It's All Music: Oh Mercy and Alexandra Burke

One is known for her vocal gymnastics and being a contestant on a big budget reality television talent contest, the other is a Melbournian band described as dreary in all the right ways. It's yet another night of contrast tonight on Diff'rent Strokes.

Dan Vo of the Fool and the Opera fame is sitting in with Jade tonight, while Dave continues to play tourist all over Asia.



Melbourne indie kids Oh Mercy drop in and play a couple of songs live and to talk about their upcoming trek to SXSW, their second album and how they're too young to know Full House.


Dave even while overseas is never far from our ears tonight treating them to another Album in the Blend this time talking Alexandra Burke's album, Overcome.

Catch Diff'rent Strokes tonight 10pm on JOY 94.9
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Being Human, flavors.me and Of the blue colour of the sky

This week on Diff'rent Strokes...

TV:

Jade is joined by special guest, Petro from Sound Museum and talks sci fi comedy drama, Being Human. Prepare to learn all about vampires, werewolves and ghosts who are trying to live human lives.

ONLINE:

You may remember when tumblr experienced the 'Diff'rent Strokes' bump, now Dave talks about his latest fav on the social network/ blog/ vanity web space block flavors.me

MUSIC:

There may not be an album in the blend but Jade will be cover the latest album from OK Go, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky.

Diff'rent Strokes with Jade and Dave (and Petro)

Wednesdays 10-11pm on JOY 94.9

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Jade, The Opera

Jade's crazy stunts to get on Neighbours has been an ongoing theme of Diff'rent Strokes when we aren't Shoe Swapping, so how could she pass the opportunity to sit in with the Fool and the Opera's, Dan Vo when he interviewed Jan Russ and Maggie Haggart about their show, Silly Old Buggers.

Hear the resulting rant that is, Jade the Opera.

To find out more about the Put Jade on Neighbours campaign, watch Jade's reality show, featuring David Lim, Diff'rent Strokes intern, Airquotes Dave, and Luke Axelby assisting Jade with an acoustic version of Jade's Song (What Would Ben Lee Do?)

Season Finale: It's In The Stars.

Tonight Jade and Dave looks to the stars for the season finale of Diff'rent Strokes.

The show will take a short break while Dave globe trots to India and Malaysia in November but the pair will reunite in time for their One Year Anniversary on JOY in December.


(Diff'rent Strokes will return in summer... but wait, we have a spin off, mini series for you!)

In the meantime, Jade and side kick Air Quotes Dave will premiere their spin off, mini-series next week: The Awkward Silence following the quirky lives of socially awkward people.


(Air Quotes Dave stumbles on some lost treasures at JOY HQ)

Tonight's season finale of Diff'rent Strokes will feature a special Shoe Swap. Tune in to hear Jade and Dave swap star signs: who's the perfectionist Virgo and who'll be sensuous Scorpio?

The planets have alligned for another classic Shoe Swap moment!

Diff'rent Strokes: Season Finale
Wed 10-11pm on JOY 94.9FM
[Stream live: www.joy.org.au]

Get up close and personal with Diff'rent Strokes' Jade & Dave

Q: MY EARLIEST MEMORY IS...
Dave: Being scared too scared to sleep alone in my new room and having mum bunk in with me with the night light on and her Paula Abdul cassette serenading me to slumber. I was 8 and Rush Rush was our song.
Jade: I vaguely remember being at a baby show when I was 2. My nan was sitting beside me and I think I won a clock radio. It was one of many prizes in the lucrative baby show career.

Q: AT SCHOOL I...
Dave: Was the one who started swimming freestyle for the butterfly race because I didn't really know how to do butterfly.
Jade: Liked to commentate on everything.

Q: I DON'T LIKE TALKING ABOUT...
Dave: Acne or bad skin.
Jade: My feelings and other such emotional things.

Q: MY MOST TREASURED POSSESSION IS...
Dave: My photo albums. They capture it all. It's often not just reminiscing on how young or cute you used to look but also the hopes and fears behind the smile you wore. The sentiment in that captured moment of time is something to be cherished. Though less could be said about the slap bands and overalls one wore.
Jade: My journals, they’re my memories of the good and the bad, and the place I work out all the worlds and my own problems.


(A classic snapshot from the Diff'rent Strokes Family Album)

Q: MY FATHER ALWAYS TOLD ME...
Dave: Make sure you let your car engine warm up for at least 2-3 minutes first in the morning before you zoom off into the distance.
Jade: You can’t have your cake and eat it. But what else do you do with cake?

Q: IF I HAD ONE SUPER POWER IT WOULD BE...
Dave: The ability to read minds. Cause I'm nosy...
Jade: Teleportation or time travel, for much the same reason as Dave, I’m curious about other people and places.

Q: AT HOME I COOK...
Dave: Amazingly flavoursome dinner - thanks to Chicken Tonight.
Jade: Stirfrys, my specialty is prawn and tofu.

Q: MY FAVOURITE GADGET IS...
Dave: Sensor lights. If you can classify them as gadgets.
Jade: My iPod. Must have for any podcast/music junkie


(Jade's favourite gadget)

Q: I'M VERY BAD AT...
Dave: Long division
Jade: Knowing what to say and when to say it.

Q: IF I WAS A DRINK I'D BE...
Dave: A cup of hot Earl Grey tea with a spoonful of honey. Sweet, calming and soothing.
Jade: Coke, no one really knows what’s in it, whether it’s good or bad for you, but there’s something strangely addictive. Maybe it’s the marketing campaign.


(Finally! A magazine after Jade's own heart)

Q: THE LAST BIG BELLY LAUGH I HAD WAS...
Dave: When I was told a Tibetan man has filmed a music video of him singing my song in the glaciers.
Jade: Watching 30 Rock, it’s official I have a Tina Fey crush. TV on DVD is the best thing ever.

Q: WHAT I DON'T FIND AMUSING IS...
Dave: People assuming all gay men are inherently fashionable, witty and want to be your girlfriend's shopping and chick-flick buddy.
Jade: People patting me on the head and talking to me with a hint of condescension.


(Dave rockin' the Afghan Barbie look in a humdrum call centre)

Q: MY WORST JOB WAS...
Dave: Doing Telstra Bigpond billing enquiries - as if dealing with angry, disgruntled customers weren't enough already. There's also the added joy of sales targets.
Jade: Working customer service at a fast food restaurant I won’t name. When they put me out in the kitchen I liked it more. I hate the way people treat fast food employees.

Q: I OFTEN WONDER...
Dave: How is it that yawning is contagious.
Jade: Will future Jade be happy with current Jade’s choices.

Diff'rent Strokes "Spotlight" #1- Kim 'Canuck' Collins

Jade and Dave have unveiled yet another new segment. 'Spotlight' is our opportunity to find out more about you, the listener of our little show. Our premiere of this segment is a profile of Kim 'Canuck' Collins.

1. Name: Kim "Canuck" Collins

2. Where Are You From? Bloomington, Indiana, USA



Canuck in action figure pose

3. What Are Your Favourite Diff'rent Strokes moments? Jade and her (black) green thumb, as well as the Kaiser Chiefs cover

4. Tell us about yourself (written by her friend Katie)MY DEAR FRIEND CANUCK

MY FRIEND CANUCK IS AN ADORABLE, SANDAL-WEARING, TREE-HUGGING,MUSIC-LOVING, BOOK-READING, GREEN THUMB, ARTSY-FARTSY, QUASI-HIPPY WHO TREATS ALL LIVING THINGS WITH LOVE AND RESPECT.

SHE’S ONE OF THOSE ‘GOOD’ AMERICANS WHO WOULDN’T VOTE REPUBLICAN EVEN IF HER LEFT EYE DEPENDED ON IT! SHE’D GIVE UP THAT LEFT EYE ANYWAYS, CAUSE SHE’S ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A PIRATE WITH AN EYE PATCH.

 CANUCK IS A MODERN-DAY LESBIAN MACGYVER WHO PUTS RICHARD DEAN ANDERSON TO SHAME. SHE’S SO CRAFTY, YOU COULD GIVE HER SOME STRING AND SOME STRAW AND SHE’D BUILD YOU A DURABLE FLOATATION DEVICE OR A BEAUTIFUL NECKLACE THAT WOULD DOUBLE AS A ‘HELP, I’M LOST’ GPS SYSTEM.

 IF YOU DO BECOME LOST, CANUCK IS CAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING ALL CALLS OF DISTRESS, INCLUDING THE ONES OF SEXY, STRANDED LADIES AT THE PUB OR WOMYN’S MUSIC FESTIVALS. BUT BACK TO THE POINT.

 WHEN SHE DOES HEAR YOUR DISTRESS CALL, CANUCK IS CAPABLE OF SNOW-BOARDING, BIKING, KAYAKING, TREE-CLIMBING OR SCRUMMING TO YOUR RESCUE. SHE’LL EVEN JUMP ON A PLANE AND SIT IN THE CHEAP SEATS!  WHAT A LADY!

 SHE’S A TRULY DEVOTED FRIEND. AND IF YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER WAS A ROSE, SHE’D PLANT YOU AN ENTIRE ROSH BUSH.  AND THEN DRAW A PICTURE OF YOU SITTING BY YOUR FRESHLY GROWN ROSE PATCH, EATING HER VERY OWN HOME-GROWN TOMATOES.

 THERE’S REALLY NOT MUCH THAT CANUCK HASN’T CONQUERED. BUT WILL SOMEONE SPECIAL BE ABLE TO CONQUER HER? SHE’S ESPECIALLY FOND OF AUSTRALIAN ACCENTS. SHE’LL EVEN GO FOR A KIWI!

5. Love broadcast or podcast listener? Podcast, as I am not usually awake when you're live

6. How did you find Diff'rent Strokes? I love Jade, so I keep tabs on her from across the world

7. Jade is... a dingo lover (I hope this does not mean anything else but what it is over in OZ, Jade)

8. Dave is... a future friend of mine, I can tell...and also, unfiltered.

9. Other shows I love; The Lesbian Mafia, This American Life, The Moth Podcast

10. Something I'd Like To See Diff'rent Strokes do; Continue to post live VIDEO podcasts... you two are even better when we can see and not only hear your antics!

11. What are your similarities to Jade and/or Dave? Well, I am like Jade because I like quiet nights in and making out with girls...and I am like Dave because I have great fashion sense ;)

Do you want to be a part of Spotlight? Leave us a message here, or you can go to our MySpace or Facebook and leave us a comment there. If you want to download our podcasts you can do so in the column on the lefthand side of this blog.

Dave to Spice It Up???

Gossip obsessed bloggers are tapping their keyboards in overtime due to the latest in Spice Girls drama. Diff’rent Strokes diva and wannabee pop star David Lim entered the fray this week as a rumoured replacement for Posh Spice, Victoria Beckham in the latest amalgamation of the Spice Girls reunion tour.


Spice Girls: Generation Next???

Beckham is reported to be so hung up on her life in Hollywood she is not interested in being ‘Posh’ anymore. While the search for a replacement has been a top secret operation, keen Diff’rent Strokes fans caught whiff of Lim’s audition for the gig, and leaked the story on a variety of online forums.

Lim made headlines earlier this year when he went on a tirade and denounced the Spice-ys, refusing to play them on his radio program, as revenge for cancelling their Australian tour plans. He is well known for his Posh inspired appearance, so much so he has now replaced Katie Holmes as the most believable Posh-doppleganger.

Spice Girls management are refusing to comment and Diff’rent Strokes insiders aren’t talking either. More soon…