Classic files: Reposting these from the Triple J page in case Dave ever takes them down or changes them.
Sunday 6 November 2005: Song contest. Various persons, including Elizabeth Flippin' Bourke, put their talents on show to liven up an otherwise shithouse Daytime Shift. Protozone rates a mention at the start.
Sunday 13 November 2005: "Don't listen to the bad lady". The bad lady is the (in my opinion) quite delectable Terry Psiakis. I think Dave somewhat disarmed her for most of the show. This extract counts as one of the few times she (sort of) speaks up for herself.
Sunday 20 November 2005: "He be all gangsta and shit", which is a common Dave phrase; Steph and Abbie on mohullets/mullhawks; a nice young lad talking about getting drunk and meeting the mother-in-law; and what happened when some carnie tried to shave the pubes.
Sunday 27 November 2005: Dave talking to Lauren about his beard; some daytime carnies; "my wife had eight nipples"; some e-mails, including from Matt from Gympie.
Sunday 4 December 2005: The funeral of the Shift. In this jam-packed pre-Twilight Shift edition, there's a whole LOT of Fred from Alaska, in a considerable amount of her glory, including the shit on the road; Steph talking about things she deep fries; proof that Paris is a carnie; Dave's opinion on duff-duff; the potplant and the shithouse (what?); Elizabeth Flippin' being mental; things you can do in spas; info on banjo strings; Anne-Marie giggling about penises; Dicks and drugs; Alannah's Saturday evening; some random girls talking about random things (three files); and Anne-Marie getting the last word on the Shift and "Fuck forever" by the Babyshambles.
Saturday 10 December 2005: It's the longest rant in history. It demonstrates how to push Dave's limits and get away with it. It goes round in circles. It's record-breaking. It's here -- Bill from Bommo's first appearance and 18 minute epic. Other highlights include: Jewels the over-55 carnie, the voices of Laura and Pirate Willy, stonecutters, and the peculiar letterbox story.
Sunday 11 December 2005: Jesus announces his coming, and his website can be visited here (the link he gives in the sound file doesn't work). Don't know what the hell this was all about. In other news, Jewels reads Dave a poem, and Bill from Bommo returns for a repeat performance.
Saturday 17 December 2005: Features the soldier crab and the cranky bum, Dave's mum, Steph's mum, and Bill from Bommo in disguise. "Happy New Year you flippers".
Sunday 18 December 2005: Damn daylight, enemy of carnies. The funniest thing today was some guy hanging up. Abbie flirts with Dave, and Rachel says she's not a toolie.
Saturday 24 December 2005: Christmas Eve. Your presents include: Dave bollocksking up the controls, which he always does in Perth; Paper_bag making a dick of himself; some Adelaide carnies shouting at cars; and a surrealistic conversation with a guy named Marie whose brother and nephew are also called Marie.
Saturday 31 December 2005: Graveyard New Year's Shift. This was the week I realized that Dave was on weeknights 10pm-1am. Dammit! Why didn't you guys tell me? Apparently I missed some girl having an orgasm on the radio. Anyway, we've got: Farmer Johnno worried about the animals, being probed by Steve Irwin, some Spanish dude, some Indian dude, random flirtation, someone being turned on by sausages, and the great Bill from Bommo. In the first Robert's "girlfriend" extract, note the guy in the background saying "Stop while you're ahead".
Tuesday 3 January 2006: Yeppoon is back, people are worried about being struck by lightning on the genitals, Naked Guy makes spaceship sounds, Allanah has a magical wardrobe, and the nation gets a drug warning.
Wednesday 4 January 2006: Dave rants about people who ask for requests, and Amelia and Maddie's mum makes an appearance.
Thursday 5 January 2006: The naked marriage. Dave started the show 40 minutes late this time, then didn't take calls for the first half hour (technical problems apparently). Incidentally, I think this is the third girl interested in naked guy, so, yeah, she's lucky to get him. Not sure how many wives Dave has by now.
Friday 6 January 2006: Return of Caveman, Amelia has drunken parents, and some carnies get stoned on the banks of the Murray. Allegedly the final "Graveyard Shift", though it wasn't a real one. The best thing that happened this time round was the Caveman, who hasn't been seen for a while. Bill from Bommo eat your heart out because this, my friends, is Mr Monted himself.
Monday 2 January: Erica the opera singer vomitting, Allanah asking Dave to pee on someone's house, and a real on-air marriage proposal.
Saturday 7 January 2006: Flipping cops and pissing. Dave does a Chewbacca impersonation. A lot of the show was about poo.
Saturday 14 January 2006: Didn't record the show properly. :-(
Saturday 21 January 2006: First appearance of the ukelele guy, some carnie is a serial cab runner, and annoying people ring up Dave with maths tricks. I think we need to give credit to Mr Protozone for the sex alien e-mail.
Saturday 28 January 2006: One of the shittest Shifts in memory. The funniest thing was Dave making Yeppoon jokes. :-( Re Holly, I think she's spoken once before, around Christmas. Can't remember her age I'm afraid.
Saturday 4 February 2006: Topic (why do they set topics now?) was scams and scamming. Highlights include Brenda (who's "not a normal lady"); payback for trying to do a runner on a taxi cab; and ukelele guy Lifon doing his first mashup: "Superstitious" and "Smells like teen spirit". The scam calls I didn't include were: faking the McDonald's sticker to get free food; signing up to Foxtel for freebies, then cancelling; ripping dollar bills in half to pretend they're a complete note.
Saturday 11 February 2006: Dave was averaging one call per half hour for the first part of the show -- some Canadian girl rollerblading from Melbourne to Adelaide, to whom Dave makes dumb comments about the word "aboot"; Naked Guy talking about his trip to Vietnam; then Holly's eleventh birthday. Didn't include those, but what I have included includes: a conversation with some strippers, Steph playing eighties poker, and another mashup from ukelele guy.
Saturday 18 February 2006: The story of some O-week pick-up, and Dave decides to open the spam floodgates and start using the text messaging service :).
Saturday 25 February 2006: An African scammer is tricked into calling Dave. Ukelele Guy sings an Ode to Steph. And there's some talk of overturning Mr Whippy vans.
Saturday 4 March 2006: A bunch of prank calls, from "Arnie", "Dr Phil", and "Judge Judy". And Naked Girl confesses her love for Steph.
Saturday 11 March 2006: Highlights of this week were: the final confrontation with the African man (featuring Dave swearing, and getting shushed by his producer); the carnie story about the guy eating shit; and Dave getting embarrassed in the presence of an Amelia who knows about Yeppoon jokes.
Saturday 18 March 2006: Quality of the calls has been dodge lately. Maybe Dave is glad for the texting carnies. Topic tonight was "Have you ever received or sent a drunken SMS? Please forward to us." Sound files I've included include: some carnie named Cecil doing what's supposed to be an impersonation of Dave :), Dave making fun of someone's English accent, and nine flippin' minutes of SMSes (including persistent sexual harrassment by "Lady Ping Pong").
Saturday 25 March 2006: I didn't catch the last hour of this, but the first two-thirds were the best show in a while. Initial topic was people who dress in costumes. Only two callers for this: some guy dressed up as Mario (Dave made dumb jokes about jumping around and finding a secret level); and some guy dressed as a penis -- "If you're not afraid to do it... dress up like a cock or whatever... there's nothing wrong with that." Running theme for the two hours seemed to be Dave's experiences as a real-life carnie, shovelling elephant shit for a Perth circus, and not getting paid. In the extract with carnie Percy and Andrew Haug, you hear a bit of the producer's voice. Lady Ping Pong was supposed to call at 8pm, but, if she did call, I missed her, dammit.
Saturday 1 April 2006: No show this week. Kirileigh "Library Spice" Lynch filled in.
Saturday 8 April 2006: This was a good show. Topic was initially annoying people named George, then good free stuff. Most people didn't stick to the topics. Files I've included include: some more from Dave's "evil twin" Cecil; Jemima, who ain't dating no broke dyke; Raphael from Adelaide returning to the air; Tori the hyperactive Tasmanian girl; Ukelele Guy doing a nice mashup of Radiohead and You am I; and, of course, whole bunch of weird SMSes.
Saturday 15 April to present: We still keep a copies of all the shows, but have decided to discontinue making individual files, since Triple J are now producing podcasts. Have any requests for information or extracts or complete shows? -- drop us a note.