your switch. Play Zelda. Play Mario Kart too. But he's been he on, eats the dinner, says thank you. My banana. He's got great style. Took his suit, wore it around for a little while. Style.

My banana. Substance. My banana. Fashion. That man's got great style, don't you know? Fashion, passion, style, substance. Mark Banana. He's normal heights.

He's just around. are two guys who are taller than him. Burn and Zach R6-1, you see. And they've got big things and they fling them around. Fashion, passion, style, substance. My bananas. Fashion, he's got great style. Fashion, style.

Must call his suit and wore up for a little while. That I need to go. He's normal height. Normal height. Burn that Zach are just taller than you'd think I know we're Bangkok My banana Just a fake

Duff punk Yeah That's good No Roger's vibes Very good I'm just into this Yeah I put a joke here for you

The same joke Let's never leave Passion Passion Passion Style substance See now that has something that I've been missing in music for a while Which is the vocalists

Just commenting on the song and how much they like it during the track Not enough music does that Well this is the thing about like comedy we know this The audience The audience feels about the show the way you tell them If you tell an audience You know a comedian when you've ever been to a comedy show Where you're watching it and the comedian goes

God this show's going badly And you think well I thought it was all right That's clearly your impression, and now you've imposed that on me. I guess it is doing badly. Number one rule of comedy, you don't say the show is going badly. We thought, what if we reverse it and apply it to music? This is good. This is good.

And then people go, yeah. So, like, the EPism is, like, evolving. There was some extra themes in that one, which I thought were interesting. It introduced my friends, Broden and Zach, who have big dicks. And swing them around. And swing them around. And that I'm not as short as maybe people think and that you're all quite tall. The chorus is, my banana, he's got great style.

Took his suit, wore a fan forward a little bit. I'd like to drill into that for a little bit. Well, yeah. So there's a meteorite coming. I wore your suit that you found somewhere. Like it was like a plaid brown suit and it had flares and very nice. It fit me beautifully. Oh, I got that at Retro Star.

Yeah. And so I wore that around for a little while. It's the first suit I ever, I ever bought for myself. My friend Kira, she was there. I know, Kira. I don't remember. I do remember that suit. I didn't remember that it was Marks.

But now that I think about it. I definitely don't remember you just wearing it around. For a little while. Right. All right. Did I say that was okay? Yeah, I think, can I do an impersonation of you in 2010? Please.

I'll go, uh, hey, can I, I was, I love this. this, can I wear it to something? Yeah, man, that's all right. Now, your voice has lowered since then. Yeah, my balls dropped. But the spirit of you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That song's about a guy we know who has great style.

Yeah. He's a very stylish guy we know. In that kind of like... I would love to. Make a video clip for that and put it on YouTube. It's a fucking banger. Yeah, yeah. It's a genuine banger.

Yeah, it's really good. It's really good And just you being stylish Yeah You reckon Mark Could play that friend Well if you I think it's better

We leave it a mystery Who that friend is You know Would you like Maybe you could play him No I just think Ever since Leonard Cohen Revealed who Chelsea Hotel

Number 2 is about It took a little bit Of the magic way And I think it's the same thing I can't remember one of them And it's the same thing With this I think that

If we say Exactly which friend that is It's about a friend of ours Who has great style who's shorter than us, but is normal height, and people think he's short and we're normal, rather than he's normal and we're tall. And it's an anecdote about me taking his suit around for a little while,

similar to the one that I did with you. Yeah, that's 15 years ago. That's interesting. I just thought that you rhymed style with a while. I never realized there was truth to that. Isn't that amazing? Even in collaboration, there are things to discover about a work. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Shall we hear the... Six? I, yeah. We got seven tracks? Yeah. I think we move. into, yeah, okay, let's have a listen. I think we...

And also, I would love to preface a little bit. We really started to feel the vibe. Yeah, I think we were vibed at this point. So does that mean the tracks get longer? Yes. I think they get longer. And I think they also get, like, a certain degree, more confident. Yeah.

And less feeling the need to be funny. Yeah. Because there's a record, there's a record that I love. There's a record that I love by an artist I love. It's called Empath. It's by a man called Devon Townsend. Yeah. Now, you guys might know about Devon Townsend from my soil work speech that I gave, right?

I mentioned him from his strapping young lad. He produced Natural Born Chaos, if you remember correctly. And he, in 2018, released an album called Empath, and it was him just going, this is what I want to do. And in the liner notes, in the notes on the album, he says, this is not an easy listen. Because it ends with a 20-minute track. Yeah, I think that's a great. A lot of the tracks along. It's kind of really him just doing exactly what he wants, you know,

really doing the put the audience last kind of mentality. That is so important for this record that you add. I think we would. That you add a note just saying not an easy listen. In fact, it gets more difficult. I'm struggling. I think it's this podcast like slogan, is it. Well, yeah, it should be.

This is not entertainment. This is not entertainment. And I would add, nor is it an easy listen. Yeah. This is not entertainment. Nor is it an easy listen. Yeah. Now, Mark, I just want to say one thing.

These are just demos. Right. So when you hear that, you know, the one that's giving James Blunt, Sofian, Lodz, obviously we're going to re-record the vocals. Give them a more ethereal quality. Just add some reverb. If we can be fun. Get some reverb.

If there is enough demand, we're on tour right now, I believe, as this is coming out. And because, well, not just I believe we're recording this live from wherever we are right now, from New York. Yeah. Because we've out Neverdebank. We've got a show tonight in New York City. So we better get on with it, I think. All right. Here's the next track, the sixth track. Yeah. Let's try this. I haven't listened to it.

I think I can tell this. Take it. I knew a man he was taller than you'd think. He was surrounded by two men that were taller. Two men, a six foot tall, one man, a five, ten. Everyone thinks that they were normal. What is normal? He's got the same size shoe as Zach.

Before that, the man doesn't lack. Here we go. I know a man that was taller than you'd think He went to town and made you taller drinks He'd like to sing and make a happy time But he did not know what to be sublime He won What was that bass?

Just testing some stuff now there, I think. There we go. Is normal height? Broden and Zach are taller than that. Mar-Brano is normal height. He's just surrounded by men that are taller than they look. I know that you are afraid. Oh yeah

But it's That's right Gonna be okay It's gonna be okay Gotta be okay He's taller than you think We're all gotta be okay We're gonna be okay

He's taller than you think We're gonna be okay We're gonna be okay We're going to be okay Sorry, I did not six foot one Gotta be okay I don't know It's taller than you're there

Yeah Sorry I did forget Some subtle queer themes emerge in the latter end of the album What? I don't understand It's going to be okay But I think that's a message

It's for everyone Yeah It's for everyone Like Pet Shop Boys It's for everyone What'd you think of that song? Would you think that, Mark? I genuinely

really liked the idea That one person is saying One man is taller than you think And the other is saying It's going to be okay Comedically I think that's really quite good Yeah

Now you're coming around Is that funny? Over this journey of this album Where you are now That's genuinely like Like like that's genius like it's this close to being like a proper song that i would want to put out as healthy don't it's really quite good well that'll be on the album so you're saying it's just

something very funny about one singer going a friend i know is taller than you think and the other's going it's going to be okay those two ideas over the top of each other is inspired yeah and i'm not being sarcastic i'm not joking if someone pitched that in a meeting that would be the one that I would then go, we need to make sure that that stays pure and we don't infect that. We're trying to turn it into anything else. No, what's the joke? Just do it. No, what's the joke? That's really good. But I think what we're trying to say in that piece is if you live in a world of tall people, you're going to feel short, but there's no such thing as normal. Yeah, whatever. It's just really good. It's funny way you've come on this album. I feel

points there's been a reticence from you to really embrace it. Um, but, that six one all of a sudden it's all starting when you go back and think of the older ones how do you think about them now they're not as they're not as good they're nowhere near as good what about that 10 second one the 10 second punk one i think could be easily cut down i think it's already quite short or expanded or expand i meant cut from the album of the epi rather make it around six it just needs a bit more substance it's a nugget like you said they're demos yeah it's the it's not as strong for me are you right ready to end this.

Yeah. Now, once again, I will reiterate, as this comes back to me, we do, as we just said, we do start to self, there's a bit of self-indulgence. It's a little bit self-indulgent. How long is this next one? I don't know. I don't remember. Lindsay, how long is it?

Four minutes 42? Okay. I think maybe I was listening to a lot of pet shop boys at the time. I don't know if that influenced this one. Yeah, at the time of last week. Still listening to them. Yeah. So it checks out.

Yeah. All right, well, strap in four minutes. Fuck. There we go. Here it is. I love a long song, by the way. Well, but four minutes is quite short. It's justified.

It's almost radio play. Yeah. Anyway, here we go. Hey, Mark. I know, this is just the final song. Banana. Oh, this is a great one. This is good.

This has been the concept of me. It's over to the reveal. About Mark Bonano. Wow, you got it. I remember when I saw you first. About a ride. I didn't know how good you were.

I jokes in there. Oh, fuck. Mark Bonano, we made this album for you. To tell you how smart. stylish and funny you are. Yeah, I'm so deep in this comedy world now that I don't know where the joke is exactly because you are smart and talented.

And this music is good. I guess it's the fact that we're only getting one take. It's Mark, but no, no. Wow, bad you, monk, bo, no, who. Higher, higher. what that's doing and then I'll go, hi. What are they saying? I thought we were going to say Mar-Banana.

What are they saying? Ooh. Trying to clear your mind, I think. All right. You can't deal with it. Bye-bye. Maybe a rap? Okay.

Yeah, yeah. And then I... Mark. I'll go high right at the end So let's get the wrap in Let's do a bit, a bit This is a 12 minute song Yeah, no, this is a deliberately long one

So that you can't burn the CD Ah yeah I'm a na no Good Bye to Mark Buena No

This is a viby one Goodbye G E S You S Jesus Jesus M A Okay

That spells Jesus, Mark This is for you Like that Had out at the game I don't play that Back

Yeah To be the best that you never never had To Manna who this concept album's about Goodbye to Mike and safe travels on your journey. All right, now's the time. You do a bit of goodbye and then I'll come here.

Goodbye to Mike Bona. Goodbye to Mark Bona. Mad, bah, nah, no, and good back to. Mark, Bob, Ma. Send that down a bit in my headphones. No. No. No.

now. Goodbye to Mark for no and oh yeah. Goodbye to Mark Bono

No yeah and in the fart Mark this is for you brother thanks for being such a great comedy companion Well, all was revealed at the end, I suppose.

So as, what we said at the start of this, listen to the whole thing. You know, as we were talking about that friend and that person we worked with, that was talented and stylish, funny and smart, a great improviser. And you said that could never be me. And I think I did. Isn't that interesting? When you were listening, you thought, well, that sounds like a really cool guy. Yeah.

But Mark That was you Yeah Yeah I said my name In every song I don't know It was every song

No it was It absolutely was So tell us what you thought Yeah So that's something Like It's in the context Of a comedy podcast

It's interesting Because you know That's sometimes What friends do For the other friends On their birthday You know Is make them

Songs As like a funny Personal joke Yeah. And so this, I don't know where it's coming from. I think it just struck us, you know, how cool of a guy you are, and we just wanted to sing about it. I can't tell you where it comes.

I don't know from whence the well of creativity finds its water. All I know is that we found it. If I was to explain my muse to you, it would kill my muse. Yeah. It's about you, Mark. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Also, I just want to apologise for saying I'd been listening to a lot of pet shop boys

because that had no impact on that final song. I thought it did. I thought we did one that was more pet shop boysy. I think it was more on the one before. That last song was in. It's going to be okay, that kind of vibe. But that's more 2000s. That last song was in the style of jazz.

Was it? But do you know who it was about, Mark? Me? You, yeah, yeah. You. It's, like, you know, I can't stand happy. birthday being sung to me at my birthday or that song because it's very it's like the the attention thing so i'm like quite shook because of all the attention yeah and the seven songs about me

it's a lot it's actually genuinely a lot to uh process and handle lindsay Lindsay initially told me there was nine but there's not is that what you because at one point during one of the songs i looked over at you and you were looking at Lindsay going you're just shaking your head and go and so was that cut the last two songs above lindsay's head i thought i saw the lead actor from strictly uh ballroom which one the guy the guy the paul mccurio yeah yeah i thought that was him in there and was it so i just started pointing at him and then lindsay and courtney both looked over like what does he want us to get that does he want us to get that man so i said no no don't get him don't get him don't get that man oh but i felt i saw the lead i saw the lead actor from strictly ballroom

so I had to start pointing at him. It was him? You know it was him? No, I don't know. But a lot of famous people walk through here. Like, once I was sitting here and Bruce McAvaney was over there. Yeah, yeah.

I haven't seen Streetley Ballroom in so long and I've been meaning to rewatch it for years. Great. It is from memory. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Rewatch it not too long ago. It's really good. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was, I'm pretty sure it was him.

Wow. Wow. Is it MacGee on his name? Macurio? Yeah, Paul Macurio. Yeah, well, are you. A host of Dancing with the Stars, right? One of the judges?

No, she. Sonia Kruger. Sonia Kruger. Yeah, but one of the judges was Paul. I think he may have passed through at some point. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But Mark, um... That's pretty exciting, isn't it?

Yeah, it's really cool. Very cool. The thing is, right, when we were really in it, we started to feel like, here is an album that's special, right? I don't know. It's an album that's bigger than... Here is an album that's bigger than Donna that could actually cut through because it's... I don't know about that.

It's got such a... a wealth of influences and styles again demos yeah right so what's up for change and you can watch her show uh on grouse house sonya crew is demi demi demi no yeah demos demos is uh what demo is uh demo is uh a quick scratch track track to give an idea of the song yeah mate kind of like an animatic you're a fucking you're acting like a fucking idiot. Don't be a fucking idiot. Broden, we're going to get Mark's sign off on this. I need some time

to think. Yeah, you take all the time you want. I need at least a week to like process, re-listen to the songs. Which is, that's a lot to ask of someone. We need to re-listen to those. To separate your own personal feelings about the fact that all the songs are about you. Well, that's hard.

We need you to listen to these songs. As, it's a loving tribute. It would be better if I was dead. So I would say play them at my funeral and never again. Can we get that in writing that you endorse that? Because that's pretty fun. Absolutely.

No, if I die on this tour that we're currently on. That's a very short window. If I get hit by another car. Give us a lot of the way. The woman in Seattle finishes the job this time. She comes back for me and finishes it. Mark got hit by a car once. Yeah, in Seattle.

And it was a hit and run. It was great. And so, yeah, if that comes... And we still did the show. that night. You still did the show that night. I had to go to hospital afterwards. And then he went to my back spasmed out.

But, uh, yeah. So if that, you know... Just, I think the lesson of this episode is be safe on the roads. Be safe in your car. Don't be on your phone. Don't be drinking. Yeah. Because that one person you hit that you bump with your car,

sure, you might think, fuck, I've just ruined one guy's day. You might be ruining hundreds of cult comedy fans' nights. Yes. Actually, that was a really good show. It was a great show. That was a great job. He did really well, Mark. Well, thanks for listening.

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