THE
JIMMY CAROL SHOW - BBC
RADIO SHEFFIELD
Monday 20th March 2006
JIMMY: Jimmy
Carol
Radio presenter
ARTEX:
Artex Monkey (telephone
link)
JIMMY:
"Artex Monkey's
a reet joker. A website
setting up the Arctic
Monkeys, including
re-workings of their hits
including A Bet Tha Luks
Gud On A Pushbike."
JIMMY:
"Now the lad behind
the website whish is
really funny, go and have
a look at it, is a feller
who's in Royston we're
not going to reveal his
name we're going to call
him Brian. Hiyer
Brian."
ARTEX: "Alreight
Jimmy ar tha gooin
on?"
JIMMY:
"And they say I've
got a daft accent, how
are you?"
ARTEX: "Yeah
am alreight actually, am
a bit cold, av just, av
just bin eatin a pie. An
just befoor wi start
Jimmy, cos mi mam's
listenin, can a just, mam
er, what, can y'get that
er drink on for mi. She
makes... cos am gunna,
a'll bi back, am just
doin this radio
thing."
JIMMY:
"Alright."
ARTEX:
"Cos the thing is.
She er, she makes mi
these, these like. She's
making me these like
power drinks, power
drinks."
JIMMY:
"Right, sort er like
Bovril with
aspirins."
ARTEX:
"Yeah they're reight
good an all."
JIMMY: "Reight
good."
JIMMY:
"Arctic Monkeys,
you're a big fan?"
ARTEX:
"Am a reight big fan
er theirs yeah."
JIMMY:
"And you've got this
website, it's called
'Artex Monkey', where did
the idea come from?"
ARTEX:
"It just... a was
just er... a was liein in
bed starin at the
roof."
JIMMY:
"Cos you have no
ceiling obviously... so
you're straight through
looking at the
roof."
ARTEX:
"An then a thought
er artex it's lovely, av
always liked it."
JIMMY: "How
long has it been up the
website then?"
ARTEX:
"It's only bin up
f'just over a week, an
it's bin pretty, it's
gone reight, it's gone
reight crazy
y'know."
JIMMY: "Everybody's
going mad over it aren't
they?"
ARTEX:
"Well the thing is
thers bin, thers bin
abart, y'know hundreds of
hits n that, people comin
in, an wi gerrin a few
detractors an that cos
they dun't think it's
reight good an that. The
thing is am purrin, am
tranna put Royston on
t'map..."
JIMMY: "Every,
every song Brian, every
song is about Royston
alright, word gets
rarnd."
ARTEX:
"The thing... it is,
it is yeah, the thing is
that's, the thing is I
love Royston it's in mi
an that, an this is
y'know I am kinda using
the Arctic Monkeys, am
jumpin on a
little..."
JIMMY:
"I know you are, but
hey..."
ARTEX:
"That's what monkeys
do dun't ther, ther jump
an grab on an that."
JIMMY:
"It's tongue in
cheek pal and we think
it's fantastic. You're a
singer songwriter in your
own right and you want to
keep that to yourself. We
wish you all the best,
it's a great fun
thing."
ARTEX:
"Can yer mention mi
site?"
JIMMY:
"Course a can if you
shurrup for a minute a'll
mention it, a will.
Thanks for coming on the
show. That's Brian he's
in Royston, his website
is www.artexmonkey.co.uk.
Go and have a look at it.
It's a load of fun and
you can download some of
Brian's songs. Hey, you
will have a laugh a tell
thi. A Bet Tha Luks Gud
On A Pushbike, word gets
rarnd, Fake Tans Of
Barnsley, go and have a
look it's good."
[End]
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